scholarly journals Assessing the Validity of Pyrethroid Treated Bed Net in the Curb of the Spread of Malaria Disease. A Case Study of Ijero Towhship, Ijero LGA of Ekiti State, Nigeria

Author(s):  
Sam-Ijadele Oluwakemi Ifedayo ◽  
Makanjuola Bosede Christianah ◽  
Oluwatuyi SHEGUN Victor ◽  
Bello Mojisola ◽  
Adewumi Michael Onasanmi ◽  
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This research work had shed light on assessing the effectiveness of pyrethroids impregnated treated bed nets in the curbing of the spread of Malaria disease in Ijero township in Ekiti State. This study focused on assessing efficiency of mosquito treated bed nets LLITNs, acknowledge people’s attitude towards the use of the LLITNs and to determine the resistance level of mosquitoes to pyrethroid impregnated treated bed nets. The methodology involved in this research entailed the use of descriptive study research where four objectives were constructed along with five research questions. From the total population of the area (167,632), two hundred was picked as sample size through simple random sampling in which questionnaires were distributed to the four political wards, which includes ward A,B,C and D respectively. And thirty questionnaires were also administered to the three health centres in Ijero Township. They were designed for the purpose of collecting necessary information on efficacy of pyrethroids impregnated bed nets in curbing of Malaria spread while also making use of secondary data from health institutions in Ijero Township and information gathered were analysed and presented in tables using simple percentage and also presented in graphs.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Sharada Devi Sharma

The main reason behind inequality is access to less power which is a byproduct of illiteracy and less income. An illiterate female cannot counter for herself neither can she counters for her offspring (mostly girls). To find out the gender inequality, this study has been conducted in Ward-16of Bharatpur metropolitan city. With the use of census method, this study primarily focuses on the primary data taken in whole ward and the secondary data collected from other sources. In the total population of 17546, 9197 are female and remaining 8349 are male. The survey research designwas used whereas purposive and simple random sampling was followed to select the respondents. The study was conducted in Chitwan district. The finding of the research is that there is inequality in male and female population in ward 16 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City. This inequality can only be broken if the sphere of planning is strengthened so as to uproot the root of inequality. Equality measure being one of the most important indicator of development, the only way to achieve the sustainable development goal is to empower all the population present inside nation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 04022
Author(s):  
Fifian Permatasari ◽  
Munajat

This study aimed to analyse the risk income of fish business in Ranau Lake of South Sumatera Indonesia. The location is determined by purposive on the banks of Ranau Lake, South OKU, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. The method of this research is case study method, and simple random sampling as the sample method, with take 62 samples of 81 total population. The result showed that the income from this business is Rp 148.459.460 a year. Risk analysis showed that this business will not face risk significantly, which is indicated by the coefficient of variation of 0.0892004791 with a lower limit value of the income is Rp 121.974.150.081.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abdul Halim ◽  
Md Mizanoor Rahman ◽  
Md Zahidul Hassan

Bangladesh is a land scarce country where per capita cultivated land is only 12.5 decimals. It is claimed that every year about one percent of farm land in the country is being converted to non-agricultural uses. The study is based mainly on field survey covering 2 villages (Narikel Baria and Baze Silinda) from 10 sub-urban villages around Rajshahi City Corporation under Paba Upazila of Rajshahi district. The study area was selected purposively and the respondents of this research work were selected randomly. The major focus was on to mention the general land use pattern of the area, estimates the agricultural land conversion besides determining the causes and consequences affecting such conversion. Both Narikel Baria and Baze Silinda villages were selected as study area because of its relatively higher growth in infrastructure. In order to fulfill the goal of this study, primary and secondary data were collected from various sources and to analyze and process of collected data the SPSS, Excel and Arc GIS software were used. Different types of descriptive statistics were applied for representing the analyzed data. It is observed that the land conversion form agriculture to non-agriculture allied in recent time is more than the previous time due to gradually increasing land demand in housing and relevant services which invites adverse impact on agricultural land as well as its dependent population. So, it is necessary to take integrated land-use planning to offer better options for the fulfillment of land demand both of housing and agricultural sectors. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jles.v8i0.20136 J. Life Earth Sci., Vol. 8: 21-30, 2013


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Adekunle P. Adesola ◽  
Oladipupo Ibukun Ojemola

The study assessed the use of electronic databases by academic staff of Bowen University, Nigeria. Descriptive analysis including percentage and frequency count was used to analyze the data. From the total population of 500 academic staff, a sample of 75 was taken using the simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection in this study. The questionnaire used was a closed ended or structured questionnaire divided into two sections. Section A captures the respondents’ bio-data while section B contained the structured items to achieve the research objectives. Five research questions were developed and answered by the study. The results show that majority of academic staff were aware of available e-databases, use it to improve teaching delivery and research output. Challenges encountered include inadequate time and an overwhelming workload. The study concludes by recommending a drastic reduction in workload, increasing bandwidth, hotspots and entrenching customer-friendly policies in the library.


2017 ◽  
Vol II (I) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Faiqa Ambreen ◽  
Mahwish Zeeshan

Pakistan is among the group of four nations in the world which are categorized as endemic because of the prevalence of Polio. In the past few years, Pakistan took some big steps to curb the disease through polio eradication campaigns but it met numerous obstacles. The major objective of this research work was to shed light on the main challenges and associated factors faced by the polio staff directly related to the limited effectiveness of Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV) in the populated and non-populated areas of Tehsil Gujar Khan in District Rawalpindi. Pakistan approach towards Polio extermination is subjected to the issues .in the current system, socio-cultural, and ethical perspective. By enhancing safety, confidentiality, respect, community resilience and autonomy of Polio staff in a society based on ethical values, outcomes of the campaigns can be increased. A descriptive approach was followed. Random sampling method was applied. Questionnaire was used as a tool.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Sarina Sarina Sarina

Abstrack        The purpose of this research is to know the income and efficiency of sweet corn farm in Tanjung Agung Village, Seginim District, South Bengkulu Regency. The study was conducted in Tanjung Agung Village, Seginim District, South Bengkulu Regency from July 2016 to September 2016. The method used is simple random sampling method. Total population taken is 20% that is 24 people from 120 farmers sweet corn. The data used are primary data and secondary data. Data were analyzed descriptively and quantitatively. Data analysis method used in this research is analysis of production cost, revenue, income and R / C ratio. Based on the results of research on Sweet Maize Farming in Tanjung Agung Village, Seginim District of South Bengkulu Regency, its known that the average income earned by farmers with land area of ​​0.45 ha is Rp Rp 7,511,225 / ut / ut. The R / C ratio is 3.24 indicating that sweet corn farming is efficient or profitable.    


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfian Budi Primanto ◽  
M Khoirul ABS ◽  
Afi Rahmat Slamet

<p>The number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia has increased significantly in the past decade. Many entrepreneurs expand their business into digital by using marketplace platform. Although, there are a lot of entrepreneur use digital landscape to scale up their business, many online business ended in failure. This research aims to answer the following questions; what is the success factor of smartphone campaign in the Indonesia marketplace platform? Is there any difference success factor between each marketplace platform? The researcher uses secondary data, simple random sampling, and binary logistic regression modeling for the purpose to answer research questions. Interestingly, this research shows that there are no relationship between seller reputation and sales acquirement. Also, there is no difference behaviour between each marketplace platform. Therefore, to be succeed in marketplace competition, each seller should pay attention to their price competitiveness while at the same time find the best option to increases their number of store page views.    </p>


2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Mariska Pradnya Paramitha ◽  
Fatin Fadhilah Hasib

This research aims to identify factors affecting consumer buyer decision to buy Rabbani products in Bunker Rabbani Pucang Branch Surabaya, amid burgeoning hijab trend fashion and competitive pressure from other retailers of moslem clothing products. In our study we employed quantitative approach, which followed by analysis using exploratory analysis factor. The sample population that we studied comprised of female customers buying Rabbani products in the above retailer, which we surveyed by using simple random sampling. The primary data collection is conducted in two stages: pre-test and main test, whereas secondary data are obtained elsewhere from literature. The pre-test was carried out by posing the questionnaire to 30 respondents. The result of pre-test is subsequently used as instrument indicator for main test which involving 91 respondents. From our investigation we obtained three factors behind consumer buyer decision to buy Rabbani products in the store used as case study: factor of product types, factor of price and store location, and factor of store promotion. Based on this result we thus provide suggestion to Rabbani store to keep up product attribute existence amid burgeoning hijab trend fashion and competitive pressure from other retailers of moslem clothing products.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saladin Quadri Adigun

This research work investigated the protection of critical infrastructure in Nigeria with special attention to electric power infrastructure within Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The study was guided by six research questions and the instrument employed for the research was titled ‘Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Protection of Critical Infrastructure’ (EEPCI). The study was carried out among the consumers of electricity in three of the six Area Councils, the security personnel employed to guard as well as the workers of the power facilities called Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in the capital territory. The entire population of the study was 3,750 and this cut across the strata of the stakeholders in power industry. The data gathered were analyzed by the use of frequency, percentages and statistical mean distribution technique. Findings from the study showed that the existing protection techniques are weak, unassertive and the power companies are slow to mitigating effects of attacks on their facilities. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that policies and equipment protection strategies be utilized by the power companies and the government. The study laid emphasis on establishment of community anti-crime group and provision of free toll hotline for emergency purposes. Furthermore, the penalty for damages to power facilities was recommended to be stiffer and the security should be empowered to excel in their profession.


The study assessed the use of electronic databases by academic staff of Bowen University, Nigeria. Descriptive analysis including percentage and frequency count was used to analyze the data. From the total population of 500 academic staff, a sample of 75 was taken using the simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection in this study. The questionnaire used was a closed ended or structured questionnaire divided into two sections. Section A captures the respondents’ bio-data while section B contained the structured items to achieve the research objectives. Five research questions were developed and answered by the study. The results show that majority of academic staff were aware of available e-databases, use it to improve teaching delivery and research output. Challenges encountered include inadequate time and an overwhelming workload. The study concludes by recommending a drastic reduction in workload, increasing bandwidth, hotspots and entrenching customer-friendly policies in the library.


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