Aims: The study examines the inclusion of biological control hitherto neglected, as part of the IPM strategies in a farmer participatory approach. Study Design: The experimental plots were set up within a completely randomized block experimental design with 3 replicates. Place an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10794
Aims/ Objectives: To show modelling, simulation and visualization of the dynamics of heat equation in a rod. Other PDE models and Numerical approaches are also discussed. Study Design: This paper is simply about how to use MATLAB software to solve PDE model. Methodology: A Class...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/7763
The strong equality of classical tautologies and their proof complexities comparative analysis in certain proof systems were given by first author in previous studies. Here we introduce the analogous notions of strong equality for non-classical (intuitionistic and minimal) tautol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10972
The significant advances in information and communication technologies and the growing focus on E-business and modern supply chain management have pushed firms towards closer collaboration and more efficient integration of the supply chain functions. In this paper, we consider tw...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/7228
R is a programming language and environment which is mainly aimed to be used for statistical calculations and data analysis. Since a vast amount of human resource is consumed for its source code and packages; it is comprehensive, large in size and more common among others. Extend...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10902
A generalized two-component Camassa-Holm equation is introduced as a model for shallow water waves moving over a linear shear flow. Bifurcations of traveling wave solutions are studied. Phase portraits of the traveling wave system are given. By using the method of planar dynamica...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10790
Two coupled oscillators provide a mathematical instrument for solving many problems in modern physics, including squeezed states of light and Lorentz transformations of quantum bound states. The concept of entanglement can also be studied within this mathematical framework. For t...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10336
This paper is concerned with a class of nonlinear multi-order fractional differential equation. By constructing the upper and lower control functions of the nonlinear term without any monotone requirement and applying the method of upper and lower solutions and Schauder fixed poi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10719
The study was carried out to establish the perception of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) by short-term insurance companies in Zimbabwe’s second capital city, Bulawayo. The Zimbabwean insurance companies have not adopted ERM despite the benefits that this holistic approach to ris...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10242
Aim: The protective effect of some selected vegetables {Moringa (Moringa oleifera), Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) and Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)} against hepato- cardio toxicity of halofantrine (an antimalarial drug) was evaluated in 72 albino rats. Study Design: The rats were g...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/7644
Aims: Infant mortality rate (IMR) is not only used as a demographic measure, but also as an important health indicator of a society as well as a measure of its living standard worldwide. The Nigeria Demographic and Household Survey (NDHS) declared a wide difference in the IMR amo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/9597
Aim: The aim of this study is to review the literature concerning malignant transformation of radicular cyst. Material and Method: A literature search using MEDLINE, accessed via the National Library of Medicine PubMed interface (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed), searching for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9536
Carla A. H. V. Miyashiro, Susana N. Diniz, Daniel A. F. de Oliveira, Ivair D. Gonçalves, Regina M. S. Pereira, Renata G. Silva, Niraldo Paulino & Cristina E. Okuyama·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate both the antioxidant effect and anti-inflammatory activity of a new transition metal coordinated rut in compound, Rutin-Cu2 complex. Study Design: Flavonoids have proven antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Moreover, recent res...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10228
Aims: To document the relationships between child dietary diversity and acute malnutrition (wasting) in urban and rural Ghana, controlling for maternal, child and household socio-demographic characteristics. Study Design: Cross sectional survey Place and Duration of Study: Urban...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10014
The AC current instability mechanisms are investigated in high-Tc superconductor and superconducting tape at conduction-cooled conditions when the electric field and applied current may essentially exceed the critical values of a superconductor. It is shown that there exist the c...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/11069