From creation, man was charged to ‘increase, multiply, and subdue the earth’. Thus, man has continually sought to improve the quality of life by transforming nature to provide more food, and better living conditions for long life. Agriculture and technology are part of the tools...
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of plant spices (Thymus vulgaris, Murraya koenigii, Ocimum gratissimum and Piper guineense) on hemoglobin glycation (HbA1c), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and red blood cell (RBC) indic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/7202
Aim: Wild strains of elephant grass, Pennisetum purpureum, occur as invasive weed especially in disturbed freshwater swamps of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. A study was undertaken to assess the productivity and bioenergy potentials of the grass. Study Design: A completely randomized ex...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8722
Aim: To examine the response of cotton varieties with varying reactions to Verticillium dahliae to nitrogen. Study Design: The experimental design was a randomized complete block in a split-plot arrangement with four replications. Nitrogen rate served as whole plots and cotton va...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8919
Aims: The characterization and the estimation of genetic variability between accessions belonging to Citrusgenus using the SSR markers. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Molecular Genetic, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria, between August 2011...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8682
In this study 312 Microsatellite markers were used to analyze DNA polymorphism of three Egyptian wheat aiming to develop specific molecular markers useful in future Egyptian wheat breeding programs. DNA was extracted using the CTAB method and PCR products were separated in an ABI...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/9235
Aims: Planting healthy coconut seedlings will reduce cost of establishment and increase total yield of coconut fruits for high economic value. Therefore, two experiments were carried out in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 cropping seasons to evaluate the effects of different fertilizers...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/4338
This study was undertaken to determine the comparative effects of cobalt (II, III) oxide (Co3O4) macro- and nano-particles and cobaltous chloride hexahydrate (CoCl2.6H2O) on seed germination, growth and some biochemical parameters of Hordeum vulgare L. seedlings. Macro- and nano-...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8206
In order to evaluate the performance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes under drought stress at heading stage, 100 Iranian landraces and two commercial cultivars were grown under well- watered irrigation and a drought stress treatment as 50% field capacity (FC) irrigation...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8937
Aims: The aim of this study is to present students’ views concerning the attendance of conference and/or seminars via Internet (webinars) and also how online social network are used in distance learning. Study Design: Descriptive quantitative research. Especially, a survey using...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8556
Several studies have emerged on education being adequately challenged in Nigeria, yet little is known in the literature on the social analysis of moral decadence that has become a common feature of the nation’s education system and spread to other institutions like an harmattan f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9139
Background: Many criticisms face theoretical bases and measurement tools used for identifying learning styles. The Intellectual Style Inventory (ISI) introduced in this work provides a new approach for learning style assessment based on cortical functional specialization. The ISI...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8751
Aims: Pearl is a non-planar object and its surface has a certain degree of curvature. It is necessary to obtain the image of the entire surface of a pearl for the aim to achieve the grade based on size, shape, luster, blemish and color. This paper designed a detecting device to s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5544
Aims: The dynamics of HIV-1 induced AIDS is attributed to several biological variables, which characterize the stage, virulence and morbidity of the disease. The aim of this research is to use a necessary and sufficient subset of these immunological variables to construct a clini...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/1815
The paper considers nearness to singularity for which the Co-variance matrix in the least squares equation is well known. A synchronization of the condition number with ill-conditioning is highlighted which relates the quality of approximate solution to the described system. Vari...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/8110