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Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Anxiety is Associated with Less Developed Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements in Six-Month-Old Infants: An Initial Study

Laurel Pellegrino, Randal G. Ross & Sharon K. Hunter · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aims: There are an increasing number of reports suggesting an association between maternal anxiety experienced during pregnancy and adverse outcomes of the offspring. However, exploration of the biological changes in the brain that mediate that relationship has been hampered by t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2013/5174

Thermodynamics of the Solvation of Lead Nitrate in Mixed DMF-H2O Solvents at 301.15 K

Esam A. Gomaa & Elsayed M. Abou Elleef · Chemical Science International Journal · 2013

Aims: The aim of this study is to determine thermodynamic energies of the solvation of lead nitrate in mixed DMF-H2O solvents at 301.15 K. The Gibbs free energies as a very important thermodynamic property were evaluated for Pb(NO3)2 in mixed dimethylformamide DMF-H2O solvents at...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACSJ/2013/4343

Change and Development: A Case Study of the Implementation of Mandarin Chinese into the UK School Timetable

Wang Ping · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2013

Implementing Mandarin Chinese into the UK school timetable is causing a big challenge and change within the Modern Foreign Language department (MFL). This paper explores some of the issues related to this new change within the MFL department. It begins with the initiative and the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2013/5060

Soybean (Glycine max L) Genotype and Environment Interaction Effect on Yield and Other Related Traits

Tony Ngalamu, Muhammad Ashraf & Silvestro Meseka · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2013

Aims: To evaluate genetic variability of five soybean genotypes, and assess genotype × environment effect on seed yield and yield related traits. Study Design: Split-plot, replicated three times. Genotypes were fixed effect while plots (main 60 m² and subplot 12 m²) were random e...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEA/2013/5069

Studies Examining Whether Sugar Added to Foods Changes Body Weight: Is a Sweet Solution Out There?

Robin A Ralston, Karen Z Walker & Helen Truby · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2013

This review re-examines the studies relating sugar consumption to development of overweight or obesity as identified for the recent revision of the Australian Dietary Guidelines. All studies identified for the initial evidence review that examined sugars added to foods (one syste...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2013/2749

Plants as Food and Medicine: An Ethnobotanical Survey among Kanikaran Community in Southern India

M. Ayyanar & S. Ignacimuthu · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2013

The study mainly focused on the plants used as food as well as medicine by Kani tribals in Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Southern Western Ghats, India. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out among the Kani tribals through questionnaires and consultations with age-old an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2013/3642

A Method for Two-Dimensional Cutting Stock Problem with Triangular Shape Items

W. N. P. Rodrigo, W. B. Daundasekera & A. A. I. Perera · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2013

Increasing cost of raw material and need to avoid industrial wastage, solving cutting stock problems became of great interest in the area of Operations Research. An optimum cutting stock problem can be defined as cutting a main sheet into smaller pieces while minimizing total was...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2013/5165

The low Dimensional Hochschild Cohomology Groups for Some Finite-dimensional Algebra

Deena Al-Kadi · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2013

In this paper we nd some results on computing the low-dimensional Hochschild cohomology groups for some nite-dimensional monomial algebra over an algebraically closed eld K. The low-dimensional Hochschild cohomology groups have an important interpretations within algebra and geom...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2013/4525

Peptides Corresponding to Intracellular Regions of GPCR as a New Generation of Selective Drugs

Alexander O. Shpakov · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2013

In the G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) relatively short regions of their intracellular loops and cytoplasmic C-terminal domain are responsible for specific interaction with G-proteins. GPCR-derived peptides corresponding to these regions are able to influence the activity of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2013/5593

Antinociceptive and Hypoglycemic Activities of Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott in Laboratory Animals

Nafisa Ferdous, Shehla Unaiza Hridi & J. M. A. Hannan · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2013

Aims: The fruit of Scindapsus officinalis is known as Gajapeepal in Ayurveda. The folk lore claim of S. officinalis fruits are antidiabetic, anthelmintic, antidiarrhoeal, carminative, expectorant, tonic, antiprotozoal, anticancer, sharpening hearing, cardiotonic and regulating th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2013/5259

Antiulcerogenic Activity of Kigelia africana, Nauclea latifolia and Staudtia stipitata on Induce Ulcer in Albino Rats

R. T. Orole, O. O. Orole & T. O. Adejumo · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2013

Aim: Ethanolic extracts of Kigelia africana, Nauclea latifolia and Staudtia stipitata were investigated for their phytochemical constituents and antiulcerogenic potential on aspirin induced ulcer in albino rats at 150mg/kg, 300mg/kg, and 450mg/kg body weights. Place and Duration...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2013/4971

Response Characteristics of the Perdido and Wolf Bay System to Inflows and Sea Level Rise

Janesh Devkota, Xing Fang & Victoria Z. Fang · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2013

The Perdido and Wolf Bay system in Alabama, USA, is an estuarine system linking the freshwater from the Perdido and Wolf Bay watersheds and the tidal saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico through Perdido Pass, Dolphin Pass, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. A three dimensional hydr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2013/3516

Efficiency Analysis of Silage Maize Production in the Province of Canakkale

Gul Ebru Orhun & Eda Orhun · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2013

Aims/Objectives: This study offers an efficiency analysis of maize silage production in the province of Canakkale. As a next step, the role of various socio-economic factors on efficiency has been examined to find out which socio-economic factors could be improved to attain highe...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAEES/2013/4007

Evaluation of Microbial Purity and Acute and Sub-acute Toxicities of a Nigerian Commercial Polyherbal Formulation Used in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

S. O. Ogbonnia, G. O. Mbaka, A. M. Nwozor, H. N. Igbokwe, A. Usman & P. A. Odusanya · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2013

Objective: This study evaluated acute and sub-acute toxicities in rodents and microbial purity of a polyherbal formulation, Bobwell® popular among the natives for the management of diabetes mellitus (DM). It was prepared with unspecified quantities of the following plant material...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJPR/2013/4117