The antisickling and membrane stabilizing effect of aqueous extract of Carica papaya leaf was investigated. Fifty confirmed HbSS patients on routine clinical checkup were involved in this experiment after their consent has been obtained. 50 samples of HbSS blood were collected. T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14608
Objective: The present study was designed to compare the effects of resistance, endurance, and combined endurance / resistance exercises on plasma lipid and lipoprotein profile in healthy untrained middle-aged men. Methods: Healthy middle-aged staff of Islamic Azad University of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14898
Background: Hypertension is a major health problem worldwide. Its role, and other well-known coronary risk factors, especially dyslipidemia, in atherogenesis have informed estimation of cardiovascular risk. Hitherto, low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) and high density lipoprotein (H...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15021
Aims: A reverse flow injection analysis technique was developed for the spectrophotometric determination of ethylene glycol in antifreeze solutions. Place and Duration of Study: Antifreeze solutions were purchased from oil-changers (Erbil, Kurdistan region, Iraq), between April 2...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/6440
Aims: The root canals have complex morphology and vary widely among individuals variations. The objective of this research was to analyse the morphology of root canals and existence of extra canals in mandibular first molar in subpopulation of Al-Medina Al-Munawarah. Study Design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15189
Isothermal, kinetics and thermodynamics studies of Cr (VI) from simulated solution onto modified activated carbon from endocarp of Canarium schweinfurthii (African Elemi) was studied. The effect of process parameters such as, contact time, pH, adsorbent dosage, initial metal ion...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/14823
Our study focused on identifying factors underlining the deteriorating health condition of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the New Juaben Municipality. After a review of the relevant literature, the following hypotheses were developed: the attitude of PLWHA to antiretrovir...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/13809
Aims: The purpose of the article is to examine the causes of the increase in work-related accidents in the coal mining industry in Turkey. Furthermore, the article aims to investigate the impact of private sector employment and privatization process to occupational health and saf...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15125
In this paper, the bifurcation method of planar systems and simulation method of differential equations are employed to investigate the bounded traveling wave solutions of the osmosis K (3,2) equation. Our results show that this equation admits a variety of physical solutions suc...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14958
Aim: Alendronate (AL) is a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate drug that exhibits limited oral bioavailability due to predominantly hydrophilic molecular properties. To enhance oral absorption of this important osteoporosis drug, a novel ion-pairing strategy using the cationic pol...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13975
This paper applies modified He's iteration perturbation method to study periodic solutions of strongly nonlinear oscillators. Some examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and convenience of the method. The results are compared with the numerical solution and the compar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14364
Aims: To determine the microbial quality and the presence of antibiotic residues in raw beef from four major abattoirs in Accra, Ghana. Study Design: Cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Samples were obtained from the four major abattoirs namely; Madina, Tema (GIHOC), Ac...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14759
Aims: Primarily, to assess fat free mass (FFM) and upper arm muscle area (UAMA) as measures of muscularity in tribal and non-tribal college students, and secondly, to examine muscularity, as an index of nutritional status, in these two populations. Study Design: Cross-sectional s...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14283
This paper is designed to explain the main constraints that hinder pastoral mobility in arid and semi-arid lands. It aims to investigate the main factors behind the decline of herd mobility. It also determines the implications of mobility constraints on pastoral farming. The data...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/11344
Aim: This study aimed to measure the amount of calcium dissolved from dental enamel of extracted human teeth immersed in lactic acid solution after irradiation by 532 nm (100 mW) and 671 nm (100 mW) continuous wave diode lasers. Methodology: One hundred and forty freshly extracte...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/10185