Primary pulmonary sarcomas (PPS) are aggressive tumors that are ideally treated with complete surgical resection, although seldom possible. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy have proven to be inadequate as second-line in the majority of cases, requiring investigation into novel appro...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/26676
Twenty cotton genotypes belonging to Gossypium barbadense L. were used to screen the cotton genotypes for drought stress tolerance and to study gene expression of some genes related to cotton tolerance for drought stress. According to the field performance, highly significant gen...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/26643
Camilla Pinheiro de Menezes, Ana Luíza Alves de Lima Pérez, Abrahão Alves de Oliveira Filho, Jéssyca Marina Carneiro Gomes dos Santos & Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2016
Cladosporium species are ubiquitous, saprobic dematiaceous fungi, associated with human and animal opportunistic infections. Cladosporium has been known to be one of the most airborne fungi causing respiratory allergies diseases, particulary asthma and rhinitis. Antifungal compou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27233
Objective: This investigation was carried out to compare the moderating effects of skimmed milk and whole dried Tuna fish in osteoporotic female rats. Methods: Sixty female albino Wistar rats were divided into two main groups. The first group (ten rats) fed basal diet and was mai...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24382
This study investigated the humoral and cellular immune response in vertically transmitted salmonellaisolates in broiler chickens in some selected states of South-Western Nigeria and its control through the use of feed additives. Anak 2000 day-old broiler chickens totaling 360 (1...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/26965
The effects of ripening acceleration methods on the proximate, biochemical and mineral compositions of Carica papaya (Pawpaw) was carried out. A total of eighteen fruits were collected, three for each replica of the five treatments and then the three control replica. The fruits w...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/26260
Background: The emergence of multiple antibiotics resistance among bacterial population poses a potential threat to human health. The co-existence of metal/antibiotic resistance in bacterial strains suggests the role of heavy metals as a factor which can also contribute to drug r...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/26580
Aim: Steatocystoma multiplex (SM) is a rare malformation characterized by multiple cutaneous cystic lesions containing oily substance. SM has autosomal dominant mode of inheritance, though there are a significant number of sporadic cases reported as well. Characteristically, the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27081
For Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) to invade the host cells it requires human cluster of differentiation (CD4) receptor and a chemokine receptor, principally chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5). Although the viral particles interact with several receptors on cell surface, a...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26768
China has experienced unprecedented economic growth for more than three decades now and this is presumably attributed to the reforms and openness started in 1978 by Deng Xiaoping. However, in recent times some issues have been raised by policymakers on whether the economic growth...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26034
Chlorsulfuron is a sulfonylurea herbicide widely used in Kenya to control broadleaf and grass weeds in wheat. Its sorption was studied in five wheat growing soils from Mara River Basin in Kenya using batch sorption method. Freundlich adsorption equation described the sorption mec...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/26406
Introduction: The improvement of stapling devices has been remarkable. As the stapler evolved from two lines to three lines of staples, the lateral strength of the anastomosis increased. However, the strength of the crotch did not change and the crotch remains the weak point of t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26589
Background: Paraquat poisoning has been a health concern in many developing countries. Management of it is not standardized and varies from center to center. This study is aimed at devising an available evidence-based comprehensive protocol for parquat poisoning management in Isf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23987
Introduction: Tuberculosis is an ancient universal health problem, with cutaneous tuberculosis being a rare extra pulmonary form that accounts for only 0.15-2%. Here we report a case of elderly female diagnosed with multifocal, multicentric Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis. Presentat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26186
Introduction: Climacteric is the biological cycle period in women characterized by loss of ovarian follicular activity, causing innumerous emotional, physical and endocrinal changes. In this period, which starts at the age of 40 and finishes at 60, some women undergo profound exi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25786