Aim: To determine prevalence and associated risk factors of hydatidosis and to assess burden and size of cysts in cattle slaughtered at Adigrat municipal abattoir. Study Design: Cross - sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Adigrat municipal abattoir, Ethiopia, betwee...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/4514
Aims: Paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) post transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with poor survival however considerable variability exists between incidences of PVR in current literature. The primary aim of this study was to establish the incidence of PVR...
Aims: To identify the major chemical components contained within the Artemisia annua tea infusion, which has been traditionally used to treat fevers and chills. Study Design: Currently, little chemical data exists on the tea infusion as previous work only focused on LC-MS analys...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6385
An efficient micropropagation (direct & indirect) and microtuberization protocol for an endemic and ethanomedicinal plant Ceropegia pusilla is described. The highest number of shoot initiation (3.50 ±0.34) and higher average shoot number in shoot subculture (15.40 ± 1.65) wer...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/5266
Since 1990s until today, the Asia-Pacific Mussel Watch approach has been widely used for biomonitoring purpose in Malaysia by using the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis in particular. This paper reviewed the concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn), Linear Alkylbenzene...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4130
Aims: To produce an updated 1:25,000 topographic map of Anyigba through the application of geospatial technologies – GIS techniques, Remote Sensing data, GPS and other ancillary hardware and software. Study Design: Application of satellite imageries and GIS software for the produ...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/3999
Muhammad Shoaib Alam, Sana Ullah Khan, Sultan Ayaz, Noor Ul Akbar, Muhammad Asim Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees & Muhammad Waqar·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Background: Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia are intestinal parasites that predominantly causes "waterborne" infections that are transmitted through consumption of contaminated water. Both parasites typically cause an acute short-term infections with self-limiting diarr...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3947
Aims: The determinant of dividend policy is one of the biggest challenges that has long been the center of accounting and financial researcher and theoreticians’ attention. In this study, four effects, namely, cash-flow uncertainty, earned/contributed capital mix, agency conflict...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4443
Nasarawa, a state authority in Nigeria has planned a hydro-electric dam upstream of Farin Ruwa wetlands which has the potential of directly disrupting the natural flow of the Farin Ruwa River and by extension the Dep river system in the Benue trough. It is therefore important not...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6064
Throughout the world, Equity markets have been advanced as the main forms of investment for numerous organizations and individuals arraying large investments and funds to the general public. The nature of the stock market becomes highly volatile. The demeanor of aggregate stock p...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5409
Aims: The generation of the tailings, poor settling slurry contaminated with emulsified bitumen, significantly increases the negative impact of oil sands operations on the environment and human health (contamination of surface and ground water with hydrocarbons and naphthenic aci...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6338
Background: For the past ten years, researchers have sought effective ways of exploring the possibilities of constructing homes more efficiently by using low-cost green building materials and components, as they produce less toxic waste and also perform very well in terms of cost...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5892
Aims: To report the results of a week-long Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) pilot training and capacity building program for community caregivers in Lebanon. Study Design: Using mixed methods instruments, we collected participant demographics, measured participant understanding of baseli...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/3819
Aim: Hyphal forms of human fungal pathogen Candida albicans play a major role in infection process. During mucosal infections, they invade epithelial and endothelial cells and cause damage probably through the release of hydrolytic enzymes. Targeting yeast to hyphal form morphoge...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4914
Aims: X-ray scattered from a silicon single crystal was investigated. A new scattered line with increased frequency was observed. Study Design: In order to ascertain that the new modified X-ray line observed is not accidental, an inelastic scattering experiment has been perfo...