Aim: Conversion disorder is a situation where psychological stress is expressed physically. This health problem is usually triggered by a stressful or a mental crisis. When involving a physical problem it is named as ’conversion disorder’. Psychogenic gait disturbance is a common...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6783
Aims: To study clinical, hematological and immunophenotypic profile of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in a tertiary care centre of eastern India. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Postgraduate Department of Medicine and Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4044
Aims: The objectives of this work were to study the influence of proximate composition and physiological changes during storage, on the shelf life some Dioscorea sp. This is needed to complement knowledge of the influence of extrinsic factors of the storage environment in improvi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7013
Objective: The study gives a view of the major textural and compositional components of subsurface sediments around Tennis Island and its environs. It provides data on distribution and frequency of diatoms in the subsurface sediment as well as describes and combines the achieved...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5524
Aim: Some unstable compounds namely ascorbic acid, anthocyanin and reducing sugar contents were used to monitor the stability of differently processed cocoyam flours stored under different relative humidities. Place and Duration of Study: Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria; Januar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7132
Aims: To investigate the concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) and zinc (Zn) in commercially available inorganic fertilizers (calcium superphosphate and urea). Place and Duration of Study: Urea and superphosphate fertilize...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7465
Aim: The aim of this study was to formulate and develop a low calorie and low glycemic index (GI) soft ice cream by using mixture of sucrose and date. Methods: Five different formulations of ice cream were produced by using different proportions of sucrose and date. Physicochemic...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7178
Aims: The work seeks to extract oil from Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) using both solvent and enzymatic processes, and to find out which of the processes will be better in terms of quantity and quality Study Design: Box-Behken model of response surface methodology with three-leve...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4199
Challenges of water resources in Lebanon are well pronounced. Even though sufficient water resources exist and high precipitation is often recorded, Lebanon’s water is threatened by several physical and anthropogenic challenges that make it a country under water stress. This issu...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6990
Aims: The aim of the present work is to estimate and to predict the pollutant concentrations coming from vehicles in Yaounde city. Study Design: A sample of vehicles was selected and experimental measurements of pollutants were made using a combustion analyser. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6368