A total number of 60 samples of water leaf were collected from different areas in Enugu Metropolis, these samples were inoculated and examined to detect the presence of sorbitol negative Escherichia coli 0157:H7. About 35(17.5%) samples out of the 50 samples inoculated were found to be sorbitol negative E-coli. From the result E-coli 0157:H7 is the predominant serotype accounting for 90% of all VTEC isolates. TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Certification Page Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract...
ABSRACT Radon is a natural radioactive inert gas that is odorless, colorless and tasteless. It cannot be detected without special equipment and it occurs as a product of uranium decay. Radon is an unstable radionuclide that disintegrates through short lived decay products before eventually reaching the end product of stable lead. The short lived decay products of radon are responsible for most of the hazard by inhalation and ingestion. Radon and its decay products emit highly ionizing alpha-r...
ABSTRACT Pleurotus species are popularly known as oyster mushroom which are regarded as one of the edible mushroom of commercial important throughout the whole world. Utilization of this depends on the ability to secrete cellulolytic and hemilocellulolytic enzymes which can make use of wide spectrum of Agro industrial wastes for the growth and frutification. In this study potato dextrose agar was the only growth medium used to prepared the mycelia of P. pulmonarius. Then the culture was tran...
ABSTRACT Milk, Yoghurt and Cheese are highly valuable food which are readily digested and have high concentration of nutrients which have proved to be a heaven of microbes, studies were conducted on the isolation and identification of microbes [Fungi and Bacteria] on peak canned milk, yoghurt, locally prepared cheese and cheese water. It was revealed that yoghurt was devoid of microbes while milk, locally prepared cheese and cheese water harboured microbes. Locally prepared cheeses, cheese ...
ABSTRACT The manual method of obtaining birth or death certificate is complex and impractical for increase in birth rate and death rate. The cost of obtaining a birth or death certificate, risk and stress of communicating with the National Population Commission (NPC) officials, loss of certificate are some of the possible problems of the manual process of obtaining birth or death certificate. Before a birth or death certificate can be issued by NPC, the birth or death must have been registe...
ABSTRACT Rotavirus is a common cause of diarrhea in children. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of rotavirus antigen in children below five years presenting with diarrhea in Gombe State. Thirty (30) stool samples were analysed using ELISA KIT. Out of the total number of samples analyzed, a prevalence of 6.67% was recorded all of which are between the age group 7-12 months. A more comprehensive survey is recommended to depict true states of rotavirus as an etiology o...
ABSTRACT Cookies were produced from the blends of banana flour and coconut milk. The proximate composition, metabolised energy value and sensory characteristics of the cookie were evaluated. Selected functional properties of the UBF were also determined. The composition varied between coconut milk and margarine (100%; 0%, 50%; 50%, 25%; 75%, 75%; 25%, 0%; 100% respectively and the control). The UBF had possessed water and oil absorption of 185% and 139% respectively, a bulk densit...
ABSTRACT Studies on corrosion inhibition potential of Indigo Carmine extract on mild steel in acidic medium was carried out using weight loss and electrochemical techniques. It was observed that the Indigo Carmine extract retarded the dissolution of mild steel in the acidic medium. The corrosion rate decrease with increase in concentration. The CR decrease from 37.59mm/yr to 27.50mm/yr in presence of the inhibitor. The CR also increase with increase in temperature up to 60oC. The increase in ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the level of translocation of heavy metals in vegetables(spinach and okra) with soils samples from farmlands irrigated with Nasarawa Toto River Bank water in Nasarawa state Nigeria. Using atomic absorption spectrophotometry(AAS), concentrations of Pb, Cd and Cr are determined in ten different farmlands were vegetables(spinach and okra) with soils were collected. The ranges of average concentrations of metals (mg/kg) of Pb and Cd in spinach were...
ABSTRACT The concentration of heavy metals such as Pd, Cd, Cu and Cr were studied using AAS on vegetable samples such as Tomato (fruit and leaf) and Onion bulb. Trace element as Cu showed high concentration. The concentration of heavy metal like Cu ranged from of 0.155 to 0.024mg/kg in tomato fruit; 0.120 to 0.057mg/kg in leafy tomato; 0.118 to 0.121mg/kg in onion bulb which were more than the maximum permissible limit according to the International organization like FAO and WHO. The conce...
ABSTRACT Palm vein recognition is a biometric identification method that integrates automated scientific applications to provide a way or means to identify a person by scanning a person’s palm vein in order to gain access. Palm vein recognition technology is secure because the authentication data exists inside the body, it is very difficult to forge and it is highly accurate. The palm vein feature extraction task is another challenging problem in the infrared hand palm recognition tasks....
This study was to investigate the method and application of statistical quality control in the operation and production of glass bottles in Beta Glass Plc. A secondary source of data was used through the method of review of records and the control chart quality control tool for mean, range and proportion defective was used to analyze the data for this study using SPSS. Result on the non-conformity indicated that the process defectiveness was under effective control while that of volume capaci...
ABSTARCT The major aim of this study is to express the viability of statistical procedures in making decisions of production, using the linear programming approach in detecting the best possible decision. The effective use of liner programming has been scarcely used by managers and hence, this study tends to explore the application of linear programming on production companies. The data used were obtained from Our Choice Bakery, Benin City. The computer approach of the excel solver was used ...
ABSTRACT “LODGE ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” is software developed for managing various accommodation activities. For the past few years the number of educational institutions is increasing rapidly. Thereby the number of lodges is also increasing for the accommodation of the students studying in this institution. And hence there is a lot of strain on the person who are running the lodge and software’s are not usually used in this context. This particular project deals with the problems...
ABSTRACT The project develops an electronic job testing system for job recruitment in an organization. The system, when developed, will be able to test applicant and to determine if applicants are suitable, considering the large number of people that apply for a particular job offer. It will also create an effective job testing solution suitable for personnel recruitment management over the internet and would facilitate the fast and accurate selection of qualified applicants. The system was d...