Decentralized democracies have been referred to as most efficient in delivery of social services in line with the aspirations of the citizens by exercising transparency and ensuring accountability from political actors. Ghana’s 1992 Constitution promulgated in 1993 outlined in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/19793
Aims: This study tries to evaluate patients’ satisfaction with a particular view of the specific perceptions of the quality of care in an outpatients department of tertiary care hospital provided by the doctors, nurses and receptionists, considering the waiting time as a separate...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/21600
Introduction: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a microbiological diagnosis based on the isolation of a specified quantitative count of bacteria in a properly collected specimen of urine from pregnant women without signs and symptoms, which are referable to urinary tract infectio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20754
Aims: To determine the prevalence of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing Escherichia coli (ESBL E. coli) strains among the total isolates and study the association between the antibiotic resistance and plasmid profiles of the isolates. Methodology: A total of 1258 urine sa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21451
Chahed Jamila, Mekki Mongi, Kechiche Nahla, Hidouri Saida, Ksia Amine, Sahnoun Lassaad, Hemmadi Faten, Sfar Mohamed Tahar, Belghith Mohsen & Nouri Abdellatif·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Objective: Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is a rare disease with possible severe forms. Thymectomy is supported by many authors particularly in generalised forms with positive AcetylCholine Receptor Antibody (AChR- Ab). The aim of our study was to discuss the indication and the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19760
Background: In India, Out of Pocket Health Expenditures (OOPHE) is as high as 70-80% of total health expenditures, borne by the families of ailing persons. In most cases such high OOPHE is catastrophic in nature, in the backdrop of high poverty level in the country. High OOPHE an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21470
The function of extension is to transfer and nurture pool of knowledge within the rural industry. Thus extension embraces all those who contribute knowledge or transfer it to farmers. This paper sought to explore the prospects of involving grassroots organizations in agricultural...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/20743
This paper will investigate the determinants of Vietnam’s trade deficit from an inter-temporal approach, in which the dynamic of the trade balance is the outcome of forward-looking consumption and investment decisions. The result shows that relative income, NFA, financial depth,...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/20429
Daniela Conti, Stefania Balzamo, Andrea Paina, Cristina Martone, Elisa Raso, Fabio Cadoni, Federica Savorelli, Manorama Croppo, Vanessa Bellaria & Alessandra Pati·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
Aim: The current study was designed to evaluate whether European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L. 1758) can be used as a sentinel species to test contaminants. For this aim the acute lethality (96 h) of anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on sea bass juveniles at two...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20527
The aim of the study is to document the morphological details of the forelimb bones of the orange rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina). The bones were collected from 12 adult animals of both sexes. Each limb comprised of 47 bones (30 bones, 17 sesamoid bones). The clavicle was poo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/21814
Aim: The present study evaluates the toxic effects of Croton tiglium seeds mixed with animal diet on plasma and blood parameters in male albino rats. Methodology: Eighteen adult albino male rats, of age 6-8 weeks with an average body weight 120-160 grams, were used in this study....
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/19801
This study investigated the effects of short-term repeated oral administration of sub-toxic dose of potassium cyanide on the haematological indices and the structure of the thyroid, liver, adrenal, and spleen of rabbits. A total of 16 rabbits, weighing 1.2±0.2 kg were randomly di...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/21828
The genus Lactuca L. belonging to the Asteraceae family, is widely distributed in different geographical and ecological areas. Lettuce and most of the other species of the genus Lactuca L. have been cultivated for their economic and medicinal importance. This review summarizes re...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20647
Aim: The aim of this study was to estimate divergence ages and reconstruct ancestral areas for the clades within Combretaceae. Methods: We utilized a comprehensive dataset of 144 species of Combretaceae with a worldwide sampling to reconstruct a dated phylogeny based on a Bayesia...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/17476
Text classification is a popular problem that has been studied extensively in the last four decades. Since many classification schemes can be used, the question of how to choose the best one among many for a designated task remains. In this work, we design a method for classifica...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/18789