ABSTRACT Objective of this study is to determine the pattern of eye diseases amongst drivers of College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (UI) and the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan. Cross sectional study of (99) drivers employed by the two institutions using a semi structured questionnaire and through eye examination at the eye clinic of UCH. Our results show that age range of respondents was from 39-60 years, mean 50.1 +/- 4.78 years. Driving experience ranged from 5 to 43 years, ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium), hydatidosis and ascariosis in slaughter pigs, and assess the state and distribution of pig slaughter slabs in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania, between November 2007 and January 2008. All 24 official slaughter slabs located in the three municipalities of Dar es Salaam city (Kinondoni, Ilala, Temeke), were included in the study. A geographical positioning system (GPS) was used to m...
ABSTRACT Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that causes a great socio-economic as well as a public health concern worldwide. Limited studies have been conducted to determine the prevalence of brucellosis in small ruminants kept in the pastoral and agropastoral grazing systems of Tanzania. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Brucella infections and risk factors for its transmission to human in Morogoro region, Tanzania. A cross sectional study was conducted in nine wards of...
Abstract Introduction: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in pregnancy.with 'adverse pregnancy outcome , hasjbderi well documented with Escherichia coli and other gram-negative rods being the common organisms associated. However, most of these studies were done in patients without additional immunosuppressant except for pregnancy. However; the additional risk of HiV infection in pregnant woman necessitates. the evaluation of the microbial isolates and antibiotic sensitivity pattern froififthe ur...
This study is analytic and descriptive study done in the Western Kordofan Town of Elnohud in the period from June 2016 to September 2016, to evaluate first trimester pregnancy with vaginal bleeding by using gray scale ultrasound. The main purpose of this study is to determine the causes of first trimester vaginal bleeding and to correlate between patient age ,gravids and ultrasound findings. This study used the Universal Protocol in the work of ultrasound for first trimester pregnancy...
Spleen is enlarged in a variety of clinical conditions including infectious, infiltrative, immunologic and malignant states. Evaluation of splenic size is important in every physical examination of the abdomen by a physician.Determination of its size by palpation can be extremely inaccurate because spleen is never palpable till it is enlarged 2 to 3 times its own size. The accurate diagnosis of splenic enlargement is a matter of considerable importance as it is a useful guide for arrivin...
This is prospective, analytical and cross- sectional study carried out in Medical Army hospital in Khartoum State, during April 2015 - July 2015. Forty sickle cell disease patients were studied, 18 were males and 22 were females, their ages 1-13 years, 23(58%) were sickle cell anemia (HbSS), 17(42%) were sickle cell trait (HbAS) as known cases by hemoglobin electrophoresis. The aim of this study to measure the level different hemoglobin types in the study group and comparison of this he...
ABSTRACT This study explored the problem of sexual coercion from the perspectives of 77 young people aged 14- 2 7 in Ibodan, Nigeria, the behaviours they perceive to be sexually coercive and the con texts in which these occur through four narrative workshops. Participants were drawn from two secondary schools and 15 apprentice workshops. All four groups identified similar coercive behaviours and developed narratives of the events that typically lead up to them. Behaviours included rape, unwan...
ABSTRACT Every profession considers the development and application of the Professional Code of Ethics and Conduct (PCEC) as a means of maintaining acceptable professional standards. As for the teaching profession, teachers are supposed to exhibit high level of professionalism by showing high ethical and moral standards in their relationships with other educational stakeholders. This is also imperative for PE teachers since their work involves close interactions with students in and outside ...
Sanitation is one of the issues that the world cares about lately because of its negative effects on the environment and society especially when it is discharged into rivers and seas without treatment where it affects the fish, agricultural and animal resources. In addition, waste water from hospitals contains many infectious and dangerous compounds, which must be properly treated and then disposed of within the sewerage network. The study aimed to address the problem of the sewage syst...
Across- sectional study was carried from April 2015 to October 2015 to determine the prevalence of, and to identify Risk factor for Brucellosis infection in camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Gadarrif State, Sudan. A total of 252 camels from 60 camel herds were included in this study, The Study was conducted in four selected locality in Gadarrif State. From Algadarrif (109), Butana (93), Wast Algadrrif (15), and Alshwak (35) Localities. Of these, 8.4 % (215 out of 252), and 13.5% (37 out ...
The purpose of this study to estimate the correlation between placenta thickness (PT) and fetal age(FA) in normal pregnant women. The study was done on 50 normal pregnant in third trimester. The data used in the study collected in Saudi Maternity Hospital in Omdurman during 2016. The used ultrasound machine with a frequency 3.5MHz convex probe.The results of the study showed that there is a positive correlation between placenta thickness and gestational age (GA) .It was found that the p...
The main objective of this study was to classify trauma which occur in upper limbs by using x-ray objectively. The data of this study collected from 53 patients examined by upper limbs X-ray in East Nile Hospital (Modern Hospital in Khartoum – Sudan) in the period from September 2014 to May 2015 using Digital Philips machine. The data were collected use measuring fracture healing and three variables patient height, weight, and body mass index.. The results of the study showed that mal...
The early detection of breast cancer is of the outmost importance in order to increase survival rates. Mammography is considered as an effective tool to detect breast cancer, but due to the complexity of breast tissue texture and the observer variability effect, misdiagnosis of breast cancer frequently occurs. This research develops a simple Computer-aided detection (CAD) system in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of mammogram interpretation. The first step of the proposed al...
Drug delivery system is the method or process of introducing therapeutic substances into a body and improves efficiency and safety by controlling the rate, time and place of release of drugs in the body. In the past, the delivery of the drug faced many problems such as failure to reach the appropriate amount of specific cells. The drug delivery system using nanotechnology has limited or reduced these problems; despite some of the side effect problems of using this technology, such as th...