Rafiatou Ba, Boniface Yehouenou, Ursula Houngue, Pascal Agbangnan, Philippe Sessou, Nelly M. F. Monteiro, Marcel T. Donou Hounsode, Fernand Gbaguidi & Lamine Baba-Moussa·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
Objectives: The present work was to study the fungal ecology of maize according to the various storage technologies and evaluate the ability of fungal isolates to produce mycotoxin. Materials and Methods: Seven maize storage technologies (from A to G) were selected in seven agro-...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26297
Two (2) month-old leaves of fourteen (14) breeding lines of cassava, consisting of five (5) parental lines and nine hybrids, were evaluated for their phytochemical constituents. The objective of the study was to determine total flavonoid, phenolic and antioxidant activity in the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/18087
In this paper the author addresses the nature of upper critical field of magnesium dioxide (MgB2) using Ginzberg- Landau (GL) approach. Nowadays, Superconducting materials show promising progress for the technological applications. According to this and previous studies, magnesi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26148
Aim: Health is wealth and to achieve this goal, good nutrient intake should be vigorously pursued, as, poor nutrition produces indolent work force in a nation. No nation could achieve its cardinal objectives without considering the health of the populace. Yet little or no informa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26195
Introduction: The main objective of this study was to understand the impact of caffeine on adolescents’ health and health related behaviours, namely sleep duration and health related quality of life. Methods: Students in the 6th, 8th and 10th grades were chosen randomly from clus...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/23894
Climate change has become a great challenge to our generation and its impact is felt in almost every society in the world. Nigeria as a developing country with a population of about 180 million is likely to be adversely impacted by climate change due to its vulnerability and low...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/25162
Aims: Mortuary workers and embalmers represent a high risk group for the transmission of Ebola virus disease. However risk perception that may determine adoption of behavioral preventive among this group is not documented in Nigeria. Therefore, this study aims to determine the ri...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/26552
Malaria and typhoid co-infection is of tremendous public health concern in Nigeria and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. The prevalence of the co-infection was investigated in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State. A total of one hundred (100) blood samples were collected from patien...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25920
The mini review of Hunter syndrome aimed to explore etiology, incidence, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment by reviewing recent literatures. Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis II: MPS II) is a genetic lysosomal storage disease which is rare, It's caused by defic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24756
Background: The aim of the study presented in this paper is to investigate patient knowledge about the existence of oral cancer and the awareness of the impact of smoking on the development of this malignancy. Methods: Patients managed at the Department of Maxillofacial and Plast...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25800
Background: Cameroon, as many Sub-Saharan African countries, is undergoing epidemiological transition. Parents as well as well their children are getting overweight and obese, mainly in large cities. Aims: This was a pilot study to identify the relationship between parents, envir...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22288
Although radiation and surgery are generally regarded as effective for treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) in majority of men, diagnosis and prognosis remains poor in patients with progressive disease. Disease –specific metabolites represent the effective end points with considera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25285
Background: The key aim of this study was to determine the relation between possible changes in the lung function and the concentration of histamine in the sputum of exposed workers and control group. The research aimed to establish possible correlation between participants expos...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25342
Purpose: Migraine headache is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind, affecting thousands of people throughout the world. The objective of this study is to compare the frequency of migraines in the patient group previously diagnosed with chronic hepatitis-B to the migraine f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24904
The use of gold nanoparticle in drug delivery has emerged as a promising avenue to reduced toxicity and frequency of dosage while maintaining therapeutic effects and biocompatibility. Therefore, the possibility of developing eco-friendly metallic gold nanoparticles is evaluated....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26385