Background: Internet use and reliance among university students have greatly expanded. Almost all aspects of students’ academic endeavors are affected by the use of the internet which is the world's biggest library. Purpose: To determine the level of knowledge and usage of internet among Optometry students of the University of Benin, Nigeria. Method: This was a qualitative study using questionnaires. Three hundred undergraduate students of the Department of Optometry returned completely and properly filled questionnaires.
UBJST , Volume 6 , Issue 2, December 2018
Background: Medical research necessary to improve human health and medical care depends on the participation of human participants. The aim of this study was to compare the factors associated with the willingness of patients to participate in medical research in a secondary and tertiary health facility in Benin City, Edo State.
The chemical compositions of pawpaw (Carica papaya), african almond (Terminalia catappa) and mango (Mangifera indica) leaves were determined to assess their potential economic values. Samples of young and matured leaves were harvested randomly from the fruit trees and examined in triplicates by proximate analysis and by spectrophotometry. The highest dry matter (DM) content (94.82%) was found in matured mango leaf (MML), while least (92.53%) was recorded in young papaya leaf (YPL).
The leaves of Loranthus micranthus (Linn) on oil palm tree was harvested with the part of the stem of the host, and the leaves of the oil palm. The leaves of the mistletoe dendropthoe falcate spp. was also harvested on neem tree all in Benin-City (NIFOR) Nigeria for its chemical composition analysis. Oil palm bark indicate moisture content of 3.36% crude protein 0.79%, etther Extract 15.00%, crude fiber 60.00%, Ash content 19.99%, NFE, 4.22%.
Following the challenges in reports and management of congenital heart defects globally, it became necessary to assess the pattern of presentation and drug utilized in a tertiary institution. Data on congenital heart defects were assessed in patient records retrospectively, other information regarding congenital heart defects was got from affected mothers using structured questionnaire. A total of 288 patients with male/female ratio 1:1.07, aged between 4 weeks and 18 years.
The study was carried out to determine the level of acceptance in the consumption of chevon and mutton frankfurters. The meats used for the study were purchased from Kesmond meat shop at Uselu, and Aduwawa Benin City, Edo State: and stored in the freezer until when needed. The meats were comminuted separately and mixed with the pre-weighed ingredients for curing and soya flour at different levels of inclusion. The comminuted meats were cured for forty-eight hours. The composite product was stuffed in already prepared natural casings. They were smoked in a model smoking kiln.
One of the most popular ways of preserving meat and meat products is by reducing its moisture content by drying and/or smoke-drying. This study was carried out to process chevon into meat product; danbun nama and to determine the organoleptic (sensory) characteristics of the product. The product was prepared with chevon, while beef was used as the control. The already cut beef and chevon were mixed separately with the condiments and allowed to boil until tender.
Education is a process that develops the mind of humans through learning from diverse forms be it the home environment, colleges as well as the universities. Academic performance addresses how well students deal with or cope with different tasks aimed at good accomplishment of their study goals. This study aimed to explore the factors affecting academic performance of nursing students in selected tertiary institutions in Edo State, Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive explorative survey design.
The use of herbal medicines as alternative to orthodox medicines have given rise to many research methods of evaluating the medicinal values of most plant kingdoms so that their safety profiles can be ascertain. Hence the study investigated phytochemical screening and isolation of alkaloid from the methanol extract of Persea americana (Avocado pear) seed.
A detailed analysis to optimize percentage dilution in butt welds in order to prevent weld porosity has been carried out in this study. The response surface steepest ascent was used to optimize values of percentage dilution in a butt weld using gas tungsten arc welding process. Predictions for percentage dilution were made using the second order mathematical model for response surface methodology and results obtained showed that percentage dilution value of 45.73% was able to eradicate weld porosity in butt welds.