Aims: To investigate the antidiabetic activity of the root bark of Maytenus senegalensis ethnomedically used in Nupeland for the management of diabetes and isolate phytoconstiteunts responsible for the pharmacological activities. Study Design: Air-dried root bark Maytenus senegal...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/8616
Aims: The present study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant activity of methanolic and aqueous extracts of Senecio anteuphorbium and to determine total phenolics, flavonoids and proanthocyanidins content of this plant from Southern Anti-Atlas of Morocco. Moreover the effect of solv...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/8179
Aims: Novel methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus have been causing infections in the community and are now invading hospitals. In this study we aimed to determine, using epidemiological and microbiological parameters, the characteristics of circulating S. aureus clinical i...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9726
Aims: The growth behavior of vegetative cells and spores of a native toxigenic food isolate of Bacillus cereus CFR 1534 was studied under the influence of incubation temperature, pH and sodium chloride. Place and Duration of Study: The study was undertaken in the Department of Hu...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11745
Ghana signed to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) also known as the 1973 Washington Convention in 1975. The signing of the CITES demonstrated her commitment to the protection of the environment. It was timely because it ca...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9479
Dorthe Bleses, Anders Højen, Line Dybdal, Philip Dale, Laura Justice, Shayne Piasta, Justin Markussen-Brown, Marit Clausen, E. F. Haghish, Burcak Aktürk Ari, MetteKjær Andersen & Werner Vach·Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science·2014
Background: Children’s early language and literacy skills are key predictors of later educational outcomes. Children from low socioeconomic status and immigrant backgrounds have elevated risk for adverse educational outcomes. Research suggests that systematic and explicit curricu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11691
This study presents an analysis of school-based mentors’ experiences and preparedness in supervising student teachers on teaching practice in Zimbabwe. The strategy employed was concurrent triangulation because it enabled the researcher to use both quantitative and qualitative me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8818
Mahendran Sekar, Fatin Nabila Aziz Jaffar, Aziz Jaffar, Nur Hasyimah Zahari, NurIzzati Mokhtar, Nurul Ain Zulkifli, Ramizatun Annisa Kamaruzaman & Syafiq Abdullah·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Background and Aims: Rambutan fruits are native to the humid tropical regions of the Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia. Its antimicrobial properties are well known. There are two varieties of rambutan fruits available in Malaysian market i.e. red and yellow rambutan. Methodol...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11327
Aims: Wheat cultivation is still difficult to control because it faces several biotic and abiotic stresses. The transfer of resistance in wheat plants to these stresses through traditional approaches remains limited. However, genetic transformation allows the acquisition of this...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8499
Aims: To study yam propagation and seed yam tuber production in aeroponics system. Study Design: The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design and treatments were replicated three times. Place of Study: This experiment was carried out at the International Ins...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11632
Plants are severely affected by salinity due to its high magnitude of adverse impacts and worldwide distribution. Among various strategies, nutrient management may be an important aspect in alleviating stress under varied environmental conditions. The uptake and assimilation of s...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11773
Aims: This study is purposed on informing future trade policy decisions on how the fresh pineapple export industry of Ghana can be revitalized following declines in both volumes and value of exports since the year 2004. To achieve this, effort is made to identify and assess the m...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10773
For a connected graph G, a subset S = {s1, s2,...., sk} of vertices of G and each vertex x of G we associate a pair of k-dimensional vectors (u,v), where u = (d(x, s1), d(x, s2),...., d(x, sk)) and v = (δ(x, s1), δ(x, s2),...., (x, sk)), where d(x, si) and δ(x, si) respectively d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10491
The designer of pipes normally faces the problems of how to design and prevent the pipes from leakage when used. To eradicate of reduces this problems, effects of retarding force on mass flow rate must take into consideration by compare the retarding force, mass flow rate of flui...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10290
This work presents the application of the power series method (PSM) to find solutions of nonlinear delay differential equations of pantograph type (PDDEs). Three equations are solved to show that PSM can provide analytical solutions of PDDEs in convergent series form. The nonline...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11839