- Volume 11, Number 2 (2023)
KINGELLA KINETICS: INVESTIGATING MOLECULAR SIGNATURES OF OROPHARYNGEAL KINGELLA KINGAE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OSTEOARTICULAR INFECTIONS AND ONCOLOGY DISEASES IN BASRAH, IRAQ
Zainab R Abbas
Kingella Kingae is gram negative bacterium. It can be a serious etiology of invasive infections detected by molecular technology. The aim of this study was to detect the prevalence of oropharyngeal Kingella Kingae carriage during the first 5 years of life, association of asymptomatic carriage with cases of osteoarticular infections (OAI), and to compare the prevalence of Kingella Kingae in normal and immune compromised children. Children were divided into: 61 normal, 18 OAI, and 32 Oncology patients. Throat swab was taken from 111 children that was included in the study, and 18 joint fluid samples from OAI children. All samples...
"YIELD DYNAMICS: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF HARVEST VARIABLES ON SESAME CROP PRODUCTIVITY IN OWERRI, NIGERIA
Chijioke A Nwachukwu
This study aimed to comprehend the correlation between seed yield and various yield parameters of sesame by analyzing 100 sesame stands from the Federal University of Technology's sesame field in Owerri, Nigeria. Measurements taken included Leaf Area (LA), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Total Dry Matter (TDM) at 4, 5, and 8 weeks after planting, and Number of Capsules (NCap), Number of seeds per capsule (NSeed), Thousand Seed Weight (TSW), Seed Yield per plant, and TDM at harvest. Seed yield values were regressed on all other parameters to determine the coefficient of regression (r2) and the regression model. There was a...