The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of different reading comprehension testing techniques on the arousal of cognitive fatigue in test takers. Additionally, the researchers investigated whether cognitive fatigue might be affected by the test takers’ IQ and c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14976
D. G. Cantarini, J. C. D. Rosa, L. G. R. Venturini, J. P. M. O. Silva, A. C. Honorio-França & E. L. França·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aims: Babassu is the popular name of the palm Orbignya phalerata Mart. That belongs to the family of Arecacae (Palmae). Some studies have attributed biological properties to this plant’s fruit; however, there are few studies evaluating the biological properties of its leaves. The...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14760
This study assessed the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) utilization by agro-processors in Ikono Local Government Area of AkwaIbom State, Nigeria. Specifically, it aimed at identifying the socio-economic characteristics of agro-processors; determining the level of a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/13839
The importance of effectively communicating new scientific information to a non- scientific audience is discussed in the era of new medical regimens for HIV. With new research findings on prevention, treatment and care for HIV such as antiretroviral therapy, both as treatment and...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/14938
Analytical consideration of uni-axial single-domain ferromagnet during the first order phase transition induced by a magnetic field is performed. Field is directed along the symmetry axis antiparallel to initial magnetization direction. For samples of the flat shape, besides the...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/14982
Recent observations indicate that the acceleration of our universe expansion is slowing down, which challenge the standard CDM model. In this article, we show that the existence of particles with imaginary energy density can explain the observed slowing down acceleration and prov...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/14201
Background: Remote sensing data are widely used in different sectors in all over the world. Remote sensing data are two types; one is active while another is passive remotely sensed data. In Bangladesh recently remote sensing data are widely used in different filed of application...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/13991
Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate oral manifestations of HIV /AIDS patients and to correlate their occurrence with plasma levels of CD4+, CD8+ counts and CD4/CD8 ratio. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: Odontology Unit, St-Antoine Hosp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15394
Background and Aim of Study: The use of Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for hemodialysis anticoagulation has been proposed as effective and safe for hemodialysis (HD) anticoagulation as standard unfractionated heparin (UFH). The aim of our study was to assess the use of LMWH...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15365
Background: The white coat is synonymous with medical profession and helps for easy identification by patients and colleagues. Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine doctors’ perception on mode of dressing of their colleagues, especially wearing of white coats an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15150
Psychiatric disorders frequently coexist with medical illnesses. Most literature report on the occurrence of medical illnesses among patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders. In this article we report the development of psychosis in a teenager who was being managed for mu...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/15570
Background: In places like rural Ethiopia where there is no CT or MRI, the diagnosis of stroke remains by clinical signs and symptoms. Knowing the actual proportion of the types of stroke seen locally is helpful in the prevention, diagnosis and thereby treatment of this illness....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14849
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection remains a public health challenge and Nigerian universities are not immune to the effect of the epidemic. Despite the fact that non academic junior staff constitute a significant proportion of the workforce and are at risk due to their...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14562
With the rising popularity of energy drink among Nigerian youths and males especially, there is the need to investigate the possible side effect of its major constituent, caffeine on reproductive and health related issues. To test the reproductive, health, and other effects of en...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13573
An 84-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department with unconsciousness. She was diabetic and the blood level of glucose was 34 mg/dL. Diffusion-weighted images (DWI) revealed symmetrical hyperintensity in perirolandic regions and posterior aspects of corona radi...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/15058