The accumulation of heavy metals in water and sediment of Ekpan Creek has increased significantly from previously reported concentrations. The present study was designed to assess the levels of heavy metals in surface water and sediment in the Creek using scientifically recommend...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/29144
Sesame webworm (Antigastra catalaunalis) is the major pest, which is causing heavy losses in Humera areas, northern Ethiopia. The present study aims to determine schedule of insecticide application for control of the pest. An experiment with a randomized complete block design (RC...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28620
A two year field study was conducted in 2013 and 2014 at the farms of the Cross River State Agricultural Development Project (CRADP), Calabar (latitude 05°3’ and 04°27’ North and longitude 07°15’ and 09°28’ East), to evaluate the plant gender and spacing effects on the potential...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28982
Aim: To examine the quality of both borehole and groundwater in selected sites within the Kubwa district of Bwari Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria with regards to drinking water quality parameters and the measure of microbial load. Study Design: Collection and assessment of the water...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28462
Aims: Typhoid fever is a serious bacterial disease caused by Salmonella typhi or Salmonella paratyphi. Study Design: The objectives of this study is to determine the prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi isolated from adults and...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27965
Vegetable is one of the rich sources of phytonutrients and it is part of the dietary components of in habitants of south-western Nigeria. Despite its nutritional and health benefits, it is not without other factors that are detrimental to health such as anti-nutrinets like cyanog...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/26182
Antiplasmodial activity of the ethanolic leaf extract of Tithonia diversifolia was studied in Swiss albino mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (NK65). The study was carried out at the Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria between April a...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28803
Aims: The explosion and sinking of the Macondo drilling platform resulted in one of the largest marine oil spills in history but with largely uncertain ecological consequences. Among the lesser studied but potentially greater concerns are population and toxicological effects of t...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28874
Aims: Broiler production fulfils important socio-economic functions, but inadequate nutrition, scarcity and high cost of feedstuffs in developing countries undermines broilers in expressing their full potential. Therefore a 28 day feeding trail was conducted to determine the grow...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27949
Manju ., Sunita Kumari, Jyoti Sharma, Saloni Gupta, Mukesh Kumar, Smita S. Kumar, Anil Kumar, Anamika Verma, Shalu ., Pankaj Sharma, Kulvinder Bajwa, Sohan Lal & Narsi R. Bishnoi·Journal of Applied Life Sciences International·2016
Aims: To study Cadmium removal from simulated waste water using water hyacinth biomass immobilized with Emericella nidulans. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar. June 2012 a...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27845