It is important to assess the general bone condition in dental implant treatment. The relationships between the bone mineral densities (BMDs) of lumbar vertebrae and mandibular cortical bone condition in the inferior border using multi-slice computed tomography (CT) were assessed in postmenopausal women. If a strong correlation between them is obtained, the mandibular cortical bone condition ma...

The nutrient and anti nutrient composition of some standardized sweet potato dishes in Kwara state was determined using official methods of analysis. The indigenous sweet potato dishes analysed included pounded sweet potato/yam; sweet potato leaf soup; boiled sweet potato; fried sweet potatoes and sweet potato/ beans pottage. There were significant differences (p < 0.05) for moisture content wh...

an investigation was carried out to reveal the changes in the concentration of soluble carbohydrates under tuber dormancy in food yam (dioscorea esculenta) tubers and in an economically important spice cum medicinal plant turmeric (curcuma longa) rhizomes under storage. harvested, fully matured tubers of yam and rhizomes of turmeric were stored in wooden boxes under the conditions of 28 ? 2?c t...

This work focuses on conversion of agricultural wastes into fermentable sugar via acid hydrolysis. Proximate and ultimate analysis was carried out to ascertain the physiochemical properties biomass feedstock sugar. Mineral such as hydrochloric (HCl) sulfuric (H2SO4) used media for plantain peels water yam Concentration glucose analyzed using DNS techniques. Modelling process done three establis...

For the purpose of constructing yam cDNA libraries, attempts to isolate high quality RNA using several previously reported protocols were unsuccessful. Therefore a protocol was standardized for yam total RNA isolation by using guanidium buffer at the Department of Biology, Virginia Sate University. The RNA isolated using this standardized protocol was high in quality and led to successful good ...

Microbiological processes were used for chitin and chitosan production by Mucor circinelloides (UCP 050) grown in yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus L. Urban) medium. The polysaccharides were extracted by alkali-acid treatment and structural investigations by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform IR analysis, viscosity and thermal analysis by TG, DTG, and DTA were done. The highest biomass yield (20.7...

African yam bean (Spenostylis stenocarpa) protein isolate was hydrolyzed with pancreatin (was purchased from sigma chemicals, St Loius Missouri, USA) to obtain an hydrolysate that has (42% degree of hydrolysis), which was characterized for its amino acid composition and ability to scavenge free radicals. The African yam bean protein isolate and hydrolysate samples were dried to constant weight,...

X iv :a st ro -p h/ 05 09 89 1v 3 9 N ov 2 00 5 The Progenitors of Short-Hard Gamma-Ray Bursts from an Extended Sample of Events Avishay Gal-Yam, Ehud Nakar, Eran O. Ofek, S. B. Cenko, S. R. Kulkarni, A. M. Soderberg, F. Harrison Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA91125 D. B. Fox Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525 Davey Labor...

In recent years, there has been growing interest in the association between the residential environment and health. The association between residential environment (i.e., geographic elevation) and bone status is unknown. Furthermore, these associations could differ by exercise habits due to the chronically greater daily activity caused by steep slopes in mountainous areas. The aim of this study...

Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, June, 2001, pp. 85-91 Sensory Evaluation of Dawa Dawa Produced By the Traditional Fermentation of African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis Stenocarpa Harms) Seeds *Wokoma E. C.; Aziagba, G. C. Department of Microbiology, University of Port Harcourt, P. M. B. 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria * *Corresponding author Code Number: ja01015 ABS...