The adsorption characteristics of ternary dye system (TDS), comprising of a mixture of congo red, methyl orange and methylene blue, on formaldehyde-treated melon husk (FMH) were investigated with respect to the changes in initial pH of TDS, contact time, and initial TDS concentra...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16748
Aims: The current study aims to clarify the prevalence of anemia in collegiate athletes in relation to various hematological variables, physical activity and nutrient intake. Study Design: A cross sectional, retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was done at...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17284
Introduction: There is growing evidence to suggest that vascular and CSF haemodynamic effects are related to structural changes in the ageing brain. We investigated these effects in a sample of healthy participants by measuring changes in cerebrovascular reactivity induced by hyp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16889
The reaction of hydrazides of carboxylic acids with aldehydes is an efficient synthetic method to produce N-substituted hydrazone derivatives. The resulting hydrazone compounds are considered as convenient intermediates and can be used to obtain new interesting heterocyclic syste...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16728
Purpose: Urinary tract infections are a serious health problem affecting millions of people each year. Therefore, studies for new alternative remedies are necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial potential of the leaves of Stachys pseudopinardii R. Bh...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17123
This research studied the removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution using a bio-sorbent. The bio-sorbent was prepared by entrapping or caging Moringa oleifera bark (IMOB), within a polymeric matrix of Calcium Alginate to produce immobilized bio-sorbent. The sorption effic...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13734
Background: Osteoarthritis is a major cause of disability and incapacitation Worldwide. Aim: To evaluate the epidemiology and pattern of osteoarthritis at Ogbaku, Imo State University Teaching Hospital annex, Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo State, South-east Nigeria. Study De...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16344
Hypoplasia of the abdominal aorta is an exceedingly rare vascular abnormality. Congenital, acquired, infectious and inflammatory etiologies have been described. Hypertension is the most common presenting symptom. Besides hypertension, lower extremity claudication and mesenteric i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17402
Suprasellar cysts arachnoid cysts (SSAC) are relatively uncommon making up less than 2% of all arachnoid cysts. Suprasellar arachnoid cyst causing precocious puberty is infrequent. The pathogenesis remains unknown in the majority of patients with precocious puberty. Endoscopic ve...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15722
Aim: The study was designed to investigate the hypoglycaemic potential of lycopene in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic Wistar rats. Methodology: To achieve this, a total of thirty (30) adult Wistar rats of both sexes were used. The animals were made diabetic by single intrap...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15908
Aims: To assess the relation between the grade of steatosis and anthropometric measures, lipid profile and serum adiponectin in non-diabetic patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Tropical Medicine a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16594
Aims: To determine the prevalence of hyperuricaemia in adult Nigerians with untreated newly diagnosed hypertension and to evaluate its relations with serum lipid abnormalities. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: General Out-patient Department, Medic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16448
New concepts of organization development are not always useful in practice [1]. Moreover, they rarely refer to the achievements of other sciences. There are many reasons for that, for example, debasing other specialisations by showing their allegedly non-scientific qualities or n...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16096
Aims: It was aimed in the present study to explore the effect of gender on environmental awareness of the post-graduate students. When education diversity was controlled to be science and social-science the environmental awareness was expected to be influenced by the gender of in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16206
This study was focused on the comparative effectiveness of using the group discussion method and the lecture method in the teaching and learning of history by form four students at Dakamela Secondary School in Nkayi District with the aim of finding which of the two methods better...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14560