Life Sciences

Capacitating nkayi rural district council in zimbabwe: exploring solutions to challenges in service delivery

Infrastructural development like building schools, vocational training centres, clinics and hospitals is one of the mandate of Rural District Councils (RDC) in Zimbabwe. They should also construct and repair roads as well as provide the much needed facilities for orphans, vulnerable children and the elderly. This study, therefore, sought to explore solutions tothe challenges in the provision of such service by the Nkayi Rural District Council with a view to capacitate the council staff.

Hemorrhoids (arsha)-a comprehensive review on its types and management

Hemorrhoids (arsha) are one of the most common problem of the anal region, affect as much as half of the population. Suffering from hemorrhoids is not only painful but embarrassing as well. Hemorrhoids are swollen, dilared veins and capillaries around the anal region. They may be classifies as either internal or external. Many not only know how to relief hemorrhoids but how to relief fast and naturally.

Effect of misuse of tablet on muscular performance of wrist and elbow in normal subjects

Background: The usage of tablet or media tablet computers have become a viable consumer alternative to traditional notebook (laptop) and desktop computing modes. The light weight of the tablet makes it with the users everywhere and so the users spend many hours using it. Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect tablet use on muscle performance of wrist and elbow and the effect of period of tablet usage. Methods: The current study was conducted on 60 subjects.

Isolation and identification of the micro flora of traditionally prepared pearl millet starters

Food fermentation has a long tradition of improving the safety, shelf life and acceptability of foods. However, some notable outbreaks of food borne illness associated with fermented foods have occurred. The efficiency of one of the most common Sudanese fermentation methods of millet flour, using Dura (Sorghum) starter, in a preparation of hygienic millet starters for the production of indigenous foods was investigated. Two millet starters, Wad Ashana (pH 3.96 at 35.2°C) and Sudan II (pH 4 at 35.2 °C) were traditionally prepared.

In vitro antioxidant activity of aqueous-ethanol extract of aerva lanata (l.) juss ex schult (amaranthaceae)

Aerva lanata (L.) root of the family Amaranthaceae is a Indian medicinal plant used traditionally for the management of Raktavikara, Sopha (Sotha), Dusta Vrana. The drug Gorakṣagañja is a good diuretic and the roots are given in dysuria (mūtra krichhra) and calculus (aśmari) (Halliwell, 2008). It is used for alleviating diseases caused by kapha and vāta doṣ. The roots are used (particularly in southern India) as an effective diuretic drug specially for calculus, as substitute or a source plant of Pāṣāṇabhēda.

Evaluation and selection of maize inbred lines for resistance to fusarium stalk rot in Vietnam

Identifying the resistant genotypes is one of vital strategies to control Fusarium stalk rot disease in maize. Twenty-four maize inbred lines were evaluated for resistance to stalk rot caused by Fusarium verticillioides at Crop Research and Development Institute (CRDI), Vietnam Nation University of Agriculture (VNUA) during the spring of 2016, and their QTL resistance were also studied at the molecular level using SSR maker with two specific primers reference from Jun-Qiang Ding et al, 2008 reported to avoid environmental effects in the JICA laboratory, VNUA, Vietnam.

Sexuality in aging: Utopia or new perspective?

Objective: The purpose of this article was to analyze the biopsychosocial and cultural implications of the sexuality of the elder, in an attempt to demystify the association of the elder with loss, limitations, inability to procreate and sexual inactivity. In this context, it tries to deal with the breakdown of paradigms and prejudices associated to the theme. Methodology: This was a bibliometric review based on a search conducted in the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature database (LILACS), in May 2017, with the following descriptors: aging, sexuality, elder.

Influence of āyurvedic lifestyle, ähära-vihära, recommendations on incidence of hypothyroidism and associated disorders

Background: India’s first nationwide thyroid health study, “The Thyroid Environment is the most Epidemiological study” revealed that 10% of the population suffers from Hypothyroidism. Drug-based treatments do not cure the condition, but palliate it, supplementing missing thyroid hormones. In contrast, Äyurveda treats the disease as an imbalance, prescribing diet and lifestyle modification, Ähära-Vihära, for its management. Here we report a case-series study of 13 hypothyroidism patients treated by Ähära-Vihära along with fresh herbal juices (Rasähära), and Yoga.

Identification of the existing floristic biodiversity of the afenourir’s Wetland, Morocco

Our work is closed to the framework of the good management for the Afenourir’s lake (Morocco), and its biodiversity, for its restoration and maintenance of all kinds of anthropic activities (overgrazing, pumping, etc.). It consists of the analysis and identification of the floristic biodiversity of lake during the period April-June 2015 in order to study its quality. Indeed, floristic species play a major role in the production and protection of soils against erosion, as well as maintaining substrate and the balance of the aquatic ecosystem, and can also be bioindicators of pollution.

Serological diagnosis in suspected dengue cases at saint camille hospital of ouagadougou: high prevalence of infection among young adults aged 15 to 30 years

Dengue fever is currently a major public health problem in Burkina Faso. The aim of this study was to determine seroprevalence and dengue infection evolution during the years 2016 and 2017. The study population consisted of 3572 patients aged 0 to 84 years seen during general medicine consultation from January 2016 to November 2017 and referred to the laboratory of Saint Camille Hospital of Ouagadougou for serological diagnosis of dengue fever.

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