Aims: To verify the screening performance of Pap smear and four modalities of visual inspection tests (VIT) in screening for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia CIN of grade 2, 3 or carcinoma in situ, in a low risk population. Study Design: A transversal study validated above test...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8026
Introduction: Motorcycling is a globalized mode of transport patronized by many road users especially in Nigeria. Although, fraught with negative health outcomes. This study sought to access the perceived consequences of substance use on health and safety among commercial motorcy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7939
Background: As deaths caused by HIV declines with the use of HAART, liver disease associated with co-infection of HIV with hepatotropic viruses has become an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality. Aim: To assess the effect of HIV-mono and co-infections with hepatotropic vir...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/8017
The development of the tachinid fly, Drino inconspicuoides, a polyphagous and gregarious ovolarviparous parasitoid of lepidopteran larvae was investigated in the laboratory, under different regimes of temperature and varying clutch sizes, using the host, Mythimna separata. The ob...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/8522
The most common complications associated with vascular access devices are catheter related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI), which occur in acute care patients every minute, and occlusions. This review will address major issues associated with patient care and research associated...
Aim: Synthesis, characterization, anti-HIV, anti-HCV and kinesin activities of new indomethacin analogues have been carried out. Methodology: Arylated derivatives of indomethacin via the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction using palladium acetate/triphenylphophineor palladium...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/8721
Aim: To determine antimicrobial and antioxidative effects of Ganoderma lucidum. Place and Duration of Study: Erciyes University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology research laboratory,Kayseri, Turkey, between January to March, 2013. Methodology: Antimicrobial inhib...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8546
Aim: The main aim of this study is to evaluate the anti-oxidant and antimicrobial activity of mangrove species and the development of the callus biomass. Study Design: This is the first comparative evaluation report of field grown root and tissue cultured root callus of mangrove...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7340
Aims: Extracellular heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is an adjuvant molecule that stimulates the immune system. The C-terminal domain of Hsp70 (C70), without the ATPase domain, is sufficient for antigen cross-presentation. However, the mechanism by which the receptor mediates the u...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/8699
Aim: In view of the increase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mannan content, the culture medium and condition for S. cerevisiae were optimized in this study. Study Design: The mathematical model was established by the quadratic rotary combination design via Response Surface Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8712
Introduction: The menstrual disorder is very frequent complaint in adolescence age. Our aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of menstrual disorders in teenage girls and associated with sport. Method: This cross sectional study was conducted in 8 urban and rural areas i...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7504
Aim: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is One of the important factors that could induce adverse developmental outcome. They include intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR), intra-uterine fetal death (IUFD) and embryonic resorption and preterm delivery in rodents. That is demonstrated tha...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8054
We define a q-analogue of r-Stirling numbers of the second kind using their combinatorial interpretation in terms of set partition. Some properties are obtained including recurrence relation, explicit formula and certain symmetric formula. Moreover, a q-analogue of r-Stirling num...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/8093
In this paper, we present a generalized exponential distribution that contains four parameters. This distribution further generalizes previously established generalized exponential distributions which now serves as special cases of the new four-parameter generalized exponential d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/8191
Financial measures have been and continued to be used for measuring and understanding the health of business organizations. These measures have been criticized as backward looking and debates on the usefulness of non-financial measures (NFM) have been on. This paper examined the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6303