Aims: Lemon grass and mango bark serves as one of the medicinal plants used in Nigeria for the treatment of malaria by traditional herbalists. This study was designed to assess the effects of ethanolic extract of lemon grass and mango bark on the cerebral astrocytes of wistar rat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/11772
Background: Many ethnic groups within Tanzania are migrating from rural to urban areas in search of jobs and better livelihoods. One such group is the Maasai, whose distinct ethnicity and lifestyle potentially offers significant learnings in hypertension-related population heal...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2014/11947
The research was carried out to assess the problems associated with land acquisition and their effect on the type of crops cultivated. Multistage sampling technique was used for selecting 120 farmers for the study. Results showed that the mean age of the farmers was 50.5 years, 7...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/11506
Investigating transgenic characteristics of Californium, Jura, Elvis and Orkan varieties of canola has been carried out in this study. These plants are widely cultivated in Turkey. The Canola varieties were grown in an established tissue culture and the total DNA isolated. The 35...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11684
The kinetics of the oxidation of thiocarbamide (thiourea) by diaquotetrakis(2,2’- bipyridine) - µ - oxodiruthenium (III) ion, [(bpy)2(H2O)RuORu(H2O)(bpy)2]4+, in perchloric acid has been investigated at a temperature, T = 30±1ºC, ionic strength, I = 0.5 mol dm-3 (NaClO4) and hydr...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11517
The oxidation of diazepam (DZ) by N-Bromosuccinimide (NBS) in aqueous acid medium follows a first-order kinetics in [NBS] and a fractional-order each on [HCl] and [DZ]. The reaction stoichiometry involves one mol NBS consumed by one mol DZ. The rate of the reaction increases w...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10534
Aims: The corrosion inhibition performance of an organic dye, Basic Red 46, was studied against the corrosion of copper in 1M HCl. The adsorption isotherm of the used dye was also evaluated. Study Design: Electrochemical methods were used for this study. The corrosion of copper s...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/12330
Aims: The aim of this study was to isolate and identify microorganisms in crude oil polluted soils in Eastern Tanzania. Study Design: Isolation and identification of microorganisms using conventional and molecular techniques. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Molecular B...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/11780
Aims: The objective of present work is to investigate metabolic alterations associated with heart failure, particularly one of its manifestations, a sustained hypocalcemia that causes hemodynamic changes contributed to subsequent myocardial injury. Comparative study was carried o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/9708
This narrative review paper briefly and anecdotally discusses the current reality and future requirements across nations to invest in public health prevention strategies to ensure global health. Many novel public health campaigns have been underway and much of the research litera...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10279
Aims: The phytochemical composition and the in vitro antibacterial activity of the ethanolic extract of the stem bark of Entada africana Guill. & Perr. and Sarcocephalus latifolus, on Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis were investi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/11554
The effect of lunar phases on natural disasters has been discussed from time to time. In the present work we have made an attempt to investigate the impact of lunar phases on the natural disasters viz. cyclone, earthquake, slides and floods. We have observed the increasing trend...
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) production is limited by various insect pests that attack and damage the crops both in the field and during storage. Cowpea bruchids, Callosobruchus maculatus are the major insect pests of cowpea which infest the cowpea grains in the field, and then car...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/12151
Background: The body of quantitative literature that described risky sexual behavior as a predisposing factor for HIV and other sexually transmitted infection are plenty. However, little is known how risky the sexual practices of university students are in this era, particularly...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2014/12181
Background: The World Glaucoma Week (WGW) is a joint global initiative of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) and the World Glaucoma Patients Association (WGPA) to raise awareness of glaucoma. As part of the celebration in 2013, the department of Ophthalmology University of Uyo...