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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4061.1510008

Assessment of Environmental Contamination by Wastewater from a Cocoa Processing Industry Using Genetic and Reproductive Biomarkers

Alabi A Okunola, Esan E Babatunde, Olorunfunmi J Temitope and Oludare O Evelyn

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 3

Food industries are among the major contributors to industrial wastes. Their wastewaters can pose a threat if untreated and indiscriminately disposed into the environment. In this study, we investigated the potential genetic and reproductive toxicity of Cocoa processing industry wastewater, by using the mouse Micronucleus (MN) and sperm morphology assays....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4061.1510007

Accuracy of Admission Glasgow Coma Scale to Predict Aspiration Pneumonia in Poisoned Patients

Sebastien Champion and Vincent Spagnoli

Article Type: Short Commentary | Indexed Archive: Volume 3

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assesses the need and guides tracheal intubation in trauma patients. GCS provides a practical method for assessment of impairment of conscious level in response to defined stimuli. GCS is the sum of 3 sub-scores for eye opening (1 to 4), verbal (1 to 5), and best motor (1 to 6) response to stimulations....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4061.1510006

Is There any Relationship between Worldwide Pesticide Standard Values in Residential Soil, Drinking Water, and Agricultural Commodity Exposures?

Zijian Li and Aaron A Jennings

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 3

Human could exposure to pesticides via various exposure pathways. Worldwide jurisdictions are making efforts to manage human health risk by regulating pesticide standards in residential soil, drinking water, and agricultural commodity....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4061.1510005

Suppression of Calpain-2 by Small Interfering RNA Inhibits Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Apoptosis in Rat Pancreatic Acinar Cells AR42J

Bettina Hiemer, Alisa Bernert, Frederic LP Gabriel, Michael Wakileh and Heike Weber

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 3

Apoptosis is defined as controlled programmed cell death that occurs as physiological process in the development and morphogenesis of multi-cellular organisms, but is also implicated in various diseases, including acute pancreatitis. Apoptosis can be induced by a wide range of stimuli....

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