Aims: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a central role in initiating innate response by mediating inflammatory reactions against a wide range of pathogens. We aimed to determine if TLR2 Arg753Gln, TLR4 Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile polymorphisms are associated with chronic hepatitis B (H...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10648
Aims: The aim of this paper is to present the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among computer operators and its association with the body posture at the workplace as well as break time usage during the working hours. Study Design: The paper represents a cross sectional stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15627
Stock allocation is a system used to ensure that goods and services reach the ultimate users through efficient stocking in warehouses close to the consumers. The dire need for optimum distribution of goods to both retailers and consumers has cost a reasonable drift from ordinary...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13514
Aims: This paper attempts to develop the relationship between the three dimensions of palm nut. The relationship could be utilized with other relevant engineering formulae to aid in the design of nut silos and determination of impact energy and speed required for cracking nuts to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15130
The importance of passion fruit in livelihood improvement has been a key driver among rural households production participation in Kenya. The frequency of harvest and income flows compared to other farm enterprises in the fruit growing regions has been high. However, the producti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/10629
A multivariate analysis was performed on some soil nutrient and Cone Index (CI) data from the research and demonstration farm of the Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, University of Juba in South Sudan. The main objective of the study was to characterize the spatial distribution of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14807
This study was conducted using 96 day old broiler chicks, to assess the most appropriate level of inclusion of whole millet meal as a substitute for maize. The inclusion levels of the whole millet were 0, 20, 40 and 60% of the maize content of the control diet. The birds were ran...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14400
Aims: A mother’s diet during pregnancy is considered one of the most important external factors affecting health of her child further in life. Unfavourable diet, together with advanced maternal age, high pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), and excessive pregnancy weight gain are...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15527
Fresh fruits are major sources of nutrients and vitamins which help to promote good health. However, fresh fruits may also harbour a wide range of microbial contaminants of public health significance. To assess the bacterial contaminants of fruits sold in Ugbowo campus of Univers...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15356
Aims: In order to inform public health action, we sought to compare the fetal outcome of adolescent pregnancies with the non-adolescent ones. Study Design: Retrospective cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Yaoundé Central Hospital, the largest facility of Centre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15704
Molecular serotyping methods have advantages and disadvantages in terms of different parameters. Since different methods depend on different parameters there is a possibility that one serotype detected by one method maybe missed by another method. So it is very important to use c...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15210
Background: The effect of crude extract of Erythrophleum suaveolens was studied on isolated tissues of the Rat’s phrenic nerve-diaphragm muscles. Study aimed to investigate the relaxant effect of crude extract of E. suaveolens on the skeletal muscle using isolated rat phrenic ner...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/14688
Context: Lactic acid bacteria particularly Lactobacilli are considered to be the most useful group of microorganisms for potential uses as biopreservatives. Lactobacilli preserve dairy foods like curds by producing various organic and inorganic compounds that are antagonistic to...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15657
Aims: The main aim of this study was to find out the salinity tolerant varieties of potato and to evaluate the growth and yield performance of potato varieties under different salinity level. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in the two factor completely randomized design...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15879
In some human infections including those of blood, skin and respiratory tract, the causative bacterial agents tend to overlap, especially Staphylococcus spp. and Streptococcus spp. Such overlaps constitute difficulties in the choice of diagnostic tools, antibacterial chemotherapy...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/12934