Willingness to Pay for Centralized Modern Locust Bean Processing Equipment in Ekiti State, Nigeria

This study investigated the propensity to pay for modern apparatus processing locust beans in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Utilizing primary data and a multistage sampling strategy, 240 processors were chosen for the study. The collected data were analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics and an inferential statistical instrument, such as Logit and ordinary least square regression analysis. About 72 percent of processors were married and had an average of eight years of experience processing locust legumes. The majority of respondents belonged to a cooperative group (66.7%) and had no access to credit (100%). The average monthly income from processing was N18,000. The majority of respondents (65%) were unwilling to pay for the service of centralized, advanced or contemporary processing equipment. According to the results of the Logit regression analysis, the variables that significantly influence willingness to pay for the service of centralized modern locust bean processing equipment were household income and processing experience (1%), level of education and age (5%), and household size (10%). The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) analysis reveals that household size and education level were significant at the 1% level, while age and marital status were significant at the 5% level and processing experience was significant at the 1% level. The study suggests that processors ready to pay should form a formidable cooperative to secure grants or loans to establish a centralized, contemporary locust processing cottage. The government should educate processors on modern food processing and safety at all levels.

Calabash pregnancy: a malingering response to infertility complicated by domestic violence / Embarazo de calabaza: una respuesta de fingimiento a la infertilidad complicada con violencia doméstica

This is a case report of a 20-year old para 0+0 who presented with an 11-month pregnancy. On evaluation, the pregnancy was found to be a fake made-up 'calabash pregnancy There were no pregnancy symptoms and she had just menstruated three weeks prior to presentation. This was a deliberate event in response to delayed pregnancy attainment complicated by domestic violence. Domestic violence was in the form of verbal and physical abuse and later was on a monthly basis precipitated by onset of her menstrual flow. The patient's age, monogamous union and the fact that she is an orphan made her vulnerable to domestic violence.

Éste es un reporte de caso de una para 0 + 0 de 20 anos de edad, que se presentó con un embarazo de 11 meses. En la evaluación, se encontró que se trataba de un embarazo de calabaza, es decir, inventado, fingido. En realidad, no había ningún síntoma de embarazo, y había tenido la menstruación tres semanas antes de presentarse. Se trataba de un acontecimiento deliberadamente construido, en respuesta a una largamente demorada expectativa de lograr un embarazo, complicada con violencia doméstica. La violencia doméstica seproducía enforma de abuso verbalyfísico, precipitándose luego mensualmente con la aparición de cadaflujo menstrual. La edad de los pacientes, la unión monógama, y el hecho de que era huérfana, la hacía vulnerable a la violencia doméstica.

Ultrasonography measurement and slit-lamp estimate of anterior chamber depth in adult Saudi Arabians

Purpose: The depth of the anterior chamber can be used to identify patients who are likely to develop primary angle closure glaucoma and those patients who should not be dilated prior to refraction as a precaution against inducing angle closure glaucoma. The aim of this study was to determine the average anterior chamber depth for adult Saudi Arabians of Arab origin. Methods A-mode ultrasonography and an optical technique were used to measure and estimate the anterior chamber depth. The latter technique involves using the slit-lamp without additional attachments. The procedure involves increasing the length of a horizontal slit until the corneal and iris/lens images appear just to touch [just-touching-slit-length]. Fifty-three men aged between 16 and 42 years and 37 women aged between 19 and 45 years were studied. Results The mean ultrasonographic anterior chamber depth in the women was 3.04mm compared with 3.3 1mm in the men. The average just-touching-slit-length was 2.25mm in the women and 2.65mm in the men, The ultrasonographic anterior chamber depth can be estimated by multiplying the just-touching-slit-length by 1.30. The optical method provides an anterior chamber depth estimate accuracy of approximately +/- 0.30mm, relative to the ultrasonographic technique. 16 and 45 years same age range. The average anterior chamber depth of adult Saudi Arabians between the ages of is similar to that of adult Northern Europeans and American Caucasians of the Men have a greater anterior chamber depth than women