BACKGROUND/AIMS Studying the gut microbiota in unaffected relatives of people with Crohn's disease (CD) may advance our understanding of the role of bacteria in disease aetiology. METHODS Faecal microbiota composition (16S rRNA gene sequencing), genetic functional capacity (shotgun metagenomics) and faecal short chain fatty acids (SCFA) were compared in unaffected adult relatives of CD childr...

BACKGROUND In vivo hepatic phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides non-invasive information about phospholipid metabolism. AIMS To delineate MRS abnormalities in patients with chronic ductopenic rejection (CDR) and to characterise spectral changes by in vitro MRS and electron microscopy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixteen liver transplant recipients (four with CDR; 12 with go...

THE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS' PERCEPTION AND SATISFACTION OF RADIOLOGY WAITING TIME IN UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL. 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Nwobi IC, Luntsi G, Ahmadu MS, Nkubli FB, Kawu HD, Dauda F, Moi AS, 1 3 Abubakar GM, Tahir MB 1 Department of Medical Radiography College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, 2 Borno State, Radiology Department University of Maiduguri Teaching Ho...

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A method for regenerating pigeonpea {Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.} plants has been developed using cotyledonary nods and embroyonic axes of mature seeds as explants. A large number of shoot buds were induced directly from explants of genotypes Pusa-9 and Bahar when cultured on different basal media fortified with a range of BAP concentrations (0–2 mg/l) and 0–0.5 mg/l gibberellic acid (GA ) eithe...

This research was aimed to study the etiology of optic atrophy and comparison of optic disc morphology between compressive and glaucomatous optic atrophy. It included 72 cases of optic atrophy admitted in Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi between January 2016 to May 2017. Assessment of present complaints, examination of the eyes, visual acuity, refraction, perimetry, Optical Coherence ...

In an attempt to understand the pathology of E.coli mastitis, six lactating rabbits each were infected with E. coli strains O9(36) and O147 isolated from bovine mastitis cases. One rabbit was euthanized at 24 hrs interval and the mammary glands were analyzed by gross and histopathology, electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry for induction of mastitis. The infected rabbits grossly revealed...

CONTEXT A central tenet of Alzheimer disease (AD) is the loss of cortical cholinergic function and cholinergic markers in postmortem brain specimens. Whether these profound deficits in cholinergic markers found in end-stage patients are also found in patients with much earlier disease is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine whether cholinergic deficits in AD precede, follow, or occur in synchron...

BACKGROUND Antibodies (Abs) produced during HIV-1 infection rarely neutralize a broad range of viral isolates; only eight broadly-neutralizing (bNt) monoclonal (M)Abs have been isolated. Yet, to be effective, an HIV-1 vaccine may have to elicit the essential features of these MAbs. The V genes of all of these bNt MAbs are highly somatically mutated, and the V(H) genes of five of them encode a l...

Communications service providers (CSPs) are being pushed to the lower end of the value chain by standalone, over-the-top (OTT) players and Internet of Things (IoT)—which are able to establish direct customer touch points. However, there is a proven methodology for CSPs to transform and migrate their data assets into the digital landscape to meet their business objectives. Business Imperatives f...