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CRIJ Case Report Mar 20, 2017
Imaging of Langerhans Cell Histocytosis in an Adult
Junliang Liu *

Langerhans Cell Histocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease of clonal dendritic cells which may affect any organ of the body. The disease is more common in children aged 0-15 years. It is…

Langerhans Cell Histocytosis (LCH) Imaging Treatment
FSNT Review Article Mar 18, 2017
Health Risks of Dietary Salt
Rafia Bano* and Salma Yousef

Besides raising the blood pressure dietary salt is responsible for several other harmful effects. The most important are a number which, though independent of the arterial pressur…

Dietary salt Left ventricular mass Conduit and Resistance arteries
NHIJ Editorial Mar 17, 2017
Editorial: Contemporary Psychiatric Nurse Roles in Healthcare Transformation
Wing Chi WW*

Psychiatric nursing in Hong Kong has been encountering alternation in the past decades. The Hong Kong government has strengthened the community care and the primary health care,…

NHIJ Research Article Mar 17, 2017
Food-Drug Interactions: Implications for Nursing Practice
Enwerem NM*, Okunji P and Johnson A

<p>Background: Registered nurses (RNs) play important roles in patient safety.Medication errors resulting in adverse drug reactions (ADRs) pose a significant public health pr…

&lt p&gt Food and drug interactions
OAJMB Research Article Mar 17, 2017
Causes and Prevalence of Tuberculosis from Sputum of Patients based on Sd Bioline® and Genotype Mbtc® Assay in Gombe State, Nigeria
Ibrahim S*, Abubakar UB, Danbirni S; Usman A, Kudi AC, Loveth L, Abdulrazak H and Abdulkadir IA

This study was carried out in Gombe State, Nigeria to estimate the prevalence and causes of tuberculosis in patients that were suspected to have clinical symptoms compatible to tub…

Sd Bioline® Genotype Mbtc® Sputum
FSNT Research Article Mar 14, 2017
Acceptance of Dishes based on Mechanically Separated Meat of Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) in a Public School, Brazil
Kato HCA, da Silva Maciel E*, Quaresma FRP and de Freitas AA

In Brazil, due to economic and social factors, public policies are needed to grant access to quality nutrition in school. This provision should respect the local food culture; how…

Nutrition Programs and Policies School Health Services
NNOA Editorial Mar 11, 2017
Nanomedicine: Where we stand and where can we go?
Goswami A1, Chandrasekar K2 and Murthy C3*

“Nanotechnology” was introduced by Norio Taniguchi and according to him “nanotechnology mainly consists of the processing of separation, consolidation and deformation of materia…

Nanomedicine:Nanotechnology Drug-Delivery Systems
DOIJ Research Article Mar 9, 2017
Iron Ascorbic Acid-Mediated Oxidative Stress Leads to Abnormal Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic Beta Cells
Ntimbane T1, Spahis S1,2, Rabasa-Lhoret R2,3, Mailhot G1,2 , Berthiaume Y3,4 and Levy E1,2*

Background: Oxidative stress (OxS) is involved in organ damage during the pathogenesis of diabetes, but the relationship between OxS and the deterioration of β-cell functi…

Oxidative Stress Pancreatic Cells Insulin Secretion
OAJMB Research Article Mar 9, 2017
Study of Genetics Mutations in HEXA Gene for Induced Tay-Sachs Disease in Human, Tabriz, Iran
Shahin A*, Mahsa J and Samaneh SD

Tay-Sachs disease is one of the few neurodegenerative diseases of known causes. It results from mutations of the HEXA gene encoding the alpha subunit of beta-hexosaminidase, produc…

HEXA Gene cDNA Beta-Hexosaminidase
DOIJ Opinion Mar 8, 2017
It is Time to Obligate the Warning Messages on Junk Food Packages and Advertisements: A Step to live long
Ahmed Z* and Farjana Y

Business is always profitable when it is done with our inalienable basic needs- food, clothing, shelter, education and healthcare. To survive and thrive in huge competition, eve…

OAJUN Research Article Mar 7, 2017
Hepcidin, Selenium and Superoxide Dismutase in Oxidative Stress and in Dialysis Patients
Manolov V1*, Yonova D2, Bogov B3, Petrova J4, Vasilev V1, Vazelov E2, Georgieva I2, Trendafilov I2, Papazov V2 and Tzatchev K1

Chronic kidney diseases (CKDs) are characterized by complex changes in cellular metabolism, leading to oxidative stress (OS), i.e. increased production of oxidative radicals (OR), …

Clean intermittent catheterization Indwelling catheter Inflammation
NNOA Research Article Mar 1, 2017
Micro-Modulations of Titanium Oxide Coatings Formed Using a Femtosecond Laser
Osuga T1* and Ichikawa Y2

Highly useful microstructures are required in order to enhance the properties of titanium oxide (TiO2) coatings, so as to substantially increase the surface and underlayer surface …

Laser ablation Microsphere Mesopore
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Digital Forensics for Automobile Systems: The Challenges and a Call to Arms
James Moos*, Gareth Davies*, Elinor Lewis, Nathan Williams, Brian Gichohi, Rebecca Lane, Andrew Bellamy

Vehicles nowadays contain computer systems that enable navigation and entertainment. These units have the potential to generate evidence for an investigation. This paper presents …

Digital Forensics Vehicles Automobile Systems
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Identification of Blood Stains on Different Fabrics after Washing with Routinely Used Detergents in India
Arjun Rao I* and Ashish P

Blood is concerned to be major evidence during crime scene investigations and can play an important role to trace and to link or eliminate a suspect to a crime. Often criminals at…

Phenolphthalein Kastle-Meyer test Blood-stains
IJFSC Mini Review Feb 27, 2017
Forensic Biotechnology: Application of Flow Cytometry in Legal Medicine
Ritesh K Shukla*

Precision in experiment is one of the most important parameter in the field of Science. To obtain the precise result sophisticated instrumentations are required. In the field of…

Forensic Biotechnology Legal Medicine Forensic Investigation
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Infamous Killers, Forgotten Victims: A Content Analysis of Print Media Coverage of Three Major School Shootings
Weatherby GA*, Luzzo E and Zahm S

Mass school shootings continually plague the United States and are no stranger to media coverage. Columbine High School, Virginia Tech University and Sandy Hook Elementary School …

Killers Victims Shootings
IJFSC Review Article Feb 27, 2017
Cyberspace and Crime Engineering: A Sociological Review
Jegede AE*, Ovia E and Idam SC

The complexity of cyberspace and its benefits to modern economies have been substantially accentuated in literature. Cyber environment permits different shades of activism and it …

Cyberspace Cyber fraud Victimization
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Elderly Suicide: A 5-Year Forensic Autopsy Analysis in the North of Portugal
Baptista MJ*, Azevedo J, Mendes R, Relvas A, and Santos A

Elderly suicide is a well known worldwide health problem, and suicides rates, in this age range, vary considerably. However, there are still few studies published based on informa…

Suicide Elderly Prevention
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Evaluation of Seven Immunoassays Not Commonly Used in Toxicology
D Pamela Cruz*, Dani C Mata and Mary June Stanford

Several abused drugs are routinely screened by forensic laboratories. However, there are other commonly abused drugs that are not routinely screened. Diphenhydramine, dextromethor…

Forensic science Prevalence study Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
The Making of a Charismatic Killer
Weatherby GA*, Ochoa N and Nielsen L

Dualistic personality traits amongst certain individuals captivate and perplex global audiences, from psychologists, to legal professionals, to everyday citizens. This dramatic ju…

Charisma Societal Trigger Resilience Theory
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Concept Mapping, Social Value, and Public Administration: Public Administration in the Mind of the Public it Serves
Michael Hall*

Public Administration has a considerable history creating marked advancements in public policy, education and governance. Yet despite the fact it has such a history, a professiona…

Public Administration Concept Mapping Distance Magnitude Estimation
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
A Pilot Study Investigating Tooth Wear as a Possible Aging Indicator in a Modern Population
Jeong Y *

This study explores the correlation between tooth wear and age at death of modern people to appreciate the appropriateness of using tooth wear as an independent aging indicator in…

Forensic Age estimation Tooth wear
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Profile and Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents in Khammam
Guntheti BK* and Singh UP

During one year study period a total 768 cases of medico legal autopsies were conducted out of which 108 cases were of fatal road traffic accidents at the mortuary of Mamata Medic…

RTA Crash pattern Highway
IJFSC Case Report Feb 27, 2017
Geographical Assignment and Molecular Tracking in Wildlife Offences: A Case Study of Seized Elephant Tail Hair
Kumar VP, Asch BV, Shukla M, Pandey P, Vipin, Sharma CP and Goyal SP*

Tracking geographic origin of parts traded in wildlife offences is a critical aspect of wildlife management which enables to strengthen ground level enforcement and in determining…

Wildlife forensics Poaching African elephant
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
A Study of Correlations and Estimation of Stature from Foot Trace and Shoe Trace Dimensions
Ekezie J*, Ndubuka GI, Danborno SB, Okeke SN and Osuchukwu IW

In crime investigations, Forensic experts may be left with only foot prints or shoe print or even shoes left at the scene to carry out their investigations. In the present study, …

Stature Correlations Foot Trace
IJFSC Mini Review Feb 27, 2017
Research Progress in Forensic Body Fluids Identification Based on Nucleic Acid Molecules
Liang W*, Li Z and Zhang L

Identifying the type and origin of body fluids left at a crime scene is helpful to crime scene reconstruction for it can link the sample donors and actual criminal acts [1]. As …

Forensic Body Crime Scene Spectroscopic Methods
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Gait Analysis for Identification of Perpetrators – Impact of Masking on Gait
Ludwig O*, Jahns L, Marschall F and Dillinger S

Identification of perpetrators by means of closed-circuit TV (CCTV) increasingly gains in importance. In many crime scenarios, the perpetrator is masked, which could lead to limit…

Gait Analysis Gait biometrics CCTV
IJFSC Research Article Feb 27, 2017
A Comparison between Manual and Digital Measurements in Exemplar Bare Footprint Analysis
Burrow JG*

This study examined the role that bare footprint collection and measurement processes have on the Reel method of measurement in forensic podiatry and its use in the Criminal Justi…

Footprint data Dry shoes Forensic podiatrists
OAJVSR Research Article Feb 23, 2017
Concentrations of Progesterone Alter the Odds of Retention of Transferred Bovine Embryos
<p>Cuadra EJ<sup>1</sup>*, Mason MC<sup>1</sup>, Roberts A<sup>1</sup>, Vann RC<sup> 2</sup>, and Yoonsung J<sup>3</sup></p>

Two studies were conducted to examine the role of progesterone on the odds of survival of embryos transferred into lactating and non-lactating recipient cows. In each study, recipi…

<p>Cattle Embryo Reproductive Physiology
OAJVSR Research Article Feb 23, 2017
Microscopic and Molecular Detection of Camel Anaplasmosis and Piroplasmosis in Banadir region, Somalia
<p>Abdalla MI<sup>1</sup>*, Ahmed AHK<sup>2</sup> and Hamisi SN<sup>3</sup></p>

The socio-economic importance of dromedary camels (Camelusdromedarius) is unique for Somali community. It has been a rich area of research before the civil war. The present study w…

<p>Camels Piroplasmosis Anaplasmosis

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