We report a case of 69-year-old female patient who presented with a dislocated insert causing tibial component failure and catastrophic metallosis after 4 years of prosthesis implantation. In case of a trauma history, surgeons must suspect friction noise and motion loss as clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2528
Aim: To determine the prevalence of congenital malaria among newborn babies delivered at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Antenatal clinic and labour ward of the University of Port Harcourt T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1436
Background: Esophageal cancer is one of the most deadly malignancies worldwide and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the most frequent type. Methods: We identified up-regulated genes from gene expression profiles of HKESC-4 cell line, its parental tumor tissues, non-tu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2644
Aims: To evaluate changes in electrolyte profiles during combination treatment with amlodipine (AML) and hydrochlorothiazide (HCZ) in hypertensive Nigerians. Study Design: Randomized, open-label, prospective, two-centre, outpatient, 48-week study. Methodology: We enrolled 90 male...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2485
The peels of processed apples can be recovered for further food applications. Limited information on the valorisation of this type of waste is available for cooking varieties, e.g. cv Bramley’s Seedling. Extracts from fresh or dried (oven-dried or freeze-dried) peels were obtaine...
Starch residue samples from two Australian sweet potato varieties (Beauregard and Northern Star) and two Indonesian sweet potato varieties (Bis192 and Bis183), and a commercial sample of sweet potato starch residue, were studied for their pectins. Pectins were extracted using 0.1...
Due to the high foreign exchange spent on the importation of wheat and the need to combat issues of malnutrition in developing countries, cookies were produced from flour blends of fermented pigeon pea (FPF), germinated sorghum (GSF) and cocoyam (CF). Proximate composition of the...
The effects of enrichment of “gari” semolina with three different types of soy-melon protein supplements during toasting of “gari” were studied. Three protein supplements (Full fat, Defatted and Milk residue) were toasted together separately with the grated, dewatered and sifted...
Vitex doniana Sweet and Cinchona calisaya WEED are tropical medicinal plants endued with important pharmacological properties. The effects of aqueous extracts of V. doniana leaves and C. calisaya bark on alloxan-induced diabetes mellitus in Wistar albino rats were evaluated. Diab...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1693
Aim: The aim of the study is to investigate whether or not inflation in South Africa is a structural or monetary phenomenon. Study Design: Case Study. Place and Duration of Study: South Africa. Time series data ranging from 1965 to 2006. Methodology: The study employs unit root t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/2553
The alterations and abnormalities in hormone-sensitive adenylyl cyclase (AC) system occur at early stages of the type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and at later stages of the disease they are, according to our view, one of the factors causing T2DM complications. To study the changes...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2013/2833
Aim: This research work was designed to determine the effect of germination on catalytic capacity of urease extracted from seven beans samples. Study Design: Experimental. Place and Duration: Department of Biochemistry, School of Science and Science Education, Federal University...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2013/2639
Surface-layers (S-layers) are macromolecular paracrystalline arrays of proteins or glycoproteins that can self-assemble into 2-dimensional semi-permeable meshworks to overlay the cell surface of many bacteria and archaea. They usually assemble into lattices with oblique, square o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2013/2431
This work was aimed at determining the effects of planting date on the yield and proximate composition of pumpkin fruits. The experiment was a randomized complete block design. In the study was used four planting dates (1- 1st of April; 2- 15th of April; 3- 1st of May; 4- 15th of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2201
Aims: The study is aimed to evaluate the concentration of trace elements and irrigation quality of the groundwater of Winder, Balochistan, Pakistan. Study Design: The ophiolitic rocks of the study area upon weathering, contributed a large amount of certain trace elements to the g...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2561