Vol. 21 No. 2 (2026)

ARTICLES

• PREVALENCE, DETERMINANTS, AND CLINICAL CORRELATES OF NOROVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS AMONG CHILDREN IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

  Kingsley U. Dike, J.D. Mawak, M.A. Ali

  456 - 463

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• QUERCETIN AND NARINGIN AMELIORATE DICHLORVOS-INDUCED SUBACUTE TOXICITY VIA MODULATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES IN RATS

  Wusu A.D., Adeleke L.D., Kanmodi R.I., Osibodu H.A., Oladipupo O.R., Olatunji I.O., Johnson S.O., Ukachukwu U.A., Akinbode A.Y., Alowoeshin S.O., Onibon A.A., Ajulo E.D., Igbalaye J.O., Afolabi O.K.

  464 - 472

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• PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF ADOFI RIVER, NIGERIA

  Nwaiku Fidelis, Iloba Kate Isioma, Anigboro O. Doris

  473 - 483

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• EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS OF BAUCHI STATE, NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA

  Auwal Magaji, Nathaniel Luka Kwarau, Muhammad Abdullahi, Zinat Mahmud, Abdullahi Musa, Sabiu Aminu, Muhammad Isah Liyo, Suleiman Musa, Kamal Bello, Musa Abdullahi, Isyaku Bello, Sadiya Ado, Mukhtar Sani, Rabiu Muhammad

  484 - 488

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• STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL OF DETERMINANTS OF ADOLESCENT BODY MASS INDEX

  Damilare Matthew Oladimeji, Adetunji Kolawole Ilori,, Fortune Ohiorenuan Iriaye

  489 - 496

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• AN ASSESSMENT OF MALARIA PARASITE INFECTIONS AMONG INDIVIDUALS SEEKING MEDICAL CARE IN SELECTED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, KADUNA, NIGERIA

  Eke S.S., Otuu C.A., Bello R.O., Odey A.O.

  497 - 502

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• BAYESIAN INFERENCE FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) CLINICAL PROGRESSION: MODELLING CURRENT CLUSTER OF DIFFERENTIATION 4 (CD4) WITH PATIENT-LEVEL COVARIATES

  Ogundeji K. Rotimi, Chinenye C. Nkem-Nnake

  503 - 508

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• ASSESSMENT OF URBAN LAND USE ENCROACHMENT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND IN CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA USING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING

  Ibrahim Samaila, Umar Abdulkadir, Abdul-Aziz Bashiru Liman

  509 - 513

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• INVESTIGATING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PACKED CELL VOLUME AND BODY MASS INDEX AMONG STUDENTS OF KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

  Solomon B., Agbo B.O., Genesis M.S., Bawa D.G., Achara I.D.

  514 - 518

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• INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY OF MONOON LONGIFOLIUM, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS, AND CROTON HIRTUS AGAINST CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS

  Gbolade A.A., Uthman Y., Ezeudogu O.E., Oshiobugie A.D., Ogbeide S.A., Onuegbu K.C., Anyacho C.C.

  519 - 524

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• IMPACT OF AI-BASED CREDENTIALS ON TEACHING PRACTICES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN SECONDARY AND TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

  Nur A.S., Abdullahi Y.Y., Hamisu I.A., Austin O.O., Jamila U.J., Ibrahim S.A.

  525 - 528

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• A CHAOTIC MAP-DRIVEN JAYA ALGORITHM FOR ROBUST CLINICAL ATTRIBUTES SELECTION IN BREAST CANCER METASTASIS PREDICTION

  Bello Abdullahi, Yusuf Sahabi Ali, Mohammed Abdullahi, Jeremiah Isuwa, Sani Abdullahi, Tukur Abdullahi

  529 - 539

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• A CNN-BASED APPROACH FOR SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION USING MFCC FEATURES IN NOISY AND REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENTS

  Philip O. Odion, Pasha R. Adeiza, Tijjani Abdullahi

  540 - 553

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• AN ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION ON FARMLAND ECOSYSTEMS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ELEPHANT HEALTH IN COASTAL VILLAGES OF EPE, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

  Adebowale T.K., Akintunde O.A., Ibiyomi B.B., Oduntan O.O., Shotuyo A.LA.

  554 - 564

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• EFFECTS OF LOCAL DYEING ACTIVITIES ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN KANO METROPOLIS, KANO STATE, NIGERIA

  Yusuf Idris Garba, Ejembi Yusuf Francis

  565 - 570

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• QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF HUMAN EXPOSURE TO RF-EMF FROM SELECTED MOBILE TRANSCEIVER STATIONS IN OKENE, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

  Bashir A.M., Tyabo A.M., Abdulmalik M.O., Buhari S.B., Christopher M., Amos G.E., Modibbo A.A.

  571 - 574

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• A HYBRID FRAMEWORK FOR MASK-RESILIENT FACE RECOGNITION AND ANTI-SPOOFING TO ENHANCE SECURE VOTER AUTHENTICATION

  Opeyemi Lateef USMAN, Khadijah Opeyemi OWODUNNI

  575 - 583

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• IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIVENOM ACTIVITIES OF AQUEOUS AND CHITOSAN ENCAPSULATED ANNONA SENEGALENSIS BARK EXTRACTS AGAINST NAJA NIGRICOLLIS VENOM

  AZAKI Gideon Philip, AUDU Isaac Sumaila, ADAMU Makanta Salihu, FADIPE Labake Ajoke, SHABA Elijah Yanda, AGBAI Uche Timothy, JAMES Daniel

  584 - 588

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• TRAINING NEEDS OF CUCUMBER FARMERS ON AGROCHEMICAL USE IN NSUKKA AGRICULTURAL ZONE, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

  Ojo Oluwasegun Felix, Onwubuya Elizabeth Amaechi, Attamah Clement Okechukwu, Nwobodo Cynthia Ebere, Ozioko Remigius Ikechi

  589 - 595

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• ESTIMATION OF FOETAL AGE USING ULTRASONOGRAPHIC BIOMETRIC PARAMETERS IN RABBITS

  EKERE Samuel Okezie, ANI Nneka Victoria, ODIRICHUKWU Ebere Obiageli, NJOKU Adachi Lovelyn, ANYA Kenneth Okelu, ADAMU Umaru

  596 - 601

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• DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A LOCALLY DERIVED H2S TEST KIT FOR QUICK AND COST-EFFECTIVE WATER QUALITY MONITORING

  Ekundayo Timmy Gbenga, Zakari Ladan, Salit Patrick Sherah

  602 - 608

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• INFLUENCE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF GINGER (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) POWDER ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS YIELD OF BROILER CHICKENS

  Abdulsalam S., Yahaya M.S., S. Isyaku, S.A. Muhammad

  609 - 615

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• STRUCTURAL CONTROL AND GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF Pb-Zn-Cu MINERALIZATION: A MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL APPROACH USING CENTRED LOG-RATIO (CLR) TRANSFORMATION AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS

  Ayodeji Enoch Olorunyomi, Samuel Bamidele Olobaniyi, Abiodun Mary Odukoya, Ifeoma Aquila Ekeleme

  616 - 630

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• RADIOLOGICAL RISK OF NORM AND HEAVY METAL EXPOSURE IN SOIL OF MIRINGA, NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA

  Abore U.I., Yamusa Y.A., Umar S., Hussaini S.M., Nasir R.

  631 - 636

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• ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZATION AND DIETARY HABITS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ESUT), NIGERIA

  Odii Amarachi Jane, Ogwo Bertha Omasirichi, Oluebube Chukwuka, Nwozuzu Favour Ogechukwu, Esheya Chijioke Esheya

  637 - 644

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• VERITY: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED MULTI-ROLE ONLINE EXAMINATION PLATFORM WITH AI-BASED PROCTORING, PLAGIARISM DETECTION, AND LLM-CONTENT ANALYSIS

  A.O. Ogar, S. Muhammed, A.S. Nur, F sO. Muhammed

  645 - 651

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• EFFECT OF TUBER SECTIONING ON THE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF FLOUR FROM WHITE YAM (DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA) AND WATER YAM (DIOSCOREA ALATA) IN ORU EAST, IMO STATE, NIGERIA

  Nwokeke B.C., Ogugua E.C., Ekeocha P.N.

  652 - 655

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• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF ABATTOIR WASTE MANAGEMENT IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

  Bashir Babura Sabo, Aminu Hussaini

  656 - 661

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• PREDICTION OF DEPRESSION IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS USING FIVE-FOLD CROSS-VALIDATION AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS

  Adedeji Oluwaseun Bukonla

  662 - 668

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• THRESHOLD SPECTRAL-BASED FOURIER REGRESSION MODEL FOR SEASONAL-CYCLICAL TIME SERIES

  Taylor Jimoh I., Taiwo Abass I., Olatayo Timothy O.

  669 - 676

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• COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF OCIMUM BASILICUM AND OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM LEAVES EXTRACTED WITH ETHANOL AND AQUEOUS SOLVENTS

  Abdulkadir Ahmed, Karderam Bukar Dikwa, Benjamin Chikwendu Onusiriuka, Victoria Dan

  677 - 680

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• MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE DETERMINANTS OF STOOL-DERIVED SALMONELLA ENTERICA FROM SELECTED TERTIARY HOSPITALS IN KANO, NIGERIA

  Asmau Nna SULAIMAN

  681 - 691

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• EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF MICROBIAL LIPASES

  Idris Shehu, Aminu Aisha Muhammad, Muhammad Ahmad

  692 - 697

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• PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF AQUEOUS AND ETHANOLIC LEAF AND STEM EXTRACTS OF EUPHORBIA HIRTA ON SOME CLINICAL ISOLATES

  Fatima Al-Amin Shuwa, Magaji Yakubu, Abdulsalami Muhammad Sani

  698 - 702

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• EFFECT OF A POLYHERBAL AQUEOUS EXTRACT ON HAEMATOLOGICAL INDICES OF ALLOXAN-INDUCED DIABETIC WISTAR RATS

  Ebele Geraldine Okeke, Catherine C. Ikewuchi, Jude C. Ikewuchi, Eugene N. Onyeike

  703 - 709

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• ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HEAVY METAL- AND ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE IN OFFA METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE

  Ajiboye A.E., Abdulsalam M.A., Jimoh F.A.

  710 - 721

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• OPTIMIZATION OF CELLULASE PRODUCTION BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER ISOLATED FROM SOIL SAMPLES IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

  Ilesanmi Festus Fadahunsi, Praise Temilade Ozabor, Janet Oluwadolapo Bamigboye, Folake Titilayo Afolabi

  722 - 727

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• CORRELATION ANALYSIS BETWEEN DAMAGE PARAMETERS AND COWPEA YIELD DUE TO POST-FLOWERING INSECT PEST IN KATSINA, SADANO-SAHELIAN ECOLOGY, NIGERIA

  Muhammad A., Mahmoud B.A., Muhammad I.A.

  728 - 733

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• IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA AND ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ON SELECTED CLINICAL ISOLATES

  Nwokeoma C.I., Chimeh J.O., Akinyele H.A., jo S.K., Fatoye O.F., Samuel-Osamoka F.C., Aliu K.T., Ariyo O.O., Odeleye O.P., Iwuala E.

  734 - 740

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