Aims: This paper compares the Boole and Weddle numerical integration methods to estimate the Lorenz curve and Gini Coefficient of income in Ghana. Study Design: Research Paper. Place and Duration of Study: Ghana, Secondary data for 2013 Ghana Living Standard Survey. Methodology:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24494
Finger vein authentication is a new biometric technique utilizing the vein patterns inside of fingers for personal identity verification. Vein patterns are different for each finger belong to each person; and as they are hidden underneath the skin’s surface, this makes finger vei...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24729
Aims: The aim of our study was to identify the distribution of Candida species among clinical isolates and their sensitivity pattern for common antifungal drugs. Study Design: Prospective observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Government Med...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24548
Aim: The present study was designed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of Mentha piperita (L) leaf extract against clinical isolates of urinary tract infections. Introduction: M. piperita L. (Peppermint) is a strongly scented herb belonging to family Lamiaceae. The plant is s...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24031
Nowadays, the selection of construction materials depends not only on the economic or resistance characteristics but also the environmental effect, mainly for the energy usage, CO2 emissions and pollution produced during the processes to obtain them. Portland cement and lime can...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24305
This paper uses data for England to test the effectively maintained inequality (EMI) hypothesis that individuals from ‘high’ and ‘low’ socioeconomic backgrounds have qualitatively different modal educational destinations at a given educational level. In so doing, the paper highli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/24563
This study assesses the effect of financial structure on performance of consumer goods firms quoted in Nigerian Stock Exchange. In this study, twenty three (23) out of the twenty seven (27) firms were randomly chosen for the period 1993 to 2013. The study applied earnings per sha...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24569
Background: Since 2008, an average of 358,000 women die annually worldwide of pregnancy-related causes. About 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries, 43% of which occur in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. In Cameroon, the rate has increased from 669 maternal deaths/100,000 li...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24927
Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is the most common infection in the world and coronary artery disease (CAD) is probably associated with it. Aim: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the association between H. pylori infection and other risk fact...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24342
Background: The contribution of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to the etiology of cervical cancer is well established. Vaccination of at risk population is recommended best practice. Aim: To determine the awareness of HPV and uptake of HPV vaccination among Human immunodeficiency vir...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25241
Aims: To assess knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding transmission, prevention and treatment of malaria in four rural settings and one urban neighborhood. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive survey carried out in Cameroon. Place and Duration of Study: This study took...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24808
Medicinal plants are the richest bioresources of drugs. There is need to validate medicinal and aromatic plants researches results through an organized database. Objective: To identify the terpenoids in Commiphora africana resin and some biological activity specially antiviral ac...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/22531
This paper introduces and develops a novel variable importance score function in the context of ensemble learning, and demonstrates its appeal empirically. Our proposed score function is simple and more straightforward than its counterpart proposed in the context of random forest...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23945
Market concentration can be measured in different ways, i.e. by using different indicators. In the broadest use are the concentration ratio (CR) and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Concentration ratio of market concentration is usually measured as the sum of the market shares o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/23193
In this study, we employed the Cobb-Douglas production function to assume the stochastic frontier approach (SFA). We then investigate the technical efficiency of smallholder women farmers in northern Ghana using data from 320 women gathered through multi-stage sampling technique....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24727