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Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Chronic Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Eculizumab

Tennille N. Webb, Heidi Griffiths, Yosuke Miyashita, Riha Bhatt, Ronald Jaffe, Michael Moritz, Johannes Hofer & Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2015

Background: Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) presents with hemolytic anemia, thrombo-cytopenia, and thrombotic microangiopathy of the kidney and usually results from Shiga-toxin induced activation of the alternative complement pathway. Gastroenteritis is a common feature of the Sh...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/18771

Anxiolytic Effect of Citrus paradisi var. Marsh seedless Using Different Models

Vikas Gupta, Parveen Bansal, Kamlesh Kohli & Pankaj Ghaiye · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2015

Aims: The present study was designed to evaluate the anti-anxiety activity of various extracts of the leaves of Citrus paradisi var. Marsh seedless using light dark model and hole board methods in Swiss albino mice. Methodology: Swiss Albino mice were treated with different doses...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2015/18699

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci Infections in Trinidad and Tobago

Shivnarine Kissoon, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka & William Henry Swanston · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: To document Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) infections prevalence, risk factors, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and evaluation of chromogenic plates in identifying VRE isolates in Trinidad and Tobago. Study Design: This was a cross sectional prospective observ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18531

Prevalence of Enteric Viruses among Young Children with Acute Diarrhea in Benin City, Nigeria

Paul Erhunmwunse Imade & Nosakhare Odeh Eghafona · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Background: Viral intestinal infections are the most common cause of acute infectious diarrhea among children worldwide. Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of enteric viruses in young children 0-24 months in an urban secondary health center in Benin Ci...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18726

Arabic Text Summarization Using Latent Semantic Analysis

Fadl Mutaher Ba-Alwi, Ghaleb H. Gaphari & Fares Nasser Al-Duqaimi · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

The main objective of this paper is to address Arabic text summarization using latent semantic analysis technique. LSA is a vectorial semantic form of analyzing relationships between a set of sentences. It is concerned with the word description as well as the sentence description...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/17678

Prediction of Cholera Incidence by Using the Comparison of Four Models: Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Model, Holt Model, Brown Model and Simple Regression Model

Ebrahim Alwashali, Mohamed El Far, Mohamed Fares & Mohamed Fadli · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Aims: The forecast is a topical subject, which aid in decision making and its performance. The aim of this study is to predict the disease between 1995 and 2010. Place and Duration of Study: The choice of the disease is of after its appearance in our survey in the region of Gharb...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18115

Simulation of Vibration Resistance and the Ways for Its Improvement on Designing Multistage Constructions

Aleksandr Shayko-Shaykovky, Aleksandr Bogorosh, Algimantas Bubulis, Nikolaj Visniakov & Andzela Sesok · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

The paper considers the possibility of a theoretical definition of the natural frequencies of vibrations of thermoelectric coolers with a different number of stages and different configurations in the design phase. Determination of natural frequencies of vibrations in parallel wa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/17790

Implementation of the Revised Guideline on TB/HIV Collaborative Activities in Lagos, Nigeria

Olusoji James Daniel, Olusola Adedeji Adejumo & H. A. Abdulrrazzaq · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Background: The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy control programme commenced the implementation of the revised national tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) guideline in line with the recommendations from the World Health Organization in January 2013. This study ev...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18982

Increasing Fruit Set, Yield and Fruit Quality of "Canino" Apricot Trees under Two Different Soil Conditions

Nevine M. Taha & Hanaa M. Sherif · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

The present investigation was carried out during 2012 and 2013 on 'Canino' apricot trees budded on seedling rootstock at two private orchards located at El-Khatatba district (as sand soil ) and El – Neanaaia village, (as clay soil) Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Trees were sprayed...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/18831

Control of the Citrus Disease Complex in Iraq

Bassima G. Antoon, Ismail Ibrahim Alyasiri & Sameer Abid Al-Razzak · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

This study was conducted in a citrus orchard in Baghdad province, Iraq. Roots were severely infected with citrus-root nematode Tylenchulus semipenetrans and the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora, die back symptoms were highly observed on the vegetative growth, and the yield of the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/17708

Adoption of eLearning Technology in Nigerian Tertiary Institution of Learning

Olabode Olatubosun, Fasoranbaku A. Olusoga & Oluwadare A. Samuel · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

Recent development in the telecommunication industry in Nigeria has brought about an unprecedented upsurge in the use of Information Technology for teaching and learning in tertiary institutions of most part of the developed countries of the world. However, the adoption and imple...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/18434

A Three Dimensional Finite Element Analysis for Contact Stress and Fatigue near the Fir-Tree Region in a Gas Turbine Blade

Ganesh R. Navad, Narasimha Marakala, K. Vasudeva Karanth & N. Yagnesh Sharma · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

In this work an attempt is made to simulate the life of a rotating element subjected to the phenomenon of fatigue fretting using finite element analysis. A numerical model is being proposed to analyse the fretting failure phenomenon. The model explores the physics of the problem...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/17442

Comparative Study of the Leachability of Heavy Metals from Sewage Sludge, Sawdust and Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste

Christopher B. Afangideh, Chidozie C. Nnaji, Chukwuemeka Onuora & Chigozie Okafor · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

The comparative study of the leachability of sewage sludge, sawdust and organic fraction of municipal solid (OFMSW) waste was conducted at different rainfall intensities. First, the natural moisture content of the three categories of waste were obtained. Samples of the wastes wer...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/17754

Solutions of Sequential Conformable Fractional Differential Equations around an Ordinary Point and Conformable Fractional Hermite Differential Equation

Emrah Ünal, Ahmet Gökdoğan & Ercan Çelik · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

In this work, we give the power series solutions around an ordinary point, in the case of variable coefficients, homogeneous sequential linear conformable fractional differential equations of order 2α. Further, we introduce the conformable fractional Hermite differential equation...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/18590

Development and Testing of Sorption Isotherm Equipment for Nigerian Coal

Ojo Tolulope Elizabeth, Adewale Dosunmu, Okoro Emeka Emmanuel & Ekeinde Evelyn Bose · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

Aim: The aim of the study is to investigate the methane content in Nigerian coal. Study Design: Fabrication of Sorption Isotherm Equipment and Experimental Analysis. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, University of Port Harcourt Rivers State...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/18445