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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION NONSTEROIDAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) are medications used to relieve pain, fever and inflammation and they include a large group of anti inflammatory agents that work by inhibiting the production of prostaglandins. Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) also represent diverse group of drug with analgesic property and most frequently prescribed drug glob...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 INSECTICIDES (General Overview) Insecticide is a substance or a mixture of substances used for killing insects. It is well known fact that many protozoal bacteria diseases are transmitted from man to man by insects. One may combat these diseases not only by means of prohylactic drugs but also by the destruction of the insects carriers. Insecticide is a chemical compoun...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE1.1 IntroductionThe human body has a complex system of natural enzymatic and non enzymatic antioxidant defenses which counteract the harmful effects of free radicals and other oxidants. Free radicals are responsible for causing a large number of diseases including cancer (Kinnula and Crapo, 2004), cardiovascular disease (Singh and Jialal, 2006), neural disorders (Sas et al., 2007), Alzh...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the Study: Immunization is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen). When this system is exposed to molecules that are foreign to the body, called non self, it will orchestrate an immune response, and it will also develop the ability to quickly respond to a subsequent encounter because...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Antiseptic and disinfectants are chemical agents that inhibit or destroy microorganisms on living tissue (antiseptics) and inanimate surfaces and objects (disinfectants). These chemical agents are used extensively in hospitals and other health care settings for a variety of topical and hard surface applications. In particular, they are an essent...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Young people develop contain habits for the save of acceptance in a group. They resort to dangerous habits such as smoking, alcoholism and drug taking for so many seasons such as; helping them to cope with the problems, fear and pressure of everyday life (brook et.al 2001). Some use drugs as s means of escape from realities in life, to reduce anxiet...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Accounting Information Systems (AISs) are a tool which, when incorporated into the field of Information and Technology systems, are designed to help in the management and control of topics related to organization’ economic financial area. But the stunning advance in technology has opened up the possibility of generating and using accountin...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER TWO 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Cereals 2.1.1 Historical background. Cereals have existed throughout history and are unquestionably the most important sources of food for humans and livestock. All of the original ancestors of cereals have been lost over the millennia that they have been cultivated. The development of all the major cereals occurred long before recorded history for all the old...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Working capital managemt involves the management of the most liquid resources of the firm which includes cash and cash equivalents, inventories, trade debtors and other receivables. Most firms do not ensure optimal level of working capital and this has been a major obstacle to their overall profitabilty. The study examined the impact of working capital management on the profitability of P...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Effective antibiotic management of diarrhoea caused by bacterial organisms faces challenge of antibiotic resistance which combines to pose serious problems. Local people often use some plants to treat diarrhoea. The efficacy of one of such plant is the subject of this investigation. Stool samples of diarrhoeal patients attending Mohammed Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital Kano, Nigeria we...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Glossonema boveanum Decne is a hairy canescent perennial herb belonging to the Apocynaceae. Traditionally, the powdered whole plant is use for the treatment of many illnesses including epilepsy. This study is aimed at establishing some of the pharmacognostic features of the powdered whole plant; investigating the phytochemical compounds of the plant and evaluating the anticonvulsant prope...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Two simple, sensitive, accurate and extraction free spectrophotometric methods were developed and described for the determination of risperidone in pure and in tablet dosage forms. The methods are based on the formation of ion pair complex between risperidone and the dyes bromocresol green in method A and thymol blue in method B at room temperature to form yellow coloured products having ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In Nigeria, as in most developing countries, women of reproductive age (WRA) constitute more than one fifth of the total population (WHO 1978). According to WHO (2006), WRA are exposed repeatedly to the risk of pregnancy, continuous child bearing and the attendant morbidity and mortality. They opined that the bad condition is exacerbated under exist...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Vegetables are those herbaceous plants whose part or parts are eating as supporting food or can serve as the main foods. They may be aromatic, bitter or tasteless (Edema, 1987). Leafy vegetables also called potherbs, green vegetables or salad green are plants leaves eaten as vegetables sometimes they are accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Nigeria is endowed with a ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study It is well documented that in public health terms chronic diseases have come to “matter” in developing countries, where they impose a sizeable and growing disease burden (WHO 2001). The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project estimates that as of 2002, chronic or non communicable conditions accounted for 54% of death in low and middle...Continue Reading »
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» INTRODUCTION In general, supplies, equipment and materials are the very lifeblood of any industrial concern, government agency or commercial enterprise. No organization can operate without them. The efficiently of any activity, for the production of goods or services, depends upon having supplies, equipment and materials available in the proper place and time. A store is a general word used for de...Continue Reading »
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» Chapter one Introduction Background of the study With an estimated 3.5 million people with HIV/AIDS, Nigeria is home to one of every eleven (11) of the forty (49) million people with HIV/AIDS worldwide. The HIV Prevalence among adult in Nigeria has increase from 1.8% in 1991 to an estimated 5.8% in 2001 ( joint united nations programme on AIDS 2006).Prevalence ranges from 2% to 4% in the country, ...Continue Reading »
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