Aims: Plantar flexor spasticity affects walking ability after stroke. Spasticity is clinically tested by modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) and it is fairly reliable. The aim of this study was to test the correlation between MAS and alpha motor neuron excitability indicators of F-wave...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23432
Background: Traditional and complimentary health care is inarguably the system most close to homes, accessible and affordable. It is also culturally acceptable and trusted by large numbers of people. The affordability of most traditional medicines makes them all the more attracti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23033
The research study was aimed at investigating waste oil biodegradation potential among bacteria isolates from waste oil and pristine soil samples. Auto-mechanic workshop and pristine soil environments were randomly sampled within Calabar Metropolis. The study was completed within...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/23598
La-doped bismuth titanate ceramics with composition formula Bi4-xLaxTi3O12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.5) was synthesized by solid-state reaction route. These ferroelectric materials find great applications in nonvolatile memories. The x-ray diffraction was carried out to analyze the structures o...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23113
This study investigated the effect of a mariculture fish cage culture on the abundance, composition and distribution of macrobenthic invertebrates of Lagos lagoon from February 2011 through July 2011. A record of three animal Phyla – Mollusca, Arthropoda and Annelida was establis...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22872
Over the last century, Eucalyptus has rapidly expanded across the globe. It has become the most planted tree species. Environmentalists fear this for the perceived negative eco-hydrological impact. Foresters and wood industries support its expansion looking at its socio-economic...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22841
Groundwater is the main source of drinking water for many small agricultural communities. Nitrate concentration in groundwater is a major problem in Nira River basin area, which is mainly due to the run off or seepage of chemical fertilizers from the agricultural field. A total o...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23309
N. N. Njoku-Oji, C. V. Nwike, U. Dimkpa, N. O. Ifegwu, L. C. Anike, S. O. Maduka, O. A. Sobanke & R. C. Uchefuna·International Blood Research & Reviews·2016
Objective: This work was carried out to investigate the effects of oral administration of aqueous leaf extract of Ficus capensis on some hematological parameters in albino rats. Methodology: Twenty-eight normal male rats weighing between 180-240 g were used for this study. They w...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/23083
A field experiment was conducted to see the effect of cowdung, NPK and Rhizobium inocula on nodules number, yield contributing attributes and yield of summer mungbean (var. Binamoog-8), in acid soil at the farm of Agricultural Training Institute, Khadim Nagar, Sylhet from April t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23178
Like many other developing countries, Pakistan has lower agricultural productivity. It is due to the reason that the farming community is almost illiterate and, has traditional and conservative farming practices. Adoption and diffusion of new technology at farm level is hindered...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/19661
In this paper some properties of equidistant sets are presented,a relatively new concept. The equidistant concept is characterized and among two congruent spheres of ℝn. Afterwards the behavior of the orthogonal projection onto ℝk is studied, concluding that the projection of equ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23497
Since the development of RSA in 1977, many RSA variants are developed. The objectives behind these variants are either to improve RSA decryption time, to accelerate RSA encryption time or to rebalance RSA encryption and decryption time. The Mprime RSA variant is a well known vari...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/22196
Background: Mental health (MH) is an extremely integral component of health and accordingly there is “no health without mental health’’. Objective: Based on the concept of World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Division Model, this paper updates to the previous published M...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/23002
Ismene Dontas, Anna-Aikaterini Neri, Christos Zafeiris, Nikitas Schizas, Cleopatra Nacopoulos, Anna-Maria Vesalas, Triantaphyllos Papadopoulos, Dionysios Mouzakis & Nikolaos Papaioannou·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: To identify the potential pitfalls and indicate procedures to prevent them, during the evaluation of biomaterials for orthopaedic and craniofacial research in the New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit animal model of femoral bone defects. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22857
Fire-burnt clay molded brick remains the chief building material in Bangladesh although it is considered as a massive source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG). In this study compressed earth blocks stabilized with various additives were examined as an alternative to the fire burnt clay mol...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23071