The morphology of Arabic plays an important role of computational natural language processing systems. The rich morphology, and the complexity of word formation all contribute to making morphological approaches to Arabic very challenging. In this paper, we present a new method fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23055
Aim: To carry out performance evaluation of an Improved Self-Organizing Feature Map (SOFM) and Modified Counter Propagation Network (CPN) techniques in face recognition. These two techniques were examined, implemented and evaluated by using metrics such as recognition accuracy, s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/22588
Solution of the nonlinear singular oscillator has been obtained based on an iteration procedure. Here we have used a simple technique and taking a truncated Fourier series to determine the approximate analytic solution of the oscillator. The percentage of error between exact freq...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23263
Objective: To analyze the status of laboratory services at Primary Health Centers (PHCs) comparing the tribal and non-tribal areas, especially in the context of a decade since implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Methods: This cross-sectional study was cond...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23001
Érica dos Santos Sarges, Fernanda Gomes de Souza, Rafael Martins Boaventura, Eduardo Dias de Almeida, Janaina Miranda Bezerra, Marly de Fátima Carvalho de Melo & Carolina Heitmann Mares Azevedo Ribeiro·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2016
Aims: To identify the prevalence and the determinants of anemia as well as its correlation to enteroparasitosis in a population of Riverside children living at two communities at the Northeast region of Pará, Brasil. Study Design: Population based cross-sectional and epidemiologi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23289
Background: Urinary schistosomiasis is endemic in many areas in Cameroon and for effective control measures, an efficient, quick and cheap diagnosis should be integrated. This will ensure the proper management of infection due to Schistosoma haematobium in low resource communitie...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/18687
Aim: Vertical transmission of Hepatitis C virus, often enhanced in the presence of HIV co-infection, results in unidentified perinatally infected children who present in adulthood with long-term complications of chronic liver disease. This study was set out to determine the preva...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23584
Aims: To analyse the existing literature on the effectiveness of various injectable amide local anaesthetic agents for children undergoing routine dental treatment. Design: A systematic search was carried out for the databases of PubMed, Central, LILACS, Science direct, Metapress...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23941
Introduction: Thyroid associated endocrinopathies are the second most common endocrine disorders, after diabetes mellitus in women and are more prevalent in women during their reproductive ages. Diagnosing thyroid disease in pregnancy can be difficult as the clinical signs and sy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23754
Aims: The combination of an eating disorder and diabetes mellitus (DM) puts patients at high risk of mortality and morbidity. The purpose of this study was to determine the association of eating attitudes between metabolic control and quality of life in patients with type 1 DM (T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/17598
Aim: To determine the relationship between detection of nitrite, Leucocyte esterase (LE) and protein in urine and significant bacteriuria. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23444
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is the Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) found in cattle. The disease can be transmitted by ingestion of prion infected beef. The aim of this study is to determine whether the beef consumed in Enugu area of Nigeria can transmit T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21721
Aim: To describe a new technique in which laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed through trocar cannulas inserted directly through the same incision used for the cesarean section, without the need for additional incisions elsewhere. Presentation of Case: A 30-year-old preg...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23906
Aim: The study involved screening of three exons of glucokinase gene (7, 8 and 9) to detect mutations at positions 682A>G, p.T228A, 895G>C, p.G299R and 1148C>A, p.S383X, respectively in Saudi pregnant women with or without gestational diabetes. Study Design: Retrospecti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23928
Introduction: Vegetarianism and veganism are becoming increasingly popular in North America due to reasons ranging from environmental motives to animal rights. While the vegetarian lifestyle allows some egg and dairy items, vegans completely abstain from all animal products in fa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23762