UTILIZATION OF SELECTED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) IN DISSEMINATING AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES TO ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN OGUN AND OYO STATES OF NIGERIA  

2015-03-24
There is need for empirical information on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) among Extension Agents (EAs) in disseminating improved agricultural technologies. The study therefore assessed the utilization ...

AN HYBRID OPTIMISATION ALGORITHM FOR SELECTIVE HARMONIC ELIMINATION IN MULTl LEVEL CONVERTERS  

2015-04-01
Harmonic distortion is one of the major problems associated with power electronic converters used in distributed power system. This causes motor failure, over heating and life expectancy reduction of electrical ...

DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT TRIGGERING POINT DETECTION SCHEME WITH AN INTELLIGENT POWER QUALITY EVENT CLASSIFIER  

2015-04-03
Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) are susceptible to voltage swell, dip and interruption which could lead to equipment malfunction or complete failure. Correct and timely detection of these Power Quality ...

MATHEMATICALANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF GROWTH RATE OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE ON THE DYNAMICAL SPREAD OF CHOLERA  

2015-04-20
Cholera is a common infectious disease in our community today and it is one of the diseases that has high mortality rate. To make our environment non-conducive for the disease. ...

DEVELOPMENT OF BREAST CANCER DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USING TWO-STAGE SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUE  

2015-04-21
The available medical approaches have not been able to mitigate the menace of breast cancer, thus, early detection has been anticipated as a relatively faster way of combating the deadly ...

IMPACT ASSESSMENT PARADIGM FOR THE ADOPTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN BASIC EDUCATION USING CROSS-IMPACT METHOD  

2015-04-22
In many countries, the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in basic education has been continuously linked to higher efficiency, productivity, and educational outcomes, including quality of cognitive, creative ...

PHYTOCHEMICAL, CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND ANTI-MICROBIAL STUDIES OF Aristolochia repens EXTRACT  

2015-05-18
The plant kingdom provides a tremendous reservoir of various chemical substances with potential therapeutic properties that can be used as a precursor for synthesis of useful drugs. The plant in ...

EFFECT OF SOLVENTS ON THE ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF TEN SYNTHESIZED AZO DYES  

2015-05-19
Azo dyes are among the most profoundly explored classes of organic compounds both from theoretical and practical viewpoints because of their widespread applications in many areas of dyeStuff industries. pharmacy, ...

KINETIC MODELLING AND OPTIMISATION STUDIES OF TYPE 304 STAINLESS STEEL CREVICE CORROSION IN CHLORIDE ENVIRONMENTS  

2015-05-20
Type 304 stainless steel (SS-304) has wide industrial applications due to its weldability and resistance to corrosion. However, it suffers crevice corrosion especially in chloride solutions. Previous studies on SS-304 ...

PHYSCO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF GROUND WATER AND SPECIATION OF HEAVY METALS IN OILS FROM TRAILER PARKS IN SELECTED TOWNS IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA  

2015-05-24
There has been an increasing global concern over the impact of environmental pollution on public health. This is due to the presence of heavy metals in various environmental matrices such ...