Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology
Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology aims to publish rigorous, peer-reviewed scholarship that advances natural sciences, agriculture, and technology through high-quality quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research. The journal prioritizes methodological transparency, scholarly relevance, and contributions that strengthen scientific knowledge and applied innovation. • Natural Sciences: promote robust research that advances knowledge in core scientific fields and their applications. • Agricultural Development: support scholarship that strengthens agriculture, food systems, environmental sustainability, and rural productivity. • Scientific Methods: welcome research using quantitative, qualitative, or combined approaches, provided the design and analysis are clearly justified. • Technology and Application: encourage work that connects scientific findings to technological innovation, practical implementation, and real-world problem-solving. Submissions should clearly state the research problem, explain the methodological approach transparently, present defensible evidence, and demonstrate a meaningful contribution to science, technology, and/or agriculture. Scope KIJST welcomes articles in natural sciences, agriculture, and related scientific fields. The journal accepts research employing surveys, experiments, content analysis, observation, interviews, focus groups, documentary analysis, and other acceptable approaches, provided the analytic logic is rigorous and clearly reported. • Natural Sciences: physics, biology, chemistry, and related scientific disciplines. • Agriculture: soil science, animal husbandry, crop protection, fisheries, and allied agricultural studies. • Life and Environmental Sciences: ecology, environmental science, biological systems, and applied natural-science research. • Technology and Applied Science: scientific and technological studies with clear practical, industrial, environmental, or agricultural relevance. • Interdisciplinary Research: studies bridging science, agriculture, and technology to address complex societal, environmental, or development-related issues. Priority is given to original research articles that contribute clearly to the body of knowledge, demonstrate appropriate methodological rigor, and offer implications for scientific advancement, agricultural improvement, or technological application.
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<![CDATA[Effect of Blended Instructional Strategy on Colleges of Education Students’ Achievement, and Retention in Electronics Technology in North-East Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Ishaku Zechariah]]>;
<![CDATA[Patrick Duhu Chinda]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 1 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i1.3719
<![CDATA[This study examined the Effect of Blended Instructional Strategy on Colleges of Education Students’ Achievement, and Retention in Electronics Technology in North-East Nigeria. College of Education is one of the tertiary institutions in Nigerian alongside other institutions like polytechnics, monotechnics etc. However, Colleges of Education are the institutions that are exclusively saddled with the responsibility of training teachers who will in turn teach at the Junior Secondary School level of education in Nigeria. They are expected to realize the objectives of NCE (T) .This implies that the graduates should invariably be technologist as well as agents of technological advancement both in the classroom and in the society. Three research questions and eight hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted Quasi -experimental design involving pre-test post-test control group. The population of the study was 73 Electronics Technology students in six Colleges of Education North-East Nigeria. The sample was 36 Electronics Technology students in three Colleges of Education. Digital Electronics Achievement Test (DEAT), Digital Electronics Retention Test (DERT) were developed by the researcher as the instruments for data collection. The validated DEAT and DERT were tested for internal consistency using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The reliability coefficients of the instruments were found to be 0.915 and 0.895 respectively. Data were collected and analysed using SPSS the research questions were answered using mean, standard deviation while t-test, ANCOVA, ANOVA and Scheffe’s statistical tools were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there was significant difference in achievement test scores between BIS and TIS strategy in favour BIS. More so, the results show significant differences in students’ achievement retention in favour of BIS. Study also revealed that there was no significant difference in achievement test scores of male and female students when taught Digital Electronics using BIS as well as retention. The study concluded that and BIS enhanced the academic achievement, and retention in Digital Electronics Technology Students,. It was Recommended that BIS should be encourage in Colleges of Education Electronics Lesson Delivery.]]>
<![CDATA[Physicochemical Parameters in the Soil of Farin Gada Farm Jos North Local Government, Plateau ]]>
<![CDATA[Musa Yahaya Abubakar]]>;
<![CDATA[Danladi Mudwa Dwanga]]>;
<![CDATA[Emmanuel Chinedu Kingsley]]>;
<![CDATA[Shittu Abubakar Muhammad]]>;
<![CDATA[Ansar Bilyamin Adam]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 1 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i1.3720
<![CDATA[Soil is a part of the earth that is made up of various mixtures, including organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. Because soil is used to cultivate foods for animals worldwide, it plays a critical role in the global cultivation of wheat, rice, mustard, vegetables, and fruits, among other crops. Nigerian agriculture uses this soil, and the physical and chemical conditions of the land make it necessary to implement other management practices properly. For this reason, the physicochemical study of soil is very significant because it considers both the physical and chemical properties that affect soil productivity. This study the parameters of soil in order to improve the agricultural activities. The result of study shows that the Physicochemical properties of the soil samples at Farin Gada reveals that temperature of soil were found to be 27oC, pH ranges from 6.38±0.09 to 7.47±0.50, conductivity ranges from 0.15±0.01 to 0.42±0.08, Moisture Contents ranges from 0.48±0.82 to13.17 ±0.8, Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) ranges from0.53±0. to 0.54±0.86 and the organic matter ranges from 13.51±0.79 to 43.24±0.82, respectively.]]>
<![CDATA[A New Inverse Lomax Weibull-G Family of Distributions with Applications ]]>
<![CDATA[Jamilu Yunusa Falgore]]>;
<![CDATA[Yahaya Abubakar]]>;
<![CDATA[Sani Ibrahim Doguwa]]>;
<![CDATA[Aminu Suleiman Mohammed]]>;
<![CDATA[Abdussamad Tanko Imam]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 1 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i1.3721
<![CDATA[The field of statistics is constantly evolving, and new approaches are being developed to model real-world datasets. Despite this, there are still many significant concerns surrounding real data that remain unresolved by existing approaches. One of the drawbacks of the Inverse Lomax distribution is that it belongs to the inverted family of distributions, which limits its application and makes it unsuitable for some situations. Based on these, a new family of distributions called Inverse Lomax Weibull G (ILWG) based on the Inverse Lomax-G and Weibull-G was proposed in this study. Some statistical properties of the family such as the quantile function, moments, and characteristic function were presented. Exponential distribution was used as a member of this family to demonstrate the applicability of the new family. Some statistical properties of the Inverse Lomax Weibull exponential distribution (ILWED) such as quantile function, moments, and characteristic function were demonstrated. ILWED's shapes can be right skewed and symmetric, as the case maybe. Sample quantiles were presented. A simulation study was also presented to explore the desirable properties of the ILWED. Lastly, an application to three (3) different datasets was demonstrated based on the ILWED.]]>
<![CDATA[Assessment of Some Physicochemical Parameters around Gold Mining Areas of Rimi, Sumaila Local Government Area, Kano State, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Musa Yahaya Abubakar]]>;
<![CDATA[Mudwa Danladi Dwanga]]>;
<![CDATA[Ansar Bilyamin Adam]]>;
<![CDATA[Shitu Muhammad Abubakar]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i1.3722
<![CDATA[This study investigates the physicochemical parameters of ten hand-dug wells in Rimi Sumaila L.G.A. of Kano State. The parameters studied were pH, electrical conductivity, hardness, alkalinity, and turbidity. As a result of the studies, pH was between 7.18 and 8.55. The result shows that some areas, including Kofar Gabas, Kofar Kudu, Kofar Arewa, Company I, Company II, Company III, U.Kachaka, U.Dukawa, and U.Kuka, are alkaline in nature, while the pH in Kofar Yamma was 7.18, which is neutral. The electrical conductivity shows variation, such that the lowest value of conductivity was observed in Company III at 142 µS/cm, while the highest value was observed at Kofar Gabas at 708 µS/cm. The hardness was ranged between 173 and 370 mg/L. The highest values were observed at Kofar Gabas, and the lowest values were observed at Ukuka. The total hardness of water is the total soluble magnesium and calcium salts present in the water, expressed as CaCO3. The alkalinity analyzed ranged between 14 and 38 mg/L. The highest values were observed at U. Dukawa and the lowest values were observed at U. Kachaka, and the turbidity of the water analyzed ranged between 1 and 8.3 NTU. The highest values were observed at Company I, and the lowest values were observed at K. Arewa and U. Kuka.]]>
<![CDATA[Enhancing Medical Image Security through Dual Cryptographic Paradigms: AES Symmetric Encryption and ECC Asymmetric Key Cryptography ]]>
<![CDATA[Hambali Moshood A]]>;
<![CDATA[Olasupo Yunusa A]]>;
<![CDATA[Umar Shehu]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 2 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i2.3859
<![CDATA[The rapid advancements in medical imaging technologies have highlighted the urgent need for secure transmission methods to protect patient confidentiality and ensure data integrity. This study presents a hybrid encryption approach that integrates Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to effectively encrypt and decrypt medical images. The research methodology includes dataset collection, the development of AES and ECC algorithms using the Tkinter GUI, and performance assessments. AES utilizes a 128-bit key length, allowing for quick encryption and decryption, while ECC enhances security through the use of a public-private key pair. The performance evaluation focuses on throughput in relation to image size and the time taken for encryption and decryption. This research work enhances data security in healthcare by providing a reliable and efficient model for the encryption and decryption of medical images.]]>
<![CDATA[Regression-Type Imputation Scheme under Two-Stage with Unequal Chance of Random Non-Response at First Stage ]]>
<![CDATA[I. Abubakar]]>;
<![CDATA[A. Yahaya]]>;
<![CDATA[J. Garba]]>;
<![CDATA[Y. Aliyu]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 2 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i2.4146
<![CDATA[This research focuses on the estimation of population mean in two-stage cluster sampling, where the firs-stage cluster units face unequal probabilities of random non-response. To address this, regression-type imputation schemes and estimators are developed, incorporating measurement error parameters for both the study and auxiliary variables. Analytical derivations and simulations demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed estimators. As shown in table 1, the proposed estimators which utilized the second auxiliary variable parameter outperform the usual mean per unit estimator and the Maji et al. (2018) estimator in Case A, both with and without measurement error. Similarly, in table 2, it can be observed that the suggested estimator ( ), is more efficient, that the usual mean per unit estimator without auxiliary information and the Maji et al. (2018) estimator, while Maji et al. (2018) estimator performed better than other estimators in the same scenario when measurement error is absence for all non-response probability selections. In another scenario, when measurement is presence, the proposed estimators are more efficient for all non-response probabilities. These results confirm the practicality and robustness of the proposed methods for estimating finite population means in the presence of non-response and measurement error.]]>
<![CDATA[Mineral Composition of Seed, Seed Hull, and Pod of African Locust Bean “Parkia Biglobosa” ]]>
<![CDATA[Mathew Jacob]]>;
<![CDATA[A. J. Amuda]]>;
<![CDATA[Isaac John Umaru]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 2 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i2.4166
<![CDATA[The study was conducted to determine the mineral composition of different part of African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) tree utilized by man and animal. The experiment was carried out at Federal University Wukari Teaching and Research Farm. The samples of different part of African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) tree were collected within the Federal University environment. The different part collected were as follows: Seed, Pod, Seed hull, and each one serves as a treatment (T1...T3). Samples collected were oven dried and milled for laboratory analysis to determine the mineral composition using standard techniques. The following minerals were (Calcium (Ca), Phosphorus (P), Magnesium (Mg), Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Zinc (Zn), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Selenium (Se), Sulphur (S) and Copper (Cu)). Data obtained were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) using SPSS version 23.0.2018. The results of analysis showed that the mineral composition are; (P (0.28-0.36%), Ca (0.19-0.23%), K (0.35-0.72%), Na (0.19-0.22%), S (0.37-0.48%), Cu (13.57-21.47 mg/kg), Fe (118.80-138.07 mg/kg), Se (0.04-0.07 mg/kg), Mn (37.30-52.57 mg/kg), Zn (58.50-81.57 mg/kg)) showed that T1 (seed) had the highest values of all the mineral analysed except Mg (0.22-0.27%) followed by T3, Seed hull. The mineral composition was observed to have varied significantly (P<0.05) across the treatments which could be attributed to different parts of Parkia biglobosa examined. In conclusion, mineral composition of the African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) tree parts, were lower than the tolerance level. Consequently, ruminant farmers can include seed hull, and pod in formulating ration for their livestock.]]>
<![CDATA[Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Groundnut Production in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Olayiwola, S. A]]>;
<![CDATA[Oniga, M. A]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 2 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i2.4190
<![CDATA[The study analyzed the technical efficiency of groundnut production in Wukari Local Government of Taraba State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was employed in the study with the use of 120 structured questionnaires. The result showed that majority of the farmers were male with mean age of 39.18 years. Majority (53.35%) were married, the average mean of the household size was 7.14 and farm size was 3.61, which was acquired through inheritance (42.5%). Also, 30.8% of the respondents used family labor and 57.5% of the respondents having <100000 as their income level. Average gross margin for groundnut production in the study area was N147,513.92/ha. The return on investment was estimated to be N0.55, which implies that for every N1 expended, the farmer is expected to earn N0.55 in return. The result from the technical efficiency showed that farm size, fertilizer, seed and labour were all significant while the result from the technical inefficiency showed that educational level, farming experience, age and farm size were all significant. In conclusion, the study shows that groundnut production is a profitable business and was recommended that groundnut producers be encouraged to increase their scale of production to increase their yield, stakeholders in the sector should make provision for incentives such as in-service extension training to improve groundnut productivity also, implementation of policies that would encourage farm owners to form cooperative/organization or join the existing ones in the study area.]]>
<![CDATA[Energy Analysis of Industrial Boilers: A Case Study of the Coca-Cola Challawa Plant in Kano, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Mika’il Alhaji Abdulkareem]]>;
<![CDATA[Paul O Udom]]>;
<![CDATA[M. T. Jimoh]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 1 No 2 (2024): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v1i2.4297
<![CDATA[The industrial sector heavily relies on boiler systems for various operations, making them significant energy consumers. As a result, it becomes imperative to conduct comprehensive analyses to assess their efficiency and identify areas of energy loss. This study employs energy analysis based on the first law of thermodynamics to precisely determine the efficiency and the primary contributors to energy losses within the boiler system. The research encompasses a detailed examination of both the combustion chamber and the steam production chamber of the boiler. The analysis reveals that the energy efficiency of the combustion chamber stands at an impressive 82%, signifying its effectiveness in converting fuel into usable energy. Conversely, the steam production chamber operates at a slightly lower efficiency of 69%. Taking into account both components, the overall energy efficiency of the entire boiler system is calculated at 71%. This consolidated figure serves as a critical benchmark for assessing the system's performance and initiating potential improvements. Among the key findings, it is evident that preheating the feed water using the flue gas emerges as the most promising strategy to minimize energy losses. This conclusion underscores the importance of implementing energy-efficient practices to enhance the overall productivity of industrial boiler systems. The energy efficiency and losses within an industrial boiler system, offer valuable insights into its performance. The research emphasizes the importance of energy-saving techniques, such as preheating feed water, to enhance efficiency and reduce losses, adopting a more sustainable and cost-effective in the industrial sector.]]>
<![CDATA[Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae among Individuals in Obigbo, Rivers State ]]>
<![CDATA[Olayemi Favour Olotu]]>;
<![CDATA[Imarenezor Edobor Peter Kenneth]]>
<![CDATA[ Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology Vol 2 No 1 (2025): Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology ]]>
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DOI: 10.58578/kijst.v2i1.4591
<![CDATA[Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a major public health concern due to potential for severe complication of infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease. This study assessed the prevalence and risk factors associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection among youths in Obigbo, Rivers State, Nigeria. Using a cross-sectional design, 288 participants aged 16-35 years comprises of 105 males and 183 females were study to evaluate infection prevalence, awareness, and sexual health behaviors influencing transmission. Data collection was done using a structured questionnaire capturing demographic information, awareness levels, and risk-related behaviors, alongside rapid diagnostic testing for N. gonorrhoeae. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used to analyze relationships between demographic variables and infection risk. Findings indicated a prevalence of 8 (2.78%), with a higher rate observed among males 5 (4.76%) than females 3 (1.64%). The higher prevalence among males and those within younger age brackets suggests behavioral patterns and risk perceptions that could be addressed through targeted public health interventions. Additionally, the study emphasizes a significant gap in awareness of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, underlining the need for improved health education focused on sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention. Infection was more frequent among individuals aged 16-20 years with males having high incidences and 21-25 years with females having the highest incidences, highlighting age-specific vulnerabilities. The risk factors included inconsistent condom use, limited awareness of N. gonorrhoeae, and a history of multiple sexual partners. Gender and educational background were significantly associated with awareness and preventive behaviors. Generally, the findings underscore the necessity of accessible sexual health services, community-based education programs, and socioeconomic support systems to address not only STI risks but also broader health disparities. Targeted interventions that consider both individual behaviors and social determinants of health may be effective in reducing the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and improving the sexual health of youths in Obigbo, ultimately contributing to healthier and more informed communities in Rivers State.]]>
