Eric D. Peselow, Ruby Mangsatabam, Kimberly Smith, Bret Becker, Enrique Lopez, Mehdi Farokhnia, Monica Hanna, Samantha Cohen, Shaina Ganjian, Jonathan Dang & Waguih William IsHak·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aim: To evaluate whether Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has an impact on the treatment outcome in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Methods: We studied 130 patients who met the DSM-IV criteria for MDD according to the DSM-IV checklist. Patients were assessed f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29374
This study was designed to evaluate the anti-diarrhoeal activity of coconut water on castor oil induced-diarrhoea in adult albino Wistar rats. Sixty five adult male Albino Wistar rats weighing 150 – 250 g were used in this study. The study was carried out in three experiments (A,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28378
Jatropha gossypiifolia L. [Euphorbiaceae], widely known as “bellyache bush”, is a medicinal plant native to Mexico, south America, India and commonly found in many west African countries such as Nigeria. Folkloric uses of the different parts of this plant in the tropics for the m...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/28793
Aims: Typhoid fever is a serious bacterial disease caused by Salmonella typhi or Salmonella paratyphi. Study Design: The objectives of this study is to determine the prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi isolated from adults and...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27965
Protein coated ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) are prepared by green synthesis method in egg albumin medium. HRTEM analysis and absorption at~360 nm along with ~ 280 nm indicate the formation of protein coated ZnO NPs. Fluorescence study reveals the tryptophan emission~ 340 nm as well as...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/29626
A twenty eight day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the replacement value of sweet potato root meal (SPRM) as replacement for maize on feed intake, body weight changes, carcass and organ weight characteristics of broiler finisher birds. SPRM was processed and used to repla...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/28559
Context: A number of antioxidants have been proposed for certain products; however, little information is available about the efficacy of vegetable oil lecithin as antioxidant in food products. Aim: The study was designed to extract and study oil from melon seed, then isolate and...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28465
Aims: This study was conducted to assess effects of different exchangeable aluminium concentrations on growth and dry matter partitioning of two common bean genotypes (new BILFA 58 and Roba 1) grown on lime-treated and lime-untreated acid soils. Study Design: Factorial combinatio...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/4049
Aim: The study was aimed at determining the knowledge of some lifestyle diseases such as stroke, hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and obesity by residents of Uyo Metropolis, and their practices to prevent such diseases and documenting the knowledge o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/28771
This paper is a literary reflection of online shopping systems in Nigeria, its history, trends and prospects. The paper recognized online shopping systems as the collection of tools and telecommunication elements that enables the shopping behavior of initiating and completing bus...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2016/29170
Novel kaurane ditepene monoamides were synthesized with good yields, directly from unprotected symmetrical aliphatic and aromatic diamines, hydroxylamines, dichlorophenylamines and ent-kaurenoic acid (1), using a modified protocol for monoacylation. These amides were tested again...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/28048
Aims: The study aims at investigating the effect of using role-playing on students’ achievement and motivation in the English speaking skills of eighth Graders. Methods: This study followed the quasi-experimental design and was applied to two groups (experimental and control). Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/28782
Aims: The study aims were to (1) determine the effect of participation in pulmonary rehabilitation on quality of life, severity of dyspnea, and exercise tolerance (2) evaluate predictors (number of pulmonary rehabilitation sessions attended, age, baseline quality of life, depres...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28901
Morpholinium glycolate was found to be highly potent and reusable ionic liquid as a catalyst for the synthesis of dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazol-5-carbonitriles via a one-pot multicomponent condensation reaction of aryl aldehydes with ethyl acetoacetate, hydrazine hydrate, and malon...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2016/29519
A field experiment was conducted at the research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in the Robi season during the period from November 2013 to March 2014 to study the effect of sowing date on yield and seed quality of soybean. The aim of the study was to find...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/29301