OPTIMIZATION OF THE DRYING OF CASSAVA CHIPS IN A TUNNEL DRYER  

2014-10-01
The demand for cassava chips in the food industry is expanding rapidly In Nigeria and many parts of the world. However, the traditional method of sun-drying currently being used cannot ...

AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF VALUE ADDED TAX ON REVENUE GENERATION IN SELECTED STSTE IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA  

2014-10-29
The presumption of Value Added Tax 01 AT) as a robust source of revenue needs an empirical evaluation based on the recurring problem of government fiscal deficits. Consequently, this study ...

DETERMINATION OF THE COMBINATION OF PARAMETERS FOR OPTIMAL PYROLYTIC CONVERSION OF SELECTED OIL-PALM SOLID RESIDUES TO FUELS  

2014-11-02
Economic and environmental considerations for alternative sources of energy to fossil fuel brought about the need for renewable energy sources like agricultural residues. Oil-palm residues such as palm kernel shells ...

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF BITUMEN SEEPAGE ON CLARIAS GARIEPINUS (Burchell, 1822) AND WATER QUALITYOF OLUWA RIVER ONDO, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA.  

2014-11-26
Discoveries of bitumen oozing out of rivers, valleys and farmlands in Agbabu, Ondo State have been dated back to several decades. Most inhabitants of Agbabu depend on Oluwa river for ...

EFFECT OF PROCESSING CONDITIONS ON YIELD AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF RESISTANT STARCH FROM CASSAVA (Manihot esculents CRANTZ) ROOT  

2014-12-19
Resistant Starch (RS) has physiological effects that are similar to dietary fiber in human body. Limitation of meeting up with daily dietary fiber requirements and high cost of commercially produced ...

NUMERICAL APPROACH FOR SOLVING INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION USING ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION AND VARIATIONAL ITERATION METHODS  

2014-12-22
Integro-differential equation involves the combination of integral and differential equations which are classified into three based on their characterization of upper limit of integration such as Fredholm, Volterra and Fredholm-Volterra ...

IMPACT OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA  

2014-12-25
This study assessed the impact of strategic management on the performance of selected manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The study specifically examined whether strategic management variables (perceived environmental uncertainty, organizational learning, ...

ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF ROAD TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON WORKERS' PRODUCTIVITY IN LAGOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA  

2014-12-26
This study examined the socio-economic implications of traffic congestion on workers' productivity in Lagos, Nigeria. It examined the causal relationship between traffic congestion and man-hour loss as it affects workers' ...

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION MICROSTRIP PATCHANTENNA FOR TERRESTIAL TELEVISION RECEPTION  

2015-01-03
Communication systems comprise of a transmitter, transmission channel and a receiver that transfers infonnation as a form of energy using an antenna. An antenna is a metallic conductor that couples ...

IMAGE VERIFICATION AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT MODELS FOR PREDICTING FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE  

2015-01-28
Many face recognition applications experience reduction in performance accuracy when deployed in real world scenarios of low quality images. Most of the previous research studies adopted one facial feature of ...