Properties of coarse aggregate of carbonate rocks of Malikhore Formation of Jurassic age of districts Lasbela and Khuzdar, SE Balochistan were investigated. Bulk specific gravity (SSD), water absorption, sieve analysis, Los Angeles abrasion test, unconfined compressive strength, s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20389
Aims: Increasing food production through improving land productivity, while conserving the environment and preventing climate change is pertinent to policy makers. This study assessed the predictors of composted poultry waste use intensity (CUI) among arable farmers and its impli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20774
The machine interference problem with reliable server under multiple vacations policy is considered. There are M similar machines that are subject to breaks down with a single server who is responsible for repairing the failed machines under multiples vacations. The failed machin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/19209
Objective: Varicose veins of the lower limb are being treated with a number of modalities, mostly by surgical methods. Present study was conducted to compare foam sclerotherapy with surgical treatment of varicose veins. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Deen Dayal...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/17932
Bottle-up and top-down are two main computing models in granular computing (GrC). The bottle-up granular computing is used to form decision tree classifiers, or DTCGrC for short. Algorithm DTCGrC constructs a framework of granular computing by the bottle-up join operation which m...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19523
Aims: To assess actual and perceived climate variability within smallholder communities in Meru county. Study Design: A cross-section survey to obtain data on farmers’ perceptions and using Long term hydro-climatic records. Place and Duration of the Study: Targeted smallholder fa...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20239
The common-law principles of vicarious liability hold an employer liable for the delicts committed by its employees, where the employees are acting in the course and scope of their duty as employees. The principle of vicarious liability ascribes liability to an employer where its...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19190
Stilling basins are in common use when designing heading-up hydraulic structures such as barrages, dams, weirs …etc. This research paper investigates the effect of stilling basin shapes with different heights of end step on the characteristics of submerged hydraulic jump and the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21452
It’s been over 60 years since the wide spread use of penicillin saved millions of lives from infection. Today there is a rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance and it’s on the increase with each passing day. The dentists are responsible for a large number of antimicrobials p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19817
Under the guide of the medical models, we clearly know the nature of many diseases. However, a lot of complicated diseases, the polygenic and multi-factorial diseases for example, are remained unexplained. Here, we proposed a new medical model, namely the Environment - Genetic -...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21532
Pericarditis is the most common cardiac manifestation of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but pericardial effusion infrequently happens as the first clinical sign of SLE. We report the case of a previously healthy 19 years old male patient whose initial manifestation of lupus...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21490
Aims: To ascertained and compared the knowledge and attitude of public and private health-care workers in South-East, Nigeria on hospital-acquired infections. Study Design: A cross sectional surveillance report. Place and Duration of Study: Randomly selected hospital workers in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/18272
Aims: To determine the antibiotic resistance patterns and virulence factors of coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) associated with urinary tract infections (UTIs). The virulence factors assayed for were the atl E and ica AB genes. The prevalence of the antibiotic resistance...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19912
Background: Epilepsy is usually stigmatized in the developing world because of the poor knowledge. The health workers in Nigeria are generally regarded as the custodians of medical information irrespective of their designation in the health care institution. Their opinion in heal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19812
Background: Salivary flow rate and pH may be altered by chewable tobacco, the habit which is becoming a threat for oral cancer epidemic. The objective of the study was to find out the relationship between alterations in resting salivary flow rate (RSFR) and pH, which are early si...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19273