Browsing by Author "Akande, Kareem A"

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    Development and Performance Evaluation of Pot-in-pot Cooling Device for Ilorin and its Environ.
    (Journal of Research Information in Civil Engineering, 2018) Yahaya, Suleiman Abimbola; Akande, Kareem A
    Pot-in-pot cooling device is basically a food cooler that utilises the effect of evaporative cooling for its intrinsic mechanism to preserve drugs, fruits and vegetables in a hot and dry climate. The performance of the cooler was examined in this experiment when the lining media was changed from sand to charcoal and sawdust as well as considering the meteorological data of Ilorin. The cooling effects of three pots of the same geometry bearing different lining media were compared. The pots were set up and observed for 59 days from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, and the performances were recorded. The device performs well under low relative humidity. The lining media that holds water necessary for evaporative cooling is the primary factor that was used to determine the performance of the pot-in-pot cooling device in this research. It was found that the three inner temperatures for the three lagging materials were significantly different. Under all three conditions, Charcoal (mean efficiency of 75 %) provides better results than sand (mean efficiency of 66 %) and sawdust (mean efficiency of 58 %).
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    Productivity Standards and Resource Utilization Monitoring System: A Concept to Hospital Management in Nigeria.
    (LAUTECH Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2014) Akande, Kareem A; Yahaya, Suleiman Abimbola
    Cost savings can be realized in hospitals through the proper utilization of employees to optimize labor cost since labor costs average over half of the expenses of a typical hospital. The health care management is often left to subjective feelings in evaluating the proper relationship between staffing and workload without a logical, systematic approach to productivity measurement. With proper training and understanding, the Resource Utilization Monitoring System (RUMS) can become a valuable tool in evaluating these relationships. There is no much evidence in the literature that productivity standards is often used as a planning and control tool of human resources in the administration of hospitals in Nigeria. The purpose of this paper is to explain how to determine productivity standard and the development of RUMS; and to explain their applications as a planning and control tool of human resources management of the hospitals costs centers in Nigeria.