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Item Febrile Convulsion among Hospitalized Children Aged Six Months to Five Years and Its Association With Haemoglobin Electrophoretic Pattern(College of Public Health and Medical Sciences of Jimma University, 2015) Adeboye, M. A. N.; Ojuawo, A; Adeniyi, A.; Ibraheem, R. M.; Amiwero, C.BACKGROUND: Febrile convulsion and sickle cell disease are common in tropical countries and both are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Worldwide, Nigeria has the highest prevalence of sickle cell disease. However, there is a dearth of knowledge on the haemoglobin electrophoresis in patients with febrile convulsions. METHODS: This was a hospital based, descriptive, cross-sectional study of the relationship between haemoglobin genotype and febrile convulsion at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital over a period of 12 months. A self-designed pretested questionnaire was administered on the subjects, and necessary examinations and investigations were conducted. RESULTS: Of a total of 1675 children admitted into the emergency paediatric unit during the study period, children aged 6 months–5 years that presented with febrile convulsions were 167(10%) . Of this, 1,212 were aged 6 months-5 years. Thus, the age specific, hospital-based prevalence was 13.8%. The M:F was 1.1:1. Their Haemoglobin genotype distribution was AA 131(78.4%), AS 23(13.8%), AC 6(3.6%), SS 6(3.6%), and 1(0.6%) SC. The mean age of the sickle cell disease patients was higher at 46.0±13.5 months compared to 29.2±15.4 months in the non-sickle cell disease patients (p=0.005). The mean packed cell volume in subjects with sickle cell anaemia was 8.8±1.5%; the only case of haemoglobin SC had packed cell volume of 20%, while the non-sickle cell disease patients had a normal PCV. Malaria was present in 80.4% of them. CONCLUSION: Febrile convulsion remains a common cause of hospitalisation. It is uncommon in haemoglobin SS where severe anaemia is always an accompanying derangement. The packed cell volume is nearly normal in children with normal haemoglobin genotype.Item IMPLEMENTATION OF AN SMS AND VOICE-CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD(Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2016) Otuoze, Abdulrahaman; NT, Surajudeen-Bakinde; Ojo, E.S.; Akindiya, D.J.; Ibidun, B.F.; Adeniyi, A.The use of electronic medium in communication system is on geometric rise due to its flexibility, attractiveness, speed and efficiency. Various modes have been adapted in the transformation from the use of traditional billboards to electronic billboards in information dissemination. These modes include colour coated glass paper display, reflective mode display method, on-board editing of the content of an electronic billboards etc. with complicated problem of modifying the displayed content. This paper presents an implemented short message service (SMS) Controlled Electronic Billboard with Audio Output to enable ease and comfort of the administrator who determines the content of the billboard from any location. The input can be from a mobile phone or a web-based SMS application, provided the source is linked to a service provider. The billboard basically contains a microcontroller unit (AT89S52), a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) modem and a matrix of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The input to the display comprises a SIM900 Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) modem that takes care of the SMS and voice call reception for broadcasting any voice call placed on the SIM to the target audience. The text is received by the SIM modem and is transferred to the microcontroller which decodes the message using a set of rules. The decoded message is then used to automatically switch ON and OFF appropriate LEDs in order to display the character received as SMS on the screen of the billboard. Also, Voice call functionality has been incorporated to enable it receive calls and broadcast the audio message with a reasonable sound level to the target audience. It was designed, constructed, tested and found to meet the design specifications.