Fractions of the total head loss which constitute the loss through duct fittings, obtained in an earlier study, for varying numbers of supply outlets and lengths of index duct run were used in a regression analysis to obtain second order equations which gave a general increase of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13651
Aim and Objective: The term dyspepsia has been used inconsistently by healthcare professionals to describe different patterns of upper gastrointestinal symptoms. It denotes a symptom and does not itself represent a disease. In this study, we seek to determine the effectiveness of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14103
Despite the ban of paraquat, its use among Nigerian farmers for weed control is still popular. Larger proportion of applied herbicide ends up in the soil matrix. Off-site transfer of the residual paraquat as contaminant to other environmental compartment depends on sorption proce...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13869
Aims: Conventional Ultrasonography and (CFM) can be expected to improve the distinction between benign and malignant thyroid nodule gland. The aim of this study was to estimate the supporting value of a color flow-Doppler mapping function (CFM) of conventional Ultrasonography of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/8897
Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the nutraceutical potential of bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) commonly grown in Zambia based on the phenolic phytochemical profiles. Methodology: Two market classes of bambara groundnuts (red and brown) commonly grown in Z...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14780
Aims: It is well known that patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) could be co-infected with hepatitis D virus (HDV), thus worsening and complicating their condition. The prevalence of HBV and HDV co-infection in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital has not been ascertained. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14543
Background: Sexual behaviours of adolescents are currently receiving global attention because a high proportion of new HIV and other sexually transmitted infections’ diagnosis are among young people. This study aimed to assess the sexual behaviours of secondary school students in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14539
Aims: Identify factors predictive of increased risk of intracranial injury and assess the ability of the non-age related components of the New Orleans head CT criteria (NOC) to guide decision-making. Study Design: Retrospective electronic medical record review and application of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10435
Aims: To study the effect of a large infectious-like event on admissions to, and bed occupancy in, a very large acute hospital in Reading (western Berkshire) England, observed to commence in the early part of 2012. These changes occurred in parallel with infectious-like spread of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13938
The heart failure (HF) diseaseasome is marked by substantial alteration in networked signaling pathways. Reductionist paradigm HF investigative approaches have focused on the regulation of a single pathway or single pathway components. In support of a more comprehensive systems b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12896
Background: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an important cause of acute respiratory tract infections among infants and children requiring hospitalization. No data is available concerning RSV epidemiological and demographic characteristics among Lebanese children. Methods: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12608
Two types of ready- to- use (RTE) amylase rich malted mixes (ragi or wheat mixed with green gram) were formulated and laddu, roti, kheer and porridge were suitably prepared and analyzed for overall acceptability. The results of organoleptic evaluation rated between very poor (1)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/12701
Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common cancers. Oral cancer is still only detectable at a late stage, and the survival rate for an oral cancer patient has essentially remained unchanged over the past three decades. This study is concentrated on the oral precancerous...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11491
Toussaint Godonou Kpadonou, Germain Mabèrou Houngbédji, Etienne Alagnidé, Edwige Gouton, Herman Azanmasso, Didier Niama, Ghislain Sopoh & Joseph Capo-Chichi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: The implementation of the antimicrobial therapy greatly improved Buruli Ulcer (BU) care. Nevertheless, the disease still imposes significant burden. In rural endemic areas, many patients are being healed from the disease with disabling sequels. They are living without...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14187
Aim: Delivery of smoking cessation supports via primary health care settings could be an effective way to increase people access to cessation services. This study was aimed at evaluating structural characteristics of smoking cessation services established within the Iranian Prima...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13858