The main objectives of the study were to examine and identify the factors that affect agricultural productivity in Imo State, Nigeria. The method of proportionate random sampling technique was used in selecting a sample of 99 farmers who were interviewed using validated, structur...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2030
The present study investigated the effects of soil watering regimes on the intrinsic qualities of bioremediation of a waste engine oil-polluted soil. Five (5) kg of sun-dried top-soil was each placed into large perforated bowls and mixed thoroughly with waste engine oil (WEO) to...
Aims: In this paper an approximate method for the solution of third-order differential equation with two and three point boundary condition is developed using iterative reproducing kernel method. Methods: The third order boundary value problem is converted into integro-differenti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2013/2362
After a brief exploration of certain topological features of the unit octonions, we identify the Nash equilibria in a quantized version of three-player dilemma game using an octonionic representation of the payoff function. This representation is an important tool for the relativ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2013/2805
Aims: We evaluated the phytochemical contents and antioxidant capacity of the methanolic leaf extract of the Nigerian Axonopus compressus. This is a preliminary investigation to determining the active principle which may be involved in the antidiabetic mechanism of the plant. Stu...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/1686
Linear programming technique was applied to farm data obtained from thirty arable crop farmers during 2010 farming season to maximize gross margin from various combination of arable crop and selected livestock enterprises. Optimization and reallocation of available resources were...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/1609
he aim of this study was to estimate the IMR in Fallujah General Hospital, Fallujah city/ Al –Anbar governorate/ Iraq, during the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and to study the factors affecting it. This is a review of patient's records involving all live births and death...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2333
Aims: The present research study describes leaching kinetics of NO2- and NO3- at different added urea concentrations on undisturbed columns of agriculture soil. Study Design: This study design to understand solute transport in soil. Place of Study: Samples are collected from the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/2424
Introduction: Biphasic Pulmonary blastoma (BPB) is classified as one of the rare primary lung malignancies. It is composed of a mixture of epithelial and mesenchymal tissues resembling embryonic lung tissue. BPB is considered to be distinct from other lung tumors based on patholo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4095
This study was carried out to investigate ABO blood groups association with malaria parasitaemia among students of Igbinedion University, Okada located in Mid-Western Nigeria. Two milliliters (2ml) of venous blood was collected by venipuncture using 5ml hypodermic needles and syr...
Four brands of yogurt sold by street vendors in Onitsha Metropolis, Anambra State, Eastern Nigeriia were sampled, the pH was determined and microbiological assessments were conducted in order to ascertain the total heterotrophic bacteria, coliforms and yeast in the samples (A – D...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/1801
Lan Anh T. Nguyen, Osamu Hirose, Xuan Tho Dang, Tu Kien T. Le, Thammakorn Saethang, Vu Anh Tran, Mamoru Kubo, Yoichi Yamada & Kenji Satou·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2013
Identification of protein-protein interaction (PPI) sites is one of the most challenging tasks in bioinformatics and many computational methods based on support vector machines have been developed. However, current methods often fail to predict PPI sites mainly because　of the s...
Aims: To assess physicians' knowledge and perception regarding antimicrobial resistance and current antibiotic practices at the three main hospitals at Khartoum State-Sudan. Study Design: A cross- sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Physicians from the three main Khart...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2013/2117
The characteristics of plasma sprayed pure red mud coatings have been investigated.The red mud was collected as a waste from aluminium production. In order to understand the coating characteristics, pure red mud was plasma coated. After plasma spraying, the coated materials have...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/3218