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Background: Coronavirus (COVID-19) which emerged from Wuhan, Hubei province, China has gained tremendous attention. It has caused huge morbidity and mortality as well as a visible psychological burden on communities across the globe. Knowledge, fear, and willingness to accept COVID-19 Vaccine are reported to be serious factors in the fight against the disease in many communities for which Jere LGA, Maiduguri, Borno State, may not be an exception. Objectives: To determine the Knowledge, fear, and willingness to accept the COVID-19 Vaccine among the residents of Jere LGA, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Methodology:Adescriptive cross-sectional study design was adopted for this study. Atotal of 384 questionnaires were administered in this study. However, only 367 questionnaires were retrieved for analysis. The sampling technique adopted for this study was multistate sampling techniques. Results: The findings of the study revealed that the majority (67.8%) of the respondents had poor knowledge of the COVID-19 vaccine. On the question of COVID-19 fear, 50.1% had moderate fear. Regarding the vaccination status of the respondents, 93.5% did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine jab and 6.5% did receive the vaccine as of the time of this study. Of the 367 respondents, 78.2% were unwilling to accept the COVID-19 vaccine, if made available to them. Conclusions: The study concluded that there is poor knowledge, and moderate fear and the majority of respondents were unwilling to receive or accept the COVID-19 vaccine in the study area. Therefore, this study recommends a comprehensive awareness campaign on the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine at the community level.
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Humans , Cross-Sectional Studies , Fear , COVID-19 Vaccines , Coronavirus , KnowledgeABSTRACT
Objetivo: Verificar o "status" do cobre em rata gestante desnutrida e na sua prole. Método: Utilizou-se ratas Wistar com idade de 90 dias e peso corporal de 200+-20g. Após confirmada a prenhez, esses animais por randonizaçäo , deram origem ao grupos gestantes controle-GC, desnutridos-GD1 (desnutriçäo grave), e GD2-(desnutriçäo leve), e os filhotes obtidos por cesária,formaram os grupos de recém-nascidos RNC, RND1 e RND2 respectivamente. Os tecidos coletados (fígado, músculo, osso, placenta e carcaça) sofreram digestäo líquida prévia e a determinaçäo de cobre nesses e no soro foi feita por espectrofometria de absorçäo atômica. Resultados: as concentraçöes de cobre sérico, ósseo, placentário e hepático mostraram diferença significantes entre os grupos gestantes...
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Animals , Rats , Copper/metabolism , Maternal Nutrition , Nutrition Disorders/diet therapyABSTRACT
Este artigo discute as indicações e propõe uma seqüência simplificada para o preparo de restaurações indiretas com resina composta, para seus diferentes sistemas. Comenta também procedimentos de moldagem, cimentação e ajuste das peças