Aims: To identify stress and post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in HIV patients on Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and further assess the possible relationship between stress, PTSS, immune function and ART medication adherence. Methods: After obtaining written informed consent, 1...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13278
This paper introduces a new probability distribution referred to as a transformed triangular distribution (TTD) by using the average of the extreme values (minimum and maximum) of the triangular distribution. The TTD is being approximated by the continuous uniform distribution. T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12299
The development of any conjugate gradient method could be viewed from the perspective of approximating an objective function by a functional noting that the properties of the functional can be used to characterize the method. Using the functional , the new conjugate gradient meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/13361
In the paper [1], Pusz and Woronowicz first gave the geometric mean of two positive definite matrices. This mean has similar properties to those of the geometric mean of two positive numbers. In [2], Ando, Li and Mathias listed ten properties that a geometric mean of m positive d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13026
This paper discusses a design problem of a variable gain robust controller with guaranteed gain performance for a class of uncertain switched linear systems. The uncertainties included in the switched linear system under consideration are supposed to satisfy the matching conditi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/12382
Let X be a Banach space, and E ⊂ X be a non-empty closed bounded subset of X. The set E is called proximinal in X if for all x ∈ X there is some e ∈ E such that Çx - eÇ = inf{Çx - yÇ : y ∈ E}. E is called remotal in X if for all x ∈ X, there exists e ∈ E such that Çx - eÇ =...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13412
A hybrid of the new Conjugate gradient method and Galerkin theory has been used to find the maximum deflection of a beam under uniformly distributed load. Maximum deflection of a beam under a given pressure was found by solving a two-point linear, second order, boundary value pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13362
A quasi-orthogonal space time block coding (QO-STBC) scheme that exploits Hadamard matrix properties is studied and evaluated. At first, an analytical solution is derived as an extension of some earlier proposed QO-STBC scheme based on Hadamard matrices, called diagonalized Hadam...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/12616
Even though imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) technique is evolving rapidly, its data analysis capability lags behind. Especially with the improving of IMS data resolution, faster and more accurate data analysis algorithms are required. To meet such challenges in IMS data analysis,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/9870
Exotic collections include all non-traditional financial assets that investors pursue for investments and psychological satisfaction purposes. This paper proposes a dynamic Lagrangian model to price these assets, which carry special features compared to traditional assets. The mo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13372
The present paper deals with the definition and study of new kinds of hypergeometric matrix functions within complex analysis. We also get the radius of regularity and matrix recurrence relations are then developed for l(m, n)-hypergeometric matrix function of two complex variabl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/11492
This paper studies the possibility of using natural rubber seed oil as brake fluid. The laboratory properties of both standard brake fluid (SBF) and natural rubber fluid (NRF) obtained from seed oil were determined. The actual test of the braking efficiencies of the brake fluids...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/9200
This study was aimed at checking the affect of gamma irradiation on amino acids profiles, minerals and some vitamins content of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) flour. The pigeon pea was gamma irradiated at difference gamma doses of 5, 10, 15, & 20 kGy, after which the effect of al...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/10245
Aim: To determine if there is a correlation between the ingestion of microwaved food items and haematological parameters. Study Design: Twenty male albino rats weighing between 180-200g were used for the study and randomly assigned into 2 study groups of 10 animals each. The anim...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12199
A study was conducted in the experimental farm of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria to determine the effect of poultry manure tea on soil chemical properties, the vegetative growth and yield of okra. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/9340