Food additives are organic substances that are intentionally added to food in small quantities during production or processing to improve the organoleptic quality (colour, flavour, appearance, taste and texture) of the food. Food preservative is...
February 2015
Drip irrigation with fertigation is the most efficient way to supply water and nutrients to the plant as it saves significant amounts of water and nutrients and enhances the quality and quantity of vegetable and fruit crops. The effect of soil...
This study determines resource use efficiency in maize production in Niger state, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to elicit data from 200 maize farmers’ through administration of pre-tested questionnaire in the study area. Data...
Great limitations of some antibiotics nowadays range from human and animal toxicity to narrow spectrum of efficacy. Most synthetic antibiotics have failed to satisfy the needs of their production. There is need therefore to isolate new strains of...
Background: Contrast induced Acute Kidney Injury (CI-AKI) is a potentially reversible cause of acute kidney Injury (AKI) following intravascular contrast administration. Common diagnostic procedures like computed tomography (CT), coronary...
The present study was conducted at department of veterinary anatomy and histology utilizing a 2.5 year old white spotted deer by wet method of maceration. The vertebral formula observed was C7 T13 L6 S5 Cy4 and the atlas was atypical, in the form...
Liquid crystalline materials find potential applications in diversified fields. Physical properties of liquid crystalline materials govern their use in different devices. A particular application demands the physical property in a particular...
Scleria flaccida Clarke often treated under synonym of S. rugosa R. Br. Due to apparent similarity in spite of its distinctiveness noted by several systematists. Based on revised study with fresh collections, it has been reinstated as a separate...
The thermal behavior within housing obeys both to natural heat transfer processes as well as thermophysical properties of the different materials constituting the housing particularly those concerning to the envelopes such as: Ceiling, Walls and...
An investigation was carried out on the Photoelectrochemical properties of Bismuth Sulphide (Bi2S3) thin film deposited onto fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrate by Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) technique. A PEC configuration of Bi2S3...
The aim of this study is to evaluate the fungicidal property of Alstonia scholaris, Argemone maxicana and Datura alba. For this purpose effect of different alcoholic extract concentrations were observed on growth performances of Aspergillus...
The Federal Government of Nigeria have created programmes to alleviate poverty, but indices on electricity, water, education, housing and health have shown that little have been done in the country’s effort to develop rural areas. Most of the...
The Design is mainly Intended for High Speed Random Frequency Carrier Wave Generator of Exa Bits Per Second Ebps (Exa Bits Per Second) Data Rate 2e23-1 Tapped PRBS Pattern Sequence. The PRBS is Designed by using LFSR Linear Feed Back Shift...
Poor academic performance is any performance that falls below a desired standard of education. Education at secondary school level is the bedrock and the foundation towards higher knowledge in tertiary institutions. The role of secondary...
In order to investigate effects of different nitrogen levels on yield and yield components of dry land wheat cultivars, an experiment was carried out at factorial in randomized complete blocks design with three replications at Shirvan dry land...
Objectives: Cigarette smoking is a global public health problem. Worldwide, cigarette smoking has serious health, economic and social implications. There are about 1300 million smokers globally and about 75 of these are in the developing...
A 12 year old patient presented with Limbal dermoid, Pre- auricular tags, Fused C3-C4 and C5-C6 vertebrae diagnosed as Goldenher Syndrome.
Exposure to household wood smoke for longer duration and using traditional cook stoves and fuels is a risk factor for chronic lung diseases among women and young children in the kitchen premises with their mother’s in developing countries. Now...
The present study was designed to determine the level of four toxic heavy metals: lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic, in edible muscles of four fish species namely Tilapia nilotica (Tilapia), Synodontis guntheri (Kurungu), Heterotis niloticus (...
Antibiotics are used for control of infectious diseases, promote growth and increase feed efficiency in chickens. Incorrect use of these drugs are practiced deposits the presence of some residue in the products. Microbiological assay are...
Fertilization is defined as the fusion of a spermatozoon to an ovum. Upon fusion, a sperm specific factor Phospholipase C ζ was inserted triggering long lasting Ca2+ oscillations which drive egg activation and early embryonic development phase....
Natural hazards are a concern for those involved in planning. The village houses are of the most vulnerable areas of the country due to the type of structural materials and structures. Thus, the importance of proper planning is essential to...
This study aimed at investigating the impact of spent engine oil on soil physicochemical properties and the microorganisms of the soil. Two nursery beds of 5m distance from each other was created at agricultural research farm land, University of...
Now a day, a vast variety of ceramic and polymeric materials is used for the fabrication and designing of the microwave absorbing materials and RADAR absorbing materials (RAMs). The microwave has got two different parts. One is electric part and...
Background: Today opium dependence is widely prevalent in certain states of India, especially Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh (MP) etc. In rural areas of western Rajasthan crude opium is consumed with a social acceptance by a notable...
This study was carried out to study the effect of Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) as a source of prebiotic, commercial dry yeast (Saccharomycescerevisiae) as a source of probiotic and their combination in different level as a source of symbiotic. The...
Introduction: Among patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are treated with haemodialysis, solute clearance and nutritional adequacy are determinants of mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the adequacy of haemodialysis among...
In this present study we investigated the prevalence of hepatitis C infection among 150 consecutively recruited blood donors aged 18 to 65 years and mean age 27.4 ± 6.6 years made up of 133 (86.7%) male and 17 (11.3%) females. Among the donors...
This study shows the effect of vitamin A deprivation in the epithelial tissues of the intestine of Paratelphusa spinigera, a fresh water crab. Histological studies were conducted both in control or normal and vitamin A –deficient crabs. The...