Aim: This study was aimed at investigating malaria parasite and anaemia prevalence, the impact of co-infection on immune-haematological parameters, clinical/treatment profiles and how malaria preventive measure associate with malaria and anaemia in adult HIV-patients attending ca...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25022
Aims: Ischemia modified albumin (IMA) level is increased in ischemic conditions and in diseases such as myocardial infarction, systemic sclerosis, advanced cancer, end-stage renal disease and intrauterine disorders. The role of IMA in chronic liver diseases and its correlation wi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25293
F. C. Bukatuka, K. N. Ngombe, K. P. Mutwale, B. M. Moni, K. G. Makengo, L. A. Pambu, N. G. Bongo, M. P. Mbombo, M. D. Musuyu, U. Maloueki, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua & F. T. Mbemba·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aims: To valorize traditional foods of the Democratic Republic of Congo in general and the province of Bandundu in particular by evaluating the antioxidant activity of five species of Dioscorea, the determination of their chemical composition as well the determination of their gl...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/25124
Background: Diagnosis of tuberculosis and lower limb fracture and treatment can affect a patient‘s’- psychological well being. Psychological problems can affect the overall well being of the patient and make palliation of physical symptoms more difficult. Psychological symptoms r...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24624
Introduction: Radiological examination of the breast is established as an essential part of the modern multidisciplinary approach to effective investigation and management of breast disease. Ultrasonography of the breast plays a prominent role in radiological management of breast...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23793
The effect of varying levels of commercial probiotic on the performance, microbial status and carcass quality of broiler chickens was investigated in a 42-day experiment between March and April, 2014. Two hundred (200) one-day-old broiler chickens were randomly allotted to 4 diet...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25082
Vigna subterranea is a leguminous species which produces edible seeds (Bambara groundnut). Its seeds are included in the daily diet to compensate the lack of proteins in the food which occurs frequently in populations under the tropics. However information regarding the extent an...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20592
This study assessed the quantity of Shea nut Assessed, collected and processed using improved Shea nut processing technologies in Niger State. The specific objectives of study were to; describe the socio economic characteristics of the Shea nut processors, determine the quantitie...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24444
Aims: This study characterized biochemical compound variability that influence green bean quality in C. canephora as a basis for identifying heterogeneous genotypes for use in crop improvement because genetic erosion aided by climate change effects is gradually threatening the cu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23004
Four natural dyes, extracted from natural materials such as flowers, and leaves, were used as sensitizers to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The photoelectrochemical performances of the DSSCs based on these dyes show that the open circuit voltages (VOC) varies from...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/25295
Aim: Different parts of Pseudocedrela kotschyi have been widely used by traditional healers for treatment of various illnesses, many of which have been scientifically scrutinized. However, this study aimed at evaluating anti-oxidative and hepato-protective potentials of its aqueo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/25194
To evaluate the effect of different Organic amendments including Poultry and their different proportions on various physico-chemical and physical properties on theri soil. Investigations were carried out on the surface (15 cm depth) of soil samples were collected from the village...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/21630
Two sugar cane varieties were evaluated in a split plot design experiment at Badeggi (lat.9°045'N; long 6o07'E at an altitude of 70.57 m.a.s.l) with four whip smut (Sporisorium scitamineum) inoculum concentrations 0 x 106, 2 x 106, 4 x 106 and 6 x 106 teliospores/ml in four repli...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24566
In this work, nylon 6/66 (S0) and nylon 6/66/510 (S1~S3) containing 5 ~ 15 mol % nylon-510 were synthesized by melt condensation polymerization and the isothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behaviors after isothermal crystallization of copolymer were systematically stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25442
Background and Study Aim: Hepatic hydrothorax is the presence of more than 500 ml of pleural effusion in a patient with liver disorder. The work aimed to study the frequency of Hepatic hydrothorax in patients with decompensated cirrhosis admitted to the Tropical Medicine departme...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25475