Aflatoxin B1Contamination of Some Edible Grains Marketed in Nigeria by S. A. Odoemelam, C. I. Osu

“…This paper presents an assessment of the aflatoxin B1 contamination of some food grains (wheat, millet, Guinea corn, breadfruit and groundnut) from major markets in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The concentrations of aflatoxin B1 obtained in the ranges from 17.01-20.53 µg kg–1 for wheat, 34.00– 40.30 µg kg–1 for millet, 27.22-36.13 µg kg–1 for guinea corn, 40.06-48.59 µg kg–1 for breadfruit and 74.03-82.12 µg kg–1 for groundnut. …”
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Sahara en mouvement by Dominique Casajus

“…In the same way, the political thinking of the Tuareg in Mali and Niger is not so far remote from the thinking of the Moorish scholars of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. …”
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Effect of Sodium Salicylate on the Viscoelastic Properties and Stability of Polyacrylate-Based Hydrogels for Medical Applications by Zuzana Kolarova Raskova, Martina Hrabalikova, Vladimir Sedlarik

“….%), in Carbomer-based hydrogel systems, on processing conditions, rheological and antimicrobial properties in tests against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacterial strains, and examples of yeast (Candida albicans) and mould (Aspergillus niger). In addition, the work presents an examination of long-term stability by means of aging over one year the given hydrogels at 8°C and 25°C. …”
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TECHNOLOGY OF MISCANTHUS BIOMASS SACCHARIFICATION WITH COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ENZYMES by T. N. Goryachkovskaya, K. V. Starostin, I. A. Meshcheryakova, N. M. Slynko, S. E. Peltek

“…For enzymatic hydrolysis, we used commercially available fungal cellulases: Thermomyces lanuginosus xylanase, Aspergillus niger cellulase, and Pen. verruculosum cellobiase and cellulase. …”
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TiO2 and ZnO Nanoparticles in Photocatalytic and Hygienic Coatings by Veronika Jašková, Libuše Hochmannová, Jarmila Vytřasová

“…The Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus were chosen as test bacteria and Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus niger as test molds. The antimicrobial effect of coatings with the mixture of the first type of TiO2 and nano-ZnO was the best of all the tested samples.…”
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Actividad de recubrimientos de quitosano, nanopartículas de quitosano y ZnO contra hongos aislados e identificados molecularmente de frutas con potencial de exportación en la zona... by Gerardo Juan Francisco Cruz, Rosa Liliana Solís-Castro, John Rimaycuna, José Luis Solís, Mónica Marcela Gómez, Rubén Alfaro

“…Los recubrimientos preparados presentaron efecto antifúngico contra Alternaria Alternata (arándano), Aspergillus tubingensis (limón), Aspergillus niger (limón), Thielaviopsis ethacetica (limón) y Aspergillus niger (aguaymanto). …”
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Functional Analysis of Durum Wheat GASA1 Protein as a Biotechnological Alternative Against Plant Fungal Pathogens and a Positive Regulator of Biotic Stress Defense by Mohamed Taieb Bouteraa, Walid Ben Romdhane, Alina Wiszniewska, Narjes Baazaoui, Mohammad Y. Alfaifi, Anis Ben Hsouna, Miroslava Kačániová, Stefania Garzoli, Rania Ben Saad

“…In addition, these lines exhibited resistance to <i>Fusarium graminearum</i> and <i>Aspergillus niger</i>, which was linked to a marked increase in antioxidant activity in the leaves under stress conditions. …”
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Effectiveness of case-area targeted interventions including vaccination on the control of epidemic cholera: protocol for a prospective observational study by Lauren D'Mello-Guyett, Ruwan Ratnayake, Andrew S Azman, Yap Boum, Francesco Checchi, W John Edmunds, Placide Okitayemba Welo, Nicolas Peyraud, Iza Ciglenecki, Etienne Gignoux, Maria Lightowler, Primitive Gakima, Jean Patrick Ouamba, Joseph Amadomon Sagara, Rollin Ndombe, Nana Mimbu, Alexandra Ascorra, Elisabeth Mukamba Musenga, Berthe Miwanda, Francisco Luquero, Klaudia Porten, Flavio Finger, Miriam Alia, Bachir Assao, Catherine Bachy, Rob D'hondt, Karl Njuwa Fai, Caroline Henry-Ostian, Abdoul-Moumouni Issa-Soumana, Danish Malik, Herbert Mutubuki, Rodrigue Ntone, Isabella Panunzi, Issaka Soumana, Oumar Touré, Mamady Traore

“…Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) plans to implement CATI in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Niger and Zimbabwe. This study will run in parallel to each implementation. …”
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Synthesis and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Some Novel Trisubstituted s-Triazine Derivatives Based on Isatinimino, Sulphonamido, and Azacarbazole by Sonika Jain, Anamika Sharma, Meenakshi Agrawal, Swapnil Sharma, Jaya Dwivedi, D. Kishore

“…The compounds prepared were further evaluated for their antibacterial activity against E. coli and B. subtilis and antifungal activities against A. niger and A. flavus, and some of them showed promising activity profile.…”
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Analysis of Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Chenopodium ambrosioides: An Ethnomedicinal Plant by Muhammad Ajaib, Tanveer Hussain, Saleha Farooq, Mehrban Ashiq

“…The maximum antibacterial potential is exhibited by bark macerated in petroleum ether against Bacillus subtilis (33±1.5 mm) and maximum antifungal potential exhibited by methanol extracts of fruit against Aspergillus niger (16±1.5 mm). Aqueous extracts failed to show any activity against selected organisms. …”
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Documenting Geographically and Contextually Diverse Language Data Sources by Angelina McMillan-Major, Francesco De Toni, Zaid Alyafeai, Stella Biderman, Kimbo Chen, Gérard Dupont, Hady Elsahar, Chris Emezue, Alham Fikri Aji, Suzana Ilić, Nurulaqilla Khamis, Colin Leong, Maraim Masoud, Aitor Soroa, Pedro Ortiz Suarez, Daniel van Strien, Zeerak Talat, Yacine Jernite

“…We identify a geographically diverse set of target language groups (Arabic varieties, Basque, Chinese varieties, Catalan, English, French, Indic languages, Indonesian, Niger-Congo languages, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese, as well as programming languages) for which to collect metadata on potential data sources. …”
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THE NIGERIA MILITARY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE`s WEST AFRICA PROVINCE (ISWAP), 2016-2022 by BABA ALI KELLU, RUTH CALEB LUKA LUKA, MOHAMMED BELLO BABAN’UMMA

“…The study recommends the need for increase in intelligence gathering in order to identify and neutralize ISWAP’s leadership and financing sources, and to collaborate with neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad, and Cameroon for better intelligence sharing, as it will help in reducing civilian casualties by improving targeting and verification processes during operations. …”
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ILLEGAL TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION AND ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA by Aondowase Targba

“…There should be perimeter fencing along Nigeria's land border lines with Niger Republic, Chad, Benin Republic, and Cameroon to make border policing more easily. …”
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An Efficient Approach to the Synthesis of Novel Oxazolidinones as Potential Antimicrobial Agents by Kavita Devi, Yumna Asmat, Sonika Jain, Swapnil Sharma, Jaya Dwivedi

“…Synthesized compounds (1, 3, 4a, 5a, and 5c) were screened against bacterial strains such as S. aureus (MTCC 96) and E. coli (MTCC119) and fungal strains A. niger (MTCC 1344) and C. albicans (MTCC 871) compared with penicillin for bacteria and fluconazole for fungi as reference drugs by disk diffusion method. …”
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Study on chemical composition and biological activities of essential oil of <i>Limnophila aromatica</i> (Lamk.) Merr. by Nguyen Thi Bich Thuyen, Tran Thanh Men, Ho Quoc Phong, Huynh Lien Huong

“…The antimicrobial assays demonstrated that the essential oil was effective against six of the eight tested microorganisms, including Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, Listeria innocua ATCC 33090, Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579, and Aspergillus niger ATCC 6275. These findings suggest that Limnophila aromatica has potential applications in functional foods, cosmetics, and antibiotics. …”
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TAX FAIRNESS, PERCEIVED CORRUPTION AND TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA by Mubaraq Sanni, Benuh Adama IDRIS

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Microbiological Safety Assessment of Fermented Cassava Flour “Lafun” Available in Ogun and Oyo States of Nigeria by A. O. Adebayo-Oyetoro, O. B. Oyewole, A. O. Obadina, M. A. Omemu

“…The majority of the microorganisms involved in the spoilage of “lafun” were found to be Aspergillus niger which ranged between 4.6×105 cfu/mL in Eleso and 8.1×105 cfu/mL in Kila. …”
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Bioinorganic Relevance of Some Cobalt(II) Complexes with Thiophene-2-glyoxal Derived Schiff Bases by Prashant Singh, Shanu Das, Rajesh Dhakarey

“…Synthesized compounds have also been screened against some micro organisms viz, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus with the help of ‘filter paper disc’ technique. …”
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Silver nanofiber membranes for indoor air pollution treatment by K.V. Radha, V.S. Selvi, J. Aarcha

“…The review on investigating the antibacterial and antifungal activity of the synthesised Ag nanoparticles revealed significant amount of antimicrobial activity against airborne pathogens such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, Escherichia coli, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus ficuum, Rhizopus stolonifer and Phanerochaete chrysosporium were observed. …”
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Coordination Modes of a Schiff Base Derived from Substituted 2-Aminothiazole with Chromium(III), Manganese(II), Iron(II), Cobalt(II), Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Metal Ions: Synthesi... by Ambit Thakar, Krishnakant Joshi, Kishor Pandya, Arvind Pancholi

“…Alternaria brassicae, Aspergillus niger and Fesarium oxysporum and two bacteria, i.e. …”
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