Hypertension is a chronic medical condition where the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. It is taken as blood pressure reading greater than or equals to 140/90 mmHg systolic and greater than or equals to 90 mmHg diastolic. Recently, there is an upsurge in the diagnosis...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17474
Aim: The present study evaluates the antimicrobial activity of different samples of honey produced in Guyana and a comparison of their effectiveness with conventional antibiotics. Methods: A disk diffusion method was used to assess the activity of honey against microbial pathogen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17063
Aims: The prescribing pattern of drugs used for treating hypertension changes over time in response to changes in recommended guidelines and innovations in drug formulations, among others. In addition, the classes of antihypertensive drugs used vary among the countries. The objec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16853
Identification of microorganisms is central to the study of microbiology at all levels/strata of research. The methods employed are also important. It is however pertinent that scientists need to improve on the method of microbial identification for greater efficiency. A study wa...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/17406
Aim: The study was aimed to determine the association of adipose derived hormones, adiponectin, leptin, and adiponectin/leptin (A/L) ratio with presence and degree of atherosclerosis in metabolic syndrome patients. Study Design: Open label, pilot, case-control study. Place and Du...
Aims: It is well know that Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is crucial risk factors for Coronary artery disease (CAD). The present study aimed to investigate characteristics and angiographic profiles of the CAD in diabetic’s women in comparison with non diabetics. Methodology: Documented C...
TiO2 singly doped and Co-doped nanoparticles with Pt+4, Au+4, and S-2 ions were prepared by modified Sol-Gel method. These samples characterized by Uv-visible adsorption spectroscopy and showed red-shift in absorption band of TiO2, XRD. showed clear anatase for all modified sampl...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17082
In the present work, Zn/Al layered double hydroxide of ratio 2:1 was synthesis by co-precipitation method from their nitrate salts and utilized as adsorbent for the removal of lead ions from aqueous solution. The synthesized Zn/Al-CO3 was characterized by SEM, XRD and FTIR. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18202
Oxovanadium (IV & V) complexes were synthesized from semi- and thiosemicarbazones (L1, HL2, HL3 and H2L4) derived from furan-2-carbaldehyde (L1, HL2) and pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde (HL3, H2L4). The solid isolated complexes were characterized through elemental analysis, UV-Visible...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/15615
Truancy has been a universal unresolved educational problem in countries that made schooling a compulsory routine for children age seven years and older. The objective of this study is to identify the contributory factors of truancy and the correlation between the factors among s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17313
Zymographic Detection of Aspartic Proteinase Activities in Porcine Ovarian Extracts Aims: Tightly regulated proteolytic activity is essential in the mammalian ovary to maintain follicular and luteal functions. Studies conducted on ovarian aspartic proteinases (APs) are limited. P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/16236
This study aimed to microbiologically assess some ready-to-eat (RTE) foods for presence of Bacillus species. Hygienic conditions of the food vending sites were also considered. Samples were purchased from nine sale points. Sixty ready-to-eat (RTE) food samples (Buns, Meat pie, Eg...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/17407
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the in-vitro and in-vivo antioxidant activities of methanol extract of Salacia lehmbachii leaf (SLLE). Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacology, University of Calabar, NIGERIA, between October, 2014 and December, 2014. M...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17621
In the paper, we will consider the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy multiple attribute group decision making problems. The paper presents a method to derive the weights of experts and to rank the preference order of alternatives based on projection, fuzzy entropy and score fu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/9549
Aim: Human Oesophagostomum infections are considered zoonotic. In Ghana, the human infections are known to be focally distributed in the north-eastern parts of the Northern and the Upper East regions. Factors involved in the distribution of the human infection are not clear. It i...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/15445