Background and Aim: The Dutch national food composition database (NEVO database) is used for all food and nutrition related work in the Netherlands. The database is managed at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. Recently the updated version of NEVO onlin...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7663
For evaluation of moringa growth and its minerals content response to irrigation with diluted seawater and spraying by potassium silicate solitary (Si) or in combination with salicylic acid (Si+SA), a pot experiment was conducted in the greenhouse of the National Research Center,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6105
The advection diffusion equation (ADE) is solved in two directions to obtain the crosswind integrated concentration. The solution we used Laplace transformation technique and considering the wind speed depends on the vertical height and eddy diffusivity depends on downwind and ve...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/5866
The potentiality of millet husk in production of biogas and bio-ethanol was investigated. Proximate analysis was carried out on the millet husk and the husk had the following proximate composition: ash (33.83±0.67%), moisture content (10±0.03%), organic matter (56.17%) and Carbon...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4375
Aims: In a previous paper we have obtained a result which provides a new way to consider structured programs. Any directed graph whatsoever, according to this result, is a dag overlaid by a structured graph, with loops within loops in which no loops overlap. In such a structured...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/5816
Aims: The purposes of this study were to clarify the changes in smoothness of each phase by making use of the angular jerk cost for the smoothness of the knee joint motion at the stance phase in patients with osteoarthritis, to verify the relationship between the kinetics variabl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6067
The impact of sole poultry manure (6t PM ha-1), sole NPK (200kg NPK ha-1) and their combinations (3t PM + 100kg NPK ha-1 and 1.5t PM + 150kg NPK ha-1) on sweet potato yield parameters and soil nutrients was assessed at Adiembra and Fiaso in Ghana between June, 2011 to November, 2...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/4305
A three-year study to determine the initial and residual effects of inorganic and organic fertilizers on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and subsequent quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd) crop performance was conducted in four indigenous communities in the central Bolivian Andean Hi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5764
This study highlights the impact of heavy metals from electroplating industrial waste water on the respiration of the fish - Oreochromis mossambicus. Bioassays were conducted separately with chromium, nickel and mixed electroplating effluent on the fish. Results revealed quantum...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5292
The control of optoelectronic properties of cadmium sulphide films, by a simple solution based ion exchange process, is an important aspect for various applications. The effect of post doping of certain metal ions on chemical bath deposited cadmium sulphide thin films has been st...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/6797
Talla Emmanuel, Bealem Aristide, Tatsadjieu Ngoune Leopold, Ngassoum Martin Benoît, Wansi Jean Duplex, Yaya Gbaveng, Dabole Bernard, Meli Alain, Mbafor Tanyi Joseph & Alain Roch·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the phytochemical and the antimicrobial activities of Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) Rhizome. Methodology: The air-dried and powdered rhizome (1.0 kg) of Z. officinale was extracted with ethyl acetate (1.5 L) at room temperature f...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6884
Aim: Onions have potential antioxidant properties that lower the oxidative status. The Present study was aimed to investigate the antioxidant activity of onion oil in irradiated male albino rats. Study Design: Randomized controlled experiment. Place and Duration of Study: Experim...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7210
Problem: That climate change and subsequent natural disasters resulting from it will affect the agricultural sector is not new to anyone familiar with the disaster literature. However, the exact magnitude of such impacts remains to be estimated. Methodology: Using empirical evide...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7084
In an effort to enhance agricultural development in Ghana, rice producers have witnessed myriads of improved agricultural technology development and dissemination. Notably among them is the Multi-national NERICA Rice Dissemination Project (MNRDP). However the empirical evidence l...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7250
The study was conducted to evaluate risk management practices in rice production in Abia State, Nigeria with the specific objectives to: (a) examine the profile of rice producers (b) identify sources of risk and the degree of influence on rice production. (c) examine appropriate...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5620