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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Good Solution for Household Based on Fast Waste Water Blockage DetectionMohammad Affendy Omardin, Ahmed N. Abdalla, Mohd Helmi Suid, Noraziah AhmadProblem statement: The waste pipes from the wash basin are always flow in with several waste form kitchen preparation. Due to time consideration the pipe may comes through blockage and need blockage maintenance. Approach: This study presented an invention for early warning blockage detection for a kitchen waste water drain pipe. The waste water pipe some be connected through vertical … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2010 · 7,152 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWork-Family Conflict among Junior Physicians: Its Mediating Role in the Relationship between Role Overload and Emotional ExhaustionAminah AhmadProblem statement: The use of a mediation model for understanding the mediating impact of work-family conflict on the relationship between role overload and emotional exhaustion has not been given much attention. Approach: This study tested a mediation model consisting of emotional exhaustion as the dependent variable and role overload as the independent variable, with work-family conflict as its mediator. Data … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 9,996 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractComparison of Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon Gamma Assay for the Diagnosis Latent TuberculosisAbolfazl Poorhasan, Mehdi Haghdoost, Omid MashrabiProblem statement: After HIV infection, TB is the most common cause of mortality due to a single infectious agent. Until 1985, tuberculosis cases in the world were decreasing every year, but then with the prevalence of HIV infection, TB cases are increasing every year. Obviously, with this prevalence of tuberculosis, the best way to control it is to track the … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 7,305 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMethicilin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage amongst Healthcare Workers of the Critical Care Units in a Nigerian HospitalA. Fadeyi, B.O. Bolaji, O.O. Oyedepo et al.Problem statement: Methicilin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Nosocomial Infection (NI) outbreaks and prevalence among various populations are well reported in literature particularly for developed countries. NI due to MRSA is a known cause of increased hospital stay, cost, morbidity and mortality especially among the critically ill. There is paucity of information on MRSA in developing nations including the carriage by … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 9,100 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSwarm Negative Selection Algorithm for Electroencephalogram Signals ClassificationNasser Omer Sahel Ba-Karait, Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Rubita SudirmanProblem statement: The process of epilepsy diagnosis from EEG signals by a human scorer is a very time consuming and costly task considering the large number of epileptic patients admitted to the hospitals and the large amount of data needs to be scored. Therefore, there is a strong need to automate this process. Such automated systems must rely on robust … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,205 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Health Risk of Formaldehyde to Human BeingsS. Norliana, A. S. Abdulamir, F. Abu Bakar, A. B. SallehProblem statement: Formaldehyde was classified as a potential human carcinogen, identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and International Agency for Research on Cancer as a Class 2A carcinogen. It also can cause irritation to human. However, formaldehyde present in biological fluids or tissues and environment as a result of natural processes or from man-made sources and can be emitted … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 15,273 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractVariability in Antihypertensive Drug Therapy and Compliance: Results from a Random Survey in the United Arab EmiratesSyed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Muaed Jamal Alomar, Claire Caroline StrauchProblem statement: Hypertension is one of the most common diseases known as the ‘silent killer’ because it shows no clinical signs and symptoms. The high prevalence of hypertension in the United Arab Emirates stresses the importance to initiate a nation-wide effort to prevent and control high blood pressure in the population, especially since the prevalence rates are indicative of one … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,230 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Efficient Low Complexity Lossless Coding Algorithm for Medical ImagesS. E. Ghrare, M.A. Mohd. Ali, K. Jumari, M. IsmailProblem statement: Nowadays a large number of various medical images are generated from hospitals and medical centers with sophisticated image acquisition devices, the movement toward digital images in radiology presents the problem of how to conveniently and economically store, retrieve and transmit the volume of digital images. Thus digital image data compression is necessary in order to solve this problem. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 7,091 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIn vitro and In vivo Anti-Microbial Effects of Nigella sativa Linn. Seed Extracts Against Clinical Isolates from Skin Wound InfectionsMariam A. Abu-Al-BasalcProblem statement: The developing microbial resistance to the existing anti-microbial agents has become a real challenge and a serious problem facing patients suffering from skin infections. Seeds of Nigella sativa have been used for a long time in folk medicine for the treatment of such infections. Production of new potent agents is urgently needed, especially for hospitals and health centers. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 8,924 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effect of a 4th Generation-Cephalosporin Introduction upon the Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Non-Teaching HospitalGuilherme Henrique Campos Furtado, Luciana Baria Perdiz, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo MedeirosProblem statement: Antimicrobial resistance is a worrisome situation in hospitals around the world and the misuse of certain classes of antimicrobials has contributed for this situation. Approach: We performed a prospective surveillance study on the incidence of multi-drug resistant bacteria before (phase 1) and after (phase 2) the introduction of a 4th-generation cephalosporin in a non-teaching hospital. Results: There was … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 6,876 accessesView PDFCite