Gibson B. Kagaruki, Godfather D. Kimaro, Clement N. Mweya, Andrew M. Kilale, Ray M. Mrisho, Amani F. Shao, Akili K. Kalinga, Amos M. Kahwa, Esther S. Ngadaya, Godlisten S. Materu, Sayoki G. Mfinanga & Mary T. Mayige·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Aim: To estimate the prevalence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome (MetS) among HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Tanzania. Study Design: A cross sectional study was conducted among adults aged ≥18years living with HIV-infection and receiving ART. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14455
Aims: The aim of this review is to present the status of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in Bangladesh and various steps taken to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG). Additionally, the review covers the related challenges and opportunities to achieve this goal. Main Body: C...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/11053
Background: The Indian house crow, Corvus splendens (Vieillot) was introduced in Zanzibar, Tanzania by the British and immigrants from India in 1897 to help clean the town. The crow is responsible for polluting the environment, water sources and human surroundings by their droppi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13049
Introduction: The burden of malaria in Nigeria and Africa is well documented. The current Nigeria anti-malaria drug policy has recommended artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as the first-line drug treatment for uncomplicated malaria since 2005. It is now 8 years since th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/11932
Aims: This study evaluated the impact of the Sustainable Action against HIV and AIDS in Communities (SAHACOM) project in improving education opportunity, health, and quality of life of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Cambodia. Study Design: Operational intervention study...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13535
Aims: This study was conducted to develop de-stigmatising interventions aiming to reduce stigma related to leprosy; to improve the quality of life of the people affected; and to draw out lessons on how to set up such interventions elsewhere. Study Design: Intervention study. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13295
Aims: To investigate possible use of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (GPI-PLC) as a target protein for the development of vaccine against Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection was investigated. Study Design: GPI-PLC from T. brucei brucei was purified, characte...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/9954
Aims: High prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in TB patients demands that TB health care providers are sensitized and updated on risk factors, screening, diagnosis and management of DM. This study was designed to assess the impact of one day training programme on screening, det...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13722
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an important technique for enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) content in the surface layer and improving structural stability. CA is not widely practiced in dryland soils of developing countries where marginal farming practices are extensively us...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14328
Lívia Santos Costa-Lopes, Robério Rodrigues Silva, Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho, Fabiano Ferreira da Silva, Julliana Izabelle Simionato, Milena Patrícia Viana Bastos, Ana Paula Gomes da Silva, Mateus de Melo Lisboa, Rodolpho Martim do Prado & George Abreu Filho·International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review·2014
The present study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the composition of fatty acids in the diet and Longissimus dorsi muscle of lambs diets containing different levels of soybean. The experiment was conducted at the campus UESB, Itapetinga-Ba, Brazil. In a randomized desig...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13845
Aims: The aim of this work was to evaluate ESR (Exchangeable Sodium Ratio), MCARex (Monovalent Cation Adsorption Ratio) and CROSSex (Cation Ratio of Soil Structural Stability) as indices, using exchangeable cations in calculations, to predict clay dispersion behavior in two soils...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12026
Aim: This study evaluates the physicochemical properties and fatty acid composition of “Gbafilo” (Uapaca guineesis), “Omilo” (Parinari excelsa), “Country onion” (Afrostyax lepidphyllus), and “Taiko” (Zanthoxyllum zanthoxylloids). Methods: The oil was extracted using n-hexane in a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13305
The bryophytes of the genus Orthotrichum (O. affine) are treated in hydroponic conditions with 125, 250, 500, 1000 and 1500 mg/L of two herbicides (Zoom and Sencorate) for 3, 7 and 14 days. The signs of toxicity are manifested by disturbances in chlorophyll contents (a, b and a +...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13291
Background: Medical students in Nigeria are exposed to various types of substances to enhance their academic performance .This is not without its attendant problems. Objectives: The objectives were to identify the substances used by medical students in Nigerian universities as we...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12795
In this research the solution of coupled modified Korteweg-de Vries equation (mKdV) and the generalized Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equation by using El-gendi nodal Galerkin (EGG) approaches are presented. El-gendi nodal Galerkin (EGG) (EGG) approaches consist of two approaches, t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/8245