Aims: To explore the sensitivity and specificity values for aspiration with the blue dye food test (BDFT) in tracheotomized patients undergoing inpatient rehabilitation and explore what impact, if any, the accumulated oropharyngeal secretion level has upon the accuracy of the BDF...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/11652
In the present work Stilbite (Natural Zeolite), Na-Zeolite are exchanged with Sr(II) metal ion to study the removal of heavy metal ions from the industrial waste water. The analysis of the parent zeolite and the exchanged derivative has been carried out using Inductive Couple Pla...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/10798
Aims: The objective of this study is to create an experimental model of intestinal endometriosis in pigs, which might allow better understanding of deep infiltrating endometriosis and development of new treatment techniques. As secondary objective, we intend to create endometrial...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13615
Aim: To investigate the possible antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of purified extract obtained from aerial parts of Astragalus glycyphyllos (EAG) using in vivo model of CCl4-induced liver damage in male Wistar rats. Study Design: A total of 36 animals were randomly alloca...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/16259
In this study, the applicability of a multiple regression equation to predict breeding values based on the high-density SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) markers that are found in the whole genome sequences of animals and plants was evaluated. The genotypes of a large number o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/16480
This paper deals with the performance evaluation of multi-server queuing system subject to breakdowns under transient frame work. The system does not accept the queue of the waiting customers. If the new customer upon its arrival finds 'n' customers already present in the system,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14430
Given a Lipschitz pseudocontractive mapping T from a closed convex and bounded subset K of a real Hilbert space H onto itself, and an arbitrary x1 ∈ K, a Krasnolselskii-type sequence defined by is proved to be an appr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/16020
Aims: Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), the routine technique of molecular cytogenetics, is widely used to detect and localize the presence of specific nucleic acids sequences in chromosomes, cell nucleus space, cells and tissue samples through the use of highly complemen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15991
We have studied perturbations of Hammerstein’s Type Operator Equations in general Banach Spaces. In this paper, two different levels of perturbations have been studied in Hilbert spaces. We prove that these levels satisfy the regularization conditions for Hammerstein type operato...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15896
Aims: The study ascertained the information needs of indigenous chicken (Gallus domesticus) farmers. Study Design: Multistage sampling technique was utilized in selecting respondents. Place and Duration: Nsukka and Enugu-Ezike agricultural zones of Enugu State, Nigeria between No...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16218
The research was carried out to assess physicochemical and metal qualities of sewage effluent from Durumi in Gudu District of FCT, Abuja. Sewage effluent samples were collected during the dry and rainy seasons in 2014, and analyzed for some physicochemical parameters and heavy me...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/14220
Aims: This research was conducted to hybridize almond (Om El-fahm and M. Dalet) female parent with Okinawa peach rootstock as a male parent to introduce new almond rootstock resistance to root-knot nematode. Methodology: Okinawa peach rootstock used in crosses with both of Om El-...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14614
Alex Ngetich, Steven Runo, Omwoyo Ombori, Michael Ngugi, Fanuel Kawaka, Arusei Perpetua & Gitonga Nkanata·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate low cost protocol for the micropropagation of three varieties of taro (Dasheen, Eddoe and wild) from eastern Kenya. Study Design: The plants were grown in polythene bags arranged in a completely randomized block design (CRBD) replicated...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15614
The research was conducted to observe the growth and yield performance of one exotic rice variety namely Koshihikari in comparison with other three popular high yielding rice varieties of Bangladesh and its economic prospect. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete B...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15990
Sulphites or sulphiting agents refer to sodium hydrogen sulphite, sodium metabisulphite, potassium metabisulphite, calcium sulphite, calcium hydrogen sulphite, and potassium hydrogen sulphite. As food additives, they are widely used by the food industry with a variety of commerci...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/11557