Selina Akhter Lira, Fatema Akter, Tawhidur Rahman, Md. Shariful Islam, Rafsan Zani Tanvir, Abu Saim Al Salauddin, Mohammed Farhad Hossain, Shoaib Mahmud Shaon, Md. Masud Rana & Shahin Mahmud·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
Water is indispensible for the survival of living organisms, therefore easy access of adequate and safe water is a basic need for human beings. Various health problems are caused by consumption of unsafe water. Sherpur is one of the oldest municipality of Bangladesh where about m...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22932
In alkali environment hydrogels with high swelling ability have been synthesized as a result of cross-linking well water soluble and non-toxic polymer - polyacrylic acid (Mη=230 kDa) with 5, 10, 15 and 20% ratio (by weight) of N,N`-methylene-bis-acrylamide. Absorption processes...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23087
The study examined participation of farmers in homestead fish production and its implications for poverty alleviation in Bayelsa and Delta States, Nigeria. Primary data were sourced from one hundred and ninety two (192) respondents, spread across eight local government areas in B...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22717
Almost 45% of the human genome is composed of transposons with about 4 million copies. The retrotransposons constitute 42% of the human genome with active families (Long Interspersed Nuclear Element, SINE-R, VNTR, and Alu) allied with insertional mutagenesis and diseases. There a...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/13904
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of three different protocols for DNA extraction from oral rinse on the basis of their quantity and quality of DNA, simplicity, cost effectiveness and rapidity, as well as its efficiency for amplification of vitamin D recepto...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/22199
Fresh water quality has become the principal limitation for sustainable development in many countries and the major human and environmental health dimensions of the global fresh water quality problem is constituted in numerous effects of water borne diseases. Therefore, the asses...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21541
Aims: To create a gait database with optimum accuracy of joint rotational data and an accu-rate representation of 3D volume, and explore the potential of using the database in studying the relationship between static and dynamic features of a human’s gait. Study Design: The study...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/13426
A 30 year old female presented with diarrhoea and gastrointestinal bleeding, along with photosensitive rash over malar region of face. Clinically she had features of essential nutrients deficiency, extra intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease and malar rash typic...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/22595
Johann Van Bel, Christopher Tong, Ryan N. Gan, Manuel Eshaghof, Chris-Dominique N. Nsavu-Nzau & Yong X. Gan·Advances in Research·2016
The objective of this work is to develop a casting manufacturing process to produce a bismuth-based porous material. Induction heating was applied to melt Bi-Sn alloy in a quartz tube and the molten alloy was cast into loosely compacted sodium chloride powder. After the sodium ch...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/23400
Zinc Chloride, Sodium Sulphate and Boric acid were used as activating agents for coconut shell. The activated carbons prepared from the mentioned activating agents labelled AC1, AC2, and AC3 were tested for their adsorptive capacities compared with commercially activated carbon (...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22558
Aim and Place of Work: UNICEFs assisted Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme is one of the intervention strategies to improve access to safe water, sanitation and good hygiene in developing countries. As 2015 MDG goals deadline approaches, assessment of progress and eva...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/20307
African catfish larvae do not have fully developed digestive system at onset of first exogenous feeding. Live feed like artemia have been used more than dry diets but is also costly. The gut microbiota may be influential in larval diet utilization. We therefore made three larval...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23537
Clinical crown of the tooth is the distance from gingival margin to incisal edge or occlusal surface of the tooth. A short clinical crown is defined as any tooth with less than 2 mm of sound, opposing parallel walls remaining after occlusal and axial reduction. Although implants...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22602
Background and Purpose: Like other common tendinopathies, there is debate as to whether medial epicondylitis and tendinitis treatment should focus on inflammation or degeneration management. This case study demonstrates the effectiveness of physical therapy when both are addresse...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23416
Aims: The study was to compare knowledge, practice of Disease Surveillance and notification as well as ascertain factors that influence it among Health care workers in public and private health centres in Enugu state, Nigeria. Study Design: Comparative cross sectional study. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23249