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{"title":"Spatial and Temporal Fluctuations of Physico- Chemical Parameters, Nutrients and Primary Productivity of Gbalegbe River, Delta State, Nigeria","authors":"S. J. Ewutanure, F. Olaifa","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n3p11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n3p11","url":null,"abstract":"Inland waters are very unstable ecosystems. They are affected by anthropogenic and natural activities. Consistent monitoring of the physico – chemical, nutrients and primary production parameters in surface water in Nigeria is vital to the management of the aquatic environment. However, information on the fluctuation patterns of physico – chemical parameters, nutrients and primary productivity of Gbalegbe River is limited. Therefore, the fluctuation dynamics of physico – chemical parameters, nutrients and primary productivity of Gbalegbe River, Delta State, Nigeria were investigated. Gbalegbe River (12.5 km) was spatially stratified into eight zones (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, and S8) based on proximity to key anthropogenic activities. In each station, three sampling points were randomly selected. Temporal stratification covered wet (March - October) and dry (November – February) seasons. Water samples were collected from each station forth – nightly for 24 months following standard methods. Water samples were analysed for Dissolved Oxygen (DO, mg/L), Temperature (oC), Nitrate (Nitrate, mg/L – N), Sulphate (SO42-, mg/L), Magnesium (Mg, mg/L) and Gross Primary Production (GPP, gC/m2/d) using standard procedures. Data were analysed by using descriptive statistics and ANOVA at α0.05. The highest (4.52±0.56) and least (3.13±0.67) DO were obtained in S1 and S2, respectively. Temperature ranged from 24.28±5.84 to 28.45±2.06 in S3 and S2; Nitrate (1.07±0.03, 1.76±0.21) in S6 and S2, respectively. Temperature values were 27.55±1.60, 26.94±1.97; DO (5.75±0.73, 4.00±0.66) and Nitrate (1.05±0.64, 0.98±0.43) in dry and wet seasons, respectively. Sulphate ranged from 0.80±0.26 to 1.63±0.26 in S2 and S8; Mg (63.30±6.30, 67.51±4.95) in S7 and S1, while GPP values were 10.05±0.09 and 25.75±0.83 in S1 and S2, respectively. Seasonally, Sulphate ranged from 0.97±0.06 to 1.24±0.33; Mg (63.13±20.73, 65.94±6.01) and GPP (20.19±4.91, 35.34±6.37) in wet and dry seasons, respectively. The patterns of physico – chemical parameters, nutrients and primary productivity of Gbalegbe River are fairly unstable with DO, thus its rich fisheries resources could be threatened. Keywords: Inland water, Gbalegbe River, Fisheries resources, Anthropogenic activities.","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114965032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Adult Awareness and Perception of Covid-19 Vaccines on Health Status of Urban Dwellers in Nigeria","authors":"E. O. Babatunde","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n2p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n2p1","url":null,"abstract":"The outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly inflicted a danger on health, economy and social relations globally covering the six continents and around 2.7 million people had died after contracting the respiratory virus. The global pandemic has necessitated some drastic measures to curb its spread. It is uncertain whether these measures are known and their perception about the measures cannot be ascertained. This study assessed the awareness and perception of COVID-19 vaccine on the health status of urban adult dwellers in Nigeria. The four research questions that guided the study. The study employed correlational research type of non-experimental design. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 300 participants that took part in the study. Only participants that had taken the COVID-19 vaccine were included in the study. One instrument, Adult Awareness and Perception of Covid-19 Vaccines on Health Status Questionnaire (APCVHSQ) with Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient 0.85 was used for data collection. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistic of frequency, percentages and mean as well as thematic analysis. The result revealed that majority of the adult population are aware of the various measures embarked upon to curb the spread of the virus (2.50<3.07). Moreover, adult population in Nigeria perception of covid-19 vaccine prevalence was relatively negative (2.50<2.60). In addition, majority 249 (81.6%) of the adult population believed that their health conditions were not worsened after taken Covid-19 vaccine while 261 (84.2%) of the adult population in Nigeria did not find it difficult to cope with their daily activities after the vaccination. 48.4% had the higher cases of malaria associated with Covid-19 vaccination. It is suggested that more awareness campaign should be embarked upon by the agency responsible for mobilization to reduce the negative attitude of COVID-19 vaccine among the adult population. Keywords: COVID-19, vaccine, perception, adult population.","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115501344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cybersecurity Risk Management in Identity Systems using Biometric-based Multimodal Authentication.","authors":"A. Talabi, O. Longe, A. A. Muhammad, K. Olusanya","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n2p5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n2p5","url":null,"abstract":"This increasing inter-connectivity of systems and dependence on computer and internet-based networks has made Cybersecurity related risks management issues major considerations in designing, developing and managing identity systems. Thus, this paper investigates Cybersecurity and related risk management challenges in Identity Management Systems by undertaking a comparative analysis of different biometric traits. The analysis proved that biometric-based multimodal systems are more secure than uni-modal systems with high accuracy rates. Also, it produced minimal false acceptance and false rejection rates. The biometric-based multi-modal authentication systems will assist organizations to restrict access to authorized users and protect digital assets by ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability. Keywords: Cybersecurity, Risk, Identity, Biometrics, Multimodal, Behavioural, Fusion","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123828009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Review of Common Tools and Techniques for Reconnaissance Attacks.. Proceedings of the","authors":"Odun-Ayo Isaac Gabriel","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p11","url":null,"abstract":"Background: A reconnaissance helps the attacker gain valuable information on the target to help the attacker select the best tools that would make the attack successful. Aim: This study aims to review tools for reconnaissance attacks which will be beneficial to professional ethical hackers and also enlighten organizations and the general public of the potential harm of successful reconnaissance attacks. Methodology: The databases – Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, IEEE, ACM, ArXiv, and Google Scholar were explored. A quantitative evaluation was conducted on 19 selected articles. Result: 95.2% of the reconnaissance tools allowed experts to gather information by use of the command line. While 4.8% of the tools do not provide a commandline interface. 61.9% of the tools are network-based – can be used to gather data about the target’s network infrastructure. Conclusion: The best-fit tool is massively dependent on the attacker or penetration tester. Therefore, a tool should be selected based on the user’s preference and the attack style. Keywords: Reconnaissance, cyber-attack, cybersecurity,social engineering, techniques.","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"205 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121182193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Epidemiological Aspects of Ascariasis and Associated Risk Factors Among Primary School Children In Lambata Community, Niger State, Nigeria During 2019-2020.","authors":"G. Okoroiwu","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p12","url":null,"abstract":"Ascaris worm as one of the commonest helminthic infection constitutes a major public health challenge and concern in the majority of developing countries . This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of Ascaris worm infection and its associated risk factors among primary school children in Lambata community, to determine the prevalence of Ascaris infection, age, gender and associated risk factors among them to create awareness and effective management program. A cross-sectional descriptive study was adopted. This study was conducted between January 2019 and November 2020, in nine selected primary schools in Lambata community. A total of 303 stool samples were collected using random sampling to determine the prevalence of Ascaris infection using stool smear technique. The socio-demographic data was collected using a structured interview questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using simple percentages, OR and chi-square analytical methods.Out of the 303 screened stools, 156 (51.5%) of them had Ascaris infection. The most infected age-groups were 11- 12 years old (73.8%; OR = 2.11); followed by 9-10 years (57.1%; OR = 2.01), while 6-8 years old had the lowest rate (42.3%; OR = 1.00) of infection. Males (65.9%; OR= 2.00) were more infected than their female (39.9% ; OR = 0.09) counterparts (P<0.05). Age, educational status / occupational status of parents of the children, and defecation habits were significantly(P<0.05) associated with the prevalence of Ascaris infection.With the overall prevalence of 51.5% of Ascaris infection among the children, there is an indispensable need for health education promotion and coordinated de-worming of the primary school children in this community Keywords: Epidemiology, Ascaris, Stool, Health, Helminth, Children, Promotion, Education","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121291525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Capital Structure and the Performance of Financial Companies In Nigeria","authors":"Scholastica E. Moemeke","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n3p13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n3p13","url":null,"abstract":"Capital structure / base is important in the business affairs of any financial company as it is the overall source of finance used by a company in financing its operations and has been considered as one of the most important factors in firm financing policy due to its crucial role in corporate performance. The study sought to examine the capital base in relation to the performance of financial companies in Nigeria from 1980 -2018. The research design adopted was ex-post facto using four models to analyze the impact of capital structure and performance of finance companies. Descriptive statistics and regression were used as tools of analysis. The study reveals that there are statistically significant and non-significant effects of capital structure on performance variables. Finally, the study recommends that finance companies should adopt balanced capital structure strategy that will optimize the performance and corporate value of finance companies. Keywords: Board Size, Board Ownership, Corporate Governance, Performance, Nigeria","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124557854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Breaking the Backbone of Difficult Concepts in the New Secondary School Physics Curriculum in Africa","authors":"Francis A. Onyewuchi, M. Adewusi, P. Okebukola, Tokunbo Odekeye, Olasunkanmi A. Gbeleyi, Fred Awaah","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n3p7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28n3p7","url":null,"abstract":"The new senior secondary school physics curriculum for Anglophone West African countries came into use in 2015. Since the beginning of its implementation, even though, the performance of the candidates has not been high, yet reported empirical studies on the difficulty level of the content, and specifically the topics or concepts have been scant. Moreover, there have never been any published studies which conducted an in-depth probe into the aspects of the topics students find difficult in physics and science in general, beyond mere cataloguing of such topics, nor have there been any, in which students were qualitatively engaged in making inputs towards the amelioration of the topic difficulty. This is a huge gap in literature which this study determined to fill. The effort is significant to the extent that understanding the areas of difficulties of the topics as perceived by the students is good pointer towards remedy by teachers and stakeholders. The study therefore undertook five missions: (a) to find out the topics in the new physics curriculum that secondary school students find difficult (b) undertake in-depth probe of the specific aspects of the topics for which students have learning difficulty. (c) probe the possible causes of or factors responsible for these difficulties (d) determine if school location, school ownership and students’ gender have impacts on students’ perception of physics topics difficulty; and (e) deriving from students’ views, suggest how physics can be made easy to learn. A sample of 1,105 students was drawn from 21 secondary schools in Nigeria and Ghana. These schools comprised 12 private and nine public schools randomly selected from rural and urban areas. 75% of the schools were urban while about 25% were rural. Randomly selected 10 students and five teachers were interviewed for qualitative data, while all the participants were involved in responding to the questionnaire. From data gathered, five top most difficult topics were refractive index, electromagnetism, radioactivity, curved lenses and sound: production, propagation and modulation. Rich qualitative data unique for this study, was reported. There was marked difference between urban and rural, private and public, but not in gender. Recommendations were made for better teaching and meaningful learning. Keywords: Backbone of difficult topics; meaningful learning of physics","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114612889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Case Study to Investigate the Impact of Embracing a Growth Culture to Implement Technology in Saccos in Kiambu County, Kenya","authors":"J. Gacheru","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p1","url":null,"abstract":"When effective organizational culture is out of place,it affects organizational production and profitability.This research study want to investigate the impact of embracing a growth culture in implementing technology in Saccos found in Kiambu County ,Kenya.The study will be conducted in a sample of 60 senior managers who have more than three years working experiences in their respective Saccos.The questionnaires and interviews has been conducted and data analysed for better interpretations.The findings established that there is significant economic growth to the the local SMES.The growth culture as a strategy if implemented by the business manager assists greatly in better implementation of technology in financial institutions and businesses especially Saccos. Keywords: ICT, Telecommunications, Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation.","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114176659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Future is Intelligent: Empowering Future Ready Workforce Through Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education At The Academic City University College Accra Ghana.","authors":"O. Longe, Sharma Navel, Julius Amedgadzie, C. Acquaye, D. Kanubala","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p8","url":null,"abstract":"With the current advancements of automation and robotics, it is expected that AI is going to transform the global economy in an exponential manner. To leverage the new opportunities, there is a need for preparation as well as learning and developing new skills for those new jobs. It is in this regard that Academic City is taking the AI agenda into the forefront, nurturing and empowering the African student to lead the continent into the new AI era. Academic City University College (ACity) is set to lead the sub-region in technology and innovation education with the introduction of an undergraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The university becomes the first in Africa to offer a degree in AI. The program, which has commenced already forms part of the university’s short-term effort to develop a cadence of new programs that will invariably push the boundaries of knowledge while establishing a foothold for successful graduates in the jobs of the future. This paper projects the innovative attempt at addressing the manpower challenges in Artificial Intelligence by ACity, Accra, Ghana and her pioneering efforts in the West African sub-region that led to the launch of a new Bachelors Programme in Artificial Intelligence. The programme style and curriculum are presented while also providing perspectives on how the programme fits into the global and African quest to develop skills and strategies to upscale technological advancement as we face an intelligence-driven future. Keywords — ACity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, BSc, Ghana, Degree, Education, University, UNESCO","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128914256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Deception Based Intelligent Intrusion Detection System for Detecting Threats of Exploits in Cloud Based Environments.","authors":"U.O Oluoha, G.E kereke, N.C. Udanor, F. Bakpo","doi":"10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v28p2","url":null,"abstract":"Despite its numerous advantages, cloud computing faces major security threats with constantly evolving digital prints and attack-like patterns. Unfortunately, due to the share size and complexity of cloud computing, traditional approaches to Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) have been shown to be rather defective in adapting to, identifying and mitigating threat in cloud based environment. While, anomaly-based IDS are plagued with misidentifying legitimate network activities or sometimes permitting sophisticated malicious traffic patterns, signature-based IDS on the other hand are less adaptive and practically ineffective against sophisticated attacks and advanced persistent threat (APT). This paper presents a unique design approach for deception-based intelligent Intrusion Detection Systems, which are better suited for operations in cloud based environments. Modelling and simulation was conducted using Application Characterization Engine and Flow Modelling Engine within OPNET modular to create runtimes of known attack types in a deception based environment. The machine learning scripts, attack codes and embedded socket and API integration scripts are presented in Python. The security framework was modelled with machine learning to further enhance its adaptability and predictive capabilities. Keywords: Cybersecurity, Intrusion Detection System, Deception techniques, Machine Learning","PeriodicalId":332710,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 28th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary & Inter-tertiary Research Conference","volume":"83 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120852981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}