Aims: The main objectives of this study are to submit significant contribution to the field of environmental assessment of flexible pavement construction method in Egypt based on a life cycle assessment study. This contribution will be useful in the planning and management of sus...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20620
The present study was conducted to observe distribution of meio-fauna community structure and its variation both spatially and temporally in relation to the sediment temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll – a, organic carbon and soil composition. A monthly sampling...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19467
Industrialization has been the major source of waste generation leading to heavy metal accumulation in soils. It has become major environmental challenge especially as it affects soil quality, biota, ecosystem processes and ground water pollution. This study was targeted at deter...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/19357
Aims: This study was conducted to determine the effect of tupler technique on post natal diastasis recti. Study Design: Pretest post-test design. Place and Duration of Study: Subjects of this study were selected from physical therapy department in Kasr Al Aini university hospital...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/17876
Olusola Adedeji Adejumo, Olusoji James Daniel, Yetunde Abiola Kuyinu, Kikelomo Ololade Wright, Ebunoluwa O. Jaiyesimi & Olumuyiwa O. Odusanya·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2015
Background: The success of the directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) strategy depends on the ability of the health-care system to identify and follow-up tuberculosis (TB) suspects. This study compared the knowledge of private and public DOTS providers in Lagos State Nig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21206
A new selective oxidation reaction for the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones is described. N-Chloramines are used as the oxidant together with dialkylsulfide. This Swern-type reaction can be performed at room temperature without an additional base and the dialkylsulf...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/20573
A quantum chemical study of the efficiency of some nitro benzenamine derivatives as corrosion inhibitors of mild steel in acidic medium was investigated. Density Functional Theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31G* level was used for the calculation. The calculated quantum chemical parame...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/20772
The levels of BDNF, copper, zinc and common blood tests of two different groups of patients were considered: those with dementia syndrome and healthy older people. It would be premature to conclude that these indicators, with the exception of high density lipoprotein (HDL), are d...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/20121
Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a significant hospital pathogen because of the increasing number of infections and the global spread of strains with resistance to multiple antibiotic classes. An important contribution to the epidemiology of infections with A. baumannii has...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/20193
Students’ self-perception has been described as having the ability to determine their performance in all areas of life. In as much as social media networks have a great potential to facilitate collaboration, communication and sharing of information among students, its usage and a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/19040
Aim: Vancomycin has been widely used in the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The emergence of vancomycin- intermediate and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA and VRSA, respectively) in various parts of the world has been re...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/20642
Aims: To determine if we are winning the war against deaths from Neonatal tetanus. Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Paediatrics, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) between1995 to 2014. Methodology: Hospita...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/19046
Background: Dental fluorosis with its attendant complication of aesthetic distortion of the teeth has now become another focus of public health intervention worldwide. We studied the prevalence of dental fluorosis among school children at Oloibiri, Ogbia Local Government Area of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20773
Aims: Human urinary tract infections (UTI) are very common in Bangladesh. The objectives of the current study are to identify the uropathogenic agents infecting males and females of different age groups, and commonly used drugs sensitivity profiles. Study Design: A total of 980 u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21365
Periodontal disease does not appear to be a single disease with variations in clinical symptoms but a group of diseases with overlapping symptomatology. The nature of periodontal diseases may be multifactorial. It will be quite important to consider known risk factors for periodo...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20443