Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is a major source of dietary protein and essential component of the cropping systems in semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. However, yields are very low due to lack of improved cultivars, poor management practices, and limited inputs use. The objectives of this study were to assess the effects of rhizobia inoculant and P on nodulation, N accumulation and yield of...

Estimates of variance components and genetic parameters for growth of Angus cattle from birth to 820 days of age were obtained from a random regression analysis. Trajectories were modelled through quadratic B-spline functions with 7 random regression coefficients for direct genetic and permanent environmental effects, and 5 coefficients for the corresponding maternal effects. Data comprised a l...

AIMS The association between recent and more distant weight changes before and after the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes has been little researched. The aim of this study is to determine the influence of patients' weight history before diabetes diagnosis on the observed 6-year weight changes after diagnosis. METHODS A clinical cohort study combined with self-reported past weight history. In tota...

INTRODUCTION Epicardial fat (EF) was reported to be independently associated with cardiovascular disease regardless of obesity. We have previously reported that a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, luseogliflozin, reduces the EF volume (EFV) in parallel with the reduction of body weight in obese patients (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) with type 2 diabetes. However, it is unknown whether SGLT2 ...

BACKGROUND Between 1967 and 1990, 820 successful pregnancies in 718 women on renal replacement therapy (RRT) were reported to the EDTA Registry. METHODS This study analyses data on repeated successful pregnancies in 102 of these women, of whom 99 had two and three had three pregnancies. RESULTS Primary renal diseases were mainly glomerulonephritis (41%), pyelonephritis (32%), and congenital...

Thin adipose tissue slices prepared from middle subcutaneous (MSQ) adipose tissue of pigs weighing 57, 94 or 124 kg were incubated in vitro for 30 rain in the absence of exogenous insulin with one of several substrate combinations: .75 mM [1-14C] palmitate and 10 mM glucose; 10 mM [U-14C] glucose and .75 mM palmitate, or 10 mM [U-laC]glucose in the absence of palmitate. Esterification of palmit...

BACKGROUND Food allergy is the most common cause of anaphylaxis in children. Intramuscular delivery of epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI) is the standard of care for the treatment of anaphylaxis. We examined if children and adolescents at risk of anaphylaxis weighing 15-30 kg and >30 kg would receive epinephrine into the intramuscular space with the currently available EAI in North America and Eu...

BACKGROUND Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world and risk factors to developing glaucoma must be determined early to prevent blindness from the disease. AIM To determine the relationship between vertical cup disc ratio (VCDR) and body mass index (BMI) in a population screened for glaucoma in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHOD This study was part of a...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among Nigerians aged 18-45 years, living in urban and rural settlements in one state in Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four hundred and thirty-five subjects between 18 and 45 years of age were recruited for height, weight and waist circumference (WC) measurements. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated (weight/height 2, k...