DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORK RECONFIGURATION SCHEME FOR LOSS MINIMIZATION AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE: A CASE STUDY OF UNGWAN BORO INJECTION SUB-STATION  

2018-06-26
This research work developed a distribution network reconfiguration scheme for active power loss minimization and reliability improvement using particle swarm optimization technique. The Backward Forward Sweep (BFS) algorithm was used ...

i EFFICACY OF SELF-ASSESSMENT METACOGNITIVE STRATEGY ON ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE IN ENERGY CONCEPT AMONG UPPER BASIC SCIENCE STUDENTS IN ANKPA, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA  

2021-03-26
This study determined the Efficacy of Self-Assessment Metacognitive Strategy on Attitude and Performance in Energy Concept among Upper Basic Science Students in Ankpa, Kogi State, Nigeria. The research design adopted ...

MICROBIAL- INDUCED IMPROVEMENT OF LATERITIC SOIL WITH BACILLUS PUMILUS FOR USE IN WASTE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS  

2019-08-22
The study considered the use of Bacillus pumilus (B. pumilus) to trigger microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) process for the improvement of lateritic soil as a liner and cover material for ...

ANALYSIS OF CRIMES OCCURRENCES IN OKENE TOWNSHIP OF KOGI STATE, NIGERIA  

2021-11-03
Crime is one of the human security problems confronting humanity across the world and towns in Nigeria, Okene Township to be specific is no exception. This study thus analyzed the ...

IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY IN KWARA STATE GENERAL HOSPITALS  

2018-09-26
The Nigeria health sector has numerous challenges to be addressed. This includes the need to improve on the quality of service delivery to the citizenry. The objective of this study ...

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE INCIDENCE OF CEREBRO- SPINAL MENINGITIS IN FUNTUA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA  

2021-11-05
Meningitis is a serious infection of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It is a devastating disease and remains a major public health challenge. The study ...

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF NATURAL CONVECTION MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) FLOW THROUGH VERTICAL ANNULI  

2017-11-26
This work presenta computational study of Natural Convection Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow through Vertical Annuli. The problem is to investigate fully developed natural convection flow of heat generating/absorbing fluid in open-ended ...

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF PARASITOLOGICAL AND SEROLOGICAL METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF NATURAL EHRLICHIA CANIS INFECTION IN DOGS IN ZARIA METROPOLIS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA  

2018-04-11
Canine ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis is an important and potentially fatal disease of dogs. It has been reported worldwide and is transmitted by the dog brown tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. ...

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMIZED FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER FOR IMPROVED EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD STUDIES  

2016-12-26
This research work was centered on optimizing the Fluxgate Magnetometer Sensor (FMS)at reduced noise level and enhanced sensitivity. The FMS was developed using Manganese Zinc (MnZn) ferrite alloy different from ...

DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED FORCED ISLAND AND LOAD SHEDDING SCHEME TO PREVENT SYSTEM COLLAPSE  

2018-05-26
This research work presents a scheme that identifies line outage and generator outage using contigency analysis and effectively splits the network into a set of predefined islands, with a load ...