The study was on assessing community involvement in the monitoring and evaluation of Kwahu West Municipal Assembly projects in the eastern part of Ghana. The study aimed at unraveling the research question that whether decision-making and planning (DMP), community participation (...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/22168
Over the last three decades, soil erosion phenomenon has grown to be the most serious and significant geo-environmental problem in Morocco as in the whole Mediterranean area. As a matter of fact, it damages both soil functions and quality, not to mention the magnification of the...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/20061
Urinary alkalinisation is a common practice in the management of dysuria in patients with urinary tract infection. Although there is wide empirical experience with this approach, scientific literature is limited. The mechanisms by which modifying urinary pH reduces dysuria are st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23479
Gall bladder dyskinesia is a clinical condition, refers to presence of biliary pain in absence of gallstones. Current evaluation and management of this condition is controversial. This article explores the current evidence available in the evaluation and treatment of such patient...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23117
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms in the gastrointestinal tract. The metachronous existence of GIST and gastric adenocarcinoma, though are tumours of distinct histotype, and very rare, have been reported in medical case reports in recent years...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22002
Although metformin is currently one of the most frequently prescribed drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, the precise mechanism of its molecular action is not fully understood. Metformin induces mild and transient inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory-chain complex I ac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23354
Domingos D. Roque, Karina T. Pomini, Rogerio L. Buchaim, Daniela V. Buchaim, Jesus C. Andreo, Jose S. Roque, Antonio C. Rodrigues, Geraldo M. Rosa Junior, Luis Henrique R. Moraes & Fausto Viterbo·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aim: The aim of this study was to compare two tubulization techniques, inside-out veins and standard veins, both filled with skeletal muscle or not, in sciatic nerve by morphological and histomorphometric study. Methodology: Seventy Wistar rats were divided in 4 experimental grou...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23294
This mini-review summarises the risk factors for acquiring Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV) infection, and describes the harmful effects of the infection in pre-term infants. Moreover, theoretical considerations are discussed for the prevention of RSV infection in high-risk infa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22894
Background: Lactation mastitis is a painful, debilitating condition that if not well managed, can mislead women into prematurely stopping breastfeeding and by so doing deprive the child of optimal feeding. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 10% of breastfeed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23223
The main objective of this paper is to investigate the structure and dynamic of Burkina Faso’s economy during the last 25 years (1990-2015) and to know in what extent the economic growth saved during this period contributed to improve the living conditions of the population. To r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/22730
Aim: Heavy metals are significant environmental pollutants. Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal and is also known as one of the major environmental pollutants. Therefore, study the germination ability, seedling growth performance and genetic variability of twelve Egyptian rice (O...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/23094
In the recent attempts to stimulate alternative energy sources for heating and cooling of buildings, emphasise has been put on utilisation of the ambient energy from ground source heat pump systems (GSHPs) and other renewable energy sources. Exploitation of renewable energy sourc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/20564
Aims: The degradation of phenothiazine with the filamentous fungus Beauveria bassiana was studied under different fermentation conditions. The objective was to demonstrate methods to increase substrate conversion in wild type B. bassiana using phenothiazine as a screening substra...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/22703
Scientific investigations and observations show that carbon dioxide is a major contributor to the increasingly damaging effects of global warming. Thus, geological sequestration of carbon dioxide in saline aquifers is already in operations across the globe. However, geological ca...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/19724
An empirical study was carried out to assess the effect of intensive vegetable cultivation on the amount of soil carbon stored in Abak, Onna, Uyo and Ikot Ekpene area of Akwa Ibom State, Southeastern Nigerian. The objectives of the study were to; assess the types of farming prac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/22942