Volume IV Issue VI - International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS)

Prevalence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Babesia canis infection among dogs in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria

Cletus Inah Iboh June 2019 Page No.: 01-06

Epidemiological investigation on the prevalence of brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) and Babesia canis infection among household dogs was conducted in Ugep between March and August 2018. A total of 200 dogs randomly sampled from the four wards of Ugep were examined for tick infestation and B. canis infection. Of the 200 local and exotic dogs screened, 160 (80.0%) were positive for R. sanguineus. Out of 300 Rhipicephalus sanguineus collected, the most preferred sites for tick attachment were the ear 152 (50.7%), back 92 ( 30.7%), inter-digital space 28 (9.3%), neck 17 (5.7%) and abdomen 11 (3.7%). There was significant difference (x² = 88.8. p< 0.001) in the prevalence of R. sanguineus according to the months of the year. Parasitological examination of 200 blood samples from randomly selected dogs in the four wards of Ugep, revealed that 23 (11.5%) were infected with B. canis. Blood samples screened from local and exotic breeds showed higher infestation of babesiosis in local dogs than exotic, although statistically insignificant (x² = 3.9 p > 0.05) Male dogs were more infected 14 (12.4%) than females 9 (8.0%), with significant difference of (x² = 9.3 p < 0.01). In respect to age, dogs within age group 1 – 6 showed the highest 11 (17.2%) infestation with significant difference of (x² = 14.3 p < 0.01) between age groups. The high prevalence of R. sanguineus is of public health importance.

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Date of Publication: 19 June 2019

Cletus Inah Iboh
Department of Animal Health and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Cross River University of Technology, PMB 1123 Cross River State, Nigeria.

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In Vitro Analysis, Secondary Metabolite Screening and GC-MS Profile of Ricinodendron Heudelotii(Muh.Arg) Essential Oil Extracts Against Selected Multiple Drug Resistance Clinical Isolates

Oludare Temitope Osuntokun, Thomas O. Idowu, Jatto F.Oyinyoza – June 2019 Page No.: 07-25

Essential oils are valuable natural products used as raw materials in many fields and can be define as a volatile and liquid aroma compounds from natural sources usually plants. They may be found in different parts of plant, some could be leaves, seed, flower, peel, and Stem bark. This study aims at screening the antimicrobial property from the essential oil extracted from Ricinodendron huedelotii fresh seed and stem bark using soxhlet method with two distinct solvents(N-hexane and ethyl acetate). Antibacterial activity was carried out using well agar diffusion technique against multiple resistance clinical isolates. The N-hexane oil extracts from Ricinodendron heudelotii seed revealed Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa having the widest zone of inhibition (15.0mm) at 100mg/ml while the least zone of inhibition (1.0mm) was recorded for Escherichia coliat 12.5mg/ml with essential oil ethyl acetate extracts from Ricinodendron huedelotiistem bark. Phytochemical analysis of the plant showed the present of active components such as cardiac glycoside, steroid, flavonoid, phenol, alkaloid, reducing sugar,tannin, saponin, pyrrolizidine, terpenoid and volatile oil. The present of these components enhances the effectiveness of plant essential oilin treating various diseases and helped to act as an antibacterial agent. Essential oil extracted from Ricinodendrn huedelotii seed using two solvents was further analysed by gas chromatography – mass spectrophotometer. The main constituents were Oxycycloheptadec 8-en-one (20.48%), Pentadecanoic acid (11.95%), n-propyl 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (6.40%), Octadesetrienoic acid ethyl ester (10.30%), Ascorbic acid(11.27%), Gamolenic acid (17.74%), Linolenic acid, methyl ester (6.74%) and Eicososatrienoic acid (8.94%).Those components aid the antibacterial activities of essential oil from the seed and stem bark of Ricinodendron heudelotii. The results obtained suggest that the Ricinodendron heudelotii essential oil can serve as an effective antibacterial agent.

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Date of Publication: 19 June 2019

Oludare Temitope Osuntokun
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria.
Thomas O. Idowu
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife, Osun, state Nigeria.
Jatto F.Oyinyoza
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Oludare Temitope Osuntokun, Thomas O. Idowu, Jatto F.Oyinyoza, “In Vitro Analysis, Secondary Metabolite Screening and GC-MS Profile of Ricinodendron Heudelotii(Muh.Arg) Essential Oil Extracts Against Selected Multiple Drug Resistance Clinical Isolates” International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science -IJRIAS vol.4 issue 6 June 2019, pp.07-25 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrias/DigitalLibrary/Vol.4&Issue6/07-25.pdf

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Insecticide Susceptibility/ Resistance status and distribution pattern of kdr genotype in Culex quinquefasciatus of Palakkad District, Kerala

Anju Viswan,K, Evangeline Surya Hermon, Pushpalatha, E. June 2019 Page No.: 26-29

Culex quinquefasciatus Say is the principal vector of filariasis and a major biting nuisance. Palakkad district in Kerala has had a long history of Lymphatic filariasis and there has been a sudden increase in the number of filarial cases reported in the district from 2014. The present study aims at assessing the resistance status of Cx. quinquefasciatus in the district towards Organophosphates, and Pyrethroids and to investigate the occurrence of kdr mutation in the field populations of Cx. quinquefasciatus collected from 4 different sites. Susceptibility to organophosphates and pyrethroids were tested by WHO susceptibility kit using insecticide impregnated papers (Malathion – 5%, Cyfluthrin – 0.15%, and Deltamethrin – 0.05%). Biochemical analyses were done to identify the levels of detoxifying enzymes. All the 4 populations showed resistance to the three insecticides tested and higher resistance shown towards pyrethroids. Biochemical assays showed the presence of elevated enzyme levels and molecular assays using AS-PCR confirmed the presence of kdr mutations in the 4 populations of mosquitoes tested.

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Date of Publication: 19 June 2019

Anju Viswan,K
Biopesticides & Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Malappuram Dist, Kerala, 673635, India
Evangeline Surya Hermon
Biopesticides & Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Malappuram Dist, Kerala, 673635, India
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Analysis of PV Powered BLDC Drive using SMC Control Technique

Dr. R. Ilango, Prof. V.Ashokkumar, Prof. G. Gabriel Santhosh Kumar – June 2019 Page No.: 30-35

This paper presents a detailed speed control analysis of PV powered BLDC (Brushless DC Motor) motor equipped electric vehicles using sliding mode control. The performance of the BLDC motor is compared with PI and sliding mode control. The parameters like torque, speed, direct current and quadrature currents are considered for analysis. The test results of SMC method gives better performance than the existing control method. The results of the proposed system have been validated using MATLAB/SIMULINK.

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Date of Publication: 19 June 2019

Dr. R. Ilango
Professor, Department of EEE, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India.
Prof. V.Ashokkumar
Asst. Professor, Department of EEE, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India.
Prof. G. Gabriel Santhosh Kumar
Asst. Professor, Department of EEE, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India.

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Neutralization of Residual Chlorine Deposit by Sodium-dichloro-iso-cyanurate on Disinfected Water Sample using Ascorbic Acid and Sodium Ascorbate Derivative

Musa Omale.P, Ochigbo-Ejembi Maria.O, Ochigbo Victor, Musa latayo, Aishat lasisi, Yakubu Obadiah .S, Mustapha Mohammed, Simon Istifanus, Mohammed Yakubu .G, Olabimtan Olabode. H – June 2019 Page No.: 36-43

Water treatment has been a regulated approach in the purification of polluted water system getting rid of toxic and pathogenic agents before usage. Chlorination of water by Sodium-dichloro-iso-cyanurate is a common and cheap disinfection process with a limitation of depositing extra chlorine radical in the system after treatment which indirectly induces carcinogenic compounds as by-products in the living tissues. This research exploited the neutralization and elimination of residual chlorine in chlorinated and treated water sample(TW) actively by commercial water disinfectant known as water guard in form of Sodium-dichloro-iso-cyanurate with Ascorbic acid(AA) and its derivative; Sodium ascorbate (SA). Selected physicochemical parameters such as pH, in situ temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, total dissolved oxygen, and fecal coliform were estimated on raw water sample (WS), mixture of raw water sample with water guard(WS+WG), mixture of raw water sample, water guard with the neutralizing agents(WS+WG+AA)/(WS+WG+SA) and the treated distilled water sample (TW). SA presented a better pH adjustment of 7.2 to AA of 6 after distillation. Dissolved oxygen was better with AA at 9.2mg/l to 86.8mg/l; while SA was from 9.2mg/l to 87.3mg/l after treatment, neutralization and distillation. Total chlorine in both cases was completely neutralized after distillation. Turbidity, TDS were significantly controlled below WHO standards. Fecal coliforms in both cases were completely cleared after treatment, neutralization, and distillation of the water sample. Both Ascorbic acid (AA) and Sodium ascorbate (SA) to an extent proved to be cheap and safe dechlorinating agents in the treatment of water.

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Date of Publication: 20 June 2019

Musa Omale.P
Department of Internal Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Shika, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Ochigbo-Ejembi Maria.O
Scientific and Industrial research Department National Research for Chemical Technology, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Ochigbo Victor
Scientific and Industrial research Department National Research for Chemical Technology, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Musa latayo
Scientific and Industrial research Department National Research for Chemical Technology, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Aishat lasisi
Petrochemical Department National Research for Chemical Technology, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Yakubu Obadiah .S
Department of Chemistry, University of Jos Plateau State, Nigeria.
Mustapha Mohammed
Industrial and Environmental Pollution Department, National Research for Chemical Technology, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Simon Istifanus
Industrial and Environmental Pollution Department, National Research for Chemical Technology, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Mohammed Yakubu .G
Agricultural Technology Department, College of Agriculture Zuru, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Olabimtan Olabode. H
Industrial and Environmental Pollution Department, National Research for Chemical Technology, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.

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Musa Omale.P, Ochigbo-Ejembi Maria.O, Ochigbo Victor, Musa latayo, Aishat lasisi, Yakubu Obadiah .S, Mustapha Mohammed, Simon Istifanus, Mohammed Yakubu .G, Olabimtan Olabode. H “Neutralization of Residual Chlorine Deposit by Sodium-dichloro-iso-cyanurate on Disinfected Water Sample using Ascorbic Acid and Sodium Ascorbate Derivative” International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science -IJRIAS vol.4 issue 6 June 2019, pp.36-43 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrias/DigitalLibrary/Vol.4&Issue6/36-43.pdf

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Application of Predictive Modelling to Determine Factors Influencing Flight Delays at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya

Gachoki PK, Munyiri LM and Moses Mburu – June 2019 Page No.: 44-49

To improve decision making accuracy in any given airport requires selecting important variables that can be used in building a predictive model. The choice of appropriate independent variables will improve the model precision. However, the choice of the independent variables depends on the data that is recorded by the airlines and airports on the flights. The airport managers would want to understand the key factors behind flight delays. It is thus important to make a comparison on the mostly used factors in many modelling studies of flight delays and the factors that influence flight delays at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The factors mostly used are the weather and the flight features. The factors available at JKIA include; the day of the flight (that is, Monday to Sunday), the month (that is, January to December), the airline, the flight class (that is, domestic or international), season (that is, summer (March to October) or winter (October to March), capacity of the aircraft, flight ID (tail number) and whether the flight had flown at night or during the day. The data used was obtained from Kenya Airports Authority for the JKIA flights for the period from March 2017 to March 2018. The analysis was done using R-Gui statistical software. Descriptive statistics were generated to give a general overview of how the above factors influenced flight delays at JKIA. Logistic model was then fitted to demonstrate how the factors could be applied in predicting flight delays. This model was also used to extract the significant factors in predicting flight delays. The selected factors were also compared on the performance they yielded in modelling as compared to features which had been used in other studies. The results revealed that the significant factors were days of the week, months, flight class and capacity. Modelling using these factors yielded models with average F1 score of 76.95%. This was better performance when compared to results from another study that used predictive features such as: the previous aircraft arriving late, weather, and departure timeand achieved an average F1 score of 58.7%. Another study predicted airline delays using flight departure times, and weather conditions. Their prediction algorithms achieved F1 score of 56.6%. This shows that the factors that influence flight delays at JKIA improves the performance of predictive models of flight delays.

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Date of Publication: 21 June 2019

Gachoki PK
Department of Physical Sciences, Chuka University, P.O Box 109-60400, Chuka, Kenya
Munyiri LM
Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kirinyaga University, P.O Box 143-10300, Kerugoya, Kenya
Moses Mburu
Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 230-80108,Kilifi, Kenya

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Effect of Stipe Size on the Mycelia Performance of Pleurotusflorida

Haastrup, N. O., Oladipo, A.D June 2019 Page No.: 50-52

A preliminary experiment was carried out to analyze the growth performance of Pleurotus florida mushroom culture using Potatoes Dextrose Agar (PDA), based on the stipe size of the mushroom. This study is mainly aimed to investigate how fast the mycelia of a mushroom can grow in a culture media plate in relation to the length of stipe. Studies revealed that the joint portion of cap and stripe produced vigorous mycelium growth in minimum time; the average maximum growth was obtained from the shortest mushroom stipe. This shows that, the mycelium is more viable or active in a growing mushroom with short stipe than a fully grown mushroom with a longer stipe. Different length of mushroom was used for the experiment. Three treatments were observed: Treatment (A₁, A₂, A₃), (B₁, B₂, B₃) and (C₁, C₂, C₃). Where treatment (C₁, C₂, C₃) was the least in the stipe size, but had the highest or rapid growth rate of mycelia in the petri dish. This was followed by treatment (B₁, B₂, B₃), and lastly treatment (A₁, A₂, A₃). The study concluded that there are more active mycelia with shorter stipe of Pleurotus florida mushroom. This will help to speed up in the spawn preparation for the production of mushroom.

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Date of Publication: 22 June 2019

Haastrup, N. O.
Ecologist, Forest Conservation and Protection Department, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Oladipo, A.D
Plant scientist, Forest Conservation and Protection Department. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria

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Comparative Study on the Growth and Yield of Pleurotus Sajor-Caju Mushroom Cultivated on Pennisetum Purpureum (Elephant Grass) and Saw Dust of Triplochiton Scleroxylon as an Environmental Control Measure

Haastrup, N. O., Aina Oduntan A.O. – June 2019 Page No.: 53-55

This paper highlights cultivation procedures of Pleurotussajor-cajuas a source of food, income in home gardens and making good use of materials that are termed waste which could be hazardous to the environment when not recycled. Cultivation of Oyster mushroom (P.sajor-caju) with commercial viability has been prepared in a way of model, keeping in view the agro-climatic conditions and other related aspects for successful cultivation of the mushroom. Evaluation on the growth, yield and biological efficiency of P.sajor-cajucultivated on Pennisetumpurpureum (Elephant grass) was investigated. The sawdust of Triplochitonscleroxylon was used as a control measure for mushroom cultivation. Each treatment was replicated three times. Each of the sample consisted of 400g weight of substrate per bag. The produce of the mushroom, mycelia growth, diameter of the pileus, length of stipe, mushroom height were analyzed. The results indicated that the mean yield (g) produced from elephant grass substrates, though not higher than the saw dust, but it is enough weight for a better yield 48.65±7.87 and sawdust with their yield values of, 53.95±4.62 respectively. The biological efficiency (%) obtained is an indication that the P.sajor-caju utilizes the given substrates effectively. The highest B.E was found in elephant grass followed by sawdust which is the control with mean value of 95.29, and 40.05% respectively. The length of stipe, diameter of pileus and mushroom height showed that the mushroom produced from the two substrates used were of good sizeable stage.

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Date of Publication: 22 June 2019

Haastrup, N. O.
Ecologist, Department of Forest Conservation and Protection, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria
Aina Oduntan A.O.
Ecologist, Department of Forest Conservation and Protection, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria

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Haastrup, N. O., Aina Oduntan A.O. “Comparative Study on the Growth and Yield of Pleurotus Sajor-Caju Mushroom Cultivated on Pennisetum Purpureum (Elephant Grass) and Saw Dust of Triplochiton Scleroxylon as an Environmental Control Measure” International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science -IJRIAS vol.4 issue 6 June 2019, pp.53-55 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrias/DigitalLibrary/Vol.4&Issue6/53-55.pdf

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Performance Analysis of an Agent Based Architecture using Map-reduce: Using the SABSA Simulator

Benard Ong’era Osero, Dr. Elisha Abade, Dr. Stephen Mburu June 2019 Page No.: 56-73

Increasing performance and decreasing cost of microprocessors are making it feasible to move more processing power to the data source. This allows us to investigate new methods of storage delivery and management of data that were not plausible in the past. Our architecture, inspired by agent-based techniques and active disk technology, promotes an open source agent storage management platform called SPADE that is adopted to implement an agent based simulation model called SABSA. Mobile agent technology and Map-Reduce functionality has been promoted as an emerging technology that makes it much easier to design, implement, and maintain distributed system. In order to Realize the storage technology’s full potential requires careful consideration across a wide range of metadata file handling systems and networking issues. This research contrasts four network storage architectures: Store and forward processes(SAF), Object Storage Devices(OSD), Mobile agent Domain Controller (DMC) enhanced with map-reduce function and Mobile agent based Domain Controller with child DMC enhanced with Map-reduce (ABMR): both handling sorted and unsorted metadata. To estimate the potential performance benefits of these architectures, we developed an analytic simulation model and then performed experiments based on the identified storage architectures. Our results suggest that all the agent based storage architectures minimize latencies up to 40 % and OSD architectures and consequently increasing performance in the same margin.

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Date of Publication: 22 June 2019

Benard Ong’era Osero
Department of Computer Science, Chuka University, Kenya
Dr. Elisha Abade
School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Stephen Mburu
University of Nairobi, Kenya

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Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Adult Patients with Non-Traumatic Low Back Pain

Samson D. Yusuf, Lucas W. Lumbi, Ibrahim Umar, Tejumade, F. Tokumbo – June 2019 Page No.: 74-81

Low back pain a musculoskeletal problem that affects about 50 to 80 percent of adults in the world at some time caused by a problem in the muscle, ligaments, discs, joints or nerves of the spine. Despite the prevailing cases in Nigeria, there is no currently published data on assessment of MRI findings of patients with lower back pain in this region. A retrospective cross-sectional study using secondary data was carried out to sort out the causal effect of various MRI findings/investigations upon non-traumatic low back pain at the radiology department, of one of Nigerian Teaching Hospitals in Jos. 200MRI images comprising 108 males and 92 female of the lumbar spine for three years (2012-2014) of adults aged 18 – 80 years were used in the study and were evaluated according to age, sex, occupation and region on lumbar spine. Data was analysed for descriptive statistics such as percentage and mean using SPSS version 19.0. Results show that, patients with non-traumatic low back pain are mostly prone to have Lumbar Spondylosis and Disc Prolapse which is the most common pattern of MRI findings mostly affecting farmers and civil servants within 31 – 50 years of age at the L4/L5 region of the spine. While, Lumbar Spondylosis was more prevalence among civil servants affecting mostly male than female, Disc Prolapse was more in farmers affecting mostly females than male. The MRI findings will assist the radiologist, radiographers and other medical personnel to understand the common MRI findings pattern of patients with low back pain so as to help in communication between surgeons and radiologists for medical decisions and optimal management of the patient’s clinical issues.

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Date of Publication: 23 June 2019

Samson D. Yusuf
Lecturers Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Lucas W. Lumbi
Lecturers Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Ibrahim Umar
Lecturers Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Tejumade, F. Tokumbo
Student Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria

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Statistical Analysis and Health Implications of Geohelminth Ova in Selected Households’ Backyards in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

Bagbe, A.S. and Bagbe, A. – June 2019 Page No.: 82-85

This study investigated the prevalence and health implications of geohelminth ova in selected households’ backyards in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. A total of 500soil samples were obtained from tendifferent streets, and examined for geohelminth ova using zinc sulphate flotation technique. The results showed that 67.2% of the soil sampled were positive for different species of the parasites. Four different species of soil-transmitted helminths were encountered from the sampled soil, namely, Ascarislumbricoides (30%), Acylostomaduodenale(17.2%), Trichuiristrichiura (12.4%) and Strongyloidesstercoralis (7.6%). Soil sampled from Okeloro street was the most contaminated (80%), while the lowest (60%) were found among Government Reserved Area (G.R.A.), New-garage and Old-garage streets. The distributions of geohelminths ova among the streets revealed that three streets were significantly different from others. The study indicated high rate of helminths contamination of the environments in the study area. There is therefore a need to enlighten the general public on the contamination of environment with faecal matters in order to prevent Soil-transmitted helminth infections.

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Date of Publication: 23 June 2019

Bagbe, A.S.
Department of Biological Sciences, Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Nigeria
Bagbe, A.
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Nigeria

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The Effects of Crude Oil Price, its Volatility and Subsidy Removal on Economic Growth: Experience from Nigeria

Amaefula C.G June 2019 Page No.: 86-93

The paper studies the effects of crude oil price, its volatility and subsidy removal on Nigeria’s economic growth. The time series data on gross domestic product (GDP) and crude oil price (COP) used covered the period of 1973 to 2017. GARCH(1,1) was adopted to measure volatility of crude oil price. And the results of least squares(LS) estimation method applied to the multiple regression model specified showed that; COP and its volatility have positive effect on economic growth, significant at 1% and 5% levels respectively. This implies that the effects of positive shocks of global oil price are greater than negative shocks, hence, GDP growth rate is higher when crude oil price rises than GDP decline rate when crude oil price drops. The result also showed negative effect of subsidy removal on economic growth and it is significant under 1% level. This implies that GDP decreases as government withdraws subsidy. Hence, it becomes imperative for government and policy makers to reassess its economic policies frameworks to make Nigeria more investment friendly, so that other areas of the sector can contribute more to GDP growth.

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Date of Publication: 23 June 2019

Amaefula C.G
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Federal University Otuoke Bayelsa, Nigeria

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Determination of Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc and Chromium Contents in Wheatgrass Powder Sold in Nakuru Town, Thika Town and Nairobi City Regions, Kenya

S.M. Ondwasi and P. G. Muigai – June 2019 Page No.: 94-102

Wheatgrass is a food prepared from the cotyledons of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum (subspecies of the family Poaceae). It is sold either as a juice or powder concentrate . It contains a plethora of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and vital enzymes like superoxide dismutase and cytochrome oxidase. The vitamin content makes it an important adjuvant in anti-allergic and anti-asthmatic treatment; it has maximum health benefits like an advance therapy for cancer as well as thalassemia disease. Some of the essential elements in Wheatgrass are Manganese, Calcium, Selenium, Magnesium, Zinc and Iron. The study of essential nutritional elements (Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc and Chromium) in wheatgrass powder using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy revealed that indeed it contains a substantial amount of these elements; calibration curves of Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc and Chromium were drawn and had good positive linear regression coefficients of R² =0.9968, 0.9992, 0.9974, 0.9996 and 0.9990 respectively. The correlation graphs of Magnesium vs. Calcium and Iron vs. Zinc were drawn. Iron vs. Zinc pair had lower linear correlation coefficient (R²=0.75220) as compared to Magnesium vs. Calcium (R²=0.9295). This suggests that species in the same group of the Periodic Table exhibited much higher correlation than the ones in the same row of the periodic table.

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Date of Publication: 29 June 2019

S.M. Ondwasi
Department of Chemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box, 62000 – 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
P. G. Muigai
Department of Chemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box, 62000 – 00200, Nairobi, Kenya

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Diabetes Prediction Using Data Mining Techniques

Desmond Bala Bisandu, Dorcas Dachollom Datiri, Eva Onokpasa, Godwin Thomas, Musa Maaji Haruna, Aminu Aliyu, Jerry Zachariah Yakubu – June 2019 Page No.: 103-111

This research work was conducted on the design and implementation of a diabetes prediction system, a case study of Fudawa Health Centre. This research will help in automating prediction of diabetes even before clinicians arrived. The current process of carrying this activity is manually which tends not to analyzing data flexible for the doctors, and transmission of information is not transparent. The system was design using Java Programming Language, Weka Tool, and MySQL (Microsoft Structured Query Language) as the back end and a strategic approach to analyse the existing system was taking in order to meets the demands of this system and solve the problems of the existing system by implementing the naïve beyes classifier. The implementation of this new system will help to reduce the stressful process, doctors’ face during prediction of diabetes, the result of the experiment shows that the proposed system has a better prediction in terms of accuracy.

Page(s): 103-111

Date of Publication: 29 June 2019

Desmond Bala Bisandu
Department of Computer Science University of Jos, Nigeria
Dorcas Dachollom Datiri
Department of Computer Science University of Jos, Nigeria
Eva Onokpasa3
Department of Computer Science University of Jos, Nigeria
Godwin Thomas
Department of Computer Science University of Jos, Nigeria
Musa Maaji Haruna
Department of Computer Science University of Jos, Nigeria
Aminu Aliyu
Federal University Kebbi, Nigeria
Jerry Zachariah Yakubu
Department of Science and Technology University of Jos, Nigeria

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Application of GELS Approximation to Bratu-Gelfand Equation

Abayomi Samuel OKE – June 2019 Page No.: 112-116

In this paper, the flexibility of the Generalized Euclidean Least Square (GELS) Approximation scheme is explored to obtain a more accurate approximation to the nonlinear part of Bratu-Gelfand equation. The resulting equation is solved using differential transform method and perturbation method. The problem is also solved using the conventional differential transform method and the perturbation method with the Maclaurin’s approximation of the nonlinear part. The results obtained are better when GELS approximation is employed before applying any of the two methods.

Page(s): 112-116

Date of Publication: 05 July 2019

Abayomi Samuel OKE
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria

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Identifying Critical Success Factors for Blended Approach Mode in Teaching and Learning for Undergraduate Nurses in Kenya

David Kaniaru, Anne Karani, Waithira Mirie, Elijah Nyangena – June 2019 Page No.: 117-122

Background: Critical success factor (CSF) appeared in the literature in the 1980s when there was interest in why some organizations seemed to be more successful than others. Blendedlearning approach refers to a combination of online and face to face methods in response to learner need and for the achievement of instructional objectives. A macro perspective suggested some critical success factors that can assist faculty and universities in e-learning environment development. Some e-learning CSFs included intellectual property, the suitability of the course for e-learning environment, building the e-learning course, e-learning course content, e-learning course maintenance, e-learning platform, and measuring the success of an e-learning course. In order to match this expectation, there’s a need to investigate and address the CSFs that influence the implementation of blended approach teaching and learning of undergraduate nursing. Blending represents a fundamental change in the way teachers and students approach the teaching-learning experience. adoption. Purpose: The study aimed at the success-critical factors of blended approach mode in teaching and learning in Kenyan universities during the pre-intervention phase of the study. Methodology: This study applied a mixed design method in order to obtained detailed information from the study participants of interest to the researcher. The study involved conducting teaching and managing one fourth-year course “NRSG 400: Education Concept and Teaching Strategies in Nursing” in the selected study sites for one trimester, by use of blended mode and conventional teaching and learning strategies. Four out of nineteen (4/19) universities in Kenya that offered Bachelor of Science in Nursing were sampled by use of convenience non-probability sampling. The sample population included two public and two private universities. One public and one private university were used as experimental group and control group respectively. The study participants comprised of only general nursing lecturers and fourth-year nursing students. Consent forms were filled from the study sites and study participants, anonymity and confidentiality during the study period was maintained. Data were collected by the use of, self-reported questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential data was processed and analyzed in order to generate simplified information. Results:A total population of (n= 486) comprised of 175 (36.0%) male and 311 (64%) female participants who consented for the study. The students had a mean age of 22 years. Of the total respondents, 30% of them Disagreed that they had knowledge on how eLearning via Moodle works while 46.3% were ready to integrate e-learning into their study. On whether they had acquired competence in access and use of e-Learning materials that had been prepared and posted on the university website by their respective lecturers 50 % of the population remained neutral.The fourth question which was whether students preferred e-learning to face to face learning as a method of learning 75% of the population was on neural. Recommendations: infrastructural support is important for the application and success of the blended mode of teaching and learning. This is among the highest scored critical factors which respondents acknowledged that should be in place for the success of the system. It’s imperative to note that institutions should invest in their infrastructure to provide a conducive environment for the application of blended mode of teaching and learning. Conclusion: There are a number of critical factors of blended teaching and learning mode among universities offering Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Kenya but not fully addressed by the university management as shown in the above and similar studies in the world.

Page(s): 117-122

Date of Publication: 09 July 2019

David Kaniaru
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, School of Nursing Midwifery and Paramedics, Kenya
Anne Karani
Nursing and Nursing Education, School of Nursing Science University of Nairobi, Kenya
Waithira Mirie
Nursing and Nursing Education, School of Nursing Science University of Nairobi, Kenya
Elijah Nyangena
Kabianga University Nursing School, Kenya

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Promoting High Photovoltaic Penetration in Academic Environment: A Case Study of FUT Minna

Chizea D. Francis and Akachukwu M. Chichebe – June 2019 Page No.: 123-127

The epileptic electricity supply from the Abuja Electricity company of Nigeria (AEDC) has resulted in extensive demand for alternative sources of electricity generation. Solar renewable energy is one area of focus among the renewable energy resources that can be harnessed to address power crisis in most institutions in Nigeria. As we all know renewable energy is the other of the day as it can complement the non-renewable sources of energy by enhancing smooth research activities in an academic environment. In this research work, an inverter thatwas solar powered was designed for some offices in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna. The load profile, the sizing of the photovoltaic (PV) cell, charge controller, inverter and the number of batteries expected to be used were designed. The result shows that the total load profile, total energy demand per day, the nominal rated PV module output, the total ampere-hour capacity of the batteries, the maximum short circuit current of the array and the power of the inverters were calculated respectively as 3716 watt-hours, 742watts, 1200 amp-hours, 50A and 5kVA. The performance of the system gives a stable output voltage and current that was sufficient enough to charge the batteries and power the equipment.

Page(s): 123-127

Date of Publication: 12 July 2019

Chizea D. Francis
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Akachukwu M. Chichebe
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)

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A Proposal on Improving Frequency Spectrum Sensing Reliability in Cognitive Radio Using Genetic Algorithm

Chizea D. Francis, Akachukwu M. Chichebe, Ovie Ese Oghene June 2019 Page No.: 128-131

This research proposes a novel method for modifying, improving and deploying sensing techniques in cognitive radio on instruments in the oil and gas sector so as to improve the reliability of frequency spectrum sensing using genetic algorithm. Matlab/Simulink would be employed for the simulation.

Page(s): 128-131

Date of Publication: 12 July 2019

Chizea D. Francis
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Akachukwu M. Chichebe
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Ovie Ese Oghene
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)

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Moisture Composition and Evaluation of Solid State Crude Brown Sugars (Masarkwoilla) in Zaria Metropolis, Northern Nigeria

Olabimtan Olabode H, Mohammed Yakubu.G, Abdulkadir Jibrin, Obidah Timothy.Y, Mustapha Mohammed, Aribanusi Funke R, Oshodin Joy.O, Yohanna Sarah.T, Musa Omale.P – June 2019 Page No.: 132-136

The attempt to develop brown sugar processing technology in Nigeria was initiated by the Federal Government in 1986 through the Federal Ministry of Industries. Meanwhile, brown sugar hardens during storage as a result of moisture loss into the atmosphere. In the light of this development, some local commercial crude brown sugars in a solid form known as “Masarkwoilla” within the Zaria Kaduna State of Nigeria were evaluated for moisture composition which is as well a function of their shelf lives.The samples A (Kwangilla) 18%, B (Sabo gari) 38%, C (Samaru) 55%, D (Tundun Wada) 65% and E (Zaria city) 86% were subjected to routine oven drying at 120oC with an initial dose of 10g and 5min each to the final drying period of 60min (10min interval) with constant weight achievement. The ANOVA results disclose the disparities between the means of these sugar samples. Therefore, two independent samples T-test was conducted between two sugar samples at random in order to define the areas of significance as predicted by ANOVA. The mean significant differences were observed with samples A & E, B & E, and C & E, while A & B, B & C, C & D, A & C, A& D, and B & D are not significantly different with each other. These imply that moisture contents of brown sugar needs to be standardized and maintained for longer shelf life and quality. Brown sugar processing generally should be regulated and standardized such that moisture which plays a strong role in preserving the molasses and other components in inhibiting the attack of microorganisms and shelf life can be conditioned.

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Date of Publication: 12 July 2019

Olabimtan Olabode H
Industrial and Environmnetal Pollution Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Mohammed Yakubu.G
Agricultural Technology Department,College of Agriculture Zuru Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Abdulkadir Jibrin
Industrial and Environmnetal Pollution Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Obidah Timothy.Y
Industrial and Environmnetal Pollution Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Mustapha Mohammed
Industrial and Environmnetal Pollution Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Aribanusi Funke R
Industrial and Environmnetal Pollution Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Oshodin Joy.O
Industrial and Environmnetal Pollution Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Yohanna Sarah.T
Industrial and Environmnetal Pollution Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Musa Omale.P
Department of Internal Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Shika, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.

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A Framework for the Adoption of Knowledge Management System (KMS) in University of Jos, Nigeria

Desmond Bala Bisandu, Dorcas Dachollom Datiri, Eva Onokpasa, Alams Titus Mammuam, Godwin A. Thomas, Nentawe Yusuf Gurumdimma, David Enekai Oguche, Emmanuel Simon Ikoojo, Jimme Mangai Madugu June 2019 Page No.: 137-154

KMS are information technology (IT) systems that manage the knowledge of organizations, these systems aid organizations generate new knowledge, record, utilize and allocate knowledge. This study examines the adoption of knowledge management systems at the University of Jos. Centred on the UTAUT2 theory, this study puts forth a framework and then investigates its constructs to explain individual’s behavioural intentions to adopt knowledge management system. This work also examines the moderating effects of individualism/Collectivism at individual level on knowledge management system adoption. Data was gathered from staff and faculty of the University of Jos using an online questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS to perform an exploratory factor analysis. AMOS was then used to test the model fit and the proposed hypothesis of the research by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis test. The findings of this study showed that performance expectancy, hedonic motivation are important factors that explained individual’s behavioural intention to adopt knowledge management system. The results from this study also showed the impact of habit and facilitating condition on use behaviour. The result also showed that the moderating effect of individualism/collectivism at individual level on knowledge management system adoption was significant. Implications and future research works are presented and explained.

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Date of Publication: 13 July 2019

Desmond Bala Bisandu
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
Dorcas Dachollom Datiri
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
Eva Onokpasa
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
Alams Titus Mammuam
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
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Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
Nentawe Yusuf Gurumdimma
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
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Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
Emmanuel Simon Ikoojo
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,
Jimme Mangai Madugu
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria,

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Desmond Bala Bisandu, Dorcas Dachollom Datiri, Eva Onokpasa, Alams Titus Mammuam, Godwin A. Thomas, Nentawe Yusuf Gurumdimma, David Enekai Oguche, Emmanuel Simon Ikoojo, Jimme Mangai Madugu “A Framework for the Adoption of Knowledge Management System (KMS) in University of Jos, Nigeria” International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science -IJRIAS vol.4 issue 6 June 2019, pp.137-154 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrias/DigitalLibrary/Vol.4&Issue6/137-154.pdf

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Using the Requirements of the MIL-STD-188-125-1 Concerning Injection of Current Pulse at Testing Resilience of Electronic Equipment to HEMP

Vladimir Gurevich – June 2019 Page No.: 155-158

Military standards such as MIL-STD-188-125-1 are usually applied when testing HEMP (High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse) resilience of industrial civil electronic equipment on military test benches. This article discusses the feasibility of adhering to requirements of section “Pulsed Current Injection (PCI) Test Procedures” of this standard and concludes that it is not practical to use it for industrial electronic equipment testing.

Page(s): 155-158

Date of Publication: 13 July 2019

Vladimir Gurevich
Central Electric Laboratory, Israel Electric Corp., Israel, Haifa

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Geotechnical Properties and Classification of Some Soils Formed on Shale in Imo State, Nigeria

Adaobi.U.Onyechere, Emmanuel U. Onweremadu, Ignatius C. Onyechere – June 2019 Page No.: 159-163

The study investigated geotechnical properties of soils along with other soil’s properties and classified soils derived from Imo Clay Shale. Free soil survey technique was used in siting profile pits. The Ultimate Bearing Capacity was estimated from the Shear Strength values, using the ten soil samples from the two profile pits investigated. The objectives of this study was to utilize these geotechnical properties to classify soils of this region and to measure the degree of variation among soil properties. Results revealed the presence of gravel (19%-53%,). The Liquid Limit (56.6-65%) was higher than the Plastic Limit (21.0%-22.5%). Plasticity Index was between 35.6%-43.3%, Optimum Moisture Content 20%-34%, Maximum Dry Density 1.32%-1.50%, COLE 0.32-0.16, Volumetric Shrinkage 56.1-130.0, Shear Strength 72.32KN/m2-80KN/m2, Angle of Internal Friction 16.10-20.30, Cohesion 21.0KN/m2-14KN/m2 and Ultimate Bearing Capacity 303KN/m2-326KN/m2 was observed in soils analyzed. The soils were classified as VerticHapludult and TypicHapludult.

Page(s): 159-163

Date of Publication: 17 July 2019

Adaobi.U.Onyechere
Department of Soil Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria.
Emmanuel U. Onweremadu
Department of Soil Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria.
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