Aim: To determine the awareness and knowledge of childhood diabetes amongst medical students and effectiveness of education on their knowledge. Study Design: A cross sectional study at the department of Paediatrics and child health of the college of Health Sciences, in a Nigerian...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14368
A seven year old patient with intractable epilepsy was admitted to our hospital. We used intravenous (IV) antiepileptic drug (AED) regimen to optimize the oral AEDs by adding newer AEDs, which have been reported to be beneficial when compared to older AEDs in controlling seizures...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/14163
Adverse effects associated with sodium nitroprusside (SNP) administration are rarely observed in children. Monitoring of metabolic changes appears to be the most sensitive and accurate indicator of early toxicity. We report a case of acute toxicity in a 3-month-old boy treated wi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/14420
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by severe haemorrhagic diathesis as the major cause of treatment failure and fatal outcome. Less frequently the patient may either present with thrombosis or it may complicate remission induction therapy. We present a 49-year-ol...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13812
Effect of kLa and Fed-batch Strategies for Enhanced Production of Xylitol by Debaryomyces nepalensis NCYC 3413 Aims: To evaluate the effect of volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient on the production of xylitol by Debaryomyces nepalensis and to enhance the yield and productivity...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14273
Mina Khanbagi Dogahe, Kianoush Khosravi-Darani, Azadeh Tofighi, Mehrnaz Dadgar & Amir Mohammad Mortazavian·Biotechnology Journal International·2014
Effect of Process Variables on Survival of Bacteria in Probiotics Enriched Pomegranate Juice Aims: The consumption of foods and beverages containing probiotic microorganisms is a growing, global consumer trend. In this research, production of probiotic pomegranate juice containin...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/12114
Hailu Weldekiros Hailu, Viktor Abdallah, Ari Susilowati, Saleh Muhammed Raqib & Ali Ramadan Ali ALatawi·Biotechnology Journal International·2014
Biochemical Characterization, 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis and Multiple Sequence Alignment of Bacteria Isolated from Fermented and Unfermented Coconut Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is a tropical and subtropical plant which has great versatility due to many benefits of its different p...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14523
Aims: This study examines the foundations of modern scientometrics as laid down by Derek De Solla Price who is reputed to be the founding father of scientometrics. Methodology: A brief overview of the study of network structures was made. This was used to identify the onset of er...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/14630
Over the years, despite the fact that women constitute two-third of the teaching corps in Cameroon, there has existed gender bias in the appointment of secondary school principals. Today, there is awareness amongst politicians, women scholars and pressure groups alike, that the t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13018
Aım: Cardiovascular diseases are the most important causes of mortality and morbidity in chronic renal disease. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between glomerular filtration rate, serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium parathormone, vitamin D, l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28231
Based on the statistical thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, a simple mechanism for superconductivity has been proposed. With the method described in this paper, the transition temperatures can be easily determined, as a result, the efficiency in searching new superconductivity...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13530
Aim: Investigate the possible mechanism (s) of the poor bioavailability of a lipophilic compound in rats using the physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach. Methodology: A rat PBPK model was constructed using data from intravenous administration, and verifie...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13527
The animal skins and hides (wet salted/fresh goat skins, sheep skins and cow hides) were tanned using a rotating drum after it was aged for four days by enclosing it in an air tight environment using polyethylene bags. The properties of goat skins, sheep skins and cow hides studi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12938
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate Anopheles gambiae larval tolerance, density- as a function of survivorship- and the response of their detoxification enzymes to levels of various physico-chemical environmental factors present in their breeding sites. Study Design: Mos...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13268
This study investigated the coag-flocculation performance of alum, pulverized snail shell coagulant (PSSC), and their blends under varying pH and coagulant dosage in removing turbidity from quarry effluent (QE) at room temperature. A laboratory bench-scale jar test was employed f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13631