Introduction: The 2nd International Women in Science Without Borders (WISWB) Indaba brings the WISWB series from the north of the African continent where the inaugural chapter was held in Egypt in 2017, to the very south of the African continent, Johannesburg, in 2018. The WISWB conference series is strategic and topical in that it aims to highlight and emphasise the contribution of women researchers within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) ecosystem to effect positive outcomes. Is this important to continuously explore why and how women STEM researchers are an indispensable asset, and to understand the values and richness they bring to a research environment. WISWBIndaba is a gender-inclusive conference as researchers more often than not work in a multi-gender workplace. The overarching theme of our conference in 2018 is: “Resilience in Diversity”.
Introduction: Background: The study area is Olambe, a fast-growing community in Ogun State, Nigeria. It shares the same boundary with Lagos State, Nigeria. It is highly populated due to high cost of rent and high cost of living in Lagos State which made lots of the inhabitants to migrate to neighbouring towns with easy access to Lagos State especially for workers or employees of Lagos State. The effect of home-based management of malaria (HMM) was carried out in Olambe in 2013. HMM is a major means of treatment in this part of Ogun State because the general hospitals or government hospitals available are only in Lagos State and it is quite a distance. A large percentage of the populace receives treatments from private-owned hospitals or solely depends on HMM. Methods: The sampling population was 250 respondents which are mothers of children under the age of five years. Structured questionnaires and oral interview were used in collecting data from the 250 consenting individuals. Results: A large percentage of the respondents were traders and not-well educated individuals (65.0%) who believed so much in home-based management of malaria due to financial difficulties, ignorance and distance to hospitals. About 5.5% are not educated and they attributed the ineffectiveness of some malaria drugs to fake drugs. They therefore use different herbal treatments. About 30.5% use both malaria drugs and herbal treatments for the treatment of malaria. The major factor for ineffective HMM in Olambe is wrong dosage of anti-malarial drugs, herbal treatment and wrong diagnosis. Artemisinin- based combination therapies (ACTS) was the preferred anti-malarial drug in this area. There is poor correlation between the reoccurrence of malaria and the type of drug used for the children (p<0.05). Reoccurrence of malaria symptoms is not necessarily as a result of the type of drugs used to treat it. Other factors could be responsible for the reoccurrence of malaria. There is a strong correlation between the reoccurrence of malaria and the use of herbal drugs (p>0.05) Conclusion: This study deduced that few respondents practice HMM correctly while many of them end up in hospitals due to lack of ideal dosage of anti-malarial drugs. A large percentage of respondents take traditional treatments. There is paucity of information on the use of HMM in Olambe, Ogun State, Nigeria and therefore a need to improve HMM, organize programmes to sensitize the area and the local communities around Olambe on the way forward in HMM.
Introduction: The depletion of world's petroleum reservoir coupled with global economy and environmental issues surrounding the complete dependence on petroleum have led researchers to develop alternate resource materials for industrial uses. This paper describes the antimicrobial and corrosion inhibitive properties of polyesteramide resin from Moringa oleifera seed oil (MOSO). N,N'-bis (2- hydroxyethyl) Moringa oleifera oil fatty amide (HEMA) was synthesized via aminolysis. The amide obtained from aminolysis (HEMA) undergoes condensation reaction with adipic acid to form polyesteramide (MOPEA). The synthesized polyesteramide resin was characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopic analyses. Selected physico-chemical parameters ofMOSO, HEMA and MOPEA were measured. Coating performance, thennal stability and antimicrobial properties of the cured resin were evaluated.
Introduction: African Locust Bean (Parkia biglobosa) seeds were fermented with the aid of a starter culture - Bacillus subtilis to a vegetable protein based food condiment known as ‘Iru’ at various temperatures between 40 °? and 70 °?. Fermentation was carried out for five days (120 hours). The maximum % protein content yield of 52.7 % was obtained after 3 days (72 hours) at an optimum fermentation temperature of 40 ?C. Other parameters like % crude fibre, % ash content, % carbohydrate and % fat content decreased with fermentation temperature and duration. The physiological test carried out showed that fermented sample at the optimized condition were generally acceptable for all parameters tested. The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) result shows the effect of temperature on the morphological structure of both fermented and unfermented samples
Introduction: This study was carried out to produce pectinase from Aspergillus niger under submerged fermentation for the extraction of Ben oil from Moringa oleifera seeds. This research established the production of pectinase from Aspergillus niger using pectin from orange peels as substrate and its effectiveness for extraction of Ben oil from Moringa oleifera seeds.