Nigerian Hospital and Community Pharmacists' Knowledge, Awareness, and Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Background: Pharmacists can play a role in enhancing treatment outcomes of autistic people, but they must possess sufficient knowledge and awareness of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Current evidence is scant among Nigerian pharmacists. The objectives of this study were to: (1) Describe and compare Nigerian hospital and community pharmacists' ASD knowledge, awareness, and perceptions; (2) Determine if there is a significant correlation between ASD knowledge, awareness, and perceptions; (3) Determine if demographic and practice-related factors are significantly related to pharmacists' ASD awareness.

Exploring alternative fuel solutions: lemon grass oil biodiesel blend with dibutyl ether additive for VCR diesel engines - an experimental analysis.

There has been an intense surge in interest in the search for alternative sources of petroleum fuels in the modern world as a result of the inflation of fuel prices and the historic supply gap. When compared to petroleum fuels, biodiesel is becoming an increasingly valuable option due to the fact that it produces less emissions and provides the almost same amount of energy. In point of fact, the prime aim of this work is to explore the possibility of utilizing biodiesel derived from lemongrass oil and including dibutyl ether as an additive for the test diesel engine operating on varied compression ratios.

Intention for internal whistleblowing to report sexual violence in higher education institutions: a Nigerian national study.

Background: Sexual violence is prevalent in higher education institutions in Nigeria and stakeholders have encouraged staff and students to blow the whistle whenever they fall victim to or are aware of any sexual violence case. However, there is lack of data about whether the staff and students of these institutions have the intention to blow the whistle internally (within the institution) or not. There is also a lack of data on the existing reporting mechanisms or preferred whistleblowing mechanisms in these institutions.

Isolation, characterization and response surface method optimization of cellulose from hybridized agricultural wastes.

This study explores the utilization of eight readily available agricultural waste varieties in Nigeria-sugarcane bagasse, corn husk, corn cob, wheat husk, melina, acacia, mahogany, and ironwood sawdust-as potential sources of cellulose. Gravimetric analysis was employed to assess the cellulose content of these wastes, following which two selected wastes were combined based on their cellulose content and abundance to serve as the raw material for the extraction process. Response Surface Methodology, including Box-Behnken design, was applied to enhance control over variables, establish an optimal starting point, and determine the most favorable reaction conditions.

A novel nor-megastigmane from the leaves of .

A novel nor-megastigmane, normegastigmane-5,9-epoxy-3,8-diol (), together with 10 known compounds of diverse classes including megastigmanes, sesquiterpenoids, and triterpenoids were isolated from the leaves of . The structure of was established by 1D and 2D NMR and HRESIMS data analysis. The known compounds were identified as 5,11-epoxy-3,9-megastigmanediol (), 7-megastigmene-3,6,9-triol (), 1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl stearate (), (1,5)-1,5-dimethyl-8-(propan-2-ylidene)cyclodeca-1,5-diene germacrene () 3,5-dihyroxy-6,7-megastigmadien-9-one (), squalene (), -amyrin (), -amyrone (), -amyrin eicosanoate (), and -sitosterol ().