21 research outputs found
Discriminant function sexing of fragmentary femur of South African blacks
No full textWhen fragmentary and incomplete bones are all that are available to the forensic anthropologist for use in sex determination, non-metric and metric sex discriminating parameters that have been derived from complete bones may be of little use. In such circumstances, sex discriminating metric methods that are of specific application to fragmentary bones will be more useful. Since such studies have not been systematically carried out in bones of South African blacks, the aim of this study was to begin to provide such data. Two hundred and twenty left femurs of black South Africans were obtained from the Raymond A. Dart Collection of African Skeleton, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Five variables from the upper end of the femur and three variables from the lower end of the femur were measured and subjected to univariate and multivariate discriminant function analyses. The vertical head diameter and the medial condylar length were most successful in sex identification from the upper and lower ends of the femur respectively. The combined variables were more useful than the use of variables individually. Discriminant function score equations were derived for individual and combined variables from the upper and lower ends of the femur of the South African blacks
Unilateral high bifurcation of brachial artery: a case report
No full textThe Brachial artery usually begins as the continuation of the Axillary Artery at the inferior border of the Teres Major muscle and terminates by bifurcating into radial and ulnar arteries in the cubital fossa. A case of unilateral bifurcation of the artery 7.5 cm distal to the inferior border of the Teres Major muscle in the proximal half of the right arm was identified in a northern Nigerian cadaver that was dissected by medical students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. The Profunda Brachii, Superior Ulnar Collateral and Inferior Ulnar Collateral arteries arose from the relatively short brachial arterial trunk. Although the documented incidence of this anatomical variation is low in Nigeria, its concomitant widespread documentation in other parts of the world makes it a sufficiently important anatomical variation of the Brachial Artery, to warrant its being taught to students of Anatomy and Medicine. The knowledge of anatomical variations of the brachial artery and its branches is also important in radiological and clinical practice.Keywords: Anatomical variation, brachial, artery, Nigeri
Annals of Experimental Biology 2014, 2 (4):21-27 Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and antinociceptive activities of Orally Administered Aqueous Extract of Carica papaya Seeds in Animal Models
No full textABSTRACT It is generally agreed that medicinal plants and their products are safer than their synthetic counterpart
Chronic Hepatotoxicity and Nephrotoxicity Study of Orally Administered Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of <em>Carica papaya</em> Seeds in Adult Wistar Rats
No full textTradition, Authenticity and Contemporaneity in Hussein Mroueh's The Materialist Tendencies in Arab-Islamic Philosophy
No full textBou Ali, Nadia
Sbaiti, NadyaIn 1978, Hussein Mroueh published a four-volume history of medieval Islamic philosophy, an-nazaʿat al-maddiyya fi-l-falsafa al-ʿarabiyya al-islamiyya (The Materialist Tendencies in Arab-Islamic Philosophy), the pinnacle of his career as one of the leading intellectuals in Lebanon during the 20th century. This thesis is an attempt to draw out the political claims the author explicitly makes in his study, the significance of which has hitherto been ignored by the limited reception the work has received outside of the Arab world. Mroueh’s turn to the Arab-Islamic heritage (turath) and his desire to impart a sense of authenticity (asala) to the movement for Arab national liberation might bear the marks of a militant cultural nationalism, but I argue that his critique, reformulation and appropriation of these terms is the work’s most distinguishing feature. I arrive at this argument by way of a close textual analysis of the work’s introduction, along with an examination of the political and theoretical field in which the work was published. I then attempt to draw the philosophical and political-theoretical significance of Mroueh’s two most salient formulations: the role of the present in the production of tradition, and the notion of authenticity as a state of being determined by the contradictions inherent in any social structure. This final discussion is based on an alternative conceptual history of the terms Mroueh utilises, which will also lead to a consideration of how different accounts of the ‘transmission’ of the language of politics under colonialism determines readings of intellectual production in the postcolony
The Impact of The Absurd on Modern Arabic Literature: A Study of the Influence of Camus, Ionesco and Beckett (Theater, Ikhlasi, Hakim, Idris, Mahfuz)
No full textOne of the most problematic issues in Arabic literature has been the opposition between tajd(')id or innovation, and the two principles which have traditionally governed Arabic literature: turath, or heritage, and asala, roots. Tajd(')id has gradually asserted its own as Arabic literature has adopted new genres and opened up new horizons for Arabic writers.One such departure is the Absurd. Its introduction into the Arab world in the late fifties was a subject of bitter conflict. The traditionalists completely reject the movement on the basis that it is a foreign import and alien to Arab society. The acculturalists defend the Absurd as reflective of both the overall modernization of the Arab world and of local cultural elements long ignored by Arab critics.The Absurd in Arabic literature has taken three distinct directions which are modelled on the three Western figures: Camus, Ionesco and Beckett.Camus established the conceptual framework providing the philosophical basis for the trend. Writers such as Naguib Mahfuz, Muta' al-Safadi, and Hani al-Rahib approach the Absurd from an existentialist point of view and portray the angst and alienation of the individual in an incomprehensible universe.To Ionesco, Arabic Absurdism owes the introduction of the comical element as well as aspects of Surrealism. Writers such as Sa'as Allah Wannous, Tawfiq al-Hakim and 'Abdul Mun'im Salim display a playful attitude towards time and space and are more concerned with demonstrating the absurdity of rational discourse than with the construction of any systematized world view.Beckett provides a more grim, nihilistic approach. Though Yusef Idris understands the humor of Beckett and uses it, his final conclusion, as well as that of both Walid Ikhlasi and Riyadh 'Ismat, is overwhelmingly pessimistic.Though its influence was restricted primarily to the late fifties through the early seventies, the Absurd has played a decisive role in jolting Arabic writing out of the rut of traditional realism into a more experimental conceptualization of the nature of art and literature. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T06:50:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1
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Nigerian Population Research on Environment, Gene and Health (NIPREGH) - objectives and protocol
No full textSub-Saharan Africa is currently undergoing an epidemiological transition from a disease burden largely attributable to communicable diseases to that resulting from a combination of both communicable and chronic non-communicable diseases. Data on chronic disease incidence, lifestyle, environmental and genetic risk factors are sparse in this region. This report aimed at providing relevant information in respect to risk factors that increase blood pressure and lead to development of intermediate cardiovascular phenotypes. We presented the rationale, objectives and key methodological features of the Nigerian Population Research on Environment, Gene and Health (NIPREGH) study. The challenges encountered in carrying out population study in this part of the world and the approaches at surmounting them were also presented. The preliminary data as at 20 November 2013 showed that out of the 205 individuals invited starting from early April 2013, 160 (72 women) consented and were enrolled; giving a response rate of 78%. Participants' age ranged from 18 to 80 years, with a mean (SD) of 39.8 (12.4) years and they were of 34 different ethnic groups spread over 24 states out of the 36 states that constitute Nigeria. The mean (SD) of office and home blood pressures were 113.0 (15.2) mm Hg systolic, 73.5 (12.5) mm Hg diastolic and 117.3 (15.0) mm Hg systolic, and 76.0 (9.6) mm Hg diastolic, respectively. Forty-three (26.8%) participants were hypertensive and 8 (5.0%) were diabetic. In addition to having the unique potential of recruiting a cohort that is a true representative of the entire Nigerian population, NIPREGH is feasible and the objectives realisable
