scholarly journals Daily urinary excretion of uranium in members of the public of Southwest Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 412-413 ◽  
pp. 344-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Höllriegl ◽  
Adeseye M. Arogunjo ◽  
Augusto Giussani ◽  
Bernhard Michalke ◽  
Uwe Oeh
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Southwest Nigeria

Assessment Of The Implementation Of Contents For Secondary School Biology Curriculum In Three States In Southwest, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 270-276
Author(s):  
Oladamola Dickson Akinnodi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Validation Process ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Biology Curriculum

The study assessed the implementation of contents for secondary school biology curriculum in three states in Southwest, Nigeria. The descriptive research design of the survey type was used in this study. The population of the study comprised all Biology teachers in all the public secondary schools in Ondo, Osun and Oyo States. The samples for the study consisted of 180 biology teachers drawn from 180 public secondary schools in the three states. The sample was selected using multistage sampling procedure. An instrument tagged Inventory on Implementation of Biology Curriculum (IIBC) was used for collecting the data for the study. The validation process was exempted since an inventory was used. The responses obtained were collated and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that Biology curriculum contents were not fully covered. It was also revealed that most of the schools do not meet the recommended standard of at least 2 periods per week for practical work in Biology. It was further revealed that the implementation of the contents of Biology curriculum in secondary schools do not differ among the three states considered in this study. It was recommended among others that Biology teacher should intensify efforts to see that the biology curriculum contents are covered and implemented.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Preventive Practices about Ebola Viral Disease among Journalists in Osogbo, Southwest Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Callistus A Akinleye ◽  
Samuel A. Olowookere ◽  
Olatunji A Olagunoye ◽  
Monisola Omoyeni Oginni ◽  
Ayoyinka Olufunmilayo Bolorunduro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Preventive Practices ◽  
Southwest Nigeria

<p><span>The West African subregion presently faces the Ebola viral disease (EVD) epidemic. In order to control this epidemic, journalists need to inform the public. This study assessed their knowledge, attitude and preventive practices. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 93 journalists working in Osun State who completed a self administered questionnaire. Data collected was analysed. Mean (SD) age was 26.4±8.2 years ranging 18 to 49 years. Mean (SD) duration in practising journalism was 7.6±6.7 years (range, 1-20 years). Most had tertiary education (87.1%), were singles (74.2%), Christians (51%) and Yoruba (92.5%).  Despite good knowledge (58.1%) of EVD, most had low risk perception (46.2%). The only statistical significant predictor of good knowledge was religion. In conclusion, most journalists have good knowledge but low risk perception. Efforts to improve the risk.</span></p>

scholarly journals Perceptions on population decline and ethno-cultural knowledge of Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in southwest States of Nigeria.

Vulture News ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Bibitayo Ayobami Owolabi ◽  
Sunday Olayinka Odewumi ◽  
Ebenezer Abayomi Agbelusi
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Local Perceptions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Negative Effect

The global decline of many vulture populations due to anthropogenic activities is increasing and is largely connected to cases of poisoning. The objectives of this study were to access local perceptions and knowledge of vulture declines, and to determine the ethno-cultural uses of vulture body parts across southwest Nigeria. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered through interviews with randomly selected respondents (n = 144) between August 2018 and July 2019. Results showed that 82.5% (n = 119) of respondents confirmed the sharp decline in vulture populations. 79.8% (n = 115) of respondents considered poisoning to be the cause of vulture deaths in the study area and 79.8% (n = 117) confirmed the need to conserve the remaining vultures. 80.5% (n = 116) of respondents reported that vultures play a key role in Yoruba traditional settings. Vulture parts (organs) were reported as being important in ethno-cultural traditional benefits ranging from curing ailments, to making financial fortune to enhancing dreams, having visions about the future, healing and magic use. Conservation education and public awareness to shift the public mindset away from the use of vultures for rituals and healing purposes and the resultant negative effect of extirpation and extinction is the only way forward.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Production Processes of Different Brands of Sachet Water Sold in the Open Market in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
G. O. Daramola ◽  
T. A. Kumoluyi ◽  
H. A. Edogun ◽  
A. Fadeyi ◽  
A. Awosanya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Positive Culture ◽  
Coliform Bacterium ◽  
Open Market ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Culture Result ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Sachet Water

Life on earth is practically impossible without water, in fact, the presence of water on our planet is one of the critical factors that make life possible on earth. Apart from commercial, agricultural, industrial, domestic and sundry uses of water, humans, like other living organisms, require water for their physiological needs. However, as vital as water is to humans, if the water consumed by them is  not potable or is unwholesome, it can lead to serious and sometimes life-threatening illnesses. This thus makes it important to periodically assess and monitor the potability and  wholesomeness of any form of drinking water, particularly the ones presented to the public. In this study, twenty-two different brands of commercial sachet-water sold in the open market in Ado-Ekiti, southwest, Nigeria were consecutively sampled and analysed. The factories where the brands were manufactured were also visited and served structured self-administered questionnaires that were filled by their respective production managers. Data from the questionnaires were analysed and juxtaposed with the outcome of laboratory investigations with a view to identifying the factors responsible for the  un wholesomeness of any of the brands. Out of the twenty-two sachet-water brands sampled, none (0%) had physically visible colour; none (0%) had physically perceivable odour; none (0%) had detectable taste. All (100%) were physically  clear; 1 (5%) was bagged in a 60-cl cellophane sachet, while 21 (95%) were bagged in 50-cl cellophane sachets; all (100%) claimed to have NAFDAC (the regulatory agency responsible for the control and regulation of food, drugs and allied products in Nigeria) registration number- going by what was written on their finished products. Nearly all- 21 (95%)- all the sampled brands had a pH value of 5, while  1 (5%) had pH value of 6, resulting in a mean pH of 5. More than half of the brands sampled from the open market- 11 (50%)- yielded a positive culture result, 3 (14%) of which were coliforms.  According to WHO standards there shouldn’t be a single coliform bacterium in drinking water, which makes it quite unsettling that three of the brands contained coliforms which of course could be enteric coliform- an indication of the fact that these brands had come in contact with human faeces. The public heath implication of this is discussed and appropriate recommendations made.

Replications can cause distorted belief in scientific progress

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Białek
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
The Public ◽  
Psychological Science

AbstractIf we want psychological science to have a meaningful real-world impact, it has to be trusted by the public. Scientific progress is noisy; accordingly, replications sometimes fail even for true findings. We need to communicate the acceptability of uncertainty to the public and our peers, to prevent psychology from being perceived as having nothing to say about reality.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

Democrazy—Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
Darren Kew
Keyword(s):  
Transition Program ◽  
The Political ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Political Class ◽  
Soccer Match ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Military

In many respects, the least important part of the 1999 elections were the elections themselves. From the beginning of General Abdusalam Abubakar’s transition program in mid-1998, most Nigerians who were not part of the wealthy “political class” of elites—which is to say, most Nigerians— adopted their usual politically savvy perspective of siddon look (sit and look). They waited with cautious optimism to see what sort of new arrangement the military would allow the civilian politicians to struggle over, and what in turn the civilians would offer the public. No one had any illusions that anything but high-stakes bargaining within the military and the political class would determine the structures of power in the civilian government. Elections would influence this process to the extent that the crowd influences a soccer match.

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