Aims: Inflammation occurring after the surgical removal of impacted lower third molars can cause complications such as pain and swelling. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of dexamethasone injection into the medial pterygoid and gluteal muscles in preventing...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23638
Aims: This study was done to assess the prevalence of multidrug resistance and extended spectrum β-lactamase producing E. coli, K. pneumoniae in urine, pus and sputum. Place and Duration of Study: This study was done to assess the prevalence of MDR and ESBL producing E. coli and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23350
Background: Globally, acute stroke is one of the leading causes of preventable emergency hospital admissions. It is emerging as an important cause of disability and mortality among adult Nigerian Africans in the emergency department(ED) of Nigerian hospitals. Aim: The study was d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24260
The planting methods currently used by Irish potato farmers were optimized for old varieties more than three decades ago. No such work has since been done regardless of the newer varieties that have been introduced since then. Hence, an experiment was conducted to investigate the...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/9980
Field Life Tables were constructed for Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at Boneya and Haru during 2012 and 2013. The analysis of the life tables were done to determine the role of each factor such that density dependent factors (Predators and parasitoids) and dens...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23960
Obesity is a major health concern worldwide as it provokes other health issues. The rise of obesity cases has started public concern as chronic obesity incidences are closely related to significantly shortened life expectancy. Coronary artery disease, hypertension, liver/biliary...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24181
Aims: With an escalating mortality rate reaching 50%, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to pose an enormous threat to ICU patients worldwide. Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Place and Duration: The study was conducted from March 2014 through February 2015 a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24360
ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles and ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide (ZnFe2O4-rGO) hybrid nanostructures with rGO/ZnFe2O4 ratio of 0.05, and 0.10 were hydrothermally synthesized. The microstrutrual and photocatalytic activities of nanoparticles and hybrids were studied in the photodegradatio...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/23103
This paper discusses the Modified Variational Iteration Method (MVIM) for the solution of nonlinear Burgers’ equation arising in longitudinal dispersion phenomena in fluid flow through porous media. The method is an elegant combination of Taylor’s series and the variational itera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23856
DNA-based molecular markers such as Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR), Sequence-Related Amplified polymorphism (SRAP) and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) were used in this study to examine the genetic differences among sixteen Iraqi wheat varieties. Seventy three primer...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20371
Weather condition prevailing during pollination could have some effect on seed set and yield in maize. A controlled pollination experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria during the early seasons of 2007 and 2008 to inve...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21748
The current study emphasizes the fabrications of Cadmium Oxide by extremity up approach adopting co-precipitation procedure. The surface morphology of fabricated Nano composites cadmium oxide was analyzed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Mic...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23799
Alexander V. Averyanov, Anatoly G. Konoplyannikov, Fedor G. Zabozlaev, Anastasia V. Sorokina, Mikhail A. Konoplyannikov, Vladimir P. Baklaushev & Robert I. Khabazov·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality in intensive care units. Development of new strategies such as the therapy with mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) appears beneficial for the treatment of sepsis. In this study we evaluated anti-septic effects of rat MSCs and recombinant ery...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23761
Background: Organophosphate (OP) is a chemical component, extensively used as a pest control. It is known to block the action of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), causing accumulation of acetylcholine, resulting in symptoms which tantamount to poisoning. Many reports are published on...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23704
Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) are the powerhouses of the economic development of many countries. This paper probes the dynamics on how Government Policies, Internationalization and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) usage of SMEs stimulate the growth and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/23552