Aims: Ethnic differences and factors associated with high glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in families of East Indian and West African descents with early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were compared. Glycaemic control is affected by genetics and is strongly influen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18044
Aims: To determine the prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in Jazan in the Southern region of Saudi Arabia, and identify some food habits of pregnant women. The association between having anaemia and some maternal factors like age and obstetric history are also studied. St...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20351
Aim: To provide the normal range of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in a subset of Karachi population by Spectralis OCT and to evaluate the effects of age and gender on it. Methodology: 300 eyes from 150 healthy subjects aged 40 years and above with no ocular pathologi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20525
Background: Sickling test and haemoglobin solubility test are screening techniques used to detect the presence of haemoglobin S, but can't identify exact phenotype or genotype. Haemoglobin electrophoresis can determine the phenotype of sickle cell disease but it cannot be perform...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18759
Aim: To describe an outbreak which occurred in a neonatal ward and the role of active surveillance in the control of further outbreaks. Study Design: Cross Sectional Observational Study. Place and Duration of Study: Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, between...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19529
Aims: The study examined the relationship between family type, parenting process, gender and juvenile delinquency among diploma students’ in Delta State University, Abraka. The variables were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Study Design: The study is correlational because i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15925
Parallel programming is fast evolving into a central core of high performance computing. Several computing hardware vendors now embed several processors into computers to increase speed and performance thus the need to maximize and utilize computing resources for maximum performa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/19422
Verruciform xanthoma is a rare clinicopathologic entity which occurs primarily in the oral mucosa. It is difficult to make a diagnosis of verruciform xanthoma based on the clinical findings alone. But the microscopic findings of the characteristic foam cells in the papillary port...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20286
A field survey was carried out in three tehsils namely Rawalpindi, Gujar khan and Kahuta) of Rawalpindi district. A predefined questionnaire was used to gather the information. In the studied farms the average stocking rate of 1200 fingerlings/acre with average weight of 4 grams...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20038
The experiment was done in Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Aluminum chloride is used as coagulant for treatment the drinking water in AlMogran Water Treatment Plant, Khartoum State, Sudan. The study aimed at assessing the concentrations of liver enzymes (AST and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20222
In Côte d’Ivoire, the larvae of Oryctes owariensis are prized and widely consumed as alternative protein source. The present study was aimed at evaluating the nutritional and functional properties of the larva flour for further food products formulation. Fresh O. owariensis larva...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/19093
Biochemical changes in tissues of Wistar albino rats following exposure to feed formulated with different percentage concentrations (5%, 10%, and 20%) of smoked fish after 28 days were investigated. Albino rats fed with animal feed without smoked fish served as the control. The c...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/18830
Aims: The objective of our study was to perform the routine analysis of bronchoscopically obtained tracheal samples to determine the appearance and relative distribution of cytokines and antimicrobial proteins in patients with post-intubation tracheal stenosis (PITS). Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19625
This study focused on poverty and stochastic dominance comparisons using educational factors in crude oil polluted and non-polluted crop farmer households in Rivers State, Nigeria. Data were collected using multistage sampling technique, via 296 questionnaires from crop farmers i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/19584
Numerous methods have been developed for estimating the production levels of forestry operations. Although these methods are classified in different ways in literature, they are fundamentally divided into two methods i.e. the quantitative and the qualitative method. In estimation...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/20028