Aims: The objective of this work was to investigate the efficiency of DNA extraction from bulk soil using the Britânia® mini mixer combined with phenol extraction to study bacterial communities, from three sampling sites localized in São Gonçalo-RJ, Brazil, comparing it to a comm...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12628
Aim: Electricity generation from wastes using Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). Materials and Methods: Bacillus sp._1, Bacillus sp._3 Pseudomonas sp., and Citrobacter sp., isolated from soil sediment were used for electricity generation in sewage water, glucose, soil sediment and acet...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12227
Recent developments in computer-aided polymer processing have brought along the need for accurate description of the behavior of materials under the conjugated effect of applied stress and temperature. In order to serve this purpose, in this study, experimental data provided by u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8036
Aims: To optimize fermentation conditions for microbial production of levan polymer on a low-price productive medium. Also to purified levan from Bacillus sp. V8 strain, characterization the levan polymer by 13C NMR spectroscopy and physicochemical properties. Study Design: Optim...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12448
Adverse effects of climate change such as drought continue to be a major threat to rural livelihoods. This study investigates farmers’ perceptions of climate change and adaptation process through food consumption and food habit change using a two community peoples’ perception in ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12123
Aims: This study was conducted to determine the occurrence of serologically cross-reactive enterobacteriaceae in food samples. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Industrial Microbiology Laboratory, IFST, BCSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh during January-November, 2013...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/11896
Radioiodination and Biological Evaluation of Epinephrine as a Possible Adrenergic Receptors Imaging Agent An adopted method for the preparation of high radiochemical purity [125I] iodoepinephrine was developed in order to characterize the binding properties of adrenergic receptor...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/10616
Aims: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the anti-obesity effects of unripe Rubus coreanus Miquel (uRC) in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and body weight, epididymal fat and perirenal fat weight, and lipid profiles in diet-induced obese (DIO) C57BL/6 mice. Methodology: The lip...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12680
Aims: The presented research paper is aimed to prevalence of apoptosis for the first time by using in silico molecular docking and simulation using caspase-3 zymogen and zinc-coordinated compounds. Antioxidant activities of the coordinated complexes were compared to the positive...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12979
Aims: This study was carried out to assess the antimicrobial effect of the volatile oil of Thaumatococcus danielli (Benn.) Benth. leaves against selected enteric pathogens and its possible inhibition against a partially purified and characterized extracellular protease of Shigell...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/8986
People of color live shorter lives than those of European descent and they are more likely to encounter significant health risk. As pertains to skin color cardio disease, hypertension, depression and skin bleaching suggest that the current level of study involving skin color as h...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/9972
A descriptive study was conducted to observe the readiness of Frog Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) utilization as a teaching method among teachers in a secondary school located in the district of Northern Seberang Perai. One hundred (100) teachers were involved in the study. A...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/11965
Aims: Teacher communication can positively or negatively influence student performance. The ability to be flexible in style increases successful communication but requires a high degree of self-awareness. The purpose of this initial investigation was two fold. First, to examine p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/12345
Aim: To look at the Pattern of presentation trends of childhood DM in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Paediatrics, Endocrinology unit between April 2009 and April 2014. Methods: Twenty one patients pre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12153
Background: Management guidelines are not yet clear for these patients who present late with displaced supracondylar fracture. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the clinical, radiological and functional outcome following closed reduction and percutaneous pinning o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12732