Aims: The study was carried out to assess the soil Phosphorus (P) status (available and total) in farms with organic amendments and compared the results to those which practice an integrated amendment system. In conjugation to P status of soil, the soil microbial flora in terms o...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8755
Brick which originated from Bangui Region (in Central African Republic), was pre-activated with HCl at 90°C and coated with ferrihydrite. This material was used in the present work as an adsorbent mainly for the removal of metallic cations (Me2+ = Cd2+; Cu2+; Pb2+; Zn2+) from aqu...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/9275
Aim: In Cameroon, research in the development of the milk sector has focused its studies on the quality (chemical and microbiological) of milk without specifically presenting the breeding context. The present work therefore, aims at shading more light on the description of the mi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/9800
Aims: Road accidents have impacted adversely on the socio-economic development of cities in developing countries. Abuja, the administrative headquarters of Nigeria is known for regular occurrences of such accidents. This study attempted to identify factors responsible for these a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6325
Aims: To determine the prevalence of depression and factors associated with depression among rural communities in Negeri Sembilan, Peninsular Malaysia. Study Design: A cross-sectional study with simple random sampling. Place and Duration of Study: Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, b...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10369
Developing countries are currently facing a double burden of communicable diseases, like HIV/AIDS, and chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). As HIV/AIDS has already turned out to be a chronic disease, the approaches of responses to HIV/AIDS and NCDs have several essential sim...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2014/10141
Argyrophilic proteins associated with nucleolar organizer regions (AgNOR) and Ki-67 were studied at non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tumors with low and high area index (AI) of AgNOR and label index (LI) Ki-67 were defined. AI AgNOR was related to the key clinical and morpholo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10319
Ryan L. Prentice, Megan L. Barnwell, Dustin M. Thomas, Homayoun R. Ahmadian, Ronald L. Jones, Charles K. Lin, Ryan J. McDonough, Bernard J. Rubal & Ahmad M. Slim·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: Atherosclerotic vascular disease remains a significant etiology of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is associated with increased stroke incidence and coronary atherosclerotic burden. Uncertainty remains regarding how best to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10207
Aim: Cholera is endemic in many parts of India and a major public health problem. The present study was carried out with the aims to understand biotype, serotype, phage type and drug resistance of Vibrio cholerae isolates obtained at a rural tertiary care hospital in Loni. Study...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5159
Background: Acute Lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a malignant disorder which originates in a single B–or T-lymphocytes progenitor as a result of somatic mutation. ALL represents about 15% of all malignancies in 1-15 year olds, 5% in 15-19 year olds, and <10% of malignancy in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9531
Introduction: The excess accumulation of free fluid in the peritoneal cavity is due to its multitude causes. Certain cytological and biochemical markers are reported for the differential diagnosis of ascites. In the present study, ascitic patients with liver cirrhosis and ovarian...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6774
Aims: To compare the prevalence of HIV infection amongst transfused and non-transfused children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in Jos, Nigeria and explore the factors affecting it. Study Design: This was a prospective case control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9575
B. Alspach, C.C. Chen and Kevin Mc Avaney [1] have discussed the Hamiltonian laceability of the Brick product C(2n, m, r) for even cycles. In [2], the authors have shown that the (m, r)-Brick Product C(2n + 1, 1, 2) is Hamiltonian-t-laceable for 1 ≤ t ≤ diamn. In [3] the authors...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/5861
Aims: This study examined the different types of humorous advertising on attitude toward advertising and brand in order to analyze the effect on brand recognition and brand recall. Study Design: This study focused on three types of humorous advertisings: cognitive, affective, and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/9947
Fanuel Kawaka, Benson Obwanga, Daniel Miyawa & Humphrey Gaya·Advances in Research·2014
Aim: The study assessed the distribution of epiphytic orchids in selected trails of Kericho forest Kenya Study Design: Belt transects and timed random walks. Place and Duration of Study: Field survey was conducted in September, 2013 in Kericho forest, located in Rift Valley next...