The experiments were conducted during 2011 and 2012 rainy season at the research and teaching farm of the college of agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa state, Nigeria; to evaluate the effect of biochar amended soil on soil properties and yield of sesame varieties. The treatments consis...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/19637
This work evaluated the exposure dose rates emanating from five (5) selected waste dumpsites within the Owerri metropolis, Nigeria. The objectives are to measure the dose rates emanating from the selected dumpsites, evaluate the rates at which the radiation exposures diminished w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16360
This research focused on the impact of environmental accounting on financial performance of corporate organisations in Kisii County. The main variables of the study were EA application being the independent variable, and perceived financial performance as the dependent variable....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/19909
Long-term orientation is often regarded as the reason why family firms excel non-family firms. However, there are very few empirical studies. This article examined whether and when family firms were more long-term oriented, employing 1980 firms from Chinese Private Enterprise Sur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/20200
This study aims to investigate the structural relationship of the big five personality factors with job happiness and success among employees of an industrial complex. In this study, the population consisted of employees (340 persons) of an industrial company producing petroleum...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/19394
Aims: To investigate in Bacillus strains some functional properties potentially interesting for cocoa fermentation processing Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Biotechnology, UFR Biosciences, University Félix Houphouet-Boigny (Côte d’Ivoire), between May 2014 and March 2...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18937
Introduction and Aim: Extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) production is one of the main means of the resistance developed by Gram negative bacteria against β-lactam antibiotics. The present study was carried out to evaluate the incidences of ESB...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18199
A review of common types of lysimeter used in solute transport studies was carried out based on their features, working principle, advantages and disadvantages. The Lysimeters are majorly used for solute concentration measurement at the lower boundary (flux concentrations) in sol...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18098
Aims: The aim of this research was to investigate the effect on application of artificial neutral network (ANN) to estimate the color surface of fruit of three maturity stages of tomatoes based on fruit dimensions (length and width) and weight. Study Design: Simple machine vision...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/19709
Consumption of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) contaminated fish poses carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks to human. Levels of Cd and Pb residues in cooked flesh of Clarias gariepinus have not been fully explored inspite of their public health importance. This study therefo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18781
Aims: To investigate larvicidal activity of solvents (Ethanol, Ethyl Acetate, n-Hexane) extracts of Persea americana seed against Aedes vittatus and partially purify the most potent solvent extract and characterise most effective fraction isolated. Place and Duration of Study: En...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16392
Biocorrosion due to dumpsite leachates can lead to rupture and failure of engineering materials such as mild steel. This study was carried out to assess the effect of dumpsite leachates in corrosion process of mild steel. Mild steel coupons were prepared and immersed completely i...
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Research Article10.9734//BJAST/2015/16703
The goal of this paper is to study the possibility to build a 100 MW Photovoltaic Plant in small countries like Lebanon, it gives a general review about the basis of photovoltaics. Different electronic models of photovoltaic cells are presented. This paper presents also the funct...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13609
Aims: Shigellosis is an acute intestinal infection caused by Shigella spp. Treatment with most widely used antimicrobial drugs became limited due to the emergence of multi-drug resistance (MDR). In Shigella spp., antimicrobial resistance is often associated with the presence of t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19498
Aims: To isolate bacterial species with good potentials for biosurfactant production and to determine the tenso-active characteristics of the active producers. Study Design: Study on biosurfactant-production potential of bacteria in shake flask. Place and Duration of Study: Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19742