An experiment was carried out in Busia County, Kenya at Emalomba (N 00°25′28.8″ E 034°15′ 51.9″), Nambale District to assess the effects of nitrogen fertilizer rates and legume management options on nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) under intercropping system. Six soybean residue manageme...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12744
Aims: Major and trace elements (Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni Pb, and Zn) were determined in 32 samples of ukwa, Treculia africana (African breadfruit). Study Design: The study was conducted on ukwa samples collected from 8 towns in Abia State, South-eastern Nigeria,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12603
This paper is intended to investigate the role of syntax in developing the EFL and ESL students' higher order thinking skills (HOTS): Application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation / judgment as stated in Bloom’s taxonomy. The researcher maintains that syntax, as the study of t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/10231
Instead of electric charge, as the basic substance of EM theory, its static potential, as some energetic fluid, in the dielectric, non-resistive and reactive medium, is here taken as the starting quantity. All the remaining EM quantities are thus defined in the succession, by the...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10647
This study uses data from Centre of Research and Prospective Studies (CREP) to analyze the determinants of French language proficiency and investigates how the language barrier influences economic activities of Chinese immigrant-owned enterprises in Congo Brazzaville. The first p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/12507
Carlos Roberto Porto Dechandt, Damiana Luiza Pereira De Souza, Juliany Torres Siqueira, Mayara Peron Pereira, Renata Pires De Assis, Virginia Claudia Da Silva, Paulo Teixeira De Sousa Junior, Iguatemy Lourenço Brunetti, Claudia Marlise Balbinotti Andrade, Nair Honda Kawashita & Amanda Martins Baviera·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2014
Aims: The study investigated the in vivo antioxidant activity and the in vitro radical scavenging capacity of the Combretum lanceolatum Pohl (Combretaceae) flowers ethanolic extract (ClEtOH) in streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry, Fe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13558
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the antibacterial and anticandidal activities of new flavonoids from Streptomyces sp. HK17 which was isolated from the root tissue of Curcuma longa Linn. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: The study wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13326
The reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) methods for simultaneous estimation of Metfomin Hydrochloride (MET) and Vildagliptin (VLD) in bulk and their marketed combined dosage form were developed. Fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/12820
Cotton is very important for the economy and for poverty alleviation in Benin. However, cotton lint production started having a decreasing trend since 2003, and this is due to the decline in cotton acreage. Thus, to help inform policy decisions on how cotton production could be b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/12785
Using household-level survey data, this study investigates the relative competitiveness of banana production in the Mampong municipality of Ashanti region of Ghana. Empirical results from discounting and non-discounting technique of project evaluation show that banana production...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/11605
Sahoko Chiba, Ken Uchibori, Takasato Fujiwara, Tomoyuki Ogata, Shuta Yamauchi, Tuyoshi Shirai, Masahiro Masuo, Tsukasa Okamoto, Tomoya Tateishi, Haruhiko Furusawa, Toshihide Fujie, Hiroyuki Sakashita, Kimitake Tsuchiya, Meiyo Tamaoka, Yasunari Miyazaki, Naohiko Inase & Yuki Sumi·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2014
Background: Dielectric blood coagulometry (DBCM) has been presented as a new test for estimating the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) by measuring the permittivity change associated with blood coagulation. Yet no earlier studies have investigated the clinical utility of DBCM....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/10674
Aims: The use of Orlistat as an aid for weight loss has increased among obese individuals over recent years. Although the most frequently administered dosage is 120 mg three times daily, data on the metabolic effects of this drug are inconclusive. The primary aim of the present s...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/11168
Field study was conducted during the rainy seasons (July-November) of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 at the Research Farm of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Minjibir, Kano State, Nigeria; to compare responses of six cowpea varieties to tillage. The treatment...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11649
Oyo State, south western Nigeria, is enriched with mineral resources distributed throughout the State. These are metallic and industrial minerals. However, most of these minerals remain untapped due to inadequate information in terms of location, quantities and qualities that fos...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/11785
Background: Injury among high school students has received disproportionately little attention as a public health concern in Kenya. Objective: To establish the prevalence of injuries occurring among high school students in Kieni West District, Nyeri County, Central Kenya. Methods...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/9760