IMPACT OF NATIONAL SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR FOOD SECURITY ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION AMONG WOMEN IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA  

2008-12-26
The study investigated the impact of National Special Programme for Food Security (NSPFS) on poverty alleviation among women in the three projects sites of Oyo State. Purposive sampling technique was ...

FRACTAL ANALYSIS APPROACH FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF HEAT-TREATMENT ON THE PORES IN SOME CAST ALUMINUM ALLOYS.  

2009-02-01
Porosity is a major defect in cast aluminum alloys affecting in particular, the fatigue strength. Prominent among the fatalities it has caused was the air-crash in Iowa City, U.S.A in ...

THE EFFECT OF DIETARY GARLIC AND GINGER ON LIPID METABOLISM AND BLOOD PROFILES OF BROILERS AND LAYING HENS IN A DERIVED SAVANNAH OF NIGERIA  

2009-02-19
Garlic and ginger are used for medicinal and nutritional purposes because of their health promoting organic substances. The effects of dietary garlic and ginger were examined on the growth and ...

ADIRE IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA 1957-2007  

2009-02-21
Adire, an art form and the patterned resist-dyed cloth of Yoruba of South western Nigeria arc dynamic, widely practiced and ubiquitous. This art bas also suffered systematic scholarstic neglect because ...

ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT AND ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TAXI OPERATORS IN URBAN CENTRES OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA.  

2009-05-02
Low back pain/musculoskeletal disorders and other postural pains are the predominant occupational hazards afflicting public transport vehicle drivers. These could lead to accidents causing damage to vehicles, deformity and even ...

RADIATION PROTECTION IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC INSTALLATIONS: AN INVESTIGATION INTO ATTENUATION PROPERTIES AND RADIONUCLIDE CONTENTS OF NIGERIA FIBRE - CEMENT PRODUCTS  

2009-06-27
Nigerite fibre-cement is a widely used building material in Nigeria. Its composition is cement, polyvinyl alcohol (synthetic fibre), calcium carbonate and cellulose constituting approximately 75%, 15%, 5% and 5% respectively ...

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DIGITAL MOBILE COMMUNICATION OVER FAST AND FREQUENCY NON-SELECTIVE RAYLEIGH FADING CHANNELS  

2009-12-01
Mobile communications have experienced massive growth and commercial success in recent years. The demand for them has increased rapidly. However, these systems suffer from many impairments which degrade the transmitted ...

FRUIT PEELINGS AS ASH GLAZES  

2009-12-25
Glaze is indispensable to finishing of ceramic wares. The ancient Egyptians discovered the paste gJ117.e while the Chinese discovered the wood ash. The Yoruba of the Southwestern Nigeria over the ...

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM RHIZOME OF TWO VARIETIES OF Cyperus articulatus (L) GROWN IN NIGERIA  

2010-04-02
This thesis is on the Chemical constituents and biological activities of essential oils from rhizome of two varieties of cyperus articulatus (L) grown in Nigeria.

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM RHIZOME OF TWO VARIETIES OF Cyperus articulatus (L) GROWN IN NIGERIA  

2010-04-03
Essential oils of red and black varieties of Nigeria grown Cyperus articulatus shared the same composition pattern in terms of the class of terpenoids with each other and other Cyperus ...