ABSTACT The effect of 0.25mg/kg weight of diesel on the liver function of male wistar rats was investigated. Ten male wistar rats were used and were grouped into two; experimental and control. The experimental group was fed with rat chawl and a mixture of diesel with water ad-libitum while the control was fed with rat chawl and tap water for about five weeks. Data collected was analyzed using student’s t-Test and a p-value of < 0.05 was accepted as significant. The result shows diesel ...
Anxiety disorders as the name implies are disorders associated with excessive feelings of anxiousness and nervousness. They are among the most prevalent categories of mental illnesses (Kessler et al., 2005; Shearer, 2007) which are characterized by excessive and unrealistic worry about everyday tasks or events, or may be specific to certain objects or rituals. Anxiety in itself according to Nuss (2015) is a frequent negative emotional state characterized by feelings of worry and apprehension,...
ABSTRACTThis study investigated influence of gender and self-esteem on depression among diabetic patients. One hundred and thirty (130) diabetic patients (77 with low self-esteem and 53 with high self-esteem) were used. Males and females were 65 each. Self-rating depression scale Zung (1965) and index of self-esteem Hudson (1982) were used. A 2x2 factorial design was adopted while two way ANOVA statistics was used for data analysis. Gender was found to significantly influence depression among...