Marco Matteoli, Marta Vincigurra, Lara Cristiano, Chiara De Dominicis, Ilaria Mastroiacovo, Gioia Papale, Luca Tabbì, Mohsen Ibrahim, Giulio Maurizi, Michele Rossi & Vincenzo David·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Purpose: Blunt traumatic chylothorax could be distinguished in CT (Computer Tomography) scan as low attenuated fluid, due to chylomicrons inside, however blood intermixture in chylous effusion could make densitomery higher and hide chylothorax, due to the possible presence of an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12302
Aim: To determine the prevalence and determinants of anaemia in HIV positive pregnant women attending ante-natal clinic at Jos University Teaching Hospital, North-Central Nigeria. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among HIV positive pregnant women as the study grou...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11833
Background/Objective: Aspirin for primary prophylaxis is controversial. This study evaluated associations between prophylactic aspirin use and incident acute coronary heart disease (CHD) events. Methods and Results: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REG...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11212
Aims: To explore the pattern of unmet medicine information needs of hypertensive patients on long term therapy and their attitude to use of SMS (mobile phone short message service) for medicine information exchange with hospital pharmacists. Sample: 117 hypertensive patients on l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8858
Aims: There is a general consensus in considering cigarette smoking as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases: a direct causal association between smoking and hypertension however is questioned. The present paper reports a study on the effect of cigarette smoking and of...
Aims: Evidence is still lacking regarding optimal treatment for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HfPEF). Our objective is to present an individual evaluation for each of the current available heart failure medications using a meta-analytical model. Me...
Unsteady magneto hydrodynamic heat and mass transfer flow of viscous, incompressible fluid flow over a stretching sheet embedded in a porous medium with variable viscosity and thermal conductivity have been analyzed, by taking into account viscous dissipation and chemical reactio...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/11972
Selected bacterial isolates from skin, gut and gills of Clarias gariepinus were collected from five fish farms at Ijebu Ode. The isolates were assessed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing method to identify them and to construct the phylogenetic relationship. A total of 10 isolates we...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11996
It is well known that many members of genus Bacillus possess an antimicrobial activity against a variety of microorganisms. In this study we present a primary screening for antimicrobial activity against some saprophytic and pathogenic microorganisms of nineteen strains identifie...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11408
Aim: This research is aimed at detecting the presence of Bacillus species in honey using morphological characteristics, biochemical tests and preliminary molecular studies. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the department of Molecular Biology, Institute of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7217
The constraints to kenaf production are extensive because farmers lack the information to mitigate them. This study determined the information needs of kenaf farmers. The study was carried out in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone of Oyo State, in the year 2013. Multistage sampling techn...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/9557
Aims: The experiment was conducted to investigate the performance and carcass characteristics of meat-type chicken fed Soybean Meal (SBM) and Sesame/Soybean Meal (SSBM) supplemented with or without microbial phytase. Study Design: The experiment employed a complete randomized des...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10513
Crop production is highly dependent on weather and change in climate has a major effect on crop yield, and thus on food supply. The effect of critical factors for climate change on growth and development of Zea mays was investigated. The treatments used were water, temperature, l...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10802
A Review of the Impact of Inspection on the Quality Assurance and Reliability of Project, Manufacturing, Operations and Maintenance is reported. The types of inspections and methods of establishing the frequency of inspection have been identified. It has been revealed that too li...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12081
Aims: To define a set of high-level visual features of endoscopic bleeding and evaluate their capabilities for potential use in automatic bleeding detection. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Computer Architecture, Faculty of Electronics...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11689