» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY At an earlier point in history, societal expectations from business organizations did not go beyond official resources allocation and its maximization. In recent time, modern businesses think beyond profit maximization towards being at least socia…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Linking pay to performance and the need to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage is something an organisation seeks to achieve. It is a common practise to associate the introduction of performance based pay with aim of improving…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The recent evolution of technology for financial transactions poses interesting questions for policy makers and financial institutions regarding the suitability of current institutional arrangements and availability of i…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Mobile phones have become a tool for everyday use. They have created an opportunity for evolution of banking services to reach the previously unbanked population. Use of mobile banking has made basic financial …Continue Reading »
» 1.0 INTRODUCTION The seed of locust beans (Parkiabiglobosa) plant found growing in the Savannah Africa provides one of the popular seasonings in African diet. The nutritious and delicious food spice is popularly called “ogiri” in Igbo, “iru” in Yoruba and “dawadawa” in Hausa …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The antibacterial activity of three type of medicate soap on staphylococcus aureus isolated from wound infections was conducted. Fifty individual with wound infection within the age range of 9 73 years were sampled. Swabsticks were used to collect specimens from wound infection. each …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT A pot experiment were undertaken to ascertain possible mixed infection effects involving Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum on the growth and performance on a resistant and a susceptible tomato plant. The Baermann method of nematode extraction was also used in getting …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT To isolate and identify the nasal carriage of Streptococcus pneumonia among children between 0 5years attending Benue State University Teaching Hospital, a total number of 50 nasal swab samples were collected from children and inoculated on a blood agar media. Various bacteria s…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work is limited to Makurdi (Wadata and North bank) in Benue State. All the sheep and goats from different origins, in different age group and sex brought to slaughter house at the time of visit were targeted as study population, a simple random sampling method was employed in …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Trichomonas vaginalis is an anaerobic, flagellated protozoan parasite and the causative agent of trichomoniasis. It is the most common pathogenic protozoan infection of humans in industrialized countries. Infection rates between men a…Continue Reading »
» Abstract In this study, our focus was to carryout a critical analysis on the prevalence of urinary tract parasites in patients. The study specifically was aimed at ascertaining the the prevalence of urinary tract parasites in patients and demographic differentials (parity, gestational age, maternal …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Houseflies are the best known and most widely distributed insects accounting for 90% of all flies in human habitation. A study was undertaken on Parasitic Fauna from the housefly Musca domestica (L) across the University of Agriculture Makurdi Community. A total of 1,309 houseflies were col…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Coconut fruit is a tropical fruit with short shelf live due to prevailing temperature and humid condition in tropical areas like Benue state Nigeria. Consequently, production of wine from fruit may help reduce the level of postharvest loss and increase the range in type of wines. This…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The effect of Sarosate (N phosphonomethyl glycine) a non selective herbicide on the mycelial extension growth and sporulation of three soil fungi, (Aspergillius niger, Trichoderma sp. and Penicillium sp.) were investigated on Patotoe Dextrose Agar (PDA) containing 0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0%…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus. An abortion which occurs spontaneously is also known as a miscarriage. An abortion may be caused purposely and is then called an i…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The problem of every hospital when the targeted objective is not achieved is that there is something wring either with health care givers, the patients or the general public. In order to improve the standard of health of the patients and keep them progressively fit. The reason why suc…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work was conducted precisely to find out the need for the awareness and relevance of medical social worker in the hospital. The main instrument that was used in this study was the questionnaire which was designed in a way that will enable the researcher to have strong ev…Continue Reading »
» INTRODUCTION Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is a potentially fatal multisystemic illness caused primarily by Salmonella enterica, subspecies enterica serovar typhi and, to a lesser extent, related serovars paratyphi A, B, and C. The protean manifestations of typhoid fev…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Infection related diseases are still the main cause of death in Nigeria, according to the 2013 health profile acquired by the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2013) statistics. The burden of disease in Nigeria includes HIV, TB, Ma…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This chapter reviews in brief, Health Care Associated Infections (HAI), elements required for transmission of infectious agent within a h…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of exclusive breastfeeding in the development of children under five in Benue State, Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, 10 hospitals were randomly selected using multi stage sampling technique (simple random, stratified, and purposiv…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Lassa fever is one of the diseases for which weekly epidemiological reporting to the health authorities is being done in Nigeria. A rapidly changing epidemiological pattern had been reported over the years (Ogbu, Ajuluchukwu and Un…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to Study Family planning is one of the most ―health promoting‖ and cost effective activities in public health promotion and has the potential to avert approximately 30% of maternal and 10% of child deaths.1 Thus, FP co…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDYMaternal mortality represents the leading cause of death among the pregnant women in most developing countries including Nigeria (Mekonnen and Mekonnen, 2003; WHO, 2007). Furthermore, it is estimated that one third of all maternal deaths globally …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background to the study For decades now, fast changes have been taking place in all facets of human life including the office environment. This is as a result of technological advancement. Every office in today’s business world, be it government, indus…Continue Reading »
