ABSTRACT In the absence of microscopic examination, the high prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infections and the non-specific symptoms of the disease make clinical diagnosis difficult in highly endemic areas. Data from daily medical records 0f 111 adult volunteers obtained in a 13-month longitudinal survey were analysed using Pearson's correlation to investigate the relationship between parasitaernia and clinical symptoms and to determine the predictive strength of various clinical symptoms...
ABSTRACT Millet, a widely consumed food crop, is subject to fungal contamination during storage. These fungi produce mycotoxins in stored food products. Mycotoxins such as citrinin and ochratoxin produced by Penicillium species have been reported to be injurious to consumers. Knowledge of the fungi involved in the production of these mycotoxins will help in the control of its spread in food products. However, there is dearth of information on the mycotoxins produced by Penicillium on millet ...
ABSTRACT Almost two thirds of the world's population lives within 400 km of the ocean shoreline; just over half live within 200 km, an area only taking up 10% of the earth's surface. As the world's population continues to grow at an alarming rate, fresh water supplies are constantly being depleted, bringing with it issues such as saltwater intrusion and increasing the importance of groundwater monitoring, management, and conservation. Constant monitoring of the fresh/salt water interface is n...
ABSTRACT The life cycle, and morphometries studies of A. dispersus (Rusell), white flies were conducted in a screen house in the Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. The study revealed that A. dispersus (Rusell) on cassava potted plants leaves, Manihot esculenta (Cranzt) (TMS 91934), have six stages, which include, egg first instar, second instar, third instar, pupa and adult. Trichoderma lignorum a fungal was identified as the cause of high mortality rate which occurred on t...
ABSTRACT The presence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (ARB) in water sources and treated drinking water is an emerging public health issue. Antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements (integron and gene cassettes) have been reported as bases of resistance in ARB. Available data on ARB in southwestern Nigeria are based on phenotypic studies. Information on molecular basis of resistance in ARB is necessary to determine the mode of resistance transfer among bacteria. This research w...
ABSTRACT The occupational exposure due to RF radiation leaks inside the base station cabin, when working on the Base station Transceiver (BTS) Radios and TX cables and during active radio communication was measured. A total of number 30 base stations Cabins were studied in the eastern part of Nigeria, using a Broad band TES-90 Electrosmog meter. The maximum instantaneous electric field strength obtained from GSM 1800 radio was 3.72 V/m, 16.56 V/m for GSM 900 radio and 11.29 V/m for the Tx ca...
ABSTRACT The Aluminium Smelting Company, located in Ikot Abasi area, lies within the dominantly clastic rocks of the Benin Formation of the eastern Niger Delta. In order to evaluate the level of environmental contamination associated with this major industrial project, concentrations of trace elements and major elements in representative samples of soil, stream sediments and water in the vicinity of the industrial complex were determined by ICP-OES (for soil and stream sediments) and Atomic A...
ABSTRACT Network Threat Management (NTM) is used to model and mitigate network threats classified as major-threats and minor-threats without exceeding Cost of Detection (CD), Time of Detection (TD) and False Positive Rate (FPR) limits. Existing network threat modelling and mitigation frameworks focused on major-threats because until recently, only major-threats are usually harmful, while minor-threats were perceived non-harmful. Recent studies however have shown that some minor-threats are h...
ABSTRACT Spatial qualification problem, an aspect of spatial reasoning, is concerned with the impossibility of knowing an agent‟s presence at a specific location and time. An agent‟s location determines its ability to carry out an action given its known spatial antecedents. There are sparse works on the formalisation of this problem. Qualitative reasoning approach is the most widely used approach for spatial reasoning due to its ability to reason with incomplete knowledge or reduced data...
Abstract The postharvest losses in fruits and vegetables in developing countries vary between 15-90%. Many organizations are actively promoting the processing of fruits and vegetables to find a solution to the difficulties encountered in storing large quantities of fresh produce without incurring heavy losses. This study evaluated the chemical, microbiological and sensory properties of leather blends produced from 'Ogbomoso' mango and carrot. Purees of mango (Mangifera indica 'Ogbomoso') and...
Abstract Nonlinear parabolic interface problems are frequently encountered in the modelling of physical processes which involved two or more materials with different properties. Research had focused largely on solving linear parabolic interface problems with the use of Finite Element Method (FEM). However, Spectral Element Method (SEM) for approximating nonlinear parabolic interface problems is scarce in literature. This work was therefore designed to give a theoretical framework for the con...
ABSTRACT Background & objectives: The challenge of malaria and efforts targeted at developing malaria vaccines triggered this study on the reactivity of IgG and its subclasses in the test serum specific to CSP. This work was directed at assessing the influence of age and gender on host humoral antibody against Plasmodium falciparum recombinant circumsporozoite antigen in Nigerian children. Methods: In all, 67 serum samples (>10,000 parasites/μl of blood) collected from malaria-infected chi...
ABSTRACT This study examined the contribution of value addition in agriculture to socio-economic development with reference to the oil palm industry in Kwaebibirem District. The specific objectives addressed in this study were to: determine the character of the activities that generate value in the oil palm industry; find how the process of value addition contributes to development, especially in terms of employment and income; and analyse the wider policy implications for agricultural devel...
Abstract The study was undertaken in the Afadjato Community Forest Conservation Area between August 2010 and June 2011 with the following objectives: 1. To document and analyse the diversity of plants in the Afadjato Community Forest Conservation Area. 2. To undertake a quantitative ethnobotanical study of traditional knowledge and plant use among local people living in the study area. 3. To explore the relationship between plant diversity and use; and 4. To determine the conservation and ec...
Abstract As a middle income country, Ghana has made formidable strides in improving health care delivery in the country. Notable among them is the introduction of the Community Health and Planning Services system. This system was adopted to increase access to and use of health care services by setting up health centers known us CHPS zones in the remote communities where it is particularly difficult for Ghanaians to receive proper and timely medical attention. These health centers are manned b...