Hypothesis: Several studies demonstrated that the patho-physiologic and morphologic changes in early diabetic nephropathy were mediated by either an increase or decrease in the nitric oxide (NO) production and/or activity. There are few reports suggesting a relationship between N...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7585
Aims: This study aimed to identify the attitude of teachers working in gifted and ordinary schools, towards creative thinking in Tafila governorate, and the differences between attitudes pertaining creative thinking according to variables of experience, gender, specialization and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8049
All processes take time to complete. While physical processes such as acceleration and deceleration take little time compared to the times need to travel most distances, the times involved in biological processes such as gestation and maturation can be substantial when compared t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/6214
Aims: The aim of this paper is to investigate interval-valued hesitant multiplicative preference relations and their application to multi-criteria decision making. Study Design: Based on pseudo-multiplication, we define some basic operations for the interval-valued hesitant multi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/9095
In this paper, we introduce k-fractional Hilfer derivative given in [1]. A combination of fractional Fourier transform method and Laplace transform method is adopted to solve Cauchy-type problems involving k-fractional Hilfer derivatives and an integral operator whose kernel cont...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/9444
Survey research has been widely used in public opinion research in Ghana. Ghanaian researchers are happy about data richness and they are also concerned about data quality. In this paper Item Response Theory (IRT) has been used to identify the most appropriate IRT model for under...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/6115
Aims: Effects of drying methods on proximate and physico-chemical properties of fufu flour fortified with soybeans was investigated. Study Design: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed in this work. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Technology, Osun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8984
Aims: To determine the effects of cultivar and bulb size at planting on growth and yield of onion production in Ghana. Study Design: The experiment was laid out as a randomized complete block design and each treatment combination was replicated four times. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8458
Aims: This study was to manufacture and evaluation of novel food product from germinated barley (barley like jam) comparing to the same product manufactured from wheat (wheat like jam). Study Design: Germinated grains of both of wheat and barley was minced with water, liquidated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/4439
Aim: To determine and compare the levels of zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), and cobalt (Co) in edible clay samples. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry Laboratory, Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba between June and Oct...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7946
Aims: To determine the effects of drought and bulb weight at planting on growth and development of onion in the Northern Region of Ghana. Study Design: Levels of bulb weights at planting and watering regimes were factorially combined and replicated three times in randomised compl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8459
Aims: The aim of this research paper is to examine the efficiency of electrooxidation and electrocoagulation techniques to remove the textile dye Maxilon Red GRL from polluted water. Study Design: The study was performed by using two graphite electrodes as anode and cathode for e...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/7819
This paper examined the shipping marketing strategies within the framework of complexity theory. Then using prevailing models in both services marketing and complexity theory, core elements like dynamic life cycle of products and industries, strategy, leadership, team-work as wel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/9220
Neusa L. Figueiredo, Pedro Luis Falé, Paulo J. Amorim Madeira, M. Helena Florêncio, Lia Ascensão, Maria Luisa M. Serralheiro & Ana Rosa L. Lino·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Aims: Evaluation of leaves methanol extracts from Plectranthus barbatus and Plectranthus ecklonii (Lamiaceae) against oral pathogens. Place and Duration of the Study: P. barbatus and P. ecklonii, cultivated in Botanic Garden of the University of Lisbon, were collected during wint...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7544
The study attempts to evaluate the nutritional composition of African wild antelope (Antelocapra americana). The data revealed that antelope meat contained high amount of crude protein (24.76g/100g), fat (5.32g/100g),moisture (8.08g/100g) and ash (4.67g/100g) respectively. Potass...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7404