Objectives: To determine the level of awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms and help-seeking responses of female health workers. Methods: Four hundred and fifty seven female health workers were randomly selected and made to complete a structured proforma adapted from the Ovarian C...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13354
Aim: Infections with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cause serious morbidity and mortality. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis B and C infections and their co-infections among blood donors in Minia governorate, Egypt. Study Design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12901
Aim: To determine the incidence, predisposing factors, clinical presentation and perinatal and maternal outcome of patients managed for abruptio placenta. Study Design: A retrospective review. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Niger Delta Univ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12842
Aims: To study the effect of various doses of tetracycline (TC), oxytetracycline (OTC) and chlortetracycline (CTC) on the enzymatic (DHA, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, urease and catalase) activity in sewage amended and un-amended alluvial soil. Methodology: A laborator...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12904
Cassava peels, a major agricultural waste associated with the processing of cassava tubers into value-added products such as industrial starch and derived food items including garri and foofoo, were used as raw material for the production of α-amylase. The major step of the proce...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/10856
Production of Some Polysaccharides from Kojic Acid Producing Aspergillus oryzae var. effusus NRC14 Biomass Aims: The present investigation describes the utilization of Aspergillus oryzae var. effusus NRC14 biomass producing kojic acid in the production of fine chemicals that have...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/13740
Enhancement of Bone Formation by Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Released from Poly (L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) Microsphere An appropriate carrier acting as a sustained delivery vehicle for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) is required for the maximal clinical effectiveness of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12949
Questionnaires were distributed to 49 stable schizophrenia patients with work experience who were either hospitalized in an open ward of a psychiatric hospital or were outpatients of the hospital to gain understanding of schizophrenia patients’ experiences at work, reasons for no...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13039
This paper argues that the absence of moral and religious education from the curriculum of schools in Cameroon is due to the secular nature of the educational system and such absence has led to the weak moral health of the country. Hence, there is need for holistic education whic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13020
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is a well-described congenital heart disease in infants and children but is less commonly reported in adults. Mechanical, surgical and spontaneous closure of PDAs in infants and fetuses are common, however spontaneous closure of PDA in adults is unc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/12786
In adult with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), it has been known that steroids have been used as a first-line therapy. The therapy induced remission in more than 60% of patients. Here, we evaluated the results of dapsone for a steroid-resistant ITP patient. Further, dapsone has bee...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13139
Yoshiko Shutto, Michiko Shimada, Maiko Kitajima, Reiichi Murakami, Takeshi Fujita, Ikuyo Narita, Norio Nakamura & Hideaki Yamabe·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2014
In the chronic kidney disease (CKD), adequate phosphate control is critical to reduce mortality rate and cardiovascular risks, besides, it may improve renal prognosis. We surveyed the awareness of the high phosphate content in the commercially processed food and drinks among rena...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13153
This paper presents stochastic volatility in the valuation of European options. Stochastic volatility models treat the volatility of the underlying asset as a random process rather than the constant volatility assumption of the Black-Scholes model. By changing the model parameter...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13176
The need for new and useful compounds to provide assistance and relief in all aspects of human condition is over-growing. Seeking to improve the quality of life, the natural products isolated from endophytic microorganisms are important to obtain new compounds that can be used in...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13237
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of formulation composition and methods of preparation on the physico-chemical properties and drug release of naproxen liposome. Methods: The ratio of lipid to drug, lipid to lipid, organic to aqueous phase and methods of...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12944