The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains possessing virulence genes encoding such toxins as exfoliative toxins (ETs), toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), is worrying, especially in relation to the increasing frequency of nosocomial infections...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21955
Aims: HIV and AIDS is a major public health challenge and India alone accounts for 2.5 million of the Asian sub continent 2009 estimated 4.89 million people were living with HIV/AIDS. The oral manifestations are often among the first symptoms of HIV/AIDS and thus can be useful in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/16485
Aim: We report an extremely unusual case of thyrotoxicosis presenting as recurrent acute flaccid quadriparesis in a south Indian male. This case is reported to disseminate knowledge about this rare presentation of thyrotoxicosis among medical professionals. Presentation of Case:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21942
Background: Influenza is an acute respiratory disease that has caused pandemic in birds and humans. Therefore, this study was designed to isolate and identify influenza A virus strains from live bird handlers in life bird markets (LBM) and poultry farms in Ibadan metropolis. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21056
Background: Evolution of Alzheimer’s disease from the onset of dementia to death is estimated by different authors as lasting between a few months and 21 years. Objective: To verify whether there is an explanation for this dispersion of evolution of cases, starting only from clin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21800
Introduction: The prevalence of disabling hearing loss for adults and children is greatest in South Asia followed by Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa. Nepal is one of the least developed nation where hearing loss and ear diseases is very common. Objective: To find out the patt...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21757
This reserach study investigated how satisfied medical workers comprising of doctors, nurses and hospital administrators were with their jobs and roles in the hospital setting. The research specifically sort to unveil whether doctors were more satisfied than nurses and or adminis...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/15045
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the impact of trauma due to wars on quality of life of Palestine children living in Gaza with special reference to 2009 war. It is analytic study; the study sample consisted of 195 children and adolescents who were selected purposely from thre...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/22189
Stroke patients suffer from emotional disturbances. Alexithymia is a common impairment after stroke. To date, no Arabic study has examined the potential comorbidity of alexithymia and stroke in a rehabilitation outpatient setting. Methods: Quantitative and qualitative methodologi...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/21803
Advances in quantum physics in the first quarter of the twentieth century dramatically influenced perspectives in science and philosophy. This paper discusses why a shift towards post-positivism in the philosophy of science is necessary, taking a novel perspective using the basic...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19816
This case study was carried out to undertake a psychological assessment and follow up of an undecided client who needed vocational guidance and counseling to make an appropriate and correct career choice. The case study was a one sample study which employed a quasi-experimental d...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/15362
Climate is a complex and chaotic system having non-linear links between its component variables. Study on temperature trends at macro level may be used to assess the climate variability of a region over the period of time as it is the main component of the climate system. For tre...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/21344
The need to continuously monitor the air quality in our environment has continued to grow due to the ever increasing level of atmospheric pollutants. Indoor air pollution and urban air pollution are listed as two of the world’s worst toxic pollution problems in the 2008 Blacksmit...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/21931
Aim: Okra is grown as a wild plant in Ethiopia. However, the variability of the crop is not well studied. Therefore, this study was initiated with the objectives of estimating variability, heritability and genetic advance for tender fruit yield and yield related traits of Ethiopi...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/19483
This paper is a theoretical review of the major crimes leading to identity and identity cards fraud, criminal vice, unauthorized access of strangers in organizations and homes, effective and efficient means to minimize these problems in Nigeria. The paper provides prevention tech...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/18171