EFFECTS OF BODY ADIPOSITY INDICES, DIGIT RATIO AND LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON METABOLIC SYNDROME AND SERUM BIOMARKERS AMONG THE HAUSAS OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
Various anthropometric markers of adiposity such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), neck circumference (NC), hip circumference (HC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist-height ratio (WHtR) and body adiposity index ...

COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) SEED QUALITY AND YIELD AS INFLUENCED BY MANIPULATING SOWING DATES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SCAB INDUCED BY Elsinoe phaseoli Jenkins, AT SAMARU, NORTH-WEST NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
Field experiment was conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) farm at Samaru, North-western Nigeria to investigate effects of sowing dates on incidence and severity of scab on yield ...

EFFECTS OF ETHANOL EXTRACT OF Vernonia amygdalina LEAF IN CEREBRAL AND CEREBELLAR CORTICES OF YOUNG MICE INOCULATED WITH Plasmodium berghei  

2018-06-26
Malaria is the world’s most important parasitic disease especially when Plasmodium falciparum is the cause of most of the morbidity and mortality. The disease has been challenging human health and ...

EFFECT OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS ADOPTION ON EARNINGS QUALITY OF LISTED CONGLOMERATE FIRMS IN NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
As the debate on the impact of global IFRS adoption continues, little is known about the outcome in Nigeria despite mandatory IFRS adoption, creating a gap. This study examined the ...

EFFECTS OF DICLOFENAC ON THE PHARMACOKINETIC PARAMETERS OF PARACETAMOL IN HEALTHY HUMAN VOLUNTEERS  

2018-06-26
The pharmacokinetics of paracetamol, which is widely used in clinical practice alone and in combination with other drugs has been known to be modified by a number of drugs including ...

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON LOGIT AND PROBIT MODELS IN THE PREDICTION OF BRONCHO-PULMONARY DYSPLASIA STATUS OF INFANTS  

2018-06-26
Broncho Pulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) is a form of chronic lung disease that develops in preterm neonates treated with oxygen and positive-pressure ventilation. The disease affects premature babies and contributes to ...

COMPARISM OF THE PENALIZED REGRESSION TECHNIQUES WITH CLASSICAL LEAST SQURES IN MINIMIZING THE EFFECT OF MULTICOLLINEARITY  

2018-06-26
A penalized regression techniques which is a variable selection has been developed specifically to eliminate the problem of multicollinearity and also reduce the flaws inherent in the prediction accuracy of ...

OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE HOSTS OF CASSAVA VIRUSES IN KANO AND KATSINA STATES, NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
Cassava mosaic virus is said to occur in all growing areas in Africa and a substantive land area is devoted to cassava in Kano and Katsina State of Nigeria. There ...

DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORK RECONFIGURATION SCHEME FOR LOSS MINIMIZATION AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE: A CASE STUDY OF UNGWAN BORO INJECTION SUB-STATION  

2018-06-26
This research work developed a distribution network reconfiguration scheme for active power loss minimization and reliability improvement using particle swarm optimization technique. The Backward Forward Sweep (BFS) algorithm was used ...

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON THE LEAF OF Senna singueana (Delile) Lock (FABACEAE)  

2018-06-26
Senna singueana (Dell) Fabacea is a shrub widely used traditionally to treat numerous disease conditions such as sexually transmitted diseases (STD), intestinal complications as a laxative, antimalaria, antimicrobial and antioxidant ...