Image contents play a vital role in various images. In this paper, genetic algorithm has been investigated for the content enhancement of the natural images. The algorithm was effective as the contents of the images became clear with the successive iterations. The algorithm was a...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/6891
This paper discusses the role and impacts of resource availability in driving rural development in Nigeria. Particular emphasis is focused on understanding how the availability of specific resources in Nigeria’s rural areas have shaped policy discourses, initiation and implementa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11280
This study concerns the effects of Concept Mapping-Guided Discovery Integrated Teaching Approach on the Learning Style and Achievement of chemistry students. The sample comprised 162 Senior Secondary School (SS 2) students drawn from two Science Schools in Nasarawa State, Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11596
Albizia lebbeck is a tree widely distributed in India and is also found in South Africa, South America and Australia. As in Indian traditional system as folk medicine, this plant is used to treat several inflammatory pathologies such as asthma, arthritis and burns. Study of other...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/11743
Introduction: Aloe vera is known from centuries as a medicinal plant. It’s a wonder plant with a lot of health benefits and hence often been called the 'natural healer'. It is a tropical plant that flourishes in warm and dry climate and looks like a cactus with fleshy thorny leav...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/10843
Aims: To determine the effect of cooking on proximate, phytochemical constituents and their changes in hematological parameters. Study Design: Determination of proximate and quantitative phytochemical constituents of the cooked and raw T. conophorum (CTC and RTC respectively) nut...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/11352
It is well-known that coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most cause of death in all over the world and generally been considered as a disease of elderly people and occasionally middle-aged men. Emerging data displays an important sex-based difference in CAD. Therefore CAD in th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11912
We present the case of a 6-week-old male infant with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in which DonnatalTM (phenobarbital, hyoscyamine, atropine, hyoscine) Elixir was used as an adjunct therapy. The infant was born to a mother taking 130mg of methadone per day since conception....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12419
Background: Genetic backgrounds play an important role in susceptibility to and protection against Guillain Barré Syndrome. Certain human leukocyte antigens have been found to be associated with Guillain Barré Syndrome. Aim of Study: This study aimed to study the relationship bet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10283
Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of falls among older people with plantar changes in order to preserve their autonomy and independence. Study Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study was conducted based on a sample of elderly people....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10882
Aims: The prevalence of syphilis has been reported to be on the increase worldwide as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Maternal syphilis puts the fetus at risk of congenital syphilis with the attendant health risks including intrauterine death. This study was carried out to det...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11242
There has been an increased advocacy on food legume cultivation as an economical and sustainable means of soil fertilization due to the inherent problems of inorganic fertilizers such as unavailability, high cost, environmental hazards and soil degradation. This study was therefo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/6506
The study sought to determine the effects of factory labour costs on annual returns to tea growers in Kenya. A case study design was adopted and data was collected through questionnaires. The research was conducted between September 2013 and March 2014. Descriptive and inferentia...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/11538
To implement a farm of computer system which compiles source programs using the computers connected in the farm. A build farm can be defined as a set of computers (distributed systems) that work together to compile software. Distributed Compiling is a special type of compiling ac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10885
Soya beans are an important cash-crop, grown worldwide because of their use as a raw material in various industries involved in the production of sauces, mayonnaises, chocolates, baby-food, bakery, etc. Soya bean products are not only consumed by humans, but by pets too. They are...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11973