Pseudopapilledema is used for pathologies that mimicking the optic disc edema. Among these, pseudo papilledema is commonly produced by optic disc drusen (ODD). A 17-year-old female patient was referred to the ophthalmology department from child neurology department with papillede...
Aim: To evaluate the capacities of composting ‘spent’ mushroom substrate and sawdust with crude oil polluted soil to enhance degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon. Study Design: The degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon contents of crude oil polluted treatments composted with ‘spen...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/27080
Background: Pirani scoring system is one of the classification systems and is simple, easy to use in the management of clubfoot; however, there is paucity of studies using Pirani system to determine the severity and monitor progress in the treatment of clubfoot. We therefore set...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27439
Software testing is an integral part of the software development life cycle. Design of good test cases is a key challenge in software testing. Test cases can be designed from different artifacts like requirements, design and software code. In Software engineering, different UML d...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26872
Introduction: Maxillary resection in completely edentulous arch gives a challenging condition for an obturator to achieve maximum seal and retention. But one of the major concerns of the prosthesis is it often get heavy and bulbous part could not reach at the greater extent of th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27708
Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by beta glucocerebrosidase enzyme deficiency leading glucosylceramide deposition in reticuloendothelial system (RES) cells. Gaucher cell loaded by glucosylceramide usually infiltrates bone marrow, liver, s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26343
Background: Azadirachta indica (neem) is an effective natural remedy for malaria treatment in some tropical regions of Africa. This study investigated the impact of Azadirachta indica leaf-extract on some haematological indices of Plasmodium berghei-berghei infected mice. Materal...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/28089
This question appears to be anachronistic in the sense that, as at today, Geography – both physical and human - has fully embraced and adopted Positivism as a philosophy and methodology of acquiring valid knowledge. Therefore, it is no longer a question of inevitability but rathe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/28000
The concept of fuzzy versions of Simpson’s rule and Runge-Kutta method of order four are introduced. In this paper, the solution of fuzzy ordinary differential equation of the first order by Simpson’s rule and Runge-Kutta method of order four is presented without converting them...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/26060
This short paper offers an example of possibly fruitful interactions between modal logic and number theory. In the paper, Conway's remark that p and p.2p + 1 can both be prime numbers is formulated as a formula of modal logic and then analyzed for its decidability.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/27581
Let us call a ring R to be right permeable if for any α ∈ R; Rα = 0, then αR = 0. Left permeable and permeable rings are defined analogously. These rings are generalized reversible rings with a privileging role that permeability inherited in its several extensions where reversib...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/27803
Green purchasing can reduce negative environmental impacts as well as promote sustainable development. As related literature from the African context is limited, this paper tries to bridge the gap by investigating the green purchasing behaviors of residents in the Tamale Metropol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27676
Aims: To analyze and compare the in vitro antimicrobial activity and antioxidant profile of Grewia asiatica L.; Grewia tiliifolia Vahl.; Grewia tenax (Forsk.) Fiori. Study Design: This study was designed to evaluate and compare the antimicrobial activity and antioxidant profile o...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/26748
Daniela P. Toledo, Luiz A. M. Wiirzler, Eliane H. Akamine, Maria A. Oliveira, Saulo E. Silva-Filho, Ciomar A. Bersani-Amado, Roberto K. N. Cuman & Zuleica B. Fortes·Journal of Applied Life Sciences International·2016
Aims: The purpose of this work was to investigate the inflammatory response changes caused by obesity in an experimental model of glutamate-induced obesity in rats. Methodology: Wistar rats were injected, subcutaneously, with 4 g/kg of monosodium glutamate (MSG group) on days 2,...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27791
The present study was designed to standardize protocol for asepsis of different explants of Alstroemeria hybrida cv. Pluto (rhizome tips, rhizome sections, shoot tips and shoot nodal segments). Carbendazim 200 ppm for 30 minutes + mercuric chloride (0.1%) dip for 10 minutes and f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/27020