An Economic Assessment Model of Employment Dynamics, Capacity Development and Household Telecommunication Expenditure in Nigeria

This article emphasizes the use of mathematical logic in scientifically examining and explaining the economic challenge of massive youth employment crisis, under capacity development and unbridled household consumption of telecommunication services.  The proposed model is called GSM-EMCAD.  The major finding of the paper is that training or capacity development in telecommunication is a key factor that can expand employment opportunities in this 21st century and beyond, implying that youth employment and loss of growth opportunities in Nigeria can be explained by the rapid innovation in global system for mobile telecommunication and the mismatch between market realities and labour skills set as opposed to many other factors highlighted in literature.  The motivation is that in a knowledge-based economy, the spillover effects from investment in GSM telecommunication and people keep generating returns. Examples are GSM telecommunications hardware and software, and other high-tech industries, play a particularly important role here. Keywords: Telecommunication, Employment and Labour JEL Classification 014 DOI: 10.7176/JESD/11-4-12 Publication date: February 29th 202

Placental Peripartum Pathologies in Women with Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

Objective. To determine the pattern of pathological changes in placentas of preeclamptic/eclamptic parturients and its correlation with the clinical severity as well as the perinatal outcome. Methods. A cross-sectional analytical study of placental pathologies in preeclamptic/eclamptic patients was performed in a blinded pattern and compared with matched normal controls. Data were analyzed using Epi-Info 2008 version 3.5.1. Results. Placental pathologies were evaluated in 61 preeclamptic/eclamptic patients and in 122 controls. Of the 61 placentas, 53 (4.7%) were of preeclampsia while 8 (0.71%) were of eclampsia. Of the preeclamptic group, 14 (23%) had mild preeclampsia while 39 (63.9%) had severe preeclampsia. Infarction, haematoma, and some histological changes increased with the severity of preeclampsia (p10% was significant (p=0.01). Conclusion. In mild or severe preeclampsia/eclampsia, placentas had significant histological signs of ischaemia and degree of placental involvement by infarction is inversely proportional to fetal birth weight. While feto-placental ratio was higher with increased severity of the disease, the mean weight was less. This trial is registered with researchregistry3503