The betel leaf (Tambula patra brint) is extensively cultivated in warm moist parts of India for its leaves; the antifertility properties of the betel plant were studied in both male and female rats. It was suggested that the contraceptive effect of the extract of leaf stalk of pi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11560
In this paper, a similarity transformation is devised to construct a Miura type transformations between one type of variable coefficient nonlinear Schrodinger equations and the cubic NLS equation. This transformation is devoted to obtain the travelling wave solutions of a complic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12685
This study investigated the protective and anti-oxidative effects of silymarin on rats treated with MgO NPs. Number of 32 male wistar rats were used in this experiment, assigned to four groups; one, the control group and the three others were treatment groups. The treated groups...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10949
Background: Considerable attention is focused on effects of static magnetic field (SMF) and its increasing use in everyday life. Appliances and various equipments are sources of static magnetic fields with awide – range of technical characteristics. Objective: In this study we in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11323
This descriptive survey examined the academic performance of SS2 students in Aba Education Zone in relation to the social status of their parents. The population of the study comprised all 4955 SS2 students in Abia State from which a sample of 100 students from four secondary sch...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12097
Background: The prevalence of carotid disease in patients with heart failure (HF) has not been described. This may be of importance for the implementation of novel interventions for heart failure that require surgery close to the carotid artery. Objective: The aim of this study w...
Aims: Non-adherence to treatment represents a significant challenge to anti-retroviral treatment goals. This study aimed to identify and explore perceived barriers to adherence in non-adherent HIV patients attending the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/12186
Aim: To investigate the antimicrobial resistance profile of faecal Escherichia coli to common antimicrobial agents in healthy adults in Amassoma, South Southern Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/12715
The objectives were to determine inorganic P fractions in selected parent material soils and to develop a relationship of various P fractions with P uptake by Zea mays. Experimental study was conducted at Soil Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Soil Science and Soil and Water Co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12684
An experiment was conducted from September, 2009 to June, 2010 at the Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola to study the effects of storage environments on shea nuts as it affects the quality of shea butter in Yola. A Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used for th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/9522
Epidermal and cytological studies were carried out on the cultivars of Colocasia and Xanthosoma species to determine their taxonomic value within and between the accessions. Upper and lower epidermal membranes of the leaves were peeled and stained with 0.1% safranin solution. You...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12589
A soil profile representative of typical soils of Mwala District, Kenya, was dug to study its morphology, soil physico-chemical characteristics and to classify it using two internationally known soil classification systems. Disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were taken from d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13467
This study examined the contribution of water table via capillary rise and irrigation, to soil moisture storage and water use of pepper (Capsicum annuum var. Tatase), grown in an inland valley swamp (flood plain) in the dry season in a humid zone of Nigeria. The contribution of w...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/6870
Purpose: To identifying barriers to massive turnout for free cataract surgery campaigns in Yaoundé Methods: We prospectively interviewed 68 patients who radically refused free cataract surgery at the University Teaching hospital (UTH) Yaoundé between January 2008 and December 201...
Aims: The study was undertaken to assess the surgical modalities for treatment of Pterygium in rural population. Study Design: Prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology for a period of July to December 2013. Methodolog...