Archives-August 2018

Deep pelvic endometriosis is a complex female pathology, of which it is necessary to understand the mechanisms in order to optimize their management. It is characterized by 3 types of lesion among which the deep lesions. These are defined by infiltration of the retroperitoneal space and / or pelvic organ wall [1]. Bladder lesions belong to this last category.Endometriosis can cause abdominopelvic pain and inconstant functional signs, the nature of which is often related to the localization of lesions [2].To optimize and progress in the care of patients, it is absolutely necessary to attempt to understand the physiopathogenic hypotheses aimed at explaining the birth and development of the disease.The first part of the assessment is based on the interrogation which must be targeted and on a thorough clinical examination.Then comes the prescription of complimentary exams, essential to exhaustive assessment of the lesions before developing a therapeutic strategy. The medical treatment has a suspensive purpose by an anti-gonadotropic effect. It is of little use in isolated bladder endometriosis. In case of failure of medical treatment, the surgical management of symptomatic deep endometriosis remains the reference treatment.

The obesity, factor of morbidity and mortality, is considered as a real health public problem. In gynecology, its consequences on the fertility and the contraception are severe and the obesity is at the origin of important obstetric complications that must make consider these pregnancies as at risk. Our practices have to take into account these complications by assuring an adapted and premature care to improve the maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Mass violence invariably results in devastating consequences that may significantly impair an individual’s cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral functioning, besides destroying the community’s moral, cultural and social fabric. It inevitably results in trauma, which, if not confronted with psychotropic medicine or therapy, may never heal. Psychotherapeutic interventions facilitate the victim’s understanding and acceptance of the new realities, thus giving hope and meaning to an otherwise disintegrating life. Consequently, the preparedness of humanitarian agencies in psychotherapeutic interventions can greatly assist victims especially in mass violence settings, just as happened in Kenya’s 2007 post election violence (PEV). The purpose of the study was to gather information on, and evaluate the use of psychotherapeutic support as an interventional strategy in helping trauma victims. Also, the study investigated the prevalence, provision, influence of time response and intervener skills on the effectiveness of the strategy; and, discrimination in availability and accessibility of the service across geographical localities, ethnic communities, gender, and age grouping. An estimated 31% of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) randomly selected in 12 geographical localities across two provinces in seven districts participated in the study. The sample consisted of 59% females and 41% males and maintained a balance between adults and youth. In addition, the study utilized 10 humanitarian agencies by interviewing two of their professionals who intervened in trauma cases. The study employed the causal comparative design to explore relationships between variables and utilized a questionnaire, interview schedule and an observation form as primary tools in eliciting data. In addition, time response was found to be significant in improving the effectiveness of an intervention. Lastly, the study found that to a greater extent, humanitarian agencies acted responsibly and quickly

Market interactions among stock market of the world have necessitated the relationship among different financial markets driven by market liberalization and international pressure to lower trade barriers, which have enhanced international linkages between capital markets. This study examines the dynamic causal linkage among the selected equity market in Africa using the generalized Vector autoregressive (VAR) framework that produces forecast error variance decompositions and also accounts for correlated shocks using historically observed distribution of the errors. The time series data from investing.com over 01/02/2004-01/07/2016 are employ for the study. The findings on dynamic return linkages is that there is no strong significant returns linkages among the African selected markets. Controlling for the influence of advance market (UK and US). The results show that the South African market has more link with international markets than the Nigerian market. A crucial finding is the lowest spillover index recorded through variance decomposition and impulse response among the African markets. This is an indication of possible gain in African market and in line the portfolio theory. The finding of this study have important implications for policymakers.

An experiment was conducted with One hundred and five (105) point-of-lay Isa brown breed at 18 weeks and twenty-one (21) cocks at 25 weeks to assess the haematology and serum biochemistry of laying birds fed with graded levels of Fumonisin with or without vitamin C. The birds (layers) were assigned to Seven (7) dietary treatments of 15 birds each at three (3) birds per replicate. The treatments were classified according to inclusion level of Fumonisin B1 and Vitamin C. Treatment A served as the control, B (10 mg/kg of FB1), C (20 mg/kg of FB1), D (30 mg/kg of FB1), E (10 mg/kg of FB1 + Vitamin C), F (20 mg/kg of FB1 + Vitamin C), and G (30mg/kg of FB1 + Vitamin C). Significant differences were observed in PCV, Hb, WBC and Eos for levels of FB1 inclusion. Glucose and AST, showed significant differences (P<0.05) in levels of inclusion of FB1 in the diets. Meanwhile, the result shows that Vitamin C can effectively ameliorated the toxic effect of the FB1.

The effect of feeding Telfairiaoccidentalis based diets was investigated on the blood of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). 150 African catfish were randomly allotted to five experimental diets (CP 40%) in which ugu leaf replaced soybean at 0%, 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% respectively and fed at 3% body weight daily for the period of 9weeks. At the end of the feeding period, the blood samples were collected from the caudal peduncle of the fish samples in replicates and analyzed for both haematological parameters such as packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin (HB), red blood cell (RBC), white blood cell (WBC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and serum parameters such as Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Urea, Creatine (CRE), Total protein, Albumin(ALB), and Globulin(GLO). The highest PCV (40.1%) was recorded in fish fed 0% and the lowest PCV (11.5%) was recorded in fish fed 40%; while the highest RBC (3.14ul) was also recorded in the same treatment, fish fed 0% and lowest RBC (0.96ul) was recorded in fish fed 40%. The highest HB content (14.2g/dl) was recorded in fish fed 0% and the lowest HB (7.2g/dl) was obtained in fish fed 40%, the highest WBC count (152.5ul) was recorded in fish fed 0% and the lowest was recorded in fish fed 40% ugu leaf meal while the highest lymphocyte count (62.5) was recorded in fish fed 30%. But the highest MCV (132.3fl) value was recorded in fish fed 10%. The highest MCH (50.3) value was recorded in fish fed 40%. The serum indices increase significantly as the replacement level of Telfairia occidentaIis increases. In contrast, TP and Glo has its highest value in T1 (control) 4.805 and 3.13 respectively. In ALP, Urea and ALB, the highest value was observed in T3 (20%). However, in T1 and T4 of ALP there is no significant difference (p>0.05) in the diets, likewise in T2 and T5 of ALP, there is no significant difference (p>0.05). The chemical compositions of the Telfairia occidentalis used are as follows; crude protein (35.70%), crude fiber (23.52%), ether extract (2.38%), ash (12.60%), dry matter (92.10%).were recorded and there was significant difference (p<0.05).This trial indicates that Telfairia occidentalis meal can replace soybean at 20% in the diets of African catfish without any deleterious effect on the physiology and or health status of the fish.

Effect of supplementary phytase and mineral chelators were determined in 28-day chicks’ growth assay. Six isonitrogenous, isocaloric diets, equal in minerals, sulphur amino acids and lysine were formulated; a control with no inorganic phosphorus and 5 other diets containing 0.03% phytase, 0.1% EDTA, 1.5% citric acid, 0.03% phytase + 0.1% EDTA and 0.03% phytase + 1.5% citric acid, respectively. Diets were randomly assigned to 36 individually caged chicks. Phytase, EDTA or citrate supplements resulted in increase in feed intake, body weight gain and feed efficiency improvement (P<0.05). Serum alkaline phosphatase and organs relative weights were insignificantly different (P>0.05) but a significant increase in serum phosphorus and bursa of Fabricius were observed when phytase fed combined with EDTA or citrate (P<0.05). Minerals in tibia, P and Mg in toes were increased by citrate or EDTA supplement (P<0.05). Supplementary phytase plus citrate or EDTA generates more phosphorus and enhances nutrients utilisation.

In determining meat yield and sensory attributes of 12 weeks old guinea keets, ninety guinea fowl keets (Numida meleagris) at one-week old and of equal weights were fed conventional diet based on maize, sesame and groundnut meals (210.4 gkg-1 crude protein and 11.95 mJKg-1 ME) up to 12 weeks of age, then their meat parts yield, skin colour measurements and sensory characteristics were determined. The dressing percentage gave a mean value of 68.28, while the mean carcass parts yield showed he highest relative weights for the breast (28.1) followed by the back and neck (27.9), drum sticks and thighs (27.54) and the lowest for the wings (14.86). Hunter guinea fowl’s skin colour measurements showed higher values, coinciding with the observed dark dressed carcass skin colour. Sensory properties scores for the tasted attributes showed that guinea meat have slightly desirable colour, moderately desirable flavor with moderate juiciness and tenderness.

The conventional thinking on the ‘gnatisisya Parampara’(hereditary succession) and Shiyanishiya Parampara (pupillary Succession) tradition in the kandyan area is that it was primarily, economically determined. But this research will inquire into the structure of political power and legitimacy, social factors- both caste and service tenor system, internal fraternity conflict and external forces that draw these parties onto conflicts paving the way for the formation of their lineage tradition. The new sectarianism was possible not only because of caste mobility in society but also because the colonial state was prepared to promote such division and competition to legal recognition.

Sri Lankan historiography relating to immigrant plantation worker community under colonialism in the 19th century has so far failed to examine the inner complexity of strategies of labour management. This historiography tends to emphasize institutional developments in the plantation sector as and overall process of modernization where the colonial state and the British planters combined to provide better social, health and sanitation facilities for the welfare of the immigrant workers. Women were looked upon as machines of reproduction that would serve the long term labour requirements of the plantations while at the same time providing cheaper female and child labour.