DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE PATIENTS ATTENDING THE GENERAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL, KANO  

2015-12-12
Aim and Objective: It has been shown that obese patients compared to non-obese have higher number of healthcare utilization. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that obesity is responsible for ...

DIALDEHYDE STARCH ORTHO-AMINOPYRIDINE SCHIFF BASE PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ITS ADSORPTION OF Cr(II), Mn(II) AND Cu(II) IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION  

2015-12-12
Dialdehyde starch (DAS) was prepared using sodium periodate as oxidizing agent under mild condition at various concentrations [i.e 0.7714M, 1.1571M and 1.5428M] and their carbonyl contents were determined in which ...

COMPARISON OF THE PHOTO RESPONSE OF COPPER (I) OXIDE/COPPER (I) SULPHIDE [N-CU2O/PCU2S] HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS BY THE IMMERSION AND HEATING METHODS  

2015-12-12
Among the potential photovoltaic devices used on semiconductor as active layer is the cuprous oxide (Cu2O). This oxide semiconductor shows many attractive characteristics useful for solar cells production such as; ...

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DESERTIFICATION IN NIGERIA  

2015-12-12
Desertification is one of the natural phenomenon of the physical features of the earth. However, a combination of these natural forces such as climatic change and human activities such as ...

AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PARTICIPATION OF STAKEHOLDERS IN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNEERSHIP (PPP) IN THE HEALTH SECTOR IN KANO STATE  

2015-12-12
INTRODUCTION: Public private partnership (PPP) is a health sector reform strategy to harness all available resources in the pursuit of quality health service provision at the same breadth ensuring efficient, ...

CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND FIRM VALUE: A STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS  

2015-12-12
Numerous researches on capital structure were carried out in developed and other developing countries besides Nigeria. Most of them excluded financial institutions from the panel of their x study, in ...

RELATIONSHIP OF SOME MENTAL DISTANCES AND INTER-INCISOR GAP TO NECK CIRCUMFERENCE AMONG HAUSA ADULTS IN KANO METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.  

2015-12-12
Neck circumference and mental distances are important anatomic predictors of difficult airway but without knowing what constitute normal for a specific population it is difficult to predict abnormality. The aim ...

CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION AND RELATED KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE OF MOTHER OF 12-23 MONTHS CHILDREN IN FAGGE LGA KANO STATE  

2015-12-12
Introduction: immunization has been shown to be the most successful and cost-effective public health intervention in the 20th century. However, immunization coverage has remained low in Nigeria although vaccines are ...

ADSORPTION STUDIES FOR THE REMOVAL OF Ni (II), Pb(II) AND Cu(II) IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING ORANGE PEEL  

2015-12-12
Adsorption of Ni (II), Pb(II) and Cu (II) ions from aqueous solution onto orange peel was investigated to evaluate the effects of contact time, initial metal ion concentration, adsorbent dose, ...

Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Deforestation in Marbe Forest Reserve, Zamfara State, Nigeria: An Integrated Analysis.  

2015-12-12
A Spatio-temporal analysis of deforestation in Marbe forest reserve Zamfara State was carried out to examine the changes in vegetation cover, and produce a map of changes detected over time ...