Aim: To compare the effects of Botulnium Toxin A injection of hip adductor muscles (adductor longus and brevis) and gracilis muscle on motor function, balance and gait parameters of the children with diplegic cerebral palsy. Study Design: Prospective, randomized controlled study....
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16313
The use of dumpsite soils as organic manure is wide spread in developing countries like Nigeria. This study investigates the concentration of some heavy metals in vegetables grown in a farm treated with dumpsite soils in Kuru Jantar, Nigeria. Soil samples and vegetables from the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14779
In this work, we have realized an efficient implementation of stream cipher algorithm for speech data encryption and decryption. The design consists of a 128-bit non linear feedback shift register (NLFSR), a 128-bit linear feedback shift register (LFSR) and a Boolean function. Fi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14744
Acute abdomen is a clinical emergency with core symptomatology of acute abdominal pain and hallmark requisite of speedy intervention. There are myriads of aetio-genesis that are basically multi-disciplinary. Radiological imaging complements clinical examinations to arrive at mean...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13288
This experimental research was undertaken to show the concentration distribution of different physiochemical parameters in a soil polluted by crude oil. Various physiochemical parameters were investigated in the laboratory two months after extensive crude oil spillage using stand...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14473
The research investigated the effects of building ventilation resulting from different combinations of building orientation and opening on some reproductive parameters. The study was 2 x 4 factorial design and carried out at rabbitry section of the Teaching and Research Farm, Oba...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15479
Cocoa beans processing for human consumption is growing into different products from time to time. Demand for it’s processing equipment is also at increase and costly to purchase. One of the processing workstations that needs urgent attention is the winnowing section, where the s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16161
Conventional 5052 aluminium alloysare known to exhibit characteristics response to deformation having a rebound effect on their corrosion propensity. This study investigates this phenomenon with a view to establishing the appropriate processing method that confers enhanced corros...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16681
This research deals with the development of predictive model for the concentration distribution of Nigerian crude oil in porous soil media. Three (3) different soil media were considered: sand, loam and clay. Oil spillage has been the most prominent source of ground water contami...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14472
Climate change has been described as among the major challenges of the twenty-first century. However, this trend cannot be completely halted but can only be slowed down through the development and adoption of adaptation practices especially among the rural people whose major sour...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13193