Socio-economic variables of children with undernutrition and their controls in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria

Background: Low socio-economic and educational levels of parents are important risk factors for under-nutrition in children.The distribution of health and diseases in childhood had been shown to be strongly FLAXSEED OIL 1000MG influenced by the social characteristics like occupation and educational attainment.The aim of this study was to determine

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Effect of 0.2% peracetic acid disinfection on the horizontal dimension of implant framework indexed with two autopolymerized acrylic resins

Abstract Background To minimize misfit between prosthesis and implant, the welding of the implant fixed partial denture (IFPD) framework is recommended and autopolymerized acrylic resin (AR) is the material of choice for the indexing process.As for any prosthetic device that comes into contact with saliva and blood in the oral cavity, IFPD indexed

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Antimicrobial Efficiency of Edible Films in Food Industry

In this article, several applications of materials in food packaging and food safety are reviewed, including: polymers as high barrier packaging materials, natural substances as potent antimicrobial agents, and the efficiency of antimicrobial films in food industry.Active antimicrobial food packaging systems are supposed not only to passively prote

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