A lot of nonparametric estimators of the number of unrecorded species after partial sampling of an assemblage of species, have been proposed in the literature. Unfortunately, these different types of estimators provides substantially divergent predictions. While empirical compari...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25104
Aims: To assess the prevalence of urinary Schistosomiasis among primary school pupils in Dutsin-Ma town, Katsina State, Nigeria. Study Design: Five schools were selected using simple random sampling technique without replacement. Place and Duration of Study: Dutsin-ma Local Gover...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25076
Two individuals of ranid species, Hylarana picturata and Hylarana laterimaculata, were collected from Sungai Sedim Recreational Forest. A single individual of dicroglossid species, Occidozyga laevis and two individuals of Polypedates leucomystax, were captured from Ulu Paip and B...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/24454
Pedro Carnieli Jr, Juliana Galera Castilho, Rafael de Novaes Oliveira, Paulo Eduardo Brandão & Helena Beatriz de Carvalho Ruthner Batista·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Introduction: The identification of species that act as reservoirs or hosts of zoonotic agents is essential for control and epidemiological surveillance of the important illness in public health. Identification of the reservoirs for zoonoses can help to clarify how the pathogens...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25230
Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a cytotoxic alkylating agent that has been used extensively in medicine as anti neoplastic agent for the treatment of different cancers worldwide. Chemotherapy with CP is associated with significant toxicity due to overproduction of reactive oxygen specie...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23569
Background: Late Blight Disease, caused by the fungal pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, is a major constraint of Irish potato production in Kenya. The disease can destroy a crop, causing up to 100% yield loss. Small scale holder farmers in Kisii County continuously grow Irish pot...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23617
Ijeoma Chekwube Chukwudi, Boniface Maduka Anene, Cornelius C. Chukwu, Ikenna Onyema Ezeh & Kenneth Ikejiofor Ogbu·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Aim: The research was conducted to determine the clinico-haematological parameters and impacts of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccination and trypanocidal treatment in Trypanosoma congolense infected West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep. Methodology: Twenty (20) WAD sheep were gro...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23671
The introduction focuses on the history of the three key terms in this review: environmental science, development and sustainability. The other two sections are devoted to sustainability in environmental science and sustainability in development. The problem-solving interdiscipli...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23760
This paper provides evidences of the evolutionary pathway followed by one of the main groups of marine angiosperms, the Hydrocharitaceae. Current molecular data has confirmed the aquatic origin of these plants. The Hydrocharitaceae group has a cosmopolitan distribution and is wel...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/24354
Unraveling the complex nature of tissue interactions is essential to generate structural and functional diversity present among craniofacial muscles. There are various distinct skeletal muscles in craniofacial region, the development of which are closely co-ordinated with other c...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/24329