Aims: The study aimed to determine the level of awareness and status of tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccination among female undergraduates in Port Harcourt. Study Design: This was a cross sectional descriptive study carried out among female undergraduate students. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15468
Synthesis, Characterization and Screening of Some Schiff Bases as Potential Antimicrobial Agents Schiff bases derived from 4-amino antipyrene were prepared, and IR and NMR spectral analysis characterized their structure. The Schiff bases produced were (1) 4-((4-chlorobenzylidine...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/3613
We analysed geographic variation in the number of males per 100 females at birth also called the secondary sex ratio (SR), the crude birth rate (CBR), the total fertility rate (TFR) and the twinning rate (TWR). Earlier studies have noted geographic variations in the TWR and racia...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15182
Blood group antigens were associated with peptic ulcer disease, which is potentially caused by Helicobacter pylori. It was recently demonstrated that the receptor for H. pylori is the blood group antigen lewisb, which is exposed only in blood group O. Objectives: To report the po...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14044
Diarrhoea is one of the foremost public health problems worldwide especially among Children under five years in developing countries. Only few studies have investigated the epidemiology and virulence of Escherichia coli pathotypes in South-Eastern and South-Western Nigeria leavin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15623
Aim: To compare efficacy of combined intravitreal bevacizumab and subtenon triamcinolone versus three intravitreal injections of bevacizumab at one month interval for reducing foveal thickness. Methods: Sixty eyes of 30 diabetic patients with bilateral diabetic macular edema were...
Tolulope Adekoya-Benson, Peter Ojo Famoni, Olugbenga Ajala, Thompson Joseph Akinbolaji, Oluwasegun Christopher Adeosun, Adegboyega Agbaje, Omobolanle Olatimehin & Haleem Olujuwon Ibraheem·International STD Research & Reviews·2015
This study was carried out to know the prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and syphilis infections among the people of Ekiti, South-West, Nigeria. This study took place at the Haematology and Blood Transfusion Unit, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. Patients...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/15859
Changes in rainfall patterns continue to affect pastoralism as practiced by the Maasai community in Kajiado County. The Maasai community is vulnerable to effects of the changing rainfall patterns induced by climate variability. The community has tried to cope with these changes b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12527
In this paper we introduce and study special types of magic squares of order six. We present the property preserving transformations. We list some enumerations of these squares, which are computed using codes based on parallel computing.
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13383
Aim: In this study, we determine the effects of the supplementation of sardine protein, Citrus latifolia extract and the combination of both on lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase and paraoxonase-1 activities in hypercholesterolemic rats. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14848
An engineering geophysical assessment of the permanent site of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki has been carried out to determine the stability of the site for construction projects. Vertical electrical soundings were carried and their interpretation revealed existence of s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/15195
Oral lichenoid reactions are histologically and clinically very similar to oral lichen planus, but differ, as in these cases the underlying cause is particularly identifiable. Various etiological factors for such lesion are dental restorative materials, drugs, food additives, ora...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15075
Least-cost allocation of redundancy within subsystems of a series-parallel system to meet a requirement for system reliability may be modelled as a nonlinear integer program in which the number of variables is equal to the number of subsystems. The data are the system requirement...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14835
Objective: To report a case of pregnant woman with low thrombocyte count which in fact has spurious thrombocytopenia. Methods: A 40-week pregnant woman was admitted to our obstetric clinic with complaint and signs of active labour. She was hospitalized and followed for the vagina...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15846
Abayomi Rachel Olufunmilayo, Akobi Oliver Adeyemi, Olowosulu Ruth Omotayo, Igunnu Shola Anna, Akanbiola Iyadunni Oluwabunmi, Ogedengbe Sunday Oladokun, Akpata Amos Sunday Francis, Imhanrobobhor Erdman Amos, Akobi Evelyn Chimerenma, Abayomi Malomo Abiobun & Uzoigwe Eunice Ogochukwu·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Background: The global HIV/AIDS epidemic has killed an estimated 21.8 million people and another 36.1 million are living with HIV infection. Sexual transmission is by far the most common mode of transmission globally. Aim: To study the prevalence rate of HIV among the women deleg...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15585