One Hundred and fifty (150) 7 day-old broilers under conditions of heat stress were randomly assigned to 3 dietary treatments of 3 replicates each. There were 10 birds in each replicate. The 3 diets were: Diet 1 – Control diet (without Chromium supplementation); Diet 2 - 0.15mg/kg Chromium supplementation and Diet 3 - 0.25mg/kg Chromium supplementation. The inorganic Chromium source was Chromium chloride. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect(s) of heat stress on the intestinal mucosa of broilers. The study lasted 7 weeks and data on performance (feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio) and intestinal morphology (villus height and crypt depth) were taken. Data taken were subjected to statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedure of SAS 2010. Significant differences were observed in the weight gain with the birds fed diet 3 having the highest mean value of 45.00g/day and the least value of 40.00g/bird for birds the on control diet. However, birds fed diet 3 (0.25mg/kg) had the least significant feed conversion ratio 2.00 when compared with birds on control diet (2.25) and diet 2 (2.14). The villus height in the ileum of birds on Diet 3 was significantly (p < 0.05) taller than that of birds on the other diets while the villus height in the jejunum of birds on Diet 1 was significantly (p < 0.05) taller than that of birds on the other diets.

This paper empirically examines the relationship between absorptive capacity, credit market development and economic development in Nigeria. Recent theoretical works show the significance of absorptive capacity and credit market development to economic growth. In this study, the perceived relationship between absorptive capacity, credit market development and economic growth is estimated econometrically using the Ordinary Least Square Estimation Method (OLSEM). The result showed that there is a substantial positive effect of the selected macroeconomic variables on economic growth in Nigeria. The Granger causality test showed that absorptive capacity, human capacity development, lending rate, savings, gross domestic investment and gross domestic product indicates an evidence of causality from the selected macroeconomic variables (ABC, HCD, LR, SAV and GDI) to economic growth/development.

The study was designed to assess the level of participation of senior academics in human resource development activities in the South-East Universities in Nigeria. A stratified simple random sampling technique was used to compose a sample size of 430. This represented 30.7% of the senior academic staff population of 1400 of the universities in 2008/2009 as obtained from the list of the universities in the five states of the South-East Geopolitical zone of Nigeria. A self constructed questionnaire was validated, tested and with reliability co-efficient of 0.82 used for the study. One research question and two hypotheses guided the study. The analysis was done using descriptive statistics (z-test and analysis of variance). It was found that senior lecturers participated more in human resource development activities than readers and professors. The result also indicated that male and female academic staff differed significantly in their participation in human resource development activities.

In the course of their work life engineers and technologists are involved in various development activities to serve the society. With the galloping rise in population the world over the service of technocrats to the human race is becoming more and more important. It is desirable that engineers develop a good and practical sense of human values so that they can fruitfully contribute to the societal development. The paper gives an overview of human values in the Indian society and highlights the need to incorporate these aspects in the curriculum of our technical education.

The inhibition efficiency of previously prepared compounds namely, phthalimide derivatives on the corrosion of C-steel in 1 M HCl solutions has been studied using weight loss and electrochemical polarization methods. The results showed that the inhibition efficiency of the investigated compounds was found to depend on the concentration and the nature of the inhibitor. The effect of temperature on the corrosion behavior of C-steel in 1 M HCl without and with the inhibitors was studied in the temperature range from 303 to 333K. The activation and thermodynamic parameters for dissolution Δ Ea*,ΔH * and ΔS * were calculated. The inhibitors were adsorbed on the C-steel surface according to Langmuir adsorption isotherm.

Regular blood transfusion along with iron chelation therapy is a supportive treatment for thalassemia major. Chelation therapy too has its side effects. The most common adverse effects associated with administration of deferiprone are agranulocytosis, neutropenia and arthralgia, primarily, of the large joints. Objective : The study was undertaken to examine the effect of deferiprone on the large bone joints of thalassemia major patients. Material and Methods: Thalassemia major patients (62) on hyper-transfusion treatment regime aged between 4 19 years were assigned to three groups. Group I included 42 patient taking deferiprone, Group II included 10 patients on deferoxamine, and Group III included 10 patients who were not taking chelation therapy.

Since the beginning of the last decade, there is a renewed attention and interest in the relationship between religion and international intervention. Religion is a belief system, faith and cultural orientation; it is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and it has direct relation to international intervention. The core objective of this research emanates from the conviction that international intervention has yet to produce sustainable results and role of religion in the process has been marginal. The research therefore, investigates the meagerness, methodologies and the nature of international intervention, as well as the role of religion in its diverse aspects. The central argument of the research leads to the fact that current humanitarian crisis of the world has resulted from the dreadful failure to employ better mechanisms in the implementation levels of any form of intervention.

Edible coatings based on hydroxypropylmethyl-cellulose(HPMC) with and without an aqueous extract of Moringa leaves, were developed and applied to orange, in order to improve quality and shelf life during storage, while taking advantage of the beneficial health properties of Moringa. Weight loss, firmness and ascorbic acid content of uncoated and coated samples were determined throughout ambient storage. The two experimental coatings were: HPMC without crude extract of Moringa oleifera and HPMCME mixed with 75mg/ml of crude extract of Moringa oleifera . Four hundred and eighty (480) orange fruits were stored for seven weeks at ambient temperature of 27±3oC and relative humidity of 50- 65%. The overall result showed that polysaccharides coating from (HPMC) and (HPMCME) is effective in extending the shelf-life of orange fruits when compared to untreated in the following order:(HPMCME) > (HPMC) >Control.

Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is an important fruit crop grown in Nigeria. Extension of the shelf life of pineapple fruits continues to be a challenge in Nigeria. The search for safe, healthy and environmental friendly treatments has led to increased interest in research into edible and biodegradable films and coatings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Aloe vera gel as an edible coating on weight loss, ascorbic acid, pH and firmness in order to extend the shelf-life of pineapple stored at ambient temperature of (27+2oC) and relative humidity of 55-60% for seven weeks. The above parameters which are related to post-harvest quality loss were however significantly controlled in the pineapple coated with A. vera gel. The storability of orange fruits was extended by seven weeks. It was concluded that A. vera gel used as a coating for pineapple could serve as an alternative to post-harvest chemical treatments.

Typically a user desires to obtain the value of some aggregation function over distributed data items. We present a low-cost, scalable technique to answer continuous aggregation queries using a network of aggregators of dynamic data items. In such a network of data aggregators, each data aggregator serves a set of data items at specific coherencies. Our technique involves decomposing a client query into sub-queries and executing sub-queries on judiciously chosen data aggregators with their individual subquery incoherency bounds. We provide a technique for getting the optimal set of sub-queries with their incoherency bounds, which satisfies client query’s coherency requirement with least number of refresh messages sent from aggregators to the client. For estimating the number of refresh messages, we build a query cost model which can be used to estimate the number of messages required to satisfy the client specified incoherency bound. Performance results using real-world traces show that our cost based query planning leads to queries being executed using less than one third the number of messages required by existing schemes.