{"title":"CANCER PREVENTION PRACTICES AMONG WOMEN IN THE REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN KENYA A CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW","authors":"Smith Peters","doi":"10.47941/ijbs.867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47941/ijbs.867","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study to investigate cervical prevention practices among women of the reproductive age in Kenya. Women of reproductive age in Kenya have the highest prevalence rate of cancer of the cervix. Women in their reproductive age face the greatest risk of contracting Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Kenya. \u0000Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps. \u0000Conclusion: There is a gap in terms of knowledge level of risk factors of cervical cancer. Therefore, when the population do not understand the risks factors, they less likely take appropriate steps to prevent the disease. \u0000Recommendations: The Kenyan government and relevant stakeholders should implement policies which would help increase the knowledge level of the risk factors for the disease and encourage utilization of cervical cancer screening services.","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88945145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phytoplankton flora of asejire reservoir, Southwest Nigeria","authors":"G. Asibor, F. Adeniyi","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.895","url":null,"abstract":"An appraisal of the current ecological status of Asejire Reservoir was carried out using the reservoir phytoplankton composition and community structure. Monthly sampling was carried out in nine selected sites for twelve months. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, Shannon-Weiner and Evenness indices. One hundred and fifty-four phytoplankton taxa were identified. Taxa dominance was in the following order: Microcystis sp. were the most abundant species followed by Anabaena sp. and Closterium sp. The riverine zone accounted for 50.8% of the total phytoplankton population. One-way analysis of variance between the zones indicated that there was a significant difference (F=11.41, df=2, p=0.0000146) in the spatial distribution among the stations. Most of the recorded phytoplankton species are cosmopolitan with the presence of the following species: Staurastrum , Closterium , Cosmarium , Anabaena , and Oscillatoria . The presence of some pollution indicator species is a cause of concern and the need to ensure holistic and effective monitoring measure is put in place to safeguard the reservoir.","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82921806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Nissa, R. Chouhan, Hafsa Haleem, Waheed Ahmad Hurra
{"title":"Assortment of macrozoobenthic diversity in lower Lake of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India","authors":"K. Nissa, R. Chouhan, Hafsa Haleem, Waheed Ahmad Hurra","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.908","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84834439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of macrozoobenthic diversity in Parbati River, Madhya Pradesh, India","authors":"Rasekh Ali Dar, Kalpana Dave, V. Vyas, A. Bhawsar","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.902","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87150626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Shah, Tehleel Ahmed, S. Manohar, Dr. Rajendra Chauhan
{"title":"Comparative study on extraction and characterization of chitin and chitosan from prawn and crab species collected from local water bodies of Bhopal","authors":"S. Shah, Tehleel Ahmed, S. Manohar, Dr. Rajendra Chauhan","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.899","url":null,"abstract":"Chitin is the main component in the exoskeleton of all Prawn and Crab species and it a biopolymer having the structure almost identical as that of cellulose. The current study focuses on the extraction and characterization of Chitin and chitosan from the exoskeleton of local Prawn and Crab species by sequence of chemical processes involving demineralization, deproteinization and deacetylation. Crustacean Chitin and chitosan having more biological value such as physiological, non-toxicity, bio-digestibility, compatibility, absorption etc. these biological value of chitosan depend on the quality parameters which is related to source of raw material. The obtained chitin was transformed into most useful soluble chitosan. The results obtained showed there is quite difference in the appearance (demineralization product), weight of chitin, percentage of chitin, product appearance and solubility of studied Prawn and crab species","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80420977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tehleel Ahmed, S. Shah, S. Manohar, Dr. Rajendra Chauhan
{"title":"Comparative study of variations in nutritional components of Channa striatus fish during pre-monsoon, post monsoon and winter season of Narmada River, Hoshangabad M.P India","authors":"Tehleel Ahmed, S. Shah, S. Manohar, Dr. Rajendra Chauhan","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i3a.901","url":null,"abstract":"Fish are a good nutritional source of proteins, essential fatty acids and minerals. People with high fish intake have lower rates of acute myocardial infarctions and atherosclerosis, better cognitive functions and better neural and visual development in fetus. In the present work, we evaluated the seasonal variations in nutritional value of Channa striatus including total carbohydrate, protein and lipid content with respect to three seasons i.e. pre-monsoon, post monsoon and winter season of Narmada River from Bandhrabhan, Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. Nutritional components like carbohydrate, protein and lipids are severely influenced with the change in season and water quality parameters. The nutritional analysis showed that all the main three nutritional components i.e. Protein, carbohydrate and lipid content of Channa striatus is seen maximum in the winter season followed by post-monsoon and pre-monsoon. In general results suggested that the Channa striatus fish species of Narmada River of winter season contains the best nutritive value as compared to pre monsoon and post-monsoon. Hence consumption is more beneficial in winter season.","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86676191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of intestinal histopathologies due to infestation of Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Pallas, 1781) in the common carp, Cyprinus carpio","authors":"P. Kumari, Dr. Mmr Nomani","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2a.880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2a.880","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79517245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ç. Gül, Bengi Baycan, M. Tosunoğlu, Nurşen Çördük, N. Doğru
{"title":"Morphometric study of Balkan Terrapin, Mauremys rivulata (Testudines: Geoemydidae) in Çanakkale (Turkey)","authors":"Ç. Gül, Bengi Baycan, M. Tosunoğlu, Nurşen Çördük, N. Doğru","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2b.892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2b.892","url":null,"abstract":"Mauremys rivulata (Family Geoemydidae ) is a medium-sized freshwater turtle inhabiting various natural and manmade habitats, including rivers, seasonal ponds, lakes, brackish coastal lagoons, irrigation canals, and reservoirs. In this study, the morphology of four different Mauremys rivulata populations in Çanakkale was evaluated between populations and sexes. The straight carapace length (SCL), carapace width (CW), plastron length (PL), plastron width (PW), body weight (W) measurements were obtained from a total of 114 adult specimens from four populations. The body sizes were examined comparatively in four Mauremys rivulata populations from Kavak Delta located in the Thrace region, City Center located in Anatolia, and two islands (Gökçeada and Bozcaada) which are the districts of Çanakkale. Significant differences were found between males and females in all populations, with females being larger than males. When the four populations were compared, it was determined that Gökçeada population is the largest specimens (Female SCL 197,23±7,545; Male SCL 187,47±13,757) and City Center population is the smallest specimens (Female SCL 152,02±23,391; Male SCL 129,67±20,466).","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73270524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyder Ali Rather, P. Shrivastava, V. Gautam, N. A. Ganie, Rasekh Ali Dar, Waheed Ahmad Hurra
{"title":"Effects of anthropogenic activities on bird diversity in an urban waterbody (Bhoj Wetland), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India","authors":"Hyder Ali Rather, P. Shrivastava, V. Gautam, N. A. Ganie, Rasekh Ali Dar, Waheed Ahmad Hurra","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2a.886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2a.886","url":null,"abstract":"Tropical forests being rich in biodiversity are becoming increasingly fragmented and degraded, hence are declined due to human intervention, ultimately threatening survival of birds. The present study was envisaged to highlight the impact of anthropogenic activities on avifauna. Our study revealed habitat destruction (60%) being the most detrimental human activity on avifauna diversity habitats due to timber extraction, livestock grazing, firewood and medicinal herbs, however, hunting of birds for continuous use (15%) only affected limited bird species. Two areas were taken protected areas (possessing low cultivation, overgrazing, and logging) and second unprotected areas (having higher levels of intervention). Farms around the wetlands increased bird diversity. The current study demands strict actions on illegal forest exploitation to ensure survival of avifauna diversity in Bhoj Wetland, Bhopal. Proper management not only will improve the current situation for its dweller species, but also will attract more species in future.","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90399145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A newly recorded species of the subfamily Lamiinae (Coleoptera: cerambycidae) from China","authors":"Man Liu, Ping Wang, G. Xie, Wenkai Wang","doi":"10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2a.879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2022.v9.i2a.879","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13993,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84971220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}