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» CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION Over the last two decades, adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health has taken the center stage within the global discourse of reproductive health problems. Across the world today, adolescent sexuality has become an important social and medical topic because youths are known to be sexually active, often in situations of little reproducti...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The municipal solid waste dumpsite (MSWD) examined is located within the barrack’s road street at Uyo Metropolis; Akwa – Ibom State. The dumpsite examined contains both biodegradable and non biodegradable materials of all sorts. The different waste materials may contain different physical, chemical and biochemical properties. In the ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This research is on the impact of product quality on consumer brand loyalty case study of Intercontinental Distiller Limited, Ota, Ogun State. The researcher intends to find out if Intercontinental Distiller Limited produces quality products and how this impacts on the customer patronage and boost profitability.The study is also aimed at assessing the relationship between ...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence and determinants of burnout syndrome among nurses working at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Sokoto. To achieve this objective, three research questions and a research hypothesis were formulated to guide this study. The data collected were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics (percentages) and t test statistical metho...Continue Reading »
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» INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Sports started with the beginning of life and it is used for different purposes in time. Sports are the activities involving power and skills, competition, strategy, chance and engaged in for the enjoyment, satisfaction and personal gain (such as income) of the participant, and others (e.g., spectators), including organized and recreational sports, as well as s...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to access the distribution pattern of healthcare facilities in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State at present is witnessing a tremendous increase in population with grossly inadequate healthcare facilities to carter for the basic medical needs of these teeming population. Therefore, to say the least, this apparent inadequacy of healthcare facilities nega...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter introduces the study by providing background information and statement of the problem. Thereafter, it further highlights the objectives of the study, research questions and the significance of the study. Folate is a type of B vitamin. It is also called folic acid. Daily oral iron and folic acid supplementation is recommended as part of the antenatal care t...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Infection is one of the most important problems in health care services worldwide. It constitutes one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality associated with clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.1,2 Health care workers (HCWs) are at a high risk of needle stick injuries and blood borne pathogens as they perform their clinical activities in a h...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The production of pollutions comes as the by product of man’s actions. They are residences of things he makes uses and throws away, his cans and bottles, metals and plastics caps, waste rock and mill tailings, pesticides and herbicides, automobiles exhausters and industrial discharges. These are concomitants of a technological society with a high standard of living. ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Nosocomial infection also known as Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) is a localized or systemic infection acquired in a hospital or any other health care facility by a patient admitted for a reason other than the pathology present during admission. It may also include an infection acquired in a healthcare facility that may manifest 48 hours aft...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE SUBJECT MATTER In our society, the state of the environment influences the inhabitants because environment is one of the key determinants of the optimal health or well being. It includes the living and non living things that man have to interact with and which can influence his state of health. A characteristics which has set man apart from other species h...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The gross structure of the kidney has been known to be related to its function. Hence significance deviations would be expected to affect the Sexcretions of metabolic waste and production of erythropetin, prostaglandins, and rSenin necessary for homeostasis. The aim of this research was to determine the normal kidney size and volumeof pregnant and non pregnant women in Delta...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE Background of the Study Nigeria still has an extremely high maternal mortality ratio 704 per 1000000 live births implying that with about 2.4 million live births annually, some 170000 Nigerian women die as a result of complication associated with pregnancy and child birth (Adelakan, Alimi, Anyawale and Afonja, 2005).Women are more likely to suffer from nutritional deficiency than men f...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Birth weight has been described as the single most useful health indicator in perinatal medicine and epidemiology; indicating both the pregnancy experience and the risk of morbidity and mortality (Cogswell M.E. et al.,1995) and a sensitive indicator of changes in living conditions (Silva A.A et al., 2004, Vågerö D, et al., 1999). Birt...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Proper care of the umbilical cord is very important to avoid sepsis in the life of the neonates. This study was on Assessment of Umbilical Cord Care given by Traditional Birth Attendants in OgharaEthiope West LGA. 92 open and closed ended structured questionnaires were administered and 82 were retrieved successfully which wereanalyzed to all the TBAs in Oghara community. The findings reve...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The issue of family planning all over the world has attracted attention due to it important in decision making about population growth and development issues. Uncontrolled birth is a major contributing factor of an increase in the world’s population, particularly in Nigeria. Statistics shows that the population of the world was about one billion in 1859 in...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY Hormones are chemicals produced by animals to co ordinate their physiological activities. They acts as messengers, produced in and released from one kind of tissue to gradually stimulate or inhibit some process in a different tissue over a long period. The importance of individual hormones varies between sexes and age and a disruption of the endo...Continue Reading »
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» SUMMARY Escherichia coli is one of the most important food borne microorganisms that cause disease in animals and humans worldwide. Not all strains cause disease, but they are useful for testing of contamination of food and water and have been adopted as indicator organism for antimicrobial drug resistance among commensal gram negative organisms. Antimicrobial drug resistance is associated with in...Continue Reading »
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» SUMMARY Cancer is a disease defined to be a tissue growth that continues even after cessation of the stimulus that first evoked it. The cancer symbol is synonymous with the animal "Crab" which has many fingers depicting the multidirectional spread of the disease. Late presentation is the most important factor responsible for high morbidity and mortality due to cancer in Nigeria. Site based studies...Continue Reading »
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