IN VITRO FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING AND DNA PROTECTING ACTIVITIES OF DIFFERENT SOLVENT EXTRACTS OF LEAF AND STEM BARK OF Gossypium barbadense  

2016-11-25
Prevention and treatment of various degenerative diseases using traditional medicines is increasingly generating interest, especially in clinical research. This study was aimed to evaluate the invitro free-radical scavenging properties and ...

A SURVEY FOR RUBELLA VIRUS AND ANTIBODIES AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN KADUNA STATE NIGERIA  

2016-11-25
Rubella Virus (RV) causes a mild disease, but maternal infection early in pregnancy often leads to birth defects known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). Rubella remains poorly controlled in Africa ...

MEDIA STRATEGIES FOR HIV/AIDS INTERVENTION IN GOMBE STATE: AN APPRAISAL OF GOMBE STATE AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF HIV/AIDS  

2016-11-25
HIV and AIDS have emerged in the last three decades as visible threat to the health and socio-economic conditions of developing countries including Nigeria. Against this backdrop, this study sought ...

A LINGUISTIC STUDY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE OF SOME HEARING-IMPAIRED STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, KANO-NIGERIA  

2016-11-26
Language as a means of communication is better understood when reference is made to its biological foundation or rather to its environment. This research titled A LINGUISTIC STUDY OF IMPAIRED ...

BIOACCUMULATION OF CHROMIUM, COPPER AND ZINC BY FUNGI ISOLATED FROM TEXTILE EFFLUENT CONTAMINATED SITES IN KANO, NIGERIA  

2016-11-26
Physico-chemical properties and heavy metals content of textile effluent and water samples from Challawa industrial estate of Kano State, Nigeria were analyzed in this study and most of these parameters ...

CHARACTERIZATION OF DONKEYS (AQUUS ASINUS) IN NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA USING MORPHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC MEASURES  

2016-11-26
Morphological and morphometric traits were used to determine the relationship among Red (Auraki), Black (Duni), White (Fari), Brown (Idabari) and Brown-white (Idabari-fari) donkeys at different ages. A total of 700 ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME ON RETIREMENT BENEFITS IN KANO STATE  

2016-11-26
This study is an assessment of the effects of the implementation of contributory pension scheme on retirement benefits in Kano state: A study of Kano State Pension Fund Trustees from ...

BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM BANANA (MUSA SAPEINTUM) PEELS WASTE USING CO-CULTURES OF ASPERGILLUS NIGER AND SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE  

2016-11-26
Bioethanol in this study was produced from banana peels using the process of submerged fermentation, Aspergillus niger and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were the microorganisms used which were previously isolated from soil ...

ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVED WATER AND SANITATION COVERAGE IN KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-11-26
The study is an assessment of improved water and sanitation coverage in Kaduna South, Nigeria. Due to rapid urban and population growth, sanitary conditions of urban areas have deteriorated over ...

CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF TENSE FORMATION IN HAUSA AND ENGLISH WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING IMPLICATIONS  

2016-11-26
The study entitled “Contrastive Analysis of Tense Formation in Hausa and English with Teaching and Learning Implications” studies the tense systems of Hausa and English. The tenses of the two ...