In the USA I see bumper stickers and t-shirts that declare " Critical thinking: the other national deficit. " Unfortunately here, and elsewhere in the world, these words are often true. Not only does the internet give us ample opportunity to express ourselves without much reflection or thought, but college and university courses do not always expect and foster critical thinking and reflection o...

INTRODUCTION We identify the risk of selected types of injuries among patients with ADHD or ADHD and comorbid mental illness. We also assess whether selected medications used by patients with ADHD increase the risk of comorbid mental illness or influence the association between ADHD and injury. METHODS A retrospective cohort study design was conducted using medical claims data from the Desere...

Background: Globally, glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma is the most common form of secondary open angle glaucoma. Purpose: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PXG) among newly diagnosed glaucoma patients in Eye Foundation Hospital Ikeja, Guinness Eye Center, Lagos University Teaching Hospital and Desere...

An optimized PLE method was applied to several truffle species using three different solvent mixtures obtain bioactive enriched fractions. The pressurized water extracts contained mainly (1 → 3),(1 6)-β-D-glucans, chitins, and heteropolymers with galactose mannose in their structures. ethanol included fatty acids fungal sterols others such as brassicasterol stigmasterol, depending on the specie...