Cross River University of Technology

About: Cross River University of Technology is a education organization based out in Calabar, Nigeria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Exergy. The organization has 465 authors who have published 507 publications receiving 2705 citations.

Impact of wrong sexual behavior on adolescent development : a factor dragging the society towards ruin

Abstract: Impact of wrong sexual behavior of adolescent has been surveyed. It effect on the victims has been proven negative, with consequences like health effect including financial effect been a drawback, acting like a barrier to the ideal development of an individual adolescent. Wrong sexual behavior has been found to be on the increase, forcing adolescents to drop-out of school, exhibiting behaviors that do not conform to the development of the society. Result of this research findings shows the impact of wrong sexual behavior to include: Disregard for cultural/societal moral values, teenage/adolescent pregnancies, rapid increase in STDs and HIV/AIDS transmission, eagerness to practices illicit sexual acts, wrong conception about the opposite sex including sexual intercourse addiction with prostitution tendencies. The high positive percentages achieved from statistical analysis (respondent view-point) presents these impact as been on the increase, capable of dragging the society towards ruin. Recommendations of this study presents a view that the problem of adolescent wrong sexual behavior can be control , presenting guides like proper guidance and counseling , proper monitoring, aggressive sex education, reawakening of traditional African moral and value teachings, inclusion of sex education in religious teachings including proper dressing and restricting of adolescents from pornographic materials.

Effects of starter culture on biogas production from combination of poultry droppings and cow dung in Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract: The Potentials of biogas production from combination of poultry droppings (PD) and cow dung (CD) to generate biogas were investigated using a locally-designed digester and a modified gasometrical chamber. Bacterial counts before digestion in the combination of poultry droppings and cow dung were 8.76 X 107 and 5.45 X 108cfug-1 with and without starter culture respectively. Bacterial counts after digestion were 4.25 x 105 and 4.55 x 105 with and without starter cultures. Fungal counts before digestion from PD + CD with and without starter cultures were 2.65 x 104 and 4.20 X 104 cfug-1 respectively while after digestion, fungal counts were 2.35 X102 and 3.45 X102 cfug-1 respectively. The mixture of poultry droppings and cow dung produced optimum biogas of 540ml, 655ml and 735mls in the 1kg, 2kg and 3kg weight respectively after 20 days of anaerobic digestion without starter culture and 600ml, 700ml and 796mls respectively for the respective weights of 1kg, 2kg and 3kg after 20days of digestion with starter culture. The optimum biogas yield from the mixture showed increased biogas production in comparison to the respective substrates in single digestion with or without starter culture. Analyses of variance revealed significant difference in the generation of biogas from poultry droppings and cow dung with starter culture [F (2, 16) - 58.89, P < 0.001] and without starter culture [F (2, 16) -54.44, P < 0.001] as a result of the weights difference with positive correlation. Key words: biogas production, poultry droppings, cow dung and starter culture.

Chemical evaluation of Gnetum africana and Telferia occidentalis

Abstract: A chemical evaluation of Gnetum africana and Telferia occidentalis was carried out in five randomly selected restaurants in Calabar. The results showed that both Gnetum africana and Telferia occidentalis soups have high caloric values and contain adequate levels of essential minerals, vitamins, amino acids, proteins, and fat, which are needed for a variety of cellular functions in humans, and which would reduce the problem of protein energy malnutrition (PEM).