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HARMFUL SOCIO-CULTURAL PRACTICES AFFECTING THE GIRL-CHILD AMONG THE KAMBARI OF NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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EFFECT OF PROCESSING CONDITIONS ON PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, COOKING, AND SENSORPROPERTIES OF OFADA RICE(ORYZA SATIVA L) GRAIN AND FLAKES
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- "A sequence stratigraphic approach was applied to K-Field, within the western Niger Delta by integrating wireline logs of four wells; 001,003, 004 and 005; and high resolution biostratigraphic data of wells 001, 004 and well 005. The study is aimed at deducing key bounding surfaces, depositional sequences and their corresponding systems tracts as well as the palaeodepositional environment of the hydrocarbon bearing Agbada Formation in the study area. Two sequence boundaries at 8900 ft (2697 m) and 9050 ft (2742 m), and one maximum flooding surface at a depth of 7650 ft (2318 m) were recognized in well 5 and used to subdivide the stratigraphic succession into depositional sequences and their corresponding systems tracts. Highstand and Transgressive systems tracts were recognized in each of the three depositional sequences. Marker shale, characterized by Chloguebelina 3 (16.0 Ma) was used to date the key bounding surfaces with the aid of the Niger Delta chronostratigraphic chart as Early to Late Miocene. The Highstand systems tracts are characterized by shale-rich upward coarsening sands, having poor reservoir quality while the lowstand systems tracts are characterized by thick sandstone units, indicating good quality seals to reservoirs. From the SP logs motifs, the depositional environments inferred include tidal channel, shoreface and shelf environments which typify a marine depositional setting. " 1 results 1
- "Clay bodies occur as lenses and interbeds within the predominantly shaley Akinbo Formation in the eastern Dahomey Basin. They are greenish to grayish, plastic, and in some places contain concretions. In order to assess their sedimentological significance as well as evaluate their potential as industrial raw materials, representative outcrop arid borehole samples .were subjected to mineralogical, chemical and physical characterization. Mineralogical determination by X-ray diffraction (XRD) method, indicates kaolinite as the major clay mineral, with a range of 32.86-58.33%. Other constituents are illite (4.95%), smectite (2.87-14.29%) and palygorskite (2.87%). The non-clay minerals are quartz, K-feldspar, micas and graphite. In terms of chemical composition, the clay bodies. are characterised by the following; Si02 (52.96-55.84%), Al2O3 (16.22-17.74%) Fe203 (7.13-10.35%); CaO (4.65-7.95%)-; MgO (2.26-3.98%) while Na20, K2O, MnO, Ti02 and P2Os have individual values < 1%. The relatively high CaO reflect some contribution from the limestone bed underlying this formation. The clay specimens generally display colour ranging from grayish in fresh, to brownish-red on firing. Corresponding values of physical parameters include linear shrinkage (3.75-7.50%), plastic limit (23- 31%), liquid limit (48-56%), plasticity index (21-30%) and water absorption capacity (5.80-11.90%). The average silica sesquioxide and alumina-iron oxide ratios are respectively 2.17 and 2.08. These values are within the range suitable for clays or shales to be used in the manufacture of good quality cement. The clays have high silica content and are relatively rich in fluxing elements such as Ca and Mg, and could be utilized in the manufacture of domestic and sanitary earth wares. The high plasticity as reflected by the values of the relevant physical indices, and the general fineness qualify the clays to be useful as fillers or coating materials in paper and paint industries. They could also be useful in the production of construction bricks, ceramics, and with beneficiation, the quality might improve for other applications. " 1 results 1
- A survey involving the use of structured questionnaires and personal communication was undertaken in South Western Nigeria to identify the livestock in the area, and their housing methods. Chicken, pigs, rabbits, goats, sheep and cattle were the major animals found while the housing structures include baskets, battery cages, deep litter houses, cages, hutches, pens, sheds and yards. In about half of the sites surveyed animals kept were not provided with housing, while in the other places where they were provided the structures were poorly equipped and overstretched to cope with the population of animals kept. Wood products are the predominant materials of construction accounting for as much as 50 to 70% of the total volume of materials used in the construction of some of these structures. Others are natural fibers, concrete, wire mesh and corrugated roofing sheets. Poor waste management, decay in wood members, and pitting and cracking of concrete were some of the flaws identified. Integrated designs to reduce the burden of waste collection and increase its effective utilization, use of durable timber species and preservative treatment to further improve the length of service, and the use of good quality concrete constituents and mixture are recommended. 1 results 1
- Agile methods is the software development methodology and practices used in software industry in which the elements and principles of agile methods are used. Generally, the agile development process is an incremental work process that promotes the importance of customer satisfaction, collaboration, communication, teamwork, good quality and planned follow-up practices. The paper aims to discuss these issues. This paper first presents an overview of agile methods, addresses the most relevant ones for developing library management system then discusses the utilization of these methods in the context of the development of an integrated library management system presenting the case of Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan. The Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan after several attempts at automating its processes since the early 90’s eventually resolved to develop an in-house Library Automation System in 2015 using agile methods. The paper refers to definite initiatives taken to improve development processes as well as discuss the benefits and challenges when applying the agile methods in order to change traditional working culture and encourage end user participation in the building process. The following elements of agility can be considered the most effective and relevant: appreciating the needs of the customers, end-user participation and satisfaction, quality assurance, ability to redesign and make decisions fast and empowering the team, eliminating of waste. The paper finally highlights what the library can achieve by adapting a fresh approach for developing, evaluating and managing its operations and how the library staff can benefit from the agile way of working. Automation, Agile Development methods, Management, Quality, User satisfaction and University libraries 1 results 1
- Anxiety, Depression and Social support) of Quality of Life among caregivers of cancer patients at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Five instruments were adapted and revalidated for cultural suitability and used to assess social support, quality of life, depression, anxiety and caregivers’ stress. Data were collected from one hundred and fifty one consecutive caregivers of cancer patients who accompanied the patients to the hospital to receive treatment at the radiotherapy department and who gave informed consent to participate in the study. The respondents’ age was ranges between 14 - 72 years with the mean of 35.65 and standard deviation of 14.094. The data collected was analysed using regression analysis and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. A significant negative relationship was found between quality of life and depression in caregivers of cancer patients (P<0.05). Regression analysis indicated that depression significantly predicted the caregivers quality of life (P<0.05). It was recommended that some attention be given to the psychosocial wellbeing of caregivers of cancer patients to enable them have good quality of life and enhance their care-giving role. 1 results 1
- Background: The aim of the newly introduced “focused Antenatal Care (ANC)” is not only to achieve a minimum number of 4 visits, but also the timeliness of the commencement of the visits as well as the quality and relevance of services offered during the visits. This study is therefore designed to assess the quality of ANC services in Nigeria. Methods: We used information supplied by the 13410 respondents who claimed to have used the ANC facilities at least once within five year preceding the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Household Survey (NDHS). Ten components of ANC including: offer of HIV test, Tetanus Toxoid injection, receiving iron supplementation, intermittent preventive treatment (IPT), intestinal preventive drug (IPD), timely ANC enrollment and number of visits were assessed. Receipts of all the ten components were classified as desirable (good) quality of ANC services while receipt of eight critical components among the ten were assumed to be the minimum acceptable quality. Data was weighted and analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression models at 5 % significance level. Results: Measurement of blood pressure and receiving iron supplementation were the most commonly offered ANC component in Nigeria with 91.0 % each while IPD and IPT were given to only 20.7 % and 37.6 % respectively. Less than two thirds were taught on PMTCT while 41.7 % had HIV test and obtained results. Only 4.6 % (95 % CI: 4.2–5.1) of women received good quality of ANC while nearly 1.0 % did not receive any of the components. About 11.3 % (95 % CI: 10.6–11.9 %) of the attendees had minimum acceptable quality of ANC. Receipt of good quality ANC services was higher among users who initiated ANC early, had at least 4 ANC visits, attended to by skilled health workers, attended government and private hospitals and clinics. Higher odds of receiving good quality of ANC were found among users who lives in urban areas, having higher educational attainment, belonging to households in upper wealth quintiles and attended to by skilled ANC provider. Conclusions: The levels of desirable and minimum acceptable quality of ANC services were poor in Nigeria thereby jeopardizing efforts to achieve the MDGs. There is need for intensified commitment by national and state governments in Nigeria as well as other stakeholders to ensure that main components of ANC are received by the users. 1 results 1
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- Culture media play a very important role in bacteriology as they are used in the isolation, identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. It is essential that the quality of media be safeguarded to have a successful microbiology laboratory. Microorganisms usually show typical morphological appearance and properties on solid media. Variations in the composition of the medium may alter this appearance and properties. There is therefore a need to ensure good quality media, which is capable of giving satisfactory results by ensuring a proper quality management system. Often times, majority of laboratories prepare their media for routine diagnostics and research purposes. Therefore, it is essential that certain parameters of media are checked thoroughly before they are considered suitable for laboratory use. Control methods are discussed in details in this report. 1 results 1
- Depression 1 results 1
- Dioscorea rotundata 1 results 1
- Drug 1 results 1
- Elderly Nigerians 1 results 1
- Emotional Intelligence 1 results 1
- Environmental health officers 1 results 1
- Environmental health practices 1 results 1
- Fear of HIV infection and its consequences may affect the willingness and capacity of health care workers to provide good quality care for people with HIV/AIDS (PWHAs). The study was founded on the proposition that self-efficacy may mediate the attitudinal disposition of health care workers related to provision of care to PWHAs. Two hundred and ten physicians (n = 103) and nurses (n = 107) sampled from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, responded (48% response rate) to a questionnaire which addressed self-efficacy relating to HIV/AIDS, knowledge about HIV/AIDS and treatment of and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS patients. Attitude questions included items on fear of HIV infection, futility in providing care for HIV patients, distress in caring for the patient who is likely to die and willingness to care for PWHAs. The major finding was a significant association between reported high self-efficacy and less fear of acquiring HIV, less futility in providing care for PWHAs and increased willingness to provide such care. More years of education was associated with higher willingness to care, less fear associated with care as well as lower perceived futility related to the care of PWHAs Female gender was significantly related to the perception of futility related to the care of PWHAs. There was no significant relationship between self-efficacy and knowledge about HIV/AIDS. The findings have significant implications for hospital care for PWHAs and suggest that self-efficacy, rather than knowledge about HIV/AIDS may be important in mediating attitudes towards PWHAs and also in developing intervention programmes aimed at helping health care providers to reframe their attitudes. 1 results 1
- Feed represent a major proportion of the overall production cost in the livestock industry. Availability of good quality and unadulterated conventional feed all year round is a major constraint in livestock production. Also, competition for the same feed resources existing between humans and animals have further compounded the problem leading to overpricing of animal products. Poultry wastes, if properly processed represent a vast reservoir of cheap nutrients especially for ruminants. This study was designed to evaluate broiler litter as a feed for ruminant diets. One hundred and twenty (120) broiler chicks were randomly distributed into three treatments of forty birds each. The birds were fed diets containing 25% crude protein and 23% crude protein at the starter and finisher phases. Litter collected on days 35, 42 and 49 after stocking were sun dried and subjected to proximate analysis to determine crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF). The CP, NDF and ADF were: 22.5%, 25.5% and 23.5% for CP, 40.5%, 38.2% and 39.3% for NDF and 21.4%, 20.3% and 20.8% for ADF respectively. However, there were no significant differences (P< 0.05) in the CP and ADF values for the 3 stages of collection. Broiler litter has high protein level which will be efficiently utilized to promote optimum weight gain in ruminants. 1 results 1
- Gender roles 1 results 1
- Girl-child 1 results 1
- HIV 1 results 1
- Harmful socio-cultural practices 1 results 1
- Honey 1 results 1
- Honey is a sweet food made by Bees using nectar from flowering plants. It is known to be subjected to various use: as direct edible and for pharmaceutical purposes. In Nigeria, particularly in Ibadan metropolis, the demand for honey is ever increasing due to the burgeoning population increase and also consequent to it nutritional and medicinal benefits. By the reason of the high demand of honey and low supply of the product, getting pure and original honey from the market is becoming very difficult, leading to some folks taking advantage of tire short fall thereby flooding the market with adulterated honey. It is however against this background that this study seeks to provide answers to the problem of identifying quality honey through proximate and sensory evaluation. Honey samples were obtained from three sources in Ibadan metropolis (UI, OO, and OJ) and analyzed for sensory and proximate properties such as fructose, sucrose. Maltose, glucose, moisture content, ash, protein, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), ascorbic acid, ether extract (fat), crude fibre, and nitrogen free extract (carbohydrate) content following Standard Association of Official Analytical Chemistry. The following range of values were determined for fructose, sucrose. Maltose, glucose, moisture content, ash, protein, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), ascorbic add, ether extract (fat), crude fibre, and nitrogen free extract range from 12.4-20.4, 5.0-7.7, 0.0- 0.17, 21.3-36.5, 23.3-36.6, 23.4-17.9, 0.50-0.26, 0.0-0.43, 7.4-7.6, 0.0-0.33, 0.0-0.23, 0.0-01, and 72.7-80.9, respectively. The three samples of honey are of good quality but OJ had the least. UI honey has the overall acceptability rating. 1 results 1
- Honeybee 1 results 1
- Human Rights 1 results 1
- Human rights are inherent to all human beings, regardless of their nationality, place of residence, sex, or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The right to health guarantees the right to life, on which other social, economic and political rights are hinged. The right to health involves availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of public health and health care facilities, goods and services. The availability of counterfeit drugs is a direct infringement on the right to health, which provides that health care must not only be affordable, accessible and acceptable, but must be of good quality. Nigeria has a robust and comprehensive legal framework. However, their effect is not being felt due to enforcement challenges. The rights of victims to compensation have not been provided for. This paper calls for law reform in this regard, proposing the adoption of the template provided for by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). The UNGP promotes the principles of ‘protect, Respect and Remedy 1 results 1
- INTRODUCTION: Mother-to-child transmission is the major route of pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection accounting for 90% of childhood HIV infection. Poor utilization of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services has been shown in this situation. Hence, the study assessed the perception and utilization of PMTCT services among Women Living with HIV (WLHIV). METHODS: A cross-sectional research design was used with a purposive sampling technique to select 182 WLHIV within reproductive age attending President’s Emergency Plan for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Relief (PEPFAR)/AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) clinic in two secondary Health facilities in Ibadan, Oyo State. A validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. RESULTS: The mean age of the women was 37.0±6.5 years. Majority (74.2%) of the respondents had good knowledge on PMTCT of HIV, positive perception (89%) towards PMTCT services while only 42.9% of the respondents have utilized PMTCT services during pregnancy. However, some of the challenges to use of PMTCT services identified by the respondents were stigma (16.5%), discrimination (15.4%), financial constraint (11.5%) and non-involvement of partner (8.2%). There was a significant association between level of knowledge and PMTCT services utilization (χ2=6.244, p=0.012). CONCLUSIONS: There is need for improvement of knowledge and perception of HIV, MTCT and PMTCT among women through counseling and antenatal education, thereby increasing PMTCT services uptake. Partner involvement, good quality PMTCT services and lack of discrimination of people living with HIV in our society should be encouraged, hence promoting the utilization of PMTCT services. 1 results 1
- Intellectual disability 1 results 1
- Intermittent preventive treatment 1 results 1
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