Rizwan Ullah, Muhammad Sajid, Ghulam Nabi, Husain Ahmad, Abdur Rab, Faheem Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Shahab, Hizar Subthain, Shah Fahad & Aziz Khan·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2014
Citrus particularly sweet orange occupies an exalted position in fruit industry. Quality sweet orange production is affected by various factors including fruit physiological disorders and harvesting season which contribute towards consumer preference. This study was designed to f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10839
This paper analyzes the extension system used by Family Farm Schools in providing agricultural information to farmers to alleviate rural poverty and hunger in Cameroon. It examines the background of Family Farm Schools and the unemployment problem of school leavers and advances t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/9851
This study analyzed supply function for millet in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Secondary data used for the investigation were sourced from Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority; Kaduna Agricultural and Rural Development Authority; National Programme for Food Sec...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/8557
This article examined the factors influencing the adoption of the drought-tolerant Maize (DT) varieties and their effect on food security among farmers in the Sudan Savanna agro-ecological zone of northeastern Nigeria. Data for the study were collected from 200 farmers who were s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/8717
This paper is aiming to evaluate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and gross domestic investment (GDI) on the growth rate of real gross domestic per capita of the founding members of ASEAN group namely Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines. By follo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10430
This study examined industrial demand analysis for millet in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. The Primary data used for the investigation were obtained using structured questionnaires administered to 31 firms. Descriptive statistics; demand function and grafted polynomials mode...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/8558
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of magnesium supplement to atorvastatin on hyperlipidemic patients and to elucidate the possible ability of oral magnesium supplement to counteract or delay statins induced myalgia. Study Design: Forty hyperlipidemic male and female pa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/11145
Aims: To demonstrate the efficacy of five small molecule compounds for inhibiting the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To present evidence that these compounds will penetrate into the central nervous system. Study Design: Five small molecule compounds bearing a hydrazide gro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10353
Objectives: To investigate the antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of crude methanol extract of Curculigo pilosa (Schum and Thonn) Engl. (Hypoxidaceae) rhizomes and its solvent soluble fractions and to analyze the most active fraction by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (G...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10189
Attila Vereczkey, Melinda Csáky-Szunyogh, Balázs Gerencsér & Andrew E. Czeizel·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: The aim of this paper was to study the birth outcomes of cases with single ventricle complex (SVC), a rare congenital heart defect, as homogeneously as possible. Study Design: For the analysis of cases, the large dataset of the population-based Hungarian Case-Control Survei...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10578
Background: More than half of traditional medicines are of natural origin and research has shown that these are associated with fewer side effects than the synthetic ones, since less than 10% of the 350,000 identified plant species have been exposed to some amount of bioactive sc...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/11028
Aims: The present study investigated the effects of the methanolic extract of the rind of Citrullus lanatus on lead acetate induced toxicity on semen parameters, reproductive hormone assay and testicular histology in male albino Wistar rats. Study Design: Controlled experimental...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/11011
Background: It is believed now in some group of people that Moringa oleifera is medicinal in nature. People take it in any form to cure various clinical conditions. A number of clinical conditions have been linked to oxidative stress injury. Therefore its mechanism of action may...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/5126
Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis, and X-ray diffraction measurements were performed on cesium hydrogen sulfate (CsHSO4) and deuterated CsDSO4 crystals. The proton and deuterated compounds were confirmed to exhibit the superionic p...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11331
Aim: To assess contamination of borehole water by heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Pb, Cr, Cu, Ni, Mn). Study Design: Water samples collected from fifty two boreholes in twelve Local Government Areas (L.G.A) of Nasarawa State were analyzed for the heavy metal concentrations. Place and Durat...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/10553