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Using Social Groups to Locate Areas with High Emergency Department Attendance, Subsequent Inpatient Admission and Need for Critical Care

Neeraj Beeknoo & Rodney P. Jones · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Aims: To study the role of social group and deprivation on the proportion of patients admitted via the emergency department who then progress to the critical care unit. Study Design:  Two large data bases were compared using the output area code of the patient’s home address. Pla...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29208

Tricuspid Atresia: A Rare Cause of Cyanosis among Nigerian Children

Barakat Adeola Animasahun, Akpoembele Deborah Madise-Wobo, Henry Olusegun Gbelee & Fidelia Bode- Thomas · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Background and Objective: There is a dearth of literature on tricuspid atresia among African people. The current study aims to document the clinical profile and prevalence of tricuspid atresia amongst children in a tertiary hospital in South Western Nigeria. Methods: A prospectiv...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28998

Fixed Doses Combinations Acting on Cardiovascular System - Utilization and Generic Competition

Z. Mitkova, M. Manova, S. Georgieva & G. Petrova · Advances in Research · 2016

Aims: To analyze the impact of introduction of new fixed dose combinations (FDCs) in the Positive drug list on both the reference price and the utilization of reimbursed cardiovascular (CV) medicines. Study Design: It is a retrospective and observational analysis of the changes i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2016/29264

Preliminary Investigation of the Adaptation of Some Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) Genotypes in the Coastal Plain Sand of Niger Delta

O. J. Kamalu, J. G. Titus & U. E. Udensi · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2016

A field trial was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture Research and Teaching Farm in Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria to determine the kenaf genotypes that are adapted to the area during the 2012 cropping season. The thirty genotypes were planted in a Randomized Complete Block Des...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAERI/2016/28743

Identification of Ascitic Fluid Bacterial Pathogens in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Nile Delta and Its Impact on Clinical Outcome of these Patients

Haidy S. Khalil, Walaa Elkhalawany, Mohamed Elhendawy, Rehab Badawi, Marwa Ahmed Abdelwahab & Sherief Abd- Elsalam · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aims: This study aimed to identify ascetic fluid bacterial pathogens and their antibiotic resistance profile in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) patients in Nile delta and its impact on the clinical outcome of these patients. Study Design:  Retrospective observational stud...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29869

Anti-thyroid Antibodies in Patients with HCV Genotype 3a: A Pilot Study

Sana Temuri, Nadeem Afzal, Mohammad Kashif, Ahmed Nadeem, Faheem Shahzad, Waqas Latif, Afia Abbas & Tafazzul H. Mahmud · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Background: Each year, 3 to 4 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and it is the major cause of liver disease worldwide. The patient with acute HCV is often asymptomatic but can present with fatigue and jaundice. About 80% of HCV infected individual’s progress...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28690

Antibacterial Activities of Essential Oils from Three Medicinal Plants in Combination with EDTA against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Juan Rojas Armas, Julio Ruiz Quiroz, Robert Almonacid Roman, Jose Ortiz Sanchez, Miriam Palomino Pacheco, Luz Huaroto Valdivia, Emilio Collahua Rivera, Roberto Chavez Asmat & Andrea Anampa- Guzmán · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aims: To determine the antibacterial activity of essential oils (EOs) from Thymus vulgaris L, Origanum vulgare L and Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb in combination with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from clinical...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29666

Spatial Distribution of Diatoms and Nutrients in a Mangrove Swamp of Eastern Obolo, Niger Delta

A. I. Inyang & K. S. Effiong · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

The spatial distribution of diatoms and nutrients concentration in a mangrove swamp of Eastern Obolo was investigated during dry and wet seasons. This research was to establish the distribution pattern of diatom at ten stations with nutrients level, salinity, TDS (Total Suspended...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/29373

The use of Nutraceuticals as Mono- or Adjuvant Therapy to Pharmacotherapies in Major Depressive Disorder

Lisanne A. E. M. Van Houtum & Jan Berend Deijen · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

Objectives: The present review provides an overview of the appropriate literature on the use of nutraceuticals in depression. The goal was to examine whether nutraceuticals, in combination with the current pharmacotherapies or even as mono-therapies, could be effective in depress...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/29568

Correlation between Parental Involvement and Burnout among Kindergarten Teachers in Israel's Arab Society

Raed Zedan & Janan Faraj Falah · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

This study seeks to describe the degree of the kindergarten parent's involvement, as well as burnout levels among Arab kindergarten teachers, In addition, the present study will examine the impact of parental involvement on the degree of burnout in the sense of the kindergarten t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/29358

Problems of English Speaking Skill that University Students Encounter from Their Perspectives

Atallah A. Al-Roud · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

A language is a group of skills which ultimately lead to a communication between individuals. Speaking skill is considered as the most important means of communication. For this reason the study aims at finding out the problems that the students of southern region universities in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/28404

Modelling the Influence of Covariates of Typhoid Patients at the Tamale Teaching Hospital Using Generalised Linear Models

Alhassan Abdul Latif, Abukari Alhassan & Kaku Sagary Nokoe · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Typhoid fever and typhoid perforation has become a major burden and causes a lot of deaths in the world especially in developing countries. This study considered a total of 418 patients diagnosed of Typhoid fever at the Tamale Teaching Hospital covering the period January 2010 to...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28551

Using C-Class Function on Coupled Fixed Point Theorems for Mixed Monotone Mappings in Partially Ordered Rectangular Quasi Metric Spaces

Ali Mutlu, Berrin Mutlu & Sevinç Akdag · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2016

In the manuscript, using C-class function, a concept of a mixed monotone mapping is acquainted and a coupled fixed point theorems is substantiated for such nonlinear shrinkage mappings in partially ordered exact rectangular metric spaces. We enlarge and universalize the conclusio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2016/27649

Existence and Nonexistence of Positive Solutions for a System of Higher-Order Di erential Equations with Integral Boundary Conditions

Rodica Luca & Alexandru Tudorache · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2016

In this paper, we investigate the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions for a system of nonlinear higher-order ordinary differential equations with Riemann-Stieltjes integral boundary conditions which contain some positive constants.

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2016/29914