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his study elicits self –management of hypertension among elderly patients in a tertiary health institution in Benin City, Edo State. The aim of this study is to ascertain the self-management behaviors the elderly hypertensive patients in University of Benin Teaching Hospital. It employed a cross-sectional survey design by administrating a well structured questioner to two hundred and sixty nine (269) hypertensive patients in university of Benin teaching hospital. The respondents were selected using random sampling and subjected to statistical analysis. The data set from the administered questionnaire was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical and the level of significance was set at p<0.05. Analysis of the data was presented with descriptive statistics using tables and means to represent information. The result of the findings revealed that 30% had poor knowledge, majority 50.7% had fair knowledge, 38.1% had good knowledge of hypertension. 20.9% of respondents had poor level practice of hypertension self management, 23.1% had a fair level of practice while majority 56% had good knowledge of hypertension self management. This study recommends that good knowledge of hypertension help in self management therefore health providers should create awareness to enlighten hypertensive patients on their self management.

Women have in diverse ways contributed to the development and growth of society.Their contribution leave every community where they are belong better than it was.This study, which is anchored on women’s empowerment theories,covers three plays of Ahmed Yerima:“The Wooden Pot”, “The Sick People” and “Erelu-Kuti”.The study examines the economic, political and culturalroles of women in these plays. Each play analyses the relevance of empowered women in society in the aspect of politics, economics and culture. These women have in no small way given to society what their male counterparts have. Their contributions are as relevant and elevating as that of men who have made their habitat and those around the better

The earliest vertical gardens extend back 2000 years to the Mediterranean region, and ornamental roof gardens were first created by the civilizations that inhabited the basins of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (the most famous examples of which were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the seventh and eight centuries B. C.). Northern European regions, such as Norway's sod roofs or the Mediterranean basin's climbing plants for shading vertical surfaces, have a number of examples of green roofs and façades dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. To support sustainable construction practises, modern building envelopes also contain cutting-edge materials and other technologies.

In this study, screening and selection of Cryptococcus neoformans was conducted using Urease test. Pigeon dropping is known to be a source of this infectious organism. A total of twelve (12) samples from pigeon droppings were collected from three markets in Benin City. All samples were cultured on SDB (Sabouraud Dextrose Broth) and incubated for 24hrs at 37°C. After 24hrs, the isolates were sub-cultured on fresh SDB and incubated for 24hrs. After growth was observed, the isolates were plated on SDA (Sabouraud Dextrose Agar) for identification of the organism. Isolates of the organism obtained from this samples that was sub- cultured were subjected to urease test. Clinical samples collected from UBTH were also subjected to urease test. The results showed that the isolates that were positive for urease tests with highest growth rate at 37°C were recorded for samples x obtained from Oliha market. This experiment shows the possibility of isolating and selecting C. neoformans on urease test

This project work will introduced the reader to the concept of metrics (a class of functions which is regarded as generalization of the notion of distance) and metric spaces with examples. It emphasises the notion of vector space which generalizes
the concept of addition and scalar multiplication. The notion of inner product allows us to generalize the notion of the dot product of vectors. It also allows us to talk about angle between vectors, and their norms. We can discuss the notion of distance between vectors. Also the combination of inner product with a vector gives a scalar. An inner product space is a special type of vector space that has mechanism for computing a version of dot product that can be defined in real or complex vector space, as long as it satisfies some conditions. The properties arising from a metric in an inner product space is important example of a metric space

Solid wastes are virtually everywhere. They are generated at areas where human activities occur. Such areas include homes, schools, recreational centres, restaurants, markets etc. These areas serve as source of solid waste generation. The waste at these sources, especially in markets are often generated in quantities considered hazardous to public health and aesthetically displeasing. Hence, to protect public health, a systematic method is devised to ensure the control of waste generation. Such
systematic method is generally referred to as Solid Waste Management (SWM). For this study, data was collected by administering questionnaires to the traders in the market. Also the data was also gotten from the waste management authority via oral interview and also administrator of questionnaires. The questionnaires was analysed using statistical package and result gotten. From the study, it was observed that large number of the market trader are unaware of solid waste management practise. The study also reveal that the type of waste generated in urban markets are putrescible and food waste (53.97%), while the least is (3.40%). Landfill was also designed for proper practise of solid waste management.

The antimicrobial activity, proximate composition and phytonutrient contents of the ethanolic extracts of the young and mature leaves of Greenwayodendron suaveolens were analyzed using standard microbiological methods. The moisture contents of the young and mature leaves were 9.9% and 11.882% respectively. The ash contents of the young and mature leaves were 6.142% and 6.418% respectively. The crude fiber content of the young and mature leaves was 5.550% and 5.080% respectively. The crude fat content of the young and mature leaves was 14.750% and 18.870% respectively. The crude protein content of the young and mature leaves was 1.338% and 1.025% respectively. The carbohydrate content of the young and mature leaves was 72.220% and 68.607% respectively. The phytonutrient analysis carried out indicated that percentage alkaloid was 24.43 and 11.45 in the young and mature leaf extracts respectively. Phenolic contents were 64.00 µg/mL and 51.00 µg/mL in the young and mature leaf extracts respectively. Flavonoid content was 39.50 µg/mL and 13.75 µg/mL in the young and mature leaf extracts at respectively. Saponin content at 1,147 µg/mL and 1,205 µg/mL in the young and mature leaf extracts respectively. While tannin content was 65.00 mg/mL and 47.25 mg/mL in the young and mature leaf extracts at respectively. The ethanolic leaf extracts of Greenwayodendron suaveolens inhibited the growth of all the test organisms at the concentration of 25 mg/mL

This essay focuses on the offence of rape with respect to the position of the law under the violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 which states that the offence of rape has gone beyond only men being capable of committing the offence of rape. The medium through which rape can be committed is the vagina, mouth and anus which is unlike the position of the law under the Criminal Code Act, Child Rights Act, Criminal Laws of Lagos State and the Penal Code which states that the offence of rape could only be committed through penetration of the vagina. Also, section 1(1)(a) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act
provides that the penis is not the only instrument of rape. The instruments of rape includes objects, such as, pens, pencils and dildos. This project expands the o fence of rape under the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 and is to the aim that the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) should be domesticated by every states in Nigeria and the definition of the offence of rape should be amended in various legislations which defines the offence of rape

Carbon steel is fundamentally an alloy comprising of iron and carbon, and other alloying elements such as manganese with 1.0% maximum content and silicon with 0.3% maximum content (Onyekpe, 2002). It is the most important steel used in petroleum and chemical industries since it accounts for over 98% of the construction materials. Carbon steels materials are predominantly used for flow lines, transmission pipelines and downhole tubulars in the oil and gas industry, most possibly owing to their low cost (Nesic et al, 2010; Ghareba et al, 2010; Liu et al, 2011; Badr, 2009). For instance, the cost of stainless steels especially that of austenitic steels (AISI 304 & 316) is currently about 8 times greater than that of carbon steels (Panossian et al, 2012; Finsgar et al, 2014). Among the most widely used carbon steel is the medium carbon steel. It is classified on the basis of their carbon content varying from 0.25% to 0.5%. The carbon steel that has been mostly used as the main production material for transmission pipelines, downhole tubulars, and flow lines in the oil and gas industry is API N80 (Walker, 1994; Yadav et al, 2012; Vishwanatham et al, 2008; Zhu et al, 2011), with carbon varying from 0.23% - 0.52%, (Finsgar et al, 2014). However, this material is susceptible to corrosion when used in chloride environment without any form of surface treatment or protection (Seidu and Ketulu, 2013).

The primary aim of this research was to examine the effect of electronic tax payment operations in Nigeria using Edo State as a case study. The research adopted both primary and secondary data; primary data were collected through the use of
questionnaire. The study adopts the survey research design. The population of the study consists of Edo State board of Internal Revenue and branches of commercial banks in Edo State. The findings revealed that there are effects of electronic tax payments system on rates collection in Edo State, findings also revealed that
electronic tax payments system has prevented and curb fraud in Edo State and it was recommended that Government should support with everything in their disposal the establishment of e-tax administration so as to start reaping the benefit of high rate of compliance among taxpayers.