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    • Biological Activities of Resveratrol against Cancer 

      Kim, Soo Mi; Kim, Sung Zoo (2018-04)
      Resveratrol (RSV) is a polyphenolic compound naturally found in grapes, peanuts, and berries. Considerable research has been performed to determine the benefits of RSV against various human diseases, especially cancer. ...

    • Biological control of Aphis fabae and Bemisia tabaci by the native isolates of Beauveria bassiana in Kerman province 

      Zamani, Zahra; Mehdi Aminaee, Mohammed; Bakhshi khaniki, Gholamreza (published online, 2012-10)
      In this research, we isolated the pathogenic strain, KB512, of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana from soil and insects, which produced aerial and submerged conidia and blastospores in the laboratory conditions. ...

    • The biological effectiveness of wood modified with linear chain carboxylic acid anhydrides against the subterranean termites Reticulitermes flavipes 

      Papadopoulos, Antonios N.; . Avtzis, Dimitrios N; Avtzis, Nikolaos D. (published online, 2008-06)
      he work described in this paper has demon- strated that chemically modified Corsican pine sapwood with a homologous series of linear chain carboxylic acid anhydrides provided bioprotection against the subterranean termites ...

    • Biological radiation 

      Irina Zueva (African Journal of Biological Sciences, 2020-01-01)
      For a long time, the scientific community has been discussing whether living beings have specific biological radiation that is different from the standard set of electromagnetic and acoustic waves occur in the process of ...

    • Biology of Invasive Termites: A Worldwide Review 

      Evans, Theodore A; Forschler, Brian T; Grace, J. Kenneth (published online, 2012-09)
      The number of recognized invasive termite species has increased from 17 in 1969 to 28 today. Fourteen species have been added to the list in the past 44 years; 10 have larger distributions and 4 have no reported change ...

    • Biophysical EPR Studies Applied to Membrane Proteins 

      Sahu, Indra D.; Lorigan, Gary A. (2015-11)
      Membrane proteins are very important in controlling bioenergetics, functional activity, and initializing signal pathways in a wide variety of complicated biological systems. They also represent approximately 50% of the ...

    • Bioremediation of heavy metal ions from contaminated soil and water by microbes: A review 

      P. A., Mendy; A., Kargbo; M. E., Entonu (African Science Publications, 2021-04-05)
      Scientists all over the world are working tirelessly on the management of environmental toxicants and their control over the past two decades due to their injurious effects on plants, animals, and humans. These calcitrants ...

    • Borders by Proxy, Europe’s Aggressive Border Restrictions and the Perils of Young African Migrants 

      Nwalutu, Michael Onyedika (Scientific Research, 2015-04)
      The intrinsic challenges in the intersection of international laws and codes of praxis with respect to the operation of EU states’ border officials towards migrant individuals, to be specific, migrant African youth, is ...

    • Bovine trypanosomiasis and vectors in Lom and Djerem Division of East-Cameroon 

      Mamoudou, Abdoulmoumini; Ikoum, Dalida; Sevidzem Silas, Lendzele; Njan Nloga, Alexandre Michel; Sieumeni Djoguep, Andre; Mohammadou, Bouba; DA AMO, Andre (African Science Publications, 2020-07-09)
      Bovine trypanosomiasis is a major threat to the livestock sector of Cameroon. The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of bovine trypanosomes and vectors in the SODEPA Ranch of Ndokayo. A cross ...

    • Bradyarrythmias: A Study of Anthropometric, Demographic and Comorbidity Profiles in an African Population 

      Thomas, Martins O.; Ogunleye, Ezekiel O.; Olusoji, Olugbenga O.; Olugbemi, Augustin; Ojo, O. O. (Scientific Research, 2013-11)
      Background: Bradyarrhythmias are a group of cardiac rhythm disorders that are characterized by bradycardia and they are cosmopolitan in distribution. Their demographic, anthropometric and comorbidity attributes are yet ...

    • Breeding of NHase hyper-producing Rhodococcus ruber strain LUV30-06 and verification of mutants by RAPD 

      Wang, Shiwei; Wang, Min; Wang, Qinghui (Scientific Research Publishing, 2013-04)
      A nitrile hydratase (NHase) hyper-producing Rhodococcus ruber strain LUV30-06 was bred by mutagenization on the starting strain CGMCC3090 with ultraviolet irradiation and lithium chloride. The NHase activity of the strain ...

    • Bubble Formation in Helicoidal DNA Molecules 

      Tabi, Conrad Bertrand (2016-11)
      Wave interaction is addressed the framework of the helicoidal Peyrard-Bishop model of DNA. The model is first reduced to a set of coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations via the multiple scale expansion. Modulational ...

    • Burnout as Alienation in the Counselling Field: The Descent from Homo-Faber to Homo-Economous 

      Carton, Tony (Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-04-08)
      The concepts burnout and alienation are routinely connected in a linear unproblematic trajectory (Tomei et al., 2011) perpetuating more of an ideological conflation than providing any insight into either concept. This ...

    • Can Reputation Ensure Efficiency in the Structured Finance Market? 

      Elamin, Mahmoud (Scientific Research, 2017-01)
      Structured finance products are opaque and their ratings are unverifiable. Therefore, a credit rating agency (CRA) cannot credibly fully reveal its information about the quality of a rated structured finance project. Can ...

    • Cancer Risk Due to the Natural Radioactivity in Cigarette Tobacco 

      Ridha, Ali A.; Hasan, Hasan A. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-07)
      Thirty-one samples of cigarettes have been collected from local markets of different types of origins. The samples were selected according to a survey distributed to smokers by paper and digital survey to see the most ...

    • Capacitive Model and S-Parameters of Double-Pole Four-Throw Double-Gate RF CMOS Switch 

      Srivastava, Viranjay M.; Yadav, Kalyan S.; Singh, Ghanashyam (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-01)
      In this paper, we have analyzed the Double-Pole Four-Throw Double-Gate Radio-Frequency Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (DP4T DG RF CMOS) switch using S-parameters for 1 GHz to 60 GHz of frequency range. DP4T DG RF ...

    • Capacity Development for smallholder Irrigation in Kenya 

      Mati, Bancy M. (Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com), 2008-05)
      This paper presents the experiences on capacity development for irrigation in Kenya, drawing from a study of sevensmallholder irrigation schemes, namely: New Mutaro, Emening, Mitunguu, Ng’uuru Gakirwe, Lari, Mukuria-Kyambogo ...

    • Cardiac Immobilization in Beating Heart Surgery Using Pericardial Bands 

      Sirivella, Srikrishna; Gielchinsky, Isaac (Scientific Research, 2012-06)
      A novel technique of stabilization of the coronary targets with autogenous pericardial bands is described in off pump coronary revascularizations. Pericardial bands are placed across the coronary targets and snared to the ...

    • Cardiac Surgery during Pregnancy-Our Experience 

      Kanhere, Vivek M.; Kanhere, Anjali V.; Chakravarty, Devashish; Pendse, Nikhil; Pendse, Milan; Khan, Munir A.; Shrivastava, Anita; Narkhede, Vinod (Scientific Research, 2017-08)
      Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to be endemic in developing countries like India, thus a number of female patient present with valvular heart disease complicating pregnancy. Surgery is lifesaving in ...

    • Cardiomyopathies in Tropical Countries: Causes and Nosological Perspective 

      Touze, Jean-Etienne; Fourcade, Laurent (Scientific Research, 2013-11)
      Background: Cardiomyopathy is the main cause of heart failure in developing countries, mainly in Africa. In those areas the concept of “tropical cardiomyopathy” is still used to design all unexplained cardiomyopathy. The ...