Saint triad consists of colonic diverticulosis, gall stone and hiatus hernia. But there are reports of colonic diverticulosis with cardiomyopathy. This is a case report of Saint Triad with dilated cardiomyopathy and duodenal diverticulosis. So all patients who fall under Saint Tr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22364
Background and Objective: Diabetic retinopathy as an important complication of diabetic mellitus is a common cause of blindness in diabetic people. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of the diode laser on visual acuity in patients with diabetic retinopathy....
Background: Prospective Interventional Pilot study of selective laser trabeculoplasty as adjunctive treatment in patients affected by open angle glaucoma for control of intraocular pressure in Indian eyes. Methods: This prospective Interventional pilot study included 29 eyes of 2...
Mangrove ecosystem is unique in nature due to the combination of Halophytic plants, animals, birds and aquatic organisms. Such wetland ecosystems possess rich nutrition status that contributes rich bio resources to aquatic flora and fauna. Brackish water within the ambit of Picha...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/16611
Agricultural soil quality is drastically affected by modern human activities. This study evaluates sole and combined effect of three agro-wastes namely: - rice husk Ash (RHA), rice husk dust (RHD) and poultry manure (PD) on soil fertility nutrient content and grain yield of maize...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/15192
Developing nitrogen use efficient (NUE) genotypes of wheat could reduce crop N fertilizer requirement. However, selection for NUE alone can be difficult and less efficient than associating it with one or more of selection criteria. The aim of this study was to determine selection...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/21917
This original research paper examined the causes and effects of the problem of male dropout of schools in Anambra State, located at the Southeast area of Nigeria. Multistage and simple random techniques were combined to select 180 respondents for the quantitative data while purpo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/21735
In the work obtained new matrix composite materials of high density polyethylene (HDPE) with a semiconductor additive. With a measuring instrument bridge E8-7 and E7-20 studied temperature and frequency dependence of the permittivity (ε) and the dielectric loss tangent (tgδ) comp...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/18839
Aim: We examine in this study the effect of two antitumor drugs metothrexate (MTX) and carboplatin (CPT) on the phospholipid content of plasma membrane of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. MTX is a folate analog that inhibit dihydrofolate reductase. CPT is a platinum-containing antineop...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/20709
Aims: This study was conducted within a rural pastoral community of Maasai in Simanjiro District of Tanzania to determine prevalence of hypertension and its determinants. Study Design: This study was a population based cross-sectional design. Place and Duration of Study: This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/22353
The research was conducted at the Research and Teaching Farm of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Southeastern Nigeria, to investigate the effect of manure sources on soil chemical properties, growth and yield of two sweet potato varieties in Ishiagu. A Split-plot in a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/20818
Aims: To find out the prevalence and risk factors for vancomycin resistant Enterococci in a leading tertiary care center of north India. Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar. Kashmir. One year study. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21635
Estimation of stature from body segment parameters finds usefulness in forensic sciences and other medical applications. However, these parameters are highly, sex, race and age dependent. The present study measured some cephalofacial parameters with a view to providing cephalofac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21380
Background: Increasing body weight is a risk factor for development of insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Aim: We aimed to determine the relationship between insulin, C-peptide, leptin, cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and adiposity in obese and subjects wi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21457
Dermatoglyphics as a separate science is being increasingly used in everyday practice. The aim of this study was to determine possible differences in dermatoglyphic characteristics digito-palmar complex (DPC) in the inhabitants of Kosovo and Metohije. Metode: The study involved 4...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20578