Aims: To evaluate the value of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of vancomycin in clinical practice. Methods: To review retrospectively on 292 hospital cases (111 females, 181 males) treated with vancomycin, July to October 2014, at ChoRay Hospital. The main evaluating parameters...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26806
Perthes is a self-limiting disorder of paediatric hip. The outcome of this disorder is variable. Every aspect of it including, etiology, pathogenesis, pathology, classification, natural course, management and outcome is controversial. There is still no clear guideline for the man...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27273
Introduction: Smoking is highly prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder and is associated with medical and psychiatric comorbidities. The main aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and correlates of smoking and the predictors of persistent smoking in patients wi...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26190
A study was conducted to partially purify and characterize a haloalkaline protease isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The enzyme was purified in a two-step procedure involving acetone precipitation and chromatography. The enzyme was shown to have a relatively low molecular wei...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26289
Background: Hepatitis C virus is one of the blood borne transmissible infections of public health significance. It can easily be transmitted to a wider population through transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products. Aim: To determine the seroprevalence of HCV antibodies a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26530
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the attitudes of preschool teachers (Primary-Special Education and Rehabilitation) who work within the Kocaeli Provincial Directorate for National Education and the teacher candidates who are attending to the Department of Preschool Ed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/26109
The densities of the binary solvent mixtures and its salt solutions have been measured by one of the recently modified techniques, namely Magnetic Float Densitometer. The partial molar volume or apparent molar volume ϕv and at infinite dilution are determined by ϕv0 values of sol...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26167
Okafor Godson Okwuchukwu, Nwankwo Ignatius Uche, Oli Nneka Perpetual & Oguamanam Gabriel Onyebuchi·Advances in Research·2016
The objectives of this review paper are twofold. One objective is to examine some resilient traditional mass communication systems of the Igbos of Nigeria. A second objective is to make a strong argument for the optimal use of traditional mass communication channels of the Igbos...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/22545
Let R be a prime ring with char(R) ≠ 2, Z(R) the center of R and L be a nonzero square closed Lie ideal of R. An additive mapping F : R → R is called a generalized derivation on R if there exists a derivation d : R → Rsuch that F(xy) = xF(y) + d(x)y for all x, y ∈ R. In the prese...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26822
Aim: With the reported impairment of male fertility by herbal remedies in the literature, ethanol extract of the root bark of Salacia lehmbachii, a commonly used remedy by locals for febrile illnesses, was studied to evaluate its effect on the fertilization potential of sperm cel...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/26576
Aims: Endometrial cancer usually occurs after perimenopause and is associated with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, nulliparity, and anovulatory menstrual cycles. Abnormal vaginal bleeding is an early symptom of endometrial carcinoma. We describe our experience with a patient who...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/27105
Freshwater springs and natural hot-water springs, alpine, subalpine lakes and the Mediterranean temporary ponds in Mt Oiti and Mt Kallidromos, coastal lakes, lagoons and marshes in the coastal zones of Maliakos gulf, and the protected wetlands that exist in the area of River Sper...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/26760
The increasing trend in remittance receipts, especially to developing countries has widened the opportunities for external sources of finance for investment and growth. However, while some literatures suggest that remittance matter for growth through investment, others contend th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25026
Aim: To study the length and decay behavior of a saw tooth-profile in Two-Phase-Flows of gas-particle mixture and compare the analytical solution with numerical solution. Study Design: Progressive-wave approach is used to obtain asymptotic solution of the non linear system of par...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24006
Linearly independent Dirichlet L-functions satisfying the same Riemann type of functional equation have been supposed for a long time to possess off critical line non trivial zeros. We are taking a closser look into this problem and into its connection with the Generalized Rieman...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/26322