Aims: Using propensity-score matching, we matched students with similar prior-school achievement and demographical data who attended either an academic or vocational track during the first two years of secondary school. Methodology: In a two-factorial between-subject analysis of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7255
The paper is a perception survey of poor construction supervision and building failures in six major cities in Nigeria. This was informed by several reported cases of building failure and collapse with its concomitant losses of life and properties. While the paper examined relati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6816
The paper discussed the hazards that are prevalent in a typical secondary school science laboratory. It also investigated the safety condition of science laboratories in Ekiti state. The study was an empirical research based on descriptive research design. The sample for the stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/4330
Many marine organisms, such as mussels, are able to produce viscoelastic adhesive materials made of polymeric protein-polysaccharides, active in aqueous environment also. Some EU research groups are working to identify the same materials and processes for producing ecologically -...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5645
Aim: Conversion disorder is a situation where psychological stress is expressed physically. This health problem is usually triggered by a stressful or a mental crisis. When involving a physical problem it is named as ’conversion disorder’. Psychogenic gait disturbance is a common...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6783
Aims: To study clinical, hematological and immunophenotypic profile of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in a tertiary care centre of eastern India. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Postgraduate Department of Medicine and Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4044
Aims: The objectives of this work were to study the influence of proximate composition and physiological changes during storage, on the shelf life some Dioscorea sp. This is needed to complement knowledge of the influence of extrinsic factors of the storage environment in improvi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7013
Objective: The study gives a view of the major textural and compositional components of subsurface sediments around Tennis Island and its environs. It provides data on distribution and frequency of diatoms in the subsurface sediment as well as describes and combines the achieved...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5524
Aim: Some unstable compounds namely ascorbic acid, anthocyanin and reducing sugar contents were used to monitor the stability of differently processed cocoyam flours stored under different relative humidities. Place and Duration of Study: Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria; Januar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7132
Aims: To investigate the concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) and zinc (Zn) in commercially available inorganic fertilizers (calcium superphosphate and urea). Place and Duration of Study: Urea and superphosphate fertilize...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7465
Aim: The aim of this study was to formulate and develop a low calorie and low glycemic index (GI) soft ice cream by using mixture of sucrose and date. Methods: Five different formulations of ice cream were produced by using different proportions of sucrose and date. Physicochemic...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7178
Aims: The work seeks to extract oil from Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) using both solvent and enzymatic processes, and to find out which of the processes will be better in terms of quantity and quality Study Design: Box-Behken model of response surface methodology with three-leve...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4199
The German Nutrition Society publishes a national Nutrition Report on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection on a regular basis. Lastly the 12th Nutrition Report was published in December 2012. The Nutrition Report 2012 is an important instrum...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7894
Aim: To describe a case of acute hepatic injury related to the use of Grifola frondosa in a patient with colon cancer. Case Presentation: Patient is a 67 year old female with stage IV poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon, who presented with epigastric pain one month...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5263
Aims: This study aims to analyze the dose and length of hypnotic and sedative drug prescriptions under a free-to-visit health insurance system. Study Design: Outpatients aged 15 years and older covered by the Taiwan National Health Insurance during 2007 (N=1,337,444) are included...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7188