Introduction: This study was designed to describe occupational exposure, risk perception and access to prophylaxis for HIV/AIDS among the health care workers in Northern Nigeria. Methods: This study is an analytical cross-sectional study. Multistage sampling technique was used to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1770
Aim: Earlier studies have shown that exposure to monosodium glutamate (MSG) in large doses during the neonatal period may result in steatohepatitis and evidence of pre-neoplastic changes in the liver. However, the effect of low dose, chronic oral MSG intake on the histology of th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2065
Aims: The etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) remains elusive, but oxidative stress has been suggested to play a pathological role. The understanding of the potential role of oxidative stress in the etiopathogenesis of autism would be very useful for earlier clinical, the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2335
Aims: The research investigated the determinants of gender differentials in the output of male and female sweet potato farmers in the study area. Specifically, the study examined the socio economic characteristics of the sweet potato farmers, gender levels of potato production, t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2013/2194
Aims: The purpose of this short review is to summarize the recent developments in the genetics of retinopathy of prematurity. Background: Retinopathy of prematurity is a well known blinding disorder in children in both developed and developing countries. It is characterized by th...
Aims: The objective of this study was to develop a serum-free bovine granulosa cell (GC) culture system in which estradiol (E2) production could be maintained in a defined media, with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and without FSH and co...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7168
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MRCoNS) are the important nosocomial infectious agents. There is a growing concern about the rapid rise in the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to presently available...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2109
Aims: To assess the effects of initiating antihypertensive therapy with amlodipine (AML) or hydrochlorothiazide (HCZ) for 48 weeks on creatinine clearance (Clcr) in hypertensive Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Study Design: Randomized, open-label, prospective, outpa...
Aims: Our aim was to present a case of pyomyositis and highlight the need to distinguish it from a soft-tissue sarcoma which it can closely mimic. Presentation of Case: We report a 51-year old diabetic patient who presented with a painful swelling in the right upper arm, which wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1852
This article deals with the setting up of a module combining a biogas production unit and a fish dryer-smokehouse. The prototype was designed at the Thermal and Environmental Laboratory (LATE) of the University of Douala, and then experimented during 66 days. The dryer-smokehouse...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/2075
The present study is part of a project concerning the characterization of Albanian Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons, through the identification of pigments, of painting technique and the state of conservation of the artworks. The Albanian iconographers produced an incredible nu...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/2381
Sediment samples taken from eight locations within the Owena Multi-purpose Dam in six sampling campaigns, covering the wet and dry seasons were analyzed for Pb, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Fe, Mn and Zn using the atomic absorption spectroscopic method. Samples of three fish species: Clarias...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/1965
The Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine is a versatile method of generating power in the Caribbean. The cost, reliability and power produced are of paramount importance in the success of these wind turbines. This study analyzed different methods of improving the output power of a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2263
Accurate prediction of fluid properties is essentials for all reservoir engineering calculations such as estimation of reserves, well testing analysis and in numerical reservoir simulation. Oil formation volume factor is one of the properties that can either be gotten from empiri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2280
Endo-1, 4-β-xylanase (Endo-β-1, 4-xylan, xylanohydrolase; EC. 3.2.1.8, commonly called xylanase) is an industrially important enzyme which degrades xylan randomly and produces xylooligosaccharides, xylobiose and xylose. It is mainly present in microbes and plants but not in anima...