An investigation of the heavy metal contents in road dust is vital in assessing the potential environmental impacts of vehicular emissions on the soil. In this study, dust samples were collected from Jos metropolis and were analysed for heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Mn, Cu, Co, Cd and Fe...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/14150
In this paper, we study existence, and the asymptotic behavior, with respect to λ , of positive radially symmetric solutions of −ΔΡu = λh(x; u) in annular domains in RN;N ≥ 2. The nonlinear term has a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13254
Various genome evolutionary models have been proposed these last decades to predict the evolution of a DNA sequence over time, essentially described using a mutation matrix. By essence, all of these models relate the evolution of DNA sequences to the computation of the successive...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14280
Aims: To provide an alternative definition for subset Sarima modeling and demonstrate it by application to monthly internally generated revenue of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. Study Design: The study design is theoretical as well as empirical....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14305
Background: Abdominal pregnancy is a rare condition and potentially life-threatening if not diagnosed early and treated adequately. It has a high maternal and foetal mortality. Two cases of abdominal pregnancy are discussed. Both occurred in mothers aged 35 yrs and were managed a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13995
To estimate the effect of aging on the mobility of heavy metals in soil, relationships between mobility of metals in soil and time after contamination were investigated. Copper, nickel and zinc were added as chloride solution to soil sample. Citrus peel as soil amendments was use...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11512
Objective: To evaluate the antioxidant and organ protective activities Crossopteryx febrifuga Benth, in male albino rats. Methods: Animals were intraperitoneally pretreated with the methanolic extract of the leaf at 10mg/kg dose before intoxication with CCl4 (0.6mL/Kg). The hepat...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13286
Background: High cost of fishmeal (FM) adversely affects growth performance of African catfish fingerlings. There is need for alternative ingredients from affordable and available sources like plant proteins to meet growing feed demands in the larviculture of African catfish. Bam...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12886
The effect of intracellular level of GSH on the cytotoxicity and interaction of four environmentally relevant metals arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead (As, Cd, Hg, and Pb) was investigated. L-Buthionine Sulfoximine (LBSO) was used to inhibit the intracellular level of GSH in MCF...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13509
The article gives an overview on the study that critically analysed the effect of azimuthal orientation of current electrodes on the detectability of angular disposition of vertical electrical anisotropy caused by geologic features. This is very useful in ascertaining the correct...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12957
The main objective of the network security is to prevent DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks in inter-connected systems. Generally, DDoS attacks are attempted by hackers and explicitly block an authorized user from accessing their account and deny them the services they...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13386
Aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent metabolic disorder both in industrialized and developing countries that makes a large health and financial burden to the patients and the society. In the current article, we review the existing literature to find evid...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/5947
Background: The high morbidity and mortality among young women from unsafe abortions resulting from unwanted pregnancy and teenage pregnancy are mostly as a result of low contraceptive usage especially emergency contraceptives (EC). This is often due to restricted availability, l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12772
The inventory management of drugs and medical devices is a necessary precondition to ensure there is a consistent approach to drugs management in all wards to minimize the risk of missed doses and to reduce waste. In the majority of drug supply systems, the simple models work as...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14626
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cardiac imaging plays an important role in diagnosis and risk stratification of various cardiac diseases. Cardiac computed tomography added a major diagnostic value and led to reducing the need fo...