Agriculture is the prevalent occupation of most rural households especially in Nigeria. Raising the productivity of these rural households is crucial in reducing rural poverty and hunger. Innovation adoption is key to increasing farm productivity. This necessitated this study on...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/6503
The study employed primary data collected through a multistage sampling technique from 90 respondents to examine the determinants of cassava output in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Data were analyzed using Gross margin analysis, simple descriptive statistics as well as Ordinary Least...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/9117
Aims: To determine levels of Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Tertiary butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) in food items sold in supermarkets in Bindura town, Zimbabwe. Study Design: Reversed phase HPLC-UV quantitation. Place and Duration of Study: Department...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10419
A simple HPLC with UV detection method is developed and validated for determination of Bovine Serum Albumin and Myoglobin proteins in a standard solution of the two protein as well as in a plasma spiked with theses two proteins. Separation was achieved on a reversed-phase C18, 5....
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/9391
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plants offer a green source of renewable energy. Since India is a tropical country and a peninsula, the prospects of OTEC power generation are extremely bright in India. Among the three modes of operation (open cycle, closed cycle and...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/10306
The study analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively the biogas produced from cowdung by indigenous microbial consortia. Four 20L bioreactors were used for the study. The bioreactors were constructed to imitate the fixed batch prototype. The study lasted for six months and it was...
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of initial external carbon source concentration on sulphate removal by four bacterial and four fungal isolates under shake flask conditions. The test wastewater was filtered and supplemented with sodium acetate as the external car...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/10664
Innocent Zinga, Frédéric Chiroleu, Emmanuel Kamba, Charlotte Giraud-Carrier, Mireille Harimalala, Ephrem Kosh Komba, Simplice Yandia, Silla Semballa, Bernard Reynaud, Jacques Dintinger, Pierre Lefeuvre & Jean-Michel Lett·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2014
Aim: The effectiveness of thermotherapy in managing cassava mosaic disease (CMD) was studied on a susceptible local cultivar in the field in the epidemiological conditions. Study Design: The field was laid out in randomized complete block design Place and Duration: Field experime...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10275
Field study was conducted to evaluate the effect of speargrass shoot regrowth from previously planted rhizomes on the growth and yield of subsequent maize crop. This study was evaluated in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The study was conducted at the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/9028
Aim: This study was designed to determine the prevalence of Nocardia species in the sputum of HIV/AIDS patients attending Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) clinic at a tertiary health institution in the North central part of Nigeria. Study Design: This study was an ana...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8774
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between electronic structure and anti Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus activity in a series of imidazo[1,2-a] pyrrolo [2,3-c]pyridine derivatives. The electronic structure and the local atomic reactivity indices were obtained with...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9577
Tuberculosis is an important opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS. Benue state is the highest HIV endemic state in Nigeria and investigation of tuberculosis cases and Mycobacterial resistance patterns are needed. A retrospective study with a review of reports of Mycobacterium tu...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9084
Field study was conducted to evaluate the competitive effect of speargrass regrowth on subsequent maize crop. The competitive relationship study was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The study was conducted at the International Institute of T...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/9029
In this paper, we have presented the bilinear form, a generalized double Wronskian solution of a non-autonomous Schrödinger equation. Furthermore, we found rational-like solutions by taking special case in general solutions.
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9769
Trado-medical practice variously referred to as ethno-medicine, folk medicine, native healing, and alternative medicine, is an ancient and culture-bound method of healing used against various diseases threatening human existence and survival. The aim of this study was to investig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9477