Net radiation is not a climatic variable hence observed. Tedious numerical computations have been shown to characterize the methods used in its determination using data on some variables. This study aims at generating monthly synthetic net Ibadan, Benue and Kano, Nigeria Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model. performed Autocorrelation Function (ACF) Partial (PACF) analysis dete...

This study assessed the technical efficiency of fish farmers in Ibadan metropolis of Oyo State, Nigeria using the stochastic frontier production function analysis. Primary data were collected from 82 fish farmers in Ibadan metropolis. The mean efficiency value was 0.906 with majority (65.9 percent) of the fish farmers being over 90 percent efficient and about 34.1 percent having technical effic...

A skeletal muscle tumour (rhabdomysarcoma) was diagnosed in a 4-year-old captive female terrestrial tortoise (Geochelone nigra) weighing 7 kg presented at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. The tumour was located at the anterior right portion of the body and ventral to the carapace. The location of the tumour prevented the tortoise from extending its he...

Trade within Africa is at an all-time low, with a lack of optimal intermodal transportation network and high cost business serving as deterrent to trade. This research studies Intra-African ECOWAS using hierarchical spatial aggregation process identify 27 nodes. Distance-based weighted centrality measures employed TOPSIS model ranked node Economic Community West African States (ECOWAS) transpor...

AIM To determine the pattern and causes of lymph node enlargement of cervical region in Ibadan, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 10-year (2003-2012) retrospective study was conducted on all head and neck lymph node biopsies received at the Department of Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. RESULTS A total of 101 lymph node biopsies of cervical region were received within...

There is an extensive literature on various disorders of the cardiovascular system in the African (Davies, 1948; Abrahams, 1959; Brock and Gordon, 1959; Higginson, Isaacson, and Simson, 1960; Phillips and Burch, 1960). There is, however, little reference to cor pulmonale defined as right-sided heart disease secondary to disease of the lungs or pulmonary vessels. This no doubt stems from a deart...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of histopathological variants of intracranial neoplasms, relative distribution of the variants in the age groups and also to determine the gender differences that exist in these tumours. DESIGN Case control study. SETTING Department of Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. PATIENTS Two hundred and ten histologically confirmed cases of ...

Background: Several factors, such as cost, branding, packaging and family influence, had been implicated as influencing the choice of toothpastes and toothbrushes by individuals. Media advertisement is also considered a very strong factor influencing consumer’s choice.Aim: To assess the extent to which some factors influenced the choice of toothpastes and toothbrushes among dental patie...

This paper explores the frequency of different etiological agents causing urethritis among cases in the University College Hospital, Ibadan; the prevalence of gonococcal infections among housewives and prostitutes, and the incidence of isolation of T-strain mycoplasmas in the urethra of patients with nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) and a control group of Nigerian males. 6 groups of patients wer...