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2. Comparing the family characteristics, professional profile, and personality traits of COVID‐19 volunteer and nonvolunteer frontline healthcare workers at the epicenter in Nigeria
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Olawunmi Olagundoye, Oluremi Adewole, Esther Tolulope Onafeso, Omobolanle Akinwumi, Folasade Amosun, and Olalekan Popoola
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COVID‐19 ,healthcare workers ,human resource ,motivation ,Nigeria ,traits ,Medicine - Abstract
Abstract Background Emergency volunteering becomes a necessity in the face of unprecedented disasters like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. There is a paucity of empirical data on volunteerism not imported from the developed countries. It became necessary to evaluate the local‐bred volunteerism with its peculiarity, as it emerged within the public health sector of Nigeria's COVID‐19 epicenter. Objectives To compare the family characteristics, professional profiles, and personality traits of volunteer and nonvolunteer COVID‐19 frontline healthcare workers (HCWs). To determine the significant predictors of volunteering as well as the deterrents to and motivation for volunteering. Method A comparative cross‐sectional study was conducted between May and August 2020 among COVID‐19 volunteer and nonvolunteer HCWs serving at the six dedicated COVID‐19 isolation/treatment centers and the 27 general hospitals, respectively. Using a stratified sampling technique, three professional categories of HCWs (doctors, nurses, and medical laboratory scientists) were randomly selected from the nonvolunteers while total enumeration of volunteers was done. The survey employed pilot‐tested self‐administered questionnaires. The univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were carried out with IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. The level of statistical significance was determined by a P‐value of
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- 2021
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3. Tropical Air Chemistry in Lagos, Nigeria
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Adebola Odu-Onikosi, Pierre Herckes, Matthew Fraser, Philip Hopke, John Ondov, Paul A. Solomon, Olalekan Popoola, and George M. Hidy
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Lagos ,Nigeria ,air pollutants ,atmospheric chemistry ,low-cost sensors ,Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
The Nigerian city of Lagos experiences severe air pollution as a result of emissions and subsequent atmospheric photochemistry and aerosol chemistry. A year-long study, between August 2020 and July 2021, included measurements of gas-phase and aerosol processes, with surface meteorology at six urban sites. The sites were selected to represent near seacoast conditions, urban sites, and inland locations near agricultural and grassland ecosystems. The observations included continuous concentrations for CO, SO2, NOx, O3, PM2.5, and PM10. Samples were collected and analyzed for speciated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate chemical composition including inorganic and organic chemical species. The average diel variations in concentrations indicated well-known local photochemistry resulting from the presence of combustion sources, including motor vehicles, petroleum production and use, and open burning. The annual diel characteristics were emission-dependent and were modulated by meteorological variability, including the sea breeze and the seasonal changes associated with monsoons and Harmattan winds. Gases and particulate matter varied daily, consistent with the onset of source activities during the day. Fine particles less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) included both primary particles from emission sources and secondary particles produced in the atmosphere by photochemical reactions. Importantly, particle sources included a large component of dust and carbonaceous material. For the latter, there was evidence that particle concentrations were dominated by primary sources, with little secondary material formed in the atmosphere. From complementary measurements, there were occasions when regional chemical processes affected the local conditions, including transportation, industry, commercial activity, and open waste burning.
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- 2022
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4. Associations among particulate matter, hazardous air pollutants and methane emissions from the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility during the 2015 blowout
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Diane A. Garcia-Gonzales, Olalekan Popoola, Vivien B. Bright, Suzanne E. Paulson, Yanwen Wang, Roderic L. Jones, and Michael Jerrett
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Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
In October of 2015, a large underground storage well at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility experienced a massive methane leak (also referred to as “natural gas blowout”), which resulted in the largest ever anthropogenic release of methane from a single point source in the United States. Additional sampling conducted during the event revealed unique gas and particle concentrations in ambient air and a characteristic “fingerprint” of metals in the indoor dust samples similar to samples taken at the blowout site. We further investigated the association between the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage site and several measured air pollutants by: (a) conducting additional emission source studies using meteorological data and correlations between particulate matter, methane, and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) collected during the natural gas blowout at distances ranging from 1.2 to 7.3 km due south of well SS25, (b) identifying the unique i/n-pentane ratio signature associated with emissions from the blowout event, and (c) identifying characteristics unique to the homes that tested positive for air pollutants using data collected from extensive indoor environmental assessment surveys. Results of air quality samples collected near Aliso Canyon during the final weeks of the event revealed that elevated levels of several HAP compounds were likely influenced by the active natural gas blowout. Furthermore, the final attempts to plug the well during the days preceding the well kill were associated with particle emissions likely from the well site. Together, this investigation suggests uncontrolled leaks or blowout events at natural gas storage facilities have the potential to release harmful pollutants with adverse health and environmental consequences into proximate communities. With this evidence, our recommendations include facility-specific meteorological and air quality data-collection equipment installed at natural gas storage facilities and support of environmental surveillance after severe off-normal operation events. Keywords: Natural gas storage, Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), Particulate matter (PM), Methane, Air quality, Aliso Canyon
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- 2019
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5. The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns
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Ebele R. I. Mogo, Taibat Lawanson, Richard Unuigboje, Yossabel Chetty, Victor Onifade, Damilola Odekunle, Toluwalope Ogunro, Nfondoh Blanche, Rose Alani, Louise Foley, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Felix Assah, Olalekan Popoola, Camaren Peter, Tolu Oni, Mogo, ERI [0000-0003-0880-0750], Onifade, V [0000-0002-0072-0791], Ogunro, T [0000-0001-6517-056X], Foley, L [0000-0003-3028-7340], Mapa-Tassou, C [0000-0002-0709-1449], Assah, F [0000-0003-3301-6028], Oni, T [0000-0003-4499-1910], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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Urban Studies ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,4206 Public Health ,42 Health Sciences ,3304 Urban and Regional Planning ,3 Good Health and Well Being ,33 Built Environment and Design ,3301 Architecture - Abstract
Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived urgency. The interplay between COVID-19 prevention (a high priority, high perceived urgency issue) and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention (a high priority, low perceived urgency issue) provides a good case in point. By analysing tweets during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns, we identified avenues for social media to help adapt crisis responses to a wider range of wellbeing concerns.
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- 2022
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6. Supplementary material to 'Improving NOX emissions in Beijing using network observations and a novel perturbed emissions ensemble'
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Le Yuan, Olalekan Popoola, Christina Hood, David Carruthers, Roderic L. Jones, Haitong Zhe Sun, Huan Liu, Qiang Zhang, and Alexander T. Archibald
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- 2022
7. Improving NOX emissions in Beijing using network observations and a novel perturbed emissions ensemble
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Le Yuan, Olalekan Popoola, Christina Hood, David Carruthers, Roderic L. Jones, Haitong Zhe Sun, Huan Liu, Qiang Zhang, and Alexander T. Archibald
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Emissions inventories are crucial inputs to air quality simulations and represent a major source of uncertainty. Various methods have been adopted to optimise emissions inventories, yet in most cases the methods were only applied to total anthropogenic emissions. We have developed a new approach that updates a priori emission estimates by source sector, which are particularly relevant for policy interventions. At its core is a perturbed emissions ensemble (PEE), constructed by perturbing parameters in an a priori emissions inventory within their respective uncertainty ranges. This PEE is then input to an air quality model to generate an ensemble of forward simulations. By comparing the simulation outputs with observations from a dense network, the initial uncertainty ranges are constrained and a posteriori emission estimates are derived. Using this approach, we were able to derive the transport sector NOX emissions for a study area centred around Beijing in 2016 based on a priori emission estimates for 2013. The absolute emissions were found to be 1.5–9 × 104 Mg, corresponding to a 57–93 % reduction from the 2013 levels, yet the night-time fraction of the emissions was 67–178 % higher. These results provide robust and independent evidence of the trends of traffic emission in the study area between 2013 and 2016 reported by previous studies. We also highlighted the impacts of the chemical mechanisms in the underlying model on the emission estimates derived, which is often neglected in emission optimisation studies. This work paves forward the route for rapid analysis and update of emissions inventories using air quality models and routine in situ observations, underscoring the utility of dense observational networks. It also highlights some gaps in the current distribution of monitoring sites in Beijing which result in an underrepresentation of large point sources of NOX.
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- 2022
8. Assessment of riparian zone dynamics and its flood-related implications in Eleyele area of Ibadan, Nigeria
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Oluwayemisi S. Olokeogun, Olusola Olalekan Popoola, and Ayansina Ayanlade
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0208 environmental biotechnology ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Vulnerability ,02 engineering and technology ,Shuttle Radar Topography Mission ,Land cover ,Flood ,lcsh:TD1-1066 ,Riparian habitat ,Riparian zones ,lcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,Digital elevation model ,lcsh:Environmental sciences ,Riparian zone ,Hydrology ,lcsh:GE1-350 ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Land use ,Flood myth ,020801 environmental engineering ,Infiltration (hydrology) ,Environmental science ,Flood attenuation ,Surface runoff - Abstract
This study aims at assessing how riparian zones have been altered through various land use activities and the implications of its capacity to mitigate flood. The study focused mainly on examining the land use/land cover changes within the riparian zone over a period of 20 years. The vulnerability of the riparian zone to flood were analyzed using remote sensing datasets. Flood vulnerability models were created based on the elevation and land cover type. A Euclidean distance (700 m) was created using the shuttle radar topographical mapping (SRTM) digital elevation model (DEM) of the lake and its riparian zone. The flood attenuation (150 m buffer) and riparian habitat (500 m) zones (areas) within the riparian zone of the lake were then created using the extracted lake boundary. Landsat 7 (for 1999) and 8 (for 2019) covering both zones were classified using the Maximum Likelihood Classification method. The results revealed that the built-up area increased from 2.04 to 4.54 km2 between 1999 and 2019 while water body, grassland, and forest decreased from 0.05 to 0.04 km2, 0.37 to 0.12 km2 and 1.84 to 1.82 km2 over the period of the study. The results further show that about 18.9% of built-up areas were within the very high vulnerability zone of flood as of the year 2019. The results reveal that the riparian area cover is declining in the study area, despite its ecological services in reducing the effect of floods by slowing down runoff, trapping sediments and enhancing infiltration. The pattern of distribution of the land cover classes at different flood vulnerability levels within zones indicates that the more the alteration of both zones’ landscape, the more vulnerable they are to flood. The study concluded that there is a significant level of structural change of the riparian zone which increases its vulnerability level to flooding.
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- 2020
9. Social Media and Suicide
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Olawunmi Olagundoye, Olalekan Popoola, and Morenike Alugo
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050103 clinical psychology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,InformationSystems_INFORMATIONSTORAGEANDRETRIEVAL ,05 social sciences ,Media studies ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Social media ,Psychology ,GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries) ,humanities ,030227 psychiatry - Abstract
Today, online social media are as ubiquitous as they are inextricable, especially as they have become critical to every aspect of our everyday lives. In the face of this upsurge in social media use, particularly in the adolescent age-group, rates of suicide, attempted suicide, and deliberate self-harm have spiked. This chapter aims to elucidate on current-day definitions of these terminologies as well as their epidemiology regionally and globally. Furthermore, it explores any established causality as well as possible associations and contributory factors such as cyberbullying and substance abuse. The chapter also explores how trending issues such as celebrity suicide and suicide reporting have impacted on the prevalence of suicide and examines its comorbidities. Novel concepts such as the Werther and Papageno effect are highlighted. It explicates on present-day recommendations to curb this menace while also examining the possibilities and merits of using social media as a prohibitive and rehabilitative tool against suicidal behavior.
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- 2021
10. Urban renewal strategies in developing nations: A focus on Makoko, Lagos State, Nigeria
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Michael Ajide Oyinloye, Isaac Oluwadare Olamiju, and Olusola Olalekan Popoola
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Economic growth ,Sanitation ,Land use ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0507 social and economic geography ,Overtime ,Developing country ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,Geography ,State (polity) ,Urban slum ,Socioeconomics ,050703 geography ,Slum ,media_common - Abstract
One of the greatest changes that have occurred in the last century in developing countries is the urban growths which have produced more slums in our cities. The study examines the physical conditions in Makoko, an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria. Geographical information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) technologies were used, in a post classification, to model possible land use changes in the area overtime. It also uses questionnaires to elicit information on infrastructural and socio-economic characteristics to determine the factors responsible for the physical conditions of Makoko. Findings revealed that the rate of infrastructural provisions are lacking behind and suffer from overstress and dilapidation The residents lack good environmental sanitation as the lagoon emits a pungent smell. It is recommended that the area is entirely restructured so as to create a habitable abode for sustainable residential living. Key words: Slum, urban growth, physical condition, environmental sanitation, GIS/RS and Makoko.
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- 2017
11. Predicting urban sprawl and land use changes in Akure region using markov chains modeling
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Olusola Olalekan Popoola and J.O Owoeye
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Land use ,Markov chain ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Environmental engineering ,Urban sprawl ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Urban expansion ,Geography ,Urban planning ,Agriculture ,Land use, land-use change and forestry ,Zoning ,business ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
This study makes use of Markov chains modeling to predict sprawl and pattern of land use change in Akure region. Efforts were made to examine the trend of the expansion using Aerial Imagery Interpolation (AII). It focuses on overlaying of Landsat TM imageries of 1986, 2002, 2007 and 2014 to determine the land use changes and extent of expansion between 1985 and 2014. The land use were classified and displayed in colors for better visualization. With the aid of Markov chain modeling, the study made a projection of possible land use area and extent of expansion by the year 2034. Findings revealed continuous expansion in the growth of the city as evident in percentage increase of the built-up area. There were incompatible conversions in land uses and unguided expansions leading to undue encroachment into green areas at the suburbs. It was observed that without appropriate attention to adequate planning for effective measures, the trend of changing agricultural and forested lands to built-up areas will continue to increase with attendant effects on regional environment. Consequently, the study suggests effective zoning strategy and sustainable monitoring measures by different stakeholders in urban planning to check indiscriminate urban expansion in the study area. Key words: Urban sprawl, land-use pattern, markov chains, landsat TM imageries, Aerial Imagery Interpolation (AII).
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- 2017
12. Introduction to Special Issue – In-depth study of air pollution sources and processes within Beijing and its surrounding region (APHH-Beijing)
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Zongbo Shi, Tuan Vu, Simone Kotthaus, Sue Grimmond, Roy M. Harrison, Siyao Yue, Tong Zhu, James Lee, Yiqun Han, Matthias Demuzere, Rachel E. Dunmore, Lujie Ren, Di Liu, Yuanlin Wang, Oliver Wild, James Allan, Janet Barlow, David Beddows, William J. Bloss, David Carruthers, David C. Carslaw, Lia Chatzidiakou, Leigh Crilley, Hugh Coe, Tie Dai, Ruth Doherty, Fengkui Duan, Pingqing Fu, Baozhu Ge, Maofa Ge, Daobo Guan, Jacqueline F. Hamilton, Kebin He, Mathew Heal, Dwayne Heard, C. Nicholas Hewitt, Min Hu, Dongsheng Ji, Xujiang Jiang, Rod Jones, Markus Kalberer, Frank J. Kelly, Louisa Kramer, Ben Langford, Chun Lin, Alastair C. Lewis, Jie Li, Weijun Li, Huan Liu, Miranda Loh, Keding Lu, Graham Mann, Gordon McFiggans, Mark Miller, Graham Mills, Paul Monk, Eiko Nemitz, Fionna O'Connor, Bin Ouyang, Paul I. Palmer, Carl Percival, Olalekan Popoola, Claire Reeves, Andrew R. Rickard, Longyi Shao, Guangyu Shi, Dominick Spracklen, David Stevenson, Yele Sun, Zhiwei Sun, Shu Tao, Shengrui Tong, Qingqing Wang, Wenhua Wang, Xinming Wang, Zifang Wang, Lisa Whalley, Xuefang Wu, Zhijun Wu, Pinhua Xie, Fumo Yang, Qiang Zhang, Yanli Zhang, Yuanhang Zhang, and Mei Zheng
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APHH-Beijing (Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health in a Chinese Megacity) is an international collaborative project to examine the emissions, processes and health effects of air pollution in Beijing. The four research themes of APHH-China are: (1) sources and emissions of urban atmospheric pollution; (2) processes affecting urban atmospheric pollution; (3) exposure science and impacts on health; and (4) interventions and solutions to reduce health impacts. Themes 1 and 2 are closely integrated and support Theme 3, while Themes 1–3 provide scientific data for Theme 4 on the development of cost-effective solutions. A key activity within APHH-Beijing was the two month-long intensive field campaigns at two sites: (i) central Beijing, and (ii) rural Pinggu. The coordinated campaigns provided observations of the atmospheric chemistry and physics in and around Beijing during November–December 2016 and May–June 2017. The campaigns were complemented by numerical air quality modelling and air quality and meteorology data at the 12 national monitoring stations in Beijing. This introduction paper provides an overview of (i) APHH-Beijing programme, (ii) the measurement and modelling activities performed as part of it in Beijing, and (iii) the air quality and meteorological conditions during the two field campaigns. The winter campaign was characterized by high PM2.5 pollution events whereas the summer experienced high ozone pollution events. Air quality was poor during the winter campaign, but less severe than in the same period in 2015 when there were a number of major pollution episodes. PM2.5 levels were relatively low during the summer period, matching the cleanest periods over the previous five years. Synoptic scale meteorological analysis suggests that the greater stagnation and weak southerly circulation in November/December 2016 may have contributed to the poor air quality.
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- 2018
13. Effect of Land Pricing on Residential Density Pattern in Akure, Nigeria
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J O Fasakin, Babajide Ojo, Mustapha Oyewole Bello, Olusola Olalekan Popoola, J O Basorun, and O F Enisan
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Medical Terminology ,Geography ,Residential density ,Agricultural economics ,Medical Assisting and Transcription - Published
- 2018
14. Calibration Model of a Low-Cost Air Quality Sensor Using an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System
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Alhasa, Kemal, primary, Mohd Nadzir, Mohd, additional, Olalekan, Popoola, additional, Latif, Mohd, additional, Yusup, Yusri, additional, Iqbal Faruque, Mohammad, additional, Ahamad, Fatimah, additional, Abd. Hamid, Haris, additional, Aiyub, Kadaruddin, additional, Md Ali, Sawal, additional, Khan, Md, additional, Abu Samah, Azizan, additional, Yusuff, Imran, additional, Othman, Murnira, additional, Tengku Hassim, Tengku, additional, and Ezani, Nor, additional
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- 2018
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15. Calibration model of a low-cost air quality sensor using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system
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Ezani, Nur Eliani, alhasa, kemal maulana, Mohd Nadzir, Mohd Shahrul, Latif, Mohd Talib, Olalekan, Popoola, Yusup, Yusri, Faruque, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal, Ahamad, Fatimah, Abd. Hamid, Haris Hafizal, Aiyub, Kadaruddin, Md Ali, Sawal Hamid, Khan, Md Firoz, Abu Samah, Azizan, Yusuff, Imran, Othman, Murnira, Tengku Hassim, Tengku Mohd Farid, Ezani, Nur Eliani, alhasa, kemal maulana, Mohd Nadzir, Mohd Shahrul, Latif, Mohd Talib, Olalekan, Popoola, Yusup, Yusri, Faruque, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal, Ahamad, Fatimah, Abd. Hamid, Haris Hafizal, Aiyub, Kadaruddin, Md Ali, Sawal Hamid, Khan, Md Firoz, Abu Samah, Azizan, Yusuff, Imran, Othman, Murnira, and Tengku Hassim, Tengku Mohd Farid
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Conventional air quality monitoring systems, such as gas analysers, are commonly used in many developed and developing countries to monitor air quality. However, these techniques have high costs associated with both installation and maintenance. One possible solution to complement these techniques is the application of low-cost air quality sensors (LAQSs), which have the potential to give higher spatial and temporal data of gas pollutants with high precision and accuracy. In this paper, we present DiracSense, a custom-made LAQS that monitors the gas pollutants ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and carbon monoxide (CO). The aim of this study is to investigate its performance based on laboratory calibration and field experiments. Several model calibrations were developed to improve the accuracy and performance of the LAQS. Laboratory calibrations were carried out to determine the zero offset and sensitivities of each sensor. The results showed that the sensor performed with a highly linear correlation with the reference instrument with a response-time range from 0.5 to 1.7 min. The performance of several calibration models including a calibrated simple equation and supervised learning algorithms (adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system or ANFIS and the multilayer feed-forward perceptron or MLP) were compared. The field calibration focused on O3 measurements due to the lack of a reference instrument for CO and NO2. Combinations of inputs were evaluated during the development of the supervised learning algorithm. The validation results demonstrated that the ANFIS model with four inputs (WE OX, AE OX, T, and NO2) had the lowest error in terms of statistical performance and the highest correlation coefficients with respect to the reference instrument (0.8 < r < 0.95). These results suggest that the ANFIS model is promising as a calibration tool since it has the capability to improve the accuracy and performance of the low-cost electrochemical sensor.
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- 2018
16. Application of Geographic Information Systems to Assessing the Dynamics of Slum and Land Use Changes in Urban Core of Akure, Nigeria
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S.A. Adegboyega, Ayo Emmanuel Olajuyigbe, Olusola Olalekan Popoola, and Tayo Obasanmi
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Economic growth ,Geographic information system ,Poverty ,Land use ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Overtime ,Development ,Livelihood ,Geography ,Sustainable growth rate ,Empowerment ,business ,Environmental planning ,Slum ,General Environmental Science ,media_common - Abstract
Ancient city centres are characterised by inadequately planned/unplanned land use and unsecured tenure system, leading overtime to the development of different forms and grades of slum in and around urban core area. This research studied the slum in the urban core of Akure, Nigeria deploying tools of Geographic Information System for comprehensive analysis of slum peculiarity for guiding action. Descriptive and analytical methods based on field survey and extraction of information from satellite images were utilized. The study examined the existing situation in the study area in terms of its housing system, conditions of infrastructure, socio-economic status of respondents and adequacy of livelihood with respect to slum indicators as defined by UN-Habitat (2003). The study revealed specific areas of higher degree of slum conditions and a representation of level of changes in land uses. Another finding shows high rate of conversion, mainly from residential land uses to other uses as the major characteristic of land use changes in the area. Poverty has constituted a dominant factor for continued existence of slum conditions due to paucity of employment opportunities. The study further discovered diverse manifestations of slums within a locality attributed to factors such as strong family linkages, structure of property ownership and high level of economic dependency. Economic empowerment through aids and supports for Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), development of market network strategy for Akure and development of a comprehensive land use plan that would ensure sustainable growth of the city core area are canvassed.
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- 2015
17. A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities
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Ebele R. I. Mogo, Taibat Lawanson, Louise Foley, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Felix Assah, Toluwalope Ogunro, Victor Onifade, Damilola Odekunle, Richard Unuigboje, Nfondoh Blanche, Rose Alani, Lia Chatzidiakou, Olalekan Popoola, Roderic Jones, Tolu Oni, Lawanson, Taibat [0000-0003-3250-9277], Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse [0000-0002-0709-1449], Assah, Felix [0000-0003-3301-6028], Odekunle, Damilola [0000-0002-0044-2293], Blanche, Nfondoh [0000-0001-8196-3885], Popoola, Olalekan [0000-0003-2390-8436], Oni, Tolu [0000-0003-4499-1910], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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health promotion ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Global Health ,built environment ,urban health ,African cities ,healthy cities ,healthy environments ,public spaces ,Humans ,Cities ,Noncommunicable Diseases ,Delivery of Health Care ,Qualitative Research ,Systematic Reviews as Topic - Abstract
Public spaces have the potential to produce equitable improvements in population health. This mixed-methods systematic review aims to understand the components of, determinants, risks, and outcomes associated with public space initiatives in African cities. This study will include quantitative and qualitative study designs that describe public space initiatives in African cities with implications for promoting health and wellbeing, particularly through the prevention of noncommunicable diseases. Only studies published after 1990 and that contain primary or secondary data will be included in the review. Literature search strategies will be developed with a medical librarian. We will search PubMed, using both text words and medical subject headings. We will adapt this search to Scopus, Global Health, and Web of Science. This systematic review will adopt a mixed methods analytical approach. Mixing will occur in extracting both qualitative and quantitative findings; in synthesizing findings; and in the analysis where we will integrate the qualitative and quantitative strands. The learnings from this study will contribute to advancing knowledge on noncommunicable disease prevention through public space initiatives in African cities.
18. Operationalizing the blue economy in the Gulf of Guinea, Africa
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Olusola Olalekan Popoola and Ayo Emmanuel Olajuyigbe
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Blue Economy ,Gulf of Guinea ,strategic framework ,regional collaboration ,blue growth ,Political science - Abstract
The Blue Economy is crucial for sustainable development in Africa, and the Gulf of Guinea, one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most economically dynamic countries, faces several challenges in transitioning into this economy. This study assesses the situation of the Blue Economy in the Gulf of Guinea and proposes strategies for its operationalization. A qualitative research approach was used to examine each member state's marine conservation initiatives, regional collaboration, management approaches, and strategic frameworks. Findings show that the Gulf of Guinea is already experiencing blue economy activities, but challenges like rapid population growth, urbanization, piracy, unsustainable anthropogenic activities, poor institutional frameworks, and climate change hinder the transition. The Gulf of Guinea's ocean economy accounts for less than 10% of GDP, so integrating the blue economy into trade strategies is crucial for its transformation. A systematic approach based on national priorities, social context, and resource base is needed to foster social inclusion, economic progress, and sustainable ocean development. Enablers of blue growth, such as integrated coastal zone management, marine spatial planning, marine protected areas, marine biodiversity, and blue justice discourse, must be integrated into policy design, prioritizing sustainability and equity. A cautious, phased approach is suggested, focusing on establishing traditional sectors, growing them, integrating value chains, and implementing regional collaboration so that the blue economy delivers on its social, environmental and economic goals in the Gulf of Guinea.
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- 2023
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19. Ameliorative Effect of Biochar Application on Selected Chemical Properties of Acidic Soil
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Sunusi Abdu Yusif, Mansur Abdul Mohammed, Nurudeen Olalekan Popoola, Hammed Yekeen, Abba Nabayi, and Hamid Yakubu
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acidic soil ,biochar ,chemical properties ,remediation ,screenhouse ,Science ,Agriculture - Abstract
This research was conducted at the screenhouse of Biological Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, to determine the ameliorative effect of biochar application on selected chemical properties of acidic soil. The acidic soil used for the experiment was collected from Centre for Agricultural and Pastoral Research (CAPAR), Dabagi, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto while the biochar used was obtained from Labana Rice Mill, Brinin-Kebbi, Kebbi State. The biochar was applied at rate of 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 t/ha. The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD) and replicated three times. Data were collected on some soil chemical properties and were subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and significant means were separated using Duncan’s Multiple Range Test at 5% level of significance. The results showed that successive increment in biochar rates virtually increased all the soil chemical properties tested for, with 70 t/ha of biochar rate significantly (p≤0.05) higher than the other biochar rates. A field trial of long term experiment with lower doses of biochar rates supplemented with inorganic fertilizer should be conducted in order to have more feasible doses of biochar in the remediation of acidic soil.
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- 2020
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