Background: Medication safety unit [MSU] streamlines the safe management and use of prescribed medications and reduction in all types of medication errors [MEs], and associated morbidity and mortality resulting in enhanced patient safety, better quality of healthcare services and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17221
Aims: Even though glutamate is one of the primary endogenous amino acids of the Central Nervous System (CNS) its subunit receptors exist also in non-neuronal tissues outside CNS such as the hematopoietic system. The purpose of this paper is to define the possible in vivo effect o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17683
Background: Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare obstetric emergency with unclear aetiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. The true incidence is unclear and diagnosed largely by exclusion. It can neither be predicted nor prevented and its management is fraught wit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17340
Aims: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can differentiate into multiple cell types including insulin-producing cells. However, these cells usually cannot be directed to efficiently differentiate into β cells in vitro. The present study aimed to explore whether the pancreatic microenv...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16600
Aim: This study evaluated radiographic variations and measured dimensions of the non-pathologic frontal sinuses. Study Design: Retrospective. Place and Duration of Study: Orthodontics Department, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2003 to 2012. Methodo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17153
Camilla Pinheiro de Menezes, Felipe Queiroga Sarmento Guerra, Lilian Sousa Pinheiro, Vinícius Nogueira Trajano, Fillipe de Oliveira Pereira, Valmir Gomes de Souza, Fábio Santos de Souza & Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Cladosporium carrionii is considered the most important pathogenic species of genus because of the numerous cases of disease which causes in the world. Due to its antifungal resistance, these fungal infections are difficult to treat. Given the broad biological activity displayed...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17841
Background: In HIV –infected individuals, anti-HBc which is an indicator of occult hepatitis B is a common phenomenon Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the sero-epidemiology and associated risk factors among HIV-infected individuals in Ikole Ekiti, Nigeria. Study Populat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17400
Objectives: This work was done to detect the best cut-off values for IL-8 to diagnose CNS infections (meningitis and meningio-encephalitis), to differentiate septic from aseptic types, and to predict mortality. Methods: A case- control series design was chosen, where 42 patients...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17884
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic helminth eggs in the fingernails of “Almajiris” in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area in Jigawa State, Nigeria and to determine the source of the infection as an indicator of the overall hygienic standard...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14186
Maria de los Dolores Valadez Sierra, Angel Alberto Valdés Cuervo, Monica Galan Leyte, Gabriela López Aymes, Teodoro Rafael Wendlandt Amezaga & Ana Carolina Reyes Rodríguez·Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science·2015
The purpose of the study was to conduct a critical analysis of the scientific literature by Mexican researchers about the topic of the gifted students for the period 2003-2013. Within the analysis were included research articles, book chapters and/or books in which a Mexican rese...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16947
Freire delineated in Pedagogy of the Oppressed [1] that reality is continually socially constructed and that the ultimate aim of any social action, including education, is to contribute to individual humanization and collective liberation from systemic oppression. After observing...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16823
This paper is theoretical in nature. It examines how education in Nigeria could be used for social reconstruction and national development the concept of educational planning is examined. The essence of educational planning as noted in the paper is to connect education with natio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16301
This study examined decision making styles and self-esteem at decision making of university students regarding shyness, self-esteem. The working group of the study has been determined as Faculty of Education, Faculty of vocational Training, Technical Training Faculty and Faculty...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16123
This paper discusses the illness narratives of undergraduate students suffering from sickle cell anaemia. The study explores participants’ concept of the self in relation to the disease on the one hand, and on the other, the construction of their identity in relation to significa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17489
The present work aims to make use of a national survey in order to propose an analysis of all the available indicators theoretically associated with the construct of alienation, and then validate a tool enabling not only to estimate alienation and its components in Portuguese ado...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17546