Aims: Mercury is an environmental hazard. Therefore, we studied recent trends in the blood level of organic and inorganic mercury in the United States (US). Methodology: We analyzed newly available data on blood inorganic mercury levels in NHANES 2005-2010. Organic mercury level...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13303
British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, ISSN: 2231-0614,Vol.: 5, Issue.: 4 Original-research-article Erosive Potential of Medicated Syrups on Primary Teeth: An In vitro Comparative Study K. Jai Kiran1, C. Vinay2*, K. S. Uloopi2, R. Chandra Sekhar2, V. Madhuri2...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13434
Eve G. Spratt, Ann- Charlotte Granholm, Laura A. Carpenter, Heather A. Boger, Carrie E. Papa, Sarah Logan, Humera Chaudhary, Sarah- Wade Boatwright & Kathleen T. Brady·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2014
Aims: There is a need for more biologic research in autistic disorder (AD) to determine if biomarkers exist that would be useful for correlating to symptom severity and/or clinical improvement during treatment. Given the fact that AD is 4 times more common in males than females,...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12118
In this work we present a mathematical model for tumour growth based on the biology of the cell cycle. Our model reproduces the dynamics of three different tumour cell populations: Quiescent cells, cells during the inter phase and mitotic cells. Here, we investigate the stability...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12519
This research provides an insight into the threat of water resources in the northern region due to rising temperature and declining rainfall with the broad objective of analysing temperature and rainfall trends and their significance. A 50-year climate data from 1961-2010 on temp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/13031
The aim of this study was to develop an energy efficient method to decompose powdered laboratory safety examination gloves (PLEG). This paper reports on the results of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of PLEG without a catalyst. The study was conducted in the Department of Biolog...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12277
This study is aimed at delineating the aquifer systems in the study area and hence determining the parts with higher aquifer yield. To achieve this, 120 Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) were carried out in Okigwe District of Imo State of Nigeria, using the Schlumberger electro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7798
The present paper aims to evaluate the actual relevance of the application of metrological criteria for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis using Comparative Cervical Tuberculin (CCT) inoculation tests. The present work involves the following steps: identification of the instrum...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12830
This work investigated the performance of Okra seed (Hibiscus esculentus L.) extract in removal of suspended dissolved particles from brewery effluent by coag-flocculation process at room temperature using various doses of okra seed extract. The study was carried out using nephel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9887
Soil samples from all the active landfills in Lagos were analyzed for some physiochemical parameters in order to determine their suitability for use as compost. Of the assessed depth of 100 cm; from the surface to a depth of 20 cm, the concentrations of metals in the soil samples...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12964
A study has been conducted to develop safe swimming conditions along the North-West coast of Egypt. Investigations have been made for the perched beach approaches. Both numerical models and actual scale field data have been employed in this study. Attention has also been given to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12497
Aims: The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of subjective factors in the tendency to shop online. Study Design: The research model was formed using some variables such as raw data collection, perceived benefits of web-surfing, perceived risks of online...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6344
This study aimed at investigating agricultural water use technologies adoption by smallholder farmers in Lare Division Nakuru County Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research design and was carried out between February and March 2014. It involved smallholder farmers who had...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12323
Aims: Environmental degradation associated with greenhouse gases (GHG) including methane and carbon dioxide which causes global warming is one the challenges facing global environmental sustainability. This study was designed to assess the possible contribution of palm oil mill e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10698
The cancer prevalence in the Malwa region of Punjab (1089/million/year) is much higher than the national average cancer prevalence in India (800/million/year). In our previous study on hair metal analysis, we located a high metal burden in Punjabi cancer patients and their live-i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13124