INTRODUCTION Few reports from Nigeria have examined the quality of life (QOL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) despite the fact that Nigeria has the second largest number of PLWHA in the world. This study evaluated the QOL of Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire for HIV-Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument and assessed the impa...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a public health concern worldwide. Hypertensive heart disease is predominant in Nigeria. To effectively reduce CVD in Nigeria, the prevalence of, and factors associated with, pre-hypertension in Nigerian youth first need to be established. METHODS A locally-validated CVD risk factor survey was completed by 15-18 year olds in a rural setting in south-...

abstract this experiment was conducted to study the effect of south-west climatic conditions on quantitative and qualitative of fatty acids in dog rose (rosa canina l.) seeds collected from five regions including: semirom (isfahan province), kiar and gerdbishe (charmahal and bakhtiari province), yasuj and meymand (kohgiluye and boyer ahmad province). oil was extracted using soxhlet apparatus; t...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the prevalence and pattern of congenital abnormalities that are peculiar to the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. METHODS This is a descriptive retrospective cross-sectional study. It involved data from the labor ward and neonatal birth registers of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital on the total number of births and the babies that were delivered with major b...

abstract   background : the application of du emanation for first time contaminated certain areas in the south west region of iraq after the second gulf war (1991). these contaminated areas were discovered in 1994. radioactive contamination was detected using the nuclear enterprise pcm5/1 in soil samples collected from two regions near by grazing lands. this study was done for assessment of du ...

The micropyle number in the ova of sturgeon species from the South Caspian Sea was investigated. The study was conducted on female broodfishes of three species of sturgeon (Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus, Stetates sturgeon A. stellatus and great sturgeon Huso huso) included 44 Persian sturgeon, 13 stellate sturgeon and 8 great sturgeon specimens. Fifty eggs were randomly collected from eac...

OBJECTIVES To assess and quantify the magnitude of inequalities in under-five child malnutrition, particularly those ascribable to socio-economic status METHODS Data on 4187 under-five children were derived from the Nigeria 2003 Demographic and Health Survey. Household asset index was used as the main indicator of socio-economic status. Socio-economic inequality in chronic childhood malnutrit...

The micropyle number in the ova of sturgeon species from the South Caspian Sea was investigated. The study was conducted on female broodfishes of three species of sturgeon (Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus, Stetates sturgeon A. stellatus and great sturgeon Huso huso) included 44 Persian sturgeon, 13 stellate sturgeon and 8 great sturgeon specimens. Fifty eggs were randomly collected from eac...

Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria Department of Biological Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, P.M.B 71 Yenagoa, Nigeria Department of Animal Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria Chemical, Biological and Agricul...