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To evaluate the Clinico-pathologic Characteristics of Metastatic prostate cancer patients seen in the Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.Between January 2006 and December 2009, a period of 4 years, 72 new patients with prostate cancers were seen of which 43 patients had distant metastases. Only patients with histologic confirmation of prostate cancer and having metastases were included in the study irrespective of age, co-morbidity and...

SummaryTo evaluate the Pattern of Paediatric solid cancers seen over 5 years in the Radiotherapy and Oncology Department of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria-Nigeria.The study involved patients aged 16 years and below diagnosed with solid cancers referred to the Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre for further management. Between January 2006 and December 2010, a total of 136 new patients with paediatric solid cancers were seen and evaluated. Only patients with histological...

Head injuries rank high among morbidities due to trauma. Computerised tomography is an important modality in the investigation of these cases. However, literature on this subject in the south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria is sparse. This study therefore aimed to document the computerized tomographic features of patients with head injury managed at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).A prospective study involving patients with head injury referred for CT scan from the...

The study sought to establish the level of relationship between students’ self-efficacy in Social Studies and eight predictor variables (State, school location, school type, parent education, number of sibling per parent, family income and gender), it equally determined the combined contributions of the eight predictor variables to Social Studies self-efficacy and determined the individual contribution of each of the eight predictor variables to Social Studies self-efficacy. This was with a...

The study sought to ascertain the relationship between the performance of students in English language and Social Studies.  This was with a view of ensuring better performance in the two subjects.  The study employed the survey research design.  The population for the study consisted of all the Junior Senior Secondary School Students in Osun State, Nigeria. Stratified sampling technique was employed in selecting 800 students that were purposively selected in five local governments in Osun...

This paper investigated headteachers’ leadership style and teachers’ job satisfaction in primary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. As a correlational research, the study population comprised all the 694 primary schools in the State. Out of these, 350 primary schools were selected through the simple random sampling technique. Out of the 7,562 teachers in the schools, 1,260 teachers were selected for the study through the stratified random sampling technique. Two instruments were used to...

ADIKORLEY, RUTH D., M.S., August 2013, Apparel, Textiles and Merchandising The Textile Industry in Ghana: A Look into Tertiary Textile Education and its Relevance to the Industry Director ofThesis: V. Ann Paulins Ghana is an African county rich in culture; a key component of the culture being its tradition of textiles with colorful and bold motifs. The textile manufacturing companies in Ghana have faced economic challenges since the inception of trade liberalization (Quartey, 2006)....

Health managers at every level require training to acquire needed knowledge, skills, and attitude for the management of complex health organisations. Furthermore, the public health involves application of scientific knowledge and social processes to promote healthy living through active involvement of citizens in mobilising resources at community and national levels for collective positive health action. Achieving public health goals regardless of place, purpose, or people requires effective...

This study was designed to determine the gender difference in the performance of Bricklaying and Blocklaying practical skills among the National Technical Certificate (NTC) III Boys and Girls in Niger state. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. An experimental research design was employed for the study. The study was carried out in Government Technical College Minna, Federal Science and Technical College, Shiroro, Government Technical College Kontagora and Suleiman...

Pharmacists in Nigeria do not seem to exhibit the expertise, skills, poise and assertiveness necessary to function effectively as drug experts in the health care team. This posture could be due to knowledge deficiency. Bridging the knowledge gap could be an important step in improving the confidence of practicing pharmacists irrespective of the practice setting. The objective of the present study was to identify areas of knowledge deficiency among practicing pharmacists in Nigeria with...

Background: Intestinal parasite and malnutrition are prevalent among children in general and school aged children in particular, in the Ethiopian context. There is limited information how these factors are associated with school performance. Objective: This study assessed the effect of intestinal parasitic infection and nutritional status on academic performance of school children. Methods: A school-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among randomly selected 601 school...

The aim of this study was to assess the extent of poly-pharmacy, occurrence, and associated factors for the occurrence of drug-drug interaction (DDI) and potential adverse drug reaction (ADR) in Gondar University Teaching Referral Hospital. Institutional-based retrospective cross-sectional study. This study was conducted on prescriptions of both in and out-patients for a period of 3 months at Gondar University Hospital. Both bivariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression were used...

This study set out to investigate management of professional theatre groups in Ghana using the Abibigromma, the resident theatre group of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana as a case study. The main challenge facing professional theatre groups is that of management-poor management of fund, material and human resources. Any well-managed sector of the economy is a welcomed contribution to the development of the economy and culture for the society. The study took a descriptive...

The introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the mode of delivery in many higher institutions and enhance student participation. In most developing countries however, ICT has not pervaded. This study is descriptive, which adopts a case study approach to investigate the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of Social Network Technologies (SNTs) in four private universities in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Eighty (80) lecturers in private...

This study investigated the teaching practice performance between regular and sandwich student-teachers in Ekiti State. The population for the study comprised of student-teachers on teaching practice exercise undergoing NCE  sandwich programme at the College of Education,Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Ekiti study Centre and NCE regular students of the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti. Random sampling technique was used to select 100 regular and 80 sandwich teachers. The data were collected and analysed...

The study examined the relative and combined contributions of the home and school factors as determinants of students’ achievement in Senior Secondary School Economics, and carried in some Secondary Schools in Botswana. Two specially designed questionnaires (The Home Factor Scale (HFS), and School Factor Scale (SFS)) were used to collect data from two hundred students who were randomly sampled which were analyzed with stepwise multiple regression. The finding implied that the achievement of...

Introduction: Labour pain is a universal experience. Relief of labour pains and companionship in labour are important aspects of quality of care in labour. Objectives: To evaluate perception of labour pains among parturients, their knowledge and awareness of pain relief during labour, the types of obstetric analgesia available and the outcome of their labour at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study using questionnaire...