Jaspinder Kaur · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Purpose of Review: Diabetic Neuropathies are a heterogeneous by their symptoms, pattern of neurologic involvement, course, risk covariates, pathologic alterations, and underlying mechanisms that result into mono- and polyneuropathies, plexopathies and radiculopathies. It also ran...
M. M. Sabbour & A. Abdel-Rahman · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus, Nomuraea rileyi and spinosad were tested against the corn insect pests: Ostrinia nubilalis, Chilo agamemnon and Sesamia cretica under laboratory and field conditions. Results obtained showed that the LC50 of N. rileyi for O. nubilalis, C....
G. Suresh Kumar & A. J. Thatheyus · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Effluent samples from an electroplating industry located at Madurai, India were collected and analysed for chosen physico-chemical parameters. Among the heavy metals tested, zinc exhibited highest level with 739 ppm with a pH of 4.83. The bacterial strain isolated from the efflue...
Ahmad Mohebbifar, Seifollah Kashani, Meysam Afsari & Mehran Torki · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of adding commercial probiotics and prebiotic to diet on performance of laying hens, egg traits and some blood parameters. Study Design: Data of feed intake (FI), egg production (EP), egg mass (EM), and calculated feed conv...
N. Davoody, M. J. Seghatoleslami, S. GH. Mousavi & A. Azari Nasrabad · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Aims: This study was done to investigate the effects of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles application on foxtail millet in water stress conditions. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research Center of Islamic Azad University, Birjand branc...
R. Zafarian & M. Manafi · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Aims: Use of natural feed additives to improve the milk production of buffalos. Place and Duration of Study: National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India between May 2011 and July 2012. Methodology: Garlic Powder (GRP) at 2, 4, and 6% of DMI was incubated for 24h in diluted r...
Ganiyat K. Oloyede & Adeniyi O. Ogunlade · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Aims: To determine the secondary plant metabolites present in Albizia zygia (DC) stem-bark and investigate its antioxidant, antimicrobial and toxicity activities. Study Design: Methanol (polar) and hexane (non-polar) were used to extract the dried stem bark of A. zygia and biolog...
Neha Singh, Pradeep Kumar & D. K. Singh · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013
Aims: The aim of the present study is establish a correlation between the abiotic factors and infection rate of Fasciola gigantica and their effect on the reproduction of vector snail Lymnaea acuminata. Place and Duration of Study: Malacology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, DD...
Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz, Ian Colman, Maeve Wickham & Brian H. Rowe · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013
Aims: Depression and migraine are linked especially among women. Little previous research has focused on the potential association between ambient sulphur dioxide (SO2) exposure and emergency department (ED) visits for migraine, headache, depression, and anxiety. Study Design: Ca...
Kadodo Webster · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2013
This research examines the functionality of homework in rural Zimbabwean primary schools. The research acknowledges that, whereas homework is intended to extend the learning from school to home for the benefit of learners, in reality, is this happening in rural schools where a nu...
A. U. Ofoefule, C. N. Ibeto & I. E. Ugwuamoke · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2013
The determination of optimum catalyst concentration for biodiesel yield from Coconut (Cocos nucifera) oil was studied. The oil was transesterified using potassium methoxide as catalyst to obtain the crude biodiesel. The reaction was carried out at different catalyst concentration...
S. Sivakumar, R. Ravisankar, A. Chandrasekaran & J. Prince Prakash Jebakumar · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2013
The mineralogical characterization was carried out to determine the major and minor constituents minerals present in the coastal sediment collected in and around Nagapattinum district Tamilnadu, India by FT-IR spectroscopy. The minerals were identified with the help of available...
Chandra Mohan Saxena, Archna Saxena, Ashok Kumar Srivastava & Naveen Kumar Shukla · Chemical Science International Journal · 2013
Ultrasonic studies, densities and viscosities of binary liquid mixture of ethylamine and benzyl alcohol have been measured at different temperatures at 30ºC, 35ºC and 40ºC. The experimental value of speed of sound (u), isentropic compressibility (βs), intermolecular free length (...
Karuppanan Sathiyamurthy, Athmanathan Baskaran & Subbaraj Dinesh Kumar · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of diarrhoea causing human pathogen V. cholerae and other vibrios from different environmental and seafood samples in Tamil Nadu, India. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of B...
Richard N. Onwonga, Joyce J. Lelei & Joseph K. Macharia · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2013
The deficiency of P and the shortened growing seasons due to climate change are identified constraints in the production of commonly grown long maturing maize hybrid (H614) in the acid soils of Molo County, Kenya. The current study therefore investigated (i) the effect of soil a...