Background: Ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is an underlying condition in cardiovascular disease such as arthrosclerosis and stroke, and occurs during surgery that involves the application of a tourniquet. These clinical conditions are extremely prominent in the United Kingdom...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8387
Background: The metabolic syndrome is a common metabolic disorder associated to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. Aims: To assess the prevalence of metabolic abnormalities and metabolic syndrome (MetS) among 16-21 years Cameroonian adolescents and analyzed the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5747
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of MMP9 -1562 C /T single nucleotide polymorphism with lung cancer in south Iranian population. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of highly conserved metal-dependent proteolytic enzymes that are able to de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6795
This article discusses the use of Instant Controlled Pressure Drop (DIC) as a pre-treatment stage to intensify the solvent extraction of total phenols and more especially tannins from the bark of African sumac (Tunisian Rhus tripartitum). Total phenol land tannin contents were de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7620
The aim of the present study is to propose a generalized formulation of physical exergy property for a system interacting with a generalized reservoir consisting of independent reservoirs at constant temperature and constant pressure respectively. Physical exergy components are t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7727
Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the physicochemical and functional properties of cassava flour and in composite with wheat flour for bakery products. Study Design: A 3 x 3 factorial design of High Quality Cassava Flour and levels of inclusion in wheat flour were design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7987
We investigate the relation between codimension two smooth complete intersections in a projective space and some naturally associated graded algebras. We give some examples of log-concave polynomials and we propose two conjectures for these algebras.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/8659
Aims: This paper focuses on some relevant aspects of a banking anti-money laundering (AML) system (training, information and regulatory development) in order to understand their impact on the enhancement of the customer risk assessment process. Study Design: Research based on que...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7266
Parameter estimation is an important part of computational systems biology – especially in studies on biological networks. Numerous stochastic search methods have been applied in parameter estimation in biological networks. In this paper, a constrained stochastic space search (CS...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/7800
We use the SIR model Kermack and Mckendrickand for hepatitis B with vaccination. The main goal is to use existing clinical hepatitis B data from the biostatistics Department of the Tano North District Health Directorate to formulate a mathematical model to understand the dynamics...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/4682
Aims: This paper presents a design for a custom Application-Specific-Integrated-Circuit (ASIC) VLSI continuous time recurrent neural network computer suitable for use in Evolvable Hardware (EH) applications. Study Design: Extensive testing of a fabricated device will be used to d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/7691
Aim of Study: To assess changes in microbial population in palm oil mill effluent (POME) polluted soil amended with chicken droppings and cow dung. Study Design: 32 plots measuring 4 m2 were mapped out in a randomized complete block design of five main plots with three replicates...
In this study, 11members of human low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) sequences was retrieved from UniProtKB/ SWISS-PROT protein database and was analyzed for information about their structural, functional and phylogenetic features. This was achieved by using m...
Background: Ophthalmopathy, or thyroid eye disease (TED), is more often associated with Graves’ hyperthyroidism than Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. In the latter disorder, the pathogenesis of the eye signs may be different and the influence of well-known risk factors for the developmen...
Aims: To hypothesize the mechanisms of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) related ophthalmoplegia by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Case Presentation: A 61-year-old Chinese man diagnosed with right sided HZO and a positive Hutchinson’s sign, subsequently developed right eye comp...