Resuscitation with intravenous fluid therapy is considered a corner stone in the management of critically ill patients in most acute conditions. In daily practice, the assessment of individual thresholds in order to optimize cardiac preload and avoid hypovolemia or deleterious fl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20278
Aims: To study the effect of curing agents on A. rupiensis Ir3 (JQ912241) plasmid(s) and the plasmid(s) role in utilization of carbazole in this bacterium. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Al-Nahrain U...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/17273
Aims: To acquire preliminary information in order to assess the efficacy of a university-based exercise program developed to serve members of the community suffering from symptoms associated with cancer fatigue. Study Design: The pilot study included 35 adult cancer patients who...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20214
Aim: To study the genetic diversity in Asparagus racemosus germplasm using RAPD molecular markers for its better conservation and utilization. Study Design: RAPD markers used to check genetic diversity in Asparagus racemosus using different softwares. Place and Duration of Study:...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/19173
Aim: To study (1) effect of pioglitazone mono-therapy on body composition in treatment naive type-2 diabetes mellitus patients and (2) relationship between changes in body composition and insulin resistance induced by pioglitazone. Methods: Subjects: 49 newly diagnosed non-obese...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21556
Aim: To estimate prevalence of TB among inmates and staff of three prisons in south India. Place of Study: The study was undertaken in three purposively selected prisons in Karnataka State, India, namely, Belgaum, Mysore and Mangalore prisons. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21444
Ranula is a cystic lesion arising in the oral cavity in relation to the sublingual gland. Typically ranulas are unilateral although there has been a report of superficial dissecting ranula crossing the midline thus presenting as a bilateral lesion. This article is about our exper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20419
Jorge Pontual Waked, André Cavalcante da Silva Barbosa, Alexandre Batista Lopes do Nascimento, Caio Belém Rodrigues Barros Soares, Márcia Maria Vendiciano Barbosa Vasconcelos, Aronita Rosenblatt, Evelyne Pessoa Soriano & Arnaldo de França Caldas Júnior·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: Evaluating the prevalence of tooth loss, edentulism, prosthetic rehabilitation needs and the use of dental prosthesis as well as determine associations between tooth loss and age, sex, economic classification and race of the population studied. Methodology: A cross-sectiona...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21515
Background: Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is defined as a suspect endoscopic finding followed by pathologically proven specific intestinal metaplasia as opposed to the normal squamous epithelium of the esophagus. A new BE classification, the Prague C and M criteria, was proposed in 20...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20339
Aims: To compare blood loss following vaginal delivery by two different methods: visually estimated blood loss (vEBL) and calculated estimate of blood loss (cEBL). Study Design: Postpartum blood loss was analyzed during 2 different time frames: 1. Traditional estimation (vEBL) of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19239
Aim: To determine the normal and extremes of values for interpupillary distance [IPD] amongst adults in Ogun State, South Western Nigeria. Methodology: A population based cross-sectional study. Multi-staged stratified random sampling was used to select respondents from seven Loca...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19152
Red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) was grown in tunnels covered with partially UV-blocking films (<340, <350, <360, and <400 nm) for five weeks after sowing, and plant growth, anthocyanin concentration, and insect burden were compared with those of UV-transmitting fil...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20803
River Beas is an important river of India, originating in the Himalayas and merging into river Sutlej in Punjab, at Harike, a Ramsar wetland. Twenty two soil characteristics including eight heavy metals were studied at four sampling sites in the vicinity of the river for pre-mons...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21611
Energy flows and energy efficiencies in the operation of a modern automobile are development expressed and corresponding on reduction of pollutant emission from spark ignition (SI) engines is desirable due to reduce the highly impact on the green environment, the trend toward h...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21685
Shell and tube heat exchangers (STHEs) are the most common type of heat exchangers and are applicable for wide range of operating temperatures and pressures. Numerical analyses on thermal-hydraulic performance of three sets of shell and tube heat exchangers (STHEs) with different...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20021