Aim: To determine the level and distribution of Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, Hg and V from soils in the vicinities of Kakuri industrial area of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Study Design: To compare the soil heavy metal concentrations with regulatory standard values permitted by the Nigerian env...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13212
In the paper a close look at exchange rate and economic growth nexus in Bangladesh for a period of 1985-2012 using time series analysis, considering Exchange Rate, FDI, Trade Openness, and Portfolio Equity as explanatory variables and linkage with GDP. We employed Johansen-Juseli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/13133
This study employed the 2×2 mixed experimental design to explore the effect of integrity of product image and perfectionism of consumer on purchase intentions. The result indicated that the integrity of products had significant positive effect on purchase intention of consumers....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/13524
Introduction: Male births occur slightly in excess of female births. In man, the ratio of male divided by total live births (M/F) is expected to approximate 0.515. Warfare has been shown to exert significant effects on M/F. This study was carried out in order to identify any such...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13763
Aim: To produce fish protein hydrolysates (FPH) from invasive silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) under controlled hydrolysis conditions, and to examine the effects of FPH on seed vigor, using standard vigor tests. Methodology: Soybeans were treated with FPH hydrolyzed for...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13087
Marinez Moraes de Oliveira, Mônica Rodrigues Ferreira, Marcilia Barbosa Goulart, Viviane de Oliveira Felizardo, Luis David Solis Murgas, Estefânia de Souza Andrade, Ivan Bezerra Allaman, Galileu Crovatto Veras, Diego Vicente da Costa & Priscila Vieira Rosa·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2014
Objective: The purpose of this work was to evaluate the reproductive performance and the toxicity of DMSO cryoprotectants and methanol toward semen of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), fed using diets containing different Crude Protein (CP) levels. Study Design: completely r...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13044
Maize requires optimum growth conditions to express its genetic potential. Evaluating maize under different sowing dates provides a novel strategy of improving its productivity. To achieve this, a field study was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Ag...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12661
Aims: In this study we tested four Catambra commercial formulates (hydroalcoholic extracts) used as insecticides in Italy, against Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica. Catambra plant (Ambrogios, Catalpa) a European patent belonging to Ambrogio srl, rich in an iridoid g...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12211
As a preliminary effort to commence organic cashew farming in Nigeria, a study to assess the growth performance of cashew seedlings was conducted in two consecutive trials using four organic nutrient sources namely cow dung, poultry droppings, cocoa pod husk and kola pod husk com...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/11581
Aim: The increase in the annual global energy consumption over the past century has relayed heavily on fossil fuels. Fossil fuel burning have accelerated CO2 emissions on a global scale. CO2 makes up 63 % of the greenhouse gasses present in the atmosphere. The environmental conce...
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is dominant solar radiation reaching the earth surface. PAR changes in response to the position of the sun and length of the day can be complex and perhaps even counter – intuitive to ecosystems. Assessment of PAR on relative humidity (RH...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/11317
Aims: The present study was carried out to extract expressed sequence tags-simple sequence repeats (EST-SSRs) for peach (Prunus persica L.) and to study their transferability across some Rosaceae species such as apricot, apple, rose and strawberry. Study Design: Cross-transferab...
I. C. J. Omalu, I. K. Olayemi, C. A.Otuu, S. C. Hassan, S. S. Eke, S. Paul & G. O. Uzoaga·Advances in Research·2014
Background: The heavy burden exerted by mosquito-borne diseases was the reason for this study to evaluate the entomological and parasitological indices of malaria disease transmission in Gidan Kwano and Mekunkele in Minna, North Central Nigeria. Aim: The aim of this study is to d...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12486
Four stability-indicating methods were developed for the determination of closantel-Na in the presence of its alkaline degradation products. The first one was HPLC method in which efficient separation was achieved on a C18 analytical column with isocratic elution and a mobile pha...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13090
The use of clay materials in the treatment of filthy water and industrial waste is a promising way for the restoration of the environment. Following this view, clay materials of Boboyo (from Far North Region of Cameroon), specially made up of smectite, have been pillared with pol...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/11726