DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYESTER THERMOSET AND STARCH THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER REINFORCED WITH Momordica augustisepa L. FIBRE  

2020-03-22
Plastics are widely used because of their lightweight and durability. However, plastics are deficient in required functional properties, and more importantly; synthetic plastics are non-biodegradable leading to pollutions. These deficiencies ...

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A LOCALLY CONSTRUCTED PARABOLIC DISH SOLAR STEAM GENERATING SYSTEM IN A TROPICAL AREA  

2020-03-26
Climate change and energy have become the trend of universal discussions in recent years. It has been confirmed that the use or conventional fossil fuels negatively affects our planet, hence ...

THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE: A RICARDIAN APPROACH  

2020-03-27
Nigerian agriculture is often rain-fed and has limited adaptation and mitigation options due to low level of economic development in developing nations. Ricardian approach measures the relationship between net revenues ...

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENHANCED EQUAL GAIN COMBINER FOR PRIMARY USER DETECTION IN A COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM  

2020-03-28
Cognitive Radio Network (CRN) is of paramount importance in spectrum management for wireless communication and is expected to be a leading role in the development of a nation. However, CRN ...

THE USE OF MIXED LIGAND COMPLEXES OF Cu (II) AS TITRANTS IN TITRIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF ASCORBIC ACID  

2020-07-19
Two mixed ligand complexes of Cu (II) were synthesized and characterized using Infrared, Ultra violet/Visible spectrophotometry, and elemental analysis. These are [Cu(Phen)2 N03] NO3 6.5H2O: and [Cu (Phen)2 Cl] Cl.6.5 ...

THE CHALLENGES OF SINGLE PARENTING ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA  

2020-08-19
Single parenting has emerged as a major social problem in the contemporary society. Parenting, as the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a ...

SOCIAL POLICY AND THE CARE OF THE AGED IN OSUN STATE "AGBA OSUN" SOCIALSCHEME AS A CASE  

2020-08-25
The care of the aged is a concern that has attracted scholarly attention and interest. Previous studies on the care of the aged focused on ageing and pension reforms which ...

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENHANCED RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION NETWORKS USING GEOMETRIC PROGRAMMING OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE  

2020-11-01
The Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is an upgrade to the 3rd Generation (3G) mobile communication networks to provide higher data rates of different Quality-of-Service (QoS). However, LTE suffers from ...

EVALUATION OF WESTWOOD LARVA (Cirina forda L.) MEAL AS A REPLACEMENT FOR FISHMEAL IN BROILER DIET  

2020-11-01
The exorbitant price of fishmeal for broiler production in recent years has necessitated the need for suitable local animal protein substitutes. Westwood larva is an edible insect with high protein ...

IMPACT OF ECONOMIC RECESSION ON LABOUR CASUALISATION IN THE NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR  

2020-11-02
The incidence of labour casualisation in the Nigerian manufacturing sector has been on the increase, more so at this period of economic recession, with far-reaching implications for employee commitment and ...