Aims: The current study was designed to establish a cost effective protocol for rapid in vitro regeneration of Andrographis paniculata (Kalmegh) and also screening the antibacterial activity of its crude protein extracts against five human pathogenic bacteria. Study Design: The w...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15663
Background: Medical experts for many years have daunted the occurrence of pregnancy in homozygote sickle cell patients. This is because of associated high risk for mother and fetus. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and maternal and fetal outcome of pregnant mo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11602
Many parents confront the NICU environment as medical staffs are busy with the physical aspects of care by ignoring other important needs and omitting physicians’ view. Aim: Identify essential factors in communication process that tend to increase stress among the NICU parents. T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15804
The present study is aimed at ascertaining the effect of oral feeding of Cannabis sativa on blood parameters and immunity in rats. Administration of Cannabis sativa was done by orogastric feeding. All the groups had free access to water and food. The experiment lasted for 28 days...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15201
Background: Wilms’ tumor (WT1) gene expression has been reported in the majority of acute leukemia patients at diagnosis and has been evaluated as a prognostic and minimal residual disease (MRD) marker but its role is still controversial. Methods: Real-time quantitative polymeras...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15834
Aim: One third of HIV patients are co- infected with HCV. As HIV patients live longer this co-infection and its complications such as liver cirrhosis, hepatic carcinoma, metabolic syndrome are emerging as major manifestations of the disease that need to be dealt with promptly in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15205
Aims: The study aimed at establishing the effect farm succession on farm input usage and coffee productivity. Study Design: The study employed a case study research design. Place and Duration of the Study: the study was conducted in Kisii County, Kenya, between August 2013 and Ju...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15397
Using an ethnographic data on land tenure arrangements in selected communities in rural Manya Krobo, Ghana and literature, this paper explains why land (tenure) reforms in Ghana have often produced discouraging results. The results of the study show that elite capture tendencies...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15524
Aims: To examine the contribution of agriculture as an alternative to crude oil production on the Nigerian economy using cassava production as proxy. Study Design: Johansen-Juselius co-integration procedure and error correction models are adopted. Place and Duration of Study: The...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15731
This article presents, for the first time, the detailed functionality of 0-3 Paint/PZT composite films concerning their dielectric and electrical transport properties. Ferroelectric Paint: Lead Zirconate Titanate (Paint/PZT) composite films have been fabricated by the conventiona...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15499
Aims: This paper presents an approach for predicting the fiber orientation distribution in plastic injection composites. Methodology: By introducing fiber orientation tensor, the average distribution of fibers in the composite is acquired through injection molding simulation with...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15765
An outdoor study on the photoelectrochemical performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with extracts of leaves of Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Haleakala’ and flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa as sensitizers was undertaken in which the latter was used as a bench mark. Three extractio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15666
Pineapple and cashew juices were subjected to foam–mat drying to investigate effect on the physical, nutrient and sensory properties of the juice powder. Improved pineapple and Brazilian cashew varieties, soybean and fresh eggs as raw materials were obtained from Anyigba, Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/11203
In this paper, we study the boundary behavior of solution to the singular Dirichlet problem where Ω is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in RN, λ ∈ R,m > 1, 0 < q ≤ m/(m - 1), lims→0+ g(s) = +∞, and b ∈ Ca(Ω), which is non-negative on Ω...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/12968
Aim: The delusion of pregnancy involves neurophysiologic, endocrine, and traditional psychodynamic factors. This study investigated these factors in seven female patients with pregnancy delusions who were treated at the psychiatric ward within a period of 4 months. Methods: Six p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/15965