The hypoglycemic effect of locust bean (parkia biglobosa) in Wistar Albino rats was assessed. Blood glucose concentrations were determined for each group using glucose oxidase method. Group A (Control) received growers mash, while groups B,C and D received 20%, 40% and 50% of loc...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/8044
Ali Fattahi, Hojat Kazemini, Mahdi Rezaei, Mazaher Rahimpour, Mehrnoosh Bahmani, Saeid Saleh Nia, Mitra Ameli & Mohsen Einanloo·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2014
The aim of this study was to compare the effect of eight weeks of aquatic and land plyometric training on some biomechanical variables including agility, leg muscle strength, and vertical jump test in young male volleyball players. Forty five young male volleyball players (Age=19...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13596
Background: Nutritional status has been shown to predict post-surgical recovery and clinical outcomes in orthopedic patients. This study evaluated the effects of an oral nutrition supplement (ONS) in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. Materials and Methods: In a multicente...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13908
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between home stress and academic performance of junior secondary school students in Integrated Science in Calabar Municipality. To achieve the purpose of this study, one hypothesis was formulated and tested. Expost-facto resea...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/10302
This paper investigated the influence of water repellent treatment on the UV protection properties of 100% cotton knitted fabrics. In vitro UV measurement was conducted according to international standard with a spectrophotometer and the results revealed that water repellent trea...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14302
This report describes a case of fetal malposition with abrachia in a Yankasa ewe (Ovis aries), presented on the 24th March 2011 to the State House Veterinary Clinic in Abuja, Nigeria. A two-and-a-half year old Yankasa ewe, weighing approximately 35 kg was presented to the clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13661
Introduction: Exposure to positive clinical learning experience influences the nursing students' knowledge, skills, attitudes, and interest in continuing the nursing profession. It is widely acknowledged that clinical placement evaluations while students are on placement is very...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12046
In this paper, a self starting five step Continuous Block Hybrid Adams Moulton Method (CBHAM) with three off-grid points is developed using collocation and interpolation procedures. The predictor schemes are then expanded using Taylor’s series expansion. Multiple numerical integr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13009
Aims: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between different forms of maltreatment in childhood with the perpetration of violent behaviour and exposure to violence in partner relationships. Methodology: The sample comprised 147 participants (100 women and 47 men) i...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14286
The main attention of this paper is to deduce the estimators of the parameters of the Logistic distribution using five estimating methods, namely, the fuzzy least-squares method, the LQ-moments (linear quantile moments) with three cases (trimean, median and Gastwirth), TL-moments...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12483