Purpose: To clarify the origin of a metallic intraocular foreign body (IOFB) due to a firecracker injury and to show the utility of X-ray diffraction analysis in the identification process. Methods: Interventional case report using X-ray diffraction technique. Results: We report...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1016
Aim: This study examines the characteristics of harmattan dust and its composition in Enugu, Nigeria. Study Design: Survey Study. Place and Duration of Study: Enugu urban between October – April of 2009/10 and October – April, 2010/11. Methodology: Five different sites were selec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2012/950
In this paper we introduce some strongly summable double sequence spaces defined by a sequence of Orlicz functions over n-normed spaces. We also study some topological properties and inclusion relation between these spaces.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2012/1027
This paper presents the following definition which is a natural combination of the definitions for almost asymptotically equivalence and almost statistical convergence of fuzzy numbers. Let θ =(Kr) be a lacunary sequence. The two sequences and of fuzzy numbers are said to be as...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2012/1053
Aims: To assess the effectiveness of two neem formulations in the control of cowpea aphid, Aphis craccivora and how these affect its predator Harmonia axyridis. Study Design: The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design in which cowpea was planted on raised...
The goal we are pursuing in this work is to make understand and explain the performances of Cameroonian SMEs in foreign markets though considered by the literature as outmoded and traditionalist. To conduct our work, we have used the hypothetico-deductive method. Thus, from the e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2012/696
Aim: To describe the adverse effects of the leaf extract of Lawsonia inermis plant (Henna), extensively used for medicinal benefits in traditional Arab/African culture, on the histology of liver, kidney and spleen of male rats. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Durat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2012/1061
Six new macrocyclic complexes were synthesized by template reaction of urea or thiourea with malonic acid and metal (II) chloride. The metal to ligand ratio of the complexes was found to be (1:1). The Co(II) and the Ni(II) complexes are proposed to be square planar and Cu(II) com...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2012/1063
In every sector of the world today energy is essential. Energy has many forms such as electricity, transportation fuel and so on. A large amount of energy is produced from crude oil, which is used to produce petroleum and petroleum to produce daily usable plastics. The solution t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2012/994
Aims: This paper evaluates the interactions between forest area, CO2 emissions, rainfall and arable production at a national scale in Cameroon. Methodology: The data used for this analysis was essentially time series data for all the variables spanning the period 1961-2000. It us...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2012/1035
Aim: In order to integrate malaria Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants (IPTi) into the Ghana national immunization programme, there was the need to evaluate the feasibility of IPTi by assessing the intervention operational issues including its implementation costs, and i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1017
Aims: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of stillbirths in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Port Harcourt, south-south Nigeria. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Data were obtained from the delivery registers...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/707
Traditional knowledge is common and important among the tribal people but much of the information is empirical at best lacking logical validation. A number of ethnic communities residing in the study area are partially or fully dependent on the forest resources to meet their requ...
The larvicidal and antifungal activities of ethanolic and aqueous leaf extracts of Picralima nitida were evaluated in static bioassays on 4th instar larvae of Anopheles gambiae and three fungal species: Aspergillus flavus, Candida albicans and Microsporum canis. All extractions w...