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Apr 02, 2015Open Access
Two methods of DNA extraction and purification in eggplant molecular research were investigated. FTA PlantSaver card and DNAzol were optimized, simplified and presented. The aim was to discard the rigorous protocols and help save energy, resources and time wasted in DNA extraction during molecular research in eggplant. DNA was extracted from fresh leaf of 18-day-old eggplant seedlings. Quality of genomic DNA extracts was verified on 1% agarose gel electrophoresis and viewed on a UV-transillumina...
Apr 01, 2015Open Access
Introduction: The bacterial nosocomial infection remains a common cause of death in patients who have sustained a severe burn injury. Material and Methods: We conducted a
prospective study of 45 patients hospitalized in the ICU burns Hospital IBN-ROCHD
of Casablanca over a period of six months, from 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2014.
The criteria for nosocomial infection were those of the Center for Disease
Control in Atlanta in 1988. Result: Incidence rates were calculated. The
bacterial ecology o...
Apr 01, 2015Open Access
In
healthcare services, customer satisfaction measurement is increasingly gaining
emphasis due to researchers’ and clinicians’ desire which is to get outcomes
that reflect varying unique patient perceptions. Ultimately, the main aim of
every patient is to have their disease or health problem alleviated. These parameters
alienate healthcare service from other service contexts. The study sought to
assess quality levels and examine drivers of patients’ loyalty in Aga Khan
University Hospital, Nairo...
Mar 31, 2015Open Access
Children learn to collaborate with and attract children of their own age,
to observe others’ rights, to live a team
life and to develop many more social processes through play. The present study
aimed at investigating the effects of a
period of individual and team plays on the social development of educable
mentally retarded children. In this quasi-experimental study, two experimental
and one control group were used with the
pretest-posttest design. The statistical population consisted of mental...
Mar 30, 2015Open Access
Indigenous knowledge
exists and particularly in Africa and is being challenged as science and this negatively
influences the harnessing of it globally. The study focused on the history of knowledge
as science and the evolutionary analysis of science as a body of knowledge, within
a Grounded Theory approach. The findings revealed that indigenous knowledge is a
body of knowledge like the western science and has survived the custodians of this
body of knowledge for generations; it dictates the prog...
Mar 30, 2015Open Access
The paper critically interrogates and assesses the importance of reading
and its indispensable contributions
to the educational development of the society. The paper also laments the
fallen standard of education in Nigeria and addresses the decay and the rot
that have characterised the educational system in Nigeria, which are a consequence
of the dwindling reading culture among the Nigerian youths. An analysis of the
recent Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination results conducted by
bot...
Mar 27, 2015Open Access
This article examines how Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs)-state relation
influences the democratization process in Kenya. Ideally, the state should be
in the forefront in nurturing the democratization process. However, evidence
suggests that the Kenyan state has for a long time appeared as an unwilling participant
in the democratization process. Instead, the Kenyan state has refused to let go
of the old system of governance associated with restricted political freedoms,
ethnic discrimination, h...
Mar 26, 2015Open Access
Copper oxide nanoparticles
(CuO-NPs) were synthesized via chemical precipitation method using
copper (II) chloride dihydrate and sodium hydroxide. Then nanoparticles were characterized by using X-ray Diffraction
(XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray
(EDX), and Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectroscopy. The XRD patterns
and EDX spectra showed that the prepared CuO-NPs were highly pure, crystalline
and nano-sized. The SEM image suggested that nano particles were ...
Mar 26, 2015Open Access
Studies have shown that
soil-transmitted helminth infections are widely distributed throughout the tropics
and subtropics. Poor sanitation is a major factor in the spread of intestinal helminth
parasites. Hence, a study was carried out from July to September 2014, to determine
the prevalence of intestinal helminth parasites among undergraduate students at
North Gate, FUTA. A total of two hundred (200) stool samples were collected randomly
from both males and females. Faecal samples were analyzed...
Mar 25, 2015Open Access
In this paper we will show the possibility of studying physical
properties and irreversible phenomena that occur in biological tissues by
applying the dielectric Kluitenberg’s non-equilibrium thermodynamic theory.
Namely, we shall use some recent extensions of this theory that allows deducing
its main characteristic parameters from experimental measurements. We determine
frequency spectrum for phenomenological and state coefficients of the non-equilibrium
thermodynamic approach. Applying these r...
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