Purpose: To introduce and evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new surgical scleral technique for treatment of glaucoma based on the concept of scleral biomechanics. Methods: Twelve 3-month-old New Zealand white rabbit eyes were operated under general anesthesia. Single large re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17207
Cecília Zanin Palchetti, Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Vera Lúcia Szejnfeld, Patrícia Fonseca Teixeira, Rose Vega Patin, Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa & Fernanda Luisa Ceragioli Oliveira·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aim: To evaluate body composition changes in HIV-infected patients and to identify the predictors of lipodystrophy over time. Methods: A cohort study, evaluated over two and a half years (Time 1: T1; Time 2: T2), including prepubertal HIV-infected children of both genders, betwee...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17782
Aims: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is multifactorial disease resulting from modifiable and non modifiable risk factors. Gene polymorphism is one of the non modifiable risk factors, which may contribute to disease susceptibility. Identifying genetic polymorphisms is essential for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17845
Objective: Efficacy of local corticosteroid and anesthetic injection was investigated in adult trigger finger deformity. Materials and Methods: Sixty four fingers of 56 patients (40 females mean age: 44(33-58), 16 males mean age: 45(37-62) who did not benefit from 4 weeks of NSAI...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17666
This review revealed that there are several evidences of environmental impact of urbanization in Nigeria. The linkages between urbanization process and the environment are profound that the major components of the environment-air, water and land are adversely affected by the dail...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18148
Aim: To evaluate the influence of two immediate dentin sealing (IDS) techniques on the marginal microleakage of composite inlays. Methodology: Thirty human third molars received MOD preparations, with the mesial proximal box extending above and the distal box extending below the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17568
Aims: This, in conjunction with the diversity of the substrates and the fact that the island is home to the highest mountains in the Caribbean and with a high rate of endemic species, allows them to be differentiated into three major groups –dry forest, cloud forest and the trans...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17507
Springs of Uttarakhand, India are back bone for domestic water availability during rainy and especially during non rainy season even though they are highly ignored. A study was taken up at Chandrabhaga and Danda watersheds in the mountainous region of Garhwal, Uttarakhand to anal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17140
Introduction: One of the developed groups in the current society is computer users which has increased its importance taking daily development of computer among different social classes. Computer users are apt to musculoskeletal disorders; so the objective of the present study wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16763
Aim: To understand the potential of evaluating the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular volume in patients with schizophrenia, using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), and its possible application to monitor this disorder. Study Design and Participants:...
Aim: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin)® on visual acuity and macular edema in patients with parafoveal telangiectasia type II complicated by choroidal neovascular membrane and/or cystoid macular edema. Methods: Study conducted over a perio...
Purpose: To evaluate ease of fashioning of 25G cannula, safety and efficacy of injection of heavy liquid using this fashioned cannula during Vitrectomy for simple Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment. Methods: This is a prospective non-comparative case series including 28 cases of...
A method for seeking range of a missing plane based on Law of energy conservation is suggested. The method starts with the final information of the location(s) of the plane A(x,y,z) provided by satellites. A flying path with most far from an origin in same time interval [0,T] is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/16660
This article will address the factors that contributed toward Malaysian political stability in the light of broader shifts toward democratization by focusing on the origin of Malaysian plural society, and what type of regime maintenance has been used by Malaysian political leader...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17805
Cassava crops and its food constitute more than 65% of dietary components for the population from the south-eastern Nigeria. Any contamination of this food crop in the environment by radioactive sources through human activities such as mining will affect large portion of the popu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15268