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Knowledge Level of Pharmacy Workers about Chronic Airway Diseases and Inhaler Devices

Serap Argun Baris, Fusun Yildiz, Selim Yuksel, Ozge Tosun, Tugba Onyilmaz, Ilknur Basyigit, Hasim Boyaci & Melih Kasti · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Aim: Pharmacy workers have an important role on ‘patient self-management’ and ‘medication use’. The aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness of chronic airway diseases and knowledge level of inhaler devices usage in pharmacy workers. Study Design: A questionnaire for asses...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25708

Expression of Eotaxin and RANTES in Nasal Polyps versus Healthy Nasal Mucosa, a Case Control Study

Yasmin Nabiel, Ghada Barakat, Omima Ali & Asser El-Sharkawy · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Aims: To investigate the levels of the chemokines; eotaxin and RANTES in chronic rhinosinusitsis with nasal polyposis in comparison to their levels in control healthy nasal mucosa to evaluate if they might play a role in pathogenesis. Study Design: We performed a prospective case...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26409

Assessment of Hospital Physicians' Knowledge, Awareness, Attitude and Practice of Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Tahani Mohammed Ali Bakhsh, Mohammed Saeed Al-Ghamdi, Saleh A. Bawazir, Taqwa Y. Omer & Naseem Akhtar Qureshi · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are an important cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is considered an essential component of successful pharmacovigilance (PV). Physicians’ unfamiliarity with ADRs and reporting procedures are...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26812

The Link between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence for Black Sea Countries

Iuliana Matei · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The aim of this paper is to investigate the energy consumption-economic growth nexus for 7 Black Sea countries for the period 1990-2012. By using panel data techniques, findings show that increases in real per capita GDP have a positive and statistically significant effect on per...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26184

The Relationship between Human Capital and the Competitiveness of SMEs in Mexico City, Mexico

Maria Elena Camarena Adame & Maria Luisa Garcia Saavedra · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The main purpose of this paper was to determine if a relationship between human capital and competitiveness in the SMES in Mexico City exists. To be able to determine the above the data collected in the first phase of this research and the correlation statistics tests were conduc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26460

Bilateral Combined Retinal Vascular Occlusion: An Ocular Presentation in Central Nervous System Re-relapse of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

Amrita Chakrabarti, Priyanka Samal & Joydeep Chakrabartty · Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal · 2016

Aim: We describe an atypical case of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL), presenting with ocular manifestations. Presentation: Here we present an extremely rare case of a 63 year old male with past history of relapsed NHL in remission with R-CH...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/OR/2016/26848

Sectoral Contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth Rate: A Study of Multicollinearity in Aggregated Time Series Data

Ikenna V. Ejiba & Olugbenga K. Omolade · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

The study examined aggregated GDP time series data for the period 1991 – 2010 to analyze the contributions of each sector to Nigeria’s GDP growth; and observe deficiencies inherent in the use of Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique in GDP studies. Secondary data was used for the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/26364

Kinematics Rods of Simulator-Hexapod

Victor Yaglinsky, Aimen Al-Obaydi, Genadi Kozeratsky & Nikolay Moskvichev · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2016

Purpose: To develop mathematical model of the kinematic parameters of motion rods of hexapod at the maneuver of type “pitch”. Methodology: The motion of hexapod platform was generated based on the pole translational equation of motion and rotational motion via angles of Euler-Kry...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2016/26274

New Extension of Kannan and Chatterjea Fixed Point Theorems on Complete Metric Spaces

Aleksa Malčeski, Samoil Malčeski, Katerina Anevska & Risto Malčeski · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2016

The theory of fixed point is applied in many fields of mathematics as well as in other studies. That is the main reason for producing new results, as well as for generalizing already known theorems about fixed point. This paper considers several generalizations of R. Kannan [1] a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2016/25864

Histological Effect of Combined Ethanol Extract of Moringa oleifera and Pleurotus ostreatus on the Pancreas of Alloxan-induced Diabetic Wistar Albino Rats

Nnadiukwu Anthony Tochukwu, C. C. Monago & L. C. Chuku · Journal of Applied Life Sciences International · 2016

Objective: To ascertain the effect of the combined extracts of Moringa oleifera and Pleurotus ostreatus on the pancreas of diabetic rats through histological studies of the organ. Study Design: Animal experimental study. Place of Study: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Scie...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JALSI/2016/26108

Infectious Differences between the Dermatophytes-Induced Dermatophytosis in Wistar Rat

S. G. Ojuolape, A. O. Muhammed & A. M. Afodun · Journal of Applied Life Sciences International · 2016

Aims: This study investigates the infectious differences between the two dermatophytes Trichophyton rubrum (T. rubrum) and Epidermophyton floccosum (E. floccosum), and analysed their growing effects and morphology on the skin of Wistar rats. Study Design:  The histology and histo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JALSI/2016/26250

A Review of Nosocomial Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth N. Mbim, Clement I. Mboto & Bassey E. Agbo · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Nosocomial infections are a major public health problem globally and are on the increase despite efforts in hospital infection control measures and contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality.  Naturally, any micro-organism has the potential to cause infection in hospital...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25895

Assessment of the effect of Watermelon and Aloe Vera on Cadmium Induced Heart Damage in Adult Wistar Rats (Rattus novergicus)

O. D. Omotoso, S. A. Adelakun, H. B. Akpan, U. A. Yusuf, O. O. Adeleye & O. O. Adeyinka · Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal · 2016

The aim of the study was to investigate the antioxidant property of watermelon and aloe vera against cadmium damaging effect on the heart and the packed cell volume of the blood. Thirty five Wistar rats were obtained and acclimatized for two weeks. They were randomly divided into...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CA/2016/24272