Volume 1, Number 6, September 2014 (Special Issue on )

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bacteraemia: Analysis of 33 Episodes Occurred in the ICU at the University Hospital in Sousse, Tunisia

Nadia Jaidane, Cherifa Chaouech, Walid Naija, Nourddine Boujaafar, Olfa Bouallegue

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100954  1,168 Downloads  1,490 Views   Citations

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Radiometric Study in the Itaboraí Region, Brazil

Hans Schmidt Santos, Luíza Viênna Rangel Peixoto

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100921  1,469 Downloads  1,695 Views   Citations

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Post-Prostatectomy Epididymoorchitis: Is It Preventable by No Scalpel Vasectomy?

Mukesh Sangwan

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100918  1,075 Downloads  1,369 Views   Citations

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A Non-Simple and Not Completed History of Quantum Mechanics and Really Long History of Resolving the Problem of Time as a Quantum Observable

Vladislav S. Olkhovsky

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100887  973 Downloads  1,212 Views   Citations

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The Usage of Videogame as a Physiotherapeutic Intervention in Individuals with Down Syndrome

Barbara Beatriz Joei Mioto, Cristiane Gonçalves Ribas

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100878  2,017 Downloads  2,302 Views   Citations

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The Role of Small Towns for Surrounding Rural Development: The Case of Metema Town, North West Ethiopia

Kassahun Gashu

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100930  1,090 Downloads  1,666 Views   Citations

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Genetic Polymorphisms at TNF Microsatellites from the HLA CLASS III Region in a South Tunisian Population

Nadia Mahfoudh, Arwa Kamoun, Lilia Gaddour, Faiza Hakim, Hafedh Makni

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100929  1,445 Downloads  1,642 Views   Citations

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Determinants of Neonatal Mortality in Ethiopia: A Case Control Study, 2013

Desalegn Tsegaw Hibstu, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100880  1,416 Downloads  2,222 Views   Citations

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Jute Crop Discrimination and Biophysical Parameter Monitoring Using Multi-Parametric SAR Data in West Bengal, India

Dipanwita Haldar, Chakrapani Patnaik, Manab Chakraborty

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100817  1,010 Downloads  1,325 Views   Citations

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Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment: A Study of Library Personnel in Private Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria

Toyosi Daniel Samuel, Uloma Doris Onuoha, Adebowale Ifeoluwa Ojo

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100687  1,452 Downloads  2,019 Views   Citations

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Investigating the Challenges Faced by Women Rice Farmers in Nigeria

Ojinga Gideon Omiunu

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100503  1,422 Downloads  2,615 Views   Citations

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Staff Perception towards Leadership in Transforming Wolaita Sodo University: Qualitative Inquiry

Mulatu Dea Lerra

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100907  987 Downloads  1,771 Views   Citations

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Solitons and Heat Transfer in Nonlinear Lattices with Cubic On-Site and Quartic Interaction Potentials

Rovinita Perseus, M. M. Latha

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100822  1,159 Downloads  1,474 Views   Citations

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Axisymmetric Coulomb Interaction and Research of Its Stability by System Galactica

Joseph J. Smulsky

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100773  1,100 Downloads  1,298 Views   Citations

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The Basic Problems of Contemporary Scientific View of the World

Joseph J. Smulsky

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100772  1,260 Downloads  1,548 Views   Citations

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An Approach for Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation at Gas-HFO Internal Combustion Engines in a Central Station

Juan-Pedro Hernández Touset, Jandecy Cabral Leite, Iván-Leandro Rodríguez Rico, Alcimar de Jesus França, Elena-Rosa Dominguez, Oiama de Assis Guedes, Italo-Jorge Tavares Jimenez, Arnaldo Herrera Artiles, Maylier Pérez Gil

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100765  1,175 Downloads  1,486 Views   Citations

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Weed Interference in Zero-Till Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Ayyadurai Pachamuthu, Poonguzhalan Ramadoos, Sathya Priya Ramalingam

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100927  1,314 Downloads  1,573 Views   Citations

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Studies on Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Hospitalized Patients

Shahidul A. Chowdhury, Jabun Naher, Abdullah A. Mamun, Ruhul A. Khan, Jannatul Ferdous, Sharmin Sultana

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100911  1,214 Downloads  1,626 Views   Citations

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Botanical Pesticides and Luring Efficacy of Natural Substances in the Management of Sorghum Chafer under Field and Laboratory Conditions

Asmare Dejen

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100821  906 Downloads  1,190 Views   Citations

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Living Status/Shelter of Street Families of Kolkata: Prospects and Challenges

Harasankar Adhikari

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100571  1,228 Downloads  1,627 Views   Citations

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Low-Complexity LDPC-Coded USTM Noncohereny MIMO Receivers

Li Peng, Lingling Yang

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100550  1,480 Downloads  1,683 Views   Citations

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Some Thoughts on Logic and Intuition in Science and Chemical Engineering

Christo Boyadjiev

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100908  1,131 Downloads  1,393 Views   Citations

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Democratic Principle and the Right to Decide: The Case of Catalan Secession

José J. Jiménez Sánchez

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100860  1,849 Downloads  2,067 Views   Citations

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Comparative Analysis of Different Classifiers for the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Dataset

Leena Vig

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100660  1,114 Downloads  2,027 Views   Citations

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Geological Risks Management and Reduction Procedure for Santiago Cuba Province

Galban Liber Rodriguez, Rafael Saved Lacaba, Chuy Jacinto Tomas Rodriguez, Noelia Vidaud Ingrid Quintana

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100621  1,020 Downloads  1,261 Views   Citations

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Preparation of Poly Aniline by Chemical Oxidative Method and Its Characterization

Tassew Alemayehu, Diribe Abiebie

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100974  1,296 Downloads  1,628 Views   Citations

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Energy Pricing in Developing Countries

Sara Nada, M. Hamed

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100869  2,637 Downloads  3,060 Views   Citations

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Performance of Domestic LPG Cooking Stove with Porous Media

Syed Mohd Masood Ali

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100864  2,230 Downloads  2,614 Views   Citations

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Weighted Voting Analysis of DNA Microarray for Gene Selection and Gene Expression Analysis of Two Types of Rats Treated with Aristolochic Acid and Ochratoxin A Drugs

Saeed Masoum, Ebrahim Haghir Ebrahimabadi

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100859  1,103 Downloads  1,336 Views   Citations

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On Casaro Sequence Space of Fuzzy Numbers Defined by a Modulus Function

Ayhan Esi, Vakeel A. Khan

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100920  1,126 Downloads  1,373 Views   Citations

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Preparation of PANI-PVA Composite Film with High Conductivity

Xiaohua Wang

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100849  1,286 Downloads  1,686 Views   Citations

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Cosmic Redshift, Temperature, Growth Rate and Age in Stoney Scale Black Hole Cosmology

U. V. S. Seshavatharam, S. Lakshiminarayana

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100613  1,592 Downloads  1,850 Views   Citations

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Exploring Structured Thematic Inquiry in Social Research

Bennie Berkeley

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100889  875 Downloads  1,194 Views   Citations

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Synthesis and Characterization of Graft Co-Polymers of Sisal Fiber with Binary Vinyl Monomers

Vijay K. Kaushik, Mukesh Goyal

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100604  1,526 Downloads  1,844 Views   Citations

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Quasinilpotent Part of w-Hyponormal Operators

Mohammad Hussein Mohammad Rashid

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100548  3,923 Downloads  4,258 Views   Citations

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Comparison of the Affinity Chromatography and the Ion Exchange Chromatography in the Isolation of Bovine Immunoglobin G

Mrigendra Rajput, Shimaa M. G. Mansour, Lyle J. Braun, Mahmoud Darweesh, Neelu Thakur, Christopher C. L. Chase

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100889  1,283 Downloads  1,786 Views   Citations

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Response of Different Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum Var. Durum) Varieties to Added Nitrogen Fertilizer

Miesho Belay

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100873  1,093 Downloads  1,453 Views   Citations

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Compact Operators on Hilbert Spaces

Sara Nozari

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100853  2,239 Downloads  2,786 Views   Citations

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A Comparative Study of the Advance of the Newtonian Component of Mercury’s Perihelion by Numerical Analysis and Perturbation Theory

Rajat Roy

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100958  1,800 Downloads  2,025 Views   Citations

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Hydrodynamical Phenomena at Preparation of Earthquake

Igor Petrovich Dobrovolsky

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100896  1,040 Downloads  1,240 Views   Citations

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Influence of Spatial Comfort and Environmental Workplace Ergonomics on Job Satisfaction of Librarians in the Federal and State University Libraries in Southern Nigeria

Chinyere N. Ikonne, Haliso Yacob

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100814  1,081 Downloads  1,881 Views   Citations

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Almost Sure Limit Inferior for Increments of Stable Subordinators

Kokkada Vidyalaxmi, Korakote Nagaraj Ravi Prakash, Gooty Divanji

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100812  1,193 Downloads  1,415 Views   Citations

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Entanglement Arrow of Time in the Multiverse

Salvador Robles-Pérez

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100646  1,386 Downloads  1,771 Views   Citations

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Effect of Machining Parameters on Tool Wear and Nodal Temperature in Hard Turning of AISI D3 Steel

Varaprasad Bhemuni, Srinivasa Rao Chelamalasetti, Siva Prasad Kondapalli

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100627  1,278 Downloads  1,614 Views   Citations

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Role of Trace Elements in Alzheimer’s Disease

Sanjeev Kumar, Reena Mittal, Shweta Chaudhary, Deep Chand Jain

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100714  1,501 Downloads  2,092 Views   Citations

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Review Paper

Microwave Reactors: A Brief Review on Its Fundamental Aspects and Applications

Kalyan Kumar Rana, Suparna Rana

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100686  1,615 Downloads  2,515 Views   Citations

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A Comparative Physiochemical Properties of Esomeprazole Brands

Safila Naveed, Fatima Qamar

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100614  1,419 Downloads  1,693 Views   Citations

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Optimization of the Extraction Technology of Chlorogenic Acid in Honeysuckle by Response Surface Method

Tingting Cui, Chao Wang, Changsong Shan, Peng Wu

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100941  946 Downloads  1,226 Views   Citations

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Short Report

Spigelian Hernia—Diagnostic Dilemma: Case Report with Review

Sunder Goyal, Sanjeev Singla

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100661  1,529 Downloads  1,912 Views   Citations

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Wetland an Economical Solution for Wastewater Rehabilitation

Mamdouh F. Abdel-Sabour

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100459  1,411 Downloads  1,817 Views   Citations

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Utilizing Educational Materials as a Mean for Improving Psychosexual Health of Breast Cancer Women

Sana Abasher

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100943  1,100 Downloads  1,324 Views   Citations

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Globalization and the Political Economy of the Brazilian Federal University

João dos Reis Silva Júnior, Eric K. Spears, Alan Victor Pimenta

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100776  1,195 Downloads  1,411 Views   Citations

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Manufacturing Technique and Properties of Condensed Copper-Carbon Composite Materials for Sliding Electrical Contacts

Nikolay Grechanyuk, Rimma Minakova, Viktor Bukhanovsky, Nikolay Rudnitsky

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100371  1,317 Downloads  1,571 Views   Citations

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Investigating Factors That Support Re-Engagement of 14 - 16 Year Olds in Education

Oroma Wogboroma

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100904  863 Downloads  1,135 Views   Citations

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Thermal Analysis of Combustion Engine in Accordance to Temperature at the Outside Surfaces of the Engine

Zbigniew J. Sroka

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100816  1,100 Downloads  1,511 Views   Citations

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Fire Resistant K-Based Metakaolin Geopolymer for Passive Fire Protection of Concrete Tunnel Linings

Konstantinos Sakkas, Stergiani Kapelari, Dimitrios Panias, Pavlos Nomikos, Alexandros Sofianos

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100806  1,238 Downloads  1,610 Views   Citations

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Simple UV Spectrophotometric Assay of Metronidazole

Safila Naveed, Fatima Qamar

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100615  2,010 Downloads  3,565 Views   Citations

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Opportunities, Constraints and Future Implication of Biotechnology in Animlal Feed Improvement

Bimrew Asmare

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100493  969 Downloads  1,527 Views   Citations

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Urinary Anomalies in Fetus with Neural Tube Defects

Suelen F. Costa, Helce R. Julio-Junior, Fabio Bernardo, Francisco J. B. Sampaio, Luciano A. Favorito

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100734  1,260 Downloads  1,487 Views   Citations

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Duodenogastric Reflux after Esophagectomy and Gastric Interposition

Naoki Hashimoto

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100912  1,762 Downloads  2,010 Views   Citations

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Effect of Training and Motivation on Job Performance of Library Personnel of University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Ezinwanyi Madukoma, Victoria Ozioma Akpa, Ugochi N. Okafor

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100804  1,331 Downloads  2,231 Views   Citations

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The Paradoxes of EMT Theory in Carcinoma Metastasis

Mingyang Li

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100937  950 Downloads  1,223 Views   Citations

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Development of Technical Reintroduction and Population Monitoring of Radiated Tortoises Astrochelys radiata in Southern Madagascar: Ampotaka

Soary Tahafe Randrianjafizanaka

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100279  1,012 Downloads  1,253 Views   Citations

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Water Absorption Study in Recycled Aggregates for Use as Pavement Material

Vahid Ayan, Joshua R. Omer, Seyed Masoud Nasr Azadani, Mukesh C. Limbachiya, Alireza Khavandi

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100605  1,525 Downloads  2,303 Views   Citations

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A Method for Numerical Solution of Two Point Boundary Value Problems with Mixed Boundary Conditions

Pramod Kumar Pandey

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100565  1,563 Downloads  1,951 Views   Citations

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A Finite Difference Method for Numerical Solution of Goursat Problem of Partial Differential Equation

Pramod Kumar Pandey

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100537  1,666 Downloads  2,103 Views   Citations

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