The effects of food hazards have been felt in various forms over the years by consumers globally. This study attempts to assess and evaluate pertinent hazards inherent in the local production of wara (West African soft cheese) which is traditionally produced in small scale by Ful...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3147
We present a new class of the black hole solutions of Einstein-Maxwell-Yang-Mills theory. These solutions have both U(1) charge and Yang-Mills hair. We also investigate the thermodynamic properties.
Aims: The present study concerns the environmental behaviors of farmers active in the Zohreh-Jarrahi, Maroun and Gotvand irrigation networks regarding water management in the farm. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: This cross-sectional study was con...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2451
This study was conducted in Delta Central Agricultural Zone to determine the effectiveness of the leadership of farmers’ self-help groups through attendance to meetings, regularity in the payment of dues and participation in group activities. Farmers’ groups are ubiquitous, yet t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2013/2869
Aims: To evaluate the antitumor potential of metal silver and polyvinilpyrrolidone nanoparticle-encapsulated silver on L5178Y-R murine lymphoma cell growth and survival of tumor-bearing mice. Study Design: In vitro and in vivo (pre-clinical) study. Place and Duration of Study: Un...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3108
Aims: To determine the tolerability of adding docetaxel to radiation therapy in patients with a rising PSA post prostatectomy for prostate cancer. Study design: Phase II study of the combination of docetaxel and radiation therapy. Place and duration of study: University and Veter...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3406
Recent increases in the immigration of persons from Latin America into North America, particularly from regions endemic for Chagas disease, suggest the possibility that pregnant women may be latently infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. This study was undertaken to assess the magnitu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2013/3136
The paper is using a two period model of consumption and current account balance and tries to determine the dynamics of the exchange rates by taking into consideration the increases in oil prices, national debts, budget and trade deficits, the global uncertainty, and the enormous...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3232
The magnitude of this study is to explore association between fiscal decentralization and life expectancy in Pakistan. Panel data approach was used to detect the empirically friendship between life expectancy and fiscal decentralization over the period of 1990-2010 in Pakistan. L...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/2462
The study analyzed the physical capacity utilization rates in the sugar industry in the period 1970 to 2010 in Nigeria. Secondary data were obtained from the sugar firms, Central Bank of Nigeria, National Bureau of Statistics and Federal Ministry of Finance. Stochastic Cobb-Dougl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/2940
This special issue “Impact of climate change on physical and biogeochemical processes in the hydrologic cycle” presents a collection of articles on interactions of climatic drivers and hydro-biogeochemical responses as well as the role of biogeochemical processes in controls and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/6715
Aims: Soil black carbon (BC) has been shown to possess large amounts of cation exchange sites and surface charge, and is viewed as a potential soil amendment to improve nutrient retention and for pollutant remediation. This study investigated the nano-scale distribution of reacti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/2267
Aims: This study is to evaluate the effect of petroleum crude oil contaminated soil on the mineral nutrient elements, soil properties and bacterial biomass of the rhizosphere of jojoba plants (Simmodsia chinensis). Methodology: A pot experiment was carried out. The soil was treat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/2492
Aims: To determine whether addition of inorganic nitrogen (N) directly to maize litter (stalk and leaf) with differing tissue quality impacts litter and soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition. We tested whether N addition leads to 1) faster litter decomposition, 2) less SOM-C de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/1640
Assessing the impacts of climate changes on water quality requires an understanding of the biogeochemical cycling of trace metals. Evidence from research on alluvial aquifers and coastal watersheds shows direct impacts of climate change on the fate and transformation of trace met...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/3061