With the growth in transmission lines all over the world an evident observation comes in front regarding the effect of high voltage on the plants. High-voltage transmission lines are used to transmit electric power over long distances. High voltage may have positive or negative e...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/12970
Studies were carried out on the leaves of Cassia alata. The leaf powder of Cassia alata was extracted with 80% ethanol defatted with n-hexane and resolved into water-soluble and water insoluble parts. The water-soluble part was then extracted with ethyl acetate and the extract wa...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/16171
The essential oil, obtained by hydrodistillation in an all glass Clevenger apparatus, from the air-dried leaves of Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam.) growing in Nigeria was analyzed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrome...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/16454
Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) was applied in investigating the subsurface layers along Adibawa-Zarama pipeline route in the Niger Delta, Nigeria in an attempt to determine the depth of aquifer. A total of thirty (30) VES sets were executed using Schlumberger array of a maxim...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/14567
Background: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a transmissible, fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Recognised in 1986, the disease causes a spongiform degeneration of the neural network in the brain and spinal cord of infected cattle leading to incoordination, atax...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/16124
Extracts from Rosmarinus officinalis L., more commonly known as rosemary, have been approved for use in the EU as food additive E932 under Regulation 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council. Rosemary extracts are currently widely used to increase shelf life of food p...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/10404
Aims: Ethyl acetate extract of honey bee Apis mellifera (600 mg/kg/bw) was investigated for its effect on parasitemia and some haematological parameters in Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rats. Methodology: Five groups comprising of four mice per group were used in the study. ...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15970
An experiment was carried out to assess the growth and development of quality protein maize (QPM) genotypes to various plant populations under different irrigated conditions in a semi arid ecology of Northern Nigeria. Field trials were conducted at the Irrigation Research Station...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12631
The present study aims to evaluate the interaction between soil rhizobia and legume plant, by comparing two Acacia species (Acacia cyanophylla Lindl and Acacia pycnantha Benth) grown in four different Moroccan soils, by measuring plant dry matter yield, and nodule numbers and wei...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15760
A field experiment was carried out during the period from November 2012 to May 2013 in Agroecological Zone 20 (Eastern Surma-Kushiyara Floodplain) in Bangladesh to observe the varietal performances of high yielding and local varieties of Boro rice. Four varieties viz. BRRI dhan28...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13371
Aims: Cancer is a major burden of disease worldwide. Each year, tens of millions of people are diagnosed with cancer around the world, and more than half of the patients eventually die from it. The present work aims to bring out the association between age, tumour location and su...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2014/16378
Aims: Laparoscopy has been practised for many years by both surgeons and gynaecologists and has made significant advances in last three decades. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) has been the mainstay of treatment for gallstones for a long time. In recent years laparoscopy has be...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16616
Fungal endophytes live within tissues of living plants without causing any disease. These fungi are recognized sources of natural, bioactive compound with potential applications in agriculture, medicine, and food. Aims: This research study aimed to isolate and produce bioactive m...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16272
Background: Literature regarding safe dose of carvedilol is limited and also safe dose across different child classes of chronic liver disease is not very clear. Aim: We aimed primarily to study, the effect of reasonably safe dose (12.5 mg) of carvedilol in acute reduction of por...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15398
Aim: The objective of the following research is to study the prevalence by evaluating a large group of children and young adolescent patients from the north-western region of Turkey and investigate the characteristics of supernumerary teeth. Methodology: This descriptive and retr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16422