BIOLOGY TOPICS

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This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Rh incompatibility among couples in Hadejia Local Government Area (LGA), Jigawa State, and to assess public awareness and preventive measures in place. SCD and Rh incompatibility are genetic conditions with significant implications for maternal and child health. The study involved 200 couples (400 individuals) selected based on demographic criteria, and data was col...

Background to the study

Our daily lives involve the use of mobile phones. It is now a commonly used technology in today's society. Mobile phones and other gadgets provide extra assistance for a variety of functions, including message sending and receiving, internet access, and the sharing of films and photographs. These items are brought into a variety of locations, including restrooms, kitchens, event venues, hospitals, and markets, all of which are teeming with pathogenic bact...

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Pesticides are widely used all over the world, especially in agricultural sectors to increase food production, in order to meet up with the increasing food demand of the teeming population. However, there are concerns that pesticides might have hazardous long term or short term effects on non- target organism and also persist in the environment as residues, especially in water reservoirs. This experiment was designed to determine the presen...

INTRODUCTION

Infectious diseases transmitted via hand contact have been a global health challenge. Gram positive and negative bacteria most especially are found to contaminate contact surfaces e.g; door handles, tables, chairs, windows etc. (Grace et al., 2018). Infectious diseases top the list for causes of death worldwide and contribution to morbidity and mortality cannot be readily quantified due to lack of data for most countries and it remains a global concern (Kones et al., 20...

Background of study

Antibiotic resistance has recently emerged as a significant and alarming problem in the medical community. It is a result of the overuse or improper prescription of antibiotics, which has affected the empirical treatment of patients. Many pathogenic bacteria have developed resistance to common antibiotics by having the following traits: decreased cell permeability, efflux pump, and hydrolysis of the beta-lactam ring by beta-lactamases. One of the main methods for...

Background of the study

Each year, diseases linked to pollution and waste cause the deaths of almost 5.2 million people and approximately 4 million children. Any solution mixture, material, or item that is carried for reprocessing, dumping, elimination by incineration, or other ways of disposal is referred to as waste in general. Pollution is becoming a significant issue as a result of urban industry, social advancement, and population growth. The environmental effects of wastes can...

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The Cyst Nematode (CN), Heterodera sacchari, is an important pest that causes yield losses of upland rice. NERICA Rice (NR) is a widely-grown upland rice cultivar. Botryodiplodia theobromae (a rot fungus) exists in many agricultural lands and causes yield losses on crops. However, information on the pathogenicity and damage by CN on NR cultivars in Nigeria is scanty. Therefore, pathogenicity of CN on NR cultivars and its interaction with Botryodiplodia theobromae were inves...

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This study was undertaken in order to gain an insight on the knowledge and attitudes of the AUN community towards Down syndrome, further research was conducted with number [3] families in both Adamawa and Rivers States in order to assess how parents cope with the care of a child with Down syndrome. The research also tried to ascertain the knowledge of these parents about the disorder before and after the birth of their children. If they had more than one child with Down syn...

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Urine and stool samples were collected from 540 students (9-14 years) in at Dakace district in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The samples were examined for urinary and intestinal Schistosomiasis infection. Each student was interviewed and data collectors used a structured pre-tested questionnaire that included questions on socioeconomic status of the family and risk factors that may be associated with schistosomiasis infection. A standard filtration technique...

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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 selecting 50 goats and 50 sheep, making a total of 100 samples. Standard laboratory parasitological techniques was used in this study including Simple test tube flotation...

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          Invitro determination of bacteriocidal effect of garlic extract on staphylococcus aureus causing skin and urinary tract infection (UTI) on some female patients were studied.

High vagina swab (HVS) samples were collected randomly from selected number of patients who had symptoms similar to that of Staphylococcus aureus activities.  The samples were inoculated on Macconkey...

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The samples of male and female body surfaces in Osun State Polytechnic Iree were collected for culturing analysis. Two fungi were isolated and identified from all the skin surface samples collected and were Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus niger.

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Medicinal plants are the local heritage with global importance plants and plant based medicaments are the basis of many of the modern pharmaceuticals we use today for our various ailments. The research investigated the photochemical screening of coconut water. Coconut water was obtained fresh from coconut fruit and photochemical analysis was carried out according to standard procedures. The preliminary phytochemical analysis showed the presence of alkal...