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Prevalence of ABO Blood Groups and Its Relationship with Malaria Parasitemia among Students of Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State

I. A. Simon-Oke, O. J. Afolabi & A. I. Itansanmi · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

There are different reports on the increasing evidence about the relationship between Plasmodium falciparum malaria and ABO blood group, but the range is yet to be understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of malaria parasite and its relationship with ABO...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24293

Variable Heat and Mass Transfer Boundary on an Unsteady MHD Flow through a Porous Medium over an Infinite Vertical Plate

M. Veera Krishna · Archives of Current Research International · 2016

We have considered the variable heat and mass transfer boundary on an unsteady MHD flow through a loosely packed porous medium over an impulsively started vertical plate. The temperature of plate is made to rise linearly with time. The fluid considered is gray, absorbing-emitting...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACRI/2016/25971

School on the Cloud: Towards Unity not Uniformity in Education

K. C. Koutsopoulos & Vassilis Economou · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

This paper, in examining the issues that underline the reality of the European pedagogical system, shows that in order for the system to provide the two fundamental concepts in today's education, namely unity(all schools to have equal opportunities, recourses and possibilities) w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/25818

Patient Satisfaction with Their Esthetic after Receiving Comprehensive Care at a Dental School

Hadeel Bafaqeeh & Samah Saker · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Background: Student training through the delivery of comprehensive care is the key mission of any dental school. Comprehensive care consists of complete patient evaluation and treatments in terms of, the patient’s dental needs and desires was identified and it implies that all th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25700

Evaluation of the Influence of Experimental Periodontitis on the Sexual Behaviour of Male Wistar Rats

Stefany Pedrotti, Patricia Oehlmeyer Nassar, Sara Cristina Sagae, Karine Figueredo da Costa, Celia Cristina Leme Beu & Carlos Augusto Nassar · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Aim: Few studies have been reported a correlation between periodontal disease and erectile dysfunction in men. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the sexual behaviour of adult male rats with experimental periodontitis.  Materials and Methods: Fourteen male rats were div...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25998

Effect of Aqueous Extract of Cassia alata Linn. on Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Normal and STZ Induced Diabetic Mice

Priyadarshini Laishram, Mazumder Pranab Behari, Pushparani Heisanam & Manabendra Dutta Choudhury · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2016

Aims: To check the effect of the aqueous extract of an antidiabetic plant Cassia alata Linn. on Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in glucose induced normal, and diabetic mice and to check if there is any toxic effect of the extract. Study Design: OGTT was carried out in two main...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2016/24704

The Behavior of two Coupled Mechanical Oscillators in Non-linear Fields and the Possibility of Obtaining Controlled Halts

Nicuşor Nistor, Constantin Gheorghieş, Nelu Cazacu & Gabriela Tudor · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2016

The proposed mechanical system consists of two magnetic oscillating subsystems, which are mechanically coupled. The first one consists of a spring-magnet-mass subsystem and the other one is a spring-mass subsystem. The non-linear symmetric field created by two other fixed magnets...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24446

The Metrics of Multiple Inheritance and the Reusability of Code – Java and C++

Fawzi Albalooshi · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2016

One of the fundamental notions in object-oriented systems is multiple inheritance which enables developers to combine concepts and increase the reusability of resulting software. Two of the widely used object-oriented languages are Java and C++ that each has its own mechanism to...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2016/25851

Serum Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile and Carotid Intima-media Thickness in Japanese Atherosclerotic Patients Hospitalized for Endovascular Therapy

Hisataka Nakamura, Keita Odashiro, Masahiko Fujihara, Mitsuhiro Fukata, Takeshi Arita, Taku Yokoyama, Shioto Yasuda, Toru Maruyama & Koichi Akashi · Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal · 2016

Aims: Serum eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (AA) ratio (EPA/AA) in Japanese is rapidly changing according to the senescence and food westernization, and sonographic carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is increasingly used as a surrogate of systemic atheros...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CA/2016/26017

PAS Exfoliation in Watermelon and Aloe Vera Recuperate Glycogen in Heart Tissue Damaged by Cadmium in Adult Wistar Rats (Rattus novergicus)

O. D. Omotoso, S. A. Adelakun, N. O. Amedu, U. P. Idoko, I. S. Oji & H. B. Akpan · Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal · 2016

Cadmium (Cd) is a major concern of World Health Organization for public health and is a highly toxic element which is naturally present in all parts of the environment. Watermelon contributes nutritional agents as antioxidants and some specific amino acid. Aloe vera plants contai...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CA/2016/24273

Diurnal Variation of Midlatitiude Thermospheric Zonal Winds during a Period of Low Solar Activity

William Tafon Sivla, Olakunle Ogunjobi & Virginia Sule · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2016

The seasonal behaviour of thermospheric zonal winds speeds between geomagnetic latitudes 30-40 degrees north and south from 2006 to 2007 has been studied using zonal wind data recently generated from CHAMP measurements using an iterative algorithm. The period, which falls under t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2016/26096

Genetic Diversity of Prolactin Gene in Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) as Affected by Location in Nigeria

F. O. Eichie, A. E. Salako, O. H. Osaiyuwu & S. E. Aggrey · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2016

Restriction fragment length Polymorphism (RFLP) marker was used to investigate the effect of location on polymorphism, relationship and population structure with respect to prolactin gene (PRL gene) in Japanese quails in Nigeria. Blood samples were collected from thirty quails ea...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEA/2016/25575

Zinc Solubilizing Potential of Enterobacter cloacae Strain ZSB14 in Three Different Semi-arid Tropical Soils

S. Krithika, G. Prasad & D. Balachandar · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2016

Microbial transformation of soil unavailable zinc (Zn) into available form is an important agronomical approach not only to alleviate the Zn deficiency of stable food crops but also to improve the nutritional quality of human diet. Zinc solubilizing bacteria (ZSB) as an inoculant...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25790

Effect of Plant Density and Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Rates on Nutrient Content of Clonal Tea Leaf

Kibet Sitienei, Kiplangat Kirui, David K amau, John Wanyoko & Kimutai Langat · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2016

Trial on plant density which started in 1990 has revealed that in clonal tea, yield significantly increased with decrease in plant population density (ppd), with the highest ppd showing significantly lower yield than all the other ppd. However, this effect was opposite when the t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24680

Adolescents and Drug Abuse in Tanzania: History and Evolution

Kambuga Yusuph & Ion Negret · Advances in Research · 2016

Drug abuse continues to be a major risky behaviour problem among young people all over the world. The study served as one key contribution to the knowledge of the world on the level of drug abuse in East Africa and suggested ways to curb the problem from increasing. The study fin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2016/24897