DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORK RECONFIGURATION SCHEME FOR LOSS MINIMIZATION AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE: A CASE STUDY OF UNGWAN BORO INJECTION SUB-STATION  

2018-06-26
This research work developed a distribution network reconfiguration scheme for active power loss minimization and reliability improvement using particle swarm optimization technique. The Backward Forward Sweep (BFS) algorithm was used ...

OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE HOSTS OF CASSAVA VIRUSES IN KANO AND KATSINA STATES, NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
Cassava mosaic virus is said to occur in all growing areas in Africa and a substantive land area is devoted to cassava in Kano and Katsina State of Nigeria. There ...

COMPARISM OF THE PENALIZED REGRESSION TECHNIQUES WITH CLASSICAL LEAST SQURES IN MINIMIZING THE EFFECT OF MULTICOLLINEARITY  

2018-06-26
A penalized regression techniques which is a variable selection has been developed specifically to eliminate the problem of multicollinearity and also reduce the flaws inherent in the prediction accuracy of ...

STUDY OF NIGERIAN BALANCE OF TRADE: CO-INTEGRATED VAR MODEL APPROACH  

2018-06-26
The impact of exchange rate, money supply, Gross Domestic Product and Foreign Direct Investiment on trade balance has been at the center of literature debate over time with varying empirical ...

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON THE LEAF OF Senna singueana (Delile) Lock (FABACEAE)  

2018-06-26
Senna singueana (Dell) Fabacea is a shrub widely used traditionally to treat numerous disease conditions such as sexually transmitted diseases (STD), intestinal complications as a laxative, antimalaria, antimicrobial and antioxidant ...

OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE HOSTS OF CASSAVA VIRUSES IN KANO AND KATSINA STATES, NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
Cassava mosaic virus is said to occur in all growing areas in Africa and a substantive land area is devoted to cassava in Kano and Katsina State of Nigeria. There ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ALMAJIRI MODEL SCHOOL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
This study focused on the Assessment of the Management of Almajiri Model School System of Education in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Six 6 Objectives were set which tried to: ascertain the ...

RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS OF CORRUPTION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEASURES FOR DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CONVENTIONS IN NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
This thesis examined Recovery of Proceeds of Corruption under International Law with the view to determining whether there are adequate and effective measures for implementation Anti-Corruption Convention in Nigeria. The ...

OPTIMIZING OF DAYLIGHTING FOR VISUAL COMFORT IN THE DESIGN OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE JOS.  

2018-06-26
The architects are responsible for the design of visual comfort environment. Therefore it is necessary for the architects to study the ways of optimizing daylighting in order to aid visual ...

BIOREMEDIATION OF HYDROCARBON POLLUTED SOIL USING PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA  

2018-06-26
The bioremediation potential of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on hydrocarbon contaminated soil was studied. Twenty five kilograms of hydrocarbon polluted soil sample was collected at a depth of 20cm using an auger ...