The study was carried out to determine the Prevalence of Cryptosporidium species in HIV Positive and Negative Patients Attending Hong General Hospital and Michika General Hospital Adamawa State, Nigeria. A total of 647 stool and blood samples were collected, 346 from Hong and 301 from Michika from both HIV positive and negative patients. The stool samples were examined for Oocysts using modified ZielhNeelson Acid Fast Stain and the blood samples for HIV confirmation test and CD4+cells count. ...
ABSTRACT The research which is entitled the roles of water resources for socio-economic development of rural communities in jere local government area of Borno state, has the sole objective of identifying the sources of water resources of the respondents in the study area, determine the household income arising from water related activities and to identify the constraints associated with water resources in the study area. Purposive sampling method was used where out of twelve wards five ward...
The global mobile industry continues to experience phenomenal growth, with mobile subscribers inching closer to 7 billion at the end of 2014 according to ITU (International Telecommunications Union), and its penetration varying across geographical spread (ITU, 2015). This literally translates to more than 90% of the world‟s population now with a mobile subscription, an increase of 30 percent within 5 years. It is estimated that an additional one billion subscribers will be added by 2020, th...
The composition and distribution of flora species in wetlands are dependent upon several environmental variables and one of such is seasonality regimes. Seasonal gradients exert profound influence on seedling establishment, regeneration and reproduction of plant species. To this end, rural and urban wetlands were studied to assess the influence of seasonality gradients on phytodiversity richness. A ten 5m×5m quadrat was used to sample the vegetation for density of species with spacing at r...
Assessment of macrophyte abundance and water quality of three impacted inlet streams along Ikpa River Basin were investigated. A 5m x 5m quadrat through systematic sampling was used to sample the vegetation for density and frequency of species. Sediment and water samples were collected and analyzed using standard methods. From the results obtained, a total of 23 macrophyte species from 17 families were encountered. Stream 1 (Ntak Inyang 1) had 7 species, stream 2 (Ntak Inyang 2) had 13 specie...
Nutrient and waste inputs into wetlands have dire consequences on both soil and water quality and by extension dependent aquatic flora and fauna. Within this purview, heavy metal contamination was assessed in a rural and urban wetland in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Soil samples were analyzed for Pb, Zn, Fe, Ni and Cd using AAS. Results show marked variations of heavy metal concentrations within study area. Mean values of Fe (713.22 ± 59.39), Pb (5.95 ± 0.42), Zn (88.54 ± 8.03) and Cd (1.53 �...
Air pollution continues to receive a great deal of interest worldwide due to its negative impact on human health and welfare. The cement industry is a significant source of environmental pollution with detrimental effects on plants, animals and humans. The hazard of cement production on the environment are the broadcast of dust and gases. This study was carried out to determine the health effects that cement factory has impacted on a community. A total of 203 respondents were interviewedin tw...
Trees play important role in our lives and existence and human beings. Cut down a tree and plant one or two in return. With this we all get to inhale good oxygen from the environment ...
OUTLINE: INTRODUCTION General Introduction Defining Terms Symptoms of Asthma CAUSES OF ASTHMA 2.1Environmental Causes of Asthma 2.2Genetic Causes of Asthma EFFECTS OF ASTHMA 3.1Short Term Effects of Asthma 3.2Long Term Effects of Asthma 3.3Permanent Effects of Asthma TRADITIONAL METHODS OF MANAGING ASTHMA 4.1Traditional Methods 4.2Modern Methods 4.3Comparism Between Traditional Methods and Modern Methods APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGING ASTHMA 5.1Appropriate Technology 5.2A Approp...