Heavy metal pollution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem through improper management of dumpsites and indiscriminate dumping of waste has been recognised as a serious environmental concern in the city of Port Harcourt. It is important to validate the extent of contamination of...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20594
Aims: To diagnose the actual situation in Iraq in terms of import and export patterns, taking into consideration both trade agreements and sanctions from the international community, in order to determine whether the needs of its recovery and reintegration are covered or not and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/20523
Semantic similarity measures are used to compute the common shared information between two concepts in domain resources such as ontologies. These measures form the basis of all ontology matching algorithms because they measure the degree of semantic relatedness between matched on...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21593
Public services have a significant influence both on the life of citizens and on the functioning of the whole economies. It is not possible to talk about the improvement of the quality of the services rendered by the public sector without measuring it. The measurement is the star...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/21973
This study compared the proximate and mineral composition of extruded samples of African breadfruit flour mixtures with some commercial pasta products (whole wheat spaghetti, enriched macaroni and corn pasta). Sample A composed of African breadfruit, soybean and corn flours while...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21130
This study x-rays the adoption and use of electronic customer relationship management (CRM) in managing customers and subscribers of telecom services. The objective is to ascertain the variants of electronic marketing and how they impact the market performance of firms in the tel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/19924
Aims: Previous scholars have investigated the impact of spiritual leadership (SL) on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB); this article aims to identify the impact of SL on OCB in the Iranian healthcare industry. Study Design: Different healthcare centers in Tehran, Iran. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/21678
Digitalization as a strong component of the globalization process is currently breaking barriers and throwing up opportunities in many professions. Marketing can be pinpointed as a foremost beneficiary. This study is objected towards x-raying the marketing activities to which dig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/19925
Aims: To isolate and screen endophytic actinomycetes and plant extracts from Azadirachta indica and Melia azedarach for antibacterial effects against MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Study Design: Isolation and identification of the endophytic actinomycetes from plant tissues, cultiva...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/22549
Endoglucanase (EC3.2.1.4) from sorghum (S. bi-color) and millet (Pennisetum typhoides & Digitaria exilis) malts were purified to homogeneity through the methods of ammonium sulphate precipitation and gel filtration. Molecular mass of 35 KDa and 41 KDa were determined by SDS-P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/20593
We studied the microwave absorption of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-epoxy composites over a continuous frequency range in R-band (26.5 – 40 GHz). The outer diameters (OD) of the MWCNTs were in the 10 – 20 nm range. We measured and analyzed the microstructures, dielectri...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/19439
Several drugs have been shown to facilitate locomotor rhythmogenesis and treadmill training after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). Clonidine, an alpha-adrenoceptor agonist, is of particular interest given its well-known effects on facilitation of reflex-induced spinal stepping in acute...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19057
Aims: Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is a rare idiopathic clinical syndrome presenting as reversible multifocal segmental vasoconstriction of cerebral arteries, typically affecting middle aged women. A 52 year old lady with radiological features of RCVS is p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22113
Aims: This study was carried out to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of family planning (FP) among women of child bearing age in a community in south-south Nigeria. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study which took place in a clan in Abak, A...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21840
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and potentially serious illness associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients infected with Multidrug resistance (MDR) Gram-negative bacilli. After S. pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the second...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/21765