Magnesium isotope effect manifests itself in the enzymatic ATP synthesis at relatively high concentrations of Mg2+ ions. At low concentrations, there is no isotope effect at all so the nucleophylic mechanism of the ATP synthesis dominates. Concentration of Mg2+ ions exceeds intra...
The outer leaflet of Gram-negative bacterial membrane contains a great amount of lipopolysaccharides, also known as endotoxins, which play a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis and ultimately septic shock. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is potent inducer of acute sepsis or chron...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2011/154
In the present study, 26 elderly subjects were recruited and randomly divided into 2 groups, that is, orange (low in antioxidant capacity) and pomegranate (high in antioxidant capacity) groups, and 250 mL of juice was consumed daily for 4 weeks. Changes in plasma antioxidant capa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2011/164
In this paper an effort has been made to design a methodology for the determination of probability of selection for the cases where more than one measure of sizes are involved, especially in the case of agricultural sample surveys. So far no effort has been made for the cases of...
Two best performing, morphologically different sweet potato varieties namely, Balella and Bareda, were used to determine optimum spacing between plants and rows in central rift valley of Ethiopia by participating different influential factors from the commencement of the activity...
A better grasp of the physical foundations of life is necessary before we can understand the processes occurring inside a living cell. In his physical theory of the cell, American physiologist Gilbert Ling introduced an important notion of the resting state of the cell. He descri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2011/160
This paper aims to critically analyze the epidemiology of road traffic accident in India. It is noteworthy to mention that India already accounts for about 9.5% of the total 1.2 million fatal accidents in the world. In 2009, for every 4.14 minute and 1.13 minute one death and one...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/106
The microbial flora of fish feeds was investigated in this study. Commercially available fish feed samples were procured from sales outlets in Asaba, southern Nigeria. Three common fish feeds of three different particle sizes each, Coppens (6mm, 4.5 and 3mm), Dizengolf (10mm, 4.5...
Indian tractor industry is now the largest in the world in number of unit production with an average of more than 2 lakhs unit production per year. Export market of tractor is also increasing on an average 30-40% rate. At present most of the tractor models produced in India has (...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2011/120
This paper describes the design outcomes and user evaluation of a Reinforced Concrete Design (RCD) interface for Beams from a user-centric point of view. The design began with a user interface proposal that was shown to Reinforced Concrete Designers to gather first reactions. Bas...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2011/169
A study was conducted in the Uttarkashi district of Garhwal, Himalaya, India to document the medicinal plants used by the local communities. 56 plant species distributed in 46 families were documented. Of the total plant species 52% were herbs, 25% trees, 20% shrubs and 3% climbe...
The present experiment aimed at finding the suitability of some grasses as cost effective alternative substrates, for cultivation of one species of oyster mushroom viz., Pleurotus sajor caju (Fr.) Singer in eastern India. Relative efficacy three grasses viz., kash grass (Saccharu...
Coleus forskohlii is an important plant in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. It is the only source for forskolin among the plant kingdom. Forskolin has a unique property of activating almost all hormone sensitive adenylate cyclase enzymes in a biological system. This review article has...
Objective: To analyze the safety and effectiveness of total thyroidectomy in the surgical management of bilateral benign multinodular goiter. Materials and Methods: A prospective review of patients with bilateral benign multinodular goiter undergoing subtotal thyroidectomy (Group...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/156
Background: Surveillance of infectious disease markers in the blood donor population is important in recognizing trends in prevalence and incidence of transfusion related infections in asymptomatic volunteer blood donors. Subjects & Methods: It is a community base cross secti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/127