Annotation of classification data by humans can be a time-consuming and tedious process. Finding ways of reducing the annotation effort is critical for building the classification models in practice and for applying them to a variety of classification tasks. In this paper, we develop a new active learning framework that combines two strategies to reduce the annotation effort. First, it relies o...

The study investigated the effect of financial incentives on employee morale and motivation small medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ekiti State, Nigeria, to establish whether merit pay bonuses significantly affect SMEs Nigeria. employed a survey research method obtain needed data. Data represented incentive measurement, while dependent variable which was sourced primarily through well-structured que...

BACKGROUND Early adolescent sexual activity remains a recurring problem with negative psychosocial and health outcomes. The age at sexual debut varies from place to place and among different individuals and is associated with varying factors. The aim was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of early sexual debut among secondary school students in Ido-Ekiti, South-West Nigeria. METHODO...

OBJECTIVE To assess the perception of diseases and the willingness to use public-tax revenue for their treatment among relevant stakeholders. DESIGN A population-based, cross-sectional mailed survey. SETTING Finland. PARTICIPANTS 3000 laypeople, 1500 doctors, 1500 nurses (randomly identified from the databases of the Finnish Population Register, the Finnish Medical Association and the Fin...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by microfungi that are capable of causing disease and death in humans and other animals. The present work is a preliminary study focused on mycotoxin awareness amongst traders and farmers in some local government areas of Ekiti State. A questionnaire on mycotoxin awareness was distributed to two hundred respondents in each of the four local governme...

Drinking contaminated groundwater can have serious health effects. Bacterial assessment of groundwater in Ekiti State was carried out to determine its potability and source(s) of pollutants. Consequently, 73 groundwater samples were collected for bacterial analysis and NO3 determination. At each location, depth of each well and depth to water table were measured using dipmeter. Temperature (°C)...