Maureen Okon

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Asssociate Professor at University of Calabar

Hospital associated infections (HAI) contribute significant morbidity and mortality. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s point prevalence survey in 2017 placed Ireland’s prevalence of HAI above the European average. Furthermore, Ireland ranked 4th in Europe for hospital acquired bloodstream infections, 25% of which were vascula...

The study was design to examine the influence of mood disorder on learning outcome among Senior Secondary (SS 1-3) students of public Schools in Cross River State...

The study was designed to examine the influence of mood disorders on learning outcome among Senior Secondary School (SS 1-3) students of public schools in Cross River State. The study was necessitated by public outcry about a seemingly poor performance of students in public examinations which was partly attributed to students’ related factors. A sa...

This paper examined the relationship between parental involvement and academic performance of secondary school students in Calabar south local government area.

The study was aimed at determining the influence of some psychological variables such as self-esteem, sex, and locus of control on the aggressive tendencies of UNIVERSITY students in the South -South Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria.

In an attempt to study the perception of university students on the causes and effects of examination malpractices in Nigerian Educational System, two research questions were raised and analysed for possible answers using a survey research design method. Four hundred university students were randomly selected from the research area. A questionnaire...

The study was to investigate the possibility of adopting bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence in crime prevention

This paper considers the expediency of using vocational guidance in effecting capacity development among prospective second chance learners.

This study examined the role of Personal (Self-esteem, self-efficacy, Locus of Control & Gender) and family characteristics (Family communication style, and Parental neglect) on aggressive tendencies among undergraduates students in South-South Geo-Political Zone in Nigeria. A total of 2,862 undergraduates, made up of 1302, females and 1,560 males...

The study evaluated the impact of European Union Micro Projects Programme six on enrolment rates in affected rural schools in Cross River State, Nigeria.

The study examined the role of personal (self-esteem, self efficacy, locus of control and gender) and family characteristics (family communication style and parental neglect) on aggressive tendencies among undergraduate students among in South-south geopolitical zone in Nigeria.

Survey data collected from a sample of 500 students in Cross river state, Nigeria were used to determine the influence of manifest anxiety on mathematics performance.

This study examined the relationship between marital adjustment and family stability.

The purpose of the study was to find out the rate at which some educated Nigerians could speak, read and write their mother tongue and other Nigerian languages.

The role of the peer groups in the lives of adolescents cannot be over emphasized. Hence understanding peer relationship and how it influences behaviour becomes necessary.

The study was to find out the influence of group size on the ability to generate divergent thinking through brainstorming. it was also aimed at finding out the influence of gender as a factor influencing group size effectiveness in brainstorming. Fourty-seven adolescents (24 males and 23 females) aged between 13 and 19 years who were in senior seco...

This study investigated the effect of positive reinforcement on the academic achievement motivation secondary school students.

Much interest has been generated on the impact of drawings on children's intellectual development in many current studies/researches.

The issue of employment behaviour modification in curbing behavioural problems and it's consequences among children is of utmost importance. So far, efforts by behaviour therapists to contain the situation are not enough.

1H and 13C NMR assignments of sodium chenodeoxycholate in aqueous solution were obtained for three different bile salt concentrations. 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts of sodium chenodeoxycholate and deoxycholate show slight concentration dependence due to micelle formation. Opposite trends in chemical shifts changes for α- and β-protons cause polari...

Sequence-specific resonance assignments of human beta 2-microglobulin (M(r) 12,000) and its secondary structure are determined by 2D NMR techniques. The protein is found to contain two antiparallel beta-sheets each of four beta-strands with the beta-sheets being connected by a single disulfide linkage. No evidence for any regular helical structure...

Sequence-specific resonance assignments of human beta-2-microglobulin (M(r) 12 000) and its secondary structure are determined by 2D NMR techniques. The protein is found to contain two antiparallel beta-sheets each of four beta-strands with the beta-sheets being connected by a single disulfide linkage. No evidence for any regular helical structure...

Formation and thermodynamic characteristics of CH ⃛ O hydrogen bonding of methylated uracils and caffeine have been studied by nmr along two lines. The concentration and temperature dependencies of the PMR spectra of 1,3‐dimethyluracil (m 2 1,3 Ura), 1,3‐dimethylthymine (m 2 1,3 Thy), and 1,3,6‐trimethyluracil (m 3 1,3,6 Ura) in chloroform at high...

Comparison has been made of the proton magnetic resonance (PMR) spectra of translating ribosomes in the pre-translocation and post-translocation states as well as of the complexes of translating ribosomes with elongation factors Tu (EF-Tu) or G (EF-G) in the presence of the uncleavable analogue of GTP--guanylyl-imidodiphosphate (GMP-PNP). It is sho...

Interaction of homologous fatty acids (C3-C18) with sodium deoxycholate was investigated. From NMR and ultrasonic results it was found that short chain homologues (up to C9) do not participate in the formation of mixed micelles with sodium deoxycholate. Fatty acid homologues with longer chains (starting with C9) form mixed micelles by "burying" hyd...

During the past few years new techniques have been developed in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) which make it possible to form two dimensional cross-sectional images related to the distribution of protons in biological structures. The methods are non-invasive and of low radiation hazard and could therefore have some clinical value in medical diagn...

N.m.r. introscopy, not inferior in image quality to other forms of introscopy, is quite harmless to man and animal, which opens up a wide area of application of this methos in mediacl diagnostics and biophysical research. This paper presents a review of the various techniques of n.m.r.-introscopy.