Aim: Preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma (PRAME) is a cancer-testis antigen with very low/no expression in normal tissues. PRAME is an important target for tumor immunotherapy. Prognostic and in some tumors predictive importance of this expression have been shown in some...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/8832
Aim: To investigate the haematological manifestations of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) seropositivity. Study Design: Cross sectional study. We included 592 subjects in the study; (426 humans and 166 animals). Humans were categorized into 4 groups: apparently healthy (190), pregnant wom...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/10273
The wire coating thickness and quality depend on the wire speed, polymer viscosity, polymer melt temperature and the gap between the wire and exit end of the die. In this paper, results of experimental investigation are presented by comparing the coating quality on galvanized mil...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11893
Forest situated at the vicinity of communities hardly attained a fixed climax community over long period due to anthropogenic and natural factors. We investigated the density, population structure and regeneration status of six tree species (Annickia chlorantha, Baphia nitida, Ir...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10367
A study was carried out during 2009 and 2010 growing seasons on olive cv. ‘Picual’, (12 years old), planted in a farm located at 50 kilometer from Cairo. The trees were planted at 6×6meters apart and grown in sandy soil and irrigated with drip irrigation from well (underground wa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10607
Three Musa cultivars (false horn, french, and cooking banana) and eight roots/tubers (Colocasia esculenta, C. esculenta var antiquorum, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Dioscorea alata, D. dumentorum, D. rotundata, sweet cassava and bitter cassava) were assayed for their relative suscep...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10739
This study was conducted to assess the morphological, chemical and genetical diversity among eight carob female strains through two successive seasons (2011 and 2012) in Bourg El-Arab region of Alexandria governorate. The analyzed strains were highly significant for characters of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10519
Aims: to understand the effect of various polygenic traits on grain yield of traditional rice cultivars at four different fertilizer levels namely no fertilizer, x ½ recommended dose (x ½ RD), recommended dose (RD) andx2 recommended dose (x 2 RD). Study Design: Randomized complet...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11329
Beach bean (Canavalia maritima Thouars) is a wild legume distributed exclusively on coastal sand dunes, with potential of being domesticated for its nutritional attributes and utility in agriculture. A pot experiment was conducted to investigate its seedling performance under san...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11555
The productivity of wetland rice is constrained by the reduced availability of sulfur (S) and micronutrients like boron (B), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) in acid alluvial soil of West Bengal, India. A greenhouse study was conducted for two seasons (wet and winter 2007) using acid a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6660
Environmental effects of drought, flooding and erosion results to soil degradation. Sustainable soil conservation practices are thus inevitable for agricultural production, food security, farmers’ well being and rural economy. This study therefore investigated the soil conservati...
Aim: To assess the accommodative amplitudes of three different foldable acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) by measuring with photorefractor Plusoptix CR03 (Plusoptix GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany). Methods: Fifty five pseudophakic eyes of 46 patients (mean age 65.25±10.63 years) were a...
This article focuses on the actual problem of preventing accidents at potentially hazardous facilities. The technology for risk control at potentially hazardous facilities by the criterion of possible accident probability is proposed. Monitoring of situations is a necessary compo...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10601
Aims: To understand the relationship between individual trait and yield of one hundred rice cultivars according to Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Study Design: Completely randomized block design with four replicates. Twenty plants were evaluated in each replicate and eighty p...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12050
Leaf area, plant pigments, leaf content of N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Zn, Fe and Mn, yield and berry quality of Thompson seedless grapevines in response to spraying green tea extract, ascorbic acid and citric acid each at 250 to 1000 ppm as well as salicylic acid at 50 to 200 ppm were inve...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8611