Aims: Colorectal cancer (CRC) occupies an important position in the morbidity and mortality constitution of malignancies. In recent years, mounting literature has reported about the upregulating expression of microRNA-21 in blood and stool of CRC patients, which suggested that mi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27261
Rosilma de O. Araujo-Melo, Igor F. A. C. Souza, Maria C. V. Vicalvi-Costa, Janete M. de Araújo, Kêsia X. R. F. de Sena & Luana C. B. B. Coelho·Biotechnology Journal International·2016
The Actinobacteria receive much attention, since they produce a variety of metabolites, including antibiotics and enzyme inhibitors. These bacteria are distributed in various habitats, including soil, ocean, extreme environments, lichen, plants, and animals. The classification of...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/28728
The objectives of the present investigation were to determine the type of gene action, heritability and expected genetic advance from selection for agronomic and yield traits of maize under water stress and optimum irrigation and to identify the parents that contain favorable gen...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/28281
Aims/ Objectives: To develop a new model called cascade backward propagation neural network performance over a filtered data by clustering algorithm based on robust measure (CFBNFDCARM). The performance of the clustering based neural network approach will be compare with the perf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/28409
In the Adamawa Region of the Republic of Cameroon, there exist many raw materials for building structures. Various methods of investigation were used to map these raw materials, including knowledge of the spatial distribution, inventory and the estimation of resources and the dev...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/27887
This paper is concerned with the local and global asymptotic behavior of positive solution for a system of three order rational difference equations where α; β ∈ (0;∞); and the initial values x-1; x0 ∈ (0;∞); y-1; y0 ∈ (0;∞): Finally, some numerical examples are provided to ill...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/27524
Aim: The aim of the research was to assess water quality from different sources used by residents of Kabianga. Study Design: The research employed experimental design. Methodology: Techniques used in this research project included test for indicator organism preferable E. coli, ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27557
Introduction: The demand for meat to meet the need of increasing human population has led to increase in the abattoir activities. Untreated abattoir wastewaters which may constitute a public health threat due to the possibility of transmission of pathogens to humans are constantl...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28066
Takudzwa Matuvhunye, Racheal S. Dube- Mandishora, Nyasha Chin’ombe, Graham Chakafana, Joshua Mbanga, Edward Zumbika & Babill - Stray Pedersen·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
Aim: To determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes in women attending a cervical cancer screening VIAC (visual inspection with acetic acid) clinic. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: VIAC clinic at Parirenyatwa Referral Hospital in H...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28481
Vaginal infections affect most females during their lifetime, with approximately 50% having two or more episodes of vaginal candidiasis. The study was conducted to assess the incidence of Candida, bacteria and Lactic acid bacteria deficiency related vaginal infections among femal...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27575
Background: Adopting strategies to curb the menace of substance abuse in any given locality would require clear and detailed population based understanding of the patterns of abuse so as to guide comprehensive preventive and control measures. Objectives: The objectives of the stu...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28507
SCALE 6.1 code system and VENTURE-PC code system has been used for the core conversion of Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) from Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) system (90.2% enriched UAl4 fuel) to Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) system (19.75% enriched UO2-zircaloy-4 fuel). All o...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23750
There are many challenges to be faced in order to achieve the optimum use of available resources against the increasing food and other demands of the world population with the shrinking resources. Optimization can be considered as the ensemble of steps which must be taken to find...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/27504
Background: Amniotic band sequence (ABS) is a rare condition in which parts of a fetus get entangled by the amniotic bands attached to the fetal surfaces and structures. This can lead to grotesque structural fetal anomalies or constriction rings that appear in-utero. The severity...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/27122
The study analyzed the digital financial services in Rwanda basing on mobile money operators, the case study of COPEDU Ltd (2011-2015). The objectives of the study were to examine the technical and non-technical requirements for linking a mobile money account to MFI's normal acco...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27528