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Seroprevalence of Anti-HIV Antibodies in Women with Abnormal Pap Smears in Jamaica

Angel A. Justiz Vaillant, Patience E. Bazuaye, Norma McFarlane-Anderson, Monica P. Smikle, Horace Fletcher, Patrick E. Akpaka & Chalapathi Rao · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are both sexually transmitted infections, which have impacted the prevalence of cervical dysplasia and cancer in women. Infections with one of these viruses can facilitate infection with the other. In Jamaica...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4538

Two Eggs per Day Increase Plasma Lutein and Zeaxanthin in a Pediatric Population Characterized by Low Intake of Fruits and Vegetables

Martha Nydia Ballesteros, Rosa M Cabrera, Socorro Saucedo & Maria Luz Fernandez · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

Aims: Eggs are a good source of lutein and zeaxanthin, carotenoids known for their antioxidant properties. Mexican children have been shown to consume limited amounts of fruit and vegetables. The purpose of the current study is to determine whether the inclusion of eggs in the di...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4702

On the Solvability Conditions for the Neumann Boundary Value Problem

Valery V. Karachik & Sanjar Abdoulaev · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2013

In previous work of the first author, a solvability condition of the Neumann boundary value problem for the polyharmonic equation in the unit ball was obtained. This condition has a form of equality to zero of some integral of a linear combination of the boundary functions. In th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2013/5610

Antidiarrhoeal Potentiality of Leaf Extracts of Moringa oleifera

Sushmita Choudhury, Latika Sharan & M. P. Sinha · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2013

Aims: The present study aims to evaluate the antidiarrhoeal activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts from M. oleifera leaves by evaluating its potential as antibacterial (against pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Salmonella typhi a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2013/3952

Input Flooding: A Factor to Improve Iranian Pre-Intermediate EFL Learners’ Structural Accuracy

Faezeh Nemati & Khalil Motallebzadeh · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2013

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of implicit focus on form through input flooding on structural accuracy. To fulfill the purpose of the study, 43 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners of one of the language institutes were chosen by means of administering...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4452

Barriers to Contraceptive Use among Married Young Adults in Nigeria: A Qualitative Study

A. Ankomah, J. Anyanti, S. Adebayo & A. Giwa · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2013

Aims: Nigeria’s contraceptive prevalence is one of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of married women in Nigeria is not currently using contraceptives and has no intention of doing so in the near future. This study was aimed at exploring the key cultural and societal...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2013/4573

Comparison of Ocular Alignment Using Corneal Reflex Measurements with Plusoptix S08 between Non–strabismic Amblyopes and Normal Controls

Goktug Demirci, Mustafa Ozsutcu, Banu Arslan, Mustafa Eliacik, Gokhan Gulkilik & Selim Kocabora · Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal · 2013

Aims: Purpose of this study is to compare corneal reflex value measurements performed by the Plusoptix S08 photo-screener between anisometropic non–strabismic amblyopic children and non-amblyopic children. Study Design: This is a randomized and controlled prospective study. Place...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/OR/2013/3614

Sensitive Method for the Quantitative Determination of Ergotamine in Tablet Dosage Form by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Using Bromocriptine as Internal Standard

Safwan Ashour & Soulafa Omar · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2013

Aim: To develop and validate a selective, sensitive and simple RP-HPLC method for the determination of ergotamine tartrate (ET) in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Study Design: All variables were studied to optimize the chromatographic conditions. Place and Duration of Study: Depart...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IRJPAC/2013/4528

A Combined Experimental Green Flow-Injection Procedure and Computational Analysis to Determine Amino Acids

Samy Emara, Tarek Aboul-Fadl, Abdel Nasser El-Shorbagy, Maha Kamal, Walaa Zarad & Mohamed Abdel Kawi · Chemical Science International Journal · 2013

Aim: Methods of pollution reduction and human health protection would be more successful if the fields of green analytical chemistry and computational analysis could come together. This overlap would help to minimize, or even eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substanc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACSJ/2013/4923

Strategies and Mechanisms of Building up and Stabilizing Organic Matter Stocks in Soils

Keston Oliver Willard Njira & Janet Nabwami · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2013

Soil organic matter (SOM) has very important functions in the soil. It affects the soil physical, chemical and biological properties, and eventually affecting the overall soil and crop productivity. Increase in SOM matter is associated with an increase in soil and crop productivi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4970

Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Docking Studies of Napthyl Substituted Di-Spiro Octahydroindolizine

R. Vishnu Priya, J. Suresh, S. Sivakumar, R. Ranjith Kumar & R. Sankaranarayanan · Physical Science International Journal · 2013

The crystal structure of spiro[2.2"]acenaphthene-1"-onespiro[3.3']-5'-(naphthylmethylidine)-1'-methylpiperidin-4'-one-4-(naphthyl)octahydroindolizine has been elucidated  by modern spectroscopic technique including, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and unequivocally confirmed by singl...

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Effect of Different Crude Oil Fractions on Growth and Oxidative Stress Parameters of Maize Radicle

O. Stella Olubodun & E. George Eriyamremu · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2013

This study investigated the effect of different crude oil fractions (whole crude WC, water soluble fraction WSF, water insoluble fraction WIF and soil from a crude oil contaminated site, Ubeji) at different percentages of soil contamination (2, 5 and 10%) on growth (percentage se...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4102

Study of Nonlinear Evolution Equations to Construct Traveling Wave Solutions via Modified Simple Equation Method

Md. Tanjir Ahmed, Kamruzzaman Khan & M. Ali Akbar · Physical Science International Journal · 2013

In this paper, the modified simple equation (MSE) method is executed to find the traveling wave solutions for the (2+1)-dimensional modified KdV–Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (mKdV-KP) equation and the (2+1)-dimensional Painlevé integrable Burgers  equation (PIB). The efficiency of this...

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Quantum Oscillations of Large Polarons in Magnetic and Electric Fields in the Dielectric Layers and Bipolaron Formation

Vladimir K. Mukhomorov · Physical Science International Journal · 2013

The conditions are identified under which the electrostatic image forces at an interface dielectrics result in spatial confinement of the large polarons. This paper presents the theoretical study of large polarons state near the interface of two insulators. Action of a combinatio...

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Peculiarities of Plasma Assisted Stearine Combustion

O. A. Nedybaliuk, O. V. Solomenko, V. Ya. Chernyak, E. V. Martysh, L. Yu. Vergun, I. V. Prysiazhnevych, S. G. Orlovska, I. I. Fedirchyk & T. E. Lisitchenko · Physical Science International Journal · 2013

During combustion of hydrocarbons with high viscosity there is a problem of their spraying. Traditional gasdynamic jets are not suitable for solving these problems. Therefore, the creation of new plasma-liquid systems that would allow effective spray hydrocarbons with high viscos...

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