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TITLE OF LECTURE: TWO WORDS THAT DO NOT FIT-STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE: MY VIEWPOINTS, AND THE PARADOX OF ENGINEERING TRAINING AND PRACTICE IN NIGERIA

ENGR. P ROF. E MMANUEL U FUAH, B.Eng., C ivil E ng. ( Ekpoma); M .Eng., S tructures ( Benin); Ph.D, S FE ( Manchester); M NSE, M IFE, M SFPE, R . C OREN

wenty-six (26) years ago, I was shortlisted to undergo the SHELL Intensive T raining P rogramme ( SITP). P rovidence d id n ot m ake t hat happen, instead I decided to accept the offer granted me by the Ambrose Alli U niversity a s G raduate Assistant, p articularly b ecause I w as n ot s o c onfident S HELL would a bsorb m e a fter c ompletion o f the training. In 2006, barely into the second year of my Ph.D programme u nder t he s upervision o f Prof. J oseph O . Afolayan a t t he Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), something very dramatic e nsued. I w as t o b e f ramed u p f or a n u njust d isengagement. On that fateful S aturday, I did not know God was redirecting my Ph.D study f rom F UTAto t he U niversity o f Manchester, U nited K ingdom. An i ndividual h ad o rchestrated a w ay t o i mplicate m e i n t he l eakage of examination q uestions. I w as g iven t he q uestion p apers, s ealed i n an envelope two hours before commencement of the examination. The o bjective, I l ater d iscovered, was to provide a mple time f or me to open t he e nvelope b efore c ommencement o f the e xamination. W hile this machination failed, I was told to my face that I must face the diciplinary committee. sayoungAcademic,Iwastroubledbeyondmeasure.Moreover,the following d ay w as e armarked f or m y d aughter - Mandy's d edication. This spiritual programme was perturbed and nearly marred by this development. I thought the world was mad at me. However, by Monday morning, it was discovered that there was no leakage and I was e xonerated. The e nergy that was d evoted f or s uch purpose by the individual was enormous. For this singular reason, I decided to run away by applying to Universities in the UK and US for my Ph.D pursuit. I w as o ffered m ultiple a dmissions, w hich I d eferred b ecause of financial c onstraints. T hereafter, I t ook l oans f rom ASUU W elfare and Cooperative Society such that my net take-home pay could no longer take me home. That was when God suddenly showed up for me.

the relationship between anthropometric measurement and academic performace of secondary school studnets in Edo South Senatorial District, Edo, State.

Patience Aluyor

Assesmento f the percentption of married women on the benefit of vegetables consumption on human health in Edo State, Nigeria.

Patience Aluyor, Iyere Eligochie and Chidima Juliana Okosun

assesement on the awareness and utilization of contraceptive among undergraduate students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

Aluyor Patience

Towards the digitalization of Restaurant Business Process for Food Ordering in Nigeria Private University: The Design Perspective. A Study of Samuel Adegboyega University Edo State Nigeria

Awojide, Simon1 , Omogbhemhe, I.M.2 , Awe, O.S. 2 and Babatope T.S

Abstract- The use of information and Communication Technology (ICT) has improved a lot of businesses by Digitalizing their business processes. Traditional (manual) Ordering of food in a Restaurant in the University Environment has been in practice for long, which brought about piles of Challenges. Digitalizing the Restaurant business processes in Restaurant was the focus of this paper. In view of this, the system developed in this paper was able to solve the challenges of the existing ordering of Food in the restaurant. This paper has provided an overview Food Ordering system (FOS) and has provided a digital design for such system. It also discusses the advantages associated with integrating the system across the Restaurant Business. The FOS developed in this work, when fully implemented, will go a long way to addressing the problem faced by the restaurant management in the area of managing their customer’s food ordering, management of customer’s information and having quick access to information. Index Terms- ICT, Food Ordering, Restaurant Busi

Monitoring CSM in Northern Nigeria: A Logistic and OLS Regression Approach

Sarah Oluwatosin Elakhe, Rofiyat Patience Braimah, Idemudia Waziri Edokpa and Odunayo Joseph Braimah

Abstract Cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) remains a major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. This study analyzed records of 390 suspected CSM patients (2020–2023) from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, using sex, age, and month as explana tory variables. Logistic regression and ordinary least square (OLS) models were fitted to identify epidemic patterns. Findings re veal that children under five are most vulnerable, with infections peaking during Harmattan months. Males are more prone than females. Logistic regression explained 4.3% of variation compared to 3.2% for OLS, indicating better predictive accuracy. Age was not significant, while sex and month showed significant negative effects. The study highlights key demographic and seasonal risk factors for CSM in Northwestern Nigeria.