AIM This study was carried out to determine the prevalence, distribution, and identification of Salmonella serotypes in diarrheagenic infants and young animals, including sewage waste and fresh vegetables. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 550 samples were processed for the isolation of Salmonella spp., using standard microbiological and biochemical tests. Further polymerase chain reaction (PC...

Pineapple wastes, an abundant organic waste in Accra, Ghana, were vermicomposted using native earthworms (Eudrilus eugeniae Kinberg) collected from the banks of streams and around bath houses of this city. Triplicate pilot-scale vermidigesters containing about 90 earthworms and three other control boxes with no earthworms were fed pineapple pulp or peels, and the loss of wet mass was monitored ...

Abstract More frequent, larger, and more recent debt equity issues in the prior 3 fiscal years are followed by lower stock returns subsequent year. The intercept of a q -factor calendar-time regression for value-weighted (VW) portfolio firms with at least large is −0.63% per month ( t- stat. = −4.31). Purging factor issuers increases magnitude estimated underperformance following frequent issue...