The efficacy of Garcinia kola seed ethanolic extract on selected haematological parameters of male Wistar rats was investigated. Thirty (30) male Wistar rats weighing 150.42±3.98 g were divided into three groups (I, II and III) comprising ten animals each. Animals in group I (con...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15305
Aims: (i) To determine the effect of higher initial pH on the effectiveness and efficiency of E. aerogenes S012 in converting glycerol to ethanol; (ii) To identify the best pH range in which the bacterium produces the highest results. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Bi...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15622
A polyphenol oxidase was purified to homogeneity from edible yam (Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata cv. zrèzrou) cultivated in Côte d’Ivoire. The purification procedure consisted of ion-exchange, ammonium sulphate fractionation, size exclusion and hydrophobic interaction chromatogra...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15174
Aim: To determine perception and understanding of oral thrush among Maasai women of reproductive age (WRA), Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), village leaders and health care workers in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Study Design: Cross sectional, qualitative research....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14711
Aim: Anaplasmosis is an important economic livestock disease. Limited information on its epidemiology in Iran is still lacking thus the aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence of the disease in sheep and cattle in Kurdistan province of Western Iran with an overview o...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15535
The paper introduces ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna for WPAN application with reduced ground plane size. This paper proposes a hexagonal antenna with microstrip feed line. The proposed antenna with small size and different ground structure is considered to reduce the surface wave a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15463
A set of non-standard discrete models are constructed for the solution of non-homogenous second order equation. The method of non-local approximation and renormalization of the discretization functions have been applied to some examples and the result has shown that the schemes b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15620
Aims/ Objectives: Today, the interest in brain and computer interfaces has rapidly grown owing to the possibility of providing disabled subjects with new communication channels. Despite these interests, there are some obstacles in providing applicable BCIs. One of these obstacles...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15167
For any 0 < δ < 1 there exists a measurable function μ(x), 0 < μ(x) ≤ 1, with | {x ∈ [0, 1]; μ(x) ≠ 1} |< δ, and a series in the Walsh system of the form such that for any p ≥ 1 and any function one can f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14246
In this paper, we prove the existence of fixed points and demiclosed principle for total asymptotically nonexpansive mappings in hyperbolic spaces. As a consequence, we obtain a Δ-convergence theorem for such mappings in hyperbolic spaces. Our results improve and extend some resu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15414
Aim: The objective of the present work is to study the antidiabetic and hypolipidemic effect of different fractions of heart wood of Pterocarpus marsupium in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Methodology: Diabetes was induced by administering alloxan dissolved in saline (65 mg/kg bo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15927
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) has been used to investigate the optical properties of mono silicon solar cell. The sample was optically excited using continuous-wave (CW) light of wavelengths of 800 nm and 365 nm and the carrier density and mobility were extracted f...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/15338
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the main staple food for the inhabitants of Cheptais Sub County as well as other parts of Country. However, its production is facing a number of challenges that have led to yield reduction. Maize production challenges can be technological, policy, socio-eco...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15713
For the control of nonlinear robot dynamics a centralized design method so called the method of the exact linearization and decoupling by state feedback is often used. This method has the disadvantage in that an extra out-loop robust control design is needed to handle varied oper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14939
An Ubbelohde viscometer was used to study the miscibility properties of Khaya senegalensis (KS gum) and Acacia senegal (AS gum) blends in dilute solution when the blends were subjected temperature rise, increase in concentration and as well as on effect of some inorganic salts. T...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13207