162 research outputs found
sj-sav-1-whe-10.1177_17455065211060637 – Supplemental material for Eight-hour versus 24-h urethral catheter removal following elective caesarean section for reducing significant bacteriuria: A randomized controlled trial
No full textsj-sav-1-whe-10.1177_17455065211060637 for Eight-hour versus 24-h urethral catheter removal following elective caesarean section for reducing significant bacteriuria: A randomized controlled trial by Emeka Philip Igbodike, Ibraheem Olayemi Awowole, Olufemi O Kuti, Kayode Olusegun Ajenifuja, George Uchenna Eleje, Simeon Olugbade Olateju, Bolatito Opeyemi Olopade, Omotade Adebimpe Ijarotimi, Emmanuel Oladayo Irek, Njideka Theresa Igbodike, Oluwole Ekundayo Ayegbusi, Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Ikechebelu, Boniface Chukwuneme Okpala, Olabisi Morebisi Loto, Akintunde Olusegun Fehintola, Akinyosoye Deji Ajiboye, Olusola Fajobi, Chima Stephene Abuchi, Uchenna Uchenna Onwudiegwu, Olusola Benjamin Fasubaa, Ernest Okechukwu Orji, Olufemiwa Niyi Makinde, Alexander Tuesday Owolabi and Adebanjo Babalola Adeyemi in Women’s Health</p
sj-pdf-1-whe-10.1177_17455065211060637 – Supplemental material for Eight-hour versus 24-h urethral catheter removal following elective caesarean section for reducing significant bacteriuria: A randomized controlled trial
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-whe-10.1177_17455065211060637 for Eight-hour versus 24-h urethral catheter removal following elective caesarean section for reducing significant bacteriuria: A randomized controlled trial by Emeka Philip Igbodike, Ibraheem Olayemi Awowole, Olufemi O Kuti, Kayode Olusegun Ajenifuja, George Uchenna Eleje, Simeon Olugbade Olateju, Bolatito Opeyemi Olopade, Omotade Adebimpe Ijarotimi, Emmanuel Oladayo Irek, Njideka Theresa Igbodike, Oluwole Ekundayo Ayegbusi, Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Ikechebelu, Boniface Chukwuneme Okpala, Olabisi Morebisi Loto, Akintunde Olusegun Fehintola, Akinyosoye Deji Ajiboye, Olusola Fajobi, Chima Stephene Abuchi, Uchenna Uchenna Onwudiegwu, Olusola Benjamin Fasubaa, Ernest Okechukwu Orji, Olufemiwa Niyi Makinde, Alexander Tuesday Owolabi and Adebanjo Babalola Adeyemi in Women’s Health</p
Selected Physical, Mechanical and Chemical Properties of Fresh Fruit Bunches for Processing of Palm Oil
No full textData on engineering properties of palm fruits enable the design of machinery for optimal production of palm oil. Specific physical, chemical, and mechanical characteristics of fresh fruit bunches are examined in this study. Fresh palm fruit's selected mechanical, chemical, and physical characteristics were determined using standard formulas and equations. One hundred fresh fruit bunch samples were used to ascertain the physical characteristics of the fruit bunches. While the chemical properties were ascertained using suggested standard equations and formulae, the fresh fruit bunches were tested for their strength properties under compression when loaded under an INSTRON Universal Testing Machine. Using the Microsoft Excel program, statistical analysis was performed on the collected data. The average length, breadth, thickness, geometric mean, sphericity, surface area, true mass, true volume and true density mean for palm fruits were 3.35±0.48 cm, 1.92±0.32 cm, 2.24±0.33 cm, 2.42±0.25 cm, 0.73±0.08 cm, 18.61±3.62 cm2, 7.99±1.81 g, 7.01±1.72 cm3, 1.17±0.24 g/cm3 respectively. The average static coefficient of frictions for palm fruits were 0.46±0.13, 0.64±0.18, 0.57±0.21 and 0.59±0.22 while the average angle of reposes was 24.48±6.08, 31.62±9.14, 29.26±6.80, and 29.91±9.11 on wood, mild steel, glass and stainless-steel surface respectively. The energy at break, force at break, deformation at break, strain at break, and stress at break for the palm fruits were 6.87±0.95 J, 2.22±0.80 kN, 14.58±3.02 mm, 0.36±0.08 mm/mm and 123.46±44.31 MPa respectively. The moisture, ash, fat, crude fibre, crude protein, and carbohydrate contents (proximate composition) of the palm fruits were 22.80±0.02%, 0.52±0.01%, 46.47±0.06%, 18.66±0.01%, 2.4±0.21%, and 9.14±0.30% respectively. The sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus and zinc contents of the palm fruits were 58.75±0.07 ppm, 94.20±0.14 ppm, 68.45±0.64 ppm, 5.21±0.00 ppm, 1.22±0.00 ppm, 1.60±0.00 ppm and 55.70±0.28 ppm respectively. This study has provided relevant information which will help engineers to develop a more efficient palm fruit extraction machines that will in turn increase the productivity and profitability of the farmers and food processors. These measured engineering properties of palm fruits help in development of palm fruit processing machines
Women's sexual control within conjugal union
No full textThis study attempts to examine the extent to which women have control over their sexuality within marriage and its implication for the spread of HIV/AIDS. The survey was carried out in metropolitan Lagos. The study shows that women have some control over their sexuality especially during certain occasions such as during menstruation, breastfeeding, pregnancy and when they are sick. However, only few women could negotiate with their husbands especially by insisting on safe sexual practices. The study therefore shows that women need to be educated on the need for safer sex practices, especially in this era of HIV/AIDS. They should also be economically empowered so as to practice safer sex. Again, men should be educated on the safer sex practices in other to control the spread of HIV/AIDS.conjugal, extramarital, menstruation, safe-sex, sex behavior, sexuality
Development and Performance Evaluation of a Poultry Bird Defeathering Machine
No full textThe poultry processing industry is under high demand due to the increasing demand for chicken meat worldwide, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where manual defeathering is the norm. The primary objectives of this study were the design, construction, and performance evaluation of a chicken defeathering machine using locally accessible materials. Standard equations and formulae were used in the design of the machine's main parts, which include the electric motor, sheave, belt, pulley, bearing, feather plate, rubber fingers, cylindrical drum, and rubber pluckers. Fifteen cockerel chickens of different weights were evaluated at three different speeds of 450, 500, and 550 rpm in order to assess the performance of the chicken feather plucking machine. The data obtained was analyzed using Excel 13. The highest defeathering efficiency of 84.49% was recorded at a machine speed of 450 rpm, followed by a defeathering efficiency of 81.70% at a machine speed of 500 rpm, while the lowest defeathering efficiency of 80.98% was recorded at a machine speed of 550 rpm, respectively. The highest plucking time of 22.80 s was recorded at a machine speed of 450 rpm, followed by a plucking time of 20.40 s at a machine speed of 500 rpm, while the lowest plucking time of 19.80 s was recorded at a machine speed of 550 rpm, respectively. It will take an average of 21.00 seconds to defeat a medium cockerel used for the testing of the defeathering, which implies that the developed defeathering machine can defeat 171 chickens per hour. The machine is powered by a 5.5-hp, three-phase electric motor and has a production cost of $250, with the construction materials being locally available at affordable costs. The machine is recommended to both small and medium-scale farmers and food processors due to its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and improvement over the previous ones in terms of efficiency and capacity
How Not to Define Poverty: An Anthropological Understanding of Poverty in Yoruba Philosophy
No full textThere is an agreement among scholars that there is no 'one fits all' definition of poverty. Diverse reasons can be adduced for this agreement. This paper seeks to unravel the definition and cultural perception of poverty using the Yorubas of Southwestem Nigeria as a case study. Poverty among the Yorubas is generally perceived as an amalgam of diseases that requires more than money/income, capability development or empowerment, but also spiritual efforts to 'cure'. The essence of this preoccupation is to call the attention of scholars, and public policy experts, to the need to be mindful of local understanding of poverty and consider a holistic analysis of poverty while formulating or reviewing poverty reduction or eradication policies
African Philosophers and the Quest for Development in Contemporary Africa
No full textThe tasks for African philosophers in crisis-ridden Afri a is the focus of this work. It examines the effect of the three decades debate on the existence, 'who is', as well as 'who is not', an African Philosopher on how they define their roles in channeling a path for African growth and development. It argues that the debate, while vital to the philosophical enterprise, need not distract those that claimed to be 'philosophers' or with 'Philosophy degrees' from contributing their quota to the discourse on African development. It ends by outlining the role(s) that contemporary African philosophers should play, both for the sake of relevance and justification of devoting hours to contemplations and rigorousthinking
Bank failure in Nigeria: a consequence of capital inadequacy, lack of transparency and non-performing loans?
No full textCorporate Governance and Cooperative Societies: A Survey of Tertiary Institutions in Oyo, Nigeria
No full textThe cooperative movement, in recent times, appear to have started addressing the issue of corporate governance. Sequel to this development, some resources to promote good governance can reasonably be expected within the movement itself. This paper therefore was set out to examine whether lack of transparency is a feature of most cooperative societies, to ascertain whether the executives of cooperative societies show good commitment towards accountability and to assess the significance of members’ participation in the democratic process giving room for the emergence of incompetent individuals on the executive and board of cooperatives in Nigeria. It was also meant to evaluate the need for cooperative societies to engage in sound internal control and risk management and to investigate whether weak corporate governance is solely responsible for the maladministration of cooperative societies in Nigeria. The source of data was primary and the five hypotheses formulated were tested using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance. Essentially, the study found that the executives of cooperative societies are not committed to transparency and accountability. The principal recommendations of the study are that the executives should demonstrate high level commitment towards the sustainability of cooperative societies and that these societies should embrace the principles of good corporate governance that is capable of fostering total accountability, adequate transparency, sound internal control and full disclosure of their activities. Keywords: Cooperative Societies, Corporate Governance, Accountability, Sustainability, Internal Control, Transparency and Disclosur
Correction to: The Ethical, Societal, and Global Implications of Crowdsourcing Research
No full textIn this article the folowing author names and affiliations were incorrectly written as: Mayowa Babalola, School of Management, RMIT University, 435-457 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia, [email protected] Edina Doci, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, [email protected] Alex Newman, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University, 200 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia, [email protected] The author names and affiliations should have been: Mayowa T. Babalola, UWA Business School, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia, [email protected] Edina Dóci, Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain, Bâtiment Collège des Doyens, Place des Doyens, 1 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, [email protected] Alexander Newman, Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne, 200 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia, [email protected] The original article has been corrected.</p
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