in nigeria, crowded housing is one of the housing stresses that bother policy-makers and housing authorities.this study examines the crowding levels in seven marital status categories among the occupants of lagos state development and property corporation’s apartments. the focus is on the capacity of an apartment’s internal spaces to meet the sleeping needs of households in different marital ar...

Poultry meat is very susceptible to oxidation because of the high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which negatively affects the quality and nutritional values of chicken meat. Coccidiosis is the most common parasitic disease of poultry. Intending to limit anti-parasites usage in poultry feed and also because of the concerns about antibiotic resistance and residues in poultry produc...

MICHAEL BACON: A Spatial Statistics Examination of Changes in Violent Crime Patterns Following a Housing Redevelopment Project The HOPE VI public housing redevelopment program has funded the demolition of many distressed public housing units across the United States, along with the construction of new developments which incorporate public housing with market-rate housing. Among the primary goal...

BACKGROUND The commercial poultry industry in United Kingdom (UK) is worth an estimated 3.4 billion pounds sterling at retail value, producing over 174 million birds for consumption per year. An epidemic of any poultry disease with high mortality or which is zoonotic, such as avian influenza virus (AIV), would result in the culling of significant numbers of birds, as seen in the Netherlands in ...

The paper presents work on low-cost and sustainable alternative building materials having advantages on areas such as India where concrete or steel housing is expensive. The project addresses the challenges and stereotypes of using these materials as a structural component for low-cost housing and their same capacity for adaptation to the broad spectrum of factors—physical, ecological, social, ...

Outdoor access is an important part of organic and free-range poultry production, yet limited information exists on the effect of various housing and production systems on growth performance and colonization of food-borne pathogens. Therefore, the primary purpose of the current study was to evaluate the influence of different housing systems, particularly fixed versus small, portable houses, wi...

Managing urban growth in small to moderate size communities is often particularly challenging. Development pressures and desire for greater tax bases are often high, while resources and technologies to project the outcomes of planning decisions are often limited. Over the 1990s, the township of Williston, Vermont approved the development of as many as 300 residential units per year. During this...