Aims: This study was aimed to assess the level of particulate matter contamination and its associated health risks in Uyo, Niger Delta, Nigeria. Study Design: The study involved sampling and analysis of suspended particulate matter and assessing the health risk associated with tr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16296
Aims: To evaluate and compare the fracture resistance of three commercially available resins for provisional restorations. Study Design: The fracture resistance of three commercially available resins for provisional restorations (DPI Dental Products India, SNAP, PROTEMP4) have be...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15767
Aims: The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of static magnetic field generated by a neodymium-iron-boron magnets on the growth of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L). Methodology: At the bottom of vessels with garden cress seeds (sample tested) magnets with an established...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15862
Aims: The Objectives of this study were to partition the rice genotypes into different clusters, identification of heterotic groups, and most important traits contributing to divergence to utilize them for specific objective-oriented breeding programs in future. Study Design: The...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15687
The study examined the contribution of the Cocoa Disease and Pest Control Programme (CODAPEC), which is a cocoa production-enhancing government policy, to reducing poverty and raising the living standards of cocoa farmers in Ghana. One hundred and fifty (150) cocoa farmers were r...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16388
The chief economic activity of Guyana is agriculture. In the agricultural industries, the use of fertilizers for crop cultivation has been in common practice and has affected the crop quality over the years. The use of fertilizers accounts for about 75% of crop cultivation and qu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16386
Aim: To compare the bias magnitude between logistic regression and Bayesian structural equation modeling (SEM) in a small sample with strong unmeasured confounding from two correlated latent variables. Study Design: Statistical analysis of artificial data. Methodology: Artificial...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/16185
Food allergy is an increasing and potentially serious problem that can significantly limit patient’s quality of life. The incidence of this disease has been augmenting in recent decades. Classic allergy tests do not reflect the exact immunological reality of allergy. Recently, ma...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/16073
Aims: Caenorhabditis elegans nematode pathosystem has been used to study both bacterial and fungal pathogenesis. Apart from Candida and Cryptococcus, studies using this model for other fungal infections especially filamentous fungi however, are still lacking. This work aimed at d...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15838
This article explores the growing number of students with disabilities enrolled in postsecondary educational settings and the need for faculty to reconsider the format of the traditional lecture by utilizing learning strategies and interventions that have proven successful in the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14946
Introduction: Aplastic anemia is characterized by decreased bone marrow function with inadequate production of erythrocytes, granulocytes, and platelets. Marrow failure may be caused by absence of or defects in hematopoietic stem cells, abnormalities of the bone marrow microenvir...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2015/15735
In the paper UHMWPE coating with different materials is analysed. Such coatings are made using magnetron sputtering method. The friction tests of these coatings are accomplished. SPM surface morphology images of coatings are analysed before and after the friction test. It was det...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15679
Aims: To investigate antioxidant related effects of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (ginger) in humans. Study Design: Venous blood from healthy volunteers was used to conduct ex vivo experiments. For in vivo study, nine healthy volunteers, each received orally 250 ml of aqueous extrac...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/16618
This study presents the synthesis, spectral analysis and in vitro antimicrobial evaluation of a new series of Schiff bases of 1,3,4-thiadiazole and 1,2,4-triazole (1-10). The structure of obtained compounds was confirmed by spectral analysis (IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR) and elemental...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/16459
Eventual ecotoxicological risks associated with the presence of hazardous metals depend on their identity, chemical forms of association in soil, mobility and bioavailability. Based on this understanding, determination of the chemical form of a metal in soil is important. Sequent...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/16340