Nigeria is one of the fastest growing African economies, yet struggles with armed conflict, poverty, and morbidity. An area of high concern is how this situation affects vulnerable families and their children. A key pathway in improving the situation...
Environmental science and pollution research international
May 24, 2018
We present a modelling concept for evaluating the impacts of anthropogenic activities suspected to be from gas flaring on the quality of the atmosphere using domestic roof-harvested rainwater (DRHRW) as indicator. We analysed seven metals (Cu, Cd, Pb...
International journal of health geographics
May 9, 2018
BACKGROUND: Conducting surveys in low- and middle-income countries is often challenging because many areas lack a complete sampling frame, have outdated census information, or have limited data available for designing and selecting a representative s...
Nigerian journal of physiological sciences : official publication of the Physiological Society of Nigeria
Dec 30, 2017
Hypertension constitutes one of the major metabolic disease in Nigeria especially among military personnel and their families. Myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases may occur in this group of patient due to uncontrolled or poorly co...
African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM
Aug 12, 2016
BACKGROUND: The plant, is indigenous to Nigeria and its stem-bark has wide application in traditional medicine for the treatment of infections and oxidative stress related diseases. The aim of the study was to isolate the chemical constituents respo...
The backpropagation (BP) artificial neural network (ANN) is a renowned and extensively functional mathematical tool used for time-series predictions and approximations; which also define results for non-linear functions. ANNs are vital tools in the p...
BACKGROUND: The lack of effective pharmacological measures during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) as initial mitigation strategies. The impact of these NPIs on COVID-19 i...
Global health, epidemiology and genomics
Jan 1, 2025
Cholera continues to pose a significant public health challenge in Nigeria, driven by socioeconomic disparities, poor sanitation, and environmental factors such as recurrent flooding. This narrative review examines cholera outbreaks in Nigeria, explo...
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. AI technology has wide applications in biomedicine and has real practical benefits in many medical applications. The ...
The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Jan 1, 2023
BACKGROUND: The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) has been compared to that of the Internet and printing, evoking both apprehension and anticipation in an uncertain world.
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