Aims: To investigate the effects of M. charantia on serum lipid profile, serum protein concentration and selected markers of cardiovascular damage in streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats. Study design: Forty healthy adult Wistar rats of both sexes were randomly assigned in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5320
Aims: To evaluate the In vitro cytotoxic effects of the hydro ethanolic extract (HEE) of the Delonix regia flowers against different cell lines. Methodology: The dried Delonix regia flowers are subjected to soxhlet extraction by using 70% ethanol. The dried extract was used to de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5746
Background: To review the literature reporting SWAP and FDT for the early detection of visual field loss in glaucoma. Methods: A review of literature published on Medline, Scopus and Web of Science between 1966 and present was undertaken with only articles in the English language...
Aim: This study compares and contrasts the integrity of original data once imported to Medisoft from the Humphrey perimeter. We aim to analyse the correlation between reliability indices, mean deviation and pattern standard deviation. Methods: Visual field results from Humphrey a...
Aims: Situating within the 2 x 2 model of achievement goals, we explored the antecedents (emotional and physiological states, academic buoyancy, task values) and consequences (academic engagement, intrinsic motivation) of both mastery-approach and mastery-avoidance goals. Our hyp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6720
Aims: Using propensity-score matching, we matched students with similar prior-school achievement and demographical data who attended either an academic or vocational track during the first two years of secondary school. Methodology: In a two-factorial between-subject analysis of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7255
The paper is a perception survey of poor construction supervision and building failures in six major cities in Nigeria. This was informed by several reported cases of building failure and collapse with its concomitant losses of life and properties. While the paper examined relati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6816
The paper discussed the hazards that are prevalent in a typical secondary school science laboratory. It also investigated the safety condition of science laboratories in Ekiti state. The study was an empirical research based on descriptive research design. The sample for the stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/4330
Many marine organisms, such as mussels, are able to produce viscoelastic adhesive materials made of polymeric protein-polysaccharides, active in aqueous environment also. Some EU research groups are working to identify the same materials and processes for producing ecologically -...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5645
Aim: Conversion disorder is a situation where psychological stress is expressed physically. This health problem is usually triggered by a stressful or a mental crisis. When involving a physical problem it is named as ’conversion disorder’. Psychogenic gait disturbance is a common...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6783
Aims: To study clinical, hematological and immunophenotypic profile of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in a tertiary care centre of eastern India. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Postgraduate Department of Medicine and Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4044
Aims: The objectives of this work were to study the influence of proximate composition and physiological changes during storage, on the shelf life some Dioscorea sp. This is needed to complement knowledge of the influence of extrinsic factors of the storage environment in improvi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7013
Objective: The study gives a view of the major textural and compositional components of subsurface sediments around Tennis Island and its environs. It provides data on distribution and frequency of diatoms in the subsurface sediment as well as describes and combines the achieved...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5524
Aim: Some unstable compounds namely ascorbic acid, anthocyanin and reducing sugar contents were used to monitor the stability of differently processed cocoyam flours stored under different relative humidities. Place and Duration of Study: Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria; Januar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7132
Aims: To investigate the concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) and zinc (Zn) in commercially available inorganic fertilizers (calcium superphosphate and urea). Place and Duration of Study: Urea and superphosphate fertilize...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7465