Aims: Common indigenous browse plants were identified in this work and their phytochemical, nutrient, anti-nutrient and mineral constituents were investigated. Recommendations have been made based on the findings. Study Design: A structured questionnaire was administered to goat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5997
Background: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL–12B single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are confirmed to influence the natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and the response to treatment. This work aimed at evaluating the impact of SNPs in IL-10 gene at positions _10...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11022
Aims: In this paper, a morphometric study was carried out to analyze the variation of seeds of Opuntia accessions using several statistical approaches. The main objective was to select morphological seeds variables for characterization and differentiation of Opuntia genotypes. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11606
Aims: Glutathione peroxidases in plants have diverse roles in the maintenance of redox homeostasis in conditions of stress. The studies involving this group of enzymes have clearly demonstrated that they are near homologues to animal phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxid...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/10728
Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of two alkylating structural analogues of chloramphenicol that have potential for application for treatment of dermal sited neoplasms. Study Design: Two compounds have been shown to alkylate guanosine-5’-diphosphate (GDP) at physiological conditions...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2014/11838
Due to the need and the necessity to express a physical phenomenon in terms of an effective and comprehensive analytical form, this paper is devoted to study of Airy functions, which arise from the Airy differential equations, by means of integral transforms. Illustrative example...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11064
The distribution of ratio of two random variables are of interest in many areas of the sciences. The study of the ratio of same family and finding their exact density expression was examined by many authors for decades. Some are solved and others gave approximations, but many sti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11217
The objective of this work was to find the numerical solution of the Impendence problem for the Helmholtz equation for a smooth superellipsoid. The superellipsoid is a shape that is controlled by two parameters. There are some numerical issues in this type of an analysis; any int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11580
Aims: The present study was undertaken to understand the need of fed bioequivalence studies for immediate release pharmaceutical products and thereby evaluating the relative appropriateness of guidelines given by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the United States Food and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10496
Aim: A new, simple, rapid, very sensitive and accurate high performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method has been developed and validated for estimation of Gemifloxacin in rabbit plasma. Study Design: Validation study. Methodology: HPTLC was performed on silica gel 60F25...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/4070
Study of thiamine ferrous complex is carried out by intensive use of cyclic voltammetry. The different mole ratio of ferrous thiamine complexes is assessed. Acidified KCl (1M) solution is used as supporting electrolyte. Mole ratio of complex is established 1:2 (thamine: Ferrous i...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10977
Aims: To study the possibility of using biochar as an inexpensive sorbent material for the removal of copper ions in aqueous solution. Place of Study: Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Methodology and Results: Batch adsorption studies were...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11079
Victor L. Villemagne, Vincent Doré, Paul Yates, Belinda Brown, Rachel Mulligan, Pierrick Bourgeat, Robyn Veljanoski, Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith, Kevin Ong, Alan Rembach, Robert Williams, Samantha C. Burnham, Simon M. Laws, Olivier Salvado, Kevin Taddei, S. Lance Macaulay, Ralph N. Martins, David Ames, Colin L. Masters & Christopher C. Rowe·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: Test the robustness of a linear regression transformation of semiquantitative values from different Aβ tracers into a single continuous scale. Study Design: Retrospective analysis. Place and Duration of Study: PET imaging data acquired in Melbourne and Perth, Australia, bet...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/11599
In this paper, a real-time oil Pipeline intrusion detection system was designed, developed and implemented using acoustic sensors. This approach involves the transmission of audio tones through wires laid along the pipeline. It is intended to overcome most of the problems associa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11480
The characteristics of the Resistivity and Self-Potential (SP) anomalies over Agbani Sandstone have been carefully and painstakingly carried out. The study was aimed at investigating the possible rock types and their mineralogical potentials. Data was acquired using the high reso...