Among the subset of construct validity is convergent validity which explore the relations hips between two instruments that claim same construct assessment. This study aimed to assess the concurrent validity of the Fourth Edition of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and Fi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11448
Floodplain soil sediment at Eke-Mgbom, Afikpo, Nigeria, was sampled and subjected to chemical fractionation to reveal the geochemical forms in which some trace metals existed. The investigation was conducted to evaluate the bioavailability of these metals to receptor organisms. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/11787
Aims: To investigate the effect of human serum on growth pattern, cellular morphology, and motility of potentially pathogenic bacteria. Study Design: This was an analytic experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Institute of Exact Sciences and Technology (ICET), Federal...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11886
Aims: The aim of this study was to characterize occlusal anomalies in a Portuguese population with Down Syndrome (DS) and to compare its distribution with that of their siblings. Study Design: A sibling-matched, population-based and cross-sectional survey was performed. Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12688
Despite the great values and importance of ethnobotany to the lives of men, a large percentage of distribution and utilization are yet to be identified and appropriately documented. This survey aims at identifying and documenting the medicinal plants as well as their methods of f...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/10393
Aim: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is no longer in use as a diagnostic procedure but rather when a therapeutic intervention is needed or most likely to be needed depending on the pre-ERCP imagings as transabdominal ultrasonography (TAUS), endoscopic ultras...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2014/11875
Limited access to credit is one of the key factors inhibiting the growth of micro-small-medium scale enterprises (MSME’s) in developing countries like Ghana. Hence, this study sought to identify determinants of access to credit and the factors influencing the volume of credit dis...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/11351
Aim: To investigate the dichloromethane fraction obtained from an aqueous methanol extract of green stems of Citrus jambhiri Lush. and evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of limonianin. Study Design: Isolation and identification of secondary metabolite and hepatoprotective activ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/12311
Aims: This paper gives an account of the syllid species from different stations Rasheed, Domiatte, El Borrulus, Bardweel, El Aresh, also provides some information on the morphology, distribution and habitat of those species. Study Design: Descriptive study and distribution. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11738
In this paper we study different applications of the theory of differential subordination defined on the space of p-valent functions which are defined by linear operators. Also, some examples are given.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12121
Background: In risk-benefit assessment of food and nutrients, several studies so far have focused on comparison of two scenarios to weigh the health effect against each other. One obvious next step is finding the optimum scenario that provides maximum net health gains. Aim: This...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/9285
Aims: This research was conducted to study changes of chemical composition and digestibility parameters of date palm leaves silage by adding urea, molasses and Fibrolytic Enzymes. Study Design: The experimental treatments were: date palm leaves silage without additive (T1), date...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7307
This experiment was conducted to compare the performance and some blood biochemical parameters of Ross and Cobb broilers fed diets containing savory essential oils (SEO). Two hundred twenty four, 1-d-old broiler chickens (mean initial weight: 36.5±1g) of mixed sex (Ross-308 and C...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/12009
With the wide application of traditional medicine in primary health care around the world, there is need to explore and document medicinal plants used in many cultures. A mini-survey of medicinal plants used to treat different ailments in two local government areas, Adavi and Aja...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8658
Eight samples of iron slag and two metallic artefacts from two Early Iron Age sites in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, Čolaci and Pod, were analysed using chemical instrumental methods. Atomic absorption spectrometry was applied to determine major (Fe, Al, Ca, Na, Mg, K and Mn) a...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/12248