Aims: To study storage rots in yam varieties cultivated in South East Nigeria and to determine under conditions of experimental storage, the influence of fungal rot on their post harvest storage losses. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratories, Department of Applied Microbiology...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7121
Aims: This study was focused on using Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) isolated from fresh vegetables which has been molecularly identified for in vitro control of some tomato pathogens. Study Design: The inhibitory potentials of supernatant obtained from previously characterized LAB i...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5423
Present study was carried out to investigate the possibility of developing new superior drought-tolerant plants in rice by mutation breeding. Major regions of rice cultivation especially in Iran and Asia are affected continuously by drought stress especially at the end of floweri...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5935
Objectives: The objectives of this study are three-fold. First, to highlight areas of shortage in postgraduate dental education in Nigeria, secondly to propose the introduction of dental advisors into our postgraduate dental training and thirdly, to propose a model that could aid...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6670
Aims: This study seeks to describe the socio-economic characteristic of the respondents in the study area, describe the land tenure systems operational in the study area, determine the trend in farm size change in the study area over a period of five years, determine the trend in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/7707
This paper analyses constraints, lessons and success factors, in the planning and execution of the European-Union Micro-Projects Programme on water supply in Imo State, Nigeria. The questionnaire was employed for data collection. From the results, the constraints indicated by the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5534
Aims: This study aims at investigating the content of supply chain quality management, uncovering its structure and defining the leading paths to explore development opportunities and to organize resources and organizational operations to push overall performance toward yielding...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7277
Very Simple Optimization (VSO) is introduced as a new a new global search design and optimization algorithm that is applied to a seminal antenna optimization problem: achieving uniform hemispherical coverage in a dipole-loaded monopole. The VSO-optimized monopole's performance is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6757
LetA0⊂A1⊂···⊂At−1⊂Atbe a chain of unitary commutative rings (eachAiis constructed bythe direct product of suitable Galois rings with multiplicative groupA∗iof units) andK0⊂K1⊂···⊂Kt−1⊂Ktbe the corresponding chain of unitary commutative rings (eachKiis constructed by thedirect pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6089
Face recognition based only on the visible spectrum has shown difficulties in performing consistently in uncontrolled operating conditions. Face recognition using different imaging modalities, particularly infrared imaging sensors has become an area of growing interest in recent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6295
Y. Kiran Kumar, Shashi B. Mehta & Manjunath Ramachandra·Advances in Research·2013
Aim: A Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation is an abnormal connection between arteries and veins, where arteries shunt directly into veins with no intervening capillary bed which causes high pressure and hemorrhage risk. The success of treatment by embolization in interventional N...
Aims: The aim of this investigation was to develop a methodology that provides insights to clean up environmental pollution caused by the ever increasing amount of waste plastic materials. The procedure, however, would be practical whenever it is economically advantageous. Therma...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6375
Aims: The large and growing U.S. trade deficit since the 1980s has sparked some interests in the determination of the impact of trade (foreign imports) on research and development (R & D) expenditures response to slow down the rising U.S. imports of goods and services and red...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6979
Yellow Oleander (Thevetia Peruviana) oil has been extracted and analyzed relevant to lubrication. Oil was extracted from yellow oleander seeds using mechanical expression and solvent extraction methods. Samples generated from these oils were subjected to chemo-physical analysis....
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6993
The variations in growth, powdery mildew and anthracnose incidence and biochemical changes in Thompson Seedless grapevines grafted onto Dog Ridge and 110-R rootstocks in comparison to the own rooted grape vines was investigated. Bud sprouting after pruning was achieved earlier in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/4450