Lourdes Zélia Zanoni, Petr Melnikov, Tassianny Heredia Finotti, Fernanda Zanoni Cônsolo, Anderson Fernandes da Silva & Valter Aragão Do Nascimento·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
The aim of the present research was to assess plasma selenium concentrations in healthy individuals, in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, as part of the mapping of the Brazilians states. Selenium levels were measured in 342 healthy individuals, using Inductively Coupled Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2016/20003
Aim: The study was performed on the initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) and the Federation of the Dutch Food and Grocery Industry (FNLI), in order to develop a risk-based monitoring system as requested in EU Regulations EU 1332/2008 (food enzymes),...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2016/20710
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common cause of cancer-relared death in the world. It incidence is expected to increase in the next decades. It is incrasingly being detected at an earlier stage, owing to the implementation of screening programs and regular follo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19597
Aims: This cross-sectional study aimed to explore potential factors influencing oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a Chinese population treated with anterior dentition fixed dental prosthesis (FDP). Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: We...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20168
Both D-aspartic acid (DAA) and nitrate have received considerable attention in recent years. Vitamin D3 is also considered important for overall physical health and has been associated with elevated blood testosterone. The present study evaluated the impact of a DAA-nitrate-vitam...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19427
Formal mining started in Plateau State as far back as 1902 with Tin and Columbite as major targets. The occurrence of these minerals brought about intense mining activities in the state. The early growth and development of the areas covered by the Naraguta Topographical Sheet 168...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18932
Ethiopia is the second most populated country having more than 90 million people in Africa. Ethiopian economy largely depends on agriculture. Agriculture accounts for 90% of exports and 85% of employment while 90% of the people depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Low agri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/19039
Overuse of inputs in rice production results in not only lower profit but also environmental pollution. This study aimed to estimate the cost efficiency and to identify the determinants of efficiency gaps. Stochastic Translog variable cost was applied to the data of 199 rice farm...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/19745
In this work, the synthesis of Ni3Pb2S2 thin films using chemical bath deposition method was carried out. The films were deposited onto glass substrate from aqueous solutions in the absence of complexing agent. The atomic force microscopy analysis showed that the non-uniformity s...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/20775
The UV-visible spectra of indolino spirobenzoxazine were recorded in polar protic solvents, methanol and ethanol and polar aprotic solvent, acetone. The results showed a hypsochromic shift in the wavelength of maximum absorption with increase in solvent polarity. pH variation fro...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/19768
The study examined the relations among perceived English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ verbal aggressiveness and students’ intrinsic motivation and social-affective strategy use. The sample consisted of 148 Greek-speaking undergraduate students (aged 18-23 years old) attend...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/19692
This study aims to explain the cause of prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease in the Faroe, Orkney and Sardinia Islands, by pointing the dielectrophoretic force in the etiology of MS. Initially, the geographical and geophysical specifications of these places have been inv...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/19602
This paper deals with the problem of computing optimal ordering policies for the probabilistic fixed lifetime inventory model with continuous demand rate. We proposed a probabilistic fixed lifetime inventory model with continuous demand rate. The necessary condition for minimizin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/20426
The main purpose of the present article is to give a brief description of the “golden” number theory and new properties of natural numbers following from it, in particular, Z-property, D-property, Φ -code, F-code, L-code. These properties are of big theoretical interest for numbe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/21385
An operator , is said to be -quasi-*paranormal if for every x in [1]. In this paper, the conditions under which composite multiplication operator becomes k-*paranormal operator, k-quasi-*paranormal operator and (n,k) -quasi-*paranormal operator, have been obtained in terms of Ra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/20166