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DOIJ Mini Review Mar 11, 2017
Ciliary Adenylyl Cyclase3: A New Player in Obesity
Cao H and Storm DR*

Recent studies with transgenic mice and human genetic studies have implicated defects in the expression of type 3 adenylyl cyclase (AC3) in obesity. Human genetic studies have indi…

AC3 Obesity Cilia
DOIJ Research Article Mar 11, 2017
Validation of Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ) in the Portuguese Population
Eva Menino G1*, Maria dos AD2 and Maria Clarisse CL3

Introduction: Diabetes is a chronic disease that is assuming worrying proportions considering the epidemiological data and the clearly negative impact which causes in our societies…

Diabetes Mellitus Knowledge Validation studies
OAJG Opinion Mar 11, 2017
Hope as a Mechanism in Emotional Survival: Documenting Miscarriage
Chrissie Rogers*

It is well documented that one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage and yet it is often not discussed openly. Do people simply get over these troubling times, or is the female…

Mechanism Miscarriage Pregnancies
DOIJ Research Article Mar 9, 2017
Change of Alpha-Amylase Activity in Saliva in Response to Blood Glucose After A High Carbohydrate Ingestion
Nakajima K*

Salivary α-amylase activity (SAA) may be correlated with blood glucose levels. However, change of SAA in response to blood glucose after carbohydrate diet remains unknown. In 17 h…

Salivary α-amylase Blood glucose Carbohydrate Ingestion
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
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…

NNOA Mini Review Mar 1, 2017
Features of phase-refined materials
Hsu C*

The concepts of phase-refined materials are introduced and interpreted in this paper. Phase-refined materials are refined structures from the phase view in single or multiple phase…

zinc oxalate villous H2 sensing
DOIJ Editorial Mar 1, 2017
Use of Insulin Glargine and Metformin for Prevention of Diabetes and its Cardiovascular Complications
Kelleni MT*

Cardiovascular disease is a common and serious complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) often linked to the increased morbidity and mortality associated with T2DM.

OAJE Research Article Feb 27, 2017
Spectrum of Diabetic Kidney Disease in India - A Tertiary Care Centre Experience
Kaustubh C*, Pranab KS, Arjun B, Soumik G, Krishna SGS and Nilanjan S

Objectives / Aim of study: To assess the magnitude, clinico-social risk factors and associations of diabetic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes subjects attending a tertiary care ce…

Diabetic Kidney disease Prevalence Albuminuria
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
IPCM Editorial Feb 27, 2017
Fighting Cancer by Phytochemicals
<p>Eldahshan OA*</p>
OAJVSR Mini Review Feb 23, 2017
Functional Involvement of Reproductive Tracts on Sperm Physiology
Wang TE, Lai YH and Tsai PSJ*

Fertilization is an event that involves highly dynamic intra- and intercellular processes which enable the merger of two gametes with the aim to ultimately form a new organism. Pre…

Reproductive tract Sperm
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
IJSST Editorial Feb 23, 2017
Safe Surgery in Countries of Sub Saharan Africa
Nimrod J M Mwang ombe*

Confronted with worldwide evidence of substantial public health harm due to inadequate patient safety, the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2002 adopted a resolution (WHA55.18) urgin…

Surgery Patient Safety WHO
OAJAR Research Article Feb 23, 2017
LlaNAC Transgenic Tobacco Lines Efficiently Sequester and Stockpile Carbon
Singh S* and Khalid H

Rapidly changing environment, particularly the global warming require plants to be more stress tolerant and display better productivity. We have assessed the abilities of a NAC ove…

LlaNAC Global Warming Carbon Sequestration

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