Aims: Evidence is still lacking regarding optimal treatment for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HfPEF). Our objective is to present an individual evaluation for each of the current available heart failure medications using a meta-analytical model. Me...
Unsteady magneto hydrodynamic heat and mass transfer flow of viscous, incompressible fluid flow over a stretching sheet embedded in a porous medium with variable viscosity and thermal conductivity have been analyzed, by taking into account viscous dissipation and chemical reactio...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/11972
Selected bacterial isolates from skin, gut and gills of Clarias gariepinus were collected from five fish farms at Ijebu Ode. The isolates were assessed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing method to identify them and to construct the phylogenetic relationship. A total of 10 isolates we...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11996
It is well known that many members of genus Bacillus possess an antimicrobial activity against a variety of microorganisms. In this study we present a primary screening for antimicrobial activity against some saprophytic and pathogenic microorganisms of nineteen strains identifie...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11408
Aim: This research is aimed at detecting the presence of Bacillus species in honey using morphological characteristics, biochemical tests and preliminary molecular studies. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the department of Molecular Biology, Institute of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7217
The constraints to kenaf production are extensive because farmers lack the information to mitigate them. This study determined the information needs of kenaf farmers. The study was carried out in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone of Oyo State, in the year 2013. Multistage sampling techn...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/9557
Aims: The experiment was conducted to investigate the performance and carcass characteristics of meat-type chicken fed Soybean Meal (SBM) and Sesame/Soybean Meal (SSBM) supplemented with or without microbial phytase. Study Design: The experiment employed a complete randomized des...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10513
Crop production is highly dependent on weather and change in climate has a major effect on crop yield, and thus on food supply. The effect of critical factors for climate change on growth and development of Zea mays was investigated. The treatments used were water, temperature, l...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10802
A Review of the Impact of Inspection on the Quality Assurance and Reliability of Project, Manufacturing, Operations and Maintenance is reported. The types of inspections and methods of establishing the frequency of inspection have been identified. It has been revealed that too li...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12081
Aims: To define a set of high-level visual features of endoscopic bleeding and evaluate their capabilities for potential use in automatic bleeding detection. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Computer Architecture, Faculty of Electronics...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11689
Aims: Recently, digital wax-up is proposed as a tool to aid prosthodontic planning. Accuracy is a requirement of the diagnostic wax-up in order for its information to be transferrable clinically.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the precision of digital prosthodontic plann...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12331
Particulate air pollution is the major concern in four major cities, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Chittagong, in Bangladesh and thus it is necessary to understand the characteristics of the pollutant as well as sources for further improvement of the air quality. In this view parti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11247
Capital infrastructure such as road construction weighs heavily on the budget of countries having large geographical area and growing population. The paper presents an emerging computer aided valuation appraisal technique for verifying design and quantifying the material-cost com...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11489
Joseph Nunoo, Enoch Selorm Kofi Ofori, Emmanuel Kwatei Quartey, Emmanuel Kwame Gasu, Ebenezer Ato Ewusie, Bernard Tawiah Odai, Wellington Torgby-Tetteh & Wisdom Selorm Kofi Agbemavor·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2014
Aims: In an effort to improve the breeding lines of tomatoes for further breeding work; this work was done to evaluate the physico-chemical properties of selected lines. Study Area and Duration: The research was carried out between May-September 2012 at Nuclear Agriculture Resear...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11087
The study investigated the influence of parents, teachers and government attitudes towards sexuality education on inappropriate sexual behaviours of secondary school students. One hundred and twenty-five senior secondary school students were used for the study. Related literature...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10315