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Vol 5, No 2 (2012)
Table of Contents
Articles
| Electroless deposition and electrical characterization of N- Cu2O layer |
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| Y Abdu, AO Musa, TH Darma | 1 – 10 |
| Studies on the Physicochemical Properties and Genotoxicity of Effluents from a Dairy Industry |
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| DI Olorunfemi, SO Omo-Ataga, RC Ofomata | 11-18 |
| Emerging and re-emerging infectious agents of nosocomial diseases – The need for review of hospital policy and control strategies |
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| O Azeez – Akande | 19 – 25 |
| Occurrence of wood-and root- rot basidiomycetes on trees in Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria |
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| AS Kutama, AO Saratu, AU Asma’u | 26 – 30 |
| Effect of oral administration of aqueous leaves extract of Cassia occidentalis on liver and kidney functions in rats |
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| H Tanimu, AM Wudil | 31 – 33 |
| Coal and Zea mays cob waste as adsorbents for removal of metallic ions from wastewater |
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| MB Ibrahim | 41 – 46 |
| Impact of emergent macrophytes on fish catch in Nguru Lake |
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| MM Abubakar | 47 – 50 |
| Thermogravimetric and kinetic study of methylolmelamine phosphate treated – cotton fabric |
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| NA Ayeni, A Adeniyi, NN Abdullahi, E Bernard, AO Ogunleye | 51 – 55 |
| The potentials of henna (Lawsonia inamis L.) leaves extracts as counter stain in gram staining reaction |
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| H Hafiz, OOC Chukwu, S Nura | 56 – 60 |
| Phytochemical composition and acute toxicity evaluation of aqueous root bark extract of Securidaca longipedunculata (Linn) |
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| SM Auwal, MK Atiku, AM Wudil, MS Sule | 67 – 72 |
| Effect of potting media and watering frequencies on the growth of pepper fruit (Dennetia tripetala) seedlings |
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| AU Osaigbovo, ER Orhue | 73 – 78 |
| Kinetics studies of fungal biogas production from certain agricultural waste |
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| U Bishir, MM Ekwenchi | 79 – 83 |
| Detection of metallo betalactamases among gram negative bacterial isolates from Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano and Almadina Hospital Kaduna, Nigeria |
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| I Yusuf, M Yusha’u, AA Sharif, MI Getso, H Yahaya, JA Bala, IA Aliyu, M Haruna | 84 – 88 |
| Study on physicochemical and heavy metals (Pb, Fe, Mn) concentrations of tap water in Dutse, Jigawa state, Nigeria |
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| UA Abdullahi, II Indabawa | 89 – 92 |
| Effect of antiretroviral therapy on some liver enzymes in HIV/AIDS breast fed and non breast fed children |
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| N Kabir, AI Kiru, H Kabir, I Yunusa | 93 – 96 |
| Seed-borne mycoflora of local and improved wheat (Triticum sativum L.) cultivars in Kano, Nigeria |
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| M Bashir, MA Mani, AS Kutama | 101 – 103 |
| Artocarpus altilis proving its worth in toxic metal removal from the environment |
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| PO Okolo, EEI Irabor, TP Abugu | 104 – 109 |
| Estimation of stature from hand and foot dimensions in Hausa neonates: A hospital-based study |
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| MH Modibbo, MG Taura, OC Agu, U Bashir | 110 – 114 |
| Proximate composition and consumer acceptability of African mudfish Clarias gariepinus smoked with two energy sources |
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| I Yola, O Timothy | 115 – 118 |
| Nutritional status in pregnant women attending Kiru General Hospital in Kano state, Nigeria |
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| T Kabiru, A Hafiz, MK Atiku | 119 – 121 |
| Effect of Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) on in vitro rooting of regenerated microshoots of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) |
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| MM Abdulmalik, IS Usman, JD Olarewaju, DA Aba | 128 – 131 |
| Effect of low glycaemic index meals on insulin secretion in diabetic and apparently healthy subjects |
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| JO Alegbejo | 136 – 142 |
| Trace metal concentrations in leachates from open dumpsites in Lokoja, Kogi state, Nigeria |
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| GO Olarewaju, MD Sa’id, JT Ayodele | 143 – 147 |
| Effects of weed control and cow dung manure on growth indices of quality protein maize |
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| MA Mahadi, SA Dadari, B Tanimu, NC Kuchinda, AI Sharifai, MS Bature | 148 – 155 |
| Kynurenine and serotonin pathways: A review |
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| HS Adegbusi | 156 – 159 |
| Nature of ergastic substances in some Nigerian asteraceae |
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| ID Omoigui, OSA Aromose | 160 – 167 |
ISSN: 2006-6996


