Aims: We carried out this study to determine the patterns of initial drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and prevalence of MDR-TB among category-I pulmonary TB patients in Kashmir Valley. MDR-TB was defined as tuberculosis caused by bacilli showing resistance t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/20234
Aim: The study aimed at evaluation of saliva as an alternative specimen to serum for the detection of HCV Abs and HCV RNA. Study Design: Comparative Study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Infectious Diseases and En...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/21531
Introduction: Acute viral hepatitis due to faeco- oral group of hepatitis viruses is endemic in India. Outbreaks of hepatitis E virus infection are more common than the hepatitis A virus. Aim: The present study aimed at determining the seroprevalence of IgM antibodies to hepatiti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21879
Introduction: Blood transfusion remains a mainstay therapy in sickle cell disease (SCD).Transfusional therapy may be complicated by allo-immunisation due to exposure to foreign red cell antigens. However, the prevalence and patterns of atypical antibodies in Nigerian SCD has been...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21755
Effect of rates of application of atrazine on germination and growth performance of water yam minisetts was investigated at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The treatments in the field experiment were four (4) rates of atrazine i.e 100%, 50%...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/19781
56 days feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of toasted Delonix regia seed meal (TDRSM) in the diet of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings with respect to their growth performance, feed efficiency, nutrient utilization, and body composition. Four iso-nitrogenous and iso-...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/21687
Ground investigation is currently undergoing a major transition due to changes in legislations relating to liability for damages caused during invasive investigation and code of practice and the need to reduce cost have led to the adoption of modern developments in the form of 3D...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20516
Aims: In rice-producing countries, rice husk has long been considered a waste material. This research aimed to establish a sustainable local energy system by combustion of the rice husk, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of the rice husk ash as silica fertilizer. Study Des...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21825
Maximal aerobic power is a valuable, meaningful and motivational physiological measurement which fitness professionals and coaches use in order to the track progress of their clients. Variety of effective factors on maximal aerobic power makes it slightly unspecified to measure....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19882
This paper investigated the performance of coconut fibre particles as a filler material and high-density polyethylene as matrix in polymer matrix composites (PMC). Three different particle sizes of the filler material were used in formulating the composite samples and the concent...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20385
Aims: In 2014, a cholera outbreak occurred in Greater Accra region, affecting more than 1733 people, and 20 individuals died. We investigated to verify the diagnosis, identify risk factors and recommended control measures. Study Design: The study was both descriptive and un-match...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21461
Staphylococci are Gram-positive bacteria, with diameters of 0.5 – 1.5 μm and characterised by individual cocci, which divide in more than one plane to form grape-like clusters. They are non-motile, non-spore forming facultative anaerobes that grow by aerobic respiration or by fer...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/20465
Most developing countries depend on solid biomass for household cooking energy with daunting problems to the inhabitants and the environment. This is the case in Maroua where dwindling fuel wood supply has resulted to energy scarcity in residential households pushing them into ha...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21548
Cocoa remains an important cash crop in Ghana and plays a major role in the country’s socio-economic development. The crop is the mainstay of many smallholder households and this has led to several efforts to enhance its production. The introduction of partial liberalisation has...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/21540
The place of cooperatives in the lives of rural households in Nigeria as in the case in many developing countries of the world cannot be overemphasized. This is because a sizeable number of households from this economy rely on agriculture and other small and medium scale enterpri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/17332