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Struchium sparganophora, (Linn.) Asteraceae is a culinary herb consumed in the western part of Nigeria and it is known to have a nutritive value. This study was carried out to assess its' effects on the hematopoietic parameters and its toxicity on the organ system of Wistar rats. The animals were randomly divided to five (5) groups. The group 1 (control) received distilled water equivalent to t...

Numerous reports including Courvoisier et al. (1) have been made of the pharmacolo gical studies on chlorpromazine. The action of chlorpromazine on the central nervous system has been studied in reference to electroencephalography and evoked potentials from the brain of animal. Although the action mechanism of the drug has been well explained, much seems still left unclarified. The most conspic...

[1] Ruesch S, Walder B, Tramèr MR. Complications of central venous catheters: internal jugular versus subclavian access—a systematic review. Critical Care Med 2002;30:454–60. [2] Scott WL. Complications associated with central venous catheters. A survey. Chest 1988;94:1221–24. [3] Huddy SP, McEwan A, Sabbat J, Parker DJ. Giant false aneurysm of the subclavian artery: an unusual complication of ...

background: testicular torsion and detorsion causes reperfusion injury which damages the testicular tissue and affects the quality of sperm. deterioration in the quality of sperm worldwide is the recent scenario and one of its reasons is testicular ischemic/ reperfusion (ir) injury. therefore the present study aims at producing new drugs for the treatment of testicular ir injury. methods: 42 an...

Even the word "neurosurgery" itself conjures immediate feelings of complexity and incomprehensibility to the student who is trying to understand the concepts involved in surgical treatments of the human brain. Especially at the beginning of the road to understanding this complex subject, the student is often overwhelmed and frustrated by the explosive number of monographs, texts, atlases, and o...

EDITORIAL At present there are over 990 registered hereditary diseases involving only the eye or in the context of a disease involving other organs (1). Aniri-dia, primary congenital glaucoma, retinoblastoma, Leber's neuropathy or uveal melanoma are but a few examples. In some cases, the involvement is attributed to a mutation in a specific gene; in others, it is related to changes in different...

w The major difficulty in albino diagnosis is that although foveal hypoplasii seems a consistent feature, it is not uncommon for an albino to have normal fundus pigmentation, normal iris pigmentation and/or no nystagmus. Only a retina-ge.nicula-coni misprojection seems pathognomonic to albinism since all species of albino mammals share this feature. With appropriate stimulus and recording condi...

How can we as researchers enhance the quality of our studies? Qualitative research has found its place in the scientific community even though some representatives of quantitative research still claim that qualitative research is ''fluffy'' and does not yield ''true'' results. I believe that in some instances they are right even though the arguments have calmed down a bit since more qualitative...

It is not uncommon on occasions such as this to talk about the shortcomings in the theory of Finance, and to emphasize how little progress has been made in answering the basic questions in Finance, despite enormous research efforts. Indeed, it is not uncommon on such occasions to attack our basic "mythodology," particularly the "Ivory Tower" nature of our assumptions, as the major reasons for o...