Aluminium hydroxide is used to prevent hyperphosphataemia in patients undergoing dialysis, but many standard preparations are unpalatable. In this study hydrated aluminium sucrose was suspended in synthetic cream and used as a biscuit filling. Six patients undergoing dialysis took part in five five-week study periods comparing different forms of treatment. No significant difference was found be...

Several substances/food baits and admixtures thereof were tested in a perspex trap, treated with insecticide [email protected] mg/cm2. Bioefficacy for housefly trapping was evaluated. Combination of ingredients was found to be more effective than individual ingredients. A combination of some easily available and cheap ingredients were employed for field trials. The admixtures of milk powder, dog b...

form complicating pregnancy and labour. The connexion between the generative organs and the nervous system is so intimate that functional disturbances of the latter in pregnancy are frequent. It is important, however, to remember that such disturbances as we commonly associate with hysteria may be the early symptoms of a grave nervous lesion, as the following case shows. The patient was a young...

background: the phase change materials (pcms) have the appropriate properties for controlling heat strain. one of the well-known pcms is paraffin. this study aimed to design the cooling vest from the cheap commercial paraffin compound and evaluation of its effectiveness under laboratory hot conditions. methods: the cooling vest was made of the polyester fabric and it had 17 aluminum packs. the ...

This study was aimed at investigating the quality characteristics of flour blends produced from sesame seeds, African yam bean (AYB) and Moringa leaf powder (MLP) for “biscuit- like” production. Dehulled seeds were roasted 7-13 min 185 – 200 0C, defatted milled into tagged as DSDSF , toasted 125 0C 40 min, dehulled, flour, TDAYBF while sundried, MLP. All these samples then blended 18 ratios LMD...