Soyabean, one of the main ingredients commonly employed as a source of vegetable protein in broiler diets is expensive and may sometimes be unavailable. Thus, there is the need to assess the utilization of other legumes in broiler diets. Therefore, effects of dietary toasted sesa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10502
This research was conducted to find out the effect of four plant methanol extracts against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood in laboratory at the University of Gaziosmanpasa, Turkey. For this purpose, bead tree (Melia azedarach), hops (Humul...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10525
Technology is the main cause of emerging careers in life science. As technological change occurs at unprecedented speeds, it becomes increasingly important to develop mechanisms that can foster skills highly demanded in emerging careers. Technical and Vocational Education and Tra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10439
The aim of this work, as an extension to SAFERNAC model, was to establish economically optimum combinations of N, P and K application to Arabica coffee in the Northern coffee zone of Tanzania. The study was conducted in Hai and Lushoto districts between 2010 and 2012. Prices of n...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8361
Estimation of evaporation from reservoirs in arid and semi-arid regions is a very crucial issue. This paper presents an application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and climate based models (Penman, Priestley-Taylor and Stephens-Stewart), for the estimation of evaporation from...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/3557
Aim: To develop a model of matter that will account for electro-gravity. Matter is characterized by force fields and in non-inertial and non-geodesic motion as a result of interactions. The measurement of how non geodesic a test particle is can be done by non-geodesic acceleratio...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/11129
Aim: The aim of our project work was to assess the thrombolytic activity of five common Bangladeshi plant extract in different solvent. Five plants are Geodorum densiflorum (Shankhamul), Pistia stratiotes (Topa Pana), Smilax zeylanica (Kumarilata), Pandanus foetidus (Keya) &...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/9623
This paper presents the derivation and implementation of a block integrator for the solution of stiff and oscillatory first-order initial value problems of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs). The integrator was derived by collocation and interpolation of the combination of po...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/8563
Aims: This paper presents a trace-based model in Knowledge Acquisition System for Valuing Knowledge. In Case Based Reasoning (CBR), solving problems is based on the solutions of similar past problems. From the system’s point of view, this might be true, but from the user’s point...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10027
Aims: To measure the level of aggressive behaviour and to ascertain the effect of domicile on aggressive behaviour of delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents. Study Design: Present comparative study assessed the aggressive behaviour of delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents....
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10309
F. Rico Martínez, A. Domínguez Pacheco, G. Paniagua Pardo, C. Hernández Aguilar & E. Martínez Ortiz·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
This study was conducted to determine the effect of variable magnetic fields (VMF) on broccoli seeds (Brassica oleracea L.) pre-imbibed for 1h to improve their germination and early growth. The experiment was conducted at IPN - ESIME Zacatenco, Mexico DF, between October and Nove...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/10689
Aims: Market studies indicate that Hong Kong consumers are affluent and generally live a trendy, refined lifestyle. As such, besides traditional food markets, Hong Kong’s free market economy has spawned various forms of food retailers, such as supermarkets, fast foods chains and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/11311
The paper examines the nexus between corruption, governance and public spending and their aggregate effects on economic growth in Nigeria. It maintains that corruption is one scourge and social malaise that militates against good governance, using public spending as one of its co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10531
Aims: Increasing yield is the most important aim in any breeding program. Since yield is a complex trait with low inheritance and involves several quantitative components, its direct study is not usually sufficient and therefore it is suggested that its components be investigated...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7565
This study was designed to evaluate the anxiolytic effect of methanolic leave extract of Paullinia pinnata L. in mice. The elevated plus-maze and staircase paradigm were used to assess the anxiolytic activity of the methanolic leaf extract of Paullinia pinnata and diazepam. The r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10990