Consider any positive integer n. If n is even, halve it. If n is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1. This algorithm is then repeated indefinitely. It has been conjectured by Collatz that this process, which is also known as Hasse’s algorithm, eventually reaches 1. A new perspective...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12538
Liquid storage tanks are critical elements in the water supply scheme and firefighting system in many industrial facilities for storage of water, oil, chemicals and liquefied natural gas. A common effective method to reduce the seismic response of liquid storage tanks is using ba...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11299
The focus on herbal products for medicinal proposes has increased during the past decade. Papaver rhoaes L. (PR), commonly known as corn poppy, belongs to the Papaveracea family is used in southwestern Asia for some medicinal proposes. Modern pharmacology revealed that its extrac...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/12264
In recent years, there have been intensive efforts to establish linearised oscillation results for onedimensional delay, neutral delay and advanced impulsive differential equations. An impressive number of these efforts have yielded fruitful results in many analytical and applied...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11456
Aims: Oxya chinensis is a very serious paddy pest and causes major loss in rice crop. The objectives of the study were (1) Studying the molecular basis of plant biomass degradation by Oxya chinensis. (2) The role of Neem (Azadirachta indica) derived compounds, Azadirachtin and Sa...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7856
Aims: This study illustrated obtaining bacterial isolates capable to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) under stressed conditions and also using cheap wastes for production process. Study Design: Two-step throughput screening of 50 bacterial isolates by lipophylic stain (Sudan b...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2014/12286
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of duck manure and spilled duck feed on water quality and production of Oreochromis niloticus in an integrated system with local duck breeds. Fish with an average body weight of 20.17±1.28g, were stocked into experimental ponds (are...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/11604
Aims: Rice husk was chemically treated to be used as bio sorbent for removal of humic substances from peat swamp runoff. The spent bio sorbent was then applied as soil conditioner for enhancing plant growth. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design. Place and Duration of St...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12572
The present paper involves a detailed comparison between the salt tolerance and physiological responseof three eucalypt species occurring within the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC (Myrtaceae) (common name ‘Tuart’) is restricted to the calcareou...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11008
The present work is focusing on characterizing the films of poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) with various mass fractions of NiCl2/CdCl2 by different techniques. XRD scans revealed the semicrystalline nature of the prepared films and demonstrated that...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12317
Crop plants that are tolerant to soil salinity are needed for a sustainable food production in areas where there is salt build-up caused by irrigation practices. Ten groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes (ICGY-6M-5236, ICG-IS-11687, ICGY-5M-4746, ICG-IS-6646, ICG-IS- 3584, IC...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11495
The health enhancing properties of physical activity are evidence-based and widely accepted for children and adolescents. Today many children and adolescents are engaged in specific sports and that causes great attention of coaches to use safe and appropriate methods. Volleyball...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11631
We attempted to clarify whether the suitability of three-dimensional porous barium-ion-crosslinked alginate (Ba-alginate) gels as a scaffold for cells, in comparison with calcium-ion-crosslinked alginate (Ca-alginate) gels, differed according the type of method used to induce cro...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12407
Arterial blood pressure (BP) can be reduced below pre-exercise levels after a single bout of exercise. This post-exercise reduction in BP is termed “postexercise hypotension” (PEH). The aim of this review was to present current studies exploring the mechanisms of PEH and discuss...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12731
The estuary of Comoe River in Grand-Bassam is facing to a hydrosedimentary dynamics spectacular than the others estuaries of Côte d’Ivoire. The sediments deposits produce a sandbank which breaks the natural contact between Comoe River and Atlantic Ocean. This increases the concen...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12133