Introduction: The ratio of male to female live birth is defined as male births divided by total births (M/T) and is expected to approximate 0.515. This study was carried out in order to ascertain whether M/T in Malta was in any way influenced the World Cup. Methods: Index months...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16289
Aim: To compare between the effects of routine suctioning and positioning to that of chest physiotherapy on mechanically ventilated newborns. Study Design: Prospective, randomized controlled study. Place and Duration of Study: AL-jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait between...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16151
Background: The report of the Population Reference Bureau (2011) which stated that 76 out of every 1,000 infants die every year due to preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea and vaccine preventable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa is worrisome. Whereas, in advanced countries, in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12937
Objective: Decreased serum uric acid has been associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the elderly. Several studies suggest that there may be a link between PD and Essential tremor (ET) which is thought to be a neurodegenerative disease. Seru...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15960
Aim: Both Cathelicidin and Chemerin are chemo-attractant proteins and possess antimicrobial activity. Sufficient level of Vitamin D is important for optimum response of Cathelicidin for its anti-mycobacterial activity. Studies on the role of these antimicrobial peptides and their...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16493
Fire retardant properties of the bark extract of Sterculia setigera on flexible polyurethane foam were investigated. The foam was treated with different concentrations of the extract and its flammability characteristics were compared with that of untreated sample. The result indi...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/12505
In the present study, disodium salts of bisdithiocarbamates have been prepared from urea, thiourea, dithiooxamide and 1,3-diaminopropanewith carbon disulfide under strong alkaline medium of a sodium hydroxide solution. All ligands possessed good chelating ability for various meta...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/6588
Stem cells are unipotent (producing only one cell type, i.e. their own), pluripotent (giving rise to all cell types making up a body), or multipotent (having the ability to develop into more than one type of cell but less than that possessed by pluripotent) cells possessing an un...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10480
Aim: Assessments of phytodiversity at two abandoned solid waste dumpsites in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Study Design: A systematic sampling approach comprising three line-transects of 5 m and 10 m interval was used. Methodology: At each of the sites, an area of 15 m x 30 m was measu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/14750
A geoelectrical investigation for potable groundwater potentials in Dorowa and its environs, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria has been carried out. The area is part of Jos-Bukuru Younger Granite Complex and is underlain by seven main rock types namely: Vom Microgranite (Vm),...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/15242
It is an important consideration of any area to be distributed spatially. Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a Vector Borne Disease (VBD) that is widespread in Asia. It results in severe illness, death, and hence in economic damage to households. In health planning and management, it...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/14363
Aims: To describe epidemiological and biological features of patients with monoclonal plasma cell dyscrasias. The patients were seen at the Moroccan Pasteur Institute in Casablanca during a period of two years and four months. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of immunochem...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2015/15692
Aim: This in vitro study was designed to evaluate and compare the shear bond strength of stainless steel brackets bonded to ceramic crowns etched with Hydrofluoric acid and Lasers. Place of Study: This study was carried out in the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthop...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15948
Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has now become an integral tool in the treatment of both acute and chronic respiratory failure, and at the same time reducing the need for invasive ventilation. Aim: To determinate the efficacy of NIV in pediatrics whom admitted to Pediat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15492
Background: Head and neck cancer includes several malignancies that originate in the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, salivary glands, oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx. The burden of viral infections in cancer is high but underappreciated by much of the cancer research community....
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2014/15874