Antibiotic resistance is increasing and dangerous problem resulting in a decrease in the used number and fully active antimicrobial agents available to treat infections with multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Herbal medicines may be an alternative treatment options. This study...
Aims: Aim of this study was to better address a possible association of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection with penile lichen sclerosus (LS). Study Design: Paraffin-embedded penile biopsies obtained from adult patients with genital LS retrieved from institutional pathology file...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2014/7983
Aims: To investigate the effect of human serum, starvation and /or variation in incubation temperature on yeast and pseudo-hyphae and/ or hyphal cell differentiation in vaginal Candida albicans strains and, its correlation to exoenzymes productivity. Study Design: A total of 31 C...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8822
Chlorambucil (CLB) is an aromatic nitrogen mustard and an alkylating agent. It has been mainly used in the chemotherapy. A method for radiopharmaceutical preparation of [125I]-iodo-Chlorambucil a potential cancer therapeutic agent is described. The method is based on direct elect...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10520
Helicopter EMS (HEMS) and its possible association with patient-oriented outcomes improvement continues to be a subject of discussion. As is the case with other scientific discourse, debate over HEMS usefulness should be framed around an evidence-based assessment of the relevant...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9127
Aims: The aim of this manuscript is to present innovative applications of the BTK model that can potentially contribute additional aspects of safety evaluations for a broader range of products and materials intended for prolonged skin contact. Study Design and Methodology: The ba...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9147
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of aqueous extract of Nicotiana tabacum on the testicular function and micro-architectural integrity in male Albino Wistar rats in relation to the serum concentrations of estradiol, cholesterol, testis and body weights. Stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9529
Aims: Social accounting matrix (SAM) is a kind of important form in the national accounts calculation. The requisite data are typically collected from a number of different sources. Therefore, much of data used will not be immediately consistent. The aim of this paper present th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/8942
Aims: The objectives of this study are to assess the level and impact of concentration of portfolios on the ZSE and to determine the number of stocks to be held in a concentrated portfolio to achieve effective risk reduction. Study Design: Portfolio Model. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/8684
Background: A “near miss” or close call is a medication error that happened but did not result in injury or damage to the patient. These medication errors (MEs) are captured and corrected before affecting the patient either fortuitously or purposefully by designed system controls...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/8607
As the U.S. immigrant population increases, a thorough understanding of the socio-economic interactions, inter-ethnic relationships, and the impacts of the host country on immigrants, is worthy of examination. Our study reviewed the literature on factors, from both home and host...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7579
Benjamin Bavhure, Félicien M. Kasali, Aladdin O. Mahano, Kazadi Minzangi, Amani Matabaro, Ithe Mwanga & Justin N. Kadima·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Aim: The nutritive and medicinal values of vegetable oils rely on the nature of their fatty acids (FAs). This study aimed to determine the nature and content of FAs in Lebrunia bushiae Staner and Tephrosia vogelii seed oils which are used by the local population of South Kivu pro...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/9722
Aims: Prospecting different filamentous fungi for high production of amylases in standard conditions for future application in biotechnology industries. Methodology: Samples were collected in different field areas in the state of Bahia, Brazil, for isolating filamentous fungi. Fu...
In this paper we present the results of a formal quantum-chemical analysis of the relationships between the electronic structure and In vitro cytotoxicity activity (measured in a cell-based assay using two different human tumor cell lines derived from human prostate cancer and le...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/8691
In view of generating new compounds for future drug development, we have synthesized some N-aminoalkylated derivatives of benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole by alkylating benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole in the presence of K2CO3/DMF using 1,6-dibromohexane to obtain the 2-(6-bromohexyl)-2H-benzo[d][...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/9104