The objective of this was to estimate the price efficiency of catfish grow-out production in Nigeria using parametric stochastic frontier and cost functions. A sample of 143 fish farmers using flow through system were purposively selected from the twenty Local Government Areas in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21691
Aim: 1. To study the efficacy of laser photocoagulation in Diabetic Retinopathy. 2. To study the different laser protocols i.e. parameters used for treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy. Materials and Methods: Retrospective study was conducted in the Dept. of ophthalmology in a terti...
The aim of our study consisted in testing the importance of psychological support and mental training for Tunisian injured athletes on the enhancement of their emotional and behavioral reactions to anxiety to be reinjured. A total of N= 48 Tunisian male and female athletes, most...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/19977
The work is aim at the determination of the proximate and mineral composition of T. occidentalis leaves consumed in the Kano metropolis. The leaves used in this study were obtained from Sabon Gari market in Kano metropolis, Nigeria. The standard methods of food analysis were used...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/20632
Introduction: Fruits and vegetables are the sources of nutraceutical compounds in human diet. However, flowers with their pigments rich in phenolics (phenolic acids, flavonoids and anthocyanins) are becoming an important source of several bioactive compounds. Objective: To identi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/20661
The essencial elemental composition of natural potash deposits obtained in Yusufari Local Government Area of Yobe state has been determined. The samples were obtained in three areas namely; Madukuri, Kotufa and Kirba. The highly concentrated essential elements were potassium foll...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/20198
The Debye relaxation equation and its derivatives were used to analyze the experimental permittivity data of high purityPropan-1-ol and Propan-2-ol over the frequency up to 10GHz and temperature range of 10ºC to 50ºC. The plots of dielectric constant and loss factor against the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21662
In this work, the effect of infrared drying temperatures on the physicochemical properties and antioxidant capacity of Allium sativum was investigated. The following parameters were analyzed: proximal composition, mineral content, total phenolics content, and total flavonoids con...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/19342
The inhibition effect of Ferroin solution [tris(1,10-phenanthroline iron(II) sulphate complex] as a corrosion inhibitor was analysed against corrosion of mild steel (MS) in 0.5 M HCl solution, by using weight loss method, linear polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscop...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21414
This work devoted to the calculation and 3D visualization of the crystallization surface of Ge and immiscibility surface of alloys based on thallium and copper in the Cu-Tl-Ge system. For determining and modeling these properties were used thermodynamic equations which are solved...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21808
A field experiment was conducted during the two successive seasons of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 at El-Bosaily farm, El-Behira governorate, Egypt, to study the effect of different nitrogen rates and mulch treatments on plant growth and yield of cauliflower (Brassica oleracia var. bo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/19880
Background: The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) has evolved as a new culprit of malignant and pre malignant oral lesions. The objective of this study was to find out the frequency of HPV and its high risk genotypes in different lesions of oral cavity of tobacco chewers. Methods: From...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/20761
Background: Low back pain (LBP) has been documented to be a common occupational health problem among health care workers. A cross sectional study was carried out in a health facility in South – South Nigeria to determine the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain among the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20785
Aims: Dynamics of invariant influenza frequently defies intuition and qualitative forecasting. In view of the re-emergence of H1N1 infection in India, as well as the rise in H1N1 cases and associated fatalities in the current year (2015), quantitative forecasting of swine flu dyn...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19950
Aims: To assess the impact of cyclone PAM on the rainwater harvesting prospects in the Pacific region. Study Design: The study was conducted based on the field observations, data from various government organizations and NGOs. Place and Duration of Study: The study was based in P...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20526