This literature review highlights the psychological and social impact of epilepsy, as well as the behavioral problems in school children with epilepsy. From the study of the literature it is found that children with epilepsy have an increased risk of psychological disorders and h...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/9798
In this paper, we study the positive solutions of nonlinear singular two-point boundary value problems for second-order impulsive differential equations. The existence of positive solutions is established by using the fixed point theorem in cones.
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10981
Aim: The study seeks to improve the livelihoods of farm families by deploying appropriate storage and grain protection methods to reduce on-farm storage losses. Place and Duration of Study: Multi-location experiments were established at 4 communities of the Upper East Region of G...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10704
Aims: The aim of this work was to determine the biochemical and phytochemical properties of Cola acuminata varieties. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Technology, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Nigeria, between August 2012 to June 2013. Methodology: The...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10223
Aims: Even though screening of videos to create awareness about agricultural technologies may not be a novelty, adaptation of a motor tricycle for that purpose is an innovation. The study therefore, sought to identify the awareness creation technique that is most preferred by far...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/9959
The pathogenesis of Graves’ ophthalmopathy is poorly understood, but there is evidence for the involvement of calsequestrin (CASQ1) as an autoantigen. Aim: To compare the frequency of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs3838216 (located in intron 1 of CASQ1) in patients wi...
Background: Hepatitis C Virus infection presents a major public health threat globally. The advent of different immunoassays for the detection of specific markers for the diagnosis of the infection since the discovery of the virus is a positive development, but their varied degre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10606
Aims: To present the clinical, radiographic and histopathological features of an osteoblastoma localized to the second metatarsal of a 50-year-old woman that was successfully treated with intralesional curettage. Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman presented with localized swe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10567
Aims: To determine the prevalence of depression and its associated risk factors among adults attending primary care clinics in Kuantan. Study Design: Cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Public primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang between July 2008 and September 2008....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10423
Patients with unexplained fatigue often have secondary anxiety and depressive symptoms. The symptoms are unlikely to resolve unless their primary illness is diagnosed and treated. Many patients labeled with treatment-resistant depressionare misdiagnosed. Chronic fatigue syndrome...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10054
Avulsion fractures of the anterior superior iliac spine are rare with a incidence 1.4% of pelvis injuries. This injury met commonly in adolescents, as an avulsion fracture of the apophyses, a result of suddenly and forcefully contraction or repetitive contraction of the sartorius...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10785
This article is devoted to investigation of the mechanism of synchronization of the sources of electromagnetic radiation due to tunneling between two vacuums of the Maxwell-Einstein equations. The implementation of this mechanism permits to avoid the hypothesis of the inflation s...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/9239
Sucrose in the final molasses continues to be a source of major financial loss to sugar refineries worldwide. This study therefore aims at rectifying this anomaly. In this study, the final molasses exhaustibility was predicted using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9620
In this study, a number of 300 senior student teachers reported, in written, incidents of violence which they had experienced or witnessed within educational settings thus far. The narrations were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Classifications regarding the subjects,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10709
Background: Parts of baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) including especially the barks are commonly used for their medicinal properties. Aims: The aim of this work is to evaluate the antisickling activity of baobab tree barks, which are used in Congolese traditional medicine to man...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/10539