In recent years a companies’ need for information about customer requirements, which represent the key to retain actual customers and attract new ones, has steadily increased. Kano et al. [9] proposed an interesting model aiming at the classification of product or service characteristics as dissatisfiers, delighters, performance or indifferent attributes. Unfortunately, the required questionnai...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease with worldwide distribution. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the serological prevalence of brucellosis in horses within Kano Metropolis. total 328 serum samples were collected for study. Modified Rose Bengal Plate Test (mRBPT) on all while Serum Agglutination EDTA (SAT-EDTA) mRBPT-positive samples. The metropolis found be 24.09 % (7...

Dissecting the mechanisms underlying synapse formation and elimination is fundamental to understand how the nervous system is constructed and subsequently modified. Two studies by Tashiro et al. and by Hashimoto and Kano in this issue of Neuron provide new insights into the roles of neurotransmitter glutamate release in regulating the motility of hippocampal mossy fiber filopodia and synaptic c...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Eclampsia is a major contributor to maternal and perinatal mortality worldwide. It is much more common in developing countries like Nigeria where presentation is usually late and resources are scarce. The staggering figures of maternal death (46%) reported by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Nigeria (SOGON) in 2004 moved the Kano State government to initi...

BACKGROUND In most developed countries, risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are more prevalent in low socioeconomic classes. However, the pattern in developing countries appears to be different. This study sought to evaluate and compare risk factors for CVD as well as absolute CVD risk in hypertensive subjects grouped by income in Kano, Nigeria. METHODS The study was cross-sectiona...

AIM This study was aimed to identify the clinical and radiological profile of non-traumatic paraplegia and the various etiologies associated with the condition. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of the clinical and radiological presentations of adult patients presenting with non-traumatic paraplegia managed at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Murtala Specialist Hospital (MMSH), Kano, ...

In the early 1950s, when the National Health Service (NHS) was still in its infancy, the British public was gripped by news reports of two attempts at the surgical separation of conjoined twins. The first operation involved one-year-old twin girls from Kano, Nigeria. The twins were xiphopagus (joined at the lower sternum) and shared a liver, separation was attempted at London’s Hammersmith Hosp...

High production of meat for human use has resulted to extreme waste generation from abattoirs. Nigeria as a developing nation been characterized by incompetent disposal, treatment, and management technologies leading pollution. This study was conducted assess wastes in Kano Abattoir. An investigative survey approach used the Wastes generated Abattoir, State. investigated using personal communic...

Purpose: There are variety of factors that influence a customer’s selection bank in general. However, there is large gap the literature covers customer decision to choose between an Islamic and conventional one. To this end, we try fill by using case study Morocco analyse contributing consumer’s selection. Methodology: The analysis presented paper applying artificial intelligence method KANO an...