Yellow or stripe rust is one of the most important and destructive wheat diseases all over the world. The best strategy to control this disease is genetic resistance through combining several resistance genes which results in achieving long lasting resistance. Marker assisted sel...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9821
Eghtedary Naeini Abdolreza, Etedali Fatemeh, Mortazavi Seyed Elyas, Sobhani Najafabadi Ahmad, Golabadi Maryam, Gharyazi Behzad & Malboobi Mohammad Ali·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aim: This research can be used to design and subsequently to study stable- tissues- specific gene expression in other plants, and potentially may be used in altering plants with C3 photosystem into C4 through genetics. Study design: In silico analysis by bioinformatics tools was...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9876
Aims: To highlight whether metabolites of Alcaligenes faecalis BW1 extract can be administered orally for their possible antimycobacterial effects. Study Design: Study of the influence of certain parameters on the extract of Alcaligenes faecalis by using either discs or well diff...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9715
Aqueous and ethanolic extracts obtained from two brown algae (Cystoseira compressa (Esper) Gerloff et. Nizamuddin) and Padina pavonica (Linnaeus) Thivy) have been investigated for their ability to inhibit 35 hospital isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)....
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10449
Aims: In vitro studies are highly instrumental in selecting a drug for a particular disease and also in getting the preliminary evidence to proceed for further In vivo pharmacological research. Hence, the study is designed to screen and identify the therapeutic suitability of thi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7270
Aims: To improve the cultural conditions for enhanced methionine production by Bacillus cereus S8 Study design: Study of the fermentation process in shake flask culture. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Applied Microbiology and Brewing, Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, N...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8224
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of biochar on the abundance of soil bacteria and compare it with the source biomass. Seven different treatments and a control were used in the experimental set-up. Three different types of biomass were selected and three types of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9334
Human bite injuries are one of the commonest bite injuries seen in the emergency room in a developing country. This bite injury can occasionally lead to devastating complications but yet, one of the most neglected injuries by both the victims and inexperienced attending Clinician...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9813
Aims: To describe the demographics, characteristics and outcomes of open-globe injuries (OGI) with respect to zone of injury. Methods: Medical records of all patients presenting with OGIs to University Hospital, Newark, NJ between January 2001 and December 2008 with a follow-up o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7332
Aims: To assess the influence of profession, treatment experience, age and gender on the perception of smile aesthetics with different buccal corridors and smile arcs, and to identify the threshold where buccal corridor space becomes aesthetically displeasing. Study Design: A que...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5545
Aims: Malaria is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. One of the malaria mechanisms of adaptation to the host is the digestion of hemoglobin by the trophozoite stage. This mechanism provides the amino acids needed by the parasite and is carried out dur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5561
Objective: To determine the medication and management preferences of headache specialists in treating migraine in the ED and during inpatient hospitalization. Background: Despite the frequency of migraine as a presenting complaint and the cost of acute treatment, there is no clea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9111
Aim: This work was aimed to assess the influence of socio-demographic and environmental factors on the incidence of asymptomatic malaria and anaemia among pupils in Fako Division, southwest Cameroon. Experimental Design: The study was a cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9712
Aims: To determine the effect of land cover change and local temperature variation on the thermal comfort of inhabitants of the town while carrying out their outdoor activities. Study Design: Application of satellite imageries, meteorological data and questionnaire for the study....
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6515
This study was carried out to determine the concentration and sources of trace elements in top soils, road deposited sediments and filling station dusts in Benin metropolis in order to evaluate the effect of increased urbanization on the environment. Ninety-nine (99) samples were...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9060