This paper investigated the effect of moisture management treatment on the UV protection effect of cotton knitted fabric with different structures. UV measurement was carried out using a spectrophotometer in accordance with standard testing method and the results revealed that mo...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13947
Background: Infectious diseases are the worst problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The Nupe ethnic group from Nigeria has been using the leaves of Abrus precatorius for treatment of malaria and various forms of cancers. However studies have shown that the pla...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13683
Improvement of biogas production from Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) stalk waste through its blending with cow dung and alkaline sodium hydroxide pretreatment was investigated. Untreated pumpkin stalk waste (Un-PST) acted as the control. Initial verification carried out using t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/10838
Background: Diagnosis of pyoderma is clinical and antibiotic therapy in low resource setting is largely empirical. At MRRH Skin clinic repetitive visits by some patients with pyoderma led to speculation of antibiotic resistance. This indicated a need to survey the bacterial aetio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/12294
In this paper, we consider an almost periodic discrete multispecies Lotka-Volterra competition predator-prey system. By the almost periodicity, sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence of a unique globally attractive almost periodic solution are obtained. An suitable e...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14332
Aim: We investigated all malaria symptomatic patients with microscopy-negative results during a peak malaria transmission season to ascertain the need for presumptive treatment of malaria among these patients. Justification: Due to improved malaria control measures, the administr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14415
Aim: The levels of some anti-nutritional factors of some common indigenous wild fruits were assessed in order to determine their safety, since these fruits are widely eaten by the indigenes. Study Design: Five samples each of Chrysophyllum albidum (White Star Apple or Local Cherr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13899
Background: Helminth infections are widely spread around the world and constitute a major public health problem. They present one of the most common parasitic infections worldwide with a greater proportion occurring in the less developed areas of the world like Sub-Saharan Africa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14579
Aims: To determine the distribution of battery life for batteries that often are used to power smoke alarms. Place and Duration of Study: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton Maryland, USA, between June 2007 and September 2009. Methodology: We recorded the lif...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13776
Introduction: Male live births occur slightly in excess of female live births at a ratio of approximately 0.515 (male/total births). Stress has been shown to reduce M/F, including stress engendered by contracting economies. This study was carried out in order to ascertain whether...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13450
Aim: The study explored the community stakeholders’ perceptions in teenage pregnancy prevention and also identified current teenage pregnancy intervention programmes in a typical South African township. Methods: The study was contextual with an exploratory strategy. The research...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13727
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder in which carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism is not properly regulated by insulin. Many indigenous medicinal plants have been successfully used to manage diabetes. However, the use of dietary management is most advocated. Thus...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/12877
Aims: This study compares the performance of routine malaria diagnostic tests, and explores the challenges of malaria diagnosis in paediatric patients in an endemic setting in South West Nigeria. Study Design: Cross sectional study Place and Duration of the Study: The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/9965
In the present social - economic conditions of our country, the problem of objective analysis and research of the population’s everyday social life, of its wellbeing, of the living standard and lifestyle, of the quality of life as a whole, becomes more and more present and signif...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14893
Apart from its industrial uses, soybean is a cheap plant food source that the low-income population in Nigeria depends on for protein and nutrient needs, but there is a decline in its production and productivity. Identifying the production constraints is critical to formulating p...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/13759