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Research Articles

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Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Compounds on the Number of Bacteria in the Rhizosphere of Sorghum and Onobrychis Sativa

Morteza Zare, Mohamad-Mehdi Baneshi, Alireza Rayegan-Shirazi, Soheila Rezaei, Elias Randjbaran

Department of Environmental Science, University of Tehran, Iran; Department of Biology, Shiraz University, Iran

Keywords: Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Phytoremediation, Rhizosphere, Sorghum, Onobrychis Sativa

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of persistent organic pollutants with significant implications for environmental and human health. Phytoremediation offers a cost-effective and environment...

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Survey of Endangered Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) in Mukurthi National Park, Nilgiris, India

Dr. K. Varunprasath, Dr. M. Lakeshmanaswamy, N. Mohanraj

Department of Ecology, Western Ghats Research Institute, India

Keywords: Nilgiri Tahr, population dynamics, conservation, Western Ghats, Mukurthi National Park

The factors that explain changes in population size are a central theme in ecology, and long-term studies of population dynamics are of great interest for life history theory, population ecology, and ...

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Evaluation of Testicular Traits in Uda Rams Fed with Varying Levels of Parkia biglobosa Fruit Pulp in Nigeria

K.M. Aljameel, N. Muhammad, S.A. Maigandi, I.A. Abubakar

Ahmadu Bello University, Department of Animal Science, Nigeria

Keywords: Uda Rams, Parkia biglobosa, Testicular Traits, Animal Nutrition, Sub-humid Zone

An experiment was conducted to assess the impact of different inclusion levels of Parkia biglobosa yellow pulp on the testicular traits and rectal temperature of Uda rams in a dry sub-humid zone of Ni...

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A Comparative Study of Phytochemical Screening in Hemidesmus Indicus Collected from Various Regions of Telangana, India

Suman Kumar R, Ramchandra Reddy P, Gangadhar Rao S, Nethaji K

Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Keywords: Hemidesmus indicus, phytochemical screening, medicinal plants, Telangana, Apocynaceae

Hemidesmus indicus, a member of the Apocynaceae family, is widely recognized for its medicinal properties. The root extracts are traditionally used as a coolant and blood purifier. This study focuses ...

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Demographic Study of Medical Tourism in Yazd Province, Iran in 2012

Zahra Hashemian, Mohammad Reza Vafaeinasab, Hadi Zare-Zardini, Leila Ebrahimi

Medical Tourism Research Center, Yazd University, Iran

Keywords: medical tourism, demographic study, Yazd, Iran, infertility treatment, cardiac surgery, healthcare quality

Travelling for medical care is a historical phenomenon. Medical tourism grows very fast in not only developed nations but in developing countries too. Iran has a suitable potent due to spas, dessert, ...

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Overview of the Effect of Dimensions of Intellectual Capital and Employee Satisfaction Based on Internal Marketing on Competitive Advantage

Majid Esmaeilpour, Alireza Kamyab

University of Tehran, Faculty of Management, Iran

Keywords: intellectual capital, employee satisfaction, internal marketing, competitive advantage, human resources

Since human resources turned to be one of the most important organizational assets, building a sense of job satisfaction is critical in the employees. The more job satisfaction increases in the employ...

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A Disparateness-Aware Scheduling using K-Centroids Clustering and PSO Techniques in Hadoop Cluster

E. Laxmi Lydia

Department of Computer Science, Vignan's Institute of Information Technology, India

Keywords: Big Data, Hadoop Cluster, K-Centroids Clustering, Particle Swarm Optimization, Energy Consumption, Fault Tolerance, Scheduling Algorithm

Big data storage management is a significant challenge in Hadoop cluster environments due to the high degree of data access locality required by data-intensive applications. Traditionally, high-perfor...

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