Information Use and Decision Making by Market Women in Lagos, Nigeria
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the use of information assists market women in making informed decisions. It is well documented in literature that businesses that boom in the 21 st century are businesses that are information driven. However, it’s not clear if market women do make information a priority to make business decisions. A survey research design was used with disproportionate stratified sampling technique. Four hundred market women  in Alade market Lagos participated in the study. A self developed questionnaire  Out of 400 copies of questionnaire distributed, 300 (75%) of them were returned. The findings indicated that there was  a significant relationship between information utilization by market women and their  decision making practices. The use of  newspapers,  information about distributors, radio and television were among the key sources women consulted in order to make their decisions concerning their businesses. The study recommended that information professionals and the Ministry of Commerce should work together to conduct and sponsor research on trends in the market and  make them available to market women in formats such as daily and business newspapers. Keywords : Information sources, Information use, Decision making, Market women
Leadership Style, Business Information Use and Corporate Social Responsibility Practice in Credit Direct Limited Lagos State, Nigeria
A survey research design was used for this study. The population comprised Two hundred and fifty-six (256) staff of Credit Direct Limited, Lagos State. Total enumeration was used. A self-designed structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient was used to test the reliability of the research instrument. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that both leadership style and business information use have positive influence on corporate social responsibility practice in Credit Direct Limited, Lagos State (R2 = H3: R = .253; R2 = .064; Adjusted-R2 = .056; F (2, 8.631); Sig. = 0.000). the level of corporate social responsibility practice is high, for leadership style, transformational leadership was highly used and finally business information was highly used. The study concluded that corporate social responsibility practice in the organization will be enhanced if there is a significant improvement in her leadership style and business information use. The study recommended that the management of credit direct limited, Lagos state should improve their level of corporate social responsibility through adequate utilization of business information available to them, the leadership style that encourages CSR practice should be adopted and they should also improve on their corporate philanthropy which will enhance the image of the organization.
Improved culture method for the isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatitidis form contaminated specimens.
Studies were performed to evaluate a method for selective isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatitidis from contaminated specimens. Ammonium hydroxide placed on an agar medium surface was found to inhibit the growth of many bacteria, yeasts, and saphrophytic fungi normally found in specimens such as animal tissues and sputum. In one study involving the culture of B. dermatitidis from canine tissues, 24% more isolations were obtained on a medium using NH4OH compared with a similar medium. Increases in the isolation of H. capusulatum from sputum specimens were also obtained, ranging from 20 to 32% compared with four other media without NH4OH.