ABSTRACT Nigeria was ranked 14th in global assessment of under-five mortality rate due to infants poor nutrition. (The Punch 2011) The Wheat, genus Triticum, tribe,Triticeae family, is limiting in lysine but has adequate amount of sulphur-containing amino acids (Adeyeye & Aye 2005).The cultivation of Triticum durum yields well in Nigeria. It is mainly consumed by adults who eatit in bread and other pastries (The Compass 2011).There have been cases of hypersensitive response to wheat gluten ca...
AbstractA process of conversion of flour from three varieties of cassava, namely Odongbo, ofege and TMS30752 to ethanol using α-amylase locally sourced from germinated unhusked paddy rice and yeast isolated from palm wine was developed. It involves the germination of paddy rice for a period of 15days to produce α- amylase for starch hydrolysis and isolation of yeast from palm wine for fermentation. The results showed that optimum amylase yield of “ofada” rice paddy was at 6th day germin...
The impact of extraction methodology and polarity of extraction solvents on the assay of phenolic compounds was investigated using musk tree seed (Buchholzia coriacea) as a model substrate. The efficiency of four solvents (methanol, ethanol, acetone and ethyl acetate) at 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100% aqueous solution and five extraction methods (shaking, vortex mixing, stirring, sonication, sonication/vortexing and accelerated solvent extractor) in extracting the phenolics of B. coriacea were evalu...
Abstract Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) juice was produced from different varieties of watermelon (Dansuke, orangeglo and cream of Saskatchewan). Single strength orange juice was used as control. Proximate composition of sample products was analyzed. Results showed that single strength orange juice had more moisture and protein (93.41% and 0.74% respectively) than the water melon juices. The watermelon juice had more carbohydrates, fat and ash. Taste of single strength orange juice was c...
ABSTRACT Cookie bars were produced from mixtures of cassava and groundnut flours with cornstarch as binder. Box-Behnken response surface design for k=3 was used to study the effects of experimental variables for cassava flour (25- 75%), groundnut flour (25-75%) and corn starch (5-15%). Effects of the experimental variables on physical properties of the cookie bars were assessed. Experimental variables had significant effect on the thickness and spread factor of the cookie bars. Keywords: P...
ABSTRACT Cheese is a concentrated dairy product produced by acid or rennet curdling of milk, stirring and heating the curd, draining off the whey, collecting and pressing the curd. In this study, Cheese was made from cow milk supplemented with tigernut milk and coconut milk in the percentage ratio of 25:25:50; 25:50:25; 50:25:25; 75:25:0; 75:0:25% cow- tigernut milk-coconut milk (v/v). The unsupplemented cow milk cheese was used as control. The quality, shelf life and sensory attributes of th...
ABSTRACT Native Starch was extracted from Aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera). The starch extracted was dried using oven (at 300C for 24 hours) and microwaved for (30, 45, 60 seconds). Starch obtained using different drying methods and conditions were analysed for their physicochemical, functional properties and pasting characteristics. Results obtained showed that amylose, amylopectin, colour, pH, bulk density, swelling power, least gelation capacity, oil absorption capacity, water absorption c...
ABSTRACT Detailed hydro -geophysical and hydro-geochemical studies were carried out in part of the Niger Delta Basin Nigeria. The objectives were to map and provide evidences that the coastal aquifers in the study area have been intruded by saltwater and to establish analytical/empirical relationships between resistivity and geochemical parameters. Twenty three vertical electrical sounding (VES) data employing the Schlumberger electrode configuration were acquired in different parts of th...
ABSTRACT This work present a data mining model for decision making in telecommunication industry. Nowadays, most sales and marketing organization, around the world face escalating competition which is forcing them not only to aggressively market special pricing programs aimed at retaining existing customers and attracting new ones but also for effective management and allocation of resources, goods and services. In this project work, several literature works were reviewed in other to iden...
ABSTRACT In Cloud Computing, users connect to the ’Cloud’, appearing as a single entity as opposed to multiple servers. This work seeks to solve resource managerial problems ranging from server maintenance cost, risk of loss of data, internal security issues, and availability of data for proper decision making. This work presents to tertiary institutions a model for designing a scalable and cost effective platform for institutional resource management on the cloud. The platform is...
ABSTRACT In this work, necessary and sufficient conditions are investigated and proved for the controllability of nonlinear functional neutral differential equations. The existence, form, and uniqueness of the optimal control of the linear systems are also derived. Global uniform asymptotic stability for nonlinear infinite neutral differential systems are investigated and proved and ultimately, the Shaefers’ fixed point theorem is used to forge a new and far- reaching result for the...
ABSTRACT In this research work, a chatbot that will act as a virtual admission officer and make possible student – officer interaction is designed. A knowledge database (KDB) and pattern matching algorithm is used. The algorithm searches through the set of data to find a potential answer to the user’s enquiry and then replies the user or provides a relevant web link if the user is not satisfied with the answer. This reduces the burden on the head of admissions, and potentially other u...
ABSTRACT Oils extracted from the fruits of two Africa spices- Piper guineense and Xylopia aethiopica were evaluated for their antimicrobial activities using Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp, Aspergillus sp, Bacillus cereus, Penicillum commune and Rhizopus stolonifer as test isolates. Well-in-agar, disc diffusion and dilution susceptibility testing methods were used to assay for their antimicrobial properties. For the bacterial isolates the antimicrobial activity of the oils increased with ...
The discovery of governing equations using the Physics Informed Neural Network (PINN) based on spatial-temporal data is revolutionizing the field of statistical physics. This study combines neural network technology with deterministic model equations and molecular simulation to find an appropriate description of stochastic phenomena. Conventional stochastic solvers rely on molecular interactions and enforce basic conservation laws on a microscopic level. Data-driven algorithms like PINN, when...
Bioconversion of agricultural waste products to produce value-added food products like simple sugar; fuels and chemicals offers potential economic, environmental and strategic advantages over traditional fossil-based products. A comparative study on the effect of temperature and concentration on waste cellulose biomass degradation to glucose was studied at temperature range of 80 – 1300C and concentration range of 2, 4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5 and 6Mol/dm3 for a period of 48hours. The percent...