As in other socioeconomic spheres, social networks and media are veritable tools for education as... more As in other socioeconomic spheres, social networks and media are veritable tools for education as they provide easy channels for information and knowledge exchange and their trendy nature make them very attractive and portable among the young and old. However, these applications are fraught with security challenges ranging from surveillance to invasion of privacy and unwarranted tampering with user data regardless of the seemingly impressive underlying rights of users as claimed by the vendors as to user accounts. Various vulnerabilities are reported daily as well as data leaks. There appears to be no end to these unwarranted infringement on rights of users. Sadly, majority of the popular social networking platforms irrespective of their modus operandi are guilty of this silent crime. Users of such applications are often carried away with flashy features without paying reasonable attention to the security and privacy of their data. In many cases users appear to have relinquished their privacy rights to these platforms owing to the fact that many users who suffer data breaches are either ignorant of such or may not have the wherewithal to challenge the vendors through legal actions. Interestingly a large chunk of users are unaware of their fundamental rights on such platforms. This paper underscores the relevance of social networks and social media in tertiary education vis-à-vis the popularly used social networks and advocates for the evolution and institutionalizing of specific tertiary education social network (TESN) that captures the unique demands of students and lecturers. The rapid application development paradigm is used to demonstrate a prototype of a TESN that ensures privacy and security of user data. It is concluded that this application presents a comparative performance while offering institutional data protection, privacy and security of user data.
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, May 25, 2020
Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the... more Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the world. In the last two decades, Nigeria has witnessed an amazing cement manufacturing and production reforms. Consequent upon these reforms is a marked reduction in the importation of bagged cement from other countries thereby reducing capital flights and boosting the gross domestic product. A typical cement plant in Nigeria produces an average of 6000 metric tonnes of bagged cement per day. Of vital importance to the instrumentation of local cement production and distribution plants is high technology computing infrastructure. These cement plants deploy sophisticated IT infrastructure that are driven by large diesel powered generators owing to the unstable mains power supply across the country. The effect is increased environmental pollution and degradation in the hosting environments as chemical, gaseous emissions, electronic wastes, and noise are consistently present. In some facilities, there are often more than one data centre with each supporting a definite suite of production processes. This paper is an attempt to proffer solution to the traditional problems of environmental pollution arising from poor data centre operations. Accordingly, a carefully articulated integrated that would enable enforcement agencies, and control experts reduce the localization and pollution issues associated with scattered data centres, is proposed. It is believed that adherence to the proposed innovative model would reduce drastically the pollution associated with data centres in cement factories in Nigeria.
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 2020
Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the... more Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the world. In the last two decades, Nigeria has witnessed an amazing cement manufacturing and production reforms. Consequent upon these reforms is a marked reduction in the importation of bagged cement from other countries thereby reducing capital flights and boosting the gross domestic product. A typical cement plant in Nigeria produces an average of 6000 metric tonnes of bagged cement per day. Of vital importance to the instrumentation of local cement production and distribution plants is high technology computing infrastructure. These cement plants deploy sophisticated IT infrastructure that are driven by large diesel powered generators owing to the unstable mains power supply across the country. The effect is increased environmental pollution and degradation in the hosting environments as chemical, gaseous emissions, electronic wastes, and noise are consistently present. In some facilities, there are often more than one data centre with each supporting a definite suite of production processes. This paper is an attempt to proffer solution to the traditional problems of environmental pollution arising from poor data centre operations. Accordingly, a carefully articulated integrated that would enable enforcement agencies, and control experts reduce the localization and pollution issues associated with scattered data centres, is proposed. It is believed that adherence to the proposed innovative model would reduce drastically the pollution associated with data centres in cement factories in Nigeria.
The impact of globalization coupled with the pressure t of the recent economic downturn have stir... more The impact of globalization coupled with the pressure t of the recent economic downturn have stirred increased customers outlook on availability, scalability and efficiency to enterprise information technology (IT) solutions. The increasing interest in cost-effective Information Technology deployment by leaders and organisations centre on how best cloud computing can contain these requirements to reduce or eliminate the huge capital outlay for infrastructure ownership, increase efficiency, ensure higher return on investment (ROI), dynamic provisioning and utility–like pay-as-use services. However, a number of these enterprises along with some information security professionals have expressed fear of the cloud, stating their unflinching consciousness on security, privacy and forensic issues associated with this new computing platform for the next generation of the Internet. As with any emerging technology, cloud computing offers a rare opportunity to rework security and IT controls f...
Chinecherem Umezuruike Department of Information Technology, Kampala International University, Ka... more Chinecherem Umezuruike Department of Information Technology, Kampala International University, Kampala Uganda.A full text is available.
This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the ad... more This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
International Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, 2021
In recent times, more scholastic and social attention have been paid to blockchain and its distri... more In recent times, more scholastic and social attention have been paid to blockchain and its distributed ledger system mechanism. The reasons for this ever-increasing attention cannot be far-fetched: blockchain now occupies a copious position in the present-day ways of doing things economically, digitally and ‘digital-socially’. Blockchain could be described as a distributed ledger system that allows secure transactions without a central management system. In this distributed ledger system, transactions are coded into blocks, which are linked to each other in the form of a chain. The first application of blockchain is in the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Though not limited to bitcoin, blockchain finds usefulness in security and trusts for instance, digital assets could be coded into blocks to ensure and enforce quality of trust. Consequent upon the quality of trust the blockchain confers on a digital asset, transparency among participating nodes is guaranteed. This is because, any change ma...
Bioengineering of Pharmacologically-Active Metabolites for Effective Drug Nano-Formulations from the Callus and Metabolites of Medicinal Plants and Their Significant Application in Nanomedicine
As in other socioeconomic spheres, social networks and media are veritable tools for education as... more As in other socioeconomic spheres, social networks and media are veritable tools for education as they provide easy channels for information and knowledge exchange and their trendy nature make them very attractive and portable among the young and old. However, these applications are fraught with security challenges ranging from surveillance to invasion of privacy and unwarranted tampering with user data regardless of the seemingly impressive underlying rights of users as claimed by the vendors as to user accounts. Various vulnerabilities are reported daily as well as data leaks. There appears to be no end to these unwarranted infringement on rights of users. Sadly, majority of the popular social networking platforms irrespective of their modus operandi are guilty of this silent crime. Users of such applications are often carried away with flashy features without paying reasonable attention to the security and privacy of their data. In many cases users appear to have relinquished their privacy rights to these platforms owing to the fact that many users who suffer data breaches are either ignorant of such or may not have the wherewithal to challenge the vendors through legal actions. Interestingly a large chunk of users are unaware of their fundamental rights on such platforms. This paper underscores the relevance of social networks and social media in tertiary education vis-à-vis the popularly used social networks and advocates for the evolution and institutionalizing of specific tertiary education social network (TESN) that captures the unique demands of students and lecturers. The rapid application development paradigm is used to demonstrate a prototype of a TESN that ensures privacy and security of user data. It is concluded that this application presents a comparative performance while offering institutional data protection, privacy and security of user data.
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, May 25, 2020
Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the... more Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the world. In the last two decades, Nigeria has witnessed an amazing cement manufacturing and production reforms. Consequent upon these reforms is a marked reduction in the importation of bagged cement from other countries thereby reducing capital flights and boosting the gross domestic product. A typical cement plant in Nigeria produces an average of 6000 metric tonnes of bagged cement per day. Of vital importance to the instrumentation of local cement production and distribution plants is high technology computing infrastructure. These cement plants deploy sophisticated IT infrastructure that are driven by large diesel powered generators owing to the unstable mains power supply across the country. The effect is increased environmental pollution and degradation in the hosting environments as chemical, gaseous emissions, electronic wastes, and noise are consistently present. In some facilities, there are often more than one data centre with each supporting a definite suite of production processes. This paper is an attempt to proffer solution to the traditional problems of environmental pollution arising from poor data centre operations. Accordingly, a carefully articulated integrated that would enable enforcement agencies, and control experts reduce the localization and pollution issues associated with scattered data centres, is proposed. It is believed that adherence to the proposed innovative model would reduce drastically the pollution associated with data centres in cement factories in Nigeria.
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 2020
Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the... more Data centres are important facilities in modernization of cement production industries across the world. In the last two decades, Nigeria has witnessed an amazing cement manufacturing and production reforms. Consequent upon these reforms is a marked reduction in the importation of bagged cement from other countries thereby reducing capital flights and boosting the gross domestic product. A typical cement plant in Nigeria produces an average of 6000 metric tonnes of bagged cement per day. Of vital importance to the instrumentation of local cement production and distribution plants is high technology computing infrastructure. These cement plants deploy sophisticated IT infrastructure that are driven by large diesel powered generators owing to the unstable mains power supply across the country. The effect is increased environmental pollution and degradation in the hosting environments as chemical, gaseous emissions, electronic wastes, and noise are consistently present. In some facilities, there are often more than one data centre with each supporting a definite suite of production processes. This paper is an attempt to proffer solution to the traditional problems of environmental pollution arising from poor data centre operations. Accordingly, a carefully articulated integrated that would enable enforcement agencies, and control experts reduce the localization and pollution issues associated with scattered data centres, is proposed. It is believed that adherence to the proposed innovative model would reduce drastically the pollution associated with data centres in cement factories in Nigeria.
The impact of globalization coupled with the pressure t of the recent economic downturn have stir... more The impact of globalization coupled with the pressure t of the recent economic downturn have stirred increased customers outlook on availability, scalability and efficiency to enterprise information technology (IT) solutions. The increasing interest in cost-effective Information Technology deployment by leaders and organisations centre on how best cloud computing can contain these requirements to reduce or eliminate the huge capital outlay for infrastructure ownership, increase efficiency, ensure higher return on investment (ROI), dynamic provisioning and utility–like pay-as-use services. However, a number of these enterprises along with some information security professionals have expressed fear of the cloud, stating their unflinching consciousness on security, privacy and forensic issues associated with this new computing platform for the next generation of the Internet. As with any emerging technology, cloud computing offers a rare opportunity to rework security and IT controls f...
Chinecherem Umezuruike Department of Information Technology, Kampala International University, Ka... more Chinecherem Umezuruike Department of Information Technology, Kampala International University, Kampala Uganda.A full text is available.
This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the ad... more This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
International Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, 2021
In recent times, more scholastic and social attention have been paid to blockchain and its distri... more In recent times, more scholastic and social attention have been paid to blockchain and its distributed ledger system mechanism. The reasons for this ever-increasing attention cannot be far-fetched: blockchain now occupies a copious position in the present-day ways of doing things economically, digitally and ‘digital-socially’. Blockchain could be described as a distributed ledger system that allows secure transactions without a central management system. In this distributed ledger system, transactions are coded into blocks, which are linked to each other in the form of a chain. The first application of blockchain is in the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Though not limited to bitcoin, blockchain finds usefulness in security and trusts for instance, digital assets could be coded into blocks to ensure and enforce quality of trust. Consequent upon the quality of trust the blockchain confers on a digital asset, transparency among participating nodes is guaranteed. This is because, any change ma...
Bioengineering of Pharmacologically-Active Metabolites for Effective Drug Nano-Formulations from the Callus and Metabolites of Medicinal Plants and Their Significant Application in Nanomedicine
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