Questionnaires were distributed to 49 stable schizophrenia patients with work experience who were either hospitalized in an open ward of a psychiatric hospital or were outpatients of the hospital to gain understanding of schizophrenia patients’ experiences at work, reasons for no...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13039
This paper argues that the absence of moral and religious education from the curriculum of schools in Cameroon is due to the secular nature of the educational system and such absence has led to the weak moral health of the country. Hence, there is need for holistic education whic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13020
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is a well-described congenital heart disease in infants and children but is less commonly reported in adults. Mechanical, surgical and spontaneous closure of PDAs in infants and fetuses are common, however spontaneous closure of PDA in adults is unc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/12786
In adult with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), it has been known that steroids have been used as a first-line therapy. The therapy induced remission in more than 60% of patients. Here, we evaluated the results of dapsone for a steroid-resistant ITP patient. Further, dapsone has bee...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13139
Yoshiko Shutto, Michiko Shimada, Maiko Kitajima, Reiichi Murakami, Takeshi Fujita, Ikuyo Narita, Norio Nakamura & Hideaki Yamabe·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2014
In the chronic kidney disease (CKD), adequate phosphate control is critical to reduce mortality rate and cardiovascular risks, besides, it may improve renal prognosis. We surveyed the awareness of the high phosphate content in the commercially processed food and drinks among rena...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13153
This paper presents stochastic volatility in the valuation of European options. Stochastic volatility models treat the volatility of the underlying asset as a random process rather than the constant volatility assumption of the Black-Scholes model. By changing the model parameter...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13176
The need for new and useful compounds to provide assistance and relief in all aspects of human condition is over-growing. Seeking to improve the quality of life, the natural products isolated from endophytic microorganisms are important to obtain new compounds that can be used in...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13237
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of formulation composition and methods of preparation on the physico-chemical properties and drug release of naproxen liposome. Methods: The ratio of lipid to drug, lipid to lipid, organic to aqueous phase and methods of...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12944
This paper presents experimental results of a study to determine the dependency of dielectric strength of kaolin on processing methods. Two sets of electric insulators were made of porcelain; one set was made by wet pressing, while the second set was made by dry pressing. The por...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13335
The aim of this work was to study the removal of nitrogen (N-) compounds for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) production purposes by using three commercial materials: selexsorb® CDX (CDX), silica gel (SG), and activated carbon VG-077 (VG-077). The experiments were conducted in thre...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13830
Josivan S. Costa, Francinaldo S. Braga, Sheylla Susan M. S. Almeida, Ryan S. Ramos, Daímio C. Brito, Alan C. Cunha & Cleydson Breno R. Santos·Chemical Science International Journal·2014
Aims: To characterize relevant physicochemical parameters of water quality in an Amazonian tropical lake and compare them with the reference values of the Brazilian Resolution CONAMA 357/2005 and those recommended by the similar US-EPA law. In addition, to correlate statistically...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/11705
Aim: To determine and compare the bioaccumulation of selected heavy metals- zinc, lead, cadmium, copper, mercury, and cobalt in organs of Clarias gariepinus obtained from fish sellers in the three major markets in Asaba. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry Educat...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/11968
Soil salinity stress is a major problem for enhancing crop production and agricultural sustainability in arid and semiarid regions. In Egypt the area of irrigated land that is salt-affected is 33%. Field experiments was conducted at farmer's field, Koom Oshim, El–Fayoum governora...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12019
Biochar incorporation into soil has been shown to improve the soil quality for crop production and sequestered organic carbon into the soil thereby mitigating climate change. The experiment was conducted during 2010 rainy season at the research and teaching farm of the college of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12376
Two field trials were carried out at the Agricultural Production and Research Station, NRC, Egypt, during the two successive summer seasons 2012 and 2013, to study the effect of combination between nitrogen fertilizer and foliar zinc application on growth, yield attributes and ch...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12449