The effects of different percentage concentrations (5%, 10%, 20% and 30%) of ground seeds of Picralima nitida on the concentrations of ascorbic acid (AA), glutathione (GSH) and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of albino...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/18829
Objective: This research is based on the identification of the mathematical knowledge, sensibilities, and skills of Panama’s Elementary Public School teachers who teach fraction concepts and are looking to identify the reasons why the Panamanian students do not show any interest...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16084
Bruno Marcel Silva de Melo, Norma Luciene Lima da Silva, Rafaelli de Souza Gomes, Kely Campos Navegantes, Ana Lígia de Brito Oliveira, Lorena Almeida, Carolina Heitmann Mares Azevedo & Marta Chagas Monteiro·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
Blood-sucking arthropods evolved a salivary cocktail of anti-hemostatic, platelet antiaggregant and vasodilators components that neutralize the effects of hemostasis and allow a successful blood supply occurs. In salivary glands from Aedes aegypti was found several components wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20322
Rasaq O. Shittu, Louis O. Odeigah, Alabi K. Moradeyo, Musa A. Sanni, A. Aderibigbe, Abdullateef G. Sule, B. S. Okesina, Salamat Isiaka Lawal & Jimoh O. Kamaldeen·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Introduction: Short sleep duration is a salient issue because it is a major public health concern and has more wide-reaching problems among HIV/AIDS patients. Short sleep duration was said to be associated with lower CD4 count, higher viral load values, depression, high blood pre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19630
Oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been working in the pathophysiology of various chronic diseases. Under normal circumstances, the human cochlea has some antioxidant molecules which can scavenge the oxidant substances and ROS to avoid the possible damage int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20125
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) dysfunction with a wide spectrum of neurological manifestations. MG is as a result of autoantibodies directed against NMJ at the postsynaptic level involving nicotinic or other postsynaptic antigens. The newly ident...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20381
Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of 810-nm diode LASER in the management of patients with oral leukoplakia. Materials and Methods: A total of 10 cases diagnosed clinically and histopathologically as leukoplakia were included in the present study. All the cases were treated usin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19178
With the expansion of the indications for implantation of cardiac electronic devices, there was an increase in these procedures and, consequently, there was an increase of the infection rate. The risk of infection depends on many factors, including device type and the number of i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20118
Background Caroli's disease is a rare congenital disorder characterized by segmental, non obstructive, cystic dilatation of intra hepatic bile ducts. It belongs to the spectrum of fibropolycystic liver disease which results from in utero malformation of ductal plate. Two forms of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19776
Objectives: To assess the current knowledge, beliefs, awareness and practices of the Saudi population attending Maternity and Children Hospital (MCH) in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia using non-prescribed antibiotics for their children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20210
Objective: The study was conducted to determine the incidence of hypoglycaemia and some associated factors in children presenting as emergency in Aba, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: This was a hospital based prospective descriptive study conducted in the children’s emergency war...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13339
Aims: Traumatic injury is one of the leading causes of death in all age groups. Ensuring adequate and effective access to trauma centers is key to improving the quality of care for injured patients. This study evaluates the spatial accessibility of Ohio trauma centers and identif...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20378
The kinetics of the electron transfer reaction of L-ascorbic acid with a cobalt (III) complex has been studied spectrophotometrically over the range 0.01 ≤ [ascorbic acid], mol dm-3 ≤ 0.07, 3.3 ≤ pH ≤ 5, and at 298 ≤ T, K ≤ 318 in aqueous acid medium. Kinetics measurements were r...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/15141
Aim: The aim of this study was evaluating the role of diet in induction and management of NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Place and Duration of Study: The study was performed in Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran for one year. Methodology: Dietary intakes of 24 patients w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20326
Interaction of 3-hydroxymethylidene-1,2,3,9-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-b]-quinazolin-9-one (2) with 1H(aryl)-6,7-dimethoxytetrahydroisoquinolines (3a-f) leads to the formation of novel methylidene bridged quinazoline-isoquinoline alkaloids. By results of IR- and 1Н-NMR – spectroscopy...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/19859