Journal of American Science 2010;6(6) http://www.jofamericanscience.org CONTENTS 1 Plant Water Relations and Osmotic Adjustment in Brassica Species under Salinity Stress Pratibha Singh, Narender Singh, Kamal Dutt Sharma and Mahender Singh Kuhad 1-4 2 Collection of Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. in the Interior Villages of Chamoli District in Garhwal Himalaya (Uttarakhand) and its Social Impacts Narayan Singh, Rakshita Pathak, Arjun Singh Kathait, Deepak Rautela and Anoop Dubey 5-9 3 Synthesis And Reaction Of Some New Pyrimidine Thiones Abdelghani, E.; Sherif, M., H.; Assy, M., G. and Morsi, Gh., M. 10-15 4 Neuroanatomical, Immunocytochemical and Electrophysiological Studies on Cercal Sensory Receptors in the Female Locust Ehab Tousson and Afaf El-Atrash 16-23 5 Effect of H2SO4 on Seed Germination and Viability of Canna indica L. a Medicinal Plant Sunil Chandra Joshi and S.C. Pant 24-25 6 The impact of genetic variability and smoking habits on the prevalence of periodontitis among adults Faten S.Bayoumi , Fatehya.M.Metwaly ,Hind M.Rashd.and E.H.A. Abouel-Ezz.. 26-30 7 Model for Computational Analysis of the Solution Temperature during Leaching of Iron Oxide Ore in Oxalic Acid Solution Chukwuka Ikechukwu Nwoye 31-37 8 Model for Computational Analysis of the Quantity of Water Lost by Evaporation during Oven- Drying of Clay Chukwuka Ikechukwu Nwoye 38-42 9 Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Pisum sativum L. Growing in Fly Ash Amended Soil Sudarshana Sharma, Parmanand Sharma, Poonam Mehrotra 43-50 10 Evaluation of the Environmental Mitigation and Area Development (EMAD) component of the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project (BHP) in Sierra Leone Alhaji Brima Gogra, Jun Yao, Edward Hinga Sandy, Gyula Zaray , Solomon Peter Gbanie , Celeste Tjobe , Tamba Samuel Bandagba 51-64 11 Physico-Chemical and Microbiological Study of Tehri Dam Reservoir, Garhwal Himalaya, India Ashok K. Agarwal and Govind S. Rajwar 65-71 12 Diversity, distribution and utilization of fodder species in sub-temperate, temperate and cold desert region of the Himachal Pradesh, north-western, Himalaya Yashwant S. Rawat and Subash C.R. Vishvakarma 72-81 I Journal of American Science 2010;6(6) http://www.jofamericanscience.org 13 Light Hydrocarbon Correlation of Niger Delta Crude Oils Mark O. Onyema and Patience N. Manilla 82-88 14 Development of a Web Availability Analyzer Software Tool Ali Peiravi, Muhammad Sharaeini 89-95 15 Integrated Application of Cocoa Pod Ash and NPK Fertilizer: Effect on soil and Plant Nutrient Status and Maize Performance L.S. Ayeni, M.T. Adetunji and F.O. Olasantan 96-102 16 Estimate Biological Nitrogen Fixation in horse bean Tayeb Saki Nejad Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch 103-108 17 Effect of Different Types of Oral Iron Therapy Used for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia and Their Effects on Some Hormones and Minerals in Anemic Rats Ghada, Z .A. Soliman , Mohamed H. Mahfouz and Ibrahim A. Emara 109-118 18 In vitro Antimicrobial Assay and Phytochemical of Voacanga africana Seeds Christopher M. Duru and Nkechi E.Onyedineke Analysis of Ethanolic Extracts 119-122 19 I n vitro antioxidative acitivity of Azadirachta indica and Melia azedarach Lea by DPPH scavenging assay Gayatri Nahak and R.K. Sahu 123-128 20 Allocation of Spinning Reserve Cost Amongst Customers in Deregulated Power Systems Ali Peiravi, Mehdi Hejazian 129-138 21 Determination of Bauxite’s phases by the bomb digest method at Kamsar laboratory ISO 9002 (Guinea) Ibrahima Sory Cissé, Jiwen Ge 139-145 22 Clinical utility of biochemical markers in ulcerative colitis among Egyptian patients Mie Afify, Magda Sayed and Amr Elhammady 146-155 23 Degradation Hazard Assessment of Some Soils North Nile Delta, Egypt M. A. Wahab, M. A. Rasheed and R. A. Youssef 156-161 24 Calculation of Creeping Flow Past a Sphere Using Direct Boundary Element Method Ghulam Muhammad, Nawazish Ali Shah 162-165 25 Replacement Value of Urea Treated Corn with Cobs for Concentrate Feed Mixture in Pregnant Ewes Rations Hamad M.R; Safaa Nadi Abed-Elazeem ; A.M. Aiad; S . A. Mohamed; and N. A. M. Soliman. 166-178 26 Application of multi-factorial experimental designs for optimization of biotin 179-187 II Journal of American Science 2010;6(6) http://www.jofamericanscience.org Production by a Rhizopus nigricans strain Heba A. El-Refai, Ehab R.El-Helow, Magdy A. Amin, Lotfy A. Sallam, Hebat-Allah A. Salem 27 Some Physiological Factors Affecting Rapamycin Production by Streptomyces hygroscopicus ATCC 29253 Sallam, L.A.R.; El-Refai, A.F.; Osman, M.E.; Hamdy, A.A.; Ahmed, E.M. and Mohameda, M.A 188-194 28 The Substance of the Universe A Philosophical Concept about the Origin of the Universe the Great Magnetic Mass and Velocity Sami Al Taher 195-202 29 A trial for Induction of saprolegniosis in Mugel cephalus with special reference to biological control Hussien, A.M. Osman; Ahmed, I.E. Noor El Deen; Waled, S.E. Solman 203-209 30 Effect of Annealing on DC Charge transport in Copper-Clay Cermets O.A. Babalola, A.B. Alabi and T. Akomolafe. 210-216 31 Genetic Analysis between and within Three Egyptian Water Buffalo Populations Using RAPD-PCR Sekena H.Abdel-Aziem; Lamiaa M Salem.; Mohamed S Hassanane.; Karima F. Mahrous 217-226 32 Women Physical Aggression (A Review) Ali Edalati , Ma’rof Redzuan 227-235 33 Bioavailability of Orbifloxacin in African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, and its efficacy in control of induced Edwardsiellosis M. D. Ibrahem A. H. Atta; and M. A. Shalaby 236-244 34 Optimization of microbial biomass production as biocontrol agent against root knot nematode on faba plants Zeinat, Kamel M.; Nagwa, M. Atef; El-Sayed, S.A. and Abd El-Wahab G.S. 245-255 35 Resistin and Obesity- Associated Insulin Resistance in Children Abdelghaffar S, Hafez MH, Shaaban FA, Abou Esmail LA, Salama SI; Rashed RG 256-266 36 Adsorption Equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics of methylene blue from aqueous solutions using biopolymer oak sawdust composite M.M. Abd El-Latif, Amal M. Ibrahim, M.F. El-Kady 267-283 III