Commercialization of subsistence agriculture in developing countries has led to different levels of production and consumption changes for men and women. This study therefore investigated the gender impacts of farm household resource allocation on agricultural commercialization i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/1910
Aims: The objective of this paper is to assess if Nigeria has achieved the path of economic development that will eventually lead to convergence and how long it will take her and at what rate she will be growing to reach her envisioned per capita income of $4,000 in the year 2020...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/1868
Female entrepreneurs are important for economic progress and have an important contribution to employment creation and GDP. They also have value through increasing entrepreneurial diversity. In addition to the growing number of female entrepreneurs across the globe in the last fe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/2470
The paper is a perception survey of the impact of behaviour-based safety (BBS) on accident prevention in the Bonny NLNG construction project. It defines BBS as an accident preventive progamme designed to change employees behaviours from “at risk” to “safe” behaviours using both p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/2391
Banibrata Das, Tarana Ferdous, Qazi Asif Mahmood, J. M.A. Hannan, Rajib Bhattacharjee & Biplab Kumar Das·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aims: To evaluate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of ethanolic bark extract of Plumeria rubra on experimental animal models. Study Design: Assessment of antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activity. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacy, North South U...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/1026
Aims: Current information on nutrient status of south western Nigeria soils is needed to develop appropriate integrated nutrient management packages for sustainable cassava production within the area. This study is designed to provide information on fertility status of some soils...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2088
The study evaluated the productivity, yield and cooking quality of four cassava varieties grown on poor soils at Beposo in Wenchi Municipality in the forest/savannah transitional zone of Ghana, between October 2008 and October 2009. The trial included two local varieties selected...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2206
Aims: The current study targets two main aims; 1st aim is the phytochemical investigation of the hexane extract of Chorisia crispiflora leaves. The 2nd aim is the evaluation of the in-vitro cytotoxic activity of the extract then examination of the molecular mechanisms underlying...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2013/2001
Aims: To formulate sustained release diclofenac potassium tablets based on solidified reverse micellar solution (SRMS) and to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo properties of the tablets. Study Design: Formulation, in vitro and in vivo evaluation of sustained release diclofenac po...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2013/1567
We investigate a locally similarity solution of unsteady natural convection heat and mass transfer boundary layer flow past a flat porous plate. The effects of chemical reaction rate and Arrhenius activation energy on the velocity, temperature and concentration are also studied i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2265
Aim: To detect the resistant pattern and existence of the genes responsible for floroquinolone-resistant in the quinolone-resistant determining regions (QRDR’s) of S. enterica serovars.Typhi. Study Design: The Stool samples from Patients with symptoms of enteric fever, from diffe...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1595
Aims: The occurrence of vaginal pathogens associated with genital tract infections [GTIs] was investigated in this study. Study Design: Over a three-month period, 106 High Vaginal Swab [HVS] samples were obtained from women with genital tract infections [GTIs] within the ages of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1481
Aims: This study aims to determine the antioxidant enzyme EC-SOD polymorphisms in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without retinopathy, and its association with other biochemical changes to assess whether decreased SOD activity is associated with the devel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/957
Aims: The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) was conceptualized to provide pupils at the public basic schools with one hot nutritious meal per day. The objectives of GSFP included reduction of hunger and malnutrition, increase school enrolment, attendance and retention among o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2652
Aims: 1. To investigate the levels of primary science teachers’ creativity through their responses in creative questions carried out in university physics lessons; 2. To find out the primary science teachers’ creative attitudes towards the use of creative questions in learning ph...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2656