Because no study has been conducted on the attitude to ageing among the community dwelling elderly in Malaysia, the objective of this study was to determine the attitudes to ageing among the elderly and the influence of social support on it. This cross sectional study was conduct...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10023
Introduction: Although tuberculosis is hyper-endemic in India and is responsible for a huge proportion of respiratory morbidity, adequate workup should be conducted to rule out other differential diagnosis wherever applicable. Case Report: A 32 year old male health worker was suf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11883
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the chest radiographic patterns of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in relation to HIV co-infection. Study Deign: Cross-sectional descriptive study Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted at Gondar U...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7308
Álvaro Montiel-Jarquín, Ángel Espitia-Ayala, Mario García-Carrasco, Claudia Mendoza-Pinto, Rodolfo G. Barragán-Hervella, Arturo Árcega-Domínguez, Arturo García-Galicia & Eugenio García-Cano·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: Gynaecomastia is defined as an enlargement of the mammary gland in men. Objective: To evaluate Aesthetic Results of Subdermal Mastectomy by means of Inferior Periareolar Incision. Materials and Methods: Descriptive, cross sectional and prospective study. We evaluate a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11251
The incidence of malaria infestation has assumed epidemic status and treatment procedures have failed to yield required results due to resistance of most Plasmodial species to conventional antimalarial drugs especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Phyllantus amarus (Schum and Thonn) wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7463
Aim: The present study was carried out to evaluate the potential protective role of blackberry juice (BBJ) and quercetin (Q) against sodium fluoride-induced liver damage and impairment of kidney function, as well as hematotoxicity in rats. Study Design: After 2 weeks of acclimati...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2014/12057
Aims: Insect growth regulators (IGRs) offer alternatives to conventional chemical larvicides that pose problem of resistance and environmental safety. However, only a limited number of IGRs have been approved for use in mosquito control. The present investigation was to evaluate...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11366
Glenn Sia Su, Kevin Dueñas, Kevin Roderno, Mary Ann Sison, Maria Lilibeth Sia Su, Elena Ragragio, Teresita De Guzman & Francisco M. Heralde III·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aims: The aim of our study was to isolate and determine the distribution and diversity of marine fungal species in Manila Bay. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Manila Bay, Philippines, between November 2012 and April 2013. Methodology: Grab water...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/12338
The objective of this study was to examine DPPH scavenging assays to determine the antioxidant activity of three species of raspberry leaves (Rubus hyrcanus Juz, R. caesius L., and R. astarae Gili). We tested three different solvents (methanolic, water, methanolic-water) to deter...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11269
Aims: The immune system and some of the organs of HIV positive patients may be subject of some disruptions caused by Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART). This study has been initiated in order to assess the impact of ART on the immunological and hematological parameters of People Liv...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/11109
The present study aimed to investigate hydrogeochemistry and its suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes and to determine the contamination of estuary water of ship breaking activities in Sitakunda region, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The study was carried out by in-situ fiel...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/12364
Iron hydroxide (Fe(OH)3) coprecipitation and an eco-friendly flotation technique by use of gamma poly-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) was developed for removal of heavy metals from water. Effects of PGA concentration and the flotating time on the flotation of Fe(OH)3 precipitate and remova...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10936
In the present case, biodegradable starch interactions with various surfactants have been studied for the investigation of ability and cleansing activity of the starch-surfactant-water system. The surfactants investigated were sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) sodium octanoate (NaOct...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10562
Worldwide climatologists are investigating to find a possible relation of climate change with anthropogenic behavior by studying trends in different climatic parameters. However, the changes in temperature are not equal for all regions especially in India and have localized inten...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8650
Aims: The study is conducted with the objective of deriving the growth and loss rates of cancer causing cells by formulating two optimization problems based on Two Stage Stochastic Model for Cancer Cell growth developed by Srinivasa Rao and Tirupathi Rao [10]. It has significant...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6445