The antioxidant effects of selected vegetables and spices were assessed in the lungs of albino rats exposed to industrial pollutants. Albino rats grouped into six containing 18 rats each were exposed to cement dust at 200 m from a cement plant in Nigeria. Group one was the contro...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5440
Sami Bhouri Khila, Boutheina Douh, Amel Mguidiche, Françoise Ruget, Mansour Mohsen & Abdelhamid Boujelben·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2013
The progress in computer technology has enabled the development of crop models reproducing the behavior of a crop in a wide range of pedoclimatic conditions and technical itineraries. This work aims to study the impact of total available soil water in the root zone (TAW) on durum...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5053
Effects of phytase supplementation of low protein diets on performance, egg quality traits and blood biochemical parameters of laying hens were evaluated by using 216 Lohmann LSL-Lite hens. Birds were randomly divided in 36 cages (n=6). Based on a 3×2 factorial arrangement of tre...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4444
Aims: To provide a new reasonable measure for distinguishing between coding and non-coding regions of DNA sequences based on its fractal nature and self-similarity. Study Design: After conducting background studies on the fractal structure of DNA sequences, the application of Det...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6453
In this paper, we consider an extended vector equilibrium problem and prove some existence results in the setting of Hausdorff topological vector spaces and reflexive Banach spaces. Our results extend and improve some known results in the literature. Some examples are given.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/6683
In this work we investigate the Neumann boundary value problem in the unit ball for a nonhomogeneous biharmonic equation. It is well known, that even for the Poisson equation this problem does not have a solution for an arbitrary smooth right hand side and boundary functions; it...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/6825
Considering the alarming predictions of researchers and policy makers concerning the natural phenomenon climate change, this study “Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Sustainability – Implications for Food Security” was carried out in southeast Nigeria to untie some of the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/6310
Aims: In order to maintain the freshness and quality of leafy vegetables after harvesting during glut, vegetables are usually stored in cold condition either in the freezer or refrigerator for certain period as this storage condition is believed to prevent some of the biochemical...
Aim: This report deals with the generation of work examples using food consumption data from the Netherlands and Sweden to facilitate the understanding of probabilistic modeling of dietary exposure to pesticides by risk managers. Imaginary field trial residue data were invented t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6899
Background: Children are known to have higher dietary exposure levels to pesticide residues than adults due to higher consumption levels per kilogram bodyweight. Also social concern exists on the effects of these residues in young children, who are growing rapidly. To assess whet...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6900
Aim: This report presents an overview of trends in dietary patterns and exposure to selected chemicals in children aged 0.5-12 years living in the Netherlands, with the aim to get insight in possible trends in exposure over the last two decades. The compounds included are acrylam...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6901
Background: Prevention of negative health effects due to pesticide residues and contaminants in food is an important world-wide issue. It has been recognized that especially children may be a potentially vulnerable subgroup in this respect due to their higher consumption levels p...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7653
Aims: The paper explores whether entrepreneurship is a significant determinant of financial development in 12 African countries. Study Design: Cross-sectional Study Place and Duration of Study: The study is in 12 African countries between 2004-2011 Methodology: Total domestic cr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6382
An experimental study using artificial neural network (ANN) is carried out to achieve the optimal network architecture for proposed positron emission tomography (PET) application. 55 experimental phantom datasets acquired under clinically realistic conditions with different 2-D a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5084
Aim: Biogas research and subsequent production is fundamental to mitigating the possible depletion of crude oil and energy crisis, especially in Nigeria. This research paper was aimed at evaluating the biogas production capacity of water hyacinth, poultry droppings, cow dung and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5662