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Effect of Nurse-led Training on Self-management of Diabetes among Diabetic Patients Attending Medical Outpatient Clinic in General Hospital Odan, Lagos State, Nigeria
(Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2017) Daramola Chinonye Lucky
Aims: Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disease associated with poor quality of life and great financial burden. Despite training on self-management of diabetes mellitus, its knowledge and practice among diabetic patients has been low. The study assessed the effect of nurse-led training on self-management of diabetes mellitus among diabetic patients attending the medical out-patient’s clinic of General Hospital Odan, Lagos, Nigeria. Study Design: One group pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental study was adopted. Methodology: Researchers included 20 diabetic patients (12 men, 8 women; age range 25-65 years) attending medical outpatient clinic of the hospital using purposive sampling. Participants completed a developed questionnaire to assess knowledge and practice regarding diabetes selfmanagement pre-intervention and two weeks post-intervention. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Results: There was 70% increase in knowledge regarding diabetes self-management among participants post-intervention. There was 45% increase in practice regarding diabetes selfmanagement among participants post-intervention. Result showed significant difference in the effect of a nurse-led training on knowledge regarding self-management among diabetic patients pre and post-intervention with a mean difference in knowledge score of 14.2 (P=.000). Result also showed significant difference in effect of nurse-led training on practice regarding self-management among diabetic patients pre and post-intervention with a mean difference in practice score of 1.05 (P= .000). Conclusion: Training program on self-management of diabetes can improve diabetic out-patients knowledge and practice regarding diabetes self-management. The study recommended that hospitals should regularly expose patients to training programmes on diabetes self-management to improve patients’ quality of life.
Optimal Placement and Sizing of Distributed Generation (DG) Units in Electrical Power Distribution Networks
(2023-06-10) Moses Irekefe Augustine
Researchers' attention has recently been on the best ways to integrate Distributed Generation (DG) into the conventional centralized electrical power distribution systems, particularly in the context of the smart grid idea due to its reputation as a viable remedy for the lack of electric power supply. To optimize the environmental, financial, and technological advantages of DG units’ integration for distribution network operators, it is crucial to determine their ideal position and size. The main objective of this study was to develop and simulate an optimization system for the placement and sizing of distributed generation units in electrical power distribution networks for power losses reduction and voltage profile improvement. The specific objectives were to model and develop the load flow algorithm and codes; develop a meta-heuristic optimization algorithm and codes that selects the best location and size of the DG unit; simulate the nested load flow and optimization algorithms and codes on MATLAB and analyze the effectiveness of the developed algorithm via testing on the standard IEEE 33-bus radial electrical power distribution benchmark network. The Backward-Forward Sweep (BFS) technique was employed in the load flow modelling owing to its maximization of the radial structure of distribution systems. The optimization algorithm was developed based on the Multi-objective Particle swamp optimization (PSO) meta-heuristic technique due to its effective global searching characteristic. The line and load data for the IEEE 33-bus test network being a cutting-edge benchmark for contemporary power distribution networks; were obtained from the Power Systems Test Case Archive- a secondary data source. For this network fed by a synchronous generator, the chosen base MVA (Mega Volt Amp) was 10MVA and the base voltage was 12.66kV. The total active and reactive power demand were 3.715MW and 2.3Mvar respectively. The simulation was done on R2021a version of MATLAB/Simulink. The total real and reactive power losses obtained from base case simulation without the placement of any DG unit in the network were obtained as 201.8925kW and 134.6413kvar respectively while the per unit (p.u) average bus voltage was 0.948594 p.u. After the optimal allocation of one, two, three and four DG units, the total real power loss (in kW) in the network reduced by 140.89, 173.89, 189.89 and 195.89 respectively while the total reactive power loss (in kvar) reduced by 86.64, 114.64, 124,64 and 128.64 respectively. Likewise, the per unit average bus voltage improved by 0.0376p. u, 0.0458p.u, 0.0480p.u and 0.0498p.u respectively. Also, the decrease in the total real and reactive power losses and the improvement in bus voltage profiles varies proportionally with the number of DG units optimally placed. In conclusion, the results shows that the total real power loss and the total reactive power loss of the network, were significantly decreased; and the voltage profile of the system was drastically enhanced by incorporating DG units at predetermined buses. The developed algorithm is recommended for application in a real electrical power distribution network for more efficient integration of new distributed generation units in the current electrical power distribution networks
The morphological processes of Anglicising Yoruba Anthroponyms on FacebookOs processos morfológicos de anglicização de antropônimos iorubás no Facebook
(2026) Ajayi Oluwatosin Mercy
The increasing global influence of English and the pervasive use of social media have prompted Yoruba speakers to modify their traditional names. This adaptation, known as anglicisation, often involves adjusting names to better fit English pronunciation and spelling conventions. It is done to facilitate greater digital integration and social acceptance on platforms like Facebook. Despite existing research on anglicisation, there is a notable gap concerning the specific word formation processes employed when Yoruba names are anglicised on Facebook. Hence, this study examines the word formation processes employed in the anglicisation of Yoruba names on Facebook. The analysis is based on a random sample of seventy-five names sourced directly from theplatform, comprising twenty-five original Yoruba names and two anglicised variants for each.We investigated the morphological processes involved in the anglicisation of Yoruba anthroponyms on Facebook, utilising Yule’s (2010) morphological taxonomy and Adeniyi’s (2017) classification of Yoruba names. Our findings indicated that derivation is the most dominant morphological process (64%), followed by multiple processes (16%), clipping (14%), and acronymy (6%). Furthermore, based on Adeniyi’s classification, given or birth names are the most frequently anglicised (36%), followed by destiny/situational names (20%), royalty names (16%), names associated with deities (16%) and praise names (12%). The study concluded that the anglicisation of Yoruba names on Facebook is not random; it is a clear indicator of global linguistic convergence, cultural modernity, andidentity negotiation. Thus, digital spaces fosterlinguistic innovationandcultural adaptationamong Yoruba speakers as they connect with a wider audience.
Power, Perception and Practise: The Dynamics of Medical Encounters between Patients and Medical Personnel
(Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2026) Orimabuyaku, Nifemi
Medical encounters extend beyond clinical procedures and are embedded in cultural meanings, power dynamics, and lived experiences. However, limited attention has been given to how these power asymmetries shape patient-provider interactions across different healthcare contexts. This study investigates how interpersonal, institutional, and sociocultural forces influence diagnosis, treatment, and the overall experience of care. Using qualitative textual analysis grounded in Linda and Ezekiel Emmanuel's doctor-patient interaction models and Kekeghe's pathotextualism, the article examines Rowing Without Oars by Ulla-Carin Lindquist and Burning Bright by Maryam Awaisu. Findings show that medical practice is sustained not only by clinical expertise but also by relational sensitivity, narrative awareness, and contextual understanding. The study concludes that integrating empathy, cultural literacy, and narrative competence into medical training is vital for reshaping power relations and fostering more humane, patient-centred care. Keywords: medical encounters, power, narrative medicine, pathotextualism, patient-centred care.
Defamiliarising Names: A Socio-stylistic Analysis of Selected Anglicised Yoruba Anthroponyms on Facebook
(2026) Ajayi Oluwatosin Mercy
The Yoruba, one of West Africa’s largest ethnic groups, possess a semantically rich naming system in which anthroponyms function as communicative tools that encode destiny, circumstances of birth, aspirations, spirituality, and social status. These transparent phrase-like names on social media platforms undergo systematic morpho-phonological and orthographic transformations to align with English conventions, resulting in hybrid forms that become estranged to both Yoruba speakers and non-Yoruba audiences. This study investigated defamiliarisation strategies in selected Anglicised Yoruba personal names on Facebook, a prominent platform for digital identity performance among Yoruba English bilinguals. Employing a qualitative descriptive approach and Shklovsky (1965), we analysed fifty Anglicised variants randomly sampled from Facebook (ten Yoruba names with five variants each). Defamiliarisation was achieved primarily through orthographic and phonetic reshaping, as well as morphological segmentation and combination. Orthographic and phonetic reshaping took the form of consonant insertion, vowel elongation and digraph insertion while morphological segmentation and combination appeared as affixation, fragmentation and reduction. These alterations obscured original meaning, introduced non-Yoruba clusters and aspiration and created perceptual difficulty, thereby prolonging engagement with the name(s) as a constructed hybrid sign. The findings revealed Anglicisation as a multifaceted phenomenon which is linguistically innovative, culturally hybrid, and sociologically strategic. It reflected postcolonial language contact, global English hegemony, youth exuberance, and the desire for digital legibility and cosmopolitan appeal, yet risked eroding Yoruba semantic transparency and cultural authenticity. Ultimately, this research extended defamiliarisation beyond literary aesthetics into spontaneous, user driven sociolinguistic practice on social media. It highlighted how everyday orthographic creativity served identity negotiation in transcultural digital environments while raising implications for language preservation and pedagogy in postcolonial multilingual contexts. Thus, Anglicisation is not merely a phonetic simplification or assimilation but a deliberate process of estrangement that negotiates transcultural identity in an English-dominant global digital space.