This study looked at the effect of depth on the microbial pollution of shallow wells in the three floodplains of Makurdi metropolis of Benue State, Nigeria. Water samples from the wells were collected and analyzed monthly for seven months from February to August (covering both we...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2011/354
All clinicians should be fully aware of the recent trends in their speciality to enable them to provide effective and successful treatment to their patients. One vital aspect of the treatment is that the clinician should constantly update his knowledge on the drugs being administ...
Background: Maternal syphilis is associated with many adverse outcomes like spontaneous abortion, still birth, low birth weight, premature delivery and congenital syphilis. This study therefore was to determine the seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum infection in pregnant women...
The relationship between some haematological and lipid indices were studied and compared in white albino rats using aqueous garlic (Allium sativum) and onion (Allium cepa) extracts. The effect of garlic and onion extracts were each tested with 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 mg/kg body wt. con...
Globally the incidence of cancer is rising. In 2007 there were 11 million cancer cases, 7 million cancer deaths and 25 million people living with cancer. This is estimated to increase to 27 million cases, 17 million deaths and 75million people living with cancer in 2050. More tha...
Sol-gel synthesis of Bi2+xAlxNi4-3xO7+δ (A1-A4: x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75) composite oxides were performed via nitrate-citrate route. Analysis of the powder XRD patterns by Fullprof shows cubic unit cell with lattice parameters in A1-A4: a = 10.2678, 10.1197, 10.1183, 10.1134 Å;...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2011/351
This paper is an original attempt to analyze a series of experimental data obtained lately by the author in a course of his long term studies on the probable role of isotopy in the molecular evolution of living systems as well as in the eukaryotic cell differentiation mechanisms....
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2011/369
Reaction Diffusion Control problem is a class of optimization problem in the form Minimize Subject to It has been proved that a unique solution exists. In this work, the solution provided by ECGM and Euler-Lagrange algorithm, are admissible and favourably comparable.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2011/159
Recent data indicate that, in many countries, mobile sources are responsible for the largest portion of emissions of aldehydes, ketones and certain other air toxic pollutants. These air toxic pollutants along with methane are either carcinogenic or pose significant human health t...
This study was designed to investigate the cholesterol lowering effect of Nauclea latifolia fruit as well as its chemical compositions, toxicity, vitamins, and effect on hemoglobin, red and white blood cells count in albino rats. Hypercholesterolemia is a predominant risk for ath...
Malaria and Tuberculosis are diseases of poverty with oftentimes fatal outcome especially amongst the very poor. The possible chemotherapeutic effect of some Anti-tuberculosis drugs (Isoniazid, Rifampicine, Pyrazinamide and Enthambutol) on the malaria parasitemia of Tuberculosis...
This project investigated genomic epidemiology of congestive heart disease, the clinical and non-invasive techniques for diagnosis and the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors associated with the disease were explored. Trends in the morbidity and mortality of CHD revealed a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/629
Selected traditional Nigerian diets: Garri with afang soup, pounded yam with edikang ikong soup and ekpang nkukwo alongside a reference diet, plantain with beans porridge, were investigated for their efficacy for use in management of diabetes mellitus. The proximate composition o...
A set of embryonic proteins - potential markers for ovarian tumors is presented. More than ten new embryonic proteins have been tested, but no one strictly specific protein marker for diagnosis of ovarian tumors has been revealed. SOVA-1 is the most perspective marker for today....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/344
In the present era, due to industrial revolution in the developing country like India, the ground water system has been largely polluted, especially with heavy metals like chromium. The removal of such heavy metals from industrial effluents and from wastewater has become a subjec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2011/262