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The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Resilience, Compassion Fatigue, Stress and Empathy in Professional Nurses

Marietta P. Stanton, Rick A. Houser, Morgan E. Kiper Riechel, Joy J. Burnham & Graham McDougall · Advances in Research · 2015

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on measured levels of resilience and empathy in professional nurses with evidence of compassion fatigue and other stress related problems. Lowered levels of resilience, compassio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/16842

Scavenging Behavior of the Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis) in Jahangirnagar University Campus, Bangladesh

K. M. Mijanur Rahman, M. M. H. Khan & I. I. Rakhimov · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

The scavenging behavior of the Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis) was studied at Jahangirnagar University campus, Bangladesh, from February 2010 to July 2010 by following focal sampling method. The behavioral patterns that were observed are scavenging, moving, resting, conflict...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/18258

Power Generation and Its Impacts on the Environment

Kadiri Kamoru Oluwatoyin, Agbaje Micheal Oluwasegun & A. O. Alabi · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Power generation is the means of generating power supply into the society. This paper tells how power is being generated from various sources (nuclear, coal, solar, wind, natural gas, water, geothermal, biomass), its major impacts on the society and the possible solution to probl...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/17143

Detection of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli in Neonatal Unit of a Tertiary Health Institution, South-South Nigeria

I. O. Idang, A. E. Moses, A. N. Umo & E. E. Ikpeme · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2015

Aims: To determine the prevalence of multidrug resistant (MDR) and Extended Spectrum β-lactamase producing (ESBL) E. coli in neonates, their mothers and healthcare workers (HCWs) in the neonatal wards of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo-Nigeria. Study Design: I...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMPS/2015/18742

Decreased Serum Magnesium Level among Nigerian Women with Late Onset Pre-eclampsia

F. N. Okoye, A. S. Anzaku, J. I. Chigbo, J. Musa & I. A. O. Ujah · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2015

Background: Pre-eclampsia is a common medical complication of pregnancy associated with increased maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Its etiology is unknown, although several evidences indicate that deficiency of various nutritional elements might play important role...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMPS/2015/18500

Nutrient Balance in Organic Raspberry Production with Dairy-manure Amendments

J. L. Ferrari, E. E. Martínez & M. V. Cremona · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2015

Raspberry (Rubus ideaus) is a perennial crop that reaches commercial production after 4 to 5 years since planting. To improve of Raspberry crop production, fertilizers and manures are applied to the soil. Many farms in the Andean-Patagonian region produce organic crops, and apply...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18425

Biogenic Amines and Their Role as Index of Freshness in Chicken Meat

G. Y. Ivanov, I. V. Ivanova, A. K. Slavchev & K. P. Vassilev · Journal of Applied Life Sciences International · 2015

Aims: To evaluate the biogenic amines formation in chicken breast and thigh meat during chilled storage and their potential use as index of freshness. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Food Preservation and Refrigeration Technology and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JALSI/2015/18326

Diatom Checklist, Composition and Abundance of a Lotic Aquatic Ecosystem in Edo State, Southern Nigeria

O. Ekhator, E. M. Denise & M. A. Akhere · Journal of Applied Life Sciences International · 2015

The diatoms of Osse River, Edo State, were studied at monthly intervals for 16 months (January 2003–April 2004) across five stations. Stations 1, 2 and 3 were freshwater stations while stations 4 and 5 were brackish environments. Phytoplankton samples  for qualitative analysis we...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JALSI/2015/16211

Early Diagnostics of Beta Thalassemia Minor

Archana Singh Sikarwar & Mohd Farid Bin Dato’ Seri Haji Abdul Rahman · International Blood Research & Reviews · 2015

Early diagnosis of disease is highly recommended for the treatment purposes by the clinicians. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder which can be inherited from the parents. Thalassemia is classified into two groups alpha thalassemia and beta thalassemia depending upon the severity o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IBRR/2015/16178

Inconsistent Countable Set in Second Order ZFC and Nonexistence of the Strongly Inaccessible Cardinals

Jaykov Foukzon · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

In this article we derived an important example of the inconsistent countable set in second order ZFC (ZFC2) with the full second-order semantics. Main results: (i) ¬Con(ZFC2), (ii) let k be an inaccessible cardinal and Hk is a set of all sets having hereditary size less then k,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/16849

Filter Based Feature Selection for Automatic Detection of Erythemato-squamous Diseases

A. H. El-Baz · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

This paper presents an automatic diagnosis model of erythemato-squamous diseases. The proposed model consists of two stages. In the first stage, two filter based feature selection methods, namely rough set using Johnson's algorithm and ranked features for feature selection of ery...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/17618

A Parabolic Transform and Some Stochastic Ill-Posed Problems

Mahmoud M. El-Borai & Khairia El-Said El-Nadi · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

It is well known that the Cauchy problem for elliptic partial dierential equations is ill-posed. The question, which arises, how a priori knowledge about solutions can bring about stability? A parabolic transform is dened to discuss the stability of the Cauchy problem for some st...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/18587

The Concept of Multiset Category

Ahmed I. Isah & Y. Tella · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

In this paper category of multisets (Mul) is presented and various operations of category of sets such as points, products, sums, etc., were introduced in Mul and related results were proved. It is further shown that the product of two objects is unique as is the case for the sum...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/18415

Community Knowledge, Attitude, Awareness and Protective Practices Regarding Malaria in Mewat and Rohtak Districts of Haryana, India

Amrita Kumari, Rajni Kant, P. K. Sharma & Meena Kumari · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Aim: Mosquito borne diseases especially malaria is a serious public health problem in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world especially the developing countries including India. Besides available key interventions to control the spread of vectors and vector borne dise...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17311