Annual GDP growth rate in the period of 2000 – 2006 averaged to 7.5% and the inflation was approximately 5%. In the period of 2007-2012, Vietnam’s macroeconomic policy shifted to the aggregated demand management policy. This research used the Keynes – Leontief relation to estimat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10160
This study analysed peasant farmers’ access to agricultural credit in Benue State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 130 randomly sampled peasant farmers in Benue State using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyse data c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/3883
The term “bioremediation” refers to the process by which toxic contaminants such as xenobiotics are reduced into non-toxic by-products (carbon dioxide and water or organic acids and methane) with the help of biological agents. Most of the organisms’ especially human beings are co...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9914
Aims: The effects of commercial logging on tree species diversity in the Tekai Tembeling Forest Reserve (TTFR), Jerantut, Pahang is unknown. This article is focus on inventory of two forest plots having one ha area of each. Study Design: This study based on inventory conducted wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6058
Aims: To compare the performance of ThinPrep® 5000 processor with the conventional method of preparing pleural and peritoneal smears as well as to study the possibility of replacement of the conventional method with ThinPrep® 5000 system. Methodology: Forty-one samples of serous...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/10078
Background: Urinary tract catheterization is a major risk factor for urinary tract infections (UTIs). Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) still remain a major reservoir of antibiotic resistant pathogens with attendant increase in morbidity and mortality. Objecti...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10097
Aim: The study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MDRE), their susceptibility to carbapenems and tigecycline, and subsequently carbapenemase producers among clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae. Study Design: Investigative...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9719
Objective: To investigate the antimicrobial activity of different solvent extracts of leaf and stem of M. quadrifolia (L.) against selected human pathogenic microorganisms. Methods: The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by well diffusion method. The antibacterial and antifunga...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9969
Bilateral thalamic infarct (BTI) represents an uncommon stroke presentation. Pathophysiology recognizes the occlusion of an anatomic variant of the thalamic blood supply from perforating branches of posterior cerebral arteries. Presentation could be nonspecific and dramatic in th...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9897
Objective: To detect the diagnostic accuracy of inversion recovery sequence in detection of meningitis taking cerebrospinal fluid as the gold standard. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Retrospective data was reviewed f...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/10365
Aims: The present study reports on the evaluation of a postgraduate assignment in which students produced a health promotion website. The aim of the study was to examine the application of WordPress as a platform for developing contemporary skills in health promotion practice. St...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10583
Much of the research into student’s conceptions of chemical ideas has focused on school age students. This study aimed at identifying specifically undergraduate chemistry student’s difficulties in determining the concepts of Energy. Data were collected from 87 undergraduate chemi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9785
The purpose of this paper is to obtain the fuzzy least-squares estimator for the two-parameter Pareto distribution and to compare the fuzzy estimator with different types of estimators. The trimmed linear moments (TL-moments), linear moments (L-moments) and linear quantile moment...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10890
In this paper, we study the positive solutions of nonlinear singular two-point boundary value problems for second-order impulsive differential equations. The existence of positive solutions is established by using the fixed point theorem in cones.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10859
Chocolate is made from the seeds of a tropical rainforest tree called “Theobroma cacao”. When compared with other food sources based on oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) measurement, dark chocolate is a major source of flavonols with highest antioxidant levels. Some of th...