Natural & Applied Sciences

Natural & Applied Sciences Research Papers/Topics

The use of Palm Oil to mitigate stress in the African Sharptooth Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) during Transportation

INTRODUCTION Physiological stress and physical injury are the primary contributing factors of fish disease and mortality in aquaculture. Stress is defined as physical or chemical factors that cause bodily reactions that may contribute to disease and death. He further observed that Fishes tend to produce mucus under stressful conditions; any stress causes chemical changes in mucus which decrease its effectiveness as a chemical barrier against invading organisms. Stress upsets the normal electr...

Bacteriological quality of snacks and beverages

ABSTRACT The bacteriological quality of snacks and beverages locally produced in RUGIPO were investigated using Standard Microbiological methods. The total bacterial density ranged between 36-49x103cfu/ml, the total coliform count ranged between 5-12x103 and the total yeast/mould count ranged between 6-23x103. A total of nine bacterial genera; E. Coli, Bacillu sp., Enterococcus sp., Enterobacter sp., Klebsilla sp., Proteus sp., Micrococcus sp., and Salmonella sp while a total four mould...

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

INTRODUCTION    One of the fundamental Artificial Intelligence problems prevalent today is the inability of a computer program to be able to convert a piece of English text into a programmer friendly data structure that describes the meaning of the natural language text.  As long as no consensus has emerged about the form or the existence of such a data structure, scientists must settle for the lesser objective of extracting simpler representations that describe limited aspects of the text...

TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC PLANS FOR THE DESIGN OF A FACTORY TO PRODUCE 500,000 METRIC TONNES OF CHOCOLATE LIQUOR PER ANNUM

ABSTRACT Cocoa is the common name for some species in the genus Theobroma (family Theobromaceae).   Cocoa are a mixture of many substances remaining after cocoa butter is extracted from cacao beans. When sold as an end product, itmay also be called cocoa powder, cocoa, and cacao. In contrast, the fatty component of chocolate is cocoa butter. Cocoa butter is 50% to 57% of the weight of cocoa beans and gives chocolate its characteristic melting properties. Cocoa liquor or cocoa mass is a paste...

A REPORT ON FOOD ENGINEERING LAB II

ABSTRACT This report covers details of experiments carried out on three laboratory experiments namely Packaging, Dehydration and Concentration respectively. Experiment on packaging were carried out using high and low density gauge polyethylene films on Irish potatoes, oranges and apples. This was used to determine the best packaging condition for the products. Experiment on dehydration were carried out using yam, cocoyam and sweet potatoes. These were dried and the drying times were recorded ...

A REPORT ON MILK AND DAIRY TECHNOLOGY PRACTICAL

ABSTRACT This report covers details of experiments carried out on five laboratory experiments namely. Producton of unriped cheese, production of yoghurt, production of ice cream, vegetable milk extraction and dairy plant sanitation. Experiment on production of unriped cheese was carried out using milk powder and Sodom apple leaves. Experiment on production of yoghurt was carried out using milk powder, sugar and stabilizer. Experiment on production of ice cream was carried out using milk 88.7%...

Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) FDE 400 Undertaken at NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY (NBC)

ABSTRACT    This is a report of industrial attachment at Nigerian Bottling Company ikeja, dealing with the production and supply of bottled, PET, can and paper packed beverages. The report is based on practical experience gained during the period of the attachment. This report explains in details the process involved in the production of a final beverage product starting all the way from the washing of the bottles to the point where the finished product is packed into crates or sealed as we...

Food Packaging and its Various Processes

Introduction Packaging is the technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of design, evaluation, and production of packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, indust...

Estate Agent and Property Management System – eProperty

eProperty – is an Estate Agent and Property Management System is a user friendly contact and property manager for real estate professionals. Save time and sell more by empowering to easily keep track of leads, manage listings, and market to new prospects. Estate Agent / Property Management System – eProperty is complete end to end solution to cover all aspects of Estate Agent day to day activity and Property buying selling procedure for small and large organization. The basic ob...

Demonstration of the Functioning of TCP Protocol Used for Network Congestion Control

Congestion can occur when the quality of service in a network reduces as a result of a node orlink   conveying   too   many   data.   TCP   is   the   most   widely   used   protocol   for   Internet   traffic,including email, web browsing, data and an increasing portion of multimedia content deliveredin real time using the HTTP/TCP protocols. Performances of existing TCP congestion controlalgorithms   degrade significantly   when deployed over wireless   networks.  TCP was ...

Developement Of Computers

There is no noun with the ability to represent modern life other than computer. Whether the effect is negative or positive, computers control nearly every aspect of our everyday life. Computers have evolved from bearing the role of strictly computing to having the ability of completing unthinkable tasks. Supermarket scanners calculate our grocery bill while keeping store inventory; computerized telephone switching centers play traffic cop to millions of calls and keep lines of communication u...

Dell Computers

Dell Computers was founded by Michael Dell, who started selling personal computers out of his dorm room as a freshman at the University of Texas. Michael Dell would buy parts wholesale, assembled them into clones (exact replicas) of IBM computers, and sold them by mail order to customers who did not want to pay the higher prices charged by retailers. Michael Dell was soon making 80,000 dollars a month profit and in 1984 Michael dropped out of university to found Dell Computers. Michael formed...

Computers In Society

Computers have good and bad effects on society. This essay deals with both aspects of computers. This paper will deal with two articles that have been written about computers. One article deals with the positive side of computers and the other deals with the negative side of computers. Negative Effects of Computers Schengili-Roberts, Keith. "Holmolka Trial On BBS Raises Information Access Issues".

Computers in Life

A man wakes up in the morning to the sound of his digital alarm clock and immediately checks his e-mail. He turns on the television, which has a V-chip to keep his children from watching what may be violent. He gets dressed, gets in his car, and drives to work where he works as the network administrator at a local steel company. It is amazing all of the things this man uses in the morning alone that would not be possible if it were not for computer technology. From his alarm clock to his e-ma...

Computers In Daily Life

There is a need for more computers in everyday life, in homes, schools and on the job. The advancement of computer technology today in all facets of the world, and life are growing to the point that everyone will need a computer to carry out their everyday life. Computer technology today is at the threshold of making life easier for everyone in the world. Computers are helping students get better grades in school, from help with homework over the internet to doing research for an essay at th...


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