July 2015

This is a survey research designed to obtain from tutors and students, solutions to corrupt practices in secondary schools in Delta State of Nigeria. Secondary schools teachers and students were randomly chosen to respond to an open-ended questionnaire to obtain information for answering three research questions. The respondents were specifically demanded to suggest ways to achieve a corruption-free secondary education and to tackle fraud within the system. They were also required to propose ways to institute transparency and accountability in secondary schools. Very strong suggestions from both staff and students agreed that corrupt persons should be punished while good leadership and morals should be rewarded. Qualified teachers should be employed without bribery and should be well paid. Provision of adequate instructional facilities in schools and rules and regulation on corruption, examination malpractice and extortion of students by teachers, were also advocated. On the basis of the findings, some implications which the research outcome has for educational planning were proposed.

Background: Improper management of healthcare waste (HCW) poses a risk for health and environment. Awareness about HCW management among hospital staff can greatly impacts practices of appropriate waste disposal. Method: A questionnaire containing 32 questions based on knowledge, practices and attitude (KPA) regarding HCWmanagement was filled by 125 study participants (25 each of doctors, interns, nurses, technicians, class IV employees).Observation of the actual practices of BMW management was done by using checklist. Self made scoring system was used to categorize level of awareness as good, average and poor. Result: Average level of awareness was found amongst majority (71.2%) of our study participants. The BMW management practices in our hospital were found to be inadequate and unsafe. Conclusions: There is a need to evolve continuing education programme about the proper management of HCW at all levels. This should be coupled with effective implementation of rules and regular monitoring by authorities.

AIM: To describe the OHRQoL in patients treated with complete dentures, fixed or removable partial dentures. BACKGROUND: OHRQoL is a relatively new but rapidly growing notion. This concept, is significant in mainly three areas - clinical practice of dentistry, dental research and dental education. These are different approaches in measuring the OHRQoL, the most popular of which uses the multiple item questionnaire. Patients who are either partially or completely edentulous undergo a prosthodontic treatment. OBJECTIVE: To observe the satisfaction and quality of life relating to oral health after prosthodontic treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: OHRQoL was determined using Oral Health Impact Factor for edentulous adults (OHIP - 14) method in a sample of 150 patients treated with complete dentures, fixed and removable partial dentures. A questionnaire was given to the patients before and after the treatment. The data was collected and analysed. CONCLUSION: This study will help us to evaluate OHRQoL for patients treated with complete dentures, fixed or removable partial dentures. There was an improvement after the treatment than when compared to before the treatment.

Medicinal plants have has a vital role in human culture and civilization. Herbal medicine as a choice for health care and the screening of medicinal plants for bioactive compounds is important. The study aimed to determine the antibacterial activity and photochemical constituents through Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectroscopy Analysis (GC-MS) and qualitative phytochemical screening of Pogostemon mollis Benth. Belongs to family Lamiaceae and also to determine the purity of crud drug by ash values. According to GC-MS analysis, totally 47 compounds were isolated by their retention indices (RI), retention time (RT) and mass spectra. The primary phytochemical analysis of the plant extracts showed the presence of various secondary metabolites like phenol, flavonoids, terpenoids, Pyosteroids, cardic glycosides, quinine and coumarians among this the methanolic plant extract showed the significant results. The ash values showed high purity of drug. A wide range of compounds were identified and they have many medicinal importances so that it can be recommended as a plant of phytopharmaceutical importance.

Genomic fingerprinting of 4 tea plant genotypes was carried out using 7 RAPD multiloci primers. All the primers showed significant amplification in PCR Analysis. A total of 303 bands were produced in all the 4 clones with an average of 43.29% RAPD bands per primer. Among all the bands 16.83% were polymorphic in nature. The molecular size of the amplified DNA fragments ranged from 100 to 6000 bp. Dendrogram was constructed based on the genetic similarity matrix using the UPGMA algorithm, which showed two main clusters. Cluster 1 contains only one clone i.e., U3 and the reminder 3 clones in cluster 2. Cluster 2 was further sub-divided into 2 sub-clusters. In which wild type tea plant categorized in 1 subcluster and the remaining two tea clones are categorized to form sub-sub clusters. Cluster analysis revealed that all the four genotypes were widely diverse genetically. All the four genotypes were showed identical polymorphism while generating phylogenetic tree.

OBJECTIVE: We sought to study asymptomatic pancreatic enzyme abnormalities in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS: Serial serum amylase determination was performed in ambulatory HIV-seropositive patients in whom pancreatitis was not suspected. RESULTS: Eighty-six patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty-two patients (60%) were found to have abnormal amylase values on at least one determination. Only 12 (14% of all patients) had a more than twofold elevation of pancreatic enzymes. Independent factors associated with abnormal pancreatic enzymes were: positive serology for chronic hepatitis B or C, history of intravenous cotrimoxazole administration for the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, stage B of HIV disease, and HIV risk factors other than male homosexuality (mainly intravenous drug use). None of the patients developed clinical pancreatitis. CONCLUSIONS: Asymptomatic mild to moderate elevations of amylase are common in HIV-positive patients, and are usually associated with positive serology for chronic hepatitis B or C, and medications, especially antiretrovirals and intravenous cotrimoxazole.

We have put a study of linear and nonlinear propagation of kinetic Alfven waves in dusty plasma. By making a use of the Sagdeev potential approach, we have examined the amplitude and period of the solitary density waves. The self-gravitating effect is involved in terms of Jeans term. In linear treatment the Jeans effect play a vital role by in low magnetized plasmas,the wave dispersion decreases, when Jeans affect increases. The wave dispersion increases, when the dust density increases. In the solitary density structures, the amplitude and period of the wave decreases by increasing the Mach number when the other parameters are fixed.

The paper deals with the study of a low cost agro waste construction material i.e. Strawbale .The cost of construction materials is increasing incrementally. It is essential to find functional substitutes for conventional building materials in the construction industry. In view of the importance of saving of energy and conservation of resources, efficient recycling of all these agro wastes is now a global concern requiring extensive R&D work towards exploring newer applications and maximizing use of existing technologies for a sustainable and environmentally sound management. More details on the availability of agro wastes of all kinds from different sources, their present utilization and recycling potentials for safe, sound and substantial development are summarized and discussed in this paper. In this emerging world where the rising need of housing is increasing day by day due to tremendous growing of rural and urban population has been a pressuring issue. Without compromising affordability, quality and maintaining the component of earth system has been a challenging task where Straw Bale can be one of the promising building material that meet the overall housing need and energy efficient goal of most of the developing countries like India, Nepal, Bhutan etc where agriculture act as the backbone of development. India being one of the largest countries for production of straw but most of those is considered as waste and limited are only used for productive type but if we can utilize them for construction in the form of straw bale then staying in good house won’t be limited to dream for people. It also includes the study of aids to maintain the quality of living standard of people because straw house fulfills serviceability and helps to maintain the environmental quality. Straw is getting lots of preference in many countries because it is cost effective with high health value, Aesthetics value, thermal performance, Fire resistance, light weight and eco friendly in nature. It also has good response against earthquake so it can be constructed in earthquake prone areas as well. So, profound research and awareness regarding straw bale construction should be enhanced in developing countries land agriculture countries like India for effective implementation of straw bale house.