Background: Primary Leiomyomas of ovary are rare tumors and account for less than 1% of benign ovarian tumors. Only about 60 cases have been reported in literature out of which most presented in child bearing age group. Case: A 65 year old postmenopausal multipara presented with history of back pain and pain in lower abdomen. Pelvic examination and transvaginal ultrason-ography revealed presence of bilateral ovarian mass. An intra-operative frozen section showed serous cystade-noma in both ovaries with adenofibroma like areas in the left ovary. She underwent Panhysterectomy with Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopathologically, a diagnosis of bilateral ovarian serous cyastadenoma with features of ovarian leiomyoma in left ovary was made. Ovarian fibroma-thecoma, cellular fibroma and sclerosing stromal tumour were considered as its differentials and ruled out. The possibility of leiomyos-arcoma was also ruled out. Conclusions: Although these tumors have a benign course and are very rare, they should be emphasized as a possible differential whenever solid ovarian masses are detected.

The principle objective of this study is to examine the culture of networks that are implicated in the production of culture, specifically as it pertains to artists’ design and use of digitally networked information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the production of artworks. The analysis in this study seeks to reveal a better understanding of the working practices that underpin artists’ creative engagements with new media while recognizing the significance of discursive continuities that inform such engagements. Theoretically, a case is presented for combining several theoretical perspectives into a multilayered conceptual framework for examining the circulation of power as it relates both to artistic creativity and to technological innovation.

Rubber bushing, working as flexible connection parts or vibration isolators, is widely used in commercial vehicles, airplane, and off-highway transportation. The appropriate mathematical modeling of it in proper vehicle simulation is becoming more and more demanding recently. This paper focuses on viscoelastic parameter identification based structure-thermal analysis of rubber bushing so that credible predictions of mechanical behaviors and thermal effects of rubber bushing during service can be made. The dynamic mechanical property is characterized as frequency-dependent and the corresponding parameters’ identifications are carried out through experiment on DMA. A novel approach to estimating the hysteresis damping is proposed on the basis of interaction between carbon black and molecular chain. The quasi-static harmonic excitation tests are carried out to catch the amplitude-dependent hysteresis damping. FEA simulation is employed to predict the rubber’s dynamic response and thermal effect under harmonic excitation with the collected parameters demonstrating mechanical properties.

Background: Conventional cervical cytology is the most widely used cervical cancer screening test in the world. Squamous intraepithelial neoplasia (SIL) and cervical cancer remain important health problems for women worldwide. Aim and Objective: To study various types of cervical lesions with relevant factors such as age, parity, to classify cervical lesions into malignant & benign groups and to correlate the cytological with histopathological findings. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 200 cases of Pap smears and cervical biopsies, along with resected specimens. After fixation and staining, smears and cervical biopsies were processed and examined under microscope. Results: Age wise maximum number of patients were in fourth decade (54.50%), followed by fifth decade. On cytology, 59% were inflammatory smears and frank malignancy was reported in 10% cases. LSIL and HSIL were reported in 9% and 8.50% respectively. Maximum number of cases on biopsy was those of infections (57.50%), 27% cases were those of frank malignancy; most common being invasive squamous cell carcinoma (23%) and adenocarcinoma in 2%. Mean age among cancer cases was high (51.94±12.30 years) compared to those who did not have cervical cancer (39.53±9.66 years). Cervical cancer was seen in 39.65% of patients with having ≥3 children. 10% cases diagnosed on cytology turned out to be malignant on biopsy. Conclusion: Pap smear followed by cervical biopsy is an effective method for detection of pre-cancerous, cancerous and non-cancerous changes in the cervix

Design patterns usually describe abstract systems of interaction between classes, objects, and communication flows. So, a description of a set of interacting classes that provide a generalized solution framework to a generalized/specific design problem in a specific context can be said as a design pattern. There are many design patterns that can be used to solve real-life problems, but it remains very difficult to design, implement and reuse software for complex applications. Examples of these include enterprise system, real-time market data monitoring and analysis system. Design patterns provide an efficient way to create more flexible, elegant and ultimately reusable object-oriented software. Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice”. The solutions of the given problems are expressed in terms of objects and interfaces. Among 23 design patterns, Strategy pattern defines an interface common to all supported algorithms. Context uses this interface to call the algorithm defined by a Concrete Strategy. In accounting framework one thing is mostly needed that is tax calculation. To solve this problem author in the current study has chosen the strategy pattern.

Background: Conventional cervical cytology is the most widely used cervical cancer screening test in the world. squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) and cervical cancer remain important health problems for women worldwide. Aim and Objective: To study various types of cervical lesions with relevant factors such as age, parity, to classify cervical lesions into malignant & benign groups and to correlate the cytological with histopathological findings. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 200 cases of Pap smears and cervical biopsies, along with resected specimens. After fixation and staining, smears and cervical biopsies were processed and examined under microscope. Results: Age wise maximum number of patients were in fourth decade (54.50%), followed by fifth decade. On cytology, 59% were inflammatory smears and frank malignancy was reported in 10% cases. LSIL and HSIL were reported in 9% and 8.50% respectively. Maximum number of cases on biopsy were those of infections (57.50%), 27% cases were those of frank malignancy; most common being invasive squamous cell carcinoma (23%) and adenocarcinoma in 2%. Mean age among cancer cases was high (51.94±12.30 years) compared to those who did not have cervical cancer (39.53±9.66 years). Cervical cancer was seen in 39.65% of patients having ≥3 children. 10% cases diagnosed on cytology turned out to be malignant on biopsy. Conclusion: Pap smear followed by cervical biopsy is an effective method for detection of pre-cancerous, cancerous and non-cancerous changes in the cervix.

Petrol scarcity is a malady and a serious economic problem in Nigeria. Successive governments have, often times, used it as a case for political advances, yet petrol scarcity remained an undefeatable macroeconomic monster in Nigeria. The need for petrol, its availability and affordability is obviously important especially as the risks and its attendant effects are undesirable, hence this investigation with focus on strategic management approaches for minimizing its occurrence. From the analysis, excessive corruption, mismanagement of government treasury, etc., were found as causes of petrol scarcity while socioeconomic unrest, hike in transport fare, retardation of economic growth, etc were found as its associated risks. Also government strategies of task force formation, downstream sector reforms, etc were found to have no significant mitigating effect on petrol scarcity. Consequently, the use of balanced score card, SWOT analyses etc were recommended as potent strategic approaches for managing and forestalling petrol scarcity in Nigeria.

As alternative to existing e-government measuring models, here I am proposing a new customer centric, service oriented, simple approach for measuring countries e- Governments. If successfully implemented, built infrastructure will provide a single e-government index number for countries. Main schema is as follows. Country CIO or equal position government official, at the beginning of each year will provide to United Nations dedicated web site 4 numbers on behalf of own country: 1) Ratio of available online public services, to total number of public services, 2) Ratio of interagency inter ministry online public services to total number of available online public services, 3) Ratio of total number of citizen and business entities served online annually to total number of citizen and business entities served annually online and physically on those services, 4) Simple index for geographical spread of online served citizen and business entities. 4 numbers then combined into one index number by mathematical Average function. In addition to 4 numbers 5th number can be introduced as service quality indicator of online public services. If in ordering of countries index number is equal, 5th criteria will be used. Notice: this approach is for country’s current egovernment achievement assessment, not for e-government readiness assessment.

Several vegetable species abound in Nigeria and most West African countries where they are used partly as condiments or spices in human diets or as supplementary feeds to livestock. There were ten samples of vegetable used in this study and were analyzed for a major source of ascorbic acid and the mean values ranged from 170 – 425 mg/100 g, Celosia argentea “Soko” (425 mg/100 g) and Amaranthus hydridus “tete” (408 mg/100 g) both having the highest ascorbic acid while Corchorous olitorius “ewedu” (170 mg/100 g) had the least ascorbic acid. Amaranthus hydridus and Talinum triangulare had the highest mineral contents. Carbohydrate contents ranged from 3.9 – 48.2 g/100 g, Ocimum gratissium “efirin” having 3.9 g/100 g while Vernonia amygdalina “ewuro” had 48.2 g/100 g. Protein content ranged from 5 –28.2 g/100 g. Talinum triangulare “gbure” had the lowest while Corchorous olitorius had the highest protein content. Fiber content ranged from 1.0 – 11.5 g/100 g Vernonia amygdalina had the lowest fiber content while Senecio biafrae had the highest. The analysis of the samples also showed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, inulins and tannins, this indicates that the vegetables studied contain an appreciable amount of bioactive compounds. This research analyzed the phytochemical and nutritional values of these vegetables with a view to ascertain their nutritional composition for appropriate recommendation if need arises.

Studies were carried out to investigate the effects of 10%, 15% coconut milk and 50mg/L, 100mg/L Benzyl amino purine on the vegetative growth, nutritional and photochemical constituents of Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus seedlings. Plants sprayed with water were the controls. All the treatments resulted in significantly increased leaf number, stem girth, plant height, shoot/root ratio, leaf area ratio and chlorophyll content of the vegetable with highest values recorded in treatments with 15% coconut milk at 14 weeks after planting. Treatments with 15% coconut milk also resulted in greater mineral elements contents at 14 weeks after planting of the vegetable. Alkaloids (3.55), saponins (1.66), phenols (0.36) and flavonoids levels (0.85) were higher in 15% coconut milk treated plants, whereas phytic acid (1.26) and hydrocyanic acids levels (15.30) were greater in 100mg/L Benzyl amino purine and 10% coconut milk respectively at 14 weeks after planting. The study shows that 15% coconut milk persistently had the greater potentials to increase vegetative growth, nutritional and phytochemical constituents of Amaranthus hybridus leading to its significance in nutrients requirements of man and usefulness in medicinal industries.