Aim: The doses received by anesthesiologists and technicians from x-ray devices used in orthopedic operating theaters were measured and calculated in compliance with international standards. Methodology: Ten personal thermoluminescence dosimeters were given to ten anesthesia oper...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17594
Aims: The aims of the research was to define the level of meaning in life and the level of conscience sensitivity in groups of students with a high and low level of religious experience of God's presence, and to examine the relationship between these variables. Methodology: The s...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17535
Aims: This study investigated the extent to which the field-based, inquiry method of instruction (FBIMI) will be effective in impacting middle basic (5th grader) pupils’ science process skill acquisition as compared to the conventional strategy. Study Design: The study adopted a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18261
This paper examines the speech act features of select extracts of Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God by examining the pragmatic implications of the speech acts employed and their relevance for promoting leadership in the contemporary society as it has been observed that the century has...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13323
The article is the result of research that has received public funding via the University of Sonora and the Secretariat Public Education of Mexico. The registration number of the financing received is PROMEP-IDCA 8837 UNISON.CA-149. The text seeks to characterize to the Mexican I...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17692
A screen house study was conducted at the Department of Soil Science Screen house SUA, Morogoro to determine the effects of different levels of N, P and FYM on the growth, nutrient uptake and dry matter yield of maize. The experimental design used in the study was factorial desig...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17978
Aim: To assess the barriers to help seeking for psychosis among adolescent students in Lagos Nigeria. Study Design and Methodology: Using a cross-sectional study design, 156 adolescent students attending a public co-educational secondary school in Lagos, south-West Nigeria comple...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18060
Ingrid Bielderman, Maaike J. Bruins, Reina Engle-Stone, Noel W. Solomons, Hans Verhagen, Lindsay H. Allen, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Klaus Kraemer & Jane Badham·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Micronutrient fortification of staple foods can be an effective strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition. When planning on fortification, challenges faced include the collection of essential information on population food and nutrient intake patterns, as well as the use of t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/17357
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the results of coronoid fracture fixation, in terrible triad of elbow injury with retrograde screws. Patients between 2008 and 2012 were reviewed. Six were men and 2 were women. Mean age was 44.5(21-62). Mean follow-up period was 25.25 months (...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18086
Introduction: Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a dental anomaly that causes defects in enamel with no evident association of systemic disease. Presentation of Case: This clinical report describes the oral rehabilitation of a 24-year-old woman diagnosed as having hypoplastic type o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18072
A 19 year-old boy admitted with pain and discoloration on his chest wall 18 months after a Nuss procedure performed for pectus excavatum deformity. His physical examination revealed that this skin lesion was an ecchymosis. We diagnosed a very rare bleeding disorder due to Factor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17627
Introduction: Sudden strenuous exercise (SSE) has previously been shown to result in electrocardiograph (ECG) abnormalities indicative of myocardial ischemia when not preceded by a warm-up. Athletes regularly undergo SSE and are often unable to warm-up immediately prior to compet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17374
Aims: To evaluate GenoType® MTBDRplus line probe assay as a diagnostic tool for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug susceptibility testing from cerebrospinal fluid of probable tuberculous meningitis patients. Study Design: A prospective, double blind study. Place and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18176
Objectives: The aim of the current study was to evaluate of three dose levels of verapamil; as a calcium channel blocker that could confer an anti-inflammatory efficacy, in an experimental model of neuropathy in mice that had been subjected to chronic partial constriction of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17908
Background: Universities in the high prevalence nations of sub-Saharan Africa have significant proportions of their students and staff being infected with HIV. The prevalence of risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS continues to rise especially among university students. The objective of t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18421