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  Diversity and abundance of ladybird beetles in selected agricultural fields of Sivakasi in relation to weather factors

  C. Sundareswari, D. N. P. Sudarmani, S. Jaya Durkga

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  Vol.6 , Issue.6 , pp.135-137, Dec-2019

  CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v6i6.135137

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  The coccinellidae are a significant group of beetles from both as biological control agent and in their diversity and adaptation to a number of differing habitats. The coccinellid beetles are considered to be a great economic importance in agro-ecosystem through their successful role in the biological control of many injurious insect. From a realistic point of view, the family includes many important predators of insect pests such as aphids and scales. In the present study the assemblages of coccinellid beetles in various agricultural environments are studied and the biodiversity of ladybird beetles was correlated with weather parameters. The objectives of the present study were to explore the predatory ladybeetle fauna of Sivakasi, to estimate the species richness, species evenness and species dominance of coccinellids in the agro-ecosystem.

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  Ladybird beetles, diversity, abundance, simpson’s index, evenness index.

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  C. Sundareswari, D. N. P. Sudarmani, S. Jaya Durkga, "Diversity and abundance of ladybird beetles in selected agricultural fields of Sivakasi in relation to weather factors," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.6, Issue.6, pp.135-137, 2019

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  A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Undergraduates Pharmacy Students in Two Nigeria Universities

  Ukoha-kalu Blessing Onyinye, Isah Abdulmuminu, Aluh Deborah Onyine

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  Vol.6 , Issue.6 , pp.138-149, Dec-2019

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  Breast Self Examination (BSE) is an uncomplicated/noninvasive and cost effective technique that enables women master their breast contour and makes it easy for early detection of any abnormality.The objective of this study was to compare the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast Self examination among female pharmacy students in two tertiary institutions in south eastern Nigeria.A cross sectional survey of pharmacy students of UNN and UNIZIK was conducted using an already validated questionnaire. SPSS version 16 was used for analysis of data. Descriptive (frequencies, percentages) and inferential (independent t-test, Chi-square and Mann Whitney tests) statistical analysis performed on the data. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. About 451 and 163 students of UNN and UNIZIK responded to the questionnaire respectively, of which 61% and 58.9% had good knowledge, 52.8% and 51.5% had good attitude, 59.6% and 56.4% had good practice of Breast self examination respectively. The study revealed that students had good Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast self examination. UNN students had a better knowledge when compared to students from UNIZIK. The major source of Breast self examination information was from health care professionals.

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  Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Breast self examination, Breast Cancer

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  Ukoha-kalu Blessing Onyinye, Isah Abdulmuminu, Aluh Deborah Onyine, "A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Undergraduates Pharmacy Students in Two Nigeria Universities," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.6, Issue.6, pp.138-149, 2019