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Objective: Primary Malignant Melanoma (PMM) arising from the digestive, respiratory or genitourinary tract is extremely rare. Rectal PMM accounts for less than 1% of all melanomas; it is often advanced at initial presentation with a poor prognosis with a 5-year survival below 20%. Treatment of…

Background: To determine the pattern of recurrence in patients with high-risk pathology at radical prostatectomy and to identify disease characteristics associated with clinical and biochemical recurrence (BCR).  Methods: We identified 893 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy between January 2000 and June 2009 with pathologic T3N0…

Many scholars have proposed all kinds researches of key successful factors (KSFs) for successfully implementing ERP, but which are quite conceptual and vague, caused enterprises couldn’t apply it in practical and achieve objectives. Therefore, this research presents the required dynamic capability for each factor by…

The meat is regarded as one of the main sources of food-borne diseases; its evaluation can constitute a valuable source of information that can be used in the design of the collective prophylaxis programs in public health. The purpose of this study consisted in evaluating…

This study compared the clinical effects of scaling and root planing (SRP) after the adjunctive subgingival administration of Andrographis paniculata (AP) gel or placebo (PB) gel in a 6-month clinical trial for patients with chronic periodontitis. The study was a split-mouth, single-blind, randomized and controlled…

Research Motivation: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a well-recognised cause of respiratory symptoms in children. Confirming a diagnosis of reflux aspiration remains difficult, due to limitations in currently available investigations. The presence of pepsin in respiratory secretions has been documented in literature as a marker…

Organisations depend on the administrative process to carry out their goals and objectives, for the purposes of competitiveness and sustainability. As such, administrative functions are considered to be critical in the organisations. Hence, many organisations have little or no “room” for the malfunctioning of their…

The development and acceptance of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have made the decision of a country to embrace IFRS become a vitally important topic for researchers and standard setters. In this study, we examined association between the mandatory adoption of IFRS and Nigerian accounting…

Background: Several studies have indicated that cancer patients have significantly altered taste sensitivity without specifying the preferences. One of the related problems is low compliance to nutritional therapy with oral nutritional supplements (ONS) in patients suffering severe weight loss. Objective: We wanted to investigate taste…

Organizations are nowadays concerned with managing their corporate image. There is a strong positive correlation between people’s perceptions of a company and pro-corporate supportive behaviour. In this study, past researchers on corporate image were incorporated to create a platform for framework which identifies the variables…