During the feudal Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, the shogunate government relied for regional control on hereditary feudal barons as well as its own bakufu bureaucracy. Compared with hereditary lords, bakufu officials had shorter and uncertain tenure. Examining easily available historical data, the paper finds that regions ruled by bakufu bureaucrats are associated with (a) slower population ...

By DAVID BERRE†‡††, FRÉDÉRIC BAUDRON§, MENALE KASSIE†, PETER CRAUFURD† and SANTIAGO LOPEZ-RIDAURA¶ †International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), c/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), ICRAF House, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri. P.O. Box 1041-00621, Nairobi, Kenya, ‡CIRAD, UPR AÏDA, Avenue Agropolis, 34 398 Montpellier cedex 5, France, §International Maize and Wheat Improvement Cen...

Histological effects of Monosodium glutamate (MSG) commonly used as food additive on the medial geniculate body (MGB) of adult wistar rats were carefully studied. The rats of both sexes (n=24), average weight of 185g were randomly assigned into two treatments (n=16) and control (n=8) groups. The rats in the treatment groups received 3g and 6g of MSG thoroughly mixed with their feeds for fourtee...

We argue that the Minimalist view of phrase structure in Chomsky 1995 should be minimally extended to allow for phrases that have more than one head, so long as the two heads have the same category features and are not attracted by a higher head. This innovation results in an elegant typology of the various kinds of syntactically distinguishable serial verb constructions (SVCs) found in Edo and...

The effects of chronic consumption of nutmeg commonly used as a spice in various dishes, as components of teas and soft drinks or mixed in milk and alcohol on the superior colliculus of adult wistar rats was carefully studied. The rats of both sexes (n = 24), with average weight of 200g were randomly assigned into two treatment (A & B) (n=16) and Control (c) (n=8) groups. The rats in the treatm...

Matematikaren filosofia izan da Charles Parsonsen ikerketa-gaia urte askotan. Harvard Unibertsitateko Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy emeritua izanik, jarraitzen du lanean, azken liburu honek erakusten duen moduan. Egia da kapitulu gehienak aurrez publikatutakoak direla baina, Parsonsek berak dioen moduan, guztiak daude berrikusiak, berrituak edo garatuak. Denbora luzez espero izan den lib...

The design of new molecules with desired properties is in general a very difficult problem, involving heavy experimentation with high investment of resources and possible negative impact on the environment. The standard approach consists of iteration among formulation, synthesis, and testing cycles, which is a very long and laborious process. In this paper we address the so-called lead optimisa...

The aim of this paper is to present a measure of the performance of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) implemented in five municipal abattoirs situated in Edo State, Nigeria. Hygiene status of the abattoirs was assessed by a quantitative interpretation of observations obtained from visual inspection of abattoir’s operations by a 3-member panelist. Hygiene assessment was then confirmed by micr...


 This study examined the contribution of snail production to income status farmers in Edo South Senatorial District, State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were describe socio-economic characteristics producers, estimate costs and returns area, examine effect on identify constraints area. A two-stage sampling procedure comprising purposive snowballing techniques was employed select 108 r...

Tuberculosis and HIV have been closely linked since the emergence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. HIV has contributed to a significant increase in the incidence of tuberculosis worldwide by producing a progressive decline in cell immunity. Four hundred and seventy sputum samples were collected from different clinics in and around Benin City and tested for tuberculosis and HIV. Of the 47...