Gender Differences in Library Literacy among Medical Students in College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma

In academics, economics, politics, as well as religious circles, gender gaps and differences have been a topic of discussion. In this regards, this study was undertaken to determine if there are gender differences in the library literacy of medical students of the College of Medicine (CoM), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State. This was evaluated by assessing the differences in library access, frequencies in library utilization, reasons for utilization and problems faced when using the library. The study was a descriptive cross sectional survey involving the use of a self-structured/pretested questionnaire. 200 students of CoM, AAU, were randomly sampled for the purpose of data collection and analysis. The result showed that the accessibility of library for the male students was lower than the 78% recorded for females. However, majority (67%) of all the students reported irregular usage of the library. Overall, the reasons for visiting the library were mainly to read their notes (121), do assignment (149), and borrow books (111) and prepare for exams during examinations (137).Conclusively, the findings of this study has shown that gender differences exist in library utilization among medical students of CoM, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State.Keywords: Gender difference; Library literacy; Undergraduates; Medical studen

The Physically Challenged and the Dearth of Relevant Facilities in Nigerian Libraries

Nigeria is faced with precarious situations like leadership crisis, misplaced priorities, poverty, insecurity,infrastructural decay, economic strife, and most importantly, the politicization of education. Statistical records show that in Nigeria, physical facilities in some university libraries are inadequate for effective learning, and needed facilities for the physically challenged are nearly non-existent. As a result, there are growing concerns about the numerous challenges encountered by physically challenged individuals in the use of the library. This review paper therefore, x-rays these challenges beyond rhetorics and shelf-destined findings and reports. Overall, it highlights the need to improve the current status of Nigerian libraries to meet the multidimensional service demands of citizens living with disabilities.Keywords: Facilities, Library, Nigeria, Physically challenge

Various Biometric Techniques Suitable for Securing Banking System

Biometric is becoming an important method for human identification in many fields of human endeavour. Thus, the banking sector is not an exception. The implementation of biometric techniques in banking systems, will help to provide strong security by allowing customers to use it to validate any banking transaction before the transaction is been carried out. This technique will help to prevent people entrusted with the system, to commit fraud on the customer’s account using the system without the knowledge of the customer. This paper present different biometric measures/techniques that are suitable for this operation. The information provided in the paper will serve as a guide towards implementing such system in the banking sector. Keywords: Biometric, Techniques, Security, Banking Syste

A dilute Cu(Ni) alloy for synthesis of large-area Bernal satcked bilayer graphene using atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition

A bilayer graphene film obtained on copper (Cu) foil is known to have a significant fraction of non-Bernal (AB) stacking and on copper/nickel (Cu/Ni) thin films is known to grow over a large-area with AB stacking. In this study, annealed Cu foils for graphene growth were doped with small concentrations of Ni to obtain dilute Cu(Ni) alloys in which the hydrocarbon decomposition rate of Cu will be enhanced by Ni during synthesis of large-area AB-stacked bilayer graphene using atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition. The Ni doped concentration and the Ni homogeneous distribution in Cu foil were confirmed with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and proton-induced X-ray emission. An electron backscatter diffraction map showed that Cu foils have a single (001) surface orientation which leads to a uniform growth rate on Cu surface in early stages of graphene growth and also leads to a uniform Ni surface concentration distribution through segregation kinetics. The increase in Ni surface concentration in foils was investigated with time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. The quality of graphene, the number of graphene layers, and the layers stacking order in synthesized bilayer graphene films were confirmed by Raman and electron diffraction measurements. A four point probe station was used to measure the sheet resistance of graphene films. As compared to Cu foil, the prepared dilute Cu(Ni) alloy demonstrated the good capability of growing large-area AB-stacked bilayer graphene film by increasing Ni content in Cu surface layer.The South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant No. 97994). M. J. Madito acknowledges the financial support from university of Pretoria and NRF for his Ph.D. studies.http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/japam2016Physic

Influence of age, sex and pregnancy status on some blood parameters in crossbred rabbits

Blood samples were obtained from 80 rabbits of mixed breeds comprising adults, growers and weaners between June and August 2005 to determine the mean variations in packed cell volume (PCV), Haemoglobin (Hb) and Total Protein (TP) as affected by sex, age and pregnancy status. The mean variation in PCV, Hb and TP as affected by sex in the different age groups showed no significant difference (p>0.05); however the PCV and Hb values were higher in males than females, while the TP value obtained did not follow any particular trend. Non- pregnant does had consistently higher values for all the blood parameters studied than the pregnant does (Non-pregnant does, PCV = 39.50 ± 1.28, Hb = 13.17 ± 0.43 and TP = 6.87 ± 0.23; Pregnant does, PCV = 38.25 ± 0.92, Hb = 12.76 ± 0.31 and TP= 5.79 ± 0.13) with significant difference only in the TP values(P0.05) while the TP value increased with increasing age, with marked significant difference (