Fungating scrotal mass with facial nerve palsy in an advanced testicular embryonal germ cell tumour: unusual occurrence.

Fungating scrotal mass and lower motor neuron facial nerve palsy (LMN-FNP) are unusual traits of testicular cancer. A 49-year-old farmer with recurrent right hemi-scrotal swelling that expeditiously grew to involve the whole scrotum. He had a nick on the swelling and the resultant ulcer extended rapidly over the mass and right groin. There were associated peniledeformity and right lower leg swelling. The angle of his mouth became inclined to the left side with inability to close the right eye. He had right orchidectomy five years earlier for righttesticular mass throughthe scrotal approach but no histology was done. On examination, he had a huge fungating scrotal mass that extends to the right groin with saxophone penile deformity. There were multiple left inguinal lymphadenopathies with right pedal oedema. There was grade III right LMN-FNP, tympanometry showed an absent acoustic reflex and pure tone audiometry revealed right sensorineural hearing loss. His α-fetal protein was elevated and the tissue biopsy confirmed embryonal testicular germ cell tumor. The Computerized tomography (CT) scan of the abdominopelvic and temporomastoid regions showed metastatic deposits in the retroperitoneal group of lymph nodes and fallopian canal respectively. The patient was optimized and commenced on cytotoxic chemotherapy but five days after completing the first course he developed sudden inability to swallow, lapsed into unconsciousness and ceased breathing despite resuscitation effort. Conclusion: Fungating scrotal mass and facial nerve palsy from an advanced testicular germ cell tumour are unusual. Therefore, a high index of suspicion is essential for the diagnosis testicular tumour secondaries as the cause of facial nerves palsy and the tumour invasion the cause of the fungating mass. It has a negative impact on patient's body image plus the quality of life and probably presagedpoor outcome

Mediation competency scale: a scale development study

Bu çalışmanın amacı, arabulucuk yetkinliğinin belirlenebilmesine yönelik bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Bu amaçla, ilk olarak 30 avukatın katılımıyla oluşturulan deneysel odak grup çalışması ile bir arabulucunun sahip olması gereken yetkinlikler maddeler halinde belirlenmiştir. Hazırlanan maddeler uzman görüşü doğrultusunda yeniden düzenlenmiş 17 maddelik 5’li Likert tipi bir ölçek formu oluşturulmuştur. Ölçek, 482 avukat üzerinde yapılan araştırmadan elde edilen 324 geçerli veri üzerinden açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi kullanılarak yapılan analiz neticesinde, toplam 10 maddelik, “iletişim” ve “önsezi” olarak adlandırılan iki boyuttan oluşan, geçerli ve güvenilir arabuluculuk ölçeği geliştirilmiştir.The aim of this study is to develop a mediation competence scale. For this purpose, an experimental focus group study with 30 lawyers was generated 17 items as the necessary competences that a mediator should posses. A 5-point Likert-type scale form of 17 items was reorganized according to experts’ evaluation. The survey was admisnistred on 482 lawyers and only 324 valid responses were obtained, the data was further subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Results from the analyses generated a valid and reliable mediation scale consisting of two dimensions “communication” and “hunch”.No sponso

Assessment of Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Landuse/Landcover Change Drivers in Abuja, Nigeria

Landuse/Landcover (LULC) changes are recognised as some of the major causes of environmental problems like land degradation and climate change. To achieve sustainability, we need to properly understand such changes in order to have adequate information that will enable us to design and implementing measures to mitigate their negative impacts. Doing this particularly requires a proper understanding of how stakeholders perceive the changes in general and their drivers in particular. Unfortunately,not much is known for many areas about the perspective of landuse stakeholders on drivers of LULC changes. This paper reports the results of a study conducted to examine the perceptions of different landuse stakeholders on drivers of LULC changes in Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.Questionnaire survey was utilised, involving 514 households across four settlements, 2 rural (Karshi and Orozo) and 2 urban (Nyanya and Karu) towns in the territory, which were complimented with Focus Group Discussions were conducted. The results obtained showed that urban dwellers are largely aware of drivers of changes in socioeconomic drivers (physical development on lands, more commercial complex development and more institutional development). Rural dwellers are largely aware of environmental drivers of LULC changes (bush burning, livestock overgrazing, collections of wood and medicinal plants,and agricultural expansion). It was concluded that there is the need to bring about a harmonisation of the perceptions of LULC change drivers by the rural and urban dwellers so as to bring about a common front understanding and responding to LULC changes in the study area

Big data governance, social media usage in searching for information and its effects on t-shaped skills

Çağdaş organizasyonlarda büyük veri ve veri yönetişiminin kullanımı, işletme değeri ve getirileri ile karakterize edilmiştir. Günümüzde yükselen yeni bir değer olarak karşımıza çıkması ve artan önemine rağmen, büyük veri ve yönetişimi hakkında çok az sayıda araştırma yapılmıştır. Söz konusu çalışmalar da büyük verinin çalışanların geliştirilmesine katkı sağlaması hususuna odaklanmamıştır. Bu çalışmada ise, büyük veri yönetişiminin çalışanın sosy al medya kullanımı (bilgi arama ve müşteri ilişkileri geliştirme gibi) ve T-yetenek üzerindeki etkisini inceleyen bir model ele alınmıştır. Anket verileri Antalya Türkiye’de çeşitli kurumlarda çalışan avukatlardan (n = 324) elde edilmiş ve veri analizi için varyansa dayalı yapısal eşitlik modelleme (PLS-SEM) tekniği uygulanmıştır. PLS-SEM sonuçları büyük veri ve veri yönetişiminin sosyal medya kullanımı ve çalışanların T-yeteneği üzerinde olumlu yönde etki ettiğini göstermektedir. Bu çalışma, büyük veri önetişiminin sosyal medya kullanımı ve çalışanların T-yeteneğini geliştirme üzerindeki rolü hakkında verdiği fikirlerle diğer çalışmadan ayrılmaktadır. Teori, yönetim ve teknoloji üzerindeki etkilerinin tartışıldığı çalışma, araştırma sınırlılıkları ve gelecekte yapılacak çalışmalar için tavsiyeleri de içermektedirÇağdaş organizasyonlarda büyük veri ve veri yönetişiminin kullanımı, işletme değeri ve getirileri ile karakterize edilmiştir. Günümüzde yükselen yeni bir değer olarak karşımıza çıkması ve artan önemine rağmen, büyük veri ve yönetişimi hakkında çok az sayıda araştırma yapılmıştır. Söz konusu çalışmalar da büyük verinin çalışanların geliştirilmesine katkı sağlaması hususuna odaklanmamıştır. Bu çalışmada ise, büyük veri yönetişiminin çalışanın sosyal medya kullanımı (bilgi arama ve müşteri ilişkileri geliştirme gibi) ve T-yetenek üzerindeki etkisini inceleyen bir model ele alınmıştır. Anket verileri Antalya Türkiye’de çeşitli kurumlarda çalışan avukatlardan (n = 324) elde edilmiş ve veri analizi için varyansa dayalı yapısal eşitlik modelleme (PLS-SEM) tekniği uygulanmıştır. PLS-SEM sonuçları büyük veri ve veri yönetişiminin sosyal medya kullanımı ve çalışanların T-yeteneği üzerinde olumlu yönde etki ettiğini göstermektedir. Bu çalışma, büyük veri yönetişiminin sosyal medya kullanımı ve çalışanların T-yeteneğini geliştirme üzerindeki rolü hakkında verdiği fikirlerle diğer çalışmadan ayrılmaktadır. Teori, yönetim ve teknoloji üzerindeki etkilerinin tartışıldığı çalışma, araştırma sınırlılıkları ve gelecekte yapılacak çalışmalar için tavsiyeleri de içermektedir.The use of big data and data governance in contemporary organizations has been characterized by business value and returns. Despite the importance of big data and its governance, little research has focused on its effectiveness in helping and developing employees. Based on these arguments, we examine a model scrutinizing the impact of big data governance on employees' social media usage (i.e., for informational search and client-relational building) and T-shaped skills. Survey data were obtained from lawyers working in various chambers in Antalya, Turkey (n=324), and a variancebased structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique was applied for data analysis. Results from PLS-SEM show that big data and data governance exert a positive impact on social media usage and employees' T-shaped skills. This study offers a nuanced insight into the role of big data governance on social media usage (i.e., for informational search and client-relational building) and employees' T-shaped skills development. Implications for theory, management, and technology are discussed alongside the limitations and future research directions.No sponso

Perception and practice of self-medication with over-the-counter analgesics among students of a tertiary institution

Background: Although over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics increase access to and ease of medication, they are a major contributor to irrational use of medicines worldwide.This study assessed perception and practice of self-medication with OTC analgesics among students of Federal College of Education,Zaria.Method: It was a cross-sectional study of 200 students. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were computed, and Chi-square test was used to test association between practice of self-medication and other categorical variables.Results: Seventy-six (38.8%) had good knowledge of OTC analgesics and 187 (95.4%) had good perception. Majority 151 (77.0%) had taken at least one OTC analgesic in the last three months.The most common reason for taking OTC analgesics was their easy availability 66 (43.7%),and the most common symptom treated was headache 80 (53.0%).Self-medication with OTC analgesics was significantly associated with age (p = 0.010) and level of study (p = 0.001),but not with sex (p = 0.866),ethnicity (p = 0.416) or marital status (p = 0.104).Conclusion: Knowledge of OTC analgesics was poor,perception was largely positive,while self-medication was a common practice. Major factors influencing self-medication were age and level of education. It is recommended that efforts to control excessive self-medication with OTC analgesics should focus on creating public awareness and restricting the sale of OTC analgesics to licensed dealers.Keywords: Self-Medication, Over-The-Counter, Analgesics,Student

Political Elites’ Corruption, Political Stability and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Bound Testing Approach

This paper investigated the impact of political elites’ corruption and political stability on economic growth in Nigeria using ARDL bound test approach. The study adopts annual time series data for the period of 1996-2017. The stationarity properties of the variables were tested using Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Phillips-Perron (PP) tests. Result from the bound test reveals that corruption exact a negative and significant impact on economic growth both in the short and long run, while political stability exact a positive and significant impact on economic growth in the short run but an insignificant impact in the long run. This finding revealed that political stability which includes stability in government, absence of internal, external and ethnic conflict/tension promote economic growth in Nigeria in the short run while corruption was found to contribute to the Nigerian economy by reducing cumbersome bureaucratic control. In the light of the findings, the paper recommend that political elites’ should be cautioned for desperation of power and common/public interest of the society should supersede individual interest

The Moderating Role of Innovativeness on the Relationship between Entrepreneurship Educations And Student Entrepreneurial Intention

This study examined the moderating role of innovativeness on the relationship between entrepreneurship education and students' entrepreneurial intention among FUD final year students as at 2017/2018 academic session. The study used a cross-sectional research design with a quantitative questionnaire approach to collect the data. To validate the model, data from 282 final year students were analyzed using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Overall, the survey discovered that both entrepreneurship education and innovativeness are significantly and positively connected to entrepreneurial intention. This report also discovered that innovativeness play a part in moderating the entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention relationship. The study used Human Capital Theory HCT as a theoretical basis of the subject. This survey served as one of the pioneering study with regard to HCT in a testing relationship of this nature. This study recommended that other researchers should employ this hypothesis with other antecedent of entrepreneurial intention for further proof. As a repercussion to policy, the government ought to guarantee not only inspiring students with entrepreneurship education, but also the robust spirit of innovativeness among students as it delivers a direct effect as well as strong interaction with entrepreneurship education in influencing students' entrepreneurial intention

Ethno-botanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally in the treatment of mental disorders in Kano, Nigeria

Purpose: To identify medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners to treat mental disorders within Kano metropolis, Nigeria.Methods: A semi-structured questionnaire was administered. It was made up of demographic information (Section A), description of the medicinal plants (Section B), and the professional experience of the respondents (Section C). The data generated were recorded, processed and analyzed.Results: 255 responses were collected from 127 respondents. Among the participants, 101 (79 %) were male and 26 (21 %) were female. The age groups less than 31 years were 22 (17 %), 31 - 40 years were 29 (23 %), 41 - 50 years were 45 (36 %), and above 51 years were 31 (24 %). The sources of knowledge identified include ancestral (83 %), ancestral/training (9 %), training (6 %), and divination (2 %). Out of the total responses, fifty (50) different medicinal plants with various claims in the treatment of mental disorders were reported. The most commonly stated medicinal plants were Securidaca longepedunculata (8.6 %), Jatropha curcas (7.5 %), Solanum aethiopicum (7.1 %), Artemesia annua (6.7 %), Terminalia macroptera (6.3 %), Aristolochia albida (5.9 %), Nigella sativa (5.5 %), Andira inermis (5.5 %), Calotropis procera (5.1 %), and Burkea africana (4.7 %).Conclusion: This survey revealed fifty medicinal plants used traditionally in the treatment of mental disorders within Kano metropolis

The influence of board gender diversity on financial performance of listed companies in Nigeria / Armaya’u Alhaji Sani … [et al.]

This study examined the impact of board gender diversity on the financial performance of listed companies in Nigeria. Using a sample of 400 firmyear observations for the period of 2012-2016. The data for the study were extracted from the annual reports of the sampled firms and the Thompson Reuters DataStream. The data was analysed by means of the Panel Corrected Standard Error (PCSE). The study found that gender diversity (female directors) influenced the financial performance of companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The findings supported the argument that gender diversity enhances the financial outcomes of firms. Consistent with the Resource Dependency Theory, the result implied that female directors contribute to the upper echelon of the firm’s decision. The findings inform regulators and other stakeholders on the roles of female directors in explaining the corporate financial outcomes