This paper presents the new technique of the spatial domain image steganography for hidden electronic communication in grayscale and color images. The method hide one message bit per pixel and creates least changes in the statistical properties of the image. Experimental results,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/17628
Over the last decade, various mobile robots have been developed and widely used in myriad sectors. However, the vast majority of mobile robots are manually designed where the designers must have the preliminary knowledge of the interaction between the robots with the environment....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/18555
Diagnosability is the property of a partially observable system with a given set of possible faults; these faults can be detected with certainty with a finite observation. Usually, the definition and the verification methods of diagnosability ignore the nature of controllable and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/18255
Aim: Helicobacter pylori infection is mainly acquired during childhood and is strongly linked with peptic ulcer disease. This study determines the seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among school children in Lagos, Nigeria. Place of Study: Alimosho and Ajeromi Local G...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15985
Background: Persistent diarrhoea is a major health problem for children in developing countries. Aims: This study was carried out to assess the microbial agents of persistent diarrhoea as well as other associated factors of infection. Methodology: Faecal and blood samples were co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18754
Hypertension is a very common medical disorder and a major health problem in North Africa. Hypertension is associated with an increase in the risk of stroke and hospitalization. Objectives: To estimate the importance of hypertension (HT) as a stroke predisposing risk factor among...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18897
Background: India has the dubious distinction of having second largest burden of MDR-TB cases in the world. According to WHO, MDR-TB is defined as resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most important drugs for treatment of TB. “Rifampicin resistance” is recommended as s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16687
Aims: To assess the knowledge and attitude of dental graduates regarding identification of child abuse and neglect (CAN). Study Design: This study included Dental graduates from Krishna and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. A questionnaire with 15 questions about...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17823
Aims: In the present study the toxic effects of lead was investigated experimentally on the testicular macrophages and sperm cells isolated from testes of adult male mice to ascertain the extent of immunomodulation and reproductive dysfunctions (in-vivo). Study Design: Experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17937
Objective: Blunt and penetrating injuries to the anus and rectum are uncommon. Considerable debate remains regarding the optimal treatment of anorectal injuries. This report offers a technique for repair of anorectal wound from under its floor. Design: The anorectal wound was rep...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18503
This paper determines the dynamic buckling load of a lightly and viscously damped imperfect spherical cap with a step load. The spherical cap is discretized into a pre-buckling symmetric mode and a buckling mode that consists of axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric buckling modes. T...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/18109
Bianchi type-IX space-time is considered in the framework of the ƒ(R) theory of gravity when the source of the energy momentum tensor is a perfect fluid. The cosmological model is obtained by using the condition that the expansion scalar (θ) is proportional to the shear scalar (σ...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/18515
The objective of the present investigation was to study the effect of salt affected soils in different locations in Egypt on performance, variability, correlations, heritability, and genetic advance from selection of 117 bread wheat doubled haploids and 4 checks. The experiments...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18900
This work investigated the effects of incorporating palm kernel shells (PKS) as partial replacement of coarse aggregates in hot mix asphaltic binder course. All the volumetric properties and the physical properties of the asphalt mixture were evaluated in order to determine the p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18785
In this paper, we propose a methodology for quantifying the flow of knowledge based on simple rules of flow that govern the flow of current, heat or fluids. Knowledge being radically different from any of these established down-to-earth physical entities starts to display that th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14740