Claudine Tekounegning Tiogué, Minette Tabi Eyango Tomedi, David Nguenga, Guegang Tekou & Joseph Tchoumboué·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: The African cyprinids were not yet used in aquaculture. For domestication and preservation of the African carp Labeobarbus batesii, aspects of feeding habits in term of its aquaculture potential proves necessary. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Applied Ichthyolo...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/11675
Aims: The study aimed to evaluate how farmers’ education level, experience and age affect performance of the technology. Methodology: A purposive and multi-stage sampling technique was used to sample 276 respondents guided by target population of 1,000 and the concentration of fa...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/11167
Aims: To ascertain the adsorptive potentials of chitosan derived from crab shell for the removal of copper and nickel from mixed metals solution in order to evaluate the competition of different metallic ions for the chelation sites of chitosan. Study Design: Multifactorial desig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6451
Recently, it was demonstrated that the transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) and melastatin 7 (TRPM7) played a key role in ROS-induced neuronal death. Meanwhile, nerve growth factor (NGF), through activating tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA) pathway, is known to hav...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10543
The influences of seasonal changes of water properties from Imphal River were investigated in four locations. A range of water quality variables were measured in the river over a period of 12 months. Four selected sites viz, Khonghampat, Heingang, Mahaballi and Kiyamgei were subj...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7374
Aim: Empirical evidence suggests the existence of individual differences in people’s susceptibility to fear of fatness, usually occasioned by the increasingly pervasive norms in many parts of the world in which slimness is associated with health, beauty, intelligence and self-dis...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10286
This study examined challenges of block-release (University part-time students), post graduate and undergraduate students, with their research supervisors in the Faculty of Education at Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. The study also aimed to identify ways of improving the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8817
Optical communication systems are since the last 25 years the backbone of all international data and telecom communications. Up to now, more than 10 TBit/s can be distributed via one optical fiber in long-haul systems. This was realized by the use of highly parallel multi-channel...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10978
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate various reaction pattern of skin diseases in Oman using immunofluorescence and light microscopy investigation only. Methodology: A total of 187 skin biopsies were retrospectively analyzed at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital between 200...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10540
Thaís Kappel Vieira Dal Pai, Camila Pauluci Arcolini, Amanda Muriela Gobatto, Anna Manoela de Holleben Bicca, André Campos da Cunha, Vinicius Freitas de Mattos, Patrícia Trevisan, Paulo Ricardo Gazzola Zen & Rafael Fabiano Machado Rosa·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Introduction: True knot of the umbilical cord is characterized by a cord loop with increased tension and hence higher risk for obstetric and neonatal outcome intervention. It is a finding observed in 1-2% of births. Aim: Review the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and prognos...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11536
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is linked to several musculoskeletal conditions including nonspecific low back pain, autoimmune diseases. Data regarding to vitamin D deficiency and low back pain are not consistent across various studies. The objective of this case-control study...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11309
Background: In vaccination studies with complex sample survey, survival functions have been used since 2002. Recent publications have proposed several methods for evaluating the adjusted survival functions in non-population-based studies. However, alternative methods for calculat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10183
Maerua crassifolia Forssk. Leaf is used in African traditional medicine for management of gastrointestinal disorders. The anti-diarrhoeal activity of the methanol extract of Maerua crassifolia leaf was investigated in rats. The phytochemical screening was also carried out. The me...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/11246
The corrosion inhibition of mild steel is of technological importance due to the increase of industrial requirements. This study reports the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic solution of 0.1 M H2SO4 using Anarcadium occidentale gum, also known as Cashew gum by way of g...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/9499
This paper highlights on the aspects of bioethics principle of beneficence and equal value of human lives and the concept of distributive justice, mothers and women as seen through the lens of community based newborn health programs in developing countries. The Interagency Group...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/11179