In design of experiment, researchers have formulated various methods for obtaining D-optimal design. The aim of this study therefore is to obtain an N-point exact D-optimal design for a feasibleregion defined on a polynomial model. The weighted variance approach and a continuous...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/9141
Background: Despite the fact that essential oils are used as food and medicine, oils of rain forest plants remain largely uninvestigated. Aims: To investigate the physico-chemical properties and antimicrobial activities of essential oils from Hura crepitans, Xylopia aethiopica an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5088
The region of Pointe-Noire (south-west of Congo-Brazzaville) located on a coastal sedimentary basin of about 6 000 km2 is primarily formed by unconsolidated rocks with very little interstice porosity. It is made by a complex multi-aquifers system interconnected. Previous studies...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5796
This paper investigates the influence of diffusion annealing on some mechanical properties of 6063 aluminium alloy. Standard tensile and hardness test samples were subjected to diffusion annealing at 570ºC for 2, 2.5, 3 and 3.5 hours respectively prior to T6 tempering, another se...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10446
Despite the advances in medical research on its treatment and intensive public education on prevention and control, the Buruli ulcer (BU) continues to be a major public health problem that continues to overwhelm authorities in Ghana. Ghana is the second most endemic country after...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10040
Let F be a certain graph, the graph F-Path denoted by d+1(F) path of length d with d + 1 ver-tices (i.e. Every edge of this path is one-to-one corresponding to an isomorphic to the graph F). In the same manner, we define the graph F-Cycle as d(F) cycle on d vertices. In this pape...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10724
Aims: To find out the most frequent associations of the HLA II class loci DRB1*, DQA1*, DQB1* with the HIV/AIDS infection. Place and Duration of Study: The study took place in The Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Immunogenetics (LCII) of Riga Stradiņš University (RSU), Riga...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8734
Since their inception about two decades ago, DNA microarrays have been considered as a great hope in translational research and personalized medicine. Although DNA microarrays for gene expression profiling proved to be an indispensable tool in the laboratory settings, their appli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9661
Aims: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU’s) pose socio-economic challenges and are a major cause of hospital admissions and morbidity often causing suffering and poor quality of life for diabetics especially in developing world. The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial profile...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6054
Image processing is faced with a number of challenges ranging from unequal resolutions, format variations, non uniform illuminations, distortions and noise. It is also affected by orientation and contrast differences. In view of these challenges, most digital image processing app...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10332
Aims: The aim of this paper is to present some 2-tuple prioritized aggregation operators for handling the multiple attribute group decision making problems where there exists a prioritization relationship over the attributes and decision makers. Study Design: Motivated by the ide...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10710
Introduction: Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs) are a major problem associated with blood transfusion. Accurate estimates of risk of TTIs are essential for monitoring the safety of blood supply and evaluating the efficacy of currently employed screening procedures. Aims:...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/11193
The study focussed on the efficacy of teachers in one Education District in Trinidad and Tobago. Three dimensions of teacher efficacy–student engagement, instructional strategies and classroom management [1] were examined in relation to teachers’ attributes and teacher-student re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10406
The relationship between inflation and monetary policy is widely discussed in the research paper. The increase in inflation is seen as an indicator of a country’s constant growth. However, it is crucial for the government to keep the country's inflation under control by adopting...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10429
Aims: Serum bilirubin, albumin and prothrombin time are the most commonly measured parameters to assess the progress of hepatic cirrhosis. No widely accepted cut off values for these parameters are available for an early diagnosis of the decompensation process of hepatic cirrhosi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10443