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2015 | Journal of pharmacy and bioresources | Pp. 165-171
Preparations of Olax subscorpioidea have been used in the Nigerian traditional medicine for the management of convulsions, mental illness, pains, cancer and microbial infections. The efficacy of the leaves of this plant in management of convulsions has been w...
2015 | Nigerian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ISSN: 0189-823X | Pp. 30-43
The crude methanol leaf extract of Olax subscorpioidea has been reported to possess analgesic and antiinflammatory activity. The present study therefore aims to investigate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of the liquid-liquid partitioned leaf f...
2014 | International Journal of Research In Social Sciences | Pp. 59-65
The self-reliance strategy in Uganda has very good aims of empowering refugees become self reliant and reduce on their dependence on humanitarian agencies among other reasons. By focusing on Oruchinga refugee settlement, the study found out that, refugees hav...
2014 | American Journal of BioScience | Pp. 115-121
The hypoglycaemic potentials of frog oil in alloxan-induced diabetic rats were investigated. Thirty six male albino rats weighing 120.47±2.52 g was completely randomized into six groups (A-F) comprising 6 animals each. Animals in group A (control) were admin...
2014 | International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology ISSN 2278-7763 | Pp. 130-137
In this work, we examined variable viscosity and non-constant thermal conductivity of a dual mixed convection flows in a vertical channel through a porous medium.We employed Galerkin weighted residual method to solve the resulting non-linear equations. The re...
2014 | Journal of Advances in Mathematics ISSN 2347-1921 | Pp. 1492-1497
In this work, we study variable thermal conductivity and viscosity flow past a porous surface with viscous dissipation through a porous medium. We transformed the governing partial differential equations into ordinary differential equations in terms of a suit...
2014 | International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and Technology ISSN 2229 - 6107 | Pp. 35-43
In this work, effects of thermal radiation on Poiseuille flow of a reactive power-law fluid of grade three between heated parallel plates through a saturated porous medium is considered. It is assumed that the fluid reacts satisfying Arrhenius law. The chemic...
2014 | International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research ISSN 2229-5518 | Pp. 1207-1215
In this work, we are focusing on the reacting radial flow of a power-law fluid with variable viscosity through a porous medium. We considered the governing equations with reaction term and variable viscosity. We employed Galerkin weighted residual method to a...
2014 | Journal of Advances in Mathematics ISSN 2347-1921 | Pp. 1464-1472
In this work, we examined reacting laminar flow of a third grade fluid in a channel filled with saturated porous media under the effect of applied magnetic field and variable thermal conductivity. It is assumed that the fluid has temperature dependent viscosi...
2014 | IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) e-ISSN: 2278-0661, | Pp. 24-31
In this paper, we present a numerical study of the rheological behaviour effect of non-Newtonian, power-law fluids on the unsteady gravity flow through a porous medium. The governing equations are derived and similarity solutions are determined. The finite di...