In Sub-Saharan countries, climate change has already been observed for several decades and is characterized by the decrease in mean rainfall with extensive periods of drought followed by short but severe rains. The dromedary camel, adapted to arid lands and low nutritive natural...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2012/1548
Aims: This paper quantified the contribution of drought and flood related adaptation strategies on household food production and food security. Place and Duration of Study: It was conducted in lowland and highland areas of southern Malawi and data was collected from randomly samp...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2012/2051
Aims: To modify two empirical models of snowpack and snowmelt, and compare eight such models. Study Design: Test and modify the models by using five years of snow measurements from Harp Lake. Place and Duration of Study: Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Ontario Ministry of En...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2012/2249
The first aim of the current study was to identify the relative contribution of several theoretically relevant skills in accounting for variance in both word reading and reading comprehension in a normal sample of one-hundred Spanish-speaking children in first grade (average age...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2012/1698
Laura Stefani, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Alessio De Luca, Loira Toncelli, Maria Concetta Robertina Vono, Roberto Mercuri, Gabriele Innocenti, Stefano Pedri, N. Maffulli & Giorgio Galanti·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2012
Aim: In athletes with Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV) a slight but progressive left ventricle (LV) enlargement with a reduction of longitudinal strain values at basal segments of the same chamber, have been previously demonstrated. The aim of the study is to verify by deformation par...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1286
Aim: To estimate sex using demarking points and index of sexual dimorphism of horizontal and vertical diameters of lumbar pedicles in male and female Nigerians. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Human Anatomy and Department of Radiology...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1324
Pregnant women infected with Trichomonas vaginalis are often untreated and evidence from the biology and epidemiology of the organism suggests that it may play an important role in causing adverse pregnancy outcomes. Using high vaginal swab from consenting pregnant women, a follo...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1345
Aim: The aim of the study is to test the validity of Schumpeter’s prediction that finance promotes growth using annual time series data from South Africa. Study Design: Case Study Place and Duration of Study: South Africa. Time series data ranging from 1965 to 2010. Methodology:...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2012/1865
Aims: The study examines the relationship between private and public investment in Zimbabwe utilizing yearly time series data for the period 1967 to 2004. Study Design: Time Series Study. Place and Duration of Study: Zimbabwe, May 2011 to July 2011. Methodology: Emphasis is place...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2012/1213
Aims: In epidemiological studies exposure assessment based on questionnaires is the most cost-effective method. A question about lifetime exposure to occupational physical activity (OPA) was used in a population-based survey (part of the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank, CAMB...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1607
To describe the time dependent response of a variety of viscoelastic materials, a one-dimensional nonlinear rheological mathematical model with constant material parameters is developed by using the stress decomposition theory. The model represents, under relaxation of stress, th...
The objective of the study is to perform an integrated analysis of microbiological risks and nutritional benefits in a fish product, Cold Smoked Salmon (CSS). Literature study identified the major health risks and benefits in connection with CSS consumption. The reduction of the...
Aim: The present study reflects the effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) fungi and other bioinoculants on the growth of cotton seedlings. Study Design: Screening of efficient biofertilizers from undisturbed forest soils to improve the crop yield of cotton in barren lands of Maha...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1315
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. anaerobius (Saan) in sub-clinical lymph node abscesses (SLNA) in sheep. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) and Unit Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Institu...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1409
Aim: To determine the optimum antigen preparation method for producing specific polyclonal antibody specific for Streptomyces species. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham Province, Thailand, betw...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1605