2018

The aim of this study is to find out the influence of classroom population, attitude on students ‘achievement in Biology in some selected secondary in Oredo Local Government area of Edo state. This study reviewed works of several authors. To guide the study, four research questions were raised which are outlined thus: Does classroom Population of secondary school affect students’ achievement in Biology? Does population of classroom affect the achievement of students’ in Biology along gender? Does classroom Population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons? Does student’s attitude influence their academic achievement in Biology? From these four research questions 20 items were raised in the questionnaire to gather the data for this study and the questionnaire was subject to a test re-test method of reliability and a reliability coeficient of0.86 was obtained. The data collated were analyzed using the simple percentage and frequency counts. The findings from the study include: classroom population affects students’ achievement; population does not affect the achievement of students’ across gender; majority of the population agreed that students’ who concentrate more in class perform better than those who do not. And from the findings it can be concluded that that population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons and this is as a result of the overpopulated students whom the teacher cannot manage easily.

The aim of this study is to find out the influence of classroom population, attitude on students ‘achievement in Biology in some selected secondary in Oredo Local Government area of Edo state. This study reviewed works of several authors. To guide the study, four research questions were raised which are outlined thus: Does classroom Population of secondary school affect students’ achievement in Biology? Does population of classroom affect the achievement of students’ in Biology along gender? Does classroom Population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons? Does student’s attitude influence their academic achievement in Biology? From these four research questions 20 items were raised in the questionnaire to gather the data for this study and the questionnaire was subject to a test re-test method of reliability and a reliability coeficient of0.86 was obtained. The data collated were analyzed using the simple percentage and frequency counts. The findings from the study include: classroom population affects students’ achievement; population does not affect the achievement of students’ across gender; majority of the population agreed that students’ who concentrate more in class perform better than those who do not. And from the findings it can be concluded that that population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons and this is as a result of the over populated students whom the teacher cannot manage easily

Viruses of the Herpetoviridae family infect 90% of the earth’s population. Humans are the hosts of at least nine unique herpes viruses. This study is aimed at evaluating the seroprevalence of type specific Herpes simplex virus infection and the associated risk factors in a cross-section of asymptomatic healthy women of childbearing age in Kogi State, Nigeria. A total of 330 subject of 15 - 49 years were recruited from various local government areas of the three Senatorial districts of Kogi State. Blood samples were collected from participants and analyzed for HSV-1 and HSV-2 IgG antibodies quantitatively with IgG Type-Specific ELISA kit. In this research, the overall prevalence of HSV infection was 76.7%. Data further showed that majority (96.4%) of the population studied had HSV-1, while 77% had HSV-2 infections. Results also showed that the young adults age 15-25 years indicated prevalence of 93.7% for HSV-1 and 74.4% for HSV-2, while in the middle aged 26-35 years, the prevalence were 100% for HSV-1, and 78.4% for HSV-2. In the age group of 36-45 years the prevalence for HSV-1 and HSV-2 were 98.2% and 82.5% respectfully Among the married women the prevalence was 99.2% for HSV-1, while that of HSV-2 was 86.9% . For the unmarried women the prevalence was 94.5% for HSV-1, and 70.5% for HSV-2. The risk of HSV-1 or HSV-2 infections was not associated with age, age of first sexual exposure and number sex partners before marriage. Married women were at greater risk for HSV-1 (p = 0.03) and HSV-2 (p ≤ 0.001) infections compared to the unmarried women. The prevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 among educated subject were 96.2% and 79.9% respectfully while that of uneducated were 66.7% and 75%.The prevalence of HSV-1 and HV-2 among subject who had sexual intercourse below 15 years of age were 100% and 78.9% respectfully while those who had above 15 years of age were 98.4% for HSV-1 and 80.7% for HSV-2. The prevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 according to number of sexual partner before marriage were 100% for four partners, for three partners the prevalence was 100% and 83.3% respectfully. For two partners the prevalence for HSV-1 and 2 were 100% and 75% while that of one partner were 99% and 78.6% respectively. There were no significant difference (p=0.611) between the CD4 counts of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infected women and that of uninfected women. In conclusion, the prevalence of the HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections was high among asymptomatic healthy women of childbearing age in Kogi State, Nigeria. Efforts should be made to increase the awareness of HSV infection among women of child bearing populace.

This study investigates the effect of service quality on customer satisfaction in public and private hospitals in Benin City. The objectives of the study were to find out the impact of tangibility of service delivery on patient satisfaction, to investigate the influence of reliability of service delivery on patient satisfaction, to ascertain the effect of responsiveness of service delivery on patient satisfaction; to determine the impact of assurance of service delivery on patient satisfaction and to inspect the effect of empathy of service delivery on patient satisfaction in the Nigerian hospitals.. Respondents were selected from one (1) public and two (2) private hospitals in Benin City Metropolis, Edo State, Nigeria. The data were collected through personal administration of 110 questionnaires and had valid responses. The study also used frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation, t-test statistics analysis, multi regression analysis and tables as major statistical tools for data analysis and test of hypotheses. The analysis revealed that assurance of the service delivery has significant relationship or influence on patient satisfaction in the Nigerian hospitals; tangibility of the service delivery has no significant influence on patient satisfaction, reliability of the service delivery has no significant relationship on patient satisfaction; responsiveness of the service delivery has no significant impact on patient satisfaction and that empathy of the service delivery has no significant impact on patient satisfaction in the Nigerian hospitals

This project examines road traffic accident problems in Benin City, Nigeria in an epidemiological approach. The project entails the source of data compiled in a questionnaire, hospital records, FRSC reports and press media data on accident reports. The identification of risk factors, data interpretation of accidents and their general preventive measures are discussed. Accident prediction models are used to predict future occurrences. The Haddon Matrix Analysis was used to model the Pre-crash, Crash and Post-crash phases of accidents. This is done to determine to what extent accident and casualty involvement are related, and so assist policy makers and relevant authorities to explore counter-measures in the allocation of scarce resources in reducing road traffic accidents. The generalized linear regression method (GzLM) was modelled using number of accident outcomes as the dependent variables while the time of the day (T), host (H) and speed (Sp) of the accidents were selected as the independent variables so as to obtain a model equation.

Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem globally. The aim of the study was to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibodies in apparently healthy individuals in Gabia and Chike communities of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. Out of the 228 respondents of the questionnaire served, 205 (89.9%) acknowledged that they heard about tuberculosis. Two hundred and twenty eight (228) samples of human serum were examined for Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibodies using a one step TB IgG/IgM flow chromatographic immunoassay. The prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
the study areas was 19.7%. The prevalence in the inhabitants of Chinke was 10.5% while that of Gabia was 9.2%. The females in the study population had a prevalence of 12.3% while the males had 7.5%. The prevalence was more in individuals in the age brackets of 40 – 49 years (7.9%) and 50 – 59 years (3.5%), while individuals within the age brackets of 70 – 79 years in Chinke and 80 – 89 years in Gabia did not present with Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibodies. Considering active and inactive (Latent) infection, a total of 18 (7.9%) individuals had IgM antibodies, with males constituting 4.7% and females with 3.1%, indicative of recent infection while 27 (11.9%) had IgG antibodies showing previous infection. Considering active and inactive (Latent) infection, a total of 18 (7.9%) individuals had IgM antibodies, with males constituting 4.7% and females with 3.1%, indicative of recent infection while 27 (11.9%) had IgG antibodies showing previous infection. The sputum of IgM positive cases were further examined for acid fast bacilli and the result was statistically significant (p>0.02), showing 2.6% with 2+, 5.2% with a +. The high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the study areas is worrisome as the positive individuals are not only at risk of having full blown tuberculosis in the future but are also sources of spreading the bacteria to the populace.

This study investigates critically the impact of urbanization on the standard of living in Port Harcourt. The aim of this study is to ascertain the impact of urbanization on the standard of living in Port Harcourt. To achieve this aim, a field work was conducted in Port Harcourt to ascertain if urbanization has impacted on the standard of living of respondents. A total of 380 questionnaires were distributed in the study area and out of these 368 were returned valid. Data generated from the field were fed into SPSS. Spearman non-parametric correlation analytical technique was used to test the hypothesis. The results from the analysis of data gotten from the field showed that urbanization has a weak and low relationship with standard of living. However, the relationship was not significant. Although urbanization has affected the standard of living in Port Harcourt, the standard of living is a little bit above average. It was also found that urbanization has impacted largely on the environmental condition in the study area. It was recommended therefore that although the standard of living is above average, the health care system, quality and network of roads, water supply, electricity supply, and drainage system can still be worked on and improved upon to create a better and more conducive urban centre. Also good environmental policies should be endorsed by the government to tackle the negative effects of urbanization on the environment

The world Health Organization (WHO (2008) defined environmental sanitation as the control of all those factors in man’s physical environment, which exercise or may exercise a deleterious effect on his physical development, health and survival. Environmental sanitation is a conventional actions or an essential process of collecting and safely disposing all kinds of waste within the environment with the intention of protecting and promoting the individual health and quality of life of communities. Environmental sanitation generally includes the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of waste, the maintenance of hygienic conditions and the prevention of diseases (WHO,2017). Adequate environmental sanitation practices remains a panaceat of public health intervention that is essential for social and economic development especially in developing countries like Nigeria. Environmental sanitation practice is a frontrunner to the enhancement or development of health, well-being and economic productivity and benefits the individual, household and community should enjoy (WHO)(2004)and Mara, Lane, Scott, and Trouba(2010)

Nanoparticles (Nano particles) are defined as structures with a diameter less than 100 nm and novel physical and chemical properties that differ sharply from the macro forms. The medical use of nanosilver particles is growing mainly due to their antimicrobial properties. The impact of NSPs on the regulation of vascular tone (vasoconstriction/vasodilation), blood flow distribution, heartbeat, electric mechanisms, etc.; as well as their protective or adverse role in the development and progression of cardiovascular pathologies has not been properly understood. The aim of this present work was to determine the effect of nanosilver on vascular reactivity in isolated rabbit carotid artery.

Profitability as we have come to understand has proven to be a very important factor of judging the determinant of performance of insurance industry in Nigeria. In the past decade, the number of players in the insurance sector have escalated meaningfully with currently (32) insurance companies offering services nationwide. This has modified the dynamics of business in this sector as the companies are faced with harder task in attaining competitive advantage. However, the available literature is not sufficient to determine what exactly affects how the insurance companies in the country perform. This study sought to establish profitability as the determinant of performance of insurance companies in Nigeria. The descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient, Hausman test and panel regression were used in the analysis of the data. The result from the empirical investigation shows that fixed asset, firm size and current ratio needs an urgent attention. Hence, relevant regulatory authority such as National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) should develop appropriate measure that will enhance the effectiveness of the industry by encouraging firms to embark on more study on their internal factors.