A study of the after-ripening of ‘egusi’ melon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsun and Nakai] fruits was undertaken at the Teaching and Research farm of the University of Agriculture Makurdi in the wet and dry season productions of 2005 and 2007. The aim was to monitor its effects on seed quality. Fruits were harvested at two leaf colour stages [i.e. when leaves started turning yellow (LTY), and...

BACKGROUND Female sterilization is an important tool in reducing unplanned pregnancy and maternal mortality in our environment. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, sociodemographic characteristics, technique, effectiveness and complications associated with female sterilization by bilateral tubal ligation at caesarean section. METHOD This was a retrospective analysis of the c...

Blood transfusion is a life-saving procedure in which whole blood or parts of are introduced into patient's bloodstream intravenously. The need maybe due to physiological pathological causes. objective this study was document the pattern and indications for at Special Care Baby Unit Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi. This retrospective review 126 neonates who received ca...

Nigeria power system has been experiencing total or partial failures in recent times and voltage instability is a strong factor. The paper seeks to perform the stability analysis, based on static P-V plots, buses located around within South East zone of Nigeria. An injection group containing generators serve as source sink loads be monitored are created. assumed their min/max MW limits. load in...