Publications by authors named "C C Ajaero"
Objectives: South Africa was the worst affected country in Africa by the COVID-19 pandemic and it is important to interrogate the attitude of the populace towards the pandemic for future interventions. Therefore, this study examined effects of mass media messages, susceptibility to COVID-19 and self-rated health on the attitudes of South Africans towards the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Data was from the National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) of 2021 which is a nationally representative panel survey of about 7,000 South African individuals in all the nine provinces.
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- Ebstein's anomaly (EA) is a rare heart condition where the tricuspid valve is improperly positioned, impacting blood flow from the heart from early development through adulthood.* -
- A 28-year-old woman with EA experienced daily palpitations since childhood, leading to a diagnosis after examination and tests showed heart rhythm abnormalities and valve displacement.* -
- Diagnosing EA in adults can take time, especially in low-resource areas; while medication can help manage symptoms, early detection often leads to better outcomes with surgical options.*
Artificial Intelligence and Cardiology Practice in Nigeria: Are We Ready?
Niger J Clin Pract
August 2024
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. As cardiovascular risk factors continuously rise to pandemic levels, there is intense pressure worldwide to improve cardiac care in preventive cardiology, cardio-diagnostics, therapeutics, and interventional cardiology. Artificial intelligence (AI), an advanced branch of computer science has ushered in the fourth industrial revolution with myriad opportunities in healthcare including cardiology.
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- Changes in land and water dynamics are influenced by both natural and human factors, especially in dryland hotspots affected by societal demands and climate change.
- The research utilized remote sensing and geographic information systems to analyze the Lake Chad basin and the Aral Sea basin, predicting land cover changes up to 2030 using various models and statistical methods.
- The study found significant trends in land cover changes, including increased cropland and grassland in the Lake Chad basin, along with a decrease in water bodies in the Aral Sea basin, highlighting the effects of population, temperature, and irrigation on these dynamics.
The comprehensive chemical characterization of crude oil is important for the evaluation of the transformation and fate of components in the environment. Molecular-level speciation of naphthenic acid fraction compounds (NAFCs) was investigated in a mesoscale spill tank using both negative-ion electrospray ionization (ESI) Orbitrap mass spectrometry (MS) and positive-ion atmospheric pressure photoionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (APPI-FT-ICR-MS). Both ionization techniques are coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometric detectors (ESI: Orbitrap MS; APPI: FT-ICR-MS at 9.
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