BACKGROUND Neonatal hypoglycaemia is common, affecting up to 15% of newborns, and can cause brain damage. Currently, there are no strategies, beyond early feeding, to prevent neonatal hypoglycaemia. Our aim was to determine a dose of 40% oral dextrose gel that will prevent neonatal hypoglycaemia in newborn babies at risk. METHODS AND FINDINGS We conducted a randomised, double-blind, placebo-c...

Growth of Penicillium chrysogenum, Aspergillus flavus, Cladosporium cladosporioides and Alternaria alternata at their respective optimum temperatures was studied in Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium at different water activities (a(w)) adjusted with glycerol. The growth rate (mu) was expressed as the increase in colony radius per unit of time. This paper extends the model that showed the relati...

In 12 experiments with S.C.W.L. roosters it was shown that for each of 12 feedingstuffs there was a linear relationship between feed input and the amount of energy voided as excreta. In the 24 h. period, following 21 hr. of starvation, roosters receiving no feed excreted 4.07 kcal./kg. of body weight. When dextrose was fed the energy voided as excreta did not increase with dextrose input; conse...

In this study, a novel succinic acid producing bacterium was isolated from cow bovine rumen. Two bacteria’s are found to give better results for the production of succinic acid from the isolated colonies. Different synthetic carbon sources such as glucose, sucrose, fructose, dextrose, starch and cellulose and different crude carbon sources such as rice straw, sorghum stalk, baggase and sugar mi...

BACKGROUND Neonatal hypoglycaemia is common, and a preventable cause of brain damage. Dextrose gel is used to reverse hypoglycaemia in individuals with diabetes; however, little evidence exists for its use in babies. We aimed to assess whether treatment with dextrose gel was more effective than feeding alone for reversal of neonatal hypoglycaemia in at-risk babies. METHODS We undertook a rand...

Fungal strains are widely used for the cleaning of soil, sediments, groundwater, surface water, and ecosystem. The presence extracellular enzymes in fungi facilitates process bioremediation textile dyes. This study was conducted to observe quality water being released from dyes industries also capability some fungal which can remediate these by showing tendency their resistance. Samples were co...