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Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

EducationOgbomoso, Nigeria
About: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology is a education organization based out in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Adsorption. The organization has 2786 authors who have published 3066 publications receiving 36850 citations. The organization is also known as: Oyo State University of Technology & LAUTECH.


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TL;DR: The antibiotic resistance pattern of bacteria from anthropogenic polluted Oluwa River, Nigeria was carried out and Bacillus , Micrococcus and Pseudomonas spp.

63 citations

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TL;DR: It is shown that MetS is a major health condition among rural and urban Nigerians and that urbanization significantly increases the prevalence of MetS, which can be explained on the basis of higher prevalence of dyslipidemia, obesity, and hypertension in urban setting.
Abstract: Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Nigeria is currently undergoing rapid epidemiological transition. The objective was to study whether urbanization is associated with increased prevalence of MetS between native rural Abuja settlers and genetically related urban dwellers. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. Three hundred and forty-two urban native Abuja settlers and 325 rural dwellers were used for the study. Fasting blood lipid, glucose, waist circumference, blood pressure, and body mass index were determined. MetS was defined according to three standard criteria. SPSS 16.0 was used for statistical analysis. P 0.05; and 3.7% vs. 13.7%, P<0.05, respectively. Conclusion: This study shows that MetS is a major health condition among rural and urban Nigerians and that urbanization significantly increases the prevalence of MetS. This can be explained on the basis of higher prevalence of dyslipidemia, obesity, and hypertension in urban setting, possibly as a result of stress, diet, and reduction in physical activity. Effective preventive strategy is therefore required to stem the increased risk associated with urbanization to reduce the cardiovascular risk associated with MetS among Nigerians. Key words: Dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, Nigeria, obesity, urbanization.

63 citations

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TL;DR: Asymptomatic falciparum malaria and intestinal helminth infections do co-exist without clinical symp-toms in school children in Nigeria.
Abstract: Background: Malaria and intestinal helminths are parasitic diseases causing high morbidity and mortality in most tropical parts of the world, where climatic conditions and sanitation practices favor their prevalence. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and possible impact of falciparum malaria and intestinal helminths co-infection among school children in Kajola, Osun state Nigeria. Methods: Fresh stool and blood samples were collected from 117 primary school children age range 4-15 years. The stool samples were processed using both Kato-Katz and formol-ether concentration techniques and microscopically examined for intestinal parasitic infections. Blood was collected by finger prick to determine malaria parasitemia using thick film method; and packed cell volume (PCV) was determined by hematocrit. Univariate analysis and chi-square statistical tests were used to analyze the data. Results: The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum , intestinal helminth infections, and co-infection of malaria and helminth in the study were 25.6%, 40.2% and 4.3%, respectively. Five species of intestinal helminths were recovered from the stool samples and these were Ascaris lumbricoides (34.2%) , hookworm (5.1%), Trichuris trichiura (2.6%) , Diphyllobothrium latum (0.9%) and Trichostrongylus species (0.9%). For the co-infection of both malaria and intestinal helminths, females (5.9%) were more infected than males (2.0%) but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.3978). Children who were infected with helminths were equally likely to be infected with malaria as children without intestinal helminths [Risk Ratio (RR) = 0.7295]. Children with A. lumbricoides (RR = 1.359) were also likely to be infected with P. falciparum as compared with uninfected children. Conclusion: Asymptomatic falciparum malaria and intestinal helminth infections do co-exist without clinical symptoms in school children in Nigeria. Keywords : Malaria, Helminth, Co-infection, Nigeria.

63 citations

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01 Aug 2019-Heliyon
TL;DR: The suitability of ALBP for effective removal of Rh–B dye from aqueous solutions is established and the cost analysis provides a simple proof that ALBP is approximately six times cheaper than Commercial Activated Carbon, CAC.

63 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, thin-layer drying characteristics for the samples dried using a hot-air dryer were obtained from the experiment data and the drying was observed to take place in the falling rate drying period.

63 citations


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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202310
202221
2021365
2020366
2019256
2018227