Chlamydia trachomatis among women with normal and abnormal cervical smears in Lagos, Nigeria

Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common sexually transmitted disease agents. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) has been independently associated with serological evidence of chlamydial infection. This study therefore was aimed to determine the prevalence of C. trachomatis and the association between Chlamydia trachomatis infection and cervical intra-epithelial lesion.Methods: It is a cross-sectional case control study carried out at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) with the study participants selected into 2 groups: the case group (women with abnormal smears) and the control group (women with normal Pap smear). Relevant information was obtained using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Endocervical swab sample was collected and analysed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Data analysis was done using Epi-Info statistical package (version 3.4.3).Results: The overall prevalence of C. trachomatis was 27.7% with a decreasing trend noted with age (P <0.05). The majority of women with C. trachomatis were in the reproductive age group of 25-45 years. 50% of women with abnormal smears were positive for C. trachomatis, compared to only 16.7% of the controls (X2 = 10.95; P = 0.001). There was no statistically significant association between prevalence of C. trachomatis and cervical cytological types (X2 = 1.892; P = 0.595)Conclusions: The study revealed an association between Chlamydia trachomatis and precancerous lesions of the cervix. Routine screening and treatment of sexually active adolescents and women in the reproductive age group is recommended as an indirect measure to reducing the incidence of cervical cancer in Nigeria

Internet application for online cadastral services : a case study in Nigeria

The new innovative of technology by (GIS) Geographic Information System, (LIS) Land Information System and (CIS) Cadastral Information System has been playing a leading role in the development of cadastral and land administration in this study area. The Customary ways and approach to the land titling and registration in the time past has resulted in the delay in the processes of obtaining title to the land. Land administration system in Nigeria includes the processes of land registration, cadastral mapping, land valuation and land inventory. Most of developing nation particularly Nigeria is faced with the problem of poor land administration and management. Technology is paramount in acquiring a proper technological development in land administration. This study tried to encourage land title registration by providing web technologies that are faster and suitable with a low rate and minimum delay. The need to develop a dynamic web for the processes in the land registration arises from the dynamic relationship to the land of the people. The delay in time and process of land registration couple with the exploitation in land related activities has called for the urgent intervention of all the stakeholders in land administration. PHP programming language was used as a server side scripting languages together with MyAdmin SQL, a website was developed for the processes involved in the land registration having examined the fastest way to solve the problem. A robust dynamic database that is reliable and easy to use was also developed which is capable of accommodating several numbers of applicants. The applicants, monitoring agency and the government have the advantage of checking all the processes on line without any contact with the officers working on the certificate

Regression equations for the estimation of radial length from its morphometry in South‑West Nigerian population

Background to the Study: Where natural or man‑made disasters present bone fragments as it occur in forensic cases, regression equations derived from measurement of these bones fragments have been used to determine the length of the intact long bone. This study reports on the morphometry of the radius and the estimation of its length using regression equations in a Nigerian population.Methods: The maximum length of the radius was measured using an osteometric board. The distal breadth, sagittal diameter at mid‑shaft, transverse diameter at mid‑shaft (TDM), vertical radial head height (VRHH), maximum head diameter (Max. HD), and minimum head diameter (Min. HD) were measured using digital vernier caliper while the circumference of the radial head and the circumference at the radial tuberosity were measured using an anthropometric tape. Pearson correlation and Persian regression were used to derive the liner regression equations for the measured parameters that showed a correlation with the length of the radius. Result: Estimation of the length of the radius from the measures of Max. HD, VRHH, and TDM were archived with relative accuracy. In deriving regression equations for the length of the radius of the right and left sides, irrespective of sides, the Max. HD and TDM were both significant in estimating the length of the radius; on the right side only the Max. HD exhibited significant correlation while on the left side, both the Max. HD and VRHH exhibited significant correlation.Conclusion: These findings may help in anthropometric, forensic, and archaeological investigation for the estimation of the stature of the remains of unknown bodies using regression equations and could serve as the basis of comparison for future studies in a Nigerian population.Keywords: Morphometry, Nigeria, radial length, regressio