We describe a case of osteomyelitis, in a 7-month-old boy, caused by S. pneumoniae involving the pelvic bone with a purulent collection in the adductor muscle. Osteomyelitis diagnosis was suspected using ultrasound and CT scan investigations. This showed a periosteal elevation in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/14495
The quality of tomographic images formed from diffracting waves deteriorated due to the limitations in capturing evanescent waves. The waves carried detailed information about the body being imaged. Metamaterials were being recently used to amplify and focus evanescent waves. Her...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/14996
Sediment acts as a sink for heavy metals, which may be remobilized into the water column. The research was carried out to assess seasonal distribution and impact of heavy metals (Zn, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, Cr, Cd) concentrations in sediment on the overlying water. Water and bed sediment...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14803
A fully implicit hybrid Block- Predictor Corrector method for the numerical integration of initial value problems of third order ordinary differential equations is presented in this paper. We adopted the approach of collocation approximation in the derivation of the scheme to gen...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14822
Background: The correlation between health and the environment has been acknowledged since ancient times. Values of environmental parameters situated beyond the ecological range produce vulnerabilities and latent pathological mechanisms or generate other reactions. This phenomeno...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15626
Reports from studies on occupational health and safety in the wood industry indicate that woodworkers are exposed to various types and degrees of hazards ranging from bacterial, viral and chemical infections to physical injury. In this study therefore, the awareness of occupation...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15786
In this work, effect of cow dung and urea fertilization on soil properties, growth and yield of cucumber was evaluated. Four different rates of treatments [12 kgplot-1 cow dung (CW), 391 g ureaplot-1 equivalent to 150 kgha-1, 6 kg cow dung + 196 g urea equivalent to 75 kgha-1 tho...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14084
Velvet bean [Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A. Chev] has been reported to smother the growth of Speargrass [Imperata cylindrical (L) Raeushel.] through competition and potential allelopathic effect on speargrass. Greenhouse experiments involving three methods were conducted at In...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/15450
This study was carried out in the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Crop Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka to determine the effects of different sowing media on emergence and growth of moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam) seedlings in the nursery. The moringa seeds u...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13602
Aims: To investigate the antibacterial activity of different parts of Aerva lanata against Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Xanthomonus citri, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus vulgaris. Study Design: An experimental study. Place an...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15738
Biosurfactants was extracted from a locally fermented milk (pendidam), characterized and their antimicrobial activity on Candida spp. and E. coli were determined. The results obtained show that the crude extract of biosurfactants exhibit emulsifying activity with an emulsificatio...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15025
Aims: The aim of current study is to evaluate the Polygonum glabrum aqueous extract for anti-leishmanial activity, with the hope to find less expensive and common drug for this neglected disease. Study Design: In vitro Susceptibility of Leishmania tropica. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15204
The pipoid frogs belonging to the super family Pipoidea of the order Anura are mostly represented in fossil forms with only limited data from the extant materials. Pipidae is a pipoid family of the clawed, tongueless and toothless aquatic frogs with pertinent morphological charac...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/15016
Aims: To investigate the catalytic activity of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid in the redox reaction of Cr(VI) and phenylsulfinyl acetic acid. Study Design: The mechanism of the reaction was designed on the basis of the observed results of kinetic, spectral and substituent effect...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/15998
Background: The persistence of toxic herbicides in water and soil has been considered to be potential environmental concern. As atrazine is still used in Nigeria as a major herbicide, a continuous search for atrazine degrading microorganisms is required. Objectives: The effects o...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/14345