Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Outcome of Conservative Treatment of Closed Fracture Shaft Humerus in Adult PatientsM. Taha MuzahimProblem statement: Fractures of the humeral shaft are commonly encountered by the orthopaedic surgeons; accounting for approximately 3% of all fractures. There is a wide array of good options for their treatment and controversy over the best methods for many situations. Appropriate nonoperative and operative treatment of patients with humeral shaft fractures, however, requires an understanding of humeral anatomy, the … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 9 May 2011 · 8,018 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPost Traumatic Meningitis in Neurosurgery DepartmentReza Malekpour-Afshar, Saeed Karamoozian, Hassan ShafeiProblem statement: Post-Traumatic Meningitis (PTM) is a serious complication followed trauma. It sounds to have different pattern and characteristics. The aim of the current study was to determine the characteristics and outcome of PTM in referral neurosurgery department in Iran. Approach: During 5 years period-2003-2008, all records from meningitis patients in neurosurgery department in the unique referral trauma center in … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,859 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractConsequence on Treatment of TB Patients Affected by HIV/AIDS A Conceptual ResearchSarder N. Uddin, S. J. Hossain, Md. N. Huda et al.Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an ancient malady, which is one of the world’s most wide spread infectious bacterial agents. Fully one-third of the world’s population is already infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with the greatest burden of disease and infection borne by people in developing countries. Tuberculosis disease is still out of control. Alarming spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and emergence … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2006 · 7,023 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluation of Classification Models for Predicting Mortality Rate Using Thyroid Cancer DataNorah Saleh AlghamdiMachine Learning (ML) can potentially enhance predictions in real-life domains. This study presents an evaluation and comparison of different ML methods which can be applied on thyroid cancer dataset, called Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO), of approximately 155,000 participants with thyroid cancer occurrence and mortality incidence. The ML models are explored for predicting mortality rates of patients with thyroid … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 21 Jan 2019 · 7,796 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractTREATMENT FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA: ARE WE MISSING THE MARK?Peta Stapleton, Amy BannatyneAPA, 2013. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edn., Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. APA, 2014. Anorexia nervosa. www.psychologicaltreatments.org Ben-Tovim, D., K. Walker, P. Gilchrist, R. Freeman and R. Kalucy et al., 2001. Outcome in patients with eating disorders: A 5-year study. Lancet, 357: 1254-1257. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04406-8 Beumont, P.J.V. and S. Touyz, 2003. What kind of illness is … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 20 Sep 2014 · 9,545 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCYCLIC CHOLECYSTOKININ ANALOGUES EXHIBIT HIGH BLOOD STABILITY AND BINDING AFFINITY WITH CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOREun-Ha Joh, Jae Cheong Lim, Jin Joo Kim et al.Recently, incidence of Cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor is recognized as a factor that determines the aggressive phenotype of pancreatic cancer. In this study, a novel Cholecystokinin (CCK) analogues; DOTA-Nle-cyclo (Glu-Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-Lys-NH2) (DOTA-cCCK) and DOTA-Nle-cyclo (Glu-Trp-Nle-Asp-Phe-Lys-NH2) (DOTA-[Nle]-cCCK) were synthesized and radiolabeled and the targeting abilities on the CCK receptor were evaluated for new CCK receptor targeting agents searching. Peptides were prepared through a … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 2 Jan 2014 · 7,559 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrevalence of Abomasal Nematodes in Sheep Slaughtered at Baneh TownGaredaghi Yagoob, Hashemzadefarhang Hossein, Fattahi AssoLivestock production covers up to 40% of the gross value of agricultural production globally. Gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants are one of the major causes of productivity loss. This study was carried out to determine the correlation between the prevalence, seasonal incidence and geographical distribution of abomasal worm infection of native sheep in Baneh Town of Iran, suitable for animal … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 9 Sep 2013 · 7,339 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAlcohol Consumption and its Correlates Among Residents of Mining Town, Kitwe, Zambia: 2011 Population Based SurveyCosmas Zyaambo, Olusegun Babaniyi, Peter Songolo et al.Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, liver cirrhosis and cancers. It has also been associated with risky sexual behaviors, hence, attributed as a factor in the increase of HIV incidence and prevalence. A cross sectional study was conducted using a modified World Health Organizations Global Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) Surveillance Initiative NCD-STEPs 1and … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 29 Jan 2013 · 8,051 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluation of Self-Medication Among Pharmacy StudentsRiham Waisi, Laila Mouslli, Osama Hussein Mohamed Ibrahim, Suleiman Ibrahim SharifTo determine the incidence of self-medication among Sharjah university students and the impact of medical knowledge on such practice. A pre-validated questionnaire was distributed to 200 pharmacy students during May, 2012. Data were analyzed using SPSS and results expressed as counts and percentages. The overall response rate was 85% with 98% of respondents being Arabs. Females comprised about 91% of … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 15 Dec 2012 · 10,379 accessesView PDFCite