Background: Primary frozen shoulder is a condition characterized by painful and limited active and passive range of motion. Although the etiology is still uncertain, synovial fibrosis and adhesion were shown in glenohumeral joints of frozen shoulders. The messenger RNA expression...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10328
Michael O. Monanu, Ernest A. Anyalogbu & Eugene N. Onyeike·Advances in Research·2014
The effect of wet heat-processing on the micronutrient composition of Canarium schweinfurthii (CS) pulps eaten as traditional snack in most parts of Nigeria was investigated. Fresh wholesome seeds of C. schweinfurthii, obtained from Aba (Abia State, Nigeria) were washed in severa...
Aims: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis among prison inmates at Mbarara Central prison Design: A cross sectional study was carried out at Mbarara Central Prison in Mbarara district, Kiswahili cell in Mbarara municipality among female and male pr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10676
An orthogonal double cover (ODC) of any graph H is a collection of spanning subgraphs of H such that every two of them share exactly one edge at most, and every edge of the graph H belongs to exactly two of the spanning graphs. In this paper, we are concerned with the orthogonal...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10262
This experiment was carried out to investigate chemical properties of Moringa oleifera and the effects of dietary levels of Moringa oleifera leaves on the growth performance and feed utilization for Clarias gariepinus fry. The study was carried out in aquarium tanks, for a period...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10399
Introduction: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a regularly appearance number of symptoms during luteal phase of menstruation. The purpose of this study was, determination the effect of Vit B6 on treatment this syndrome. Method: Two hundred girls who had moderate and severe form of...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10181
Attila Vereczkey, Melinda Csáky-Szunyogh, Balázs Gerencsér & Andrew E. Czeizel·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: The aim of this paper was to study the birth outcomes of cases with single ventricle complex (SVC), a rare congenital heart defect, as homogeneously as possible. Study Design: For the analysis of cases, the large dataset of the population-based Hungarian Case-Control Survei...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10578
Aims: Serum bilirubin, albumin and prothrombin time are the most commonly measured parameters to assess the progress of hepatic cirrhosis. No widely accepted cut off values for these parameters are available for an early diagnosis of the decompensation process of hepatic cirrhosi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10443
Aims: The incidence of obesity has increased at an alarming rate in recent years, becoming a worldwide health problem. Anti-obesity drugs available have hazardous side-effects, thus, a wide variety of natural materials are being explored for their anti-obesity potential. This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10182
Introduction: Datura stramonium, known as devils apple or tatula by Turkish people. It is a plant known as a member of belladonna alkaloid family contains atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine that are having hallucinogenic and anticholinergic effects. In our study we described a...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10167
In this study a mathematical model is formulated using ordinary differential equations in order to understand the population dynamics of water borne diseases. The entire population is divided into five compartments depending upon their status. These compartments are – susceptible...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10935
Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Mohammad Varahram, Mahdi Shams, Kimia Taghavi, Parissa Farnia & Ali Akbar Velayati·Advances in Research·2014
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) still causes serious illnesses in millions of people throughout the world. Although pulmonary TB accounts for the majority of the cases, extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) also contributes to the burden of disease and frequently neglected in the national TB...
Aims: The main purpose of the study was to find the rate of developing the organizational learning culture and propose the possible ways to develop the organizational learning culture in Esfahan Islamic Azad Universities. Study Design: Using a quantitative method, this study meas...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10341
E. Jirillo, S. Boffola, R. Stefanelli, T. Magrone, E. Vitale, M. T. Pappagallo, M. Lasalvia, G. Perna, V. Capozzi, A. Ermini, T. Ligonzo, L. Schiavulli & P. F. Biagi·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: Until now, studies related to the morphometric and morphological variations produced on peripheral blood leukocytes from healthy donors by exposure to 1.8 GHz electromagnetic radiation (EMR) yielded controversial results. The aim of this research work is to increase the sta...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10168
Weather affects almost all modes of transportation in a modern society, and likewise, transportation has an enormous impact on the weather. Transportation greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) impact climate change, which impacts transportation in return. Reduction of transportation imp...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10697