Considering ‘black hole geometry’ as the ‘eternal cosmic geometry’ and by assuming ‘constant light speed rotation’ throughout the cosmic evolution, at any time the currently believed cosmic ‘critical density’ can be shown to be the cosmic black hole’s eternal ‘volume density’. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10137
Aims: For modeling of large polyatomic systems one may use the variation principle for energy density functional. The key point to make this is to find the functional of kinetic energy in the orbital-free approach. Study Design: We describe a way to find functionals of kinetic en...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10415
The purpose of this study is to appreciate the estimation of TIEGCM (Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model) and that of the 2012 version of IRI (International Reference Ionosphere) in African Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) region through the diurn...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/9748
Aims: The operation of a single screw extruder under the influence of locally available raw materials (African yam bean (AYB) and cassava products were determined using the measures of torque and specific mechanical energy of the extruder. The specific mechanical energy (SME) is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8500
In this paper, the angular dependence of the etching rate is applied in the three-dimensional simulations of the profile evolution during etching process. Etching rates are determined from the silicon symmetry properties by the interpolation technique using experimentally obtaine...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/8704
What is it? Darunavir is a protease inhibitor used in the treatment of HIV infection. It is an important drug of therapy cocktail for patients infected with the virus. On the market there are darunavir ethanolate tablets of 75, 150, 300, 400, 600 and 800mg, because this is the mo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/7607
Currently there has been an increased attention globally to identify antioxidant compound that are pharmacologically potent and have low or no side effects. As plants are source of natural antioxidants, much concentration has been given to plants. A variety of free radical scav...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8091
In the tropics where the prevalence of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is high, reports of concurrence of sickle cell anaemia and diabetes mellitus are rare with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), being rarer. In this case report, we present the cases of two Nigerian adolescents (one male an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9858
A 51-year-old male with a family history of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) presented with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with coronary angiography demonstrating no angiographic disease and a mid-left anterior descending (LAD) myocardial bridging (MB) segment with 71%...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10208
Aim: It is known that blood viscosity and erythrocyte aggregation are increased and erythrocyte deformability is decreased in diabetic patients. Blood rheology is known to be affected by numerous factor including anaesthetic drugs. Accordingly, we aimed to investigate the effects...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8749
Aims: To alert practitioners to complications regarding inflatable penile prostheses. Presentation of Case: A 56 year-old male with a history of an inflatable penile prosthesis and multiple revisions was found to have a small bowel obstruction. Computed tomography scan and subseq...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10316
Aim: To assess G-6-PD, Pyruvate kinase enzyme activity and some coagulation parameters in HIV positive patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART) and those not on antiretroviral treatments with varying durations of infection and Antiretroviral treatments. Study Design: Case-contr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10211
Aims: The objective was to evaluate the single exposure of general anesthetics with or without a surgical procedure at postnatal day 14 (P14) on nociceptive behavioral responses. Furthermore, we evaluated ectonucleotidase activities at P14 and P30. Place of Study: All experiments...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6571
Aim: A study was conducted to assess the magnitude of stalking experienced by psychiatrists, its’ effects and actions taken to ameliorate the problem. Methods: A cross sectional study to assess the magnitude of stalking the consequent effects on the psychological, social and occu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9856
Aim: Nigeria has been classified among the nations highly endemic for viral Hepatitis with a seroprevalence of 2.7-13.3% in normal population. The study determines the seroprevalent rates of hepatitis B virus based on trimester stages in a population of pregnant women. Study Type...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10498