Aims: To determine some characteristics involved in the cola path and to reveal the main constraints related to the production and trading of cola nuts. Study Design: Field investigation from farmers in the main regions of the cola cultivation in Côte d’Ivoire. Main concerns from...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/28369
Fruits and vegetables are important in human diets as they help the body system function optimally but could also pose risk to human health when taken unhygienically. This study assessed geohelminths contamination on some common fruits and vegetables sold in Lafia markets and als...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25566
Image information measures such as mutual information and entropy quotient can do more than just giving a quantitative impression on how good an image is. In recent times, they have found application in radiotherapy, especially in treatment planning. Thinking about maximizing inf...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28108
Rosmini’s works and philosophical ideals purport to propitiate Catholic theology with the susceptibilities of modern day political and social thought. With regard to his instruction from Pope Pius VII, Rosmini found himself wedged between the obligation to renew Catholic philosop...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26363
Background: Obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI) is partial or total paralysis of the upper limb due to trauma of brachial plexus during delivery, wrist flexion is a common deformity that develops in children with Erb's Palsy. The purpose of the study was to assess the effect...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27625
Potassium bromate (KBrO3) is widely used in foods and water, in spite of its well-known oxidative cell and tissue damage. Therefore; vitamins C (vit C) and E (vit E) are examined to alleviate its nephrotoxicity. For this purpose 72 adult male albino rats were categorized into 6 g...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28698
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that is widespread in the world's population and constitutes a risk factor for the development of gastric cancer. One possible cause of treatment failure is antimicrobial resistance, indicating the importance of susceptibility testing. Aims: The...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/28658
This study sought to develop a biological control agent against gray mold disease caused by Botrytis cinerea in tomato using a strain of Streptomyces, which showed significant antagonistic activity against B. cinerea. Such strain (C51) was screened by dual culture method from a t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27284
Medicine is one of the outstanding gifts of science to save lives. In addition to the desired therapeutic effect almost all of the medicine possesses the undesired secondary effect called side effect. From the over-the-counter (OTC) aspirin to the prescription medicine on the mar...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26317
Background: Chronic pain not associated with a disease is very common in childhood and adolescence, with prevalence rates between 5-27%, and is considered to constitute a considerable health problem. Aim: The current update of literature aims at showing why studying chronic pain...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28333
A mucocele is a benign, mucous-containing cystic lesion of the minor salivary glands presenting as a distinct, fluctuant, painless swelling of the mucosa. Mucocele is a clinical term used that includes mucous extravasation phenomenon and mucus retention cyst. Because each has a d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28157
Background: The need to provide aesthetic as well a functional dental restoration continues to be a challenge for the restorative dentistry. Crown-lengthening procedures can help address those challenges and can also be useful to improve the results of orthodontic and pre-prosthe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27398
Aims: To determine the prevalence of Pap-smear screening, to assess the knowledge regarding cervical cancer and Pap-smear test and to identify the predictors of practice of Pap-smear screening among married women in urban of Mandalay, Myanmar. Study Design: Cross-sectional study....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28156
Aims: A realistic sample size calculation is an essential step in planning a clinical trial. It includes the consideration of the expectable drop out profile during individual patient observation periods to ensure a sufficient sample size for statistical analysis. Aim of this met...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28190
Clara Marcuello, Carmen Montañez, Borja Muñoz, Ester Montenegro, Isabel Calvo, Consuelo Auñón, Amparo Sabaté, Laura del Valle, Manuel Fuentes Ferrer, Carla Assaf-Balut, Isabelle Runkle, Miguel Angel Rubio & Alfonso Luis Calle-Pascual·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Objective: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and self – care behaviors in a large sample of diabetic patients (DPts) and to examine which patients’ characteristics influence on them. Methods: This cross - sectional study included 1,039 DPts (561/478, Men/Women, 156...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28245