Background: Understanding prescribing pattern of antimicrobials in postoperative period will provide data pertaining to efficacy of prophylaxis during post surgical period and economic burden faced by patients. This data will help local authorities formulate practical guidelines...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11259
Aims: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic infectious and contagious zoonotic disease of domestic, wild animals and humans. The disease occurs in a wide range of mammalian species and therefore, poses a public health threat. It also results in considerable economic losses in li...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11650
Aims: Inheritance of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is still a controversy. Our study aims to analyze the family history of PCOS features and related metabolic disturbances including the male members to determine the mode of their inheritance. Study Design: A cross sectional st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13461
Aim: The study was conducted to assess the knowledge and perception of probiotics among medical science students and practitioners in Lagos state. Study Design: This is a questionnaire based survey. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Lagos state which is loca...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13676
In order to clarify contribution of the mugineic acid family of phytosiderophores (MAs) to the iron (Fe) nutrient utilization for the survival of grasses grown in sodic soils, the secretion of MAs from the roots of Puccinellia chinampoensis Ohwi (P. chinampoensis), one of the sod...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13640
This study used the soil management assessment framework (SMAF) to evaluate the quality of wastewater irrigated soils in urban Kano, Nigeria in the dry season of 2012. Three sites each on Challawa and Jakara rivers receiving industrial and domestic wastewaters respectively were s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13472
In this paper we have obtained vacuum solutions of the plane symmetric space-time in ƒ(R) gravity. The general solutions of the field equations of plane symmetric space-time have been obtained under the assumption of special form of deceleration parameter. The physical and geomet...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/13999
Aim: In the present work, we have studied the effect of L ascorbic acid (LAA) on the regeneration of plants from different families cultured in vitro. Study Design: Plants belonging to three different families are cultured in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with and without 1µg/m...
Jurandy Mauro Penitente-Filho, Erly Carrascal, Fabrício Albani Oliveira, Adriana Moreira Zolini, Carlos Tiago Oliveira, Ítalo Augusto Costa Soares & Ciro Alexandre Alves Torres·Biotechnology Journal International·2014
Influence of Dominant Follicle and Corpus luteum on Recovery of Good Quality Oocytes for In vitro Embryo Production in Cattle The quality of oocytes is more critical for the success of bovine in vitro embryo production (IVP) than the conditions of in vitro culture of these struct...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/13829
Effects of Methanolic Extract of Dioclea reflexa Hook F Seed on some Haematological and Kidney Function Parameters in Rats following Single or Repeated Carbon Tetrachloride Intoxication Objective: To investigate the effect of methanolic extract of Dioclea reflexa Hook F seed on m...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/13836
Low frequency electromagnetic fields (LF-EMFs) which can be generated from homes and workplaces appliances can lead to alteration in oncogenes causing cancer diseases such as leukemia, nervous system tumors, lymphoma and breast cancer. To investigate the effect of LF-EMFs on c-my...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/14106
Some Biochemical Effects of Methanolic Extract of Afzelia africana Seed in Rats Following Single or Repeated Carbon Tetrachloride Intoxication Aim: To establish the in vivo effects of the methanolic extract of Afzelia africana seed on CCl4- induced organ damage on some biochemica...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/13785
Effect of Nutrients on Biological Nitrification Biological nitrification is the most commonly used process for nitrogen removal from wastewater. Nitrification is carried out in two steps. First ammonia is converted to nitrite by ammonia oxidizing bacteria. In the second step nitr...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/11828
Lipid Profile, Haemoglobin Level and Antioxidant Effect of Pre-treatment with Methanolic Extract of Byrsocarpus coccineus Schum. & Thonn. Leaf against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Injuries to Liver, Kidney and Heart of Rats Aim: To evaluate the protective and ameliorative rol...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12719
Sanitary Survey of Drinking Water Quality in Plateau State, Nigeria Background: Documented evidence confirmed that some infectious diseases are transmitted primarily through water contaminated with human and animal faeces. Developing countries suffer from more serious outbreaks o...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/13022