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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Increasing women’s access to quality skilled attendant has become a focus of global efforts to realize the right of every woman to the best possible health care during pregnancy and childbirth (UNFPA, 2010). Several authors have postulate that skilled attendants during labour, delivery and in the early postpartum period can prevent up to 7...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY Maternal 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 occur in just two countries, namely India and Nigeria (Mboho et al 2013). According to UNFPA (2012), in 2010...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Immunization is one of the safest and most effective interventions to prevent disease and early child death. Although, about three quarters of the world‘s child population is reached with the required vaccines, only half of the children in Sub Saharan Africa get access to basic immunization. In recent years, many countries have employed a ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The phenomenon of human communication continues to develop as man seeks for ways to make life easy.According to Robinson, Patrick and Gustafson (1998:280), the first generation of internet search engines was referred to as Web 1.0, a one way flow of information, or the read only web. Information was searched and accessed unilaterally as interact...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Prostitution has become rampant in our society today among growing teens and youths. These young people see selling of their bodies as the fastest way of getting income for their keeps. In the past those engaged in prostitution use to be women selling their bodies. However, today men have joined the trade of selling their bodies for different re...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Antenatal care refers to the care that is given to a pregnant women woman from the time that conception is confirmed until the beginning of labour. This is also viewed as an important point of contact between health workers and women and an opportunity for provision of health education including how to detect pregnancy complications and developm...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The study was carried out on one hundred working class mothers in owerri municipal to assess the practice and challenges of exclusive breastfeeding. Questionnaires were used to elicit information relating to the study. The data collected were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS),version seventeen. It was found that 92% of the women were aware of exclusive brea...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the role of a Nutritionist in the improvement of peoples eating habit using Amauzari in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State as a study area. The study looked at the nutritional problems found in this area and determined factors that influence the consumption pattern in this area, as well as suggested ways of improving their eating habit....Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT In the developing countries, such as ours, misconceptions and superstitious beliefs have a major influence on the food choices of individuals, especially the pregnant women. Based on this, the researcher is prompted to the misconceptions in the belief and pattern of feeding among pregnant women in Ejezie Izuogu Autonomous community. The researcher used questionnaires, oral interview and p...Continue Reading »
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» Abstract Cola nuts are obtained from cola trees growing both wild and cultivated in the equatorial rain forest belf of Nigeria and the rest of West Coast of Africa. There are two common species namely cola accuminata which is multicotyledonous and cola nitida which is dicotyledonous. The cola nitida has two subspecies, alba and rubra (white and red respectively). The cola accuminata is more popula...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE Serum creatinine (a blood measurement) is an important indicator of renal health because it is an easily measured byproduct of muscle metabolism that is excreted unchanged by the kidneys. Creatinine itself is produced via a biological system involving creatine, phosphocreatine (also known as creatine phosphate), and adenosine triphosphate (ATP, the body’s immediate energy supply)...Continue Reading »
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» INTRODUCTION Hemoglobin (American) or haemoglobin (British) (/ˈhiːməˌɡloʊbɪn, ˈhɛ , moʊ /[1] [2] [3] ); abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron containing oxygen transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates[4] (with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae[5] ) as well as the tissues of some invertebrates. Hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen from the lungs or ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Colour blindness can be simply defined as the inability to distinguish one or more of the three colours red, green and blue. The ability to see colours exists in only a few vertelerntes including among others man and the other privates, fish, amphibians, sone reptiles and same birds, and in bees and butterflies. In the retina the light sensitive layer of tissue that lines ...Continue Reading »
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» Abstract Table of content copper sulphate specific gravity method,copper sulfate hemoglobin determination principle,copper sulphate method for hemoglobin estimation principle,principle of copper sulfate method, copper sulfate method hemoglobin determination,preparation of copper sulphate solution for hemoglobin estimation,copper sulphate test for haemoglobin,principle of specific gravity method fo...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Palm wine is the sap of palm tree (family Palmeae) obtained as the fermentation product of a 24 hour tapping. The effect was studied in 40 albino rats of both sexes. It was found that palm wine per orally caused 21.8% decrease in gastric acid secretion (P less than 0.01). But 4% ethanol caused significant increase, while 12% sucrose caused significant decrease in gastric acid secretion in...Continue Reading »
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» Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20. An alkaline earth metal, calcium is a reactive pale yellow metal that forms a dark oxide nitride layer when exposed to air. Its physical and chemical properties are most similar to its heavier homologues strontium and barium. It is the fifth most abundant element in Earth’s crust and the third most abundant metal, after iron ...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The effects of Amiloride and clibechamide on the0 Ach – induced contracted responses of the cat airway muscles were tested. 1. Ach (0.1m – 10ml) given cululatively caused a dose dependent contraction of the cat airways smooth muscle. 2. Pre treatment with glibenclamide (10m), which on its own caused a little transient contraction of the airways smooth muscle, potentiated the A...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The effect of Cola Nitida and Garsinia kola extracts on Rabbit blood pressure in 12 rabbits has been studied. A wide concentration of 10mg/ml to 500mg/ml of solutions of crude (aqueous) extracts of both Cola Nitida and Garsinia Kola was used. Infusion of the concentration range of 10mg/ml to 500mg/ml of cola nitida caused an initial dose dependent increase in blood pressure up to the conc...Continue Reading »
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» INTRODUCTION Gastric acid, gastric juice or stomach acid, is a digestive fluid formed in the stomach and is composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl), potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl). The acid plays a key role in digestion of proteins, by activating digestive enzymes, and making ingested proteins unravel so that digestive enzymes break down the long chains of amino acids. Gastric aci...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The haemoglobin genotypes of 100 university student between the ages of 18 25 years were determined by cellulose acetate membrane (CAM) electrophoresis. There were 50 HBAA persons (25 males and 25 females) and 50 HBAS persons (25 males and 25 female). The exercise tolerance between the two genotype were then compared. Exercise was carried out on a bicycle ergometer and readings were achie...Continue Reading »
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