PERICARDIAL EFFUSION AND OUTCOME IN CHILDREN AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA: A 2-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW

Pericardial effusion and outcome in children at a Tertiary Hospital in North-Western Nigeria: A 2-year retrospective review

Background: Pericardial effusion may culminate in cardiac tamponade which could be fatal.This study aims to describe the prevalence of cardiac tamponade, with the etiology, and outcome of childhood pericardial effusion at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.Materials and Methods: Hospital records of children with pericardial Micro Drones Ac

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Effect of Sugarcane Bagasse Fiber on Geopolymer Concrete when it is Subjected to Alternative Drying and Wetting

Various types Duvets of fibers like glass, steel, coconut fiber, sugarcane bagasse fiber, etc are used to increase the mechanical properties of the concrete.SCBF is the final residue of the sugar industries which is used in this study.The objective of the paper is to study the effect of SCBF in geopolymer concrete (GPC) and conventional concrete (C

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Ubiquitination-mediated Golgi-to-endosome sorting determines the toxin-antidote duality of fission yeast wtf meiotic drivers

Abstract Killer meiotic drivers (KMDs) skew allele transmission in their favor by killing meiotic progeny not inheriting the driver allele.Despite their widespread presence in eukaryotes, the molecular mechanisms behind their selfish behavior are poorly understood.In several fission yeast species, single-gene KMDs belonging to the wtf gene family e

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