Aims: Students with perfectionistic tendencies may be present in classrooms; teachers would benefit from knowledge regarding contributing factors to, outcomes of, and evidence regarding intervention. The purpose of this paper was to provide an overview of evidence regarding how p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5532
The study was aimed at investigating differences among female students in science and technology-based university (STU) programmes in their motivation in learning science. The study utilized cross-sectional descriptive survey design. The theoretical framework for this study was b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/731
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified variants associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D), but less than five percent of the genetic variance associated with T2D is accounted for in GWAS studies performed using T2D as endpoint. These findings suggest relevance of asse...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5155
Denosumab is a potent novel antiresorptive agent for treatment of osteoporosis with unique mechanism of action . It is a fully human monoclonal antibody to the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL) that blocks its binding to RANK, inhibiting the development and a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6300
The majority of penile cancers develop from squamous cells within the skin resulting in a non-melanoma form of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma. Squamous cell carcinomas can develop anywhere on the penis, most appear on the foreskin in men who have not been circumcised or on...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4677
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate of the roles of CD5+ and CD19+ on lymphocytes, CD5+ on B lymphocytes, CD41a+ on platelets and CD55+ and CD59+ on erythrocytes in platelet destruction; and evaluate them according to the patient response status to steroid therapy and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5325
Posttraumatic stress disorder is a type of anxiety disorder that manifests after exposure to a traumatic event that was perceived as life threatening. Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder have a deficiency in the extinction of fear memory. Moreover, environmental cues s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5219
Aims: The objective of this research is to extract the aorta and to measure its diameter for preoperative planning of heart surgeries such as Endo Vascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) or Aortic Valvular Replacement (AVR). Study Design: Experimental Study. Place and Duration of Study: De...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5050
Aims: Neurotransmitter overflow into the extracellular space and activation of nitric oxide synthase were implicated in neuronal death after cerebral ischemia. A small temperature reduction induced after the insult crucially mitigated the neuronal death. To elucidate the mechanis...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/3399
Aims: To investigate women’s perceptions of miscarriage and its complications. Study Design: A qualitative design was used with data collected through semi-structured interviews. Place and Duration of Study: Gynaecology ward of the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Mala...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6402
Aims: Several scoring systems have been developed for diagnosis of appendicitis. This study aims to systematically explore how those scores were derived and validated, and to compare their performance. Study Design: Systematic review. Place and Duration of Study: We searched Medl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5255
Background: Garcinia kola (bitter kola) is one of the most common masticatories in Nigeria having social and ethnomedicinal applications. G. kola seeds are believed to contain caffeine, one of the major constituent of coffee which is also believed to improve memory. Aim: This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5352
Aims: To evaluate the pattern of skin prick test results of atopic dermatitis patients. Study: This was a retrospective study. Data were collected for the results of skin prick tests for atopic dermatitis patients who attended the King Abdul Aziz University Medical Services Derma...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5903
Aims: As differences in promoter activity and CD30 surface expression between CD30+ lymphoid cell-lines and peripheral blood leukocytes have been shown previously to be independent of the size of the CD30 promoter microsatellite, in this study we investigate the instability withi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6420
The relationship between glycated haemoglobin, fasting plasma glucose, packed cell volume and albumin creatinine ratio in diabetic patients in south-south Nigeria was investigated in 118 diabetic patients (80 females and 38 males) and 36 apparently healthy controls (20 females an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4713