The study examined perception and utilization of family planning among rural farmers in Ondo state. The study spanned between June 2013 to February 2014. Seventy (70) respondents were selected using snow balling sampling technique. The data collected was analyzed using descriptiv...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15904
The performance of the agricultural export in Nigeria has been decimally, declining from 75 percent in 1960 to 1.63 percent in 2010. In response to this scenario, this study assessed the performance of various policy regimes that managed the resources of Nigeria from 1961 to 2010...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/16637
A study was conducted to determine the food and non- food pattern among rural artisanal fishery households in North Central Nigeria. Data used for this study was collected from a total of three hundred and twenty rural fishery households using a multi-stage random sampling techni...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/17388
Agricultural sector is facing serious challenges (low productivity, inadequate investment, changes in climatic conditions etc) in developing countries. The challenges facing Ghanaian agriculture had led to the increasing participation of farmers in the non-farm activities. It is...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15814
Aims: Of the study were to isolate and identify bacteria from pneumonic lungs and the upper respiratory tracts of camels slaughtered at Tambool Abattoir. Study Design: A total of 800 samples were collected from 400 camels of different ages and sexes, from different parts of the S...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/16744
Aims: Discovering new lead compounds against cancer and bacterial infections is a crucial step to ensuring a sustainable global pipeline for new effective drugs. This study focus on the isolation of secondary metabolites of methanol extract from the bark of Manilkara zapota (Sapo...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/17436
A novel Schiff base ligand was synthesized from Kanamycin and methyl ester of Amoxicillin in stoichiometric ratio. Three metal chlorides viz. CuCl2.2H2O, CoCl2.6H2O and ZnCl2 were used for the synthesis of respective metal complexes from synthesized novel ligand. The proposed str...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/17013
Extraction of Cr(VI) into chloroform solutions of 4-adipoylbis (1- phenyl-3methypyrazolone-5), H2Adp and 4-sebacoylbis (1- phenyl-3-methypyrazolone-5), H2SP were carried out and the effect of the anions, Cl-, SO42-, Br-, I-, SCN-, PO42-, EDTA, Oxalate acetate and tartarate were s...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/16790
Esther Gyedu-Akoto, Daniel Yabani, John Sefa & Dominic Owusu·Advances in Research·2015
Consumer demand for natural and organic personal care products has increased steadily due to the fact that some synthetic chemicals have been proven to be harmful to human health. Soaps are general personal hygiene and general cleaning products and they can either be natural or s...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17029
J. A. Anejo-Okopi, A. E. J. Okwori, G. Michael, O. J. Okojokwu & O. Audu·Advances in Research·2015
Aims: The study was aimed at determining bacterial prevalence and their susceptibility to commonly used antibiotics. Study Design: The research was a cross sectional study which cuts across all age group and gender. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Ba...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/15234
A. R. M. Towfiqul Islam, Z. M. M. Sein, Victor Ongoma, M. Saidul Islam, M. Foysal Alam & Farid Ahmed·Advances in Research·2015
The study presents geomorphological and land use mapping of the north western part of Ishwardi Upazila under Pabna district, Bangladesh. The objective of the research was to identify geomorphologicalunits and to prepare geomorphological and land use mapping based on remote sensin...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/14149
Aims: The study was conducted to know the prevalence of Giardia spp in different sources of water in District Karak Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Methods of Study: A total of 65 water samples was collected from different villages of District Karak was tested in the lab of the Dep...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15937
The metabolism of several trace elements is altered in diabetes mellitus (DM). The present study investigates serum levels of lipid profile and lipid per-oxidation as well as levels of Mg, Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Cr, Se, V and Zn, in 72 males with non- insulin- dependent diabetes mellitu...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/16791
Hydroponic experiments were performed to investigate physiological mechanisms of selenium (Se) mitigation of As toxicity in sunflower. The exposure of plants to 10 µM arsenic (As) inhibited biomass production and intensively increased accumulation of As in both roots and leaves....
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/17243
The Nephroprotective Effects of Graded Concentrations of Calcium and Magnesium on Nephrotoxicities Induced by a Constant Toxic Concentration of Cadmium and Lead in Rats Aims: To concurrently administer constant toxic concentrations of Cd and Pb with graded concentrations of Ca an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/17119