Background: Nutritional status has been shown to predict post-surgical recovery and clinical outcomes in orthopedic patients. This study evaluated the effects of an oral nutrition supplement (ONS) in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. Materials and Methods: In a multicente...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13908
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between home stress and academic performance of junior secondary school students in Integrated Science in Calabar Municipality. To achieve the purpose of this study, one hypothesis was formulated and tested. Expost-facto resea...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/10302
This paper investigated the influence of water repellent treatment on the UV protection properties of 100% cotton knitted fabrics. In vitro UV measurement was conducted according to international standard with a spectrophotometer and the results revealed that water repellent trea...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14302
This report describes a case of fetal malposition with abrachia in a Yankasa ewe (Ovis aries), presented on the 24th March 2011 to the State House Veterinary Clinic in Abuja, Nigeria. A two-and-a-half year old Yankasa ewe, weighing approximately 35 kg was presented to the clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13661
Introduction: Exposure to positive clinical learning experience influences the nursing students' knowledge, skills, attitudes, and interest in continuing the nursing profession. It is widely acknowledged that clinical placement evaluations while students are on placement is very...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12046
In this paper, a self starting five step Continuous Block Hybrid Adams Moulton Method (CBHAM) with three off-grid points is developed using collocation and interpolation procedures. The predictor schemes are then expanded using Taylor’s series expansion. Multiple numerical integr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13009
Aims: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between different forms of maltreatment in childhood with the perpetration of violent behaviour and exposure to violence in partner relationships. Methodology: The sample comprised 147 participants (100 women and 47 men) i...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14286
The main attention of this paper is to deduce the estimators of the parameters of the Logistic distribution using five estimating methods, namely, the fuzzy least-squares method, the LQ-moments (linear quantile moments) with three cases (trimean, median and Gastwirth), TL-moments...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12483
The kinetics of the periodate (IO4–) oxidation of malachite green (MG+) have been studied in aqueous acidic medium. The observed results at [H+] = 1 x 10–4 mol dm–3 (HCl), ionic strength of reaction medium, I = 0.5 mol dm–3 and T = 25.5±0.3°C are consistent with the rate law: −d[...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12423
Aims: To examine the extent to which locally produced rice, chicken, cooking oils and tomato paste are used in Ghana’s restaurants, to identify barriers that inhibit their use and to possibly identify investment opportunities that may increase their production, utilization and co...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14295
The properties of foamed concrete as a variable density concrete, is now being tapped for effective application in the global construction industry. This study presents the properties and applications of this type of concrete at varying densities highlighting the advantages and c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13063
Yam is an important crop in Nigeria, where it is produced both as food and cash crop. Fusarium rots of yam are among the most important postharvest pathogens of yam worldwide, causing a lot of postharvest losses in stored yam tubers. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) lower the pH and cr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12726
Objective: To examine the relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and the incidence of acute coronary heart disease (CHD) and mortality in the modern era. Methods: We studied 16, 390 black and white participants free of clinical CHD from a US national sample. The...
Despite the widespread use of proteasome inhibitors in the treatment of multiple myeloma, the mechanisms of the anti-myeloma activity and the molecular pathways that execute the tumor cell killing are still unknown. In the present work we compared gene expression profile changes...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13421
The density of glycoprotein receptors on platelet membrane is dynamic and increase upon platelet activation by various stimulants to facilitate more ligand binding and functional outcome. Since CD41/61 receptor complex is responsible for platelet to platelet cross-linking, infusi...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2015/13147