Background: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia remains an important cause of neonatal admissions in Nigeria, often giving rise to irreversible neurotoxicity. Access to effective phototherapy is restricted to a few centers while salvage therapy with exchange blood transfusion may...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26551
A variety of video laryngoscopes have been introduced to facilitate endotracheal intubations as failed intubations can result in morbidity and mortality. We aimed to compare the use of the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope, McGRATH® MAC and C- MAC® video laryngoscopes among nov...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27180
Aims: To evaluate the presence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in Type-2 Diabetes and to correlate autonomic dysfunction with QTc dispersion. Study Design: This was a hospital based cross-sectional study carried out in the department of Medicine JSS Hospital Mysore, India between...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27201
Parkinson’s disease (PD) manifests with motor symptoms of tremor, bradykinesia, muscle rigidity and postural instability. However, various nonmotor symptoms (NMS) have recently been recognized, among which autonomic dysfunction is observed long before the advent of motor symptoms...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26587
Aims: To evaluate and determine the practice, outcome, success rate, complications and predictive factors of vaginal birth after one Caesarean section (VABC) in spontaneous labour. Study Design: A retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gyna...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26450
Carlos Rodrigo Gasparello, Carlos Augusto Nassar, Priscilla do Monte Ribeiro Busato, Márcio José Mendonça, Lyvia Karla Cerci Ferreira Bertacchini & Veridiana Camilotti·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: The objective of this study was to clinically evaluate the performance of a conventional resin system and one with low polymerization shrinkage. Study Design: A prospective, randomized, blind, split-mouth study. Place and Duration of Study: Dental Clinic, division of Heath...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26225
Fast-metabolism clones of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) are appreciated for their good agronomic performance with little hormonal stimulation, due to their high intrinsic metabolic activity. They are highly demanded and therefore exposed to a significant risk of overexploitati...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/26930
In this paper, For dual numbers in dual 3-space ID3, we define the new families of curves which are called dual similar curves in dual 3-space with variable transformation. Then, we prove some theorems and characterizations about this family, we show that a family of dual similar...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/26242
In this work, cofinitely g-supplemented modules are defined and investigated some properties of these modules. It is shown that an arbitrary sum of cofinitely g-supplemented modules is cofinitely g-supplemented. In addition, amply cofinitely g-supplemented modules are also define...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/26697
Aim: To determine the in-vivo antiplasmodial activity of aqueous, N-butanol and ethylacetate fractions of leaf and stem bark methanol extracts of Diospyros mespiliformis on Plasmodium berghei berghei (Nk65) infected mice. Place and Duration of Study Sample: Biochemistry Departmen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/21645
Aim: Most commercially useful lipases are of microbial origin. The increasing tendency of its market shows the importance to search new microbial resources to produce these enzymes. Study Design: The study is designed at isolating lipase producing microorganism and to optimize th...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26728
Aims: This study assessed the effects of Climate variability on Agro-pastoral farmers’ livelihoods and response strategies. Study Design: The study employed a social survey research design, to examine household perceptions on climate variability and response strategies by agro-pa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/27227
Aims: To isolate biosurfactant producers from natural habitat and to test the antimicrobial activity of the extracted biosurfactant against fungal plant pathogens. Study Design: The present study was designed to achieve the following objectives: 1. Isolation, screening and identi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27097
Aim: Aguas Calientes (AC) is an isolated geothermal spring located deep into the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The principal aim of this study was to isolate and characterize thermophilic lignocellulolytic bacterial strains from AC. Study Design: Bacterial strains were cultured in...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27520
Background: The blood can be considered as a real fluid flowing in fixed vibrating myocardial canal. Its ejection during the left ventricular contraction is the phenomenon hereby studied. The left ventricle has been taken as a checking volume encompassing one part of aorta. The l...