Geoelectric investigation for underground water in some part of Ohafia was done using the Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) method. Twenty vertical electrical sounding data were acquired within the locations in the study area. These were used in delineating the geoelectric secti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2011/600
Nigeria is ranked the seventh largest exporter of crude oil in the world. On a daily basis, it produces over two million barrels of crude Oil from hundreds of Oil wells drilled in the Niger Delta area. Not a single of these Oil wells are drilled without the use of Bentonite. Bent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2011/445
Aim: To assess the energy, iron and zinc densities of ten selected commonly consumed traditional complementary foods in Nigeria. Study Design: Survey and Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Hotel and Catering Management, Yaba College of Technology, Lago...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2012/553
Due to its favorable agronomic traits, tolerance to abiotic stresses and adverse environments, cassava is the most important source of dietary carbohydrates for 750 million people around the world, and is produced mainly by subsistence farmers in marginally agricultural land. Phy...
Cashew is one of the most important cash crops in Ghana where it is largely grown in the coastal, transitional and guinea savannah belt. Its cultivation is largely a small holder activity and serves as their main source of income. However, cashew orchards in these areas are expan...
Aim: To analyse the statistical relationship between residential land-use development and socio-economic and bio-physical variables. Study design: Case study. Place and Duration of Study: Lokoja in Kogi State of Nigeria ,which lies within latitude 7O45’N and 7O51N and longitude 6...
Two decades of intensive but quite chaotic and decentralized population studies on susceptibility to Graves’ disease (GD) provided a bulk of inconsistent data resulted in finding of proven association only for the HLA class II region that exerts a major effect in the genetics of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/748
Background: The consumption of uncooked comminuted fermented meat (UCFM) contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) poses a public health risk. The severity of such a health risk can be demonstrated by an outbreak that occurred in South Australia in 1995, whe...
Aims: Rotator cuff injuries are a common injury associated with a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic causative factors. Although surgical reconstruction is a well established option, this is associated with variable re rupture rates. There is a growing body of interest in the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/565
Jean-Baptiste Tchiagam Noubissié, Emmanuel Youmbi, Nicolas Yanou Njintang, Ange Ndogonoudji Alladoum, Marcel Richard Nguimbou & Joseph Martin Bell·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2011
Aims: Cowpea’s use as leafy vegetable has been widely neglected in research. The present study was aimed at finding out the nature and magnitude of genetic variability in dual-purpose cowpea for leaf yield and quality attributes. Place and Duration of Study: Ngaoundéré University...
The study was designed to investigate the effect of Fadama II project on the performance of fish farming in Imo State. A sample of 30 fadama fish farmers and 30 non-fadama fish farmers were selected by multistage random sampling technique. Data were collected with a well structur...
Aims: Study on the antimicrobial resistance pattern and plasmid screening of some clinical strains of Escherichia coli isolated from urine of some urinary tract infection out patients. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: General hospital Lagos Island...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2011/627
Objective: To determine the anthelminthic and bactericidal activity of Flaveria trinervia. Study design: Assessment of Anthelminthic and bactericidal activity. Place and Duration of Study: Anthelminthic and bactericidal activity of extracts from Flaveria trinervia Spring C. Mohr....
Aims: The purpose of this study was to provide factorial analytic findings, construct validation and normative data for the Malaysian diabetic patients. Gender difference was also examined with racial response to PSS-10. Study design: Population base cross sectional survey. Place...
Aim: This research is aimed to assess the spatial distribution of health centres in Lokoja, Nigeria. Study design: Case study. Place and Duration of Study: Lokoja is located in Kogi State of Nigeria and lies within latitude 7º45’N and 7º51N and longitude 6º41’E and 6º45’E of Gree...