Aims: To examine the attitudes and the perceptions of community members and health workers towards leprosy, to study possible determinants of stigma and to provide baseline data for those who are interested in launching de-stigmatising interventions. Study Design: Cross-sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/11897
Background: This study, undertaken in a major tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, was designed to examine the incidence of lower lung field tuberculosis in HIV infected and uninfected patients, and in diabetic patients as well as their AFB status and outcome o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13872
Objective: To evaluate the anamnestic prevalence of hypertension and the number of subjects with high blood pressure independently by clinical history; quantify how many subjects are in our population with masked hypertension. Design: Descriptive observational study with simple r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12462
Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome is a congenital malformation characterized by failure of the mullerian duct to develop, resulting in missing of the uterus and upper part of the vagina in women showing normal development of secondary sexual characteristics and a 46, XX kar...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11384
Aims: Describe the multimodality imaging of a large facial AVM in a child and discuss the treatment options of pediatric facial AVMs Case Presentation: An 11 year old girl developed spontaneous (no prior trauma) enlargement of her left cheek with bleeding from her mouth when eati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12467
This work presents the molecular genetics investigation of a male neonate referred to our genetics laboratory with the diagnosis of classical lamellar ichthyosis (one form of autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis). The neonate was born as a "collodion-baby" and he is the prod...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10731
Aims: Curcumin is a popular spice and part of the ancient medicinal system Ayurveda. It is known to have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties; research has shown curcumin to have beneficial effects on induced liver damage in animals. Study Design: Based on...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13548
Aim: This study is mainly aimed at investigating the study the toxic effects of raw and cooked Tetracarpidium conophorum nut taken as snacks in Nigeria. Study Design: Both biochemical and histopathological effects the raw (RTC) and cooked (CTC) Tetracarpidium conophorum of differ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13707
Objectives: To develop separate and joint statistical models in the Bayesian framework for longitudinal measurements and time to death event data of HIV/AIDS patients. Study design: Longitudinal study. Place and Duration of Study: The population of study includes all HIV/AIDS pat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12907
Background and Aims: Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health problem and one of the leading causes of death. Worldwide, 31% of all estimated new TB cases are from Africa. Zimbabwe is one of the 22 high TB burden countries. Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) poses challenges in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13979
Background: The aim of this study was a comparison of the ultrasonographic (US) and histopathological findings on patients with thyroid nodules (TNs) in a moderately iodine-deficient region. Methods: The US properties (The echostructure, the presence of halo sign, microcalcificat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13743
Aims: This study examined how the pre-service teachers with strong subject matter competence quantitatively and qualitatively differed from their counterparts in teaching practices. Methodology: Thirteen pre-service physical education teachers (8 females and 5 males) who enrolled...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13306
The study looked into the perception of basic science teachers on the challenges and prospects of creativity in a basic science classroom. The researchers adopted a survey research design. Random sampling technique was used to select 100 basic science teachers from secondary scho...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/11522
Aim: Dearth of information exists on the phytochemistry and toxicity profile of ethanolic leaves extract of Lageneria breviflora in spite of the much touted medicinal efficacy of the plant. The present study qualitatively evaluated the phytochemical compositions as well as the to...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/13400
The study at hand presents a numerical method for simulations of the dynamics of slender rigid fibers immersed in an incompressible fluid. The underlying mathematical formulation is based on a slender body approximation as applied to a boundary integral equation for Stokes flow....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/12581