Aims: This study was designed to characterize verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC), important food-borne pathogens, in relation to virulence genes found in large plasmids harboured by disease-associated strains. Our aim was to detect these genes and possible combinations of them...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/13905
Today the issue of food safety is global problem that gets main concern in setting public health policy. The eruption of diseases caused by food contamination occurs in places where sanitation and hygiene conditions are generally poor. Reliable identification of bacteria remains...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/13792
In today’s ever-changing world, effective management of human resources is a necessity, but are accompanied with differing management philosophies and methods. This study addresses the growing body of psychological capital research, defined as a positive situation for personal de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/12574
Learning theories play a significant role in curriculum development and implementation. This study evaluated whether and how various relevant and appropriate learning theories were applied in the curriculum design process of the Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) diploma program...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/11603
Aims: Ideal teacherhood in vocational education has not been widely studied or comprehensively defined. However, in the changing work life, the role of vocational education teachers (VET) becomes more and more important as they are responsible for educating future employees in nu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13901
This study aimed to describe how incentives and personality types are perceived to be having impact on research performance of teachers working in the Public sector universities of Pakistan. Study tested the relationship hypothesis of the personality types as well as expectancy,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/9622
This study investigated the use of Mobile and Wireless Technology (MWT) in higher education using the selected public university students in Malaysia. A random sampling has been selected among 490 students from three Public Universities and one Polytechnic. The study has been add...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/12856
Transition from secondary school to higher institution, is a critical period in psychosocial functioning and development of individual which is marked by an expansion of peer networks, increased importance of friendships including romantic relationships, and recognition. Primaril...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13085
Catatonia is a state of apparent unresponsiveness to external stimuli in a person who is apparently awake and which occurs in children, adolescents, and adults and is characterized by a variety of symptoms and signs of impairment of the expression of voluntary thoughts and moveme...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/13171
Sensing and mitigating explosives are critical for homeland security. This paper investigates the electrochemical responses of TiO2 nanotubes exposed to several chemicals including ammonium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, methanol, ethanol and ethylene glycol which are used directly...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/14263
There are 30 heterometallic Fe/Ag complexes in this review. The complexes contain the following metallic cores: FeAg, Fe2Ag, FeAg2, FeAgW, Fe2Ag2, FeAg3, Fe4Ag, Fe3Ag2, Fe2Ag4, Fe2Ag2Pd2, Fe6Ag, Fe4Ag4, Fe4Ag5, Fe3Ag6 and {FeAg}n. The mean M-M bond distance elongated in the order...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13420
The time required for the shift in pH after addition of small quantities of a weak acid into fixed volumes of spring water was measured once per minute while the sample was exposed to magnetic field configurations that have been shown to influence photon emissions and to produce...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13156
Six impurities were identified in the lab development batches during the course of benzimidazole intermediate (1) synthesis by reverse phase HPLC method. Intermediate 1 is used as a common and advanced intermediate in the synthesis of candesartan and azilsartan. All the impuritie...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13162
Background: While recent data showed that illicit drug use rates at six months of treatment with either methadone or buprenorphine were comparable among patients [1] and that slow-release oral morphine was not inferior to methadone as detoxification treatment [2], methadone conti...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13517
Background/Objective: The potential impact of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy has attracted much interest in recent years. This study was an exploratory one aimed to assess vitamin D status among a small random sample of Egyptian pregnant women and their newborns, and to ev...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/12291