Machine Learning Aided Design and Optimization of Thermal Metamaterials.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced material research that were previously intractable, for example, the machine learning (ML) has been able to predict some unprecedented thermal properties. In this review, we first elucidate the methodologies underpinning discriminative and generative models, as well as the paradigm of optimization approaches. Then, we present a series of case studies showcasing the application of machine learning in thermal metamaterial design.

The Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Welders and Non-Welders in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Musculoskeletal symptoms in welders may affect their health and quality of life. This study determined the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among welders compared to non-welders and determined the body part(s) mostly affected.

Methodology: The study is a comparative cross-sectional study.

Polymeric biomaterials for wound healing applications: a comprehensive review.

Chronic wounds have been a global health threat over the past few decades, requiring urgent medical and research attention. The factors delaying the wound-healing process include obesity, stress, microbial infection, aging, edema, inadequate nutrition, poor oxygenation, diabetes, and implant complications. Biomaterials are being developed and fabricated to accelerate the healing of chronic wounds, including hydrogels, nanofibrous, composite, foam, spongy, bilayered, and trilayered scaffolds.

HIV-hepatitis co-infection in a rural community in Northern Nigeria.

Introduction: HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C pose a public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa and there are only few studies on co-infection of these viruses done in rural areas in Northern Nigeria. This study provides a rural perspective on HIV-hepatitis co-infection in a Northern Nigerian community.

Methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out amongst people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in a rural community hospital over a three-month period.

An open multi-centre study to assess the efficacy of inhaled salmeterol in bronchial asthma in Nigeria.

An open multicentre clinical trial of inhaled B-agonist, salmeterol, was carried out to assess its efficacy in adult Nigerian asthmatic patients. Seventy-four patients were recruited to the trial and 64 (86.48%) completed the trials.