Full Text Available
Access Repository
Search Results - Association roles
Search alternatives:
- roles »
- Go to Previous Page
- Showing 161 - 162 results of 162
-
ORGANISATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL FACTORS AS CORRELATES OFWORKERS’ JOB INVOLVEMENT IN CIVIL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Published 2016-09Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Thesis Loading… -
Antibiotic resistance profile and phenotypic detection of betaLactamase-producers among gram-negative bacteria isolated from
Published 2016Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…
Search Tools:
Refine Results
Page will reload when a filter is selected or excluded.- Nigeria 12 results 12
- Inflammation 6 results 6
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6 results 6
- Aflatoxin B1 5 results 5
- Chromolena odorata 5 results 5
- Gut 5 results 5
- Liver 5 results 5
- Melatonin 5 results 5
- Aflatoxins are known to produce chronic carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects, as well as acute inflammatory effects, especially in the gastrointestinal tract. The potentials of the flavonoid-rich extract from Chromolena odorata (FCO) and melatonin (a standard anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent) against aflatoxin B1 (AFB1)-induced alterations in pro-inflammatory cytokine levels and morphology of liver and small intestines were evaluated in this study. We utilized Wistar albino rats (200–230 g) randomly divided into five groups made up of group A, control rats; group B, rats given AFB1 (2.5 mg/kg, intraperitone al) twice on days 5 and 7; rats in groups C, D, and E were treated with melatonin (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) or oral doses of FCO1 (50 mg/kg) and FCO2 (100 mg/kg) for 7 days, respectively, along with AFB1 injection on days 5 and 7. Serum levels of interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) were determined using commercial ELISA kits and histopathological evaluation of the liver, duodenum, and ileum were also carried out. We observed significant elevation (p < 0.05) in serum IL-1β correlating with hemorrhages and leucocytic and lymphocytic infiltration in the liver and intestines as evidences of an acute inflammatory response to AFB1 administration. All treatments yielded significant reduction (p < 0.05) in IL-1β levels, although TNF-α levels were not significantly altered in all rats that received AFB1, irrespective of the treatments. Melatonin and FCO2 produced considerable protection of hepatic tissues, although melatonin was not quite effective in protecting the intestinal lesions. Our findings suggest a modulation of cytokine expression that may, in part, be responsible for the abilities of C. odorata or melatonin in amelioration of hepatic and intestinal lesions associated with aflatoxin B1 injury. 4 results 4
- Medical & Health Sciences 4 results 4
- Perception 4 results 4
- Public Health 4 results 4
- Economic growth 3 results 3
- Epithelial ovarian cancer 3 results 3
- Financial Development 3 results 3
- Financial development 3 results 3
- Foreign Direct Investment 3 results 3
- Gross Domestic Product 3 results 3
- Male infertility 3 results 3
- Monetary policy 3 results 3
- Rats 3 results 3
- Sexually transmitted diseases 3 results 3
- System generalized method of moments 3 results 3
- This paper contributes to the age-old debate on the link between financial development and economic growth by examining the role of monetary policy. There is a possibility that monetary policy enhances financial system performance with attendant impact on growth. To unveil this influence, this paper employs fixed effects and System GMM on data from 28 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1996 to 2014. Results from the baseline estimation using fixed effects indicate that financial development indicators are negatively and significantly associated with growth for two of the three measures used (LGDP and PGDP), while money growth is positively related albeit insignificantly. The results largely remain the same on interaction with money growth. The coefficients of the interactive terms though largely negative are, however, not significant. The results from System GMM presents a different outcome. First, all measures of financial development turn out positive (except BBD) and insignificant. Financial development equally turns negative but insignificant after interacting with money growth. Overall, monetary policy measures, together with their interactions with financial development indicators, show up as weak growth predictors if not dampening, suggestive of the plausible independence of the nexus on the actions of monetary authorities in these countries. 3 results 3
- This paper investigated how financial development influences the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in selected Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. This study considered three alternative measures of financial development (FD) and their impacts on the FDI-growth linkage. It also explored the possibility of nonlinearities in the tripartite relationships. The results showed a positive influence of FDI on economic growth. Financial system development also had growth-promoting impact in the presence of FDI flows. Interestingly, these findings remained robust when potential endogeneity was accounted for using a well known instrumental variable (IV) estimator. Digging deeper, the findings also supported the existence of non-linearities in the role of FD in the FDI-growth association. In policy terms, these SSA countries will reap more growth benefits from foreign capital flows especially if financial reforms are sustained. 3 results 3
- Women 3 results 3
- — — — — — Health and Safety 3 results 3
- Antioxidant 2 results 2
- Biology 2 results 2
- Blood 2 results 2
- see all…
- PLOS ONE 3 results 3
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 2 results 2
- Bioinformatics Advances : Journal of the International Society for Computational Biology 1 results 1
- Cell Proliferation 1 results 1
- Health Science Reports 1 results 1
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension 1 results 1
- Journal of Social Structure 1 results 1
- PLOS Climate 1 results 1
- PeerJ 1 results 1
- The Journal of Physiological Sciences 1 results 1
- see all…