Two field experiments were conducted to investigate the responses of Mucuna flagellipes to single super phosphate fertilizer rates. The experiment consisted of five rates of single super phosphate fertilizer namely 0 kg P ha-1, 30 kg P ha-1, 40 kg P ha-1, 50 kg P ha-1 and 70 kg P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20161
Aim: The aim of this research work is to study the leaf epidermal structures and stomata ontogeny of some members of the family Cucurbitaceae. Study Design: Research Article. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biological Science, Bayero University Kano (BUK), between Nove...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20615
Depression is a debilitating mood and mental disorder affecting approximately 13% of postpartum mothers worldwide with a prevalence of 25%-60% in low and middle income countries. The prevalence is yet to be published in Cameroon. Aim: This study was carried out to determine the p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21446
Sameer Khan, Florence Dasrath, Sara Farghaly, Emamuzo Otobo, Muhammad Safwan Riaz, Jason Rogers, Anabella Castillo, Ashish Atreja & Health PROMISE Consortium Group·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: In order to develop an application that addresses the most significant challenges facing IBD patients, this qualitative study explored the major hurdles of living with IBD, the information needs of IBD patients, and how application technology may be used to improve quality...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21884
Pomegranate juice possess a marked antioxidant capacity with a high content in tannins, phenols and flavonoids which can directly or indirectly reduce oxidative damage by preventing the excessive generation of free radicals. The present work aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/21996
Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze factors influencing financial control practices of Community Based Organizations (CBO) in Baringo County, Kenya. Study Design: A survey research design was used targeting 134 management and staff members drawn from different CBOs from si...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/20158
Tax plays a significant role in the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES). In a developing country like Ghana, SMES play important roles in the development of the economy. It is vital for policy makers to consider the alignment of tax policies to the growth needs of SMES....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/22030
Aims: Isolation and identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae from children with acute otitis media. Molecular detection of some virulence genes of S. pneumoniae such as pneumolysin (ply), autolysin A (LytA), Neuraminidase (NanA), Luminescence luxS, capsular polysaccharide synth...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/22033
The plant Morinda lucida falls under the family Rubiaceae known to have wide usage in traditional medicine. Morinda lucida is a tropical West African tree of medium-size about 18–25 m tall, the bark is grey to brown in colour, flowers are white in colour, the fruit is a drupe, se...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/20705
Biological control agents are known to reduce the effect of plant pathogens and also reduce the environmental hazard caused by the persistent use of synthetic chemicals. In this study the effect of Trichoderma asperellum and the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices w...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21348
This work was conducted to investigate whether Chlorophyll Fluorescence (CF) sorting method enhanced the seed germination and vigor (mean germination time) of stored (aged) commercial seed lots of four different pepper cultivars. Seeds were stored hermetically for 6 and 12 months...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20467
A ten-week two stage experiment consisting of starter and finisher broiler feeding trials was conducted with one hundred and eighty Marshal broiler chicks to determine the replacement value of water soaked Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit peel meal as a substitute for maize...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/18876
Small scale agriculture is the dominant occupation of rural Nigerians. Federal government of Nigeria over the years introduced and implemented several policies and programmes aimed at improving agricultural production. In light of available agricultural potentials the First Natio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/13718
Incomplete species samplings are deemed to remain the common practice in those groups of animals, such as small or micro- invertebrates, with numerous species that often are more or less difficult to detect in the field. Thus, extrapolating the Species Accumulation Curve as far a...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/22351
To start an accurate wheat breeding program for improving low-N tolerance, information on the type of gene action controlling the inheritance of grain yield and quality traits under contrasting N environments should be available, which is the objective of the present investigatio...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/21939