Aims: To improve the nutrient quality of fura, an acha based flour food by adding bambara groundnut flour. Study Design: Product development approach. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi and for six months. Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/4782
An endeavour has been made to analyze the hydrodynamic magnetic fluid based finite journal bearing by making use of finite difference method and MATLAB. Under the assumptions of hydromagnetic lubrication the Reynold’s equation is derived, in turn, which is solved resorting to fin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5799
Aims: This research was designed to evaluate the Bisphenol A (BPA) level in five selected canned food products (sweet corn, baked bean, green pea, tomato paste and sardine) on sale in Lagos markets, South West Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry and D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5881
Climate extremes threaten livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa hence the need for adaptations strategies. The objective of the study was to analyze adaptation strategies used by smallholder farmers by examining their knowledge of climate extremes and the perce...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5725
Aims: To fit a time series model to daily Naira-Pound exchange rate series. Study Design: Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Model. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Mathematics/Computer Science, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5535
Objectives: To evaluate possible ocular hypotensive effect of 0.5% diltiazem and 0.1% verapamil eye drops on intraocular pressure in steroid induced glaucoma model of rabbits. And compare with 0.5% timolol eye drops. Methodology: Glaucoma was induced in rabbits (N=18) by bilatera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2013/4389
Aims: We present this case to raise awareness of this unusual presentation of a malignant anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left coronary cusp in a patient older than 50 years. We describe a useful imaging modality and discuss therapy. Presentation of the Case: We...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5508
We present the case of a 66-year-old man under surveillance for oropharyngeal malignancy. The presentation was that of recent onset recurrent syncopal attacks associated with neck pain. Both bradycardia and hypotension were seen during the syncopal events. Although recurrence of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5992
Background: Silent myocardial ischemia is defined as objective documentation of myocardial ischemia in the absence of angina or anginal equivalents. There are a number of reports of exercise-related sudden deaths and myocardial infarctions in aerobically trained athletes sufferin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6145
Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is seen in the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) population in the setting of hypergammaglobulinemia and antiretroviral agents, whereas isolated HIV infection is rarely reported to be associated with dR...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6650
We report the case of a 10 year old girl with a late diagnosis of a high grade osteosarcoma (Stage IIb) of the right femur in a low income setting. The diagnosis could clinically have been made much earlier if the observation of an enucleated congenitally blind left eye due to a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5037
Aims: Previous researches identified the gene for Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and found several different gene mutations that cause this inherited rheumatic disease. The aim of this work is to investigate the correlation between severity of symptoms of FMF and the number a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5311
Aims: To objectively evaluate the level of scientific research of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) of the provincial capital cities in China. Design：To compare each capital city’s scientific research output in China, the authors used authoritative Chinese datab...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5599
Aims: The study was designed to investigate the testiculo protective effects of ethanolic roots extract of Pseudocedrela kotschyi on alloxan-induced testicular damage in diabetic rats. Study Design: Experimental diabetes using animal models. Place and Duration of Study: Departmen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5680
Aims: To conduct a review of the literature concerning existing methods to detect alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in human serum and to examine the dietary factors that modulate ALP-intestinal isoenzyme (IAP) activity, in light of new findings about its additional functions. Backgroun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/3309