The study was carried out to assess contamination and seasonal variations in bioavailable forms of trace metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Ni, Zn, Mn) concentrations in bed sediment. Sediment samples were collected from five sampling points during dry and rainy seasons along Mada River,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10521
In this paper we will study the main properties of the set solutions of the paratingent equation (type differential inclusion) with delay of the form: (Ptx)(t) ⊂ F([x]t) for t ≥ 0 with the initial condition: x(t) = ξ(t) for t ≤ 0. We will be interested particularly in the topolog...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10537
The research work is focused on novel feasible structures of non condensing mode trilateral thermal cycles which differs from the recently known trilateral thermal cycles in that the conversion of heat to mechanical work is performed undergoing closed process transformations alon...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10074
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of temperature on sulphate removal from wastewater by selected bacterial (Pseudomonas spp., Klebsiella spp., Staphylococcus spp. and Lysinibacillus spp.) and fungal (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium spp. and Absid...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10677
Aim: Helminthiasis and its effects on the hematological parameters of school aged children in a select population in the Niger Delta. Study Design: A cross sectional study (Descriptive study). Place and Duration: The study was carried out in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/9484
Aims: The aim of this paper is to propose a note on “Soft set theory and uni-int decision making”. Study Design: In this note, we point out by an example that Çagman and Enginoglu’s method is very likely to get an empty decision set. Place and Duration of Study: In a recent paper...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10508
22 year old woman with no previous heart disease history, presented with progressive worsening of right heart failure symptoms due to severe tricuspid valve regurgitation which had become refractory to medical management. Echocardiogram revealed probable rare case of dysplastic t...
The aim of this abbreviated report is to describe the prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in a sample group of patients with psychosis in residential treatment in Spain, who have been treated with antipsychotic polypharmacy for 5 years or more. We designed a cross sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10190
Aim: To examine the epidemiology and types of macular disease in our environment in order to advocate possible preventive interventions or address current behaviours that fall within established risk factors. Study Design: A retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The d...
Introduction: Currently there is little understanding of the factors that contribute to the successful implementation of clinical supervision in the development of new competencies for senior practitioners. The two linked studies reported are part of a wider inquiry to improve di...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8661
Left atrial space occupying lesions pose diagnostic challenge on echocardiography. We report a 79-year-old man with history of pheochromocytoma with left adrenal mass presented with heart failure symptoms after adrenalectomy. Echocardiogram revealed a large echo lucent structure...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10942
Background: In the north central Nigeria, observed haemoglobin concentration is often used to determine the packed cell volume of patients, especially by many laboratories that cannot afford the cost of micro-haematocrit centrifuge. Aim: The study was carried out to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9366
The mass spectra of quarkonium systems at T= 0 are analyzed by solving the non-relativistic radial wave equation using the internal energy potential. The QGP matter is studied through the dissociations of quarkonium states. A modified form of the internal energy potential functio...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10296
Aims: Growth chamber experiments were performed in order to determine the influence that biochars originating from two separate sources (mixed-hardwoods and poultry litter) have on the growth and development of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) seedlings used alone or in combination...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9979
This article presents an investigation of problem of quantum system state’s measurement by using an example of particles registered by a measuring device (screen). Some variants of R-procedure which is responsible for measurements are discussed. New variant of R-procedure is sugg...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10312