Articles in Volume 5 No 1 - 10 articles
The conventional SPC charts, including the Shewhart standard deviation chart, are prone to failure due to skewed or heavy-tailed data, resulting in false alarms and an inability to detect shifts in variability. The primary objective of this study is to develop a deviation control chart based on perc...
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Since its publication in 1979, Octavia Butlerβs Kindred has continued to receive critical attention, illustrating the enduring significance and relevance of the novel. While many have examined the novel for its engagement with race and history, little attention has been paid to the significance of t...
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Vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) is a medically manageable ailment. Despite the Nigerian government and other stakeholders implementing interventions to provide free VVF surgical repair, there is still limited access to the services. This study examined how victims access information on free VVF repair...
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Animation, which could be said to be the missing half of the broader Nollywood film industry, has been growing underground and quietly emerging through solo interest amongst Nigerian media entrepreneurs. The industry has been undeterred by the harsh environment and non-existent funding structures an...
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Ochratoxin A (OTA), one of the frequently detected mycotoxins in food and other environmental matrices, requires sequestration to enhance the environment and human health. This preliminary study emphasizes the screening of photocatalysts for the degradation of OTA in an aqueous environment via the p...
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This research investigated the nexus between the smart port and optimized performance at the LDSP. Members of the Nigeria Maritime Union of Workers and staff of the LDSP were the main respondents for the study. Multistage and random sampling techniques were employed in selecting the 125 respondents...
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The frequent occurrence of parabens and phenolic compounds in drinking water sources has become a trending environmental and public health concern due to their complex physical and chemical characteristics, persistent nature, ability to interfere with the normal functioning of vital body hormones, a...
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Advocacy for the establishment of community radio in Africa was driven by many assumptions, one of which was that once the medium of communication was liberally available, community members of all categories would begin to speak truth to power. This study aimed to investigate the extent to which com...
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The study investigates the effect of varying the power of the smoothing parameter (Ξ») in a Nonparametric Improved Recursive Double Homogeneously Weighted Moving Average control chart based on the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank statistic (NPIRDHWMA-WSR) for enhanced process monitoring. Specifically, the resear...
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Tourism is recognised as one of the world's most significant socioeconomic tools, with its impact expanding globally. Harnessing community identities as an element of cultural tourism is crucial for the socioeconomic contributions of cultural tourism in southwest Nigeria, which is essential to under...
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