This paper aims to review the perspectives and barriers before production of biogas from animal manure in Bulgaria. The share of methane emissions from the agricultural sector in Bulgaria occupies 18 % and stored animal manure is its biggest source. The use of animal manure for p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6505
Amel Mguidiche, Boutheina Douh, Sami Bhouri Khila, Gharbi Sami, Mansour Mohsen & Abdelhamid Boujelben·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2013
Field experiment was conducted at the Higher Institute of Agronomy of Chott Meriem (Tunisia) during the growing season 2011-2012 to investigate the effects of water quality on agronomic parameters and water use efficiency (WUE) to produce potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Irrigation...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4798
Aim: The present study was aimed to assess the association between leptin and lipid profile among non-obese and obese women subjects. Method: 60 non-obese and 60 obese women working in various educational institutes and hospitals in the age group of 30-60 years were selected. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5195
The antioxidant effects of selected vegetables and spices were assessed in the lungs of albino rats exposed to industrial pollutants. Albino rats grouped into six containing 18 rats each were exposed to cement dust at 200 m from a cement plant in Nigeria. Group one was the contro...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5440
Sami Bhouri Khila, Boutheina Douh, Amel Mguidiche, Françoise Ruget, Mansour Mohsen & Abdelhamid Boujelben·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2013
The progress in computer technology has enabled the development of crop models reproducing the behavior of a crop in a wide range of pedoclimatic conditions and technical itineraries. This work aims to study the impact of total available soil water in the root zone (TAW) on durum...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5053
Effects of phytase supplementation of low protein diets on performance, egg quality traits and blood biochemical parameters of laying hens were evaluated by using 216 Lohmann LSL-Lite hens. Birds were randomly divided in 36 cages (n=6). Based on a 3×2 factorial arrangement of tre...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4444
Aims: To provide a new reasonable measure for distinguishing between coding and non-coding regions of DNA sequences based on its fractal nature and self-similarity. Study Design: After conducting background studies on the fractal structure of DNA sequences, the application of Det...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6453
In this paper, we consider an extended vector equilibrium problem and prove some existence results in the setting of Hausdorff topological vector spaces and reflexive Banach spaces. Our results extend and improve some known results in the literature. Some examples are given.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/6683
In this work we investigate the Neumann boundary value problem in the unit ball for a nonhomogeneous biharmonic equation. It is well known, that even for the Poisson equation this problem does not have a solution for an arbitrary smooth right hand side and boundary functions; it...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/6825
Considering the alarming predictions of researchers and policy makers concerning the natural phenomenon climate change, this study “Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Sustainability – Implications for Food Security” was carried out in southeast Nigeria to untie some of the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/6310
Aims: In order to maintain the freshness and quality of leafy vegetables after harvesting during glut, vegetables are usually stored in cold condition either in the freezer or refrigerator for certain period as this storage condition is believed to prevent some of the biochemical...
Aim: This report deals with the generation of work examples using food consumption data from the Netherlands and Sweden to facilitate the understanding of probabilistic modeling of dietary exposure to pesticides by risk managers. Imaginary field trial residue data were invented t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6899
Background: Children are known to have higher dietary exposure levels to pesticide residues than adults due to higher consumption levels per kilogram bodyweight. Also social concern exists on the effects of these residues in young children, who are growing rapidly. To assess whet...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6900
Aim: This report presents an overview of trends in dietary patterns and exposure to selected chemicals in children aged 0.5-12 years living in the Netherlands, with the aim to get insight in possible trends in exposure over the last two decades. The compounds included are acrylam...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6901
Background: Prevention of negative health effects due to pesticide residues and contaminants in food is an important world-wide issue. It has been recognized that especially children may be a potentially vulnerable subgroup in this respect due to their higher consumption levels p...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7653