Aims: The objective of the study was to describe the Arabian Gulf University medical students’ sleeping patterns and to provide recommendations for promoting healthy and better sleeping patterns among the students. Study Design and Place of Study: A cross sectional study was cond...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17208
Any change in climatic conditions affects growth and productivity directly or indirectly. The present study was carried out to investigate the impact of varying climatic conditions of Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia on the performance of Teucrium polium plants. Plants were collected...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/19231
This article analyzes and discusses the growth in food production in the world and the poor distribution of them. The issue is considered adequate food distribution as of paramount importance and suggests checking a methodology based on mechanics of materials that contributes to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20377
Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on natural resources, fragile economy, weak infrastructure and the already warm weather. Nowadays, food security and agricultural production in some countries in the region are getting worse...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17665
The stem barks essential oils of three Vietnamese species of Cinnamomum grown in Vietnam were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The main monoterpene compounds of Cinnamomum kunstleri Rild., were 1, 8-cineole (25.3%), α-terpineol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20442
Aims: To study the effects of fabric patterns on the properties of cotton fabric/unsaturated polyester composites made from coarse plied yarns. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Textile Science and Technology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, between January to D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20006
Aims: To assess the extent of the relationships of various growth and yield related characters. To evaluate the direct and indirect contributions of these characters to root yield, a basis of selection for further improvement. Study Design: Field Experiment, in Randomized Complet...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/20078
Aim: The experiments were conducted to determine effects of time of introducing sesame into maize or vice versa on the performances of the intercrops. Study Design: Randomized complete block design replicated four times. Place and Duration of Study: Teaching and Research Farm,...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/20453
According to psychological and neuropsychological research of pre-school age is the age of significant changes and transformations. Attention deficit disorder is one of developmental syndromes frequently detected at pre-school age. The present study shows the results of neuropsyc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/19124
This study determined the effect of homogenous and heterogeneous gender pairing cooperative learning strategies on students’ achievement in Chemistry at the secondary school level. Mental ability was the moderating variable and three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of signif...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/19537
Studies have highlighted the difficulty of conducting interventions with parents when what motivates them to seek therapy is a behavioral problem of a child. As a way of preventing and treating this complaint an intervention procedure was prepared and applied with school children...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/20033
Soil conservation and quality improvement under intensive land use and fast economic development has become a major challenge for sustainable natural resource use in developing countries such as Nigeria. Conventional tillage is commonly practiced at land preparation and effect of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19628
Aims: The effects of chromium (0, 100 and 200 ppm) and cadmium (0, 50 and 100ppm) on shoot dry weight, content of chlorophyll, soluble protein content and activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were investigated. Study Design: The experimental design was compl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19242
Barley requires adequate nitrogen (N) for high grain yields and quality malting, but the balance between adequate and excessive N is important therefore field experiments were set up between July 2011 and July 2012 to evaluate the effects of nitrogen fertilizer rates and liming o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/6239
Ali M. Elshafei, Abdelmageed M. Othman, Mohamed M. Hassan, Bakry M. Haroun, Maysa A. Elsayed & Ayman A. Farrag·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate qualitatively the decolorization of five dyes by Pleurotus ostreatus (P. ostreatus) ARC280 using solid medium. The laccase produced by the fungus was used in terms of its concentration and thermal stability for enzymatic decoloriz...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/19505