ABSTRACT Comparative assessment of the phytochemical content and antioxidant potential of Azadirachta indica (neem) and Parquetina nigrescens (bullock) is the aim of this study. In order to achieve this, both plants were harvested from the botanical garden, University of Ibadan. The leaves were removed from the stem, washed with running water to remove contaminants, oven dried at 37˚C and milled into powder. The qualitative analyses of both plants were investigated after which six selected p...
Globally the industrial utilization of pepper is moving from the use of conventional powder to the extracts consequent upon their technical and economic benefits. Nigeria should not be left out of this global trend as a result of the enormous quantity of pepper extracts now used in the food industries.The antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Capsicum frutescens was assessed in this study. The physicochemical properties of essential oil obtained from fresh and dried pepper was carried ou...
ABSTRACT The microbiological and physicochemical characteristics of soil receiving palm oil processing waste (POPW) in Abraka were investigated. The effect of palm oil processing waste was tested on loamy, sandy and clay soils. The pour plate technique was used for the isolation of the organisms. The total mean bacterial count ranged from 0.91±0.03log10CFU/g to 6.13±0.06log10CFU/g for loamy soil, 0.90±0.02log10CFU/g to 6.09±0.02log10CFU/g for sandy and 0.72±0.04 to 6.0±0.02log10CFU/g fo...
ABSTRACT Detection of personal computer (PC) hardware problems is a complicated process which demands high level of knowledge and skills. Depending on the know-how of the technician, a simple problem could take hours or even days to solve. The aim is to develop an expert system for troubleshooting and diagnosing personal computers thereby assisting personal computer owners in dealing ...
ABSTRACT The metabolism of Paracetamol has been studied in Isoniazid pretreated albino rats and compared with control. During this study, thirty-five (35) laboratory albino rats were used divided into five (5) groups of seven (7) rats each. Group I served as control and the rats were only administered with 120mg/5ml/kg body weight dose of Paracetamol interperitoneally. However, Groups II-V served as test groups and the members were pretreated with 10mg/kg body weight dose of Isoniazid interpe...
Abstract As the ownership and use of personal technology has become increasingly ubiquitous, the adoption of Information and Communication Technology by higher education has continued to grow rapidly, with all Nigeria institutions integrating technology into the learning experience. Many institutions of higher education are creating learning spaces specifically designed to teach the innovation process through collaborative, multi-disciplinary an...
AbstractThe success of integrating Information and CommunicationTechnology into the educational system depends largely on the skill,knowledge, and manipulative competency level of the teacher in itsusage to the benefit of the learners. Therefore, this paper is focused onthe utilization of E-learning for effective teaching of vocationaleducation courses in Nigeria. It covered the concept of e-learning;concept of utilization of educational resources; teachers’ competencyand utilization of e-l...
AbstractAccess to quality basic education for all children, youths and adults are the primary concern of any society that seeks for economictransformation and poverty reduction. To this end, this paper focuses on Millennium Development Goals: Role of Technical VocationalEducation and Training. It discusses the concept of Technical Vocational Education and Training, indexes of development, technologyteachers’ roles in achieving the MDGs in area of poverty and hunger eradication, different co...
In the field of geosciences, large sum of data are always acquired, processed and interpreted for different geographic locations, but only few of the data are well managed, such that, they can be useful for subsequent geoscience related surveys carried out in the same geographical locations. This is a challenge in the geoscience field, and it would be beneficial to the field when this challenge is resolved and it becomes a utilisable concept. It is in this regard that a database mana...
This study explores determinants of child mortality in Kenya using the 2008/09 Kenya demographic and health survey (2008/09 KDHS) data. Cox proportional hazard model is used and stratification method was used to handle the non-proportionality of the hazards. Kaplan Meir log rank test is used to explore the data and determine the significant variables that have association with child mortality to be used in the model. The study establishes that there is improvements in child survival over the...
ABSTRACT A powerful and effective numerical tool called the Variational Iteration Method has been used to solve various kinds of differential equations over the years. Though the Variational Iteration Method has not been used solely to solve various kinds of differential equations as it has always been coupled with polynomials/transforms. The core of this project is centred on using basically the Variational Iteration Method...
This study aimed at characterizing essential oil from leaves of E.heterophylla and its insect repellent potential. Essential oil from fresh leaves of E.heterophylla was extracted by hydro distillation method, using a Clevenger apparatus for 4 hours and the yield was 0.1816%w/w. Repellence test was conducted by using 5 cockroaches in number which were placed in a modified Y-tube Olfactometer and observations recorded for each and every odour introduced after 5 minutes i...
BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF UGANDAN PAPER CURRENCY NOTES POSSESSED BY FOOD VENDORS AROUND MULAGO HOSPITAL COMPLEX Muhumuza Allan1, Catherine Atuhaire2, Musisi Nathan3, Francis Ejobi4, Samuel Nambile Cumber5* 1School of Biosecurity, biotechnical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Production and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Uganda 2Faculty of medicine, Department of Nursing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda 3School of Biosecurity, biotechn...
ABSRACT The purpose of this research work was to examine drug release agents and the several delivery systems for which both natural and synthetic polymers have been employed for their design and fabrications. Under these facts, a large number of delivery systems made from synthetic polymer materials were found to be non-biodegradable, non-biocompatible and thus tend to impose both adverse mechanical and physiological effects on man when consumed especially on respiratory proce...
ABSTRACT In this project work, we studied the Adams-Bashforth scheme for solving initial value problems. We gave an indebt explanation on the Adam-Bashforth scheme, its consistency, stability, and convergence, the two and three step methods were also derived. Numerical solutions were obtained using four (4) examples. TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover page i ...