The main purpose of this paper is to establish the sufficient condition for the restricted isometry constant δs in compressed sensing by using T. Cai and A. Zhang idea. Let h ≡ x* − x and h = (h1; h2; _ _ _ ; hn), where x is an unknown signal and x* is the CS-solution. For simpli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/9002
Background: According to the World Health Organisation [1] obesity is now a “global epidemic”, ranking as the fifth most common cause of death worldwide. Obesity prevalence has more than doubled over the past two decades [2], with particularly high levels in Scotland [3]. Obesity...
Ghana’s agriculture is characterized by low productivity, low farm incomes and low levels of technological adoption and use of inefficient production techniques. This poor state of Ghana’s agriculture is related to farmers’ attitudes towards risk in the adoption of new production...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/5401
Background: Evidence supports the effect of protein to increase diet induced thermogenesis and satiety; promoting effective weight loss in the management of obesity [1,2]. However, there is limited evidence to indicate the optimum protein source that will elicit maximum effects o...
Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess the hypothesis that genetic diversity of breast cancer is related to clinical and pathological tumors characteristics. Study Design: Representative sequences of mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene of cancerous tissues were analyzed to det...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6859
Background: Evidence suggests that health care students experience a degree of trauma after experiencing a patient death [1] and they keep their feelings and concerns about patient death to themselves [2]. Rivers, Perkins and Carson [3] suggest that students may be inadequately p...
Background: There is evidence to suggest consumers feel required to make compromises between enjoyability and healthfulness of food [1]. Implicit in this suggestion is that “healthy” foods are not as enjoyable as “unhealthy” foods. Concurrently it is recognised that descriptors a...
Background: The high prevalence of obesity in the UK is associated with a substantial risk of ill health [1]. Prevention and management of this health risk requires accurate identification of obesity. Obesity is traditionally identified in individuals using body mass index (BMI)...
Background: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease characterised by a respiratory decline and pancreatic insufficiency. Research advances include aggressive use of antibiotics, mucolytics and nutritional interventions, extending the median age of survival...
Aims: To investigate (1) the correlation between MRI findings of Intervertebral disc water content and disc height, with self-rated quality of life (QoL), pain, and disability respectively, and (2) the correlation between QoL and pain, and QoL and disability respectively. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7345
Background: The prevalence of NAFLD is increasing in line with rates of obesity; it is currently estimated to affect 25% of the western world [1]. In the absence of approved pharmaceutical therapy, lifestyle intervention is the mainstay of current treatment [2]. Establishment of...
Aims: 1. To study the levels of Apolipoprotein A-I and activity of Lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) in newly detected type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry and Department of Medicine, Bel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5551
Background: Obesity is a growing problem in the developed world affecting 23% of the UK population [1]. Current treatment relies on 1:1 counselling, group support, pharmacological management and surgery [2]. Group weight loss has been shown to be effective and may offer a scalabl...
Introduction: The Department of Health (DH) [1] Infant Feeding Guidelines recommend that solid foods (SF) are introduced to infants at around 6 months. Moore et al.[2] suggest knowledge of DH guidelines improves compliance; this study assesses which sources of advice and which se...
Background: In recent years there has been a marked growth in the market of functional foods, promising consumers a wide range of benefits [1]. However research seeking to assess levels of consumer understanding has produced mixed results and is quickly outdated [2]. It is partic...