S. I. Ogenyi, T. P. P. Choji, A. Chimezirim, A. O. Onyemelukwe, A. A. Ngokere, U. F. Onwuasoanya & J. C. Akulue·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
Aims: This work aims at determining the effect of cigarette smoke on the liver of albino Wistar rats, to evaluate the histological, as well as the biochemical changes in the adult albino rat’s liver and to elucidate the relationship between exposure period and effect. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/17292
J. T. Mathew, M. M. Ndamito, E. Y. Shaba, S. S. Mohammed, A. B. Salihu & Y. Abu·Advances in Research·2015
The proximate, selected minerals, amino acid profile, functional properties and anti-nutrient composition of edible frog (Pelophylax esculentus) were determined using standard analytical methods. The crude protein was 31.17±1.36%, carbohydrate was found to be 29.02±1.16% while th...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12059
Aims: Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal infections. GBS presents different surface proteins of antigenic characteristics. These proteins are encoded by several genes associated with virulence and host interaction acting on bacteria involved in invasi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17956
The Australian government is still basing policy on the concept that sea level will rise by 1.1 meters along the Australian coastline by 2100. The Department of the Environment has proposed a 10 billion dollar dike to save Melbourne from the hypothetical rising sea. In reality th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17463
Sirch basin, in the North of Kerman Province lays vicinity of Naiband fault zone. Approximately there is not where in the world during the years that is not affected by tectonics variation. So, evaluating and investigating tectonics condition, active tectonics processes and conse...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/15209
The properties of ions Cs2X+, Cs3X2+, CsX2−, and Cs2X3− (X = Br or I) have been studied using the density functional theory and Möller–Plesset perturbation theory of the 2nd and 4th order. For all species the equilibrium geometrical configurations and vibration frequencies were d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17612
Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) was modeled and the reactor performance analyzed with a view to coming up with an essential parametric quantity useful for assessing control at the steady-state design stage. The steady-state design of CSTR and its implementation, using Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16685
Study was conducted on the pathology of nematode infection in Parachanna obscura of the lower Cross River system, Nigeria. The objective was to find out specific pathological damages in Parachanna obscura caused by nematode infection. A total of five hundred and seventeen specime...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14674
In order to assess the changing pattern of N: P: Si stoichiometry and associated shift in the abundance of diatoms, we analysed DO, BOD, NO3-, PO43-, DOC and DSi in a 37 km long stretch of Ganga River. The N: P stoichiometry declined (from 13.6 to 5.3) at downstream sites receivi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17223
This study investigated the effect of cement and lateralite in improving some engineering properties of Niger Delta soils, classified as clayey soil, silty/clayey sand, and fine sand. Cement had very good effect in reducing the plasticity of the clayey soil and the silty/clayey s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18256
In the present work, cotton fabrics were dying with a natural colorant from Calligonum comosum plant under different conditions to determine the ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) values and the effect of light exposure and laundering on the sun blocking properties of these dyed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17227
Physical analysis of the magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters, especially ones with self induced magnetic field, demonstrates the interaction of applied electric and induced magnetic field to affect the flow field and accelerate it to reach the higher specific impulses. Such interactio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17531
This study identified determinants of constraints to information sources utilization among maize farmers in Edo state, Nigeria. Data were collected from 150 randomly selected maize farmers with the aid of structured questionnaire validated by expert judgment, and analyzed using f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17688
This paper is inclined to address the issue of pixel semantic expression of different region of interest. From the textual point of view, the number of pixels that are read from the region of interest in every graphical display is principally control by the pixel addressing featu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15103
Aims: Applying an image processing algorithm (image mosaic) for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and detect the position of the object of the picture. Methodology: The method that we propose includes four steps: Detecting key points, matching key points and cutting overlaps, findi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/17632