951. CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF ANTIRETROVIRAL (ARV) DRUGS USING POLYMETHACRYLATE POLYMERS

ABSTRACT

To improve patient compliance and ensure better success in the management of HIV, spansule technology was employed to formulate controlled release dosage drug. Generic forms of seven of the most commonly used Anti-retro viral (ARV) drugs (didanosine, indinavir, lamivudine, nelfinavir, nevirapine, stavudine and zidovudine) and their clinically approved  combinations  were  used  in  this  study.  Calculated daily dose was divided into one l...

952. CONTRIBUTIONS OF CASSAVA ENTERPRISE TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF ENTREPRENEURS IN SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

Cassava, being an important staple, is widely grown in Nigeria. Potential contribution of Cassava Enterprise (CE) to Socioeconomic Status (SES) of entrepreneurs is threatened by fluctuation and unpredictability of cassava production, processing and marketing activities. Information on contributions of CE to entrepreneurs‟ SES is scanty. Therefore, contributions of CE to entrepreneurs‟ SES in south-eastern Nigeria were investigated.

Multistage sampling procedure wa...

953. CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN A PRODUCTION LINE: NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY TABLE WATER FACTORY, A CASE STUDY

ABSTRACT

Potable drinking water quality is a major concern, particularly as it is used for human consumption. Quality is a competitive weapon. It increases customer base, high profit margin and prevents business closure.

The aim of this research is to evaluate the current performance of the water production process stability and capability for enhanced continuous improvement using a specific set of tools from the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology.

This research wa...

954. CONTAINER BASED MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING FOR 5G NETWORKS

ABSTRACT

The growth of the telecommunication industry is fast paced with ground-breaking engineering achievements. Despite this, portable mobile handheld devices have very low computational, storage and energy carrying capacity occasioned by the needs to satisfy portability, very small form factor, ergonomics, style and trends. Proposals such as cloudlets, cyber foraging, mobile cloud computing (MCC), and more recently but most applicable, multi-access edge computing (MEC) have been...

955. CONSUMERS’ PERCEPTION OF TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

ABSTRACT

This research study surveys how certain advertising strategies affect consumers’ perception of truth in them with outcomes drawn from publics in Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria. There are two research questions raised and the literature review focuses on what consumers perceive to be truth in advertising. The theoretical framework for this study uses past experiences and advertising exposures as the key elements for evaluation. The sample size for this study were 200 responden...

956. CONSTRUCTION OF MICROCONTROLLER BASED VEHICLE SPEED ALARM.

ABSTRACT

The project is based on Construction of microcontroller vehicle speed alarm system which automatically warns the driver by activating a panic alarm which is triggered on when the driver exceeds the speed limit set in the system which also stops the alarm when the speed is reduced below the set speed limit. A speedometer system is used to monitor the speed of the car. The voltage output of the speedometer system is used to set the time the alarm comes on. The other component...

957. CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC WATER LEVEL CONTROLLER FOR BOTH OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND TANKS

ABSTRACT

Automatic water level controller for both overhead and underground tank is designed to monitor the level of water in a tank. It displays the level of water and when it is at the lowest level; a pump is activated automatically to refill the tank. When the tank is filled to its maximum capacity, the pump is automatically de-energized. Several circuits are put together to ensure proper working of this design, and the block diagram includes the supply unit, the micro-processor...

958. CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC WATER LEVEL CONTROLLER

ABSTRACT

The project design and construction of an automatic water level controller is aimed at realizing a simple, portable cost effective system capable of controlling the water level in an overhead water tank. This project report details the construction processes employed in implementing the project design, step, techniques and approaches employed to see to the effective implementation of components and strict adherence to stipulated measurements to reduce the error coefficient...

959. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED GATE

ABSTRACT

Microcontroller based automate controller is a project design of a system that is used in operating a gate automatically. The system opens the gate automatically when a human being or car is about to enter a compound or exit a compound. The system works by sensing the light rays from the head lamp of the vehicle. The light ray is sensed and signal is used in operating the gate. Different blocks of circuit are put together to ensure that the system works perfectly as desired...

960. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED T-JUNCTION TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLER

ABSTRACT

T-junction traffic light controller is such a device that will play a significant role in controlling traffic at junctions, to ease the expected increased rush at such junctions and reduce to minimum disorderliness that may arise, as well as allowing the pedestrians a right of the way at intervals rather than being struck down when in a hurry to cross the roads. Such an electrical system with a touch of electronics that control the flow of traffic in a pre-determined sequen...

961. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED SECURITY DOOR USING SMART CARD

ABSTRACT

This project shows the construction of a microcontroller based security door using smart card. It is aimed towards programming the microcontroller to control the hardware in sliding door. The system consists of a microcontroller 89S52 which sends a signal to the multiplexers on insertion of the smart card in the card slot. The multiplexers consist of ICS which prompts for a display of the identity of the card user in the liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD displays the st...

962. CONSTRUCTION OF A GSM BASED HOME AUTOMATION USING AVR

ABSTRACT

With advancement of technology things are becoming simpler and easier for us. Automatic systems are being preferred over manual system. The purpose of this project is to design and construct A GSM based home automation using AVR. Using GSM networks, in this project a home power control system has been proposed that will act as an embedded system which can monitor and control appliances and other devices locally using built-in input and output peripherals. The system has a d...

963. CONSERVATION POLICIES AND NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON

ABSTRACT

Non timber forest products (NTFPs) are forms of biodiversity used for food, medicines and income in Cameroon. Government therefore, seeks better conservation policies and innovative mechanisms to fund NTFPs development. Unfortunately, viable mechanisms are untested in Cameroon, making it difficult to envisage what nature of policy is needed and at what scale. To address this gap, research was conducted to assess willingness to accept a conservation tax at a macro level, and...

964. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED OIL PALM ORGANISATIONS IN EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

This research was conducted from a deductive point of view. This deductive approach, in which four hypotheses were tested to ascertain how conflict resolution in the palm oil sector could help to enhance performance, employment, and also how Nigerian’s foreign earnings can improve with agricultural produce is novel in itself. The researcher hopes that the research outcome could be used to effect policy change, and would constitute a pathway which could be used by poli...

965. CONFLICT AND EMPOWERMENT IN SELECTED PROSE OF WOLE SOYINKA AND SEMBENE OUSMANE

Abstract

Political conflict and empowerment are crucial issues that have not been studied in a comparative manner in Wole Soyinka and Sembene Ousmane’s writings. The disparity in the consideration of the female gender by the authors in question has also not been given crucial attention by critics. In view of the foregoing, the objectives of this research are to explore the thematic affinity and disparity between the two writers and to embark on a comparative analysis of their...

966. CONDUENT PENSION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM USER SATISFACTION: A CASE STUDY OF SIGMA PENSIONS ABUJA

ABSTRACT

User satisfaction is one of the key research area of Information Technology (IT) particularly, Information System (IS). It is recognized by many researchers as a significant factor in determining IS success. In view of it competitive advantage, most business organizations nowadays focus on IS as a means of minimizing cost and maximizing profit. Unfortunately, many are not getting the expected outcomes as agreed in the IS requirements, not because of wrong choice of products...

967. CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS OF CORRUPTION IN SELECTED NEWSPAPER IN NIGERIA

1.1Background to the Study

Language is a fundamental element used by humans for the purpose of communication. There are highly technical usages of the word “language” reflecting the way the term has been figuratively applied to all forms of human endeavours, such as the language of politics, the media and the like. Language is essentially a tool for expressing social reality. It plays a communicative role in all forms of discourse. In political discourse, politicians eng...

968. CONCENTRATION OF LEAD, MANGANESE AND COPPER IN RAW WATER (FROM KUBANNI, GALMA RIVERS, AND ZARIA DAM), TREATED WATER AND SOME VEGETABLE SAMPLES IN ZARIA METROPOLIS.

ABSTRACT

Population growth and industrialization of the world has dramatically increased the overall environmental load of heavy metals. The effects of pollution by heavy metals are not only an environmental problem but also a public health matter. In this study, raw water samples were collected from two sites (A and B) along river Kubanni, two sites (C and D) along river Galma and also at Zaria Dam (site E) all in Zaria, Nigeria. Vegetable samples (lettuce and tomato) were also col...

969. COMPUTER VISION BASED MODEL FOR ART SKILLS ASSESSMENT

ASTRACT

Drawing is assumed to be a talent in people, which makes drawing a natural process. Based on the scenario in consideration, there are times when it is necessary to assess drawing skills. In this thesis, I intend to develop an algorithm that will measure the skill of drawing by matching the hand-drawn image with the original template. The techniques that are already available make use of a complicated process. Notably, computers can be trained to identify the...

970. COMPUTER VISION BASED MODEL FOR ART SKILLS ASSESSMENT

ABSTRACT

Drawing is assumed to be a talent in people, which makes drawing a natural process. Based on the scenario in consideration, there are times when it is necessary to assess drawing skills. In this thesis, I intend to develop an algorithm that will measure the skill of drawing by matching the hand-drawn image with the original template. The techniques that are already available make use of a complicated process. Notably, computers can be trained to identify th...

971. COMPROMISING RANDOM LINEAR NETWORK CODING AS A CIPHER

ABSTRACT

Due to its potential improvement on network throughput, network coding has attracted considerable research interests.  Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), as a branch of research on network coding, is proposed as a cipher to protect the confidentiality of packets possibly on the future Internet due to its features such as packet mixing in a decentralized approach. In this paper, we propose attacks to compromise RLNC as a cipher for confidentiality pro...

972. COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO CONSTRUCT AND ASSESS KNOWLEDGE MAPS FOR STUDENT LEARNING

ABStract

Knowledge maps have been widely used in knowledge elicitation and representation to eval- uate and guide students’ learning. To improve upon current computational approaches to construct and assess knowledge maps, this thesis adopts a hybrid methodology that combines machine learning techniques and network science. By providing methods to extract features to evaluate knowledge maps and expand the assessment scope by accounting for group inter- action...

973. COMPUTER SKILLS OF LECTURERS, INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS, USEFULNESS AND USABILITY AS PREDICTORS OF LECTURERS’ UTILISATION OF SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

Developments in information and communication technology have resulted in the transformation of scholarly publications from paper to electronic medium. Previous studies have revealed that there was low level of utilisation of scholarly electronic publications (SEP) by lecturers in universities in Nigeria. Studies have also revealed that lecturers‘ computer skills, institutional factors (ICT infrastructure, academic workload, immediate work environment and staff traini...

974. COMPUTATIONAL INFERENCE TECHNIQUE FOR MINING STRUCTURED MOTIFS

ABSTRACT

One of the major challenges in bioinformatics is the development of efficient computational tools for mining patterns. Structured motifs, like DNA binding sites in organisms with peculiarities in their genomic sequence like malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum have not been mined by existing structured motifs extraction tools. There is a need to develop faster computational tools to mine these DNA binding sites which are viable drug targets. This work was aimed at develo...

975. COMPUTER BASED SCRABBLE GAME

1.1Background of the Project

Scrabble is an old classic board game, with game rules that are not very complicated. Compared to other classic board games, such as Chess, there are more factors to take into consideration when making a move in Scrabble. Apart from anagramming and generating words, there are other crucial decisions to make. A player would probably find several legal moves in one round, and then would have to decide which one to place. Choosing the move that generates th...