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The effect of professionalism on children's attitude to learning in early childhood education is a topic that has been studied more internationally than nationally. Thus, with the ever-growing interest in early childhood education globally, this study was undertaken to address this gap by applying questionnaire analysis to investigate the Teacher Training and Professional Development Programme on Early Childhood Education in Ila Local Government Area of Osun State. A questionnaire was sent to 150 early childhood educators in Ila-Orangunschools to obtain data, however, all 150 respondents completed the questionnaire. The questionnaire were analyzed and the findings of this research indicate that the male children performed better than their female counterparts in early childhood education learning. The findings of this study provide useful suggestions to the Federal Ministry of Education, Women Affairs and private owners of early education centres and nursery schools and offer recommendations for future research nationally.

This research, titled ''The Impact of Intellectual Property Law on the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria'' was undertaken to critically examine the contribution of Intellectual Property (IP) laws to the competitiveness and expansion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) within the Nigerian context. It seeks to understand the extent to which these laws enable Nigerian SMEs to achieve transformative growth similar to that observed in other developed and developing economies. This research specifically aims to analyze how intellectual property law influences innovation, competitiveness, and business expansion among SMEs in Nigeria. Adopting a doctrinal research methodology, the study explored the intersection between IP laws and SME development, assessing how legal protection of the Copyrights Act, Companies and Allied Matters Act, Trademarks Act, Patents, and Designs Act catalyzes innovation, enhances brand value, and fosters sustainable growth for SMEs in Nigeria. It further sets out to evaluate the significant challenges these enterprises encounter when attempting to secure and enforce their valuable IP rights. This research analyzed the operational dynamics of Nigerian SMEs, their economic contributions, and key obstacles and opportunities confronting them. Concurrently, the research assesses the practical effectiveness of Nigeria's existing legal framework in providing meaningful support to SMEs through its intellectual property laws. Ultimately, this research is driven by the objective of recommending concrete and viable strategies. These recommendations are focused on improving critical areas for SMEs, enhancing awareness of intellectual property, strengthening mechanisms for enforcement and increasing accessibility to the IP protection system.

Over the years, the backbone of many successful economies of the world is traceable to the performance of their Crypto currencies (Crypto). Finance has been identified as a major factor that influences the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (CRYPTO). This has led to concerted effort been put forward by policy makers to Improve the performance of Crypto most especially through prompt and easy access to finance. One Such efforts led the organized private sector to found some venture capital systems that sponsored and still do sponsor digital banks or financial technology firms. These digital banks are saddled with the responsibility of making banking operations, financial services such as credit promptly and easily available to Crypto.<br><br><br><br> Hence, the main objective of this study is to examine the impact of Crypto currency credit financing on the performance of Crypto such as enterprise growth, employment generation growth financial asset growth and profit growth in Nigeria. Survey research design was employed, 398 CRYPTO Traders were randomly selected from the beneficiaries of digital bank loans. Descriptive analysis was conducted and binary logistic regression was employed to test the stated hypothesis. The result showed that Crypto currency credit financing such as impact of support and service training received before loan (ISSTB) and amount of credit loam received (AOCLR) positively and significantly impact on the growth of the enterprises given their p-values and Wald statistics of 0.001,0.001 and 14.050,13.486 respectively Also support and service training before loan (SSTB) and proportion of loan utilized (POLU) impacted positively on employment generation of Crypto given their p-values of 0.02 and 0.017 and Wald statistics of 5.405 and 5.683 respectively In the same vain POLU and SSTB impacted positively on growth of financial asset of Crypto given their p-values of 0.001, 0.001 and Wald statistics of 12.570, 4.423 respectively. However, it was discovered there is no significant impact of digital bank credit financing on the profit growth of CRYPTO in Nigeria. The study therefore suggests amongst others that support and service training given before loan should be intensified and Crypto should be properly monitored to ensure that credit given to them is actually invested into the business and not diverted to other use.

This study examined the flexural strength performance of fiberglass-reinforced concrete (FRC), focusing on the effects of fiberglass content and curing duration. Using a mix design of 1:2:3, a water-cement ratio of 0.55, and 12 mm fiberglass strands, beam specimens (150 mm × 150 mm × 450 mm) were cast and cured for 7, 14, and 28 days. Flexural strength tests conducted via third-point loading showed significant improvements with fiberglass addition. The 4% mix outperformed the control (0% fiberglass) by 15%, 22%, and 30% at 7, 14, and 28 days, respectively, achieving maximum strength of 6.98 MPa at 28 days. However, the 6% mix exhibited a performance decline, likely due to reduced workability and uneven fiber distribution. These findings demonstrate the potential of fiberglass reinforcement in optimizing concrete’s structural performance and highlight the importance of maintaining an optimal fiberglass content for balanced workability and strength enhancement.

Wounds were probably the first medical problem faced by the human race. However it is interesting to note that the knowledge of wounds and their management remained in primitive and stunted stage. Plants contain different secondary metabolites that allow them to be useful in different parts of medicine, wound healing included.This study was aimed at investigating the phytochemical screening and wound healing activity of ethanol leaf extracts of Carica papaya on burn wound rabbits.<br> The leaves were collected, cleaned, dried and pulverized. The powder was macerated in ethanol. The gotten mixture was concentrated and dried on a water bath. Different concentrations were mixed with 20ml Elaies guineensis oil to get the drug.The macroscopic and organoleptic screening, phytochemical screening, chemomicroscopy and proximate analysis was carried out on the extract using standard methods. The rabbits were given burn wounds and treated using the wound healing drug, normal saline (negative control) and silver sulfadiazine (positive control).<br> The result of the phytochemical screening showed the presence of saponins, flavonoids, glycosides, reducing sugars, steroids, tannins, alkaloids. The chemomicroscopy showed the presence of starch, calcium oxalates, and cellulose. The rate of contraction of wound of the rabbit treated with the drug concentration 0.5g/ml of the extract was the fastest and healed smoothly.<br> Although, further investigational studies may be done to isolate the exact secondary metabolite responsible for its wound healing activity, this study confirms that Carica papya leaves contain secondary metabolites that can aid or promote wound healing.

This study examined the relationship between gender inequality and women’s participation in Nigerian politics, with focus on Imo State. Against the argument of some liberal scholars and analysts in favour of gender equality in Nigeria reflected in the full participation of women in politics, this study argued that gender inequality has adversely affected women participation in politics in Nigeria and in Imo State in particular. Among others, the study was aimed at examining the impact of gender inequality on the participation of women in politics, focusing on Imo State. While the study adopted the Patriarchy Theory as its theoretical framework, both the qualitative and quantitative methods of gathering and analyzing data in the form of review of existing related literatures and administering questionnaires respectively were used in the study. Findings from the study revealed that apart from violence, corruption, pursuit of self-satisfaction, unequal treatment in favour of men over women, etc. also contribute to the less involvement of women in Nigerian politics. The study then concluded that the less participation of women in politics both in Nigeria at large and in Imo State in particular has reached the bearing root and its adverse effect on the development of women and the people at grassroots has direct bearing on the local people such that the silence of the majority of the women in Nigeria in matters of national interest is visibly displayed in almost every locality. The study therefore recommended among many others, that there should be level playing grounds across every facet of our political life to pave the way for full participation of women in politics to enable women contribute their quota in nation-building.

The capacity to reap the highest output power in various environmental conditions is <br><br><br><br> one of the most critical tasks in the application of photovoltaic (PV) systems. Although <br><br><br><br> many cutting-edge methods have been developed to accomplish this, the majority of <br><br><br><br> methods have significant drawbacks, for instance, poor tracking capabilities and heavy <br><br><br><br> computational load. Therefore, the aim of this work is to present a control algorithm <br><br><br><br> that takes into account the connection between the solar array output power and the <br><br><br><br> controller's PWM duty cycle of the MPPT boost converter. The findings demonstrate <br><br><br><br> an increase in the PV system's ability to generate power in any weather, as well as a <br><br><br><br> reduction in the effects of rapid changes in solar irradiation on output power.

The uterus is a vital organ in the female reproductive system, responsible for menstruation, supporting fertilization and fetal development. Its wall is made up of three layers, endometrium, myometrium and perimetrium. This study provides a detailed histological examination of the layers of the uterine wall across three developmental stages: prepubertal, pubertal and post-pubertal hence enhancing our understanding of uterine development. A total of 12 Wistar rats were procured. Three of them were mated with males and gave birth to pups which were assigned to the prepubertal group. The uterus was excised at day 21(prepubertal), post vaginal opening (pubertal) and the post-pubertal group, age 1 year and above was excised 7 days after acclimatization. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), a standard histological technique was employed to assess cellular structures, nuclei and cytoplasmic details. Masson’s Trichrome, a special stain was also employed to visualize and differentiate collagen fibers. The prepubertal uterus was composed of a simple cellular architecture, thin endometrium, few endometrial glands, and less collagen fibers. The pubertal uterus exhibited more endometrial glands lined with simple cuboidal-columnar epithelial cells and more collagen fibers compared to the prepubertal uterus. The post-pubertal uterus was characterized by presence of excess collagen fibers indicating uterine maturation. These findings reveal a transition in development from the prepubertal stage to the post-pubertal stage. This study contributes to a better understanding of uterine development across key developmental stages in Wistar rats, thereby contributing a recent literature to the body of knowledge of reproduction biology.