Publications by authors named "I G Akande"
In today's automotive, marine and petrochemical industries, the desire for lightweight materials has increased. Hence, necessitating the production of components with low density. In this work, lightweight Zn-SiN coatings were developed by including SiN in the zinc matrix.
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- Cutting fluids, crucial for cooling and lubrication in manufacturing, often use mineral oils, which pose health and environmental hazards; thus, there's a shift towards safer alternatives like vegetable oils.
- The study investigates watermelon oil as a cutting fluid for MQL machining of AISI 1525 steel, revealing that it outperforms mineral oil in terms of surface roughness, machine vibration, and cutting temperature when using varied feed rates, depth of cut, and spindle speeds.
- Results indicated that depth of cut significantly affects cutting efficiency, with strong links between increased workpiece diameter, hardness, and improved microstructural characteristics, such as finer grain sizes beneficial for toughness and strength.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are disproportionately infected with SARS-CoV-2 when compared to members of the general public; estimating the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody and SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among HCWs is therefore crucial. This study was carried out in four health facilities in Lagos Nigeria to determine the prevalence of IgG antibodies (seroprevalence) and SARS-CoV-2 active infection rate via a positive rtPCR result, the cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2020 and July 2021. Nasopharyngeal and blood samples were collected from HCWs and screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection using the rtPCR technique and antibody using the Abbott anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG CMIA assay, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe anti-NS2B-NS3 proteases activities of L. were investigated via the data obtained from selected bioactive compounds from L. The work was investigated using approach and the series of computational software were used to execute the task.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Sleep problems are common in people with a psychosis-spectrum diagnosis and are associated with worse psychotic symptoms and lower quality of life. Sleep problems are also frequent in individuals at a clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) however, less is known about the prevalence and association with symptoms in this population. This study investigates the prevalence of sleep problems within CHR-P individuals and the associations with attenuated positive symptoms, transition to psychosis, time to transition to psychosis and functioning.
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