The availability of energy in wood wastes is evaluated in this work. Biomass from seven tropical wood species; Obeche (Triplochiton scleroxylon); Iroko (Melicia excelsa); Danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera); Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis); Omo (Cordia platythyrsa); Mansonia (Mansonia a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12930
Knowledge of the acid value (AV), peroxide value (PV), iodine value (IV) and iron concentration (quality-index variables) in oils is an indication of the edibility of the oil because these are parameters of oil-deterioration. The semi-processed oil is used to prepare a delicacy c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14691
The effect of residual stress of multiple welding repairs in seamless API 5L X52 on the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) susceptibility was evaluated. Four repairs of the girth weld were evaluated through X-ray diffraction (XRD) on the internal face of the pipe to measure residual...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14931
The aim of this paper is to study the income convergence process according to economic growth in the world. In addition of the income countries analysis, the paper introduce a deeper analytical framework involving groups of countries in the word. The study concerns 135 countries...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15584
Introduction: It is becoming clear that a major complication of HIV patients on HAART is co-infection with hepatitis C and its attendant sequalae such as liver cirrhosis and carcinoma. The aim is to determine the prevalence of anaemia, transaminitis in these co-infected patients....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15142
Genetic variability in salt tolerance of bread wheat could be induced via crossing diverse parents and producing doubled haploid (DH) lines from such crosses. One hundred seventeen DH lines resulted via anther culture technique from the cross between Sakha-8 (salt tolerant old va...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15119
De-motivation is a comparatively recent dimension in motivation research which has received little attention in Iran. To fill such a gap, the present study investigated the possible sources of Iranian students' de-motivation in EFL learning. To find the possible de-motivating fac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15002
In this paper, we describe various mathematical activities designed for and used in the Math Circles in North Bay, Ontario. These activities were designed to accommodate the particular format of Math Circles, the age group of the participants, the different stages of the lesson i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14810
Aims: To present a compilation of data regarding the phytochemical content and pharmacological activities pertaining to genus Markhamia as one of 120 genera belonging to family Bignoniaceae. Study Design: Literature was collected from various published textbooks and scientific p...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15015
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine some makers of immunology and haematology in Streptozotocin -induced diabetic wistar rats consuming Vernonia amygdalina leaf diets in order to evaluate the involvement of the diets in the management of immunological and haematological c...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14313
Aims: Myristica fragrans is one of the plants used as a herbal medicine. This plant includes some components that can treat many diseases. This study was done to evaluate the M. fragrans hydroalcoholic effects on some hematological parameters, thyroid hormones, some li...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/8042
Purpose: To examine RTVue (Optovue, Inc) optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a method for measuring scleral thickness. Methods: A prospective, single-center study of eyes with a variety of ocular diseases (no scleral diseases) was performed to image scleral thickness utilizing...
The majority of current researches of participation of herpes viruses in pathogenesis of schizophrenia are aimed at detection of increased specific antibodies level. Works studying polymodal system connections between antibodies to herpes viruses, other immunity parameters, struc...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/14462
Activated Mangifera indica Saw Dust (AMSD) has been investigated as low cost and eco-friendly biosorbent prepared for the removal of Congo red (CR) in aqueous solution. Various adsorption parameters such as effect of contact time, adsorbent dose, effect of pH and initial concentr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12590
We present a 50-year-old female with paresthesia on the right side of her face, facial asymmetry, hearing loss, and difficulty in walking. After clinical and radiological evaluations, non-Hodgkin lymphoma type B has been diagnosed. Cranial MRI revealed contrast enhancement of 3rd...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/15303