Regions of the permanent ionosphere instability are identified with 24h daily global W-index maps produced from Global Ionospheric Maps of Total Electron Content, GIM-TEC, provided by Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Planetary Wp index derived from hourly W-index maps from January, 199...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/20488
In this study, the excess heat factor (EHF) index was applied in five (5) selected stations in Nigeria to investigate heat wave characteristics. The EHF originally introduced for use in Australian heatwave monitoring and forecasting, has now been incorporated into a newly designe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/18181
Urban waste management, collection and disposal have always been a universal problem. Extant literatures have documented the importance of solid waste management to the urban environment. Yet the performance of the authorities charged with the responsibility of solid waste manage...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/16382
Background: Although most rural communities in developing countries (DCs) use medicinal plants (MPs) for various health conditions, not enough studies have been conducted to ascertain their vernacular and scientific names, and their specific indications. Aim: The present study ai...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/10081
Background: Women are vulnerable to HIV infections because of their biological make up and present means used for HIV and STIs prevention. At first was male condom of which women had no control as a strategy of HIV and AIDS prevention as well as prevention of unwanted pregnancy....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/10891
Aims: Anaemia in pregnancy is a common health problem in poor-resource countries like Nigeria and is associated with both maternal and perinatal complications. It is multifactorial in origin; the relative contribution of these factors may differ from one region to the other. Anae...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20791
This paper discusses the results of a study done in River Thome which is located in Nairobi county in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to establish whether the river water meets the set quality standards for surface water and irrigation water. It was established that the river...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/20051
Dental and orofacial injuries have been reported to be the most commonly occurring form of traumatic injury resulting from sport-related activities. Sports dentistry is the upcoming field in dentistry which is associated with the correct diagnosis, prevention and treatment of oro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20413
The objective of this review article was to evaluate the current literature on the increasing off-label use of rFVIIa in the management of critical obstetric haemorrhage. Given the lack of high-level evidence, there is a need to review the clinical indications, observed response...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20737
No cure and no safe or acceptable treatment exist yet against bowel problems and chronic constipation in spinal cord-injured (SCI) patients. Although some non-central nervous system (CNS)-acting drugs have already been identified and used clinically as symptomatic treatment, most...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19033
Nura Mohammed Naseb, Ramesh Naidu Yedla, Khalid Saleh Gharib, Jagannadha Rao Peela, S. Shakila, Abdul Rehaman Said, Laxmi Teja Peela, Sobha Devi Kolla, Sainath Jagannath Doiphode, Anuradha Argi, V. Laxmi Kalpana, Avinash Rawal & Soe Naung·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly common metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with dyslipidemia and an increased percentage of glycated hem...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/18537
Objectives: This work was aimed at investigating, by means of ultrasonography, the impact of cardiovascular parameters on the physical endurance of runners participating in high altitude race. Experimental Design: This was a cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19844
Purpose: Disability is a potential risk for stroke survivors. This study aims to identify disability risk factors associated with stroke and their relative importance and relationships from a national behavioral risk factor dataset. Methods: Data of post-stroke individuals in the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21601
Aim: To document the conditions requiring dialysis in children at the University College Hospital, Ibadan Nigeria, at the end of the 20th century, as well as the available dialytic modalities and short-term outcomes of dialysis for future comparisons. Patients and Methods: The da...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20470
Aim: To assess the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in patients of psoriasis and its relation with disease severity. Materials and Methods: The study was cross sectional and hospital based. It was conducted on one hundred psoriasis patients of psoriasis between 18 to 70 years of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20759