Aims: To determine the effect of petroleum products (kerosene, diesel, engine oil and petrol) contaminated soil at various concentrations on the activities of α-amylase, starch phosphorylase in the cotyledons of cowpea and maize seedlings as well as peroxidase activity in the lea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9750
Background: Self-medication with antibiotics constitute a major form of irrational use of medicines and can cause significant adverse effects such as resistant microorganisms, treatment failure, drug toxicity, increase in treatment costs, prolong hospitalization period and increa...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15147
The aims of this study were to identify key factors that affect women household heads’ awareness and knowledge of existing improved farming technologies and to determine the factors that influence women farmers’ adoption of animal draught (ox plough) and agroforestry in Zambia. T...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13889
An experiment was conducted on Chromolaena odorata dominated grassland to determine the efficacy of integrated mechanical and chemical control on regrowth of Chromolaena odorata and other weeds and to determine their botanical composition at 30, 60 and 90 days after treatment app...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14965
Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the yielding reliability of serradella, field pea and yellow lupine, sown as stubble catch crop in August on a typical Alfisol. Study Design: The randomized complete block design with four replications. Place and Duration of Study: Fiel...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15092
The study was conducted in a greenhouse to determine the influence of pelleted and unpelleted composted organic waste materials on the morphological growth, dry matter accumulation and yield of three varieties of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). The experiment was a 3 × 13 factorial t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13601
Research has evaluated the contribution of minerals through soil and foliar fertilization on winter wheat yield, the purpose being to identify the interdependence relations for the optimization of the fertilization system. Two types of mineral and foliar fertilizers were tested....
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14354
The effect of integrating Albizia zygia and NPK 15-15-15 on soil fertility and maize yield were studied to investigate the effect of Albizia zygia and NPK 15-15-15 on soil properties, growth and yield of maize. The experiment was laid out as a Randomized Complete Block Design (RC...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9179
Introduction: Injury is a major, preventable public health problem in terms of morbidity, premature mortality or disability. This study aims to assess the epidemiology of injury in patients admitted to a tertiary care centre in northern India. Materials and Methods: Observational...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15207
Background: For effective malaria control at the community level, information on the treatment practices are essential. However, there is no information on malaria treatment practices in Ibusa community. Thus, this study seeks to assess the prevalence of malaria and health care s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/11814
The total heavy metal concentrations of some environmentally toxic metals in sediments of the Pennington River System, Bayelsa state, Nigeria was examined. The concentrations of heavy metals in each fraction were determined using a ANALYST 400 Perkin-Elmer AAS. The mean concentra...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14696
The study was carried out to investigate the comparative nutritional value and physicochemical properties of home-made apple juice and mixed fruit juice (apple, banana and pear) with commercial 100% apple juice. The principal component analysis model revealed the complete differe...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14943
This study investigates a comparative assessment of two adsorbents: Bamboo-based Activated Charcoal (BBAC) and Bamboo dust (BD) in the removal of lead(ll) and cadmium(ll) ions from aqueous solutions. Maximum Pb(II) and Cd(II) removal was observed at pH 6.0. The Langmuir, Freundli...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14425
This study determined the Pb pollution levels of lead (Pb) in Ibadan. Until 1970, Ibadan was the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa and the current largest city in West Africa. Dust samples were randomly collected from selected sites, cleaned, air-dried and sieved. Pb level was d...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/10566
Health and environmental consequences of conventional flame retardants necessitated the incorporation of new plant based flame retardants. According to Australlian Plant Society all Acacia species can be used as fire retardants which lead to the selection of the leaves of Acacia...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12506