Aims: to evaluate nutrient status in Koroneiki olive trees grown in sandy soils and calculate the amount of nutrients annually removed by the olive tree. Study Design: Costate Statistical package, in order to calculate means, maximum, minimum, standard deviations (SD), with 12 re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5521
Abstracts Aims: To assess the performance of sputum AFB smear for monitoring treatment response and outcome of anti-tuberculous drugs among newly diagnosed smear positive pulmonary TB patients. Study Design: This study was conducted prospectively among newly diagnosed smear p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7885
Aims: Nafamostat mesilate (NM), a protease inhibitor is available for treating acute pancreatitis and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and it is used as an anticoagulant for hemodialysis in Japan. A plasmapheresis circuit using NM can easily be blockaded. Therefore, we inv...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/8146
Benzamide (C6H5CONH2) is the first representative of the aromatic acid amides. Its molecule contains an amide group. Amide group is the main structural unit of polyamides, peptides and proteins. This functional group plays a special role in very important vital processes. The aro...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/7645
The aim of this paper is to study the superstability for the mixed trigonometric functional equation: and the stability of the Pexider type functional equation: where G is any group, not necessar...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/7792
Social enterprises are a pivotal tool for improving the living conditions in the Irish countryside and also to reduce the sense of remoteness in rural space by creating many job opportunities specifically towards disadvantaged people and unemployed workforce. The latter aspect is...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/8265
Radioactivity measurements were carried out in and around Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria for the naturally occurring radionuclides of 40K, 238U and 232Th. The values were used to determine the excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) and t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7180
Aims: This study investigates the effect of consumption of an edible seafood - Egeria Radiata (Clam) on hematological parameters in rats. Study Design: Albino Wistar rats were assigned to 3 groups of 5 rats each. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physiology, University o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6612
Aims: This study evaluated the impact of metal and metal containing wastes (plastics, glass, miscellaneous and fines) on cadmium and lead contents in soil and leachate and the inter-relationships among the various waste categories dumped on the site, using Principal Component Ana...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7961
This research is an attempt to explore; does the overall education and health situation of a country have a considerable impact on poverty magnitude? It also tries to find out the level of efficiency of selected countries to utilise education and health expenditures. This study u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6461
Aims: The Canthium parviflorum Lam. is an important medicinal plant extensively used in traditional oriental herbal medicines. It is important to screen for the novel biological activities and novel chemical constituents to further validate the use of this plant extract. This was...
Aims: To review the phytochemical composition, medicinal uses and pharmacological properties of different parts of the plant, Hyptis suaveolens. Methodology: Detailed data were collected from studies carried out by several researchers on the use of different parts of the plant so...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6959
Aims: To screen the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of ethanol (EDH) and aqueous (ADH) extracts of roots of Doronicum hookeri Hook. f.(Asteraceae). Study design: Animal study Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Anatomy (Histology se...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/4683
Aims: The goal of this study was to identify possible concurrent infection of torque teno sus virus (TTSuV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in a clinical case with post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) on certain farm of Shanghai, China. Place and Duration of St...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6336
Background: There are many different theories on atherosclerosis pathophysiology. The dominant one is endothelial function disorder resulting from the existence of risk factors such as dyslipidemia, diabetes, smoking, and high blood pressure and hyperhomocysteinemia bacterial and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6823