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Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Litsea monopetala Leaves on Selected Pathogenic Strains

Md. Fakhrul Hasan, Mohammed Ashraful Iqbal & Md. Sahab Uddin · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2016

Aims: To evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal activity of some solvent extracts of Litsea monopetala (LM) leaves. Study Design: Examination of antibacterial and antifungal activity of petroleum ether fraction (PEF), chloroform fraction (CLF), ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2016/23658

Firm Level Competitive Advantage in the Agricultural Sector: A Research Agenda

Vilani Sachitra & Siong- Choy Chong · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Improvements in technology and information systems as well as changes in climate and economies have resulted in an increasingly competitive environment for the agribusiness sector. A better understanding of firm level competitiveness of this sector hence provides the necessary fr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24152

Prospects for Information Economy in Ukraine Using Grid-computations Based on Nbic-technologies

Igor Matyushenko · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Aims: In the conditions of advanced countries industrial markets’ competition escalation the issue of creating new economy on the basis of global technologies is becoming more and more important. New global technologies have appeared due to convergence of Nano-bio-info and cogno(...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24151

Listeria Contamination of Raw Bovine Milk and the Factors Influencing Its Occurrence in Greater Luweero District, Uganda

David Mukasa, Clovice Kankya & Jesca Lukanga Nakavuma · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aim: To establish the occurrence of Listeria contamination of raw bovine milk and the contributory factors in Greater Luweero. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out during 2013; in Luweero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola districts, in Central Uganda. All the 16 milk collecti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23027

Bacterial Isolates from Otitis Media Infections and their Antibiograms, Hodeidah City, Yemen

Mohammed Suhail, Ahmed Al-Kadassy, Salem Bashanfer & Ahmed Ismail Moad · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aims: This study was aimed to determine the predominant bacterial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from ear discharge among children and adults in Yemen. Study Design: Prospective cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine and Dep...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23629

A Clinical Practice Experience: Focus Groups for Prevention Activities with Adolescents

Michela Gatta, Lorenza Svanellini, Sofia Pertile, Paolo C. Testa, Giovanni Ceranto, Manuela J. Difronzo & Pier Antonio Battistella · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

Aims: This study had three main objectives:   -   To identify the principal risk factors in psychiatric adolescents attending a Neuropsychiatric Unit in Padua (Italy) that provides daily psychiatric services for children and adolescents;   -   To elucidate the thinking and reason...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/22441

Adolescent Students’ Knowledge of Depression and Appropriate Help-seeking in Nigeria

Increase Ibukun Adeosun · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

Aim: Globally, but even more remarkably in developing countries, many young people suffer from untreated depression despite the availability of evidence-based treatment. Utilisation of mental health resources is hinged on the recognition of symptoms and the need for appropriate h...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/24002

Pilot Research Results of the Client Developing Programme for Women in Professional Crisis Situations

Anita Racene · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

The research aim is to evaluate the Client Developing Programme for Women in Professional Crisis Situations developed and a pedagogical experiment in career counselling performed by the author in the e-environment. The target audience was women who wished to or were forced to cha...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/24045

Learning Style for First Year Saudi Medical Students at Qassim University: Gender Differences

Mahfoudh A. M. Abdulghani, Mohammed S. S. Al-Dhubaibi, Meshal M. A. Alhameedy & Mohammed A. Alnuwaysir · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

Aims: Studies on learning preferences of medical students in Saudi where medical education, as well as the environmental education, differ greatly from Western countries are limited. Students have preferences for the modes in which they collect information. The objective of this...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/23815

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Anopheles Mosquitoes and Their Behavioural Patterns in Uyo, Nigeria

Inyang A. Atting & Mfonobong E. Akpan · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Aims: Malaria is a public health problem in Nigeria. Knowledge of some baseline data such as Human Biting Rates (HBR) is needed to assess the epidemiology of the disease and in estimating the vector-human contact. This study provides information on the behavioural patterns of ano...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23394

An Original Study on Blaschkoid Pityriasis Rosea – One of the Rarest Atypical Variants of this Paraviral Exanthema

Antonio Chuh & Vijay Zawar · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Background: Blaschko’s lines are believed to be originated from the migration of mosaic populations of epidermal cells and tissues. Pityriasis rosea (PR) is an exanthem which might be associated with human herpesvirus-7 and -6 infections. Objective: To evaluate the risk factors,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24416

The Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Students in Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

Olajide Joseph Afolabi, Iyabo Adepeju Simon-Oke & Patience Tolulope Bakare · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Aims: The study is undertaken to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and the predisposing factors that make the students to be susceptible to intestinal parasitic infections in the study area. Study Design: Complete randomized design was used to sample the population...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23886