In West Africa, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire, the groundwater is contained in hard-rock aquifers and serves as main source of drinking water supplies to the population. To improve access, several studies were conducted in various parts of the country. Most of them use mapping of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/4267
In the recent years, world has seen a wide range of major accidents with a number of fatalities, economic losses, and damage to the environment. These accidents can lead to serious danger to human health and the environment which can be occurred inside or outside the establishmen...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/5961
We investigate the motion of an electron in a one dimensional crystal coupled to an EMF potential, driven by an external force which is continuously switched on and off. The Shannon entropy and the thermodynamic parameters of the system are evaluated using the density matrix and...
A Theoretical approach for studying the structure of copper (II) amino acid complexes have been carried out using extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS). The fine structure of the complexes was done for six copper (II) amino complexes. The theoretical bond lengths of th...
Castor (Ricinus communis L.) has attracted a lot of attention all over the world as a potential crop targeting on-farm biofuel production. In Kenya smallholder farmers are already growing castor with maize (Zea mays L.) and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under an intercrop system...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5962
Aims: To determine; (1) the variability among the elite sweet potato lines for root processing quality traits; (2) the heritability of each trait and the correlation among them; (3)the acceptability of the boiled and fried roots by sweet potato consumers; and (4) an easy-to-measu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5827
Aims: Present study was to determine the effects of dietary energy source diets such as glucogenic and lipogenic nutrients on ruminal fermentation characteristics, venous blood gases and concentration plasma metabolites in Baluchi sheep. Study Design: Latin square design with 3 p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6065
Stress has become an important issue in academic circle as well as in our society. Academic examination stress was considered an important factor to increased circulation of cortisol and progesterone amongst students. Therefore this study was designed to determine cortisol and pr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/3289
Aims: In many countries, genital herpes, which is predominantly caused by HSV-2 in Nigeria, has become a public health problem of such increasing magnitude that national genital herpes control programmes have been instituted.. Advocacy for formulation of such a programme and the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6048
Aims: The copy claim- “new” or “new improved” has enjoyed generous usage by low risk product marketers in advertising this range of products. The prevalence of this slogan has made it necessary to understand what it stands for, the purpose it is intended to achieve and buyers’ p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6297
Aims: Upon entrance into the blood stream most nanoparticles bind to an array of proteins forming a “protein corona”. Fibrinogen is the second most abundant blood protein and has been reported to bind to a variety of nanoparticles including metal oxides, polymeric nanoparticles a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5959
Aims: The main objective of this work was to observe the analgesic activity of Manilkara zapota (leaves) on mice. Study Design: The Present study was designed to observe pharmacological activities of the crude extracts of the plant Manilkara zapota (leaves). The study protocol co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5941
Aims: The current study was aimed at evaluating the phytochemical profile and in vitro bacteria growth inhibitory potential of different solvent leaf extracts of V. amygdalina from northern Ghana. Study Design: Different solvent extracts of the plant were quantitatively and quali...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/3200
Aims: The role of thyroid hormones as important mediator of glucose metabolism and body weight dynamics had long been established. This study was therefore designed to evaluate the effect of standard thyro-active drugs in comparison to crude nutritional extracts, on blood glucose...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5665