Aim: This study aimed at investigating the effect of aqueous leaf extract of Cissampelos mucronata on testicular function indices in male wistar rats (Rattus novergicus). Methodology: A total of 20 rats, grouped into four, with a group consisting of five rats were used for the st...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/14318
Aims: This study aimed to determine the role of L-arginine on eNOS expression and its role on the level of some antioxidants as reduced glutathione and catalase in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Study Design: Ninety adult male albino rats were divided into three (3) groups of thi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13997
A Comparative Analysis of Lipid Profile among Rural and Urban School Going Male Adolescents in Katsina State, Nigeria Aim: The study is aimed at analyzing blood samples from 484 male school going adolescents; of which 263 were randomly selected from a public school in Katsina met...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/14350
The use of vegetation cover to protect the soil and increase the soil organic matter content available to plants is a good practice to minimize loss of soil quality. The effect of soil management practices on the objective of this study was to evaluate the soil quality under diff...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13728
The knowledge on soil iron oxides morphology and crystallization is important for the management of nutrients especially phosphorus. The objectives of the study were to determine the iron oxides minerals in Pothwar uplands. In the study one soil from each parent material (loess,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14384
In this study, a brief history related to mathematical modeling of minerals uptake by plants from soil is presented. Thereafter, a simulation model called LINN is developed that will have the main task of providing a link between the results predicted by the existing mathematical...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13970
This research was intended to discover the compatibility of biological control agents (BCAs) Streptomyces griseorubens, Gliocladium virens, and Trichoderma harzianum againts Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. capsici in vitro and in vivo. Study was done in rainy season 2012-2013 at East...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/11026
Field studies were conducted to determine the growth response of soybean to seed size at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria during the cropping season, June, 2008 to June, 2009. In thi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14312
The determination of reference evaporation method in a region with different simple or complex equations requires a wide range of meteorological data. It is difficult task particularly in regions with lacking data collection facilities. One of the common methods for this purpose...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14320
Aims: This study assesses the efficiency of the micro credits of MEDINO in attaining food security via sustainable production with a case study of Maize under the Grass Field Participatory and Decentralised Rural Development Project (GP-DERUDEP). Study Design: It adopts a survey...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/7480
Aims: The present research studied the effects of level and diversity of education on environmental awareness of the individuals. Study Design: Present study adapted a survey research design. Place and Duration of Study: The research was conducted in Karnatak, Bangalore Universit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14545
In this paper, Chebychev method is applied to solve twelfth-order boundary-value problems. The numerical results obtained with minimum amount of computation are compared with differential transformation method to show the efficiency of the method. The results show that the Chebyc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/8874
In this article, we parametrize all smooth representations of the Unitary group in one variable. We will use the locally compact properties of the local fields to exhaust all representations of this group.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/5743
This article proposes a simple methodology for the classification of road segments of a highway into a set S={0, 1, 2 , …, Qmax} of states. A GI(A, B/(A,Qmax)/D/1/Qmax queueing approach, estimates the length of a deteriorated/damaged portion of a road network which requires recon...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13589
In this paper, we propose a class implicit six step Hybrid Backward Differentiation Formulas (HBDF) for the solution of second order Initial Value Problems (IVPs). The method is derived by the interpolation and collocation of the assumed approximate solution. The single continuou...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14769