Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism has been associated with the genetic susceptibility to end stage renal disease (ESRD) in different populations. ACE DD genotype and D allele are associated with ESRD as risk factors in several studies. In...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4463
Aims: Glyphosate-resistant Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. (Palmer amaranth) is a major threat to crops in the southern USA. Experiments were conducted to evaluate differential tolerance to 2,4-D, dicamba, and tembotrione and interaction with glufosinate for glyphosate-resistant (GR)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5322
Aims: This study investigated the impact of agricultural public capital expenditure on agricultural economic growth in Nigeria over the period 1961 to 2010. Methodology: Annual data was used for this study and was obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria 2010 statistical bulletin an...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6472
Aim: The aim of this study was to ascertain the effect of temperature on nutrient uptake ability of four bacterial species. Methodology: A total of four bacterial species (Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas sp., Lysinibacillus sp. and Staphylococcus sp.) were used for the study. The med...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6407
Aims: To study storage rots in yam varieties cultivated in South East Nigeria and to determine under conditions of experimental storage, the influence of fungal rot on their post harvest storage losses. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratories, Department of Applied Microbiology...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7121
Aims: This study was focused on using Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) isolated from fresh vegetables which has been molecularly identified for in vitro control of some tomato pathogens. Study Design: The inhibitory potentials of supernatant obtained from previously characterized LAB i...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5423
Present study was carried out to investigate the possibility of developing new superior drought-tolerant plants in rice by mutation breeding. Major regions of rice cultivation especially in Iran and Asia are affected continuously by drought stress especially at the end of floweri...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5935
Objectives: The objectives of this study are three-fold. First, to highlight areas of shortage in postgraduate dental education in Nigeria, secondly to propose the introduction of dental advisors into our postgraduate dental training and thirdly, to propose a model that could aid...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6670
Aims: This study seeks to describe the socio-economic characteristic of the respondents in the study area, describe the land tenure systems operational in the study area, determine the trend in farm size change in the study area over a period of five years, determine the trend in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/7707
This paper analyses constraints, lessons and success factors, in the planning and execution of the European-Union Micro-Projects Programme on water supply in Imo State, Nigeria. The questionnaire was employed for data collection. From the results, the constraints indicated by the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5534
Aims: This study aims at investigating the content of supply chain quality management, uncovering its structure and defining the leading paths to explore development opportunities and to organize resources and organizational operations to push overall performance toward yielding...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7277
Very Simple Optimization (VSO) is introduced as a new a new global search design and optimization algorithm that is applied to a seminal antenna optimization problem: achieving uniform hemispherical coverage in a dipole-loaded monopole. The VSO-optimized monopole's performance is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6757
LetA0⊂A1⊂···⊂At−1⊂Atbe a chain of unitary commutative rings (eachAiis constructed bythe direct product of suitable Galois rings with multiplicative groupA∗iof units) andK0⊂K1⊂···⊂Kt−1⊂Ktbe the corresponding chain of unitary commutative rings (eachKiis constructed by thedirect pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6089
Face recognition based only on the visible spectrum has shown difficulties in performing consistently in uncontrolled operating conditions. Face recognition using different imaging modalities, particularly infrared imaging sensors has become an area of growing interest in recent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6295
Y. Kiran Kumar, Shashi B. Mehta & Manjunath Ramachandra·Advances in Research·2013
Aim: A Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation is an abnormal connection between arteries and veins, where arteries shunt directly into veins with no intervening capillary bed which causes high pressure and hemorrhage risk. The success of treatment by embolization in interventional N...