Papers by Muhammad Al'amin Abubakar
Jurnal Informatika
Prediksi keberlangsungan hidup pasien gagal jantung telah dilakukan pada penelitian untuk mencari... more Prediksi keberlangsungan hidup pasien gagal jantung telah dilakukan pada penelitian untuk mencari tahu tentang kinerja, akurasi, presisi dan performa dari model prediksi ataupun metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian, dengan menggunakan dataset heart failure clinical records. Namun dataset ini memiliki permasalahan yaitu bersifat tidak seimbang yang dapat menurunkan kinerja model prediksi karena cenderung menghasilkan prediksi kelas mayoritas. Pada penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan level algoritma untuk mengatasi ketidakseimbangan kelas yaitu teknik bagging dengan metode Random Forest lalu digabungkan dengan metode Hyper-Parameter Tuning agar kinerja yang dihasilkan menjadi lebih baik. Selanjutnya model dilatih dengan dataset dan dibandingkan dengan metode lain, hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa Random Forest dengan Random Search Hyper Parameter-Tuning mencapai nilai AUC sebesar 0,906 dan untuk model Random Forest tanpa Random Search memperoleh nilai AUC sebesar 0,866.
Review of Politics and Public Policy in Emerging Economies, 2020
Purpose: The reason of this research endeavour is to address the requirement for the strengthenin... more Purpose: The reason of this research endeavour is to address the requirement for the strengthening of Operation Director on how to stand up to the encounter of adjusting the interface and desires of the business with those of the locational associates to attain and keep up production and economical advantage. Methodology: The methodology is a qualitative in nature utilizing hypothetical and theoretical strategies that consolidate a reference list audit to attain the anticipated destinations. Results: The findings from this study is about incorporating the reality that sustainable improvement ought to be taken care of based on productivity with assets, and carefully arranged to provide both prompt and long-term benefits for individuals, planet, and prosperity. Research limitations/implications: A major impediment of utilizing secondary information is that the new user does not know and cannot determine the initial interest taken by the original source that gave guidance to the inform...
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A Schiff base of 3-[(2-Hydroxy-phenylimino)-methyl]-6-methoxy -quinolin-2- ol was synthesized by ... more A Schiff base of 3-[(2-Hydroxy-phenylimino)-methyl]-6-methoxy -quinolin-2- ol was synthesized by a 1:1 molar condensation of 2-Hydroxy-6-methoxy-3-quinolinecarboxaldehyde and 2-aminophenol. The metal (II) complexes were synthesized by refluxing the ethanolic solutions of the Schiff base and the chloride salts of the metals. Melting point, decomposition temperature, solubility, elemental analysis, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility and molar conductivity measurements were used to characterized the Schiff base and its metal complexes. The Schiff base is yellow and it has a melting point of 251 <sup>O</sup>C. The decomposition temperature of the Cd (II) and Cu (II) complexes were 282 and 270 <sup>O</sup>C respectively. The elemental analysis of the complexes established the formation of 1:1 metal - ligand ratio. The non-electrolytic natures of the complexes were revealed by the molar conductivity values. The behavior of the Schiff b...
While the adoption of social media gets prominence in the developed world, its widespread adoptio... more While the adoption of social media gets prominence in the developed world, its widespread adoption has not yet occurred across many organisations in developing countries and very little empirical research focusing on Women’s Non-Governmental Organisations (henceforth, WNGOs) has been conducted to date. The aim of this study is to fill this knowledge gap by investigating the factors affecting adoption of social media by WNGOs in North-West of Nigeria. Built around the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI), Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) Framework and Information Sharing Behaviour (ISB) factors, the study develops an integrated model consisting of twelve variables to investigate factors that affect WNGOs’ social media adoption. The study employed the quantitative approach. To test the research’s proposed model, a survey questionnaire was self-administered to a sample of 327 respondents drawn from eighty-seven registered WNGOs. Out of the 327 questionnaires distributed, 250 u...
International Journal of Technical Research & Science, 2019
The global era of information and communication technology (ICT) in academic cannot be over empha... more The global era of information and communication technology (ICT) in academic cannot be over emphasized. Integration of technology in education has shown positive effects on the behavior, attitude, perception, personality, knowledge etc. and some negative effects respectively. The main goal or the philosophy behind this paper is to assess the impact of WhatsApp usage on student academic performance. The paper reviewed enormous works on the research topic in order to make a position on how far WhatsApp has impacted on academic performance. The model adapted in the work indicated a clear relationship between WhatsApp and academic performance. The research methodology was essentially exploratory and therefore depended on secondary data for the examination of issues surrounding WhasApp and academic performance. Content analysis was used to make analysis. The researchers found out that evolution of ICT in the world has led to uncountable effects on education, especially on academic performance. People use social WhatsApp to pass time, for entertainment and learning at large. Many people get socialized through the use of WhatsApp. This avails them the opportunity to share pictures, academic videos, group/class interaction and other vital academic materials online. Also most students tend to spend time on WhatsApp than academic activities. Researches also indicated poor academic communication among students while writing examination. This to us will greatly affect the human capital development on the long run leading to half-baked and unproductive graduates. The researchers therefore, advice that strict rules and regulations should be made to that effect by the various educational institutions towards eliminating this abnormality.
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, 2015
Detailed microscopic observations (palynofacies) and organic geochemical analyses were conducted ... more Detailed microscopic observations (palynofacies) and organic geochemical analyses were conducted on insoluble sedimentary organic matter (kerogens) from the Late Cretaceous sediments in the Chad (Bornu) Basin, northeastern Nigeria. This is to assess their origin, paleoenvironment and types, as well as their petroleum potential. The organic matter is mainly composed of mixed terrestrial plant and marine algae-derived AOMs. Phytoclasts are also present in significant amount in most of the samples, especially those obtained from the upper section of Fika Formation. However, most of the AOMs appears to be degraded and were not well preserved. The variations of relative abundances of marine and terrigenous organic matter may be controlled by terrestrial input in ocean and/or preservation rather than marine production. This organic matter was likely deposited in marine environment under environmental conditions that were mostly dysoxic. The intense degradation observed in most of the organic matter may be as a result of high thermal maturity. Further evidences in this study confirmed that most of the potential source rocks in Chad (Bornu) Basin contain Type III kerogens, but Type III/II kerogens were also present in some parts of the basin, especially at the upper section of Fika Formation. It was also revealed that most of the samples, especially those at the deeper sections of the basin display high aromatic character which suggest a dominant gas-prone nature of the organic matter. This study confirmed that a potential for gas generation exist in this basin.
Reviews in medical virology, Mar 28, 2017
Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes a communicable disease of cloven hoofed animals, resul... more Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes a communicable disease of cloven hoofed animals, resulting in major economic losses during disease outbreaks. Like other members of the Picornaviridae FMDV has a relatively short infectious cycle; initiation of infection and dissemination, with production of infectious virions occurs in less than a week. The components of innate immunity as well as cell-mediated and humoral immunity play a crucial role in control of FMDV. However, it has been shown in vitro using a mouse model that FMDV has evolved certain mechanisms to counteract host immune responses ensuring its survival and spread. The viral leader proteinase, L pro, deters interferon beta (IFN-β) mRNA synthesis, thus, inhibiting host cell translation. Another viral proteinase, 3C pro, disrupts host cell transcription by cleaving histone H3. A transient lymphopenia in swine as a consequence of FMDV infection has also been observed, but the mechanism involved and viral protein(s) associa...
Annals of African medicine
The profound physiologic effects of pregnancy affect the musculoskeletal system. Pregnant women a... more The profound physiologic effects of pregnancy affect the musculoskeletal system. Pregnant women are at increased risks of low back/pelvic girdle pains. To determine the incidence of low back/pelvic girdle pains among pregnant women. This was a cross-sectional study conducted from May 1 to June 30, 2016, among consenting pregnant women at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Ethical approval was obtained from the Hospital Ethics Committee. Information was obtained in a questionnaire on consecutive pregnant women. Data obtained were analyzed using SPSS version 18 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2012). Fisher's exact test was used for categorical data, and P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. A total of 309 pregnant women were recruited from May 1 to June 30, 2016. The mean age ± standard deviation was 28.4 ± 5.86 years. The incidence of low back pains (LBPs) and pelvic girdle pains among the pregnant women was 106 (34.3%) and 178 (57.6%), respectively. The pain was seve...
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 2006
The sediments of the Lower Bima member in the Yola Sub – basin, Northern Benue Trough of Nigeria ... more The sediments of the Lower Bima member in the Yola Sub – basin, Northern Benue Trough of Nigeria were investigated based on organic geochemical characteristics in particular biomarker distribution with the aim of assessing the effect of heat caused by Tertiary volcanic plugs on the sediments. The Benue Trough is the major rifted basin in Africa. It is divided into Northern, Central and Southern portions. The Northern Benue is made up of two arms; Gongola Sub -basin and Yola Sub -basin. The Bima Formation is the oldest formation occupying the base of the Cretaceous successions. It is differentiated into three members; Lower (B1), Middle (B2) and Upper Bima (B3). Volcanic plugs have being reported in the Northern Benue unrelated to any specific tectonic control and the rocks were thought to represent the youngest within the Tertiary period. Fifteen samples (shale and mudstones) were collected. Approximately 30grams were crushed from each sample and were subjected to bitumen extraction...
The Benue Trough of Nigeria is a major rifted basin formed from the tension generated by the sepa... more The Benue Trough of Nigeria is a major rifted basin formed from the tension generated by the separation of African and South American plates in the Early Cretaceous. It is divided into Southern, Central and Northern Benue portions. The Northern Benue is made up two major sub-basins; the N – S trending Gongola Sub-basin and the E – W trending Yola Sub-basin. The Bima Formation is the oldest lithogenetic unit occupying the base of the Early Cretaceous successions in the Northern Benue Trough. It is differentiated into Lower Bima (B1), Middle Bima (B2) and Upper Bima (B3) Bima Members. Facies analysis of early Cretaceous sediments of Bima Formation was conducted with an objective of interpreting the paleodepositional environments and reconstructing a depositional model. Ten facies were identified on the basis of lithology, grain size, sedimentary structures and paleocurrent analysis. The facies constitute three facies associations; the gravelly dominated, the sandy dominated and the fi...
The origin and evolution of the Northern Benue Trough as part of the West and Central African Rif... more The origin and evolution of the Northern Benue Trough as part of the West and Central African Rift System (WCARS) brought into existence positive interplay of stratigraphic profiling and their tectonic juxtaposition favourable to petroleum generation, expulsion, migration and trapping. Its origin as a rifted basin, modified by strike-slip (transcurrent) faulting and subsequent inversion(s) created multiple structures of various styles akin to those in other WCARS basins where oil and gas have been discovered. The stratigraphic arrangement is particularly similar to that of the contiguous basins of Muglad in Sudan and Termit and Doba in Chad and Niger Republics. The present investigation on the tectonostratigraphic disposition of the Northern Benue Trough of Nigeria, although preliminary, revealed the presence of potential petroleum systems similar to those of the other basins of the WCARS. Two potential petroleum systems have been identified; Early Cretaceous system with potential s...
An open system pyrolysis-GC was performed on some coal samples from the Benue Trough, Nigeria; th... more An open system pyrolysis-GC was performed on some coal samples from the Benue Trough, Nigeria; the evolved hydrocarbons were identified and quantified using n-butane as internal standard. This, combined with petrography and Rock-Eval pyrolysis were used in assessing the hydrocarbon generating potentials of the coal samples. Lafia-Obi coals were found to have a percentage vitrinite reflectance (%Ro) values of 0.91-1.08 %, maximum temperature for hydrocarbon generation (Tmax) of 449-455 ºC and a hydrogen Index (HI) of 136-246 mg HC/g TOC, suggesting that they are in their late maturity stage for hydrocarbon generation, while Lamza and Kumo coals, with %Ro of 0.52-0.70% and 0.36-0.59%; Tmax of 434-438 °C and 415-429 °C; and HI of 184-269 mg HC/g TOC and 167-322 mg HC/g TOC, are at the early maturity and immaturity stage, respectively. The HI values show that the Lafia-Obi coals are mainly of type III kerogen, Lamza coals are mixtures of type III and type II/III, while Kumo coal are mai...
Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2015
Paleogeographic studies have shown that Earth was covered with more water during the Cretaceous t... more Paleogeographic studies have shown that Earth was covered with more water during the Cretaceous than it is today, as the global sea level was significantly higher. The Cretaceous witnessed one of the greatest marine transgressions in Earth's history, represented by widespread deposition of sands directly on underlying basement. These sand bodies hold much of the world's heavy oil. Here, we present for the first time, geochemical evidence of a Cretaceous oil sand (Bima oil sand) in the Chad Basin, Nigeria. Bima oil sand is similar to other Cretaceous oil sands, predominantly occurring at shallow depths on basin flanks and generally lacking a seal cover, making the oil susceptible to biodegradation. The bulk properties and distribution of molecular features in oils from the Bima oil sand suggest that they are biodegraded. Sterane maturity parameters and the trisnorhopane thermal indicator for the oils suggest thermal maturities consistent with oils generated as conventional light oils, which later degraded into heavy oils. These oils also show no evidence of 25-norhopane, strongly suggesting that biodegradation occurred at shallow depths, consistent with the shallow depth of occurrence of the Bima Formation at the study locality. Low diasterane/sterane ratios and C 29 H/C 30 H ratios greater than 1 suggest a carbonate source rock for the studied oil. The Sterane distribution further suggests that the oils were sourced from marine carbonate rocks. The C 32 homohopane isomerization ratios for the Bima oil sand are 0.59e0.60, implying that the source rock has surpassed the main oil generation phase, consistent with burial depths of the Fika and Gongila Formations, which are both possible petroleum source rocks in the basin.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015
Sedimentology, organic and inorganic geochemical studies were applied on sediments of the Cretace... more Sedimentology, organic and inorganic geochemical studies were applied on sediments of the Cretaceous Yolde Formation from Yola Sub-basin, Northern Benue Trough, northeastern Nigeria with an attempt to determine the sedimentary facies, paleo-redox condition and to reconstruct the palaeo-depositional environments. Eight (8) facies were identified on the basis of lithology, grain size, ichnofossils/degree of bioturbation and sedimentary structures. These facies constitute four facies associations; the FA-1 (offshore marine), FA-2 (offshore transition to lower shoreface), FA-3 (middle shoreface) and FA-4 (upper shoreface). The succession of these facies associations indicates storm and wave influenced offshore/shoreface depositional environments for the formation. Molecular organic geochemical investigation suggests deposition under suboxic marine environment with major contribution of phytoplankton, bacteria and minor amount of terrigenous organic matter. XRD mineralogical assessment, and major and trace elements geochemistry revealed that the Yolde Formation sediments were sourced from continental areas of passive continental margin setting and deposited in semiarid climate under suboxic shallow marine conditions related to the first marine transgression that occurred in the Benue Trough
ABSTRACT Facies and their stratigraphical distribution analyses were conducted on the Lower Bima ... more ABSTRACT Facies and their stratigraphical distribution analyses were conducted on the Lower Bima Member exposed mainly at the core of the NE – SW axially trending Lamurde Anticline in the Yola Sub-basin, with an objective of interpreting its palaeodepositional environments, and reconstructing a depositional model and its stratigraphical architecture. Ten (10) lithofacies were identified on the basis of lithology, grain size, sedimentary structures and paleocurrent analysis. The facies constitute three (3) major facies associations; the gravelly dominated, the sandy dominated and the fine grain dominated. These facies and facies associations were interpreted and three facies successions were recognized; the alluvial – proximal braided river, the braided river and the lacustrine – marginal lacustrine. The stratigraphic architecture indicates a rifted (?pull-apart) origin as the facies distribution shows a progradational succession from a shallow lacustrine/marginal lacustrine (at the axial part of the basin) to alluvial fan (sediment gravity flow) – proximal braided river (gravel bed braided river) and braided river (channel and overbank) depositional systems. The facies stacking patterns depict sedimentation mainly controlled by allogenic factors of climate and tectonism.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015
The Bima Formation is the oldest lithogenetic unit occupying the base of the Cretaceous successio... more The Bima Formation is the oldest lithogenetic unit occupying the base of the Cretaceous successions in the Yola Sub-basin of the Northern Benue Trough. It is differentiated into Lower (B1), Middle (B2) and Upper (B3) Bima Members. Integrated organic and inorganic geochemical studies were applied on the lacustrine sediments of the Bima Formation with the aim of reconstructing the palaeodepositional environment and organic matter input in response to climate and tectonism. The analysed sediments were deposited in a freshwater lacustrine environment with a low-salinity stratified water column and suboxic to relatively anoxic conditions, as indicated by the bulk geochemical parameters. The biomarkers provide evidence for a contribution of aquatic algae and microorganisms, with a significant amount of terrigenous organic matter input. The preservation of the organic matter is possibly attributed to the stratified water column with low salinity and suboxic to relatively anoxic conditions. Based on the geochemistry of major and trace elements, the sediments were deposited during semi-arid climatic conditions within passive continental margin setting. This agrees with the tectonic events in the West and Central African Rift System (WCARS) during the Early Cretaceous period.
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