There are many entrepreneurs in all corners of Zimbabwe who are either running a manufacturing enterprise or contemplating to open one, but there are plenty stories telling about the closing of these enterprises a short time after opening their doors. Financial institutions play...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/16286
Background: According to the role of estrogens in metabolic responses to high-fat diet and/or stress, this study aimed to investigate the effect of high- cow intra-abdominal fat diet either alone or combined with acute foot-shock stress on glucose metabolism at proestrus and die...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/18905
Aims: The main objective of the present study is to compare between indirect ELISA and TBIA for detecting some faba bean (Vicia faba L) viruses in naturally infected faba bean plants. Methodology: Fifty four samples with different mosaic and mottle symptoms were separately collec...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/19181
Aims: To explore attitudes towards HIV testing in the United Kingdom (UK) from the public and healthcare practitioners (HCP) to more fully understand the barriers and motivators towards testing. Methodology: Electronic databases Pubmed, Web of Science, OVID Medline and Google wer...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/18724
Mauriac syndrome is a rare complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus. It is characterized by hepatomegaly, growth delay and the presence of elevated transaminases and serum lipids. Mauriac syndrome occurs in males and females equally, and is most common in adolescence, although th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/18813
Hibernomas are very uncommon soft tissue tumors. They are composed of brown fat. They are usually seen in adults in the fourth/ fifth decades according to published literature. Very few cases in Paediatric age group have been reported. We present a hibernoma presenting as a swell...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/19187
Introduction: Childhood autism is a pervasive developmental disorder presenting with a distinct pattern of impairments in social relationships and communication with repetitive/stereotyped behaviour. Multiple aetiological factors have been established and viral infections that oc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/18371
Aim: This manuscript describes how a weekly high intensity weight lifting exercise regimen was able to improve the osteoporotic state in women with a previous diagnosis of low bone mineral density. Case Presentation: This series reviews the cases of four women (average age of 50)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/19244
Bladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract. Cystoscopy evaluation is one of the follow-up procedure to determine the progress of bladder cancer. Hypnosis in many forms has been reported and practiced for millennia and secondarily promoted at the turn of the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/19250
The paper examines the formulation of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education policy and the Kuffour-led education reforms in the education system of Ghana in 1996 and 2007 respectively. The study is undertaken through the lens of the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) develo...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17697
Basil O. Akinnuli, Yakubu A. Jimoh & Adeyemi A. Aderoba·Advances in Research·2015
When it comes to processing of material (job processing) which has alternative means of producing the required product(s), there are machines competing for the job(s) and machine that will do the job economically at low cost out of the existing alternatives must be wisely selecte...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/15691
Aims: This study deals with the enhancement of the longitudinal shear interaction at the concrete-profiled steel sheeting interface of composite slab by using shear connectors. The push out and flexural tests are carried out with the same shear connection details. Place and Durat...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18847
A. A. Abioye, P. O. Atanda, O. F. Kolawole, O. E. Olorunniwo, A. R. Adetunji, O. P. Abioye & K. J. Akinluwade·Advances in Research·2015
The reasons for failure of locally made furnace in the foundries were as a result of cycles of operating temperatures that they were subjected to, which caused thermal stress and strain on the furnaces. This paper studied the simulation of thermal analysis of Fuel fired Crucible...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16235
D. A. Isadare, M. O. Adeoye, A. R. Adetunji, K. M. Oluwasegun & K. J. Akinluwade·Advances in Research·2015
This paper reports the effect of homogenization treatment on T6 tempering of 6063 aluminium alloy. Wrought 6063 aluminium sample was machined into tensile and impact tests specimens. Samples were also cut for hardness and metallographic works. These samples were divided into two...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18166
Aim: This study was undertaken in order to determine the effect of land-use intensification on occurrence, distribution, and diversity of Trichoderma fungus. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Distribution of Study: Mycology Laboratory, University of Nairobi between M...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18034