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Papers by Charity Okorie
Medična nauka Ukraïni, Sep 30, 2022
The break-up and exit of the dominant follicle into the fallopian tube from the ovary is a physio... more The break-up and exit of the dominant follicle into the fallopian tube from the ovary is a physiological event known as ovulation. To determine fertility chances, it is essential to understand the physiology of the ovulatory cycle. Objective. This study assesses the knowledge of the ovulatory cycle (KOC) and associated factors among reproductive-age women in Nigeria. Materials and methods. The research was based on 2018 NDHS data (which was the most current at the time of this study). 90,290 women of reproductive age were taken into account for this investigation. The methods of analysis used are percentage, frequency, chi-square test and Binary Logistic Regression Analysis. p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results. Only 25% of the 90,290 reproductive women included in the investigation were found to be knowledgeable of the ovulatory cycle. The study revealed that age, region, place of residence (urban), religion, marital status (living with a partner), maternal education (primary and higher education), husband's educational level and women's media exposure had a significant effect on knowledge of the ovulatory cycle. Conclusion. KOC, however, was low (25%), necessitating the development and implementation of reproductive health services through community media campaigns and health promotion. The authors of this study urge the Nigerian Ministry of Health to prioritize improving the reproductive health of women by prioritizing adolescents and those with less education. Additionally, media initiatives might be strengthened to improve women's KOC, which is essential for preventing unwanted pregnancy.
Asian Research Journal of Mathematics, 2018
This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velo... more This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velocity and temperature jump in the presence of transverse magnetic field. Closed-form solutions are obtained for velocity and thermal profiles when both walls of the channel are kept at unequal temperatures. The effects of various controlling parameters such as Hartman number, rarefaction parameter, fluid-wall interaction parameter and Brinkman number on the thermal behavior are discussed with the aid of line graphs. Interesting result from the present work is that increase in rarefaction parameter leads to enhancement in fluid temperature while increase in fluid-wall interaction parameter leads to increase in temperature jump on the walls of the channel.
International journal of technical research & science, Dec 29, 2018
This research work focuses on the use of price indices to compare prices of some selected domesti... more This research work focuses on the use of price indices to compare prices of some selected domestics commodities in Taraba state. Secondary data were collected, from the Statistical year book, Taraba State. The data were analyzed using Lasepeyre"s, Pa"asches, Wa"aschs and Kelly"s price indices. In the analysis we observed that there was an increase of about 5.7% in prices of commodities in 2010 also an increase in prices of about 86.31% in 2016 and a little decreases in prices of commodities in 2009, 2011 to 2015.
International journal of scientific research in mathematical and statistical sciences, Aug 31, 2018
This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velo... more This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velocity and temperature jump. Closed-form solutions are obtained for temperature, bulk temperature and rate of heat transfer when both walls of the channel are kept at unequal temperatures. The effects of various controlling parameters such as rarefaction parameter, fluid-wall interaction parameter and Brinkman number on the thermal behavior and rate of heat transfer are discussed with the aid of line graphs. Interesting result from the present work is that increase in rarefaction parameter leads to enhancement in fluid temperature while increase in fluid-wall interaction parameter leads to increase in temperature jump on the walls of the channel. In addition, the rate of heat transfer represented as the Nusselt number at the both walls of the channel displays an unbounded swing which varies with increase in fluid-wall interaction and rarefaction parameters.
Asian research journal of mathematics, Oct 3, 2018
This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velo... more This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velocity and temperature jump in the presence of transverse magnetic field. Closed-form solutions are obtained for velocity and thermal profiles when both walls of the channel are kept at unequal temperatures. The effects of various controlling parameters such as Hartman number, rarefaction parameter, fluid-wall interaction parameter and Brinkman number on the thermal behavior are discussed with the aid of line graphs. Interesting result from the present work is that increase in rarefaction parameter leads to enhancement in fluid temperature while increase in fluid-wall interaction parameter leads to increase in temperature jump on the walls of the channel.
IOSR Journal of Mathematics, 2017
Difference equations are difficult problems, and rarely can an analytic formula be found for the ... more Difference equations are difficult problems, and rarely can an analytic formula be found for the solution. The problems of difference equations are those of existence, uniqueness and stability of solutions subject to various types of initial twopoint or multipoint boundary conditions. Other problems include the behavior of solution with constant and variable coefficients, the stability and instability of linear and non-linear difference equations. This study was designed to evaluate ordinary differential equations and to test the stability of solutions to difference equation using difference methods. In this work the finite difference method was used which is made up of the forward, backward and the central difference approximations. These techniques were used to evaluate two sample problems of general linear second order differential equations. After solving each problem their error estimates were evaluated. This was done in order to check the level of accuracy and the stability of their solutions and to determine which method or technique is more efficient. It was found that the central difference method was more accurate than other methods having that its error is of order h 2 (i.e. oh 2) as compared to oh in the other cases.
African Scientific Reports
Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to process the gl... more Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to process the glucose in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is mostly diagnosed in order adults but it is increasingly seen in children, adolescent and younger adult. It is discovered that the rate at which patients are diagnosed of diabetes has been on the increase despite the series of diabetic drugs that are available. This prompted the researchers to carry out this research so as to determine the potency of drugs used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Data were collected from Specialist Hospital, Jalingo Taraba State. The data were used to obtain the relative potency and pooled variance as well as analyzing the potency of the diabetes drug. The result for the relative potency which is > 1 (1.62), means that the test preparation is less potent than the standard test preparation. We also observed that their confidence interval lies between (-12.88,17.05). Analyzing the significance difference between th...
International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing
Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2022
Government usually spend huge amount of money when embarking on census in other to know the popul... more Government usually spend huge amount of money when embarking on census in other to know the population of the people living in a community. Also, despite the huge amount of money government invest on census; some of the areas are not captured. This study is aimed at the use of Mathematical models to project the future population of Wukari Local Government Area which will determine how government can embark on conducting census at a reduced or minimized cost. Data were collected form the Statistical Year Book of Taraba State. The data spanned from 2006 to 2016. The following models; Malthusian model; Arithmetic and Geometric model were used in the projection of the population of Wukari Local Government Area from 2016 to 2040. The results show that Malthusian model has minimum error compared to the Arithmetic and Geometric models.
In this study a model for estimating the blood pressure of humans was developed in relation to a ... more In this study a model for estimating the blood pressure of humans was developed in relation to a person’s age, weight, pulse rate and body temperature parameters. The model was optimized to determine the nature of the extreme value of the Blood Pressure model and whether humans could have a maximum or minimum value for blood pressure. However, the optimization result showed that there is no specific human blood pressure value that could be called a maximum or minimum. Furthermore, the model’s resulting data was correlated with the measured/gathered data and the outcome of the correlation analysis showed a very high correlation of about 80% between the two results which therefore recommends as a standard measure for human’s Blood pressure.
X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and physicochemical test have been applied in the analysis ... more X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and physicochemical test have been applied in the analysis of soil samples that were collected from the area of study. In this work, the distribution pattern and properties of the soil samples were determined. The elements determined include Al, Si, P, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ba, Rb and S. 83% elements obtained were uniformly distributed. The mean values of pH, EC and CEC were: 5.59±0.65, 0.09±0.06 and 0.09±0.06. In general, the elements (Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn,) were evenly distributed while the elements (P, Mn, Ba, S and Rb) were not evenly distributed and the soils were characterised by good physical and chemical properties, which supports plants survivals. The soils have a good distribution pattern and physicochemical properties; hence plant/crops will thrive.
Food is source life to human existence. It is a known fact that no living thing can survive witho... more Food is source life to human existence. It is a known fact that no living thing can survive without food. For a country to be said to have food security, the prices of available food commodities must be affordable to everybody in that country and that is determined by the cost of the food commodities. As prices of agricultural commodities keep increasing, the availability of food becomes limited to every home in Nigeria. This is because, not everybody can afford high cost of food. When such happens, there will be food insecurity instead of food security. The aim of this paper is to use Time series equations and Non Linear equations to compare the prices of the selected agricultural commodities. Price is considered because, price plays a major role to food security in any country. Data were collected at monthly basis from the prices of three agricultural commodities for the period of nine years (2008-2016). The commodities include local rice, cassava flour and Red maize. The results ...
Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquito that ... more Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquito that kills millions of people on a yearly basis. Despite over a century of enormous research with all existing intervention programs to control and eliminate malaria, yet it remains a global threat. A new and promising tool which is being given current attention is an endectocide known as ivermectin (IVM). In this study, we develop a mathematical model for the control of this disease in the presence of relapse with IVM drug as a mosquitocidal tool. The model is developed using ordinary differential equation from which we obtained the basic reproduction number, 0 R and then investigate the existence and stability of the disease-free equilibrium(DFE). Numerical simulations of the model shows that treatment alone in the presence of relapse is not sufficient to bring down malaria burden to a reasonable level. But for control purpose, the result suggests that the human recovery rate should be incr...
International Journal of Scientific and Innovative Mathematical Research, 2018
Gombe is a state in northeastern Nigeria, it was created out of Bauchi State on 1st October 1996 ... more Gombe is a state in northeastern Nigeria, it was created out of Bauchi State on 1st October 1996 by the late General Sanni Abacha's Administration with its capital at Gombe. The State has Gombe as one of the Local Government Area. The capacity of local government to generate revenue internally is one very crucial consideration for the creation of a local council. Local government plays a crucial role in the delivery of services to the citizenry. The success of any local government is its ability to utilize its human and material resources to achieve the desired objectives i.e. rendering needed services to the community. Local government is a government in which popular participation both in the choice of decision makers and in its recognition of a third tier of government. Prior to 1976, however, Nigerian local government has passed through various reforms and organization. These reforms and reorganizations have affected the system financially, administratively, politically and functionally. Revenue generation in Nigeria Local Government is principally derived from Tax. Meanwhile tax is a compulsory levy imposed by Government on individuals and companies for the various legitimate function of the State (Olaoye, 2008). According to Ocheni et al., (2013) the statutory allocation from the federation account, serving as the main source of revenue to local government, is said to be inadequate and untimely received by the local government administration to enable discharge their obligations. Adenugba and Chike (2013) define revenue sources as the funds required by the government to finance its activities. These funds are generated from different sources such as taxes, borrowing, fines, fees and statutory etc. Therefore, revenue sources are the total amount of income that accrues to organization (public or private) within a specific period of time. Ibrahim (2011) defines local government as the breaking down of government functions, into smaller units for the purpose of administration established by law. The smaller units of government are concern to play direct part through the elected representative, who exercises authority and functions under supervision of the central government. According to Maduako (2010) the functions of local government have two fold purposes for its existence created to render services in defined geographical areas. Majorly, the existence of local government was due to inability of the central government to meet the rural needs in satisfying government 17 institutions. However, the first function is administrative, concerned with welfare of the citizen in the provision of goods and services such as; street cleaning, sanitation, refuse collection, road construction and maintenance, housing, water and sewerage, primary education, clinics among others. Other function is to represent and involve citizens in determining specific public needs and how the needs can be met through elected or selected representatives. According to
International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, Jan 30, 2020
This research work is concerned with the effects of drug abuse on academic performance. The reaso... more This research work is concerned with the effects of drug abuse on academic performance. The reason for this research is because it was observed that whenever students begin to involve themselves in drug abuse, they start to perform poorly in their academics. Data were collected through distribution of questionnaires in Wukari, Taraba State. The number of questionnaires given out was 215 and the number realized was 182. Chisquare was used for the analysis and it was observed that drug abuse has effect on students' academic performance.
International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, 2018
This work focuses on nonlinear equation (x) = 0, it is noted that no or little attention is given... more This work focuses on nonlinear equation (x) = 0, it is noted that no or little attention is given to nonlinear equations. The purpose of this work is to determine the best method of solving nonlinear equations. The work outlined four methods of solving nonlinear equations. Unlike linear equations, most nonlinear equations cannot be solved in finite number of steps. Iterative methods are being used to solve nonlinear equations. The cost of solving nonlinear equations problems depend on both the cost per iteration and the number of iterations required. Derivations of each of the methods were obtained. An example was illustrated to show the results of all the four methods and the results were collected, tabulated and analyzed in terms of their errors and convergence respectively. The results were also presented in form of graphs. The implication is that the higher the rate of convergence determines how fast it will get to the approximate root or solution of the equation. Thus, it was recommended that the Newton's method is the best method of solving the nonlinear equation f(x) = 0 containing one variable because of its high rate of convergence.
Journal Health and Technology - JHT
Measles is an infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus and it spreads either through direct... more Measles is an infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus and it spreads either through direct contact with a person who has the virus or through droplets in the air. The study sought to determine the linear trends of reported cases of measles, to also determine the gender that suffer most on the reported cases of measles in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River state and forecast future occurrence of the disease. Data used for the study were secondary which were gathered from General Hospital Obudu, from the year 2000 to 2020. Descriptive Statistics where calculated for each variable which shows the values of minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviation of each of the variable. The trend analysis for immunized case of measles shows a positive trend which implies increase in immunization. The trend equation for the disease is given by Yt = 367.1-2.89094*t. and trend analysis for reported cases of measles shows a negative trend which implies that cases of measles is decr...
Medična nauka Ukraïni, Sep 30, 2022
The break-up and exit of the dominant follicle into the fallopian tube from the ovary is a physio... more The break-up and exit of the dominant follicle into the fallopian tube from the ovary is a physiological event known as ovulation. To determine fertility chances, it is essential to understand the physiology of the ovulatory cycle. Objective. This study assesses the knowledge of the ovulatory cycle (KOC) and associated factors among reproductive-age women in Nigeria. Materials and methods. The research was based on 2018 NDHS data (which was the most current at the time of this study). 90,290 women of reproductive age were taken into account for this investigation. The methods of analysis used are percentage, frequency, chi-square test and Binary Logistic Regression Analysis. p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results. Only 25% of the 90,290 reproductive women included in the investigation were found to be knowledgeable of the ovulatory cycle. The study revealed that age, region, place of residence (urban), religion, marital status (living with a partner), maternal education (primary and higher education), husband's educational level and women's media exposure had a significant effect on knowledge of the ovulatory cycle. Conclusion. KOC, however, was low (25%), necessitating the development and implementation of reproductive health services through community media campaigns and health promotion. The authors of this study urge the Nigerian Ministry of Health to prioritize improving the reproductive health of women by prioritizing adolescents and those with less education. Additionally, media initiatives might be strengthened to improve women's KOC, which is essential for preventing unwanted pregnancy.
Asian Research Journal of Mathematics, 2018
This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velo... more This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velocity and temperature jump in the presence of transverse magnetic field. Closed-form solutions are obtained for velocity and thermal profiles when both walls of the channel are kept at unequal temperatures. The effects of various controlling parameters such as Hartman number, rarefaction parameter, fluid-wall interaction parameter and Brinkman number on the thermal behavior are discussed with the aid of line graphs. Interesting result from the present work is that increase in rarefaction parameter leads to enhancement in fluid temperature while increase in fluid-wall interaction parameter leads to increase in temperature jump on the walls of the channel.
International journal of technical research & science, Dec 29, 2018
This research work focuses on the use of price indices to compare prices of some selected domesti... more This research work focuses on the use of price indices to compare prices of some selected domestics commodities in Taraba state. Secondary data were collected, from the Statistical year book, Taraba State. The data were analyzed using Lasepeyre"s, Pa"asches, Wa"aschs and Kelly"s price indices. In the analysis we observed that there was an increase of about 5.7% in prices of commodities in 2010 also an increase in prices of about 86.31% in 2016 and a little decreases in prices of commodities in 2009, 2011 to 2015.
International journal of scientific research in mathematical and statistical sciences, Aug 31, 2018
This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velo... more This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velocity and temperature jump. Closed-form solutions are obtained for temperature, bulk temperature and rate of heat transfer when both walls of the channel are kept at unequal temperatures. The effects of various controlling parameters such as rarefaction parameter, fluid-wall interaction parameter and Brinkman number on the thermal behavior and rate of heat transfer are discussed with the aid of line graphs. Interesting result from the present work is that increase in rarefaction parameter leads to enhancement in fluid temperature while increase in fluid-wall interaction parameter leads to increase in temperature jump on the walls of the channel. In addition, the rate of heat transfer represented as the Nusselt number at the both walls of the channel displays an unbounded swing which varies with increase in fluid-wall interaction and rarefaction parameters.
Asian research journal of mathematics, Oct 3, 2018
This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velo... more This study analyzes laminar forced convection flow in parallel plate micro-channel with slip velocity and temperature jump in the presence of transverse magnetic field. Closed-form solutions are obtained for velocity and thermal profiles when both walls of the channel are kept at unequal temperatures. The effects of various controlling parameters such as Hartman number, rarefaction parameter, fluid-wall interaction parameter and Brinkman number on the thermal behavior are discussed with the aid of line graphs. Interesting result from the present work is that increase in rarefaction parameter leads to enhancement in fluid temperature while increase in fluid-wall interaction parameter leads to increase in temperature jump on the walls of the channel.
IOSR Journal of Mathematics, 2017
Difference equations are difficult problems, and rarely can an analytic formula be found for the ... more Difference equations are difficult problems, and rarely can an analytic formula be found for the solution. The problems of difference equations are those of existence, uniqueness and stability of solutions subject to various types of initial twopoint or multipoint boundary conditions. Other problems include the behavior of solution with constant and variable coefficients, the stability and instability of linear and non-linear difference equations. This study was designed to evaluate ordinary differential equations and to test the stability of solutions to difference equation using difference methods. In this work the finite difference method was used which is made up of the forward, backward and the central difference approximations. These techniques were used to evaluate two sample problems of general linear second order differential equations. After solving each problem their error estimates were evaluated. This was done in order to check the level of accuracy and the stability of their solutions and to determine which method or technique is more efficient. It was found that the central difference method was more accurate than other methods having that its error is of order h 2 (i.e. oh 2) as compared to oh in the other cases.
African Scientific Reports
Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to process the gl... more Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to process the glucose in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is mostly diagnosed in order adults but it is increasingly seen in children, adolescent and younger adult. It is discovered that the rate at which patients are diagnosed of diabetes has been on the increase despite the series of diabetic drugs that are available. This prompted the researchers to carry out this research so as to determine the potency of drugs used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Data were collected from Specialist Hospital, Jalingo Taraba State. The data were used to obtain the relative potency and pooled variance as well as analyzing the potency of the diabetes drug. The result for the relative potency which is > 1 (1.62), means that the test preparation is less potent than the standard test preparation. We also observed that their confidence interval lies between (-12.88,17.05). Analyzing the significance difference between th...
International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing
Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2022
Government usually spend huge amount of money when embarking on census in other to know the popul... more Government usually spend huge amount of money when embarking on census in other to know the population of the people living in a community. Also, despite the huge amount of money government invest on census; some of the areas are not captured. This study is aimed at the use of Mathematical models to project the future population of Wukari Local Government Area which will determine how government can embark on conducting census at a reduced or minimized cost. Data were collected form the Statistical Year Book of Taraba State. The data spanned from 2006 to 2016. The following models; Malthusian model; Arithmetic and Geometric model were used in the projection of the population of Wukari Local Government Area from 2016 to 2040. The results show that Malthusian model has minimum error compared to the Arithmetic and Geometric models.
In this study a model for estimating the blood pressure of humans was developed in relation to a ... more In this study a model for estimating the blood pressure of humans was developed in relation to a person’s age, weight, pulse rate and body temperature parameters. The model was optimized to determine the nature of the extreme value of the Blood Pressure model and whether humans could have a maximum or minimum value for blood pressure. However, the optimization result showed that there is no specific human blood pressure value that could be called a maximum or minimum. Furthermore, the model’s resulting data was correlated with the measured/gathered data and the outcome of the correlation analysis showed a very high correlation of about 80% between the two results which therefore recommends as a standard measure for human’s Blood pressure.
X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and physicochemical test have been applied in the analysis ... more X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and physicochemical test have been applied in the analysis of soil samples that were collected from the area of study. In this work, the distribution pattern and properties of the soil samples were determined. The elements determined include Al, Si, P, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ba, Rb and S. 83% elements obtained were uniformly distributed. The mean values of pH, EC and CEC were: 5.59±0.65, 0.09±0.06 and 0.09±0.06. In general, the elements (Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn,) were evenly distributed while the elements (P, Mn, Ba, S and Rb) were not evenly distributed and the soils were characterised by good physical and chemical properties, which supports plants survivals. The soils have a good distribution pattern and physicochemical properties; hence plant/crops will thrive.
Food is source life to human existence. It is a known fact that no living thing can survive witho... more Food is source life to human existence. It is a known fact that no living thing can survive without food. For a country to be said to have food security, the prices of available food commodities must be affordable to everybody in that country and that is determined by the cost of the food commodities. As prices of agricultural commodities keep increasing, the availability of food becomes limited to every home in Nigeria. This is because, not everybody can afford high cost of food. When such happens, there will be food insecurity instead of food security. The aim of this paper is to use Time series equations and Non Linear equations to compare the prices of the selected agricultural commodities. Price is considered because, price plays a major role to food security in any country. Data were collected at monthly basis from the prices of three agricultural commodities for the period of nine years (2008-2016). The commodities include local rice, cassava flour and Red maize. The results ...
Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquito that ... more Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquito that kills millions of people on a yearly basis. Despite over a century of enormous research with all existing intervention programs to control and eliminate malaria, yet it remains a global threat. A new and promising tool which is being given current attention is an endectocide known as ivermectin (IVM). In this study, we develop a mathematical model for the control of this disease in the presence of relapse with IVM drug as a mosquitocidal tool. The model is developed using ordinary differential equation from which we obtained the basic reproduction number, 0 R and then investigate the existence and stability of the disease-free equilibrium(DFE). Numerical simulations of the model shows that treatment alone in the presence of relapse is not sufficient to bring down malaria burden to a reasonable level. But for control purpose, the result suggests that the human recovery rate should be incr...
International Journal of Scientific and Innovative Mathematical Research, 2018
Gombe is a state in northeastern Nigeria, it was created out of Bauchi State on 1st October 1996 ... more Gombe is a state in northeastern Nigeria, it was created out of Bauchi State on 1st October 1996 by the late General Sanni Abacha's Administration with its capital at Gombe. The State has Gombe as one of the Local Government Area. The capacity of local government to generate revenue internally is one very crucial consideration for the creation of a local council. Local government plays a crucial role in the delivery of services to the citizenry. The success of any local government is its ability to utilize its human and material resources to achieve the desired objectives i.e. rendering needed services to the community. Local government is a government in which popular participation both in the choice of decision makers and in its recognition of a third tier of government. Prior to 1976, however, Nigerian local government has passed through various reforms and organization. These reforms and reorganizations have affected the system financially, administratively, politically and functionally. Revenue generation in Nigeria Local Government is principally derived from Tax. Meanwhile tax is a compulsory levy imposed by Government on individuals and companies for the various legitimate function of the State (Olaoye, 2008). According to Ocheni et al., (2013) the statutory allocation from the federation account, serving as the main source of revenue to local government, is said to be inadequate and untimely received by the local government administration to enable discharge their obligations. Adenugba and Chike (2013) define revenue sources as the funds required by the government to finance its activities. These funds are generated from different sources such as taxes, borrowing, fines, fees and statutory etc. Therefore, revenue sources are the total amount of income that accrues to organization (public or private) within a specific period of time. Ibrahim (2011) defines local government as the breaking down of government functions, into smaller units for the purpose of administration established by law. The smaller units of government are concern to play direct part through the elected representative, who exercises authority and functions under supervision of the central government. According to Maduako (2010) the functions of local government have two fold purposes for its existence created to render services in defined geographical areas. Majorly, the existence of local government was due to inability of the central government to meet the rural needs in satisfying government 17 institutions. However, the first function is administrative, concerned with welfare of the citizen in the provision of goods and services such as; street cleaning, sanitation, refuse collection, road construction and maintenance, housing, water and sewerage, primary education, clinics among others. Other function is to represent and involve citizens in determining specific public needs and how the needs can be met through elected or selected representatives. According to
International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, Jan 30, 2020
This research work is concerned with the effects of drug abuse on academic performance. The reaso... more This research work is concerned with the effects of drug abuse on academic performance. The reason for this research is because it was observed that whenever students begin to involve themselves in drug abuse, they start to perform poorly in their academics. Data were collected through distribution of questionnaires in Wukari, Taraba State. The number of questionnaires given out was 215 and the number realized was 182. Chisquare was used for the analysis and it was observed that drug abuse has effect on students' academic performance.
International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, 2018
This work focuses on nonlinear equation (x) = 0, it is noted that no or little attention is given... more This work focuses on nonlinear equation (x) = 0, it is noted that no or little attention is given to nonlinear equations. The purpose of this work is to determine the best method of solving nonlinear equations. The work outlined four methods of solving nonlinear equations. Unlike linear equations, most nonlinear equations cannot be solved in finite number of steps. Iterative methods are being used to solve nonlinear equations. The cost of solving nonlinear equations problems depend on both the cost per iteration and the number of iterations required. Derivations of each of the methods were obtained. An example was illustrated to show the results of all the four methods and the results were collected, tabulated and analyzed in terms of their errors and convergence respectively. The results were also presented in form of graphs. The implication is that the higher the rate of convergence determines how fast it will get to the approximate root or solution of the equation. Thus, it was recommended that the Newton's method is the best method of solving the nonlinear equation f(x) = 0 containing one variable because of its high rate of convergence.
Journal Health and Technology - JHT
Measles is an infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus and it spreads either through direct... more Measles is an infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus and it spreads either through direct contact with a person who has the virus or through droplets in the air. The study sought to determine the linear trends of reported cases of measles, to also determine the gender that suffer most on the reported cases of measles in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River state and forecast future occurrence of the disease. Data used for the study were secondary which were gathered from General Hospital Obudu, from the year 2000 to 2020. Descriptive Statistics where calculated for each variable which shows the values of minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviation of each of the variable. The trend analysis for immunized case of measles shows a positive trend which implies increase in immunization. The trend equation for the disease is given by Yt = 367.1-2.89094*t. and trend analysis for reported cases of measles shows a negative trend which implies that cases of measles is decr...