American Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences

Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2021

  • Finding the Best Performing Pre-Trained CNN Model for Image Classification: Using a Class Activation Map to Spot Abnormal Parts in Diabetic Retinopathy Image

    Jihyung Kim

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2021
    Pages: 176-181
    Received: 22 June 2021
    Accepted: 5 July 2021
    Published: 10 July 2021
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    Abstract: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common eye disease that people get from diabetes. About 33.7% of the people with diabetes have DR. With our datas, which are pictures of the eyeball with and without DR, we tried different convolutional neural network (CNN) models to get the best accuracy score. We tested our datas with a default CNN model, and 5 diff... Show More
  • Cluster and Principal Component Analysis of Semi-Dwarf Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] Recombinant Inbred Lines with Emphasis to Lodging

    Getahun Bekana

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2021
    Pages: 182-189
    Received: 10 August 2021
    Accepted: 21 August 2021
    Published: 27 August 2021
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    Abstract: Tef is the main cereal crop widely produced and consumed in Ethiopia and preferred by millions of local smallholder farmers. It also gained recognition as a food crop in other parts of the world very recently due to its gluten-free grains and its nutritive value. Lodging is the major factor which greatly reduces both yields and quality of tef grain... Show More
  • Emerging Haemosporidian Infections in Village Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Yobe State, Nigeria

    Jallailudeen Rabana Lawal, Umar Isa Ibrahim, Abdullahi Abubakar Biu, Kasim Muhammed

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2021
    Pages: 190-196
    Received: 21 June 2021
    Accepted: 12 July 2021
    Published: 27 August 2021
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    Abstract: In some parts of Nigeria, studies have revealed avian haemosporidian infections in village chickens, some of which are considered emerging parasitic infections because chickens are unnatural hosts. Infections may have occurred as a result of accidental cross-infection via infected haemophagus arthropod vectors. This study was carried out to determi... Show More
  • Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Pasteurella multocida in Village Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

    Jallailudeen Rabana Lawal, Amina Ibrahim, Muazu Ayuba, Umar Isa Ibrahim

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2021
    Pages: 197-208
    Received: 23 June 2021
    Accepted: 10 July 2021
    Published: 27 August 2021
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    Abstract: Pasteurella multocida is a highly contagious bacterial pathogen that causes cholera in chickens and water fowls. From September 2019 to February 2021, 600 samples, consisting of tracheal and cloacal swabs (300 samples each), were obtained from 300 seemingly healthy village chickens from households and live bird markets to evaluate the prevalence of... Show More
  • A Novel Fast and Efficient Approach to Purify the Thrombin-like Enzyme from Two Bothrops-genus Snake Venoms

    Mauricio Aurelio Gomes Heleno, Edda Evnet Newball-Noriega, Salomón Huancahuire-Vega, Rui Seabra Ferreira Júnior, Benedito Barraviera

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2021
    Pages: 209-218
    Received: 24 June 2021
    Accepted: 20 July 2021
    Published: 31 August 2021
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    Abstract: Snake venoms are important sources of complex substances with a variety of pharmacological activities. Among them serine proteinases (SVSPs) have important effects on the hemostatic system influencing the hemodynamic of human or animal blood. Bothrops genus-snake venoms are rich in the thrombin-like enzyme, a type of SVSPs, with great interest to p... Show More
  • The Challenges of Delta Variant of Coronavirus and Indian Vaccinations Can Envision the Coronavirus and Its Effects

    Jitendra Malviya, Arvind Parmar, Lokesh Parmar, Roshni Khan, Rituja Roy, Sushmita Kanade, Prince Giri, Balram Rathore

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2021
    Pages: 219-229
    Received: 6 June 2021
    Accepted: 7 August 2021
    Published: 31 August 2021
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    Abstract: Since the outbreak of the novel corona virus disease COVID-19, precipitated by way of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, this sickness has unfolded hastily round the globe. Considering the practicable risk of a pandemic, scientists and medical doctors have been racing to apprehend this new virus and the pathophysiology of this disorder to discover feasible ther... Show More