PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIODIESEL AND BIODIESEL – DIESEL BLEND FROM TERMINALIA CATAPPA SEED OIL  

2019-11-26
erminalia Catappa seed oil was explored as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production. The oil was extracted via mechanical pressing and solvent extraction method. The percentage oil yield was 56.30 ...

COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF AMYLASE PRODUCTION FROM WHEAT BRAN AND SWEET POTATO PEELS BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER UNDER SOLID STATE FERMENTATION  

2019-11-26
Solid state fermentation has great economic significance as it can be employed to produce amylase by microorganisms using agro industrial residues such as rice bran, wheat bran, sweet potato peels ...

EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS FRUIT PULP EXTRACTS OF Adansonia digitata AND VITAMINC ON THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF ALUMINIUM CHLORIDE-TREATEDWISTAR RATS  

2019-11-26
Aluminium is a widely recognized neurotoxin that inhibits more than 200 biological important functions inducing severe behavioral abnormalities, impaired cognitive functions and metabolic dysfunction.Adansonia digitata has been reported to ameliorate ...

SEROPREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS VIRUS INFECTION IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN GULANI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, YOBE STATE, NIGERIA  

2019-11-26
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a severe, fast spreading disease of mainly domestic small ruminants (sheep and goats). It is characterized by sudden onset of depression, fever, discharges from ...

INVESTIGATION OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC ACTIVITY AND TOXICITY PROFILE OF TAPINANTHUS DODONEIFOLIUS MISTLETOE GROWING ON PARKIA BIGLOBOSA IN MICE AND RATS  

2019-11-26
Tapinanthus dodoneifolius (Loranthaceae) has diverseethnomedicinal use which include the management of mental illness, epilepsy, diarrhoea, malaria, stomach pain, dysentery and hypertension.Despite these uses and many validated pharmacological properties, the antipsychotic ...

EVALUATION OF LACTO ACIDOPHILUS® AND BACTOFORT® AS REPLACEMENT FOR ANTIBIOTICS IN BROILER DIETS  

2019-11-26
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of two commercial probiotics (Lacto Acidophilus® and Bactofort® respectively) as replacement for antibiotics in broiler diets. Two hundred and fifty five (255) ...

ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT (ERM) PRACTICES AND VALUE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN NIGERIA: A MODERATING EFFECT OF INDUSTRY COMPETITION  

2019-11-26
The uncertainties and corporate failures have attracted scholars and professionals to search for risk management strategies that can improve its performance. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) implementation by Commercial Banks in ...

COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF AMYLASE PRODUCTION FROM WHEAT BRAN AND SWEET POTATO PEELS BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER UNDER SOLID STATE FERMENTATION.  

2019-11-26
Solid state fermentation has great economic significance as it can be employed to produce amylase by microorganisms using agro industrial residues such as rice bran, wheat bran, sweet potato peels ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA  

2019-11-26
This study examined the influence of learning environment on the academic performance of students in Social Studies in Junior Secondary School in Kaduna State.

EVALUATION OF ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY OF THE METHANOL ROOT BARK EXTRACT OF ACACIA SEYAL DEL. (FABACEAE) IN MICE  

2019-11-26
Acacia seyal is a small to medium-sized tree, growing up to 17 m tall and 60 cm in diameter and is native to Sudan, Nigeria and several other African countries. ...