Background: There are many factors affecting work ability among health practitioners, but none has been investigated among physiotherapists in Nigeria. This study investigated the correlation among work ability, psychosocial status, and the quality of life among physiotherapists in Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria.  Materials & Methods: A survey was carried out among 111 physiotherapists (52 ...

The importance of language in the changing usage of particular environments is a topic worthy of greater attention than hitherto. Fraser Island has passed through a period of intense political conflict to one in which it is dominated by the new discourse of ecotourism. It is now part of that global development in which it is claimed that tourists can become properly informed about, and become p...

s of IWANASP, October 22 – 24, 2015, Lagos, Portugal A FAST FOURIER–GALERKIN METHOD SOLVING A BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION FOR THE BIHARMONIC EQUATION

Department of Surgery, College Of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) / Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Nigeria. *Correspondence: D. C. Obalum, Department of Surgery, CMUL/LUTH, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected] Abbreviations: DVT, Deep Vein Thrombosis; LMWH, Low Molecular Weight Heparin; THRIFT, Thromboembolic Risk Factors; TED, Thromboembolic Deterrent ABSTRACT BACK...

The paper empirically examines the interaction of socio-demographic background variables with inter-spousal communication among married couples in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. However, the socio-demographic background variables of focus in this study include: the age of respondents, educational levels of the couples and occupation respectively. A total sample size of ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Urban malaria is on the rise in Nigeria due to rapid industrialisation and developmental activities. A study was undertaken in Lagos, Nigeria to study the Anopheles breeding in polluted water bodies. METHODS Anopheles larval breeding habitats were surveyed and water samples from 24 larval breeding sites from four strategic areas in urban Lagos were analysed. The relatio...

A meso-scale model was used to understand and describe the dynamical processes driving high ozone concentrations observed during both dry and monsoon season in monthly climatologies profiles over Lagos (Nigeria, 6.6 N, 3.3 E), obtained with the MOZAIC airborne measurements (ozone and carbon monoxide). This study focuses on ozone enhancements observed in the upper-part of the lower troposphere, ...