Design of A Mobile Phone Data Backup System

This study examined how mobile phones work, the design of the graphical user interface, the design of the application and the design of the database used for the K-Backup system.  This application backs up mobile phone and Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) data (contacts and SMS) on the computer storage. It also allows for easy retrieval and restoration of the data to phone memory when the need arises. The objectives considered in the design included:  user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for user interaction; modular subroutines, methods and functions that retrieves data from the phone and stores it on the computer memory; modular subroutines, methods and functions that retrieves data from the SIM and stores it on the computer memory; modular subroutines and functions that send data from the computer back to the phone; portable database for storing and retrieving the data. Keywords: Mobile Phone, Data Backup, System Design, GSM, Phone Data

Self-efficacy and antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV positive pregnant women in South-West Nigeria: a mixed methods study

Background: In Nigeria, an estimated 60,000 paediatric HIV infections occur annually mainly through mother-to-child transmission.  Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnancy is crucial in preventing new paediatric HIV infections. We investigated HIV-treatment adherence self-efficacy and ART adherence among HIV-positive pregnant women in South-West Nigeria.Methods: A mixed method approach was employed using a sequential explanatory strategy in which HIV-positive pregnant women were recruited from three facilities providing Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) services. Self-efficacy and adherence were assessed using the HIV-Treatment Adherence Self-efficacy Scale and the Centre for Adherence Support Evaluation Index Tool, respectively. A focus group discussion and key informant interviews were used to explore barriers and motivating factors to ART adherence in pregnancy. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression at 5% significance level, while thematic content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Results: A total of 126 women participated in the study. The mean age and mean gestational age of respondents were 32.7 ± 4.58 years and 24.4 ± 7.41 weeks, respectively. The prevalence of good adherence and HIV-treatment adherence self-efficacy were 70.6% and 26.2%, respectively. Low self-efficacy (OR=0.2, 95%CI=0.05– 0.53, p<0.05) was statistically associated with poor adherence. Planned pregnancy (OR=3.1, 95%CI=1.23-7.72, P<0.05) increased the likelihood for ART adherence. Looking healthier and protecting unborn babies were motivators to adherence while stigmatization and negative spousal influences were barriers to adherence.Conclusion: Low HIV-treatment adherence self-efficacy was related to poor adherence in pregnancy. Interventions aimed at improving adherence in pregnancy should also focus on HIV-treatment adherence self-efficacy

Teaching Science Education in Nigeria Universities for Innovation, Group Collaboration, Job Creation, Accessing Bank Loans and Creative Society for Young Inventors

This paper examined the necessity for teaching science education in Nigeria universities for innovation, group collaboration, job creation, accessing bank loans and creative society for young inventors. It maintains that universities should be robust institutions where students will be able to diversify their knowledge into creativity and innovation. It also emphasized that innovation and creativity are driving forces to productivity which involve applying creative ideas to practical solutions and bringing them to market implementation. It links innovation and creativity to valuable assets and skills that could be fostered and developed in individuals and within institutions. The paper buttresses on need for collaboration among science education postgraduate students as it has a way to encourage innovation and creativity, that is when individuals with a diverse range of skills and backgrounds come together, it leads to the exchange of unique perspectives and ideas. It emphasizes aims to prepare the mindset of postgraduate students during the course work towards innovation and creativity, to set a pace for job creation for the present and future generations. And seeks the supports of banks with access to loans for set-up capital among others. Therefore, conclusion was made that teaching science education in Nigeria universities optimizes innovation, group collaboration, job creation, accessing bank loans and creative society for young inventors. Thus, the paper recommends among others that, postgraduate students should as a matter of urgency be schooled to perceive science education in Nigeria universities as relate to innovation and creativity and should be helped to see knowledge as a products and services

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Background: Evidence from a nursing conference convened in Nigeria in 1973 amongst other things implied that Nigerian nurses are not adequately educated and ill-equipped with prerequisite research skills. Four decades after the first and only initiative that examined the capacity and contribution of Nigerian Nurses to health care research, it is therefore pertinent to revisit the state of nursing research in the country.Aim: To review the academic and research preparedness of Nigerian nurses in conducting research and utilizing research results in healthcare practices. Methods: Literature review of seven published articles on nursing education and research in Nigeria, identified through online data bases; Google Scholar, CINAHL and PubMed. Findings: The findings revealed that majority of nurses in Nigeria had only diploma degree in nursing education. Also, nurses’ involvement and utilization of research was limited and poor even though nursing research was perceived as very important in nursing practice by majority of the nurses. Conclusion: Most nurses are not academically equipped with research skills in Nigeria due to minimal educational qualifications not sufficient for conducting nursing research. There is a compelling need to reassess nursing education and research policies in Nigeria.Key words: Nurses, nursing education, nursing practices, nursing research, research utilization, research skil

Online Teaching Platform and Effective Teaching and Learning of Science Education in Nigerian Public Universities

The study investigated the online teaching platform and effective teaching and learning of science education in Nigerian public universities. A survey research design was adopted for the study, and it was carried out in three public universities committed to science education courses in Nigeria. Sixty-five teaching staff and sixty students were selected using a stratified random sampling technique to respond to questionnaires from the three tertiary institutions. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaires titled: Science Education Students Online Questionnaire (SESOQ) and Science Education Lecturers Online Questionnaire (SELOQ). The questionnaires gathered information from both lecturers and students based on the online teaching and learning platform. Mean, and standard deviation (SD) were used to analyze the data generated in the study. Results from the study revealed that the teaching and learning platform of science education in Nigerian public universities need a dramatic turnaround on the part of the lecturers and students, among other. Therefore, the study recommends, among others, that stakeholders in education should help to resolve problems confronting science education lecturers’ effective teaching and students’ effective learning using the online platform in Nigerian public Universities

From the breast to the upper jaw: A rare case of metastatic breast cancer

Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy in women globally. Metastasesof advanced breast carcinoma to bones, lungs and liver are well known but spread to maxillary bone presenting as maxillary sinus and palatal swelling is rare. We present a case of advanced breast carcinoma in a female Nigerian with clinical, radiological and histopathological features of lung and right maxillary bone metastases. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of metastatic breast cancer to the lungs and maxilla in Nigeria. The debilitating sequelae of advanced untreated breast carcinoma in a resource limited setting with suboptimal comprehensive cancer care are highlighted. Keywords: Breast cancer; orofacial metastasis; resource limited setting, Nigeri

Revisiting Nursing Research in Nigeria

Background: Evidence from a nursing conference convened in Nigeria in 1973 amongst other things implied that Nigerian nurses are not adequately educated and ill-equipped with prerequisite research skills. Four decades after the first and only initiative that examined the capacity and contribution of Nigerian Nurses to health care research, it is therefore pertinent to revisit the state of nursing research in the country. Aim: To review the academic and research preparedness of Nigerian nurses in conducting research and utilizing research results in healthcare practices. Methods: Literature review of seven published articles on nursing education and research in Nigeria, identified through online data bases; Google Scholar, CINAHL and PubMed. Findings: The findings revealed that majority of nurses in Nigeria had only diploma degree in nursing education. Also, nurses’ involvement and utilization of research was limited and poor even though nursing research was perceived as very important in nursing practice by majority of the nurses. Conclusion: Most nurses are not academically equipped with research skills in Nigeria due to minimal educational qualifications not sufficient for conducting nursing research. There is a compelling need to reassess nursing education and research policies in Nigeria

ICT Literacy Skills as Correlate of Information Utilisation Among Undergraduate Students of University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

of University of Lagos, Nigeria. It was found that the level of ICT literacy skills among the undergraduate students of the University of Lagos was relatively high. Majority of the students in the University of Lagos indicated that they acquired the ICT literacy skills mostly through self-study (users’ guide), formal education, by trial and error method, as well as assistance from their colleagues. There was no significant relationship between ICT literacy skills and information use by the undergraduate students. Likewise, no significant relationship existed between the acquisition of ICT literacy skills and use of information by the undergraduate students. The study recommended among others that the university should periodically organize ICT literacy programmes to improve on students’ ICT literacy skills for effective accessibility of the available ICT facilities like the internet and e-resources for productive information use

A detached leaf assay to rapidly screen for resistance of maize to Bipolaris maydis, the causal agent of southern corn leaf blight

Open Access Article; Published online: 26 Nov 2019Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB), caused by the fungus Bipolaris maydis, is a disease that significantly affects maize productivity across the globe. A detached leaf assay (DLA) was developed to rapidly assess maize resistance to SCLB. Several experiments were conducted to: (i) identify a highly virulent B. maydis isolate; and to determine the most appropriate (ii) phytohormone to maintain viability of maize leaf tissue, (iii) leaf age for the assay, and (iv) inoculum concentration. Once optimized, the DLA was compared with screenhouse and field experiments. Use of DLA required a maximum of 28 days for resistance assessment, in contrast to screenhouse and field tests at a minimum of 33 and 72 days, respectively. DLA positively correlated with screenhouse (r = 0.48, P = 0.08) and field experiments (r = 0.68, P = 0.008). Assessments of diverse B. maydis strains and host genotypes indicated that the DLA could be used to detect both highly virulent SCLB strains and highly resistant maize genotypes. Here we report that DLA is a rapid, reliable technique to screen maize resistance to SCLB. Use of this tool in maize breeding programs can speed up the process of identification of sources of resistance to multiple variants of SCLB

What do Agricultural and Biological Science Students Use? A Bibliometric Analysis of Undergraduate Research Projects

The study investigate the citation pattern of undergraduate projects in a private university, Nigeria. Bibliometric method was adopted for the study to analyze the information sources cited in the research projects. The coverage of the study was from 2015 to 2018 set of graduates. Findings revealed that Animal Science programme accounted for the highest citations, while Agricultural Economics had the lowest citations. It was also discovered that an average of 49 citations per project were recorded. Journal articles and books were the most cited materials. The paper concluded and made recommendations