Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jan 18, 2023
This work focuses on separate production of biogas from anaerobic co-digestion of fruit wastes in... more This work focuses on separate production of biogas from anaerobic co-digestion of fruit wastes including tomato, banana, papaya, peel mango and avocado mixed with cow dung and lignocellulosic waste (LW) plus cow dung, as an alternative power generation source. The work seeks to determine the mixture conditions that could give high yield of biogas. Furthermore, to investigate the effect of total solids (TS)/volatile solids (VS) ratio on biogas production by carrying out physio-chemical analysis for the separate production kept in digester A and B respectively. The anaerobic digestion of mixed fruit wastes required 21 days to completely decompose before producing biogas. Co-digestion between fruits and cow dung provides biogas without the requirement for fertilizer or chemical input to the system after adjusting the elements, such as pH that are influential to anaerobic digestion. Resulting gas produced was tested for combustibility using a Bunsen burner. In order to stop ecological calamities like environmental pollution, deforestation, desertification, and erosion, the hunt for alternate sources of energy like biogas has to be accelerated.
American Journal of Construction and Building Materials
Sustainability is so important that both the MDGs and SDGs as United Nations development initiati... more Sustainability is so important that both the MDGs and SDGs as United Nations development initiatives have listed it as a vital component. Non-sustainable practices lead to depletion and destruction of the environment with consequences that are still being understood. This could even get worst if professionals in the Building industry do not key into the sustainability initiative. Architects, as professionals in the built environment, take the most important decisions as far as the design and construction of buildings are concerned. Their awareness and knowledge of sustainable building materials is very important in solving this emerging problem. This study is aimed at evaluating the level of awareness of Architects on sustainable Building Materials. This is measured by looking at the knowledge, specification and application of sustainable building materials. The study was qualitative hence; data was obtained through a six-item structured schedule of interview. A total of 18 registered Architects were purposively selected for the study. The results obtained showed that as we get close to two decades since international attention has been drawn to sustainability, there is still a low level of awareness and knowledge of sustainable building materials among Architects. The study also revealed that Architects sometimes do not like pushing boundaries out of their comfort zones as far as specification writing is involved. In conclusion, the study recommended the updating of building bye-laws of the state, intending to make the Architects update their knowledge of sustainable Building Materials as a result of the more regular application in their designs.
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health
Aim: To demonstrate the need for routine active TB case finding in Nigerian correctional centers ... more Aim: To demonstrate the need for routine active TB case finding in Nigerian correctional centers through a TB case surveillance intervention at the largest correctional centre in the most populous state in Nigeria by KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria. Study Design: It was a retrospective review of public health intervention data derived from the mass TB screening of Kano central correctional centre inmates in Kano state, Nigeria. Methodology: A digital X-ray with artificial intelligence (AI) was used for mass TB screening of 1,967 consenting inmates at the Kano central correctional centre in Kano state, Nigeria, from 21st September to 2nd October 2020. Participants with CAD4TB score ≥ 60 had a GeneXpert assessment of their sputa for TB diagnosis. Where sputum production was not possible, or GeneXpert result was negative, expert clinical evaluation of the presumptive radiogram was carried out by experienced radiologist. Data from the project were extracted and analysed for this re...
International Journal of Architecture, Arts and Applications, 2021
The high cost of construction materials in Nigeria has become a serious problem of obtaining a de... more The high cost of construction materials in Nigeria has become a serious problem of obtaining a decent environment especially for the low income earners who find it very difficult to construct an affordable decent house. It is more serious for the low-income groups whose challenges are complicated by several factors including the ever increasing cost of construction materials. Citizens cannot afford decent materials for their building construction which makes the environment polluted and difficult to have an environmentally responsive buildings. The study aims at identifying potentials of sustainable building materials in addressing Green Architecture and Affordable housing construction in Nigeria through the review of principles of Green Architecture and sustainable building materials. The purpose of the review is to compile the available data of different sustainable building materials found in Nigeria that would be used alternatively to reduce the cost of building materials thereby enhancing Green Architecture in the built environment. The study employed the use of qualitative data analysis from relevant literature. The review showed that, the re-use of existing local materials found in Nigeria provides ecofriendly environment and promotes the effectiveness of building economics. The efficiency of energy, water and resource control has become relevant element in the promotion of green architecture and sustainable built environment. Sustainable materials to lower cost of construction are best described in their resource efficient, made from renewable materials and it is non-toxic.
Rice husk ash (RHA) and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) is a byproduct from agricultural waste produced ... more Rice husk ash (RHA) and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) is a byproduct from agricultural waste produced thousand tonnes every year. This paper presents the use of RHA and POFA as a substitute material for quartz in fabricating an improved porcelain ceramic. The RH was thoroughly washed with distilled water in order to remove adhering soil and dust. After that it was dried in an oven at 100 oC for 24 hours. Then the dried husk was subjected to the chemical treatment; 2M HCL, 5% solid at 25 oC before calcinations to increase silica content. Untreated POFA was dried in an oven at 100 oC for 24 h. It was ground in a ball mill for 1.5 h with the revolution rate of 200 rev/min to reduce the particle size. Untreated POFA was sieved to remove the particles coarser than 50 μm. The POFA was treated by heating it at a temperature of 600 oC for 1.5 h. The mixed powder was then pressed into pellets at mould pressure (MP) 91 MPa. All the pellets were sintered at the temperature of 1100 oC for 1 h hour, ...
Engineering Innovation for Addressing Societal Challenges, 2021
In Nigeria, a crucial responsibility of the executive arms of the government is to submit annual ... more In Nigeria, a crucial responsibility of the executive arms of the government is to submit annual budgetary allocations to the national assembly for approval. Due to the diversity and complexity of the budget, the national assembly is mandated to carry out its constitutional duty of scrutinizing the budget to discover irregularity or anomaly, make recommendations, or substantial modification upon what it received. This is very challenging, particularly in Nigeria where there are many different ethnicities and regional, to ensure inclusiveness, the national assembly must carry out its constitutional duty diligently and carefully without fear or favor that often has unintended consequences. This might not be very easy to accomplish within a short period. Thus, this research aims at detecting an anomaly in the budget that will ease the legislative duty thereby facilitating the process of appropriation. The concept of Clustering for Machine learning technique was used for the detection o...
Background: Emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten global t... more Background: Emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten global tuberculosis (TB) treatment, care, and prevention, and it remains a major global health problem in many low- and middle-income countries with high morbidity and mortality. Objectives: The present study assessed MDR-TB treatment outcome and its predictors among adult patients in Kano, Nigeria. Methods: We conducted a secondary data analysis involving 283 adult patients treated for MDR-TB using routine data for MDR-TB programme in Kano State between August 2014 and September 2018. Results: The mean age (±standard deviation) of the respondents was 33.4 ± 11.6 years and up to 40% of them were within the age group of 25–34 years. About three-quarters of the participants 72.4% (205) were males; up to 63.6% (180) of the patients live in the urban areas, and mean duration of treatment initiation was 21 days after the diagnosis. Up to 66.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 61.1–72.4), patients had successful treatment, (cured) while 33.2% (95% CI = 27.6–38.9) died. After adjusting for confounding, gender and HIV status were found to be independent predictors of MDR-TB treatment outcome among MDR-TB patients in Kano. Male patients (adjusted odds ratio aOR = 0.38, 95% CI = 0.22–0.66, P = 0.001) and HIV-negative patients (aOR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.28–0.87, P = 0.015) were less likely to die from MDR-TB. Conclusion: The study found a moderate treatment success rate for MDR-TB in Kano. Early initiation of treatment, control of HIV epidemic, and enhanced treatment supervision would likely improve treatment outcome.
Motivation. The human chymase (EC 3.4.21.39) is a hydrolase abundant in secretory granules of mas... more Motivation. The human chymase (EC 3.4.21.39) is a hydrolase abundant in secretory granules of mast cells, responsible for the synthesis of angiotensin II from its precursor. Moreover, it is also responsible for the conversion of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 precursors to their active forms. Since a link between heart failure and chymase has been proved, specific chymase inhibitors are actively searched to develop new therapeutic treatments for cardiovascular diseases, considering also that chymase has no enzymatic activity in normal tissues. Therefore, specific chymase inhibitors may have no effects on any other target in healthy states. The use of natural products has been an integral part of the treatment of different diseases throughout the world since past centuries. Many plants with potential therapeutic activity were widely used as natural medicines with negligible undesired effects. Therefore, the search for new active compounds fr...
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
BrushLess Direct Current (BLDC) motor is a multivariable and highly complex nonlinear system. Var... more BrushLess Direct Current (BLDC) motor is a multivariable and highly complex nonlinear system. Variation of internal parameter values with environment or reference signal increases the difficulty in controlling the BLDC effectively. Advanced control strategies (like model predictive control) often have to be integrated to satisfy the control desires. Enhancing or proper tuning of a conventional algorithm results in achieving the desired performance. This paper presents a performance comparison of Enhanced PID and Model Predictive Control (MPC) applied to brushless direct current motor. The simulation results demonstrated that the PSO-PID is slightly better than the PID and MPC in tracking the trajectory of the reference signal. The proposed scheme could be useful algorithms for the system.
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
Procurement of measuring device, maintenance cost coupled with calibration of the instrument cont... more Procurement of measuring device, maintenance cost coupled with calibration of the instrument contributed to the difficulty in forecasting of global solar radiation in underdeveloped countries. Most of the available regressional and mathematical models do not capture well the behavior of the global solar radiation. This paper presents the comparison of Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and Autoregressive Moving Average with eXogenous term (ARMAX) in forecasting global solar radiation. Full-Scale (experimental) data of Nigerian metrological agency, Sultan Abubakar III international airport Sokoto was used to validate the models. The simulation results demonstrated that the ANFIS model having achieved MAPE of 5.34% outperformed the ARMAX model. The ANFIS could be a valuable tool for forecasting the global solar radiation.
There is a need for the communities to develop their health financing system, most especially tho... more There is a need for the communities to develop their health financing system, most especially those that were not covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This will give the people an opportunity to finance their medical care which in turn would alleviate financial burden at the point of treatment. Therefore, this study is aimed to determine the level of awareness for Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHIS) among communities and to measure the degree of willingness to pay for the scheme in Katsina, North-Western Nigeria. Semi structured interviewer-assisted questionnaires were used to collect information from the respondents. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 20.0. The results indicates that majority of the respondents attained tertiary level of education (68.3%) and 81.1% were employed. About 74.2% were earning more than the Nigerian minimum wage N18, 000 (≈$59). About 52.2% of the respondents were aware of the CBHIS. And 81% were willing...
Locust beans (Parkiabiglobosa/Filicoidea) and Tamarind (Tamarindusindica) are trees grown in most... more Locust beans (Parkiabiglobosa/Filicoidea) and Tamarind (Tamarindusindica) are trees grown in most tropical region. They are multipurpose trees with fruits that play a vital role most especially in preparing food delicacy, drinks and commercial purpose as well as for medical values. The fruits pods of locust beans and tamarind trees are normally discarded after opening to remove the seeds, powder and the pasty parts of the fruits for use. The pods when soaked in water releases brownish/pinkish colour which is harmful to aquatic life. The synthetic dyes/colours also poses a threats to human life, pollutes our environment The synthetic dyes/colorant poses a threats to human life, pollutes our environment and this coupled with Nigerian problems of scarcity of dyes, cost of importation, environmental pollution and unemployment opportunities. Therefore, the international community called for urgent attention, urging nations to go back to the re- used of natural dyes to served as an alternatives to this menaced. In order to find a lasting solution to environmental pollution caused by the discarded pods and also create alternative to the harmful synthetic dyes; this study researches on the potential of using the brownish/pinkish colour released by the pods as textile dyes.
This study investigates the role of Big Data Management (BDM) on the competitive financial sector... more This study investigates the role of Big Data Management (BDM) on the competitive financial sector, its importance and effective adoption for Nigerian banks. A survey was used to collect primary data from branches of one of the leading banks in Nigeria and 796 usable questionnaires from bank customers, employees and managers were used for analysis. A descriptive research method and correlational study was used to determine the link between Big Data elements such as use of customers' data and predictive analysis of customer trends and patterns in form of differentiation, increased sales, customer engagement as well as cost leadership. The research focused on customer's rate of reviews of Big Data as the independent variables with repeat engagement and interaction as the dependent variables. Descriptive statistics using SPSS program specifically mean and standard deviations was employed for the analysis. Results show that banks create differentiation by introducing a variety of...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jan 18, 2023
This work focuses on separate production of biogas from anaerobic co-digestion of fruit wastes in... more This work focuses on separate production of biogas from anaerobic co-digestion of fruit wastes including tomato, banana, papaya, peel mango and avocado mixed with cow dung and lignocellulosic waste (LW) plus cow dung, as an alternative power generation source. The work seeks to determine the mixture conditions that could give high yield of biogas. Furthermore, to investigate the effect of total solids (TS)/volatile solids (VS) ratio on biogas production by carrying out physio-chemical analysis for the separate production kept in digester A and B respectively. The anaerobic digestion of mixed fruit wastes required 21 days to completely decompose before producing biogas. Co-digestion between fruits and cow dung provides biogas without the requirement for fertilizer or chemical input to the system after adjusting the elements, such as pH that are influential to anaerobic digestion. Resulting gas produced was tested for combustibility using a Bunsen burner. In order to stop ecological calamities like environmental pollution, deforestation, desertification, and erosion, the hunt for alternate sources of energy like biogas has to be accelerated.
American Journal of Construction and Building Materials
Sustainability is so important that both the MDGs and SDGs as United Nations development initiati... more Sustainability is so important that both the MDGs and SDGs as United Nations development initiatives have listed it as a vital component. Non-sustainable practices lead to depletion and destruction of the environment with consequences that are still being understood. This could even get worst if professionals in the Building industry do not key into the sustainability initiative. Architects, as professionals in the built environment, take the most important decisions as far as the design and construction of buildings are concerned. Their awareness and knowledge of sustainable building materials is very important in solving this emerging problem. This study is aimed at evaluating the level of awareness of Architects on sustainable Building Materials. This is measured by looking at the knowledge, specification and application of sustainable building materials. The study was qualitative hence; data was obtained through a six-item structured schedule of interview. A total of 18 registered Architects were purposively selected for the study. The results obtained showed that as we get close to two decades since international attention has been drawn to sustainability, there is still a low level of awareness and knowledge of sustainable building materials among Architects. The study also revealed that Architects sometimes do not like pushing boundaries out of their comfort zones as far as specification writing is involved. In conclusion, the study recommended the updating of building bye-laws of the state, intending to make the Architects update their knowledge of sustainable Building Materials as a result of the more regular application in their designs.
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health
Aim: To demonstrate the need for routine active TB case finding in Nigerian correctional centers ... more Aim: To demonstrate the need for routine active TB case finding in Nigerian correctional centers through a TB case surveillance intervention at the largest correctional centre in the most populous state in Nigeria by KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria. Study Design: It was a retrospective review of public health intervention data derived from the mass TB screening of Kano central correctional centre inmates in Kano state, Nigeria. Methodology: A digital X-ray with artificial intelligence (AI) was used for mass TB screening of 1,967 consenting inmates at the Kano central correctional centre in Kano state, Nigeria, from 21st September to 2nd October 2020. Participants with CAD4TB score ≥ 60 had a GeneXpert assessment of their sputa for TB diagnosis. Where sputum production was not possible, or GeneXpert result was negative, expert clinical evaluation of the presumptive radiogram was carried out by experienced radiologist. Data from the project were extracted and analysed for this re...
International Journal of Architecture, Arts and Applications, 2021
The high cost of construction materials in Nigeria has become a serious problem of obtaining a de... more The high cost of construction materials in Nigeria has become a serious problem of obtaining a decent environment especially for the low income earners who find it very difficult to construct an affordable decent house. It is more serious for the low-income groups whose challenges are complicated by several factors including the ever increasing cost of construction materials. Citizens cannot afford decent materials for their building construction which makes the environment polluted and difficult to have an environmentally responsive buildings. The study aims at identifying potentials of sustainable building materials in addressing Green Architecture and Affordable housing construction in Nigeria through the review of principles of Green Architecture and sustainable building materials. The purpose of the review is to compile the available data of different sustainable building materials found in Nigeria that would be used alternatively to reduce the cost of building materials thereby enhancing Green Architecture in the built environment. The study employed the use of qualitative data analysis from relevant literature. The review showed that, the re-use of existing local materials found in Nigeria provides ecofriendly environment and promotes the effectiveness of building economics. The efficiency of energy, water and resource control has become relevant element in the promotion of green architecture and sustainable built environment. Sustainable materials to lower cost of construction are best described in their resource efficient, made from renewable materials and it is non-toxic.
Rice husk ash (RHA) and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) is a byproduct from agricultural waste produced ... more Rice husk ash (RHA) and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) is a byproduct from agricultural waste produced thousand tonnes every year. This paper presents the use of RHA and POFA as a substitute material for quartz in fabricating an improved porcelain ceramic. The RH was thoroughly washed with distilled water in order to remove adhering soil and dust. After that it was dried in an oven at 100 oC for 24 hours. Then the dried husk was subjected to the chemical treatment; 2M HCL, 5% solid at 25 oC before calcinations to increase silica content. Untreated POFA was dried in an oven at 100 oC for 24 h. It was ground in a ball mill for 1.5 h with the revolution rate of 200 rev/min to reduce the particle size. Untreated POFA was sieved to remove the particles coarser than 50 μm. The POFA was treated by heating it at a temperature of 600 oC for 1.5 h. The mixed powder was then pressed into pellets at mould pressure (MP) 91 MPa. All the pellets were sintered at the temperature of 1100 oC for 1 h hour, ...
Engineering Innovation for Addressing Societal Challenges, 2021
In Nigeria, a crucial responsibility of the executive arms of the government is to submit annual ... more In Nigeria, a crucial responsibility of the executive arms of the government is to submit annual budgetary allocations to the national assembly for approval. Due to the diversity and complexity of the budget, the national assembly is mandated to carry out its constitutional duty of scrutinizing the budget to discover irregularity or anomaly, make recommendations, or substantial modification upon what it received. This is very challenging, particularly in Nigeria where there are many different ethnicities and regional, to ensure inclusiveness, the national assembly must carry out its constitutional duty diligently and carefully without fear or favor that often has unintended consequences. This might not be very easy to accomplish within a short period. Thus, this research aims at detecting an anomaly in the budget that will ease the legislative duty thereby facilitating the process of appropriation. The concept of Clustering for Machine learning technique was used for the detection o...
Background: Emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten global t... more Background: Emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten global tuberculosis (TB) treatment, care, and prevention, and it remains a major global health problem in many low- and middle-income countries with high morbidity and mortality. Objectives: The present study assessed MDR-TB treatment outcome and its predictors among adult patients in Kano, Nigeria. Methods: We conducted a secondary data analysis involving 283 adult patients treated for MDR-TB using routine data for MDR-TB programme in Kano State between August 2014 and September 2018. Results: The mean age (±standard deviation) of the respondents was 33.4 ± 11.6 years and up to 40% of them were within the age group of 25–34 years. About three-quarters of the participants 72.4% (205) were males; up to 63.6% (180) of the patients live in the urban areas, and mean duration of treatment initiation was 21 days after the diagnosis. Up to 66.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 61.1–72.4), patients had successful treatment, (cured) while 33.2% (95% CI = 27.6–38.9) died. After adjusting for confounding, gender and HIV status were found to be independent predictors of MDR-TB treatment outcome among MDR-TB patients in Kano. Male patients (adjusted odds ratio aOR = 0.38, 95% CI = 0.22–0.66, P = 0.001) and HIV-negative patients (aOR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.28–0.87, P = 0.015) were less likely to die from MDR-TB. Conclusion: The study found a moderate treatment success rate for MDR-TB in Kano. Early initiation of treatment, control of HIV epidemic, and enhanced treatment supervision would likely improve treatment outcome.
Motivation. The human chymase (EC 3.4.21.39) is a hydrolase abundant in secretory granules of mas... more Motivation. The human chymase (EC 3.4.21.39) is a hydrolase abundant in secretory granules of mast cells, responsible for the synthesis of angiotensin II from its precursor. Moreover, it is also responsible for the conversion of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 precursors to their active forms. Since a link between heart failure and chymase has been proved, specific chymase inhibitors are actively searched to develop new therapeutic treatments for cardiovascular diseases, considering also that chymase has no enzymatic activity in normal tissues. Therefore, specific chymase inhibitors may have no effects on any other target in healthy states. The use of natural products has been an integral part of the treatment of different diseases throughout the world since past centuries. Many plants with potential therapeutic activity were widely used as natural medicines with negligible undesired effects. Therefore, the search for new active compounds fr...
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
BrushLess Direct Current (BLDC) motor is a multivariable and highly complex nonlinear system. Var... more BrushLess Direct Current (BLDC) motor is a multivariable and highly complex nonlinear system. Variation of internal parameter values with environment or reference signal increases the difficulty in controlling the BLDC effectively. Advanced control strategies (like model predictive control) often have to be integrated to satisfy the control desires. Enhancing or proper tuning of a conventional algorithm results in achieving the desired performance. This paper presents a performance comparison of Enhanced PID and Model Predictive Control (MPC) applied to brushless direct current motor. The simulation results demonstrated that the PSO-PID is slightly better than the PID and MPC in tracking the trajectory of the reference signal. The proposed scheme could be useful algorithms for the system.
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
Procurement of measuring device, maintenance cost coupled with calibration of the instrument cont... more Procurement of measuring device, maintenance cost coupled with calibration of the instrument contributed to the difficulty in forecasting of global solar radiation in underdeveloped countries. Most of the available regressional and mathematical models do not capture well the behavior of the global solar radiation. This paper presents the comparison of Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and Autoregressive Moving Average with eXogenous term (ARMAX) in forecasting global solar radiation. Full-Scale (experimental) data of Nigerian metrological agency, Sultan Abubakar III international airport Sokoto was used to validate the models. The simulation results demonstrated that the ANFIS model having achieved MAPE of 5.34% outperformed the ARMAX model. The ANFIS could be a valuable tool for forecasting the global solar radiation.
There is a need for the communities to develop their health financing system, most especially tho... more There is a need for the communities to develop their health financing system, most especially those that were not covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This will give the people an opportunity to finance their medical care which in turn would alleviate financial burden at the point of treatment. Therefore, this study is aimed to determine the level of awareness for Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHIS) among communities and to measure the degree of willingness to pay for the scheme in Katsina, North-Western Nigeria. Semi structured interviewer-assisted questionnaires were used to collect information from the respondents. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 20.0. The results indicates that majority of the respondents attained tertiary level of education (68.3%) and 81.1% were employed. About 74.2% were earning more than the Nigerian minimum wage N18, 000 (≈$59). About 52.2% of the respondents were aware of the CBHIS. And 81% were willing...
Locust beans (Parkiabiglobosa/Filicoidea) and Tamarind (Tamarindusindica) are trees grown in most... more Locust beans (Parkiabiglobosa/Filicoidea) and Tamarind (Tamarindusindica) are trees grown in most tropical region. They are multipurpose trees with fruits that play a vital role most especially in preparing food delicacy, drinks and commercial purpose as well as for medical values. The fruits pods of locust beans and tamarind trees are normally discarded after opening to remove the seeds, powder and the pasty parts of the fruits for use. The pods when soaked in water releases brownish/pinkish colour which is harmful to aquatic life. The synthetic dyes/colours also poses a threats to human life, pollutes our environment The synthetic dyes/colorant poses a threats to human life, pollutes our environment and this coupled with Nigerian problems of scarcity of dyes, cost of importation, environmental pollution and unemployment opportunities. Therefore, the international community called for urgent attention, urging nations to go back to the re- used of natural dyes to served as an alternatives to this menaced. In order to find a lasting solution to environmental pollution caused by the discarded pods and also create alternative to the harmful synthetic dyes; this study researches on the potential of using the brownish/pinkish colour released by the pods as textile dyes.
This study investigates the role of Big Data Management (BDM) on the competitive financial sector... more This study investigates the role of Big Data Management (BDM) on the competitive financial sector, its importance and effective adoption for Nigerian banks. A survey was used to collect primary data from branches of one of the leading banks in Nigeria and 796 usable questionnaires from bank customers, employees and managers were used for analysis. A descriptive research method and correlational study was used to determine the link between Big Data elements such as use of customers' data and predictive analysis of customer trends and patterns in form of differentiation, increased sales, customer engagement as well as cost leadership. The research focused on customer's rate of reviews of Big Data as the independent variables with repeat engagement and interaction as the dependent variables. Descriptive statistics using SPSS program specifically mean and standard deviations was employed for the analysis. Results show that banks create differentiation by introducing a variety of...
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