Nigerian economy is a multi-sector economy with agricultural and manufacturing sectors as the prime sectors. This study focused on the effect of commercial bank credits on the output of agricultural and manufacturing sectors in Nigeria. It spanned for the period of 31years (1986-2016) and made use of secondary data extracted from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical (CBN) Bulletin for various years. The study adopted ex-post facto research design and employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bound test and Ordinary least squares multiple regression analysis considering necessary diagnostic tests such as unit root test, test of normality, heteroskedasticity test, and cointegration test. The findings revealed that commercial bank credits have significant positive effect on the productivity of agricultural and manufacturing sectors in Nigeria. The implication of the findings is that more credits to agriculture and manufacturing sectors in Nigeria will increase output in the respective sectors. Hence, the researcher recommended among others more lending to agricultural and manufacturing sectors so as to boost productivity of these sectors.

Lassa fever is a disease of public health importance with high mortality and morbidity especially among rural dwellers.This study was done to determine the knowledge of transmission, risk factors, prevention, symptoms and the preventive practices against Lassa fever among adults in Ukpom, a rural community in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. A community based descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 228 adults selected by multi-stage sampling in 2016 using a pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire and analysed with SPSS.Ninety point eight percent (90.8%) claimed to have heard of Lassa fever mainly through radio and TV (64.9%). The majority knew that consuming food contaminated with rat feces and urine (88.6%) including eating poorly cooked rats (82.5%) transmits Lassa fever. Most knew that a clean environment (95.2%), proper covering of food (93.4%), no holes in homes (93.4%) and not eating rats (89.5%) prevents Lassa fever .The top 2 risk factors for Lassa fever known were non- covering of food (91.7%) and poor refuse disposal (89.9%). Common symptoms known were headache (69.3%), fever unresponsive to antibiotics (68.4%) and vomiting (66.2%). Major practices to prevent it were covering of food (98.2%), not eating rats (97.4%) and keeping a clean environment (95.6%). Only 15.8% stopped burning bushes, 32.9% stopped drinking garri and 17.5% fumigated their houses as practices to prevent Lassa fever. Age was significantly associated with level of knowledge. (p=0.000). Good level of knowledge of Lassa fever was found among community members though some misconceptions still existed. Intensified health education is recommended.

Protein-Energy Malnutrition has been identified as a major public health and nutritional problem in India. It not only leads to childhood morbidity and mortality but also leads to impairment of physical and possibly of mental growth of those who survive. Protein-Energy Malnutritionis a most lethal form of malnutrition; children are its most visible victims of malnutrition. "The silent emergency is an accomplice in at least half of the 10.9 million deaths is there in each year. Protein-Energy Malnutrition is a global problem. Nearly 150 million children under 5 years in the world and 70 - 80 million in India suffer from protein-energy malnutrition, nearly 20 million in the world and 4 million suffer from severe forms of Protein-Energy Malnutrition like Kwashiorkor and Marasmus, Khokar. A et al., [5]. The study was based on Rosenstock’s and Becker’s health behaviour model. The data was collected by descriptive method, 150 mothers were selected from the urban slum area by simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured interview schedule for a period of 4 weeks. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The study findings revealed that the majority of mothers were illiterates. Hence there is a need to educate the mothers regarding correct feeding practices and that helps in. After the detailed analysis of this study shows that Nurses can adopt the health education module to educate the mothers about ProteinEnergy Malnutrition. They can impart the knowledge to the care givers regarding do's and don'ts of feeding practices which leads to the occurrence of Protein-Energy Malnutrition and can educate the mothers regarding prevention and control of Protein-Energy Malnutrition.

Abstract: The Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the second largest Arab country, with a population estimated at 32.9 million, growing at 2%, in 2015.The maternal mortality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been substantially reduced within a reasonably short period. The maternal mortality rate in the year 1990 was 40 per 100,000 live births but it was drastically reduced to 12 in the year 2015. This is an example to many countries with unacceptably high maternal deaths. Poor antenatal care, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and obstetric haemorrhage are the leading causes of maternal deaths. In KSA, rapidly changing attitude of women towards childbirth is occurring through progressively increasing female education and community health programmes in the region. Further reduction of maternal mortality rates in the community is envisaged through greater patient acceptance of medical advice, family spacing and proficient obstetric services. The quantitative and qualitative development of health services has led to improvement of maternal healthcare indicators. The MMR in Saudi Arabia will very soon match the developed countries with advanced health facilities. This article reveals the improvements in general improvement in socio-economic condition, increase in the female literacy rate, shifting from home delivery to hospital delivery, skilled care during pregnancy, labour and puerperium and contraceptive practice and reduction in fertility rate are the key factors contributed in improving the maternal health care in Saudi Arabia.

From the above medical crises it is strictly order to for the first fifteen minutes of the blood transfusion the nurse should stay with the patient to closely monitored c for any signs of adverse effects (Allan & and Bates 2004). The main purpose of the study is to assess the practices of blood transfusion among clinical nurses at a public tertiary care hospital Lahore. In this study across sectional descriptive design was used. The study was conducted at Mayo hospital at all the critical and other inpatients areas. A questionnaire adapted from thesis of Ebenezer tetteh (2015) “Knowledge and practice of blood transfusion among nurses in Ghana: experiences from the cape coast teaching hospital, this questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondent. Questionnaire consists of 2 parts first focusing on demo-graphic data of participant and second is lekert scale questionnaire which is based on practice data. Analysis of variables was done on SPSS 21. The overall practice results shown in the above table and graph reveals that there were no participants in the poor practice category. 63.56% of the participants had moderate practices having score of practice between 45 and 80 on a maximum score of 108. 36.44% of the study participants had good practices and scored above 80 score on a maximum of 108 practice total score. Majority of the participants was having moderate practices of Blood transfusion but there were no as such poor practices.

Amrutharistam is a vital Ayurvedic formulation used for all kind of fever and rheumatic fever, which is prepared by fermenting the decoction of Tinospora cordifolia containing berberine as one of the active ingredient. Preliminary analysis indicated the presence of berberine being the largest concentration. The HPLC carried out in Lichrospher 100, RP-8e (250*4.6*5) column, mobile phase consisting of phosphate buffer and acetonitrile (70: 30). The determining wavelength was confirmed as 343nm. Five marketed formulations of Amrutharistam A-I, A-II, A-III, A-IV and A-V showed berberine concentration to be 9.63µg/ml, 10.10µg/ml, 10.20µg/ml, 9.64µg/ml and 10µg/ml respectively. The result showed the peak area response is linear within the concentration range of 10-50µg/ml with a correlation coefficient of 0.9998. Recovery studies 50%, 100% and 150% were conducted by standard addition method and found to be 99.804%. The developed and validated method can be effectively applied to the quantitative determination of berberine in Amrutharistam.

This study was designed to assess oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices among secondary schools students in Sana'a city, Yemen. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted on (1000) of secondary school students, (500) male students and (500) female students with an age ranged from 16-19 years. A selfadministered structured questionnaire consisting of 24 questions on socio-demographic data, oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices was distributed and collected data was subjected to statistical analysis. The mean knowledge scores for the secondary school students was 72.27 with a statistically significant difference between males and females (P = 0.001). Nearly 75.5% of them reported that regular visits to the dentist are necessary. In contrast, nearly (60.3%) of them visited the dentist when they felt pain and toothache was the most leading reason provided for visiting the dentist (62.1%). Moreover, nearly 42.9% of them reported that fear of needles and drilling was the major reason for their fearing of visiting the dentist. The use of toothbrush and paste was the most oral hygiene method used (78.6%). About 44.6% of them brushed their teeth once per day and 36.8% of them spent one minute for brushing their teeth. Nearly 44.3% of them reported that the time of tooth brushing was before going to bed only. Finally, most of them (74.1%) reported that their parents advised them about the importance of oral hygiene without their watching and did not supervise them. It showed that the students had good oral health knowledge. However, their oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices were bitter in female students than male students.

The aim of the study is to assess the mental health literacy among care providers working in beggar relief and rehabilitation center. The study setting is Bangalore beggar relief and rehabilitation center. Focused group discussion was conducted to identify mental health literacy. Two separate focused group discussion were conducted. One for nurses and one for warders. Eight nurses and eight warders working in the center were selected using purposive sampling technique. The method used to analyze the data is interview transcribing. The Reponses shows that nurses has some knowledge and warders had poor knowledge about causes, commonly seen mental illness, signs and symptoms, treatment, medications and side effects of mental illness. But intense training will help the nurses and warders to improve and affirm their knowledge. The focused group discussion concludes that the mental health literacy among nurses and warders need to be improved to better care the mentally ill inmates of beggar relief and rehabilitation center. The nurses had better knowledge compared to the warders.

Discoloration of orthodontic adhesive during the length of orthodontic treatment and after debonding of brackets poses a difficult aesthetic situation for the clinician and the patient. A detailed review of the causes of the discoloration from a clinical perspective is detailed in the article. Demineralization of enamel and penetration of resin tags, enamel cracks, surface defects are the main causes. The type of composite used, its constituents and the curing process also affects the speed and extend of the discoloration of the enamel. Steps the clinician can take reduce the amount of discoloration of enamel like use of a slow speed tungsten carbide burs are explained. Even though some discoloration of enamel is inevitable, steps can be taken to minimize the problem to a negligible proportion.

Household air pollution (HAP) arising from use of high polluting cooking fuel use remains a global health threat .This study sought to determine the major type of household cooking fuel used by workers ,their level of knowledge of the health effects of use of various categories of house hold cooking fuel, the association between level of knowledge and category of cooking fuel used and the determinants of category of cooking fuel used by respondents A questionnaire based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 352 staff of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Nigeria selected by multi-stage sampling technique between July and October,2017. Data was analyzed with STATA version 10. The major cooking fuel used was liquefied petroleum gas, LPG 221(62.8%). A good proportion 222 (63.1%) also used an alternative cooking fuel with kerosene 88 (37.8%) being the commonest. Main reason for choice of major cooking fuel was convenience 100 (28.4%). Most respondents had good knowledge (70.5%) of the effects of cooking fuel on health. Few knew that cooking fuel is associated with low birth weight 98 (27.8%) and cancer of the lungs174 (49.4%). Categories of staff and level of education were significantly associated with level of knowledge of effect of cooking fuel on health (P<0.001 and P=0.01 respectively) .Determinants of category of cooking fuel used by respondents were level of knowledge (P=0.004), education (P= 0.00), category of staff (P=0.002), place of residence (P=0.008), type of house (P=0.000) and main cooking site (P=0.000).LPG was the major cooking fuel used .Level of knowledge of the health effects of cooking fuel was good though areas of knowledge gap existed .Intensive public enlightenment programs is needed to sustain the awareness and address the knowledge gaps. Government policy of abolishing gas flaring will improve access to clean household cooking fuels and enhance its use.

Shaykh „Uthman bin Foduye (1754-1817) was born and raised in Hausaland (presently Northern Nigeria) where the inhabitants lived in a darkness of ignorance about Islam. The aim of writing this paper is to analyse the struggle of Shaykh „Uthman bin Foduye in Hausaland when he wanted to reform people‟s attitude towards Islamic Faith. Firstly it starts by briefing the biography of Shaykh „Uthman bin Foduye, it also discusses the situation and activities of people in Gobir Kingdom before and after the reformation of Shaykh „Uthman bin Foduye. Then the paper underlines the approaches of Shaykh „Uthman bin Foduye in reforming the Faith and Social Vices among the people in Gobir Kingdom. The method used in this research is analytical method. The paper ends by conclusion and some recommendations which if well used Hausaland will be turn to a land of peace and prosperity.

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of training on pedagogical content knowledge on teachers’ performance; in schools within Nakuru North Sub- County, Kenya. The study was carried in the 22 public primary schools in the sub county among the 22 head teacher and 170 school teachers. The study was based on Campbell’s theory of performance and social cognitive theory. A sample of 8 head teachers and 51 public primary school teachers was used. The sample for the head teachers was selected using purposive sampling technique while that of the head teachers was selected using simple random sampling technique. Data for the study was collected by use of questionnaires for teachers and interview schedules for head teachers respectively. Prior to use, the questionnaires were subjected to validity checks and reliability tests. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequencies, means and percentages) and inferential statistics with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences computer software version 21. Pearson moment correlation (r) was used to establish the relationship between the variables. There was a positive Pearson correlation between Training on Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Teachers’ Performance (r = -0.37, p = 0.802). The study established that the school management and the Ministry of Education will be able to use these findings in formulating appropriate strategies that help enhance teacher performance through their continuous professional development.

Jean Rhys‟s best-known postcolonial novel Wide Sargasso Sea has always been regarded as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte‟s Jane Eyre by shifting the focus from Jane to “the mad woman in the attic.” It is a novel filled with tragedy and it inquires into the production of knowledge about racial identity tragedy, especially the white Creole women‟s identity tragedy. The paper attempts to provide a comprehensive view of the “mad woman” Antoinette, who was caught between the control of English imperialist and racial class tension in Wide Sargasso Sea and try to prove that Antoinette‟s identity tragedy is the result of “being voiceless.”

Teh Botol Sosro, produced by PT. Sinar Sosro, is the first brand of ready-to-drink tea in Indonesia that has been developed and maintained for decades. The number of competitors make Teh Botol Sosro remains firm in fighting in the ready to drink tea market. This study aims to analyze the effect of product quality on partial purchase decisions, price on partial purchase decisions, promotion on partial purchase decision, brand awareness on partial purchase decisions, and product quality, price, promotion and brand awareness simultaneously. The population of this research is visitor of Giant Mall Permata Tangerang. While the sample is the respondents who buy Teh Botol Sosro. The average visitor who bought Teh Botol Sosro at Giant Mall Permata Tangerang was 1,200. Thus obtained respondents to be observed with the Slovin formula is 100 respondents. Quantitative analysis method using multiple linear regression analysis, followed by determination analysis (R Square), partial hypothesis testing (t test) and simultaneous (F test) with alpha 5 percent (0,05). Prior to further analysis, data quality and classical assumption test are done. Analytical tool using SPSS version 23.0 for windows. The result of this research shows that product quality has partially influence on Purchase Decision, price has partially influence on Purchase Decision, promotion has partially influence on Purchase Decision, brand awareness has partially influence on Purchase Decision, and product quality, price, promotion and brand awareness have simultaneously influence on Purchase Decision of Teh Botol Sosro product at Giant Mall Permata Tangerang. There are still other factors that affect the Purchase Decision, therefore it still needs further research.

The proliferation of small arms and light weapons is and has remained one of the major security challenges Nigeria, Africa and the World at large is currently facing. The thrust of this paper is on the impact of uncontrolled proliferation, stockpiling, trafficking, availability and usage of these arms on Nigeria‟s national security as it is believed to fuel alarming levels of armed crime, communal conflict, political instability, social unrest as well as making all the geo-political zones of the country to be flooded with small arms. The paper further argues that the inability of the Nigerian government and its law enforcement agencies to check the menace has led to a major challenge of security, as it was revealed that previous and current efforts at tackling the issue has not yielded much efforts as only a few number of seizures of illegal arms has been made hence the proliferation continues to sustain and exacerbates armed conflicts within the country. The study is anchored on the realist and failed state theories using secondary data, literature evidence, descriptive and historical methodology. Findings reveal that the impact of small arms and light weapons on the society is too grave and devastating to be treated with kid‟s glove as it leads to massive loss of lives and properties, erodes social capital, facilitate corruption and climate of impunity. The paper recommends that the government must rise up to the challenges of tackling the menace with all seriousness and commitment.