An area of 321.97 km2 in Ilorin Metropolis has been studied, using 312 Vertical Electrical Sounding data obtained in an intensive Electrical Resistivity Survey. The goal of the study is to evaluate the vulnerability of ...

Armed banditry, which involves raiding and counter raiding between communities, killings, and kidnapping for ransom, has become security nightmare for the inhabitants of states that lie within the North West region of ...

Suicide is increasingly becoming a public health concern. Reporting and portrayal of suicide in media may largely contribute to this. Gaining an insight into the pattern and possible risk factors may help in the design of ...

An efficient recognition algorithm for human face is a technique discovered to be based on good facial feature representation. A two-dimensional Gabor represents a group of wavelets which capture optimally frequency ...

The Nigerian experience as regards election management has not been so enviable. Elections conducted in post-independence Nigeria have been subjected to controversies derivable from the credibility of the electoral processes. ...

The utility of the electrical resistivity (ER) method of geophysics for delineating tantalite-rich zones is demonstrated. To avoid negative environmental consequences, the local authority refused the use of trial-and-error ...

Rabies is a neglected, fatal zoonotic disease that poses great diagnostic challenge in developing countries. It remains a serious public health hazard in many developing countries where dog bite is the main mode of ...

Introduction: Combination antituberculosis drug therapy remains the mainstay of treating tuberculosis. Unfortunately, antituberculosis drugs produce side effects including (toxic) impaired visual function, which may be ...

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of peripheral artery disease and its predictors among hypertensive patients attending the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. Design: Hospital-based ...

The paper investigated the flow of incompressible fluid and contaminant transport through a Porous Landfill using a numerical technique. A threedimensional finite element analysis technique was adopted for the solution. ...

Background: Lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) is a neoplasm of lymphoblasts. The condition is predominantly lymph node–based disease arising from immature T cells in 85-90% of cases and immature B cells in the remainder. The ...

Lighting is an indispensable part of any theatre production. It gives worth and explicit understanding to actions in a performance. The use of light for stage performances goes beyond mere illumination but creates effect ...

Critical care has frequently been fatal for trauma patients suffering from hemorrhage. The pre-hospital communication gap between the paramedics and the doctors contributes most towards this. This paper discusses a system ...

Rabies remains a public health concern in Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State,Nigeria and requires accurate map of its spatial distribution for more effective vaccination programmes among humans and dogs. Using a ...

Background The aim of this study was to describe the pattern, outcomes, and determinants of perioperative complications of abdominal myomectomy at theUniversity of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. Methods This ...

The use of music in play productions is a regular feature employed by directors to serve different purposes. These purposes, which can be musical or non-musical, tend to define to a great extent the approaches employed by ...