The patterns of retinal blood vessels play major role in many different applications, such as diseases diagnosis and human identification. The accurate segmentation of vessels body appeared in retina images is vital to make successful human identification decisions. This paper pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20116
Occupational stress is inevitable in the workplace and has become a global issue which has attracted much research in recent times. The current study aims at finding the relationship between occupational stress and demographic variables (gender, age, qualification, experience and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21460
Anthony Ajuluchukwu Ngokere, Tobias Peter Pwajok Choji, Samuel Ifedioranma Ogenyi, Peterside Rinle Kumbish, Gyang Davou Moses, James Saidu Ahmed, Isa Suleiman, Ruth Idzi Zamfara, Simon Mshelbwalaa Bukar & Victoria Davou Gwong·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2015
Aims: To utilise the laboratory microwave as an instrument for a faster, cheaper and reliable tissue processing in the paraffin technique, to establish a processing schedule that eliminates xylene and replace it with a suitable alternative. To check the effect of microwave proces...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19710
Purpose: The aim of this exploratory research is to test the prediction that external audit quality is positively associated with earnings management. Whilst the main significance it can help stakeholders predict earning management based on some proxies that are not publicly avai...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19796
At two consecutive temperatures, 345°C and 405°C as well the two thermal scans in between these two temperatures the kinetics of thermolysis of powder-free laboratory safety gloves (LG) was studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Three methods were used to evaluate the kinet...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20095
A field trial was undertaken to evaluate the insecticidal potency of Levo (a. i. Oxymatrine) botanical insecticide for the management of insect pests of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L Moench). Podagrica uniformis Jacoby, P. sjostedti Jacoby, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), and Aphis...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19188
Field trials were conducted at the Teaching and Research farm of Landmark University Omu-Aran during the cropping seasons of 2013 and 2014 to test the best time of Pendimethalin application in comparison with hoe weeding on weed management and performance of cowpea (Vigna unguicu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/19988
Aims: Spider plant (Cleome gynandra L.) is one of the most important traditional vegetables in Kenya, albeit underutilized. Concurrently, scanty information is available on its potential for vegetable and seed production. The objective of this study was therefore to evaluate spi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20209
This study investigated the effect of dietary inclusion of probiotics and prebiotics against gut salmonella, haematological indices and serum biochemistry of broilers sourced from Salmonella infected hatcheries within south-west zone of Nigeria. In this experiment, a total of 480...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20076
To determine the parasitism efficacy of Trichogramma spp. on the host eggs of Sitotroga cerealella Olivier (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) and Corcyra cephalonica Stainton (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) and to develop the effective field release technique for Trichogramma spp., the study was...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20734
Apomixis is seed and embryo formation without fertilization. A study was carried out from August, 2012 to May, 2014 in order to investigate the possibility of occurrence of apomixis in fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.) using emasculation method. Five genotypes of f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/15261
In general, the conviction is that psychological factors are important in the development of all disease. Epidemiological surveys have revealed that there are different ways in which emotional stressful stimuli can act on oral mucosal target sites. Whether their role is in initia...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/20428
Aims: To evaluate gerbera hybrids with respect to mass propagation under in vitro conditions and their characterization under field conditions for floral traits for selection of promising gerbera lines for commercial utilization. Study Design: Field performance and differential r...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20653
Although there are several studies that address mindfulness, sexual functioning, and subjective sexual well-being separately, there are very few studies that explore the associations between these three constructs. Therefore, this research was developed with the objective of eval...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/20423
Conversion disorder is a psychological disorder that appears as a loss in individual’s motor and/or sensory functions without any apparent organic reason. It was reported that it is usually observed in 15 – 35 years old females. In this article, conversion seizures observed in a...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/20454