Today, in the context of product innovation, the environmental dimension takes a new dimension and cannot be separated from other product requirements which make it competitive. Tools are available but unfortunately proficiency levels required for their use are at the expert’s le...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10546
The Black – Scholes (B-S) model is one of the widely used models in the pricing of financial option. The B-S model like most other models hinges on assumptions; one of which is the normality condition. A lot of researches have shown that using the log-return of developed market i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5246
Most flavonoids are known to have anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial and analgesic properties. In this study, the new flavonoids, 7-methoxy-3,3’,4’,6-tetrahydroxyflavone (1) and 2’,7-dihydroxy-4’5’-dimethoxyisoflavone (2) isolated from Streptomyces sp. BT01 inhibited the pro-inflammato...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12049
A new series of polyamides based on diarylidene derivatives were synthesized from 2,5-bis(m-aminobenzylidene)cyclopentanone VIII, 2,6-bis(m-aminobenzylidene)cyclohexanone IX, 2,7-bis(m-aminobenzylidene) cyclheptanone X and bis(m-aminobenzylidene) acetone XI by reaction with diaci...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11067
This study was designed to investigate the environmental hazards associated with poultry production among poultry farmers in Edo State. To carry out the investigation, a total of 366 respondents made up of 122 poultry owners, 122 poultry farm workers and 122 poultry farm neighbou...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11958
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential plant nutrients and plays an important role in nitrogen fixation of leguminous crops. A two-year experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria to investigate the effect of different ra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7200
Decentralisation is presumed to have a number of democratic as well as developmental benefits. It is assumed that democracy will be deepened by facilitating democratic participation at the grassroots thereby empowering grassroots and channelling their input constructively into co...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/9749
Diabetes is a pandemic that continues to worry about Governments and health policy makers. It is ranked at the top of chronic diseases that threaten global health with 371 million cases reported by the International Federation of diabetes in 2012. A big percentage of diabetics (8...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10287
In this paper, the information dissemination model involving propagation delay was studied. The effect of delay in the Social Network Service (SNS) was found by considering the theory of complex network and infectious disease dynamics. Also, the authors simulate the online social...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7627
This paper is purported to assess the impact of the modeling of bivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and Pap test on prevalence of carcinogenic HPV 16/18 types in Ghanaian females. For this purpose, a non-linear dynamic SIR model of homogeneous transmission for HPV 16/18 t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11019
In the recent years, with the increase of using Internet and other new telecommunication technologies, cryptography has become a key area to research and improve in order to transfer data securely between two or more entities, especially when the data transferred classified as a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11804
This paper is on the modeling and prediction of limit stresses of Natural Rubber/Organomodified kaolin composites oleochemically derived from Tea Seed Oils (Camellia sinensis).The stress-strain data reports of Natural Rubber/Tea Seed Oil modified (NR/TSO) kaolin were used to deve...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11587
Gender mainstreaming within policies and programs has remained a big priority among government and non-governmental organizations. In all societies, in all parts of the world, gender equality is not yet realized. Men and women have different roles, responsibilities and decision-m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/9716
Aim: To evaluate the polyphenols, flavonoids and the in vitro antioxidant activity of different parts of Tamarindus indica Linn. Study Design: Methanolic extracts of the leaves, stem bark, root bark, fruit pulp, fruit bark and seeds of Tamarindus indica Linn were analyzed for the...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8602
Aim: This study investigated the hypoglycemic, hematologic and hypolipidemic potentials of Mucuna pruriens ethanol leaf extract (MELE) in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Study Design: Experimental Animal Model. The study was conducted in the Physiology Laboratory of the Department...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11735