Volume 4, Issue 1

Natalie King, Arun HS Kumar, David Kilroy

pp. 1–2 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.1 · 2018

INTRODUCTIONThe infraorbital (preorbital) pouch is a conspicu- ous cutaneous structure present in many ruminant species, including deer, sheep and goats.1 The paired pouches are located rostral to the medial canthus of e…

Pablo Martín-Ramos, Ignacio Alonso Fernández-Coppel, Norlan Miguel Ruíz-Potosme, Jesús Martín-Gil

pp. 3–6 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.2 · 2018

This study reports evidence on the feasibility of a classification of natural resins by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy based on specific absorbance band positions. A set of twelve selected resins were used to assess band position…

Md. Ibrahim, Mohammad Nurul Amin, Md. Shalahuddin Millat, Jahangir Alam Raju, Md. Saddam Hussain, Farhana Sultana, Md. Monirul Islam, Md. Murad Hasan

pp. 7–11 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.3 · 2018

Objectives: This study investigates analgesic, CNS depressant and anti-inflammatory activi- ties of crude methanolic extract of Peel of Citrus maxima fruits. Materials and Methods: Methanolic extracts of Citrus maxima pe…

Kenneth Ngwoke, Njideka Orame, Adanna Chris-Nwaije, Vera Ezeigwe, Cynthia Atansi, Amarachukwu Anwuchaepe, Festus Okoye, Peter Proksch

pp. 12–16 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.4 · 2018

Background:Microbial pathogens continuously mutate in order to survive the activities of new antimicrobials. This is the reason new antimicrobials are easily rendered useless after introduction. Continuous search for new…

Vladimir Kokovic, Vladimir S. Todorovic, Aleksandar Kokovic, Rajiv Saini

pp. 17–19 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.5 · 2018

Purpose: This study investigated the effects of a probiotic lozenges in peri-implantitis pa- tients. Method: 40 patients with mild to moderate peri-implantitis were involved in this study. Following a baseline clinical e…

Annie Lin, Luc Maguire, David Kilroy, Arun HS Kumar

pp. 20–22 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.6 · 2018

Background:As pupillary diameter is exclusively regulated by the autonomic nervous sys- tem, the assessment of pupil size (pupillometry) provides an indirect measure of sympathetic nervous system activity and hence an es…

Arun HS Kumar

pp. i–i · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.ed.1 · 2018

Nipah virus (NIV) belongs to Henipavirus genus in the family of paramaxoviridae, which are negative sense single stranded RNA virus.1 Nipah virus is naturally har- boured in fruit eating pteropid bats and is reported to …