From the history of medicine in Nigeria

Nigeria is a large country with diverse cultures and traditions. About 250 linguistic groups, of which 3 are major groups comprise over 60% of the total population. Each group evolved its own micro-culture and micro-traditions. Traditional medicine and healing constituted part of micro-cultural evolution. Traditional healing and medical practices included herbalists, divine healers, midwives, bone-setters, mental health therapists and surgeons. In rural areas where 70% of population live people rely on traditional health care system because it available, accessible and affordable to them. The first record of modern medical services in Nigeria was during the various European expeditions in the early-to-mid 19th century

Uso de las TIC en la docencia universitaria

La Universidad del Norte y la Universidad de Córdoba realizaron una investigación que permitió diseñar y poner en funcionamiento el espacio virtual de recursos educativos (EVRE), sitio web que aloja más de cien herramientas digitales en distintas áreas del conocimiento para el desarrollo de competencias TIC y la profundización del conocimiento en docentes universitarios del Caribe y Colombia, de modo que esto permita mejorar la calidad en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes.En Colombia se han desarrollado investigaciones sobre el mejor aprovechamiento de las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación (TIC), principalmente, en las instituciones de educación básica primaria y secundaria; sin embargo, son pocos los estudios realizados en el país que indaguen si las instituciones de educación superior están apropiando adecuadamente las TIC para el desarrollo y cualificación de la práctica pedagógica con sus estudiantes.Ministerio de Educación y Red Nacional Académica de Tecnología Avanzada en Colombia (RENATA)

Determination of biomarkers p53 and Ki- 67 in rats` spleen while dehydration

The spleen is one of the largest lymphoid organs, it is an organ of the circulatory system. The basic function of rats` spleen is similar to that of a man, which is to clean the blood from damaged old particles of the body itself .The rat`s spleen is equipped with the red and white pulp with a specific structure of blood circulation. Being affected by unfavourable factors, the spleen has a system of protective mechanisms, which are based on the processes of cell renewal and apoptosis. We analyzed the localization and quantification of the expression of apoptosis markers p53 and Ki-67 proliferation of the rats` spleen during cellular dehydration

From the history of medicine in Nigeria

Nigeria is a large country with diverse cultures and traditions. About 250 linguistic groups, of which 3 are major groups comprise over 60% of the total population. Each group evolved its own micro-culture and micro-traditions. Traditional medicine and healing constituted part of micro-cultural evolution. Traditional healing and medical practices included herbalists, divine healers, midwives, bone-setters, mental health therapists and surgeons. In rural areas where 70% of population live people rely on traditional health care system because it available, accessible and affordable to them. The first record of modern medical services in Nigeria was during the various European expeditions in the early-to-mid 19th century

Benefits of Mental Illness Training Programs in the Church

The church consists of God’s people. It is the assembly of believers in Jesus Christ. The physical buildings facilitate the fellowship, worship, and ministry of God’s people. According to Matthew 10:8, one of the mandates given to the body of Christ is to heal the sick. Mental illness of any form is an illness that requires proper care and attention. And we know Jesus came to comfort us in all our afflictions which include mental illness; most churches do not address this topic due to stigma. There is often a greater shame regarding this illness within the church than outside, forgetting that the church is called to extend grace and mercy, not shame. Pastors need more assistance and preparation for dealing with mental-health crises. This study was based on fifteen teenagers’ anonymous mental health survey in Arise and Shine International Ministries. The survey provided an insight into what the teenagers were going through, unknowingly to the church. After which, a three-week training for three hours on mental health awareness took place with fifteen leaders via Zoom. This survey revealed that the church community would benefit from integrating mental illness training in the church. Based on these results, this research recommends incorporating faith-based mental health awareness lessons into church leadership training

The Casimir effect in non-Abelian gauge theories on the lattice

We present non-perturbative results of the Casimir potential in non-abelian gauge theories in (2+1)D and (3+1)D for SU(2) and SU(3) in the confined and deconfined phases. For the first time, geometries beyond parallel plates in (3+1)D SU(Nc) are explored, and we show that the Casimir effect for the symmetrical and asymmetrical tube and box is attractive. The result for the tube is contrary to the weakly coupled, massless non-interacting scalar field theory result where a repulsive Casimir force, described by a negative slope of the potential, is measured in this geometry. We pro pose various techniques that can be used to account for the energy contributions from creating the boundaries in the geometry of a tube and box where the size of the faces forming the walls of the geometries changes with separation distance. We show that increasing the temperature from a confined to a deconfined phase does not alter the measured potential and we motivate for this observation by showing that the masses of the particles in the Casimir interactions are lower than the lowest glueball mass, M0++ in the pure gauge ground state, thus suggesting that the region inside the ge ometries is a boundary-induced deconfined phase. Through the measured expectation value of the Polyakov loop, we propose that the Casimir effect for the asymmetrical tube in the large separation distance limit R → ∞ should be equivalent to that of the parallel plate geometry at smallest separation distance, while the asymmetrical box in the same limit should be equivalent to the symmetrical tube at smallest separation distanc

Effect of an Anti-HIV Polymer Based Nanoformulation on Immune Mediating Cells Within the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue and Its Behavioural Impacts

This thesis investigates the therapeutic potential of nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy (NF cART) and its implications for HIV-associated chronic inflammation and neurobehavioral outcomes. In the first study, NF cART demonstrated enhanced efficacy in modulating inflammasome activation and reducing viral reservoirs in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) and the small intestine of HIV-infected humanized mice. Key markers of inflammation (NLRP3, Caspase-1, and IL-1β) and viral replication (LTR and p24 levels) were significantly suppressed with NF cART compared to conventional therapy, though residual LTR expression persisted in the small intestine. In the second study, nanoformulated Emtricitabine uniquely enhanced locomotor activity and reduced anxiety-like behaviors in Balb/c mice, while Dolutegravir and Tenofovir had limited neurobehavioral effects. These findings underscore the dual potential of NF formulations to enhance HIV reservoir suppression and mitigate neurocognitive side effects, offering critical insights for improving HIV treatment strategies and patient outcomes

Predictors of acceptance of offered care management intervention services in a quality improvement trial for dementia

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93528/1/gps2830.pd

The use of technology to facilitate teaching and learning in studio-based spaces in the aftermath of COVID-19

Education technology has become increasingly important in South African higher education institutions. However, the efficacy of these technological innovations has not been unanimously acknowledged in the departments of Applied Design and Multimedia at CPUT. Lecturers and students have experienced difficulty in integrating education technology systems into all facets of studio-based learning. Aim: This study investigated the role of education technology tools in arts education and the extent, to which learning management systems (LMSs), such as Blackboard, are used in studio-based teaching and learning environments at CPUT. Methods: Owing to the exploratory nature of this study, the researcher adopted a qualitative approach in the form of a multiple case study as the study’s research design. Data analysis was used to analyse the data that was obtained from the interviews and relevant supporting documents. Results: The findings revealed that several lecturers were reluctant to make extensive use of education technology systems due to their perceptions of the primacy of traditional face-to-face teaching methods. Implications: The findings may provide vital information for education technologists, policy makers, and curriculum and instructional designers looking to benefit from education technology in the current fourth industrial revolution. Recommendation: The study recommends extensive use of education technology tools in discipline-specific settings, such as studio-based spaces, and close collaboration between lecturers and instructional designers when developing education technology systems for studio-based courses. The study also concluded that the e-learning system, used at the time of the study, needed to be optimally designed to meet the needs of studio-based disciplines. It is highly likely, that failure to do so would preclude the possibility of successfully integrating future technological innovations into studio-based teaching and learning environments in the post-COVID-19 era and a debilitating failure to prepare students to work in technologically advanced environments would be an inevitable consequence

Ethical imperativeness for quality higher education : how well we do in mass communication departments-mirroring Nigerian’s educational landscape

Workshop paper presented at the Globethics.net International Conference "Building New Bridges Together: Ethics and Values at the Heart of Quality Education" held 17-19 October 2022, Geneva, Switzerland