Two F/A-18 Hornets from Carrier Air Wing 17 crashed at 5:40 (UT) while attempting to board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson 466 km west of Wake Island on 12 September 2014. A large geomagnetic storm caused by a solar flare occurred at 17:46 (UT) on 10 September 2014. It is do...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/16620
A very simple, ultra-sensitive and highly selective non-extractive spectrophotometric method is presented for the rapid determination of iron (III) at trace levels using ortho aminophenol or 2-aminophenol (OAP) as a new spectrophotometric reagent (lmax = 402 nm) in slightly acidi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16749
The aim of this paper is to compute eigenvalues of fourth order regular Sturm-Liouville Boundary Value Problems (SLP). We propose the Galerkin weighted residual method with Bernstein polynomials as basis functions to approximate the solutions of SLP. We derive rigorous matrix for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15370
This study present the synthesis of eco-friendly poly(ester amide-urethane) coating from Thevetia peruviana seed oil (TPSO). FT-IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectral analyses were used in confirming the structure of compounds. Physico-chemical properties of desaturated N,N'-bis (2-hydr...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/17769
The legally compulsory school does not finish for all students equally. In vulnerable neighbourhoods, adolescent dropouts face an uncertain future. If they belong to an ethnic minority, the problem is even more acute. Exploring the geographical expression of social exclusion with...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18344
AIM: To address the impact of statistical software package integration in the teaching and learning of statistics by examining the effect of training lecturers in the use of statistical software packages SSP(s) on their intension to use the packages. Study Design: The research us...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17470
Mohamed Kaled A. Shambesh, Taher Mohamed Emahbes, Zeinab Elmehdi Saleh, Mokhtar Mohamed Gusbi, Ezzadin Areaf Franka & Omer Ibrahim Bosnena·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2015
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is very common cardiovascular disorder and a major health problem in North Africa. AF associated with increase the risk of stroke and hospitalization. Objectives: To compare stroke risk factors among community people who have atrial fibrillation and those...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17837
Edward Isaac, Muktar Haruna, Olabode Samuel, Edward Deborah, Musa Maikano, Abubakar Sharafudeen, Taiwo L. Sheik & Stephen Olatunbosun·Microbiology Research Journal International·2015
Out of a total of 472 patients tested, from 2008-2013 at Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Barnawa Kaduna State Nigeria, 67 (14.2%) were found to be sero-positive to HIV I/II antibody testing. The test involves 232 males and 240 females, 17 (7.3%) of the males were tested positiv...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16757
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become an issue of public health worldwide. The clinical features, molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of MRSA isolates from South Taiwan from January to December 2009 were collected and analyzed. Met...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16457
Oladipupo A. Lawal, Kehinde O. Amisu, Segun K. Akinyemi, Adetayo A. Sanni, Mthokozisi B. C. Simelane, Rebamang A. Mosa & Andy R. Opoku·Microbiology Research Journal International·2015
Aims: The aim of this work was to investigate the in vitro antibacterial activity of aqueous extracts of different organs of Bidens pilosa. Study Design: The design includes the extraction of crude extracts from the air-dried leaves, stems and roots samples of B. pilosa and the s...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17900
Objective: To evaluate antimicrobial and phytochemical activity of hexane and ethanolic extract of Ocimum sanctum and Calotropis gigantea leaves on clinical pathogens. Materials and Methods: The agar diffusion test was used to check the antimicrobial activity of the hexane and et...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17062
The possibility of a three rooted maxillary second premolar is extremely rare; diagnosis and treatment of such cases is challenging especially for undergraduate dental students. The aim of this report is to present a root canal treatment of a very rare case of a three rooted uppe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16199
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), is a valuable source of edible oil, cakes and livestock feeds (haulm) produced throughout the tropics. However, its production is constrained by high cost of water soluble P fertilizers that are beyond the reach of most tropical poor farmers and h...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16850
Thirteen durum wheat genotypes were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with three replications across four locations of north western Ethiopia for two consecutive years (2010 and 2011). The objective of this experiment was to investigate the association of different...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15568
Malaria is a deadly disease that needs proper and prompt diagnosis in order to treat its symptoms as early as possible. Rapid diagnosis test is a pre-requisite for the effective treatment of malaria in other to reduce the mortality and morbidity of the disease especially at the P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17725