Sensing and mitigating explosives are critical for homeland security. This paper investigates the electrochemical responses of TiO2 nanotubes exposed to several chemicals including ammonium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, methanol, ethanol and ethylene glycol which are used directly...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/14263
There are 30 heterometallic Fe/Ag complexes in this review. The complexes contain the following metallic cores: FeAg, Fe2Ag, FeAg2, FeAgW, Fe2Ag2, FeAg3, Fe4Ag, Fe3Ag2, Fe2Ag4, Fe2Ag2Pd2, Fe6Ag, Fe4Ag4, Fe4Ag5, Fe3Ag6 and {FeAg}n. The mean M-M bond distance elongated in the order...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13420
The time required for the shift in pH after addition of small quantities of a weak acid into fixed volumes of spring water was measured once per minute while the sample was exposed to magnetic field configurations that have been shown to influence photon emissions and to produce...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13156
Six impurities were identified in the lab development batches during the course of benzimidazole intermediate (1) synthesis by reverse phase HPLC method. Intermediate 1 is used as a common and advanced intermediate in the synthesis of candesartan and azilsartan. All the impuritie...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13162
Background: While recent data showed that illicit drug use rates at six months of treatment with either methadone or buprenorphine were comparable among patients [1] and that slow-release oral morphine was not inferior to methadone as detoxification treatment [2], methadone conti...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13517
Background/Objective: The potential impact of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy has attracted much interest in recent years. This study was an exploratory one aimed to assess vitamin D status among a small random sample of Egyptian pregnant women and their newborns, and to ev...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/12291
Claudia Scaringi, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Giuseppe Minniti, Raffaele Porrini, Alessia Carnevale, Maurizio Valeriani, Maria Christina Cox, Maria Antonietta Aloe Spiriti, Giovanna Gentile, Maurizio Simmaco, Luigi Ruco, Agostino Tafuri & Riccardo Maurizi Enrici·International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports·2014
Aims: We describe the case of a patient with glioblastoma (GBM) who developed severe and prolonged myelosuppression during concomitant daily temozolomide (TMZ) and radiotherapy (RT) treatment. Analysis of polymorphisms in genes correlated with TMZ-induced myelotoxicity was also p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13957
Host parasite relationships result from prolonged associations between organisms living in a given environment. The nature and extent of the association will determine the type of relationship existing between the co-habiting organisms. Host-parasite associations usually give ris...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10263
Ryma Amamra, Mohamed Reda Djebar, Nedjoud Grara, Ouissem Moumeni, Hadjer Otmani, Amel Alayat & Houria Berrebbah·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Synthetic Pyrethroids are considered to be safe over other insecticides; however, data indicate that their use may pose risk to environmental biota, especially, aquatic organisms. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of cypermethrin, a widely used...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10852
Objective: To study the pharmacognostic profile and wound healing effect of aerial parts of Bassia eriophora (Family: Chenopodiaceae), a wild plant in Saudi Arabia, on albino rats. Methods: The microscopy, phytochemical and physiochemical evaluation of the Bassia eriophora aerial...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13069
Aims: In this study, we investigated serumβ-endorphin and its feedback system in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO). Experimental and clinical studies show that there is an over activity of sympathetic nervous system in PCOS. It affects quality of life and can worsen anxi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12932
Field experiments were conducted to assess the effects of differential irrigation on the growth, stress development and water- yield functions of dry season fadama-grown pepper in a humid rainforest zone of Nigeria. The aims were to characterize water productivity of pepper (crop...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9449
Aims: The study determined the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in secondary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. Study Design: A cross-sectional school based survey was conducted among adolescents of Aba South L.G.A to determine the prevalence of overweight and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9919
Experiments was carried out to examine the effect of abscisic acid (ABA), source of carbon and temperature on secondary somatic embryogenesis and somatic embryo germination of Ferula assa-foetida L. Cotyledonary somatic embryos were cultured on MS (Murashig and Skoog, 1962) mediu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12110
Aims: Herbicides are the most effective tool against the major weeds of cultivated plants, and are necessary in maintaining or increasing crop yields. However, most of these molecules are highly toxic for crop. Their massive and repeatly use can cause adverse effects on all compo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9349