IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH OF OLDER ADULTS IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA  

2017-11-27
The devastating impacts of climate change arc obvious on the environment and humans. However, given their weak adaptive capacities and resilience to emerging impacts of climate change, the older adults ...

CLASSIFICATION-BASED RIDGE PARAMETER ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES FOR SOLYING MULTI COLLINEARITY PROBLEM  

2017-12-01
Multicollinearity is a problem resulting from dependence of explanatory variables in linear regression model. When the problem exists, the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimator produces unsatisfactory and inefficient estimates of ...

PARAMETERS' ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES FOR EXACTLY IDENTIFIED SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION MODEL WITH MULTICOLLINEARITY PROBLEM  

2017-12-01
Simultaneous Equation Model (SEM) has been discussed as one of the ways of dealing with multicollinearity problem in single equation model. Inevitably, the problem may still exist in SEM in ...

EFFECTS OF WOOD TYPES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOOD ASH BLENDED CEMENT  

2017-12-02
Wood ash have been used by researchers as pozzolan for partial replacement of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) at the point of need. However, type of wood that produced the ash ...

CLASSIFICATION-BASED RIDGE PARAMETER ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING MULTICOLLINEARITY PROBLEM  

2017-12-02
Multicollinearity is a problem resulting from dependence of explanatory variables in linear regression model. When the problem exists, the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimator produces unsatisfactory and inefficient estimates of ...

ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILlTY OF ORANGE FLESHED SWEETPOTATO FOR PRODUCTION OF CHIN CHIN  

2017-12-03
Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) has attracted attention in the recent time over other varieties due to its high beta-carotene content with the ability to combat vitamin A deficiency. However, it ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVELS OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES AND HEAVY METALS PRESENTIN SOIL SAMPLES FROM WAZOBIA MARKET, OGBOMOSO, NIGERI  

2017-12-19
Soil is a complex matrix consisting of organic and inorganic materials. lt possesses many active sites (polar, non-polar and ionic) that are capable of retaining pesticide residues and heavy metals. ...

DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE SIZING APPLICATION PACKAGE FOR PV STAND-ALONE POWER GENERATION SYSTEM  

2017-12-21
Due to drawbacks of fossils fuels and the unavailability of power in remote areas, researches has led to the development and use of new alternative for power generation systems such ...

TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL WATER STORAGE IN A DRIP-IRRIGATED TOMATO FIELD UNDER DIFFERENT WATER REGIMES  

2017-12-21
Soil Water Storage (SWS) in an agricultural soil profile is an important parameter for a rational management of any crop. Sampling field soil with a view to estimating its soil ...

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE LEAVES AND STEM ESSENTIAL OILS OF Plectranthus aegyptiacus (Forsk) GROWN IN NIGERIA  

2017-12-22
Essential oils obtained from plants have various therapeutic potentials, therefore there is need to investigate their chemical constituents and biological activities to justify their ethnomedicinal use. In this study, the ...