GPH-International Journal of Applied Science

SEGREGATION AND TREATMENT METHODS OF HEALTH CARE WASTE PRACTICED IN NEMBE: THE BAYELSA HEALTH ENVIRONMENT, NIGERIA

DR. SOLOMON M UVOH — 2024-06-08

Aim: This study determine various treatment and segregation methods practiced in disposing HCW in Nembe LGA.A census sampling technique was adopted to select the participants for this study. Results: The study consist of 27 males and 23 female staff subjects randomly interviewed in one hospital and 24 health centres. Findings from this study indicate that >40yrs make up the highest proportion of respondents while those between the ages of 20-29yrs are the least among the recruited respondents. The level of education among staff with ND and HND was far higher compared to staff with Msc degree and school cert. The study also reveal that the hospital visited has waste disposal containers around its premises. However containers were not observed in some health centres during the study period. The autoclave and microwave was effectively used in the hospital as a means of disinfecting health care instrument after use (44%) as against health centres of none but 12% of chemical use as means of disinfection. Also, revelation from this study indicate thathealth care wastes generated at the Nembe General Hospital are moderately managed. The study further reveal that both staff in the various facilities do regularly transfer sharp objects that have been used to the LGA headquarter for proper incineration. Conclusion: Most health care centres dispose their HCW into the river, with bushy surrounding without regular fumigation of its environment. This has created an avenue for mosquitoes forming breeding sites leading to their increase in number with the possibilities of spreading malaria rapidly to both staff, patients and other subjects..

SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

Mary Ibobor — 2024-07-08

Drug abuse has been prevalent among students in tertiary institutions and this is attributed to factors such as experimental curiosity; lack of parental supervision; personality issues due to the socio-economic conditions of the students. This study was therefore aimed at assessing the socio-psychological effects of drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in kogi state, Nigeria. To guide the study, five specific objectives with corresponding research questions were formulated, while five null hypotheses were also postulated. The study utilized descriptive survey design with a sample size of 396 which comprises of students of all tertiary institutions in Kogi State who have enrolled for 2021/2022 academic session. Data were collected through the use of semi-structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using frequencies, percentages with the help of Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version and all the hypotheses stated were tested with one-way ANOVA. The study found out that larger percentage of respondents across the tertiary institutions did not have knowledge of drug abuse and also not aware of the socio-psychological effects of drug abuse. It further revealed that most of the respondents use drugs daily, and that they use drugs because it gives them confidence and puts them on high morals. Specifically, it was discovered that vast of types of drugs abused included; Indian hemp, Tobacco, Cocaine and morphine, Heroine and Caffeine, Tramadol, Codeine, alcohol-ethanol, Tranquilizers etc. The study further revealed that so many factors are responsible for drug abuse among students in tertiary institutions in Kogi State some of which are places of residence, income level, peer group influence, religion, education level etc. It was also discovered that the social effects of drug abuse include dropping out of school, shame and guilt, embarrassment, sleeplessness or insomnia etc. while the psychological effects of drug abuse include mental illness, heart attacks, anger, frustration, anxiety, etc. The following recommendations were made based on the findings. Government through the management of the tertiary institutions should engage students in order to inform their knowledge of drug abuse as well as create awareness of the socio-psychological effects of drug abuse. Government through the management of the tertiary institutions should prohibit an act that could lead to sales of vast types of drugs commonly abused by the students especially Tramadol in order to cushion its socio-psychological effects among the students.

FEMTOCELLS TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT FOR IMPROVED QUALITY OF SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

USIADE, Rex Ehiedum — 2024-07-22

Mobile technology has evolved exponentially interms of contents and subscriber growth within the past few decades. This evolution has come with its numerous value added services that are delivered to customers via legacy mobile communications networks that have little or no services within confined areas, homes and offices. This limitation together with high demands for services within indoor environment, have thrown a challenge to mobile operators and manufacturers to come up with solutions for addressing the poor Quality of Service (QoS). The concept offemtocells has been considered to be one of the available techniques for improving the degraded QoS within indoor environment. Femtocell is a compact portable low power home base station that can be connected via home internet access such as home digital subscriber line (DSL), fiber opticbroad band connection or any other available broadband connectivity to extend and improve mobile signal reception and also provide other wireless applications such as data, movies and pictures transfer. This paper provides an overview of femtocell technology applications and deployment scenarios for indoor environment that are characterized by multipath and attenuation which affects the performance of received signal hence degrading the QoS available to customers. Security and handover with in femtocell are also addressed.