158 research outputs found
A Visionary of the Lagos Muslim Community: Mustapha Adamu Animashaun, 1885-1968
No full textThe development process of a society can be understood through the study of lives of its inhabitants either as individuals or groups. In this connection, Nigerian historians have produced considerable amount of works on the country\'s local and national leaders. Such works have continued to enhance our knowledge of their roles in, and relevance to the country. While such biographies cut across religio-cultural boundaries, it seems clear that biographies on Muslim personalities, most especially at the local level, deserve more attention. This is why this study is on Mustapha Adamu Animashaun, who influenced the lives of Muslims and non-Muslims alike in Lagos during the first half of the twentieth century. In this study, the birth and educational background of Adamu Animashaun are examined. His life as a publisher, editor and author also receives attention. Furthermore, Adamu Animashaun\'s participation in the crisis of the Muslim Community of the Lagos Central Mosque between 1915 and 1947 is analysed. In addition, the study pays attention to his involvement in the formation of a Muslim political party in Lagos in the 1950s. The study concludes that despite the servile antecedents of Adamu Animashaun, he moved across the social ladder to become a leading personality in Lagos society – a feat achieved through sustained struggle, determination and support of those who shared the same aspiration with him. Lagos Historical Review, vol. 5 (2005), 22-4
Rev. William B. McClain, Dr. Cole, Alhaji Hassan Adamu, and Dr. Calvert Smith at Convocation, circa 1985
No full textRev. William B. McClain, Dr. Cole, Alhaji Hassan Adamu, and Dr. Calvert Smith pose at convocation.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions.</em
Ten-year review of the clinical presentation and treatment outcome of Asherman’s syndrome in university of Maiduguri teaching hospital, Borno State, Nigeria
Get PDFBackground: Asherman’s syndrome (AS) is an important gynaecological disorder characterized by a menstrual abnormality (hypomenorrhea/amenorrhea) and infertility that is usually caused by activities that traumatize the endometrium. Objective of current study was to determine the prevalence, clinical presentation and treatment outcome of Asherman’s syndrome in our hospital.Methods: A retrospective review of patients with Asherman’s syndrome managed at the University of Maiduguri Teaching hospital over 10 years (January 2008 to December 2017). Data about the patients were obtained and analyzed using Microsoft office excel 2007 and SPSS version 25 (IBM SPSS, Statistics) to generate descriptive statistics (frequencies, ratio and percentages) which were presented as tables.Results: The prevalence of AS is 5.3%. Most of the patients were in the 25-34 age group (69.1%) and the majority (94.5%) were married. Dilatation and curettage (D & C) constituted the commonest risk factor for Asherman’s syndrome (21/55, 38.2%) and infertility alone (29, 52.7%), and hypomenorrhea with infertility 10 (18.2%) were the commonest presentation. Twenty-five percent of the patients (14/55) achieved normal menses and 11 (20%) achieved pregnancy following treatment.Conclusions: AS is not uncommon in our environment. D&C is the commonest risk factor and the patients usually present with infertility and hypomenorrhea.
An Ecological (Re)presentation of Depravity and Environmental Depletion in Adamu Kyuka’s The Death of Eternity
Get PDFThe notion that the environment has always served as a thematic and aesthetic base for the production of texts in the literary enterprise, globally is inarguable. In attestation, of the afore claim, this paper draws cogent data from Adamu Kyuka’s The Death of Eternity to closely examine the natural world and the environment as underscoring the relationship between man and his environment. The paper is exponential in its portrayal of man’s symphonic interaction with the environment as a blessing or a curse. Going forward, this paper builds a composite philosophy around the intersection between literature and environment. Where it argues that Nigerian literature has become more conscious of issues arising from resource control, as it especially relates to the devastating effect it melts on the environment. In concretizing these arguments, the paper deploys Ecocriticism as its analytical/investigative mechanism to explore the selected text as a fair representation of the environmental degradation Nigeria suffers at large. Seemingly, the choice of Ecocriticism as the investigative tool identifies the selected author as keenly aware of the devastating effect of industrial pollution as portrayed in the text under study as an expression of the commitment of the course of environmental preservation. The paper therefore finds that, Kyuka’s The Death of Eternity is critical in its examination of the social injustices, greed, corruption, political crisis and economic setbacks as social ills which are inspired by the scramble for natural resources
Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) [Lepidoptera: Pyralidae] larval population dynamics as affected by intra-row spacing, sowing dates and biopesticides on cowpea
Get PDFThe objective of the research was to test the effect of sowing dates, intra-row spacing and biopesticides on the larval population dynamics of M. vitrata in Samaru, Nigeria. The experiment was laid out with biopesticides (B0; control, B1; Neem seeds kernel extract (NKE), B2; Maruca vitrata Multi-nucleopolyhedrosis virus (MaviMNPV) suspension and B3; Cyper diforce (30 g cypermethrin + 250 g dimethoate). The result at 10 WAS showed that varying sowing dates to SD3 significantly (P=.01) reduced mean population of M. vitrata larva in sampled flowers in all the years and the combine. MaviMNPV was effective in reducing pod borer populations (7.22, 6.11 and 6.67) better than NKE (10.19, 5.74 and 7.96) and Cyper diforce (7.41, 8.89 and 8.15). The control significantly recorded the highest mean (11.67, 12.59 and 12.13) population in all the years and the combined. Similarly, varying sowing dates to SD3 significantly reduced mean population (5.56, 5.00 and 5.28) of M. vitrata in cowpea pods sampled 10 WAS better than SD1 and SD2. Statistically similar effect of biopesticides was observed on mean population of M. vitrata, however, the control recorded the highest mean (22.59 and 13.89) in 2015 cropping season and the combined. High cowpea grain yield was obtained in SD2 (337.85, 689.10 and 800.66 kg ha-1) even though statistically similar with SD3 (244.89, 618.10 and 639.68 kg ha-1). Cyper diforce treated plots gave the highest yield of 394.56, 887.69 and 976.51 kg ha-1 during 2015 and 2016 cropping seasons and combine but was statistically at far (P=.01) with NKE and MaviMNPV. The interaction of SD2 and Cyper diforce gave the highest grain yield. The effect of sowing at SD2 and insecticide spray will give a better control of M. vitrata for an increased yield of cowpea in the study area.</jats:p
Fractional investigation of time derivatives airflow process in a rectangular building
No full textAbstract: The study investigates the fractional time derivatives of air flow process across vertical openings in rectangular building by Caputo sense. Governing equations of air flow are solved analytically by Laplace transform technique and method of undetermined coefficient to obtain the solutions in Laplace domain. The solutions are inverted from the Laplace domain back to the time domain by the Riemann-sum approximation approach. The influence of the different flow parameters such as fractional order , Prandtl number , effective thermal coefficient and discharge coefficient are plotted in graphs. In the course of investigation, it is found that the increase or decrease in fractional order between the interval of the temperature profile and velocity profile will increase or decrease while the volumetric air flow and mass transfer will only decrease as fractional order increase.
Keywords: airflow process, building, fractional derivatives, investigations, rectangular, time.
Title: Fractional investigation of time derivatives airflow process in a rectangular building
Author: Auwal Inusa Adamu, Muhammad Auwal Lawan, Abba Sunusi Yakasai
International Journal of Novel Research in Physics Chemistry & Mathematics
ISSN 2394-9651
Vol. 9, Issue 3, September 2022 - December 2022
Page No: 39-60
Novelty Journals
Website: www.noveltyjournals.com
Published Date: 06-November-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7296349
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Consumers intention to buy branded fresh leafy vegetables among rural and urban households
Get PDFResearch background: The intention of consumers to purchase branded goods and services is a building block for purchasing behaviour in agribusiness especially for fresh leafy vegetables with nutritional and health benefits in Africa. Purpose of the article: To examine the determinants of consumers’ intention to purchase fresh leafy vegetables, and to identify the constraints militating against shopping outlet decisions of fresh leafy vegetables by the rural and urban households in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. Methods: The sampling techniques were employed to collect data from primary source were stratified, purposive and convenience to select 746 respondents (396 of urban and 350 of rural households). But 608 respondents (294 for Urban area and 314 for rural area, which represents 74.2% and 89.7%, respectively) were later used for the analysis. Convenience sampling was used at a point because there is no reliable sampling frame that was existing for the respective places. Findings & Value: This study reveals that are household size, farming as a primary occupation and distance of the consumers’ residence to the point of purchase leafy vegetables among both rural and urban households, with the exception of personal income which only influenced the purchasing intention of urban consumers. Poor storage facilities for fresh leafy vegetables was a major constraint to both rural and urban households in the choice of shopping outlets for fresh leafy vegetables in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. All-inclusive policies should be enacted that has the potential to enhance the storage facilities for fresh leafy vegetables. For branded leafy vegetables to be purchased the shopping outlets must be made closer to the residence of the consumers
Post-mortem caesarean section 20 minutes after cardiac arrest with neurologically normal baby at 15 months
No full textManuscripta Medica Tom. III
No full textPp. 3-17: Bibliographic tables
Medical dissertations by non-swedes
Listing author and work; 11 narrow columns:
Impressus = town where printed
Tempus = year of publ.
Forma = octavo/quarto etc.
Alphab = ?
Plagula = lit. sheet of paper (?= oversize "fold out" page?)
Tab. & fig. = tables and drawings
Lingua = language
Pretium = price
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Col. 7 assigns symbol either of mercury or sulphur.
Unidentified authors:
Haller, J. P.
Ixstadt, Adamu
Physico-chemical Properties and Heavy metal Contamination Levels of Soils from Riruwai Mining Area, North-western Nigeria
Get PDFMining activities, despite their economic importance, are well documented as one of the most significant sources of heavy metal pollution in the soil. In the present study, the physico-chemical properties and heavy metal contamination levels of the soils around the Riruwai mining area, in north-western Nigeria, were investigated. A total of 60 surface soil samples from four (4) sampling sites, which include 18 from active mine sites, 12 from abandoned mine sites, 21 from farmlands and 9 from control sites, were collected during the dry and rainy seasons. The physico-chemical properties such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), soil organic matter (SOM), and cation exchange capacity (CEC) were determined using various analytical techniques. The concentrations of heavy metals were analyzed using a Microwave Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-AES), and the measured concentrations were used to evaluate the pollution load index (PLI). The findings of the study revealed that mining activities had a significant impact on the physicochemical characteristics of the soils, with lower pH, CEC, and SOM values in particular in active and abandoned mining sites. The physico-chemical characteristics of soil vary seasonally, with higher values typically reported during the rainy season, except for pH. The concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and zinc in the soils of the Riruwai mining area exceeded the threshold value recommended by WHO/FAO (2001) in all the sampling locations and seasons, with the exception of the control sites. The PLI values indicated that the soils in active and abandoned mining sites are strongly polluted by heavy metals, while farmland soils are moderately polluted and control site soils are unpolluted. The soils in the study area are significantly contaminated by heavy metals, particularly in active and abandoned mining sites, and the contamination has spread to farmland, suggesting a significant need for proper containment of heavy metal pollution levels in the area, particularly arsenic, cadmium, lead, and zinc
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