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A study was conducted on drinking water sources in Okura district, Dekina Local Government, Kogi State to examine parasites of medical importance. A total of 300 water samples were collected from two sources (Borehole and River water) in three communities (Anyigba, Egume and Ochaja) between the months of November 2014 and January 2015. In all the two sources, water was contaminated with eggs, trophozoites, cysts, oocysts, larvae and juveniles of parasites. Parasites were isolated using sedimentation method and viewed microscopically.

Selenium, a ubiquitously occurring element in the environment, is classified as an essential element for human and animal health because, among others, it has antiviral and anticarcinogenic effects and plays a biological role as a component of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase that catalyzes the decomposition of H2O2 and consequently protects cells from oxidative damage. Dietary Se intake in Malawi is <20 µg person-1 day-1, which is low compared to recommended 50-70 µg person-1 day-1 worldwide. Selenium bioavailability is affected largely by acidity effects.

The Adhesives industry is one  of  the most importance of  PVAc Resin, especially wood product manufacturer .it has many advantages low cost, easy in appilication, minimal harmful in environment effects. However, The PVAc resin also having the disadvantages that it’s bonding  and  viscosity was dependent the work condition get worse at the low temperature.  For that phthalate-based plasticizer is used to complement these disadvantages, Bond strength and heat-resistance is weakened by without adding the plasticizer and in the low temperature. The plasticizer quantity should be increased.

Cocoa agroforest remained the main cultivated agroforest in West Africa. This study examined the effects of shading regime, soil depth and soil texture on the growth of immature cocoa trees. A field experiment was conducted during one year in forest zone in Togo and data was collected in twelve cocoa orchards established in June - July 2014. Three equal size plots (12 x 10 m²) were randomly located in each orchard, where agronomic variables and soil samples were collected.

Medicinal plant and traditional medicine play an important role in health care system of most developing countries. Conservation of threatened species of medicinal plant and their habitat and support for livelihood security through protection of medicinal plant. Traditional health care system is mainly dependent on medicinal plant collected from wild medicinal plant bio-diversity is being depleted due to man made natural calamity.

The Industry-Academia (I-A) research linkages are considered to be the backbone of technological innovations. In developed nations, there is a strong handshake of Research and Development (R&D) programmes of universities and industries and has led to the most impactful technological innovations of the world. However, in developing nations including India, I-A interactions have not been given due credit. In 2014, though India published over 100,000 research papers and was globally ranked 9th, it fared poorly in converting academic research into patents and transfer of technologies.

E-commerce involves an online transaction. E-commerce provides multiple benefits to the consumers in form of availability of goods at lower cost, wider choice and saves time. The general category of ecommerce can be broken down into two parts: E-Merchandise & E-finance. Many companies, organizations, and communities in India are doing business using E-commerce and also are adopting M-commerce for doing business. Ecommerce is showing tremendous business growth in India. Increasing internet users have added to its growth.

India and China are emerging as leading economies of the world. The robust economic growth of these two countries is largely attributed to the significant progress in the domains of science and technology. China and India share similarities in population size, market size, natural resources, investment risk and market entry barriers. In spite of these similarities, China has recently forged ahead of India both in terms of overall developmental achievements and economic growth.

The study attempts to evaluate sectoral linkages of the service sectorof Indian economy by means of input output analysis.

The Nigerian judiciary is currently faced with a critical and historical role of killing or saving her democracy through its rulings on petitions arising from the post-2015 gubernatorial elections. This paper focuses on the contradictory post-2015 State Election Tribunal rulings in Nigeria and its implications for Nigeria’s Democracy. Our objective is to examine some of the rulings in order to expose the contradiction therein so as to give vent our claims of existing inequity, miscarriage of justice, as well as its implications for Nigeria’s democratic development.