Grasscutters are currently being explored as laboratory models for scientific, medical and behavioural researches. In the present study, the anatomical, histological, histochemical and immunohistochemical studies of the spinal cord of the grasscutter was evaluated. Twelve adult Grasscutters comprising six males and six females were utilized for the... Continue Reading
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1C) is being reported to vary in level for a given blood glucose range from individual to individual especially along racial line. This study was therefore carried out to investigate the local HbA1C normal level and determine extent of (if any) variation from the World Health Organization(WHO) recommended threshold for the ... Continue Reading
Neonatal and maternal anthropometric characteristics are fundamental in health management. Numerous studies have established the relationship between birth weight and other neonatal and maternal anthropometric parameters. Hospitals in rural (or busy) settings in many cases lack appropriate tools for the measurement of neonatal as well as maternal a... Continue Reading
Contraceptive counselling for rightful decision making in family planning methods selection is one important reproductive right of a woman. The study aimed to assess quality of contraceptive counselling services in public health facilities of Zamfara state. The study identified the number of formally/certified FP trained service providers, assessed... Continue Reading
Aluminium metal is a very potent neurotoxin that is capable of triggering various neuroinflammatory events in the brain and these include oxidative stress, production of biomarkers of neuroinflammation, apoptosis, cognitive decline and dementia. Sources of aluminium intoxication include vaccines, drugs, water, cooking utensils, etc. The use of alum... Continue Reading
Clearing agents are among the most noxious and hazardous chemicals found in histology laboratories. Xylene has probably been the most commonly used chemical in the histology laboratory despite its hazards. There have been several laboratory tests to replace xylene as clearing agent but most of these commercially available substitutes in some cases ... Continue Reading
Datura stramonium (D. stramonium) is one of the well-known traditional plants with both poisonous and therapeutic properties due to the presence of tropane alkaloids. Hyoscyamine is one of such alkaloids with suspected teratogenic tendencies,however, received little attention in the literature.The study aimed to evaluate the effects of hyoscyamine ... Continue Reading
Cannabis (marijuana) abuse has become a source of concern globally affecting almost every nation for decades. Medical use of marijuana is also on the increase being legalized in some countries. Despite extensive research on smoked Cannabis, little is known about the psychotropic effects of marijuana wax (similar to n-butanol extract), a high potenc... Continue Reading
Assessment of nutritional status of children and adolescents is a good indicator of socioeconomic growth of a community. The best worldwide indicator of children and adolescents‘ well-being is growth. The assessment of growth provides information about health and nutritional status of children and adolescents. In Nigeria, little attention is paid... Continue Reading
Candida infection is the most common hospital-acquired infection caused by fungal pathogen which is frequently involved in biofilm growth, exhibiting to increased resistance to antifungal drugs. This research is aimed at evaluating the biofilm eradication activity of purified fraction of ethylacetate extract of Acalypha wilkesiana leaves on biofilm... Continue Reading
It is important to consider that biological variation among humans has biomedical, forensic, and socio-political implications. As such, the study of human variation and evolution has formed the basis of anthropological inquiry for centuries and continues to be a major source of plot and inspiration for modern scientific research. Stature prediction... Continue Reading
In thus work the incidence of candidacies was studied using selected patients of university of Nigeria teaching hospital Enugu analyzed for the presence of candidacies yeast infection. The specimens were cultured on seaboards agar and blood agar and subculture isolated were C aibicans C Tropical C Knusei C Pseudoizo P cals C paraknusei and C stell... Continue Reading
Pediatric radiography is a challenging procedure from the perspective of radiation dosage. Children are approximately ten times more sensitive to radiation-induced cancer than middle-aged adults and three times more sensitive than the population average. A total of 100 patients were enrolled in this study. ESDs were evaluated for the ches... Continue Reading
the aim in this research is to clarify the design requirement which is needed for BAN. The scope of the research is to identify out the use cases of BANrnand clarify specific vital sign sensors to be mounted on patients. In such a case, the functional specifications and design requirements may differ to suit different medicalrnprocedures. Continue Reading