Introduction: ‘‘Body stuffing’ refers to concealment of illegal drugs within the human body to avoid arrest. Emergency physicians and law enforcement authorities should be aware of uncommon sites of concealment used to avoid detection. Methods: A literature search of Medline (Pub...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7683
Background: Bleeding during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) remains a challenge for both surgeons and anaesthesiologists despite several modalities available for improving the surgical field. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of oral clonidine premedicati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4168
Aims: (1) To review the published literature on immune biology of host-Cytomegavovirus (CMV) interactions and to discuss the host immune responses against viral infection, providing insights into the complex interplay between the host and the virus that facilitates viral persiste...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8128
The oral micro biome is highly diverse and its composition is associated with oral disease and potentially diseases at other sites. Our objective is to evaluate DNA extraction methods potentially suitable for population-based investigations on the oral human microbiome and diseas...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5333
Aims: This study was conducted to assess the Length of Stay (LOS) of surgical inpatients and compared factors associated. Study Design: Retrospective review of records. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Review...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5944
Introduction: In the new century, worldwide health professionals face new pressures for changes towards more cost-effective and sustainable health care for all populations. Globalization creates daunting challenges as well as new opportunities for institutions and health professi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7483
Background: There is an increased need to conduct medical research in developing countries. Meanwhile, research ethics is needed to achieve the balance between advancement in science and protection of human subjects’ rights. Our aim was to assess the knowledge and attitude of res...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7071
Aims: This study aimed at preparing pharmaceutical gels containing Glyccerihizic Acid Ammonium Salt (GAM) for healing of chronic wounds followed by in-vitro and in-vivo characterization of the prepared gels to ensure their suitability, efficacy and safety. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/7591
Introduction: Unilateral proptosis is usually a diagnostic challenge to an ophthalmologist. Mass lesions constitute a common cause of unilateral proptosis in elderly individuals in which lymphoproliferative lesions account for 11% and metastasis up to 2- 9% of cases. Literatur...
Hasfa M. Ali, Duaa M. Attar, Fatma Al-Abdulwahid, Fatema A. Juma, Hussah I. Al-Mezail, Jawaher A. Al-Jalahma, Raneem R. Al-Shaikh, Samar S. Hussain, Sara A. A. Al-Mail, Wafa A. T. Al-Omari & Amer Kamal·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2014
A cross sectional study involving all year 1 and 6 medical student of Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain in the year 2011-2012 was performed by self reporting anxiety and depression using HADS forms. The results showed that 33.96 % of year 1 and 55.07% of year 6 students showed a...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/8048
Chronic minor childhood stress in the form of corporal punishment predicts adult psychopathology in the United States but has not been demonstrated in a country where corporal punishment is normative. We tested whether adult psychopathology was predicted by recalled frequency of...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/7997
There are many barriers that have hindered the progress of clinical application of gene therapy as a potential method for treating cancer. These limitations are caused by transduction/delivery failure rates with viral vector systems and were due to the resultant non-specific targ...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7305
Passion fruit is of high economic importance in Kenya. In the recent past, diseases have led to decline in fruit production. This study aimed at identifying disease management practices that could be adopted to mitigate disease impacts. Passion fruit varieties used include purple...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5092
Differential first derivative (ΔD1) method is developed for the quantitative analysis of cefquinome sulphate (CS) in bulk and dosage form. The method is based on measuring the ΔD1 of CS in alkaline solutions against its neutral aqueous solutions as blanks. The proposed method is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5734
Objective: To evaluate the antioxidant potential of lectin from the endophytic fungi of Viscum album. Place and duration of study: Department of Biotechnology, Shridevi Institute of Engineering and Technology campus, Tumkur, Karnataka, India between November 2012 and March 2013....
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/6702