This paper presents the study of the current Nigerian ICT policy, its evaluation and an investigation into its application and adoption for socio-economic development of Nigeria’s ICT infrastructure and a knowledge based society. The research is grounded in the co-evolving theory...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21675
This research was conducted to determine the occurrence of aflatoxigenic fungi in smoke-dried fish at marketing centers in the Jos metropolis. Total fungal load per sample was derived from plate counts and expressed as colony-forming units per gram of sample (cfu/g). In-vitro afl...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/21465
Aim: The present study was conducted to evaluate the occurrence of bacterial respiratory pathogens, particularly members of the family Pasteurellaceae in healthy domestic goats in Grenada, and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of the predominant species. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/21925
Sickle cell disease is a single gene disorder causing a debilitating systemic syndrome characterized by chronic anaemia, acute painful episodes, organ infarction and chronic organ damage and by a significant reduction in life expectancy. Combined sickle cell beta thalassemia dise...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/20027
Hygiene and sanitation in laboratories are some important focus for the well-being of scientists and workers. Due to the lack of these notions, a new sanitation system named Polti Sani System has been tested to overcome the limitations of traditional methods. For this work, some...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/20228
Prenatal presentation of fetal ADPKD is rare, however the disease is seen to present in fetal life also. We realize that ADPKD has varied presentations. It can present as isolated enlarged echogenic kidneys with or without any cystic change in fetal life or any decline in renal f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/21790
Aims: To isolate and identify bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria from traditionally fermented products and determine their antibiotic susceptibility pattern. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria between...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/21427
In recent times, English, as a second language as well as official language in developing multilingual and multicultural nations of the world, has suffered a setback in its teaching/learning process. Given the research findings so far, the traditional General Purpose (GP) approac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/7947
The problem of magneto-gravitational instability of rotating viscous, electrical conducting medium in the presence of suspended particles is studied Incorporating, thermal conductivity, and radiative heat-loss function. The Normal mode analysis is applied to derive the dispersion...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/10254
Trivalent Europium ions doped strontium aluminate as the host and passivized by Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and carboxyl methyl cellulose (CMC) shows luminescence arising from various 5D2 and 5D07F4 transition of Eu3+ ion upon excitation at 285 nm. The in...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/20601
Aim: The experiment on pineapple (Ananas comosus) was conducted in 2013 at the Teaching and Research Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria using soil enrichment materials. The experiment was aimed at comparing the best soil enrichment material that...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19228
Screening wheat germplasm based on grain yield (GYPP) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) under contrasting N environments may be useful in identifying N-efficient (low-N tolerant) and responsive genotypes of great value in breeding programs. The main aim of the present study was t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/21915
The study on soil quality assessment in red sandy soils (chemical Theri soil) of Punnai Nagar (Kachanavillai) in Tuticorin district, Tamilnadu, south India was carried out during 2014(Oct) to 2015(Jan). Investigations were carried out on the surface (15 cm depth) of soil samples...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20519
Kenechi Anderson Uwakwe, Chukwuma Bonaventure Duru, Richard Uche Oluoha, Kevin Chiekulie Diwe, Irene Adanta Merenu, Chima Obinna Emereole & Chijioke Okeudo·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the use of malaria prophylaxis and its related outcome among pregnant women in Imo state. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Six health facilities; the most prominent one from the urban and rural...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20591
The inclusion of low or non-fat dairy products which additional calcium in the diet may promote increased weight loss and improve insulin resistance. Therefore supplementing dairy products to obese subjects on a caloric restricted diet may be a useful strategy to enhance weight l...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2016/18495