Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and usage of ITNs among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a referral health facility in Nigeria. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out at the antenatal clinic of the Federal Medical Ce...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8400
Aims: To evaluate the hypothesis that sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) may be transmitted through ocular tonometry. Background: The infectious agent of sCJD may be present in the cornea prior to clinical symptoms. Cornea infectiousness has been documented by cornea trans...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7247
Aim: This study aimed to identify predictors of delayed enrolment to HIV care in Calabar, Nigeria. Study Design: This was a cross sectional observational study. Place and Duration: This study was carried out in a tertiary level hospital in Calabar, Nigeria between February 1st, 2...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7963
Aim: To measure respiratory burst enzymes, pro-oxidants, antioxidants and red cell indices in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease (HbSS) below five years of age and compared with apparently healthy children with normal haemoglobin (HbAA). Method: A total of 45 subjects wer...
Aims: The study was conducted to compare the presence of different phytochemicals and biological activities like cytotoxicity, anthelmintic activity, antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities between aqueous and ethanolic extract of Momordica charantia L. Fruits. Methodo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/7364
Petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts of the whole plant of Artemisia maritima Linn were studied in vitro and in vivo for antitrypanosomal activity against Trypanosoma brucei brucei in Swiss albino mice. The extracts were also screened for phytochemicals/secondary met...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/7631
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible effects of garlic juice, as well as feed supplemented with Allium sativum, on gastric ulceration, antioxidant activity and gastric mucus cell count in wistar rats. Study Design: The albino rats were divided into s...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8140
Aims: There is evidence that the deprivation of a sensory system at early developmental stage may lead to a functional change of the remaining one(s). Even if this process has been widely studied, results are still controversial. In particular, the auditory system might affect t...
Kwa-Ibo River watershed of Abia State, Nigeria cuts across four Local Government Areas in the State and lies geologically within the Benin Formation of Niger Delta Basin. Due to the prolific nature of Benin Formation aquifers, preliminary investigations for groundwater exploitati...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6215
A great diversity of medicinal plants have been traditionally used against gastropathy, infections and inflammatory pathological ailments. C. brasiliense (Clusiaceae) is a large tree native to the tropical forest which thrives from Brazil to Mexico. It is a plant commonly used in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8597
Aim: Determine effect of enrichment on tiger pacing in Liberec zoo. Study Design: The design of the study was a randomized one. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment lasted 60 days; 360 min per day; 9.00 – 11.00 and 13.00 – 15.00. Four tigers were monitored: two males ages...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6487
Phylogenetic analysis attempts to reconstruct the genealogical history of evolutionary change in biological organisms. If the genealogy is complex, involving so-called horizontal evolutionary processes (such as recombination, hybridization, introgression and horizontal gene trans...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8230
Aims: Phobic or handicapped patients presenting a lack of cooperation need pharmacological sedation techniques for performing dental procedures. The purpose of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the morbidity outcomes of dental patients receiving various levels of sedation...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7534
Objectives: The present study was aimed at improving the quality of fried sunflower oil. Synthetic (Magnesol XL) natural (agriculture wastes of date industry) were used to absorb the oxidation products of fried sunflower oil. Study Design: Recycling of wastes (date pits). Place a...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7454
Aim: To study multiple antimicrobial resistances in Vibrio spp. isolated from river and aquaculture water sources in Imo State Nigeria. Methodology: A total of 157 Vibrio isolates from river and aquaculture water sources were analysed for multiple antimicrobial resistance during...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4896