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Application of Ant Colony Optimisation Algorithm on Solid Waste Collection: A Case of University of Port Harcourt

Oghenefejiri Bovwe & Ify L. Nwaogazie · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2015

Ants are social insects and their behaviour is geared towards the survival of the colony rather than the survival of the individual. Because ants are almost blind, they move along by building chemical trails using a chemical substance called pheromone. These trails are used by an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/18907

Eruptive Seborrhoeic Keratoses Induced by Oral Esomeprazole: A Coincidental Finding or Linked Pathogenesis?

Nilay Duman, Çiğdem Özdemir & Serap Polat · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2015

Aim: Eruptive seborrhoeic keratoses are characterized by rapid onset of multiple seborrhoeic keratoses. They can be associated with internal malignancies, inflammatory dermatoses and drug reactions. Our aim was to present a case with eruptive seborrhoeic keratoses appeared during...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMPS/2015/18850

Acute and Subacute Toxicological Assessment of the Leaf Aqueous Extract of Eremomastax speciosa (Acanthaceae) in Wistar Rats

Gaël Tchokomeni Siwe, George Enonchong Enow-Orock, André Perfusion Amang, Christophe Mezui, Alain Bertrand Dongmo & Paul Vernyuy Tan · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2015

Aim: The present study was carried out to investigate the possible toxic effects of the leaf aqueous extract from Eremomastax speciosa and also to evaluate the acceptable safety level of this extract in Wistar rats. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Animal Biology and Ph...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMPS/2015/18361

Should a Trial with Lost Allocation Key be Incorporated in Meta-analysis?

Bart G. Pijls, Boudewijn L. Borger-van der Burg, Larry E. Frisch, Anne J. Vochteloo & Rob G. H. H. Nelissen · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Aims: On occasion randomized controlled studies may remain unpublished because the allocation key identifying which group received active treatment and which received placebo (or alternative treatment) has been lost. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and under what...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17815

Biological Post: A Reconstructive Approach to Achieve Aesthetics

Jyoti Jain, Shipra Shukla & Kamleshwar Singh · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Traumatic injuries lead to fracture of anterior teeth, frequently occurs in dentistry and the prevalence rate of fractured anterior teeth, as a result of traumatic injuries, occurs 8.1 in 1000. The fracture of a tooth is itself a traumatic incident for young patients which leads...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18102

Case Reports of Neuroinvasive Manifestation of Viral Encephalitis

Hao Nguyen, Kaushal Shah, Dean Markham & Nada Fadul · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

West Nile virus (WNV) infection is a mosquito-borne viral disease, which can cause an inflammation of the brain and meningitis. WNV is commonly found in Africa, West Asia, the Middle East and Europe. For the first time in North America, WNV was confirmed in the New York metropoli...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18730

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ambulatory Adult Nigerians: Prevalence and Associated Family Biosocial Factors in a Primary Care Clinic in Eastern Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study

Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh, A. N. Amadi & C. I. C Ebirim · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a multi-factoral medical condition that aggregates in the family and has implications for family health. Research analyses of determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus have demonstrated the interactions and clustering of family biosocial fac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18783

Approximation of Higher-order Singular Initial and Boundary Value Problems by Iterative Decomposition and Bernstein Polynomial Methods

O. A. Taiwo & M. O. Hassan · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

In very recent time, various works have focused on the analysis of Singular Boundary Value Problems, with many techniques developed or used to deal with major questions relating to Singular Initial and Boundary Value Problems and their solutions. The main questions relate to exis...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/17157

Non-surgical Endodontic Management of Garre's Osteomyelitis: A Case Report

Athikesavan Jayasenthil, Potluri Venkatalakshmi Aparna & Sunderasan Balagopal · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Garre’s sclerosing osteomyelitis is a specific type of chronic osteomyelitis that mainly affects children and young adults. This disease is commonly associated with an odontogenic infection resulting from dental caries. This article describes a case report of 14 year old boy with...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17772

A Novel Comparison between the Performances of Several Invariant Moments for Printed Multi-Oriented, Multi-Scaled and Noisy Eastern Arabic Numerals Recognition

R. Salouan, S. Safi & B. Bouikhalene · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

In this paper, we present a novel comparison between the robustness against noise of Hu, Legendre, pseudo-Zernike and Krawtchouk invariant moments and even more of invariant analytical Fourier-Mellin transform for multi-oriented, multi-scaled and noisy printed Eastern Arabic nume...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/17566

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Injuries among Adolescent Recreational Netballers in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Terry J. Ellapen, Karuli Tershia Schoeman, Leigh T. N. Zaca, Hendrik J. Van Heerden & Prem D. Ramiah · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Background: Netball injuries remain an area of concern for professional and recreational South African players. This study profiled the prevalence of acute musculoskeletal injuries among female adolescent non-elite recreational netball players in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Mat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16966

Parameters Determination for the Design of Bevel Gears Using Computer Aided Design (Bevel CAD)

B. O. Akinnuli, O. O. Agboola & P. P. Ikubanni · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

This paper prescribes a Computer Aided approach to the design of bevel gears. The approach utilizes standard design equations and standard data on bevel gears; linking them together using a Programming language(C#) to develop this special software (Bevel CAD) that designs and det...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/18411

Prevalence of Tooth Wear Due to Dietary Factors in South Canara Population

Mithra N. Hegde & Nireeksha . · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of tooth wear due to dietary factors in South Canara population. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte Mangalore...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14643

A New Layer of Service Oriented Architecture to Solve Versioning Problem

Soheir Zein, Kassem Akil, Ali Kalakech & Seifedine Kadry · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

Aims: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an architecture where reusable solution is provided to solve the common problem in software design. The major advantage of SOA is the light dependent between its functions and services. SOA services are defined through description lang...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/18505

Vaginal Candidiasis Infection among Pregnant Women in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria

O. R. Ezeigbo, F. C. Anolue & I. A. Nnadozie · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Epidemiological monitoring of vaginal candidiasis infection associated with preterm delivery and death of the infants is highly desirable especially on pregnant women. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of vaginal candidiasis and the occurrence of Candi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18264