ed by: African Index Medicus (WHO), CAB Abstracts, Index Copernicus, Global Health Abstracts, Asian Science Index, Index Veterinarius, Bioline International , African Journals online Full-text available at http://www.ajbrui.com http://www.bioline.br/md http://www.ajol.com Received: February 2008 Accepted (Revised): June 2008 Published September 2008 Full Length Research Article The Association ...

The increasing urbanization being experienced in countries of Africa exacerbates current housing needs and tenure insecurity. In Ibadan, Nigeria, the urban populace finds it easier to access land informal market because strictness formal market. This results incremental development. Based on self-help theory, study examined contribution insecurity development peri-urban Ibadan. A cross-sectiona...

The conversion of vegetation land cover contributes to the retention solar radiation in environment, resulting formation urban heat island. This study analyses distribution pattern island traditional core Ibadan amidst rapid urbanization experienced. remote sensing tool was used analyse trend surface temperature, normalized difference built-up index, and index for Ibadan's between year 2000 202...

1 Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Uni...

of the Health Office and of the Inalende Maternity Centre for all the valuable assistance they afforded us during these trials. We would also like to thank members of the University of Ibadan Health Service, the Abadina Village Council, the health visitors of the School of Nursing, the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, for the...

Received Jan 2, 2015 Revised Feb 10, 2015 Accepted Mar 23, 2015 The sunshine hours and solar radiation data for Ibadan (7° 30 ́ N, 3° 54 ́ E.), South West Nigeria in the last twenty years was analyzed, with a view to determining the abundance of solar energy available for deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology applications. The measured solar radiation and actual sunshine hour data were...

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is one of the major causes of sudden death. In addition it has a high morbidity being responsible for many patients with incapacitating neurological deficit. Until recently there was scanty information on CVA in Africans, and some held that cerebrovascular disease (CVD) like coronary artery disease is rare in the African. Humphries (1957) for instance states that ...

Aim: This study sought to evaluate the mycoflora associated with sorghum retailed in some selected markets Ibadan metropolis and assessing risks their consumption.
 Methodology: Sorghum samples were obtained from Sango, Oja Oba, Ojoo, Bodija Orita Ibadan, Nigeria. Associated fungi isolated by direct plating of sample on Potato Dextrose Agar while they identified morphological microscopic m...