751. DEVELOPMENT OF PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR INTRA-CITY BUS TRAVEL TIME IN MAKURDI METROPOLIS IN NIGERIA

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The lack of information on bus travel time in Makurdi metropolis to enable trip makers plan for journeys is seen as a challenge in recent times. This study developed a multiple linear regression model for predicting bus travel time along bus routes within the metropolis and this was achieved throughmeasurement of   the physical characteristics of the roadway, identification of those factors that constitute impediment to intra-city bus travel time, measurement of i...

752. DEVELOPMENT OF PILOT SIZE PROCESS FOR ZEOLITE Y AND ZSM-5 PRODUCTION FROM KANKARA KAOLIN

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The successes recorded at the laboratory for the synthesis of zeolite Y and ZSM-5 using Kankara kaolin sourced from Katsina state, Nigeria as starting material necessitated the need for upscale of the production process. This thesis focused on the development of three pilot size production units and characterizing the products obtained from those units. Pilot size reactors for dealumination and production of zeolite Y and ZSM-5 were developed and test run. Manual means of d...

753. DEVELOPMENT OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR ECONOMIC LOAD DISPATCH SOLUTION

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The generation of electric power using different fuel resources to meet load demand and losses while satisfying various constraints on the system involves high running cost (cost of fuel). Therefore, it requires electric utilities to minimize the cost of production of electric power by planning and dispatching generating units in an economic and efficient manner to meet the system demand. The aim of the proposed research is to develop an efficient unit commitment based econ...

754. DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS FOR RATING SEISMIC ACTIVITIES USING RADIATED ENERGY OF EARTHQUAKES

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Seismic activity evaluation is usually carried out using the Gutenberg-Richter’s (G-R) relation. This relation is defective because it does not include area of the region involved, thereby making a small but active region to be underrated. Secondly it gives the rate of seismicity of a region in terms of the total number, N, of earthquakes irrespective of magnitudes. This makes regions with few but great earthquakes to be underestimated since energy due to magnitude m...

755. DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL FOR TEACHING CRAFTS IN NATIONAL CERTFICATE IN EDUCATION HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMME IN NORTH – WEST, NIGERIA

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The study was carried out on development of instructional manual for teaching crafts in N.C.E Home Economics Programme in North-West Nigeria. The study was conducted to findout the extent to whichcrafts areas are been taught to students and to improvise an instructional manual to help with areas of crafts making that is of difficulty to the students. Four objectives were stated with four correspondent research questions and null hypotheses. All N.C.E three students and lect...

756. DEVELOPMENT OF INFANT HAND TUFTED THERMAL INSULATION WEARS IN KANO MUNICIPAL, NIGERIA.

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Hand tufting is the decorative techniques applied on the surface of textiles fabric, in the past, women in Kano Municipal embellished various house hold articles with hand tufting and depended on it for income generation. The extinction of the hand tufting craft resulted to many idle skilled personnel. This research work titled ―Development of Infant Hand Tufted Thermal Insulation Wears in Kano Municipal‖ is a product developmental research that developed three sets of hand...

757. DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MATERNITY APPARELS FROM COMMERCIAL BLOCKS PATTERNS, FASTENERS AND DISPOSAL OF FULLNESS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORYABUJA, NIGERIA.

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The study focused on theuse ofFasteners and Disposal of Fullness in the Development of Functional Maternity Apparels from Commercial Block Patterns, in Federal Capital TerritoryAbuja, Nigeria. The major objective was to develop maternity apparels from commercial block patterns, fasteners and disposal of fullness in FCT Abuja. Eight objectives, eight research questions and four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research design used for the study was...

758. DEVELOPMENT OF FISH POND MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM

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Automated system of fish farming has become inevitable due to the immense importance of fisheries aquaculture. The efficiency of any fish rearing system depends on monitoring and control of pond water quality parameters as well as adequate feeding and a reliable power source. This work presents a fish pond monitoring and control system that improves on the efficiency of fish rearing. A sensor network consisting of temperature, pH, turbidity and water level sensors was used...

759. DEVELOPMENT OF FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION PLANNING IN AN UNBALANCED THREE-PHASE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK USING VOLTAGE STABILITY INDEX

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This research work presents development of Firefly algorithm (FA) and application of voltage stability index (VSI) for optimal planning of Distribution Generation (DG) in an unbalanced three- phase distribution network. The VSI was used to find the DG location while the FA was used for the DG sizing. The developed method was implemented on standard IEEE 37-bus Radial distribution network test system and a local 19-bus Mahuta feeder. The results obtained from the IEEE 37-bus...

760. DEVELOPMENT OF FALKNER-TYPE METHOD FOR NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF SECOND ORDER INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS IN ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

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This research focuses on the formulation of block hybrid methods with power series as basic function through interpolation and collocation techniques for numerical solution of second order initial value problems in ordinary differential equations. The step number for the derived block hybrid method is k=2 with two off-step point and four off- step points. The basic properties of numerical methods were analyzed and findings revealed that the methods were consistent, zero-sta...

761. DEVELOPMENT OF EUCALPYTUS TERETICORNIS COMPOSITE (BARKS AND LEAVES) ADSORBENT FOR ADSORPTION OF CHROMIUM (VI) AND LEAD (II) IONS FROM SIMULATED WASTEWATER

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The research titled Development of Eucalpytus tereticornis composite for chromium

(VI) and lead (II) ions adsorption from simulated wastewater was aimed to establish the efficacy of Eucalpytus tereticornis composite as an adsorbent applied in the adsorption of Cr6+ and Pb2+ ions from simulated solution of respective ions. The adsorbent was pretreated with 0.5M of Nitric acid to remove the adsorbent colouration and soluble organic compound. Characterization of the...

762. DEVELOPMENT OF ENHANCED BAYESIAN MODEL FOR DETECTION OF COVERT MEMBERS IN CRIMINAL NETWORKS USING TELECOMMUNICATION METADATA

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Crime has become a global challenge in recent times. The phenomenon has become a difficult task that military war-fare approach alone can address effectively without intelligence. Criminal intelligence involves gathering data on criminal activities and participants for preparing deplorable strategies and interventions. Social Network Analysis (SNA) offers supportive tools for analysing Organised Criminal Groups (OCGs) and identifying important nodes with conspicuous relatio...

763. DEVELOPMENT OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION SCHEDULLING STRATEGIES FOR MAIZE CROP UNDER GRAVITY-DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM

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Among other ways of effective water management strategies is the use of drip irrigation system and adoption of deficit irrigation schedulling strategy which is not common in the study area. Effective water management is a key to improving agricultural water management, enhancing crop production and improved sustainability of irrigated agriculture. In the past, outcome of any water management strategy could only be known after field experiment, in recent times, means of eval...

764. DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL MODELS FOR PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KADUNA STATE

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This research sole aim is to improve on the development of conceptual procurement models that can create direct and indirect impacts of various forms of plant and equipment procurement in Kaduna state Tertiary Institutions in relation to, need assessment, delay in completion, costs and non-conformance with specification by suppliers and installation related issues, likewise the involvement of professionals in procurement activities. The model builds on existing classificati...

765. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMIZED ROUTING SCHEME FOR A CAPACITATED VEHICLE MODEL

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This dissertation presents the development of an optimized routing scheme for a capacitated vehicle model using Firefly Algorithm (FFA). The conventional model is a formal description involving mathematical equations formulated to simplify a more complex structure of logistic problems. The logistic problems are generalized as the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP). When the capacity of the vehicle is considered, the resulting formulation is termed the Capacitated Vehicle Routing...

766. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TRACEBACK SCHEME FOR DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK SOURCE DETECTION

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This dissertation presents the development of an Internet Protocol (IP) traceback scheme for the detection of a denial of service (DoS) attack source base on shark smell optimization algorithm (SSOA). Detection of the source of DoS attack is very important due to the serious damages the attack do cause and the need to bring the perpetrators to justice to stop the menace. DoS attack is a major threat to the security of network systems and consists of attacks that exploit the...

767. DEVELOPMENT OF CAR PISTON MATERIAL FROM ALUMINIUM ALLOY USING COCONUT SHELL ASH AS AN ADDITIVE

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This research presents the development of a piston material from aluminium alloy using coconut shell ash as an additive. Most damage pistons reported in literature are as a result mechanical fatigue due to wear and thermal fatigue. Investigations revealed that aluminium alloys have relatively poor wear resistance, and researchers are concerned with reinforcing aluminium alloy for improved properties. The present work used coconut shell ash for the reinforcement. The coconut...

768. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL EXTRACTED FEATURE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME IN VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING DYNAMIC CUCKOO SEARCH ALGORITHM

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This research work is aimed at the development of an optimal extracted feature classification scheme in a voice recognition system using dynamic cuckoo search algorithm. This minimized error mismatch in the recognition process and increased accuracy of recognition. Standard voice dataset was obtained from English Language Speech Database for Speaker Recognition (ELSDSR) of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), processed and key features of these voice data were extract...

769. DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED SHORT-TERM PEAK LOAD FORECASTING MODEL BASED ON SEASONAL AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE AND NONLINEAR AUTOREGRESSIVE NEURAL NETWORK FOR NIGERIA POWER SYSTEM GRID

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Electricity demand forecasting is a central and integral process for planning periodical operations and facility expansion in the electricity sector. Demand pattern is very complex due to the highly unpredictable behavior of consumers load consumption. Therefore, finding an appropriate forecasting model for a specific electricity network at peak demand is not an easy task for the utilities and policymakers. Many load forecasting methods developed in the past decades were ch...

770. DEVELOPMENT OF BIOSURFACTANTS-IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES- BIOCHAR FORMULATION FOR REMEDIATION OF CRUDE OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL

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Biosurfactant-mediated degradation of contaminants is practical and safe environmental remediation agent. In addition, iron oxide nanoparticles and biochar are bioremediation agents with great potentials due to their strong adsorption capacity, microbial growth enhancement and chemical inertness. Therefore, a combination of biosufactant, iron oxide nanoparticles and biochar could produce a very desirable and efficient alternative to conventional environmental treatment of c...

771. DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE PAD FROM COMPOSITES OF SHEA NUT (VITELLARIA PARADOXA) SHELL AND COW HOOF (BAUHINIA UNGULATA)

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This research work used shea nut (vitellaria paradoxa) shell and cow hoof (bauhinia ungulata) as the reinforcement materials in the production of automotive brake pads. Taguchi method of experimental design and grey relational analysis were used to determine the optimal values of the manufacturing parameters. Other constituents combined together to produce the brake pad samples were epoxy resin, graphite, calcium carbonate and aluminium oxi...

772. DEVELOPMENT OF CARBON OXIDES SEQUESTRATION FROM YAMAHA EF1000 GENERATOR USING POST-COMBUSTION CAPTURE TECHNIQUE

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This work aimed atdevelopment of carbon oxides sequestration from Yamaha EF1000 generator using post - combustion capture technique. The state of the art is the use of monoethanolamine as sorbent for carbon sequestration. The present study postulated reaction mechanism of sawdust ash leachate with CO2 from flue gas and examined the use of the leachate as sorbent for capture of CO2 and CO from Yamaha EF1000 generator as the source of flue gas. A prototype absorber was design...

773. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNET OF THINGS BASED WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING DECISION TREE AND DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHMS

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Distribution of Water has been a major source of concern all over the world. Despite the fact that water is a scarce commodity, a lot of human activities in terms of poor management such as opening taps when not needed and careless attitudes towards broken pipes contribute to poor distribution. Furthermore, the supply of the commodity at constant pressure to areas when not needed contributes to little or no supply to where it is needed. This is because; a lot is wasted with...

774. DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMOBILE DISK BRAKE PADS USING ECO- FRIENDLY PERIWINKLE SHELL AND FAN PALM SHELL MATERIALS

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This research was conducted to produce asbestosfree automobile disk brake pads using eco- friendly; Periwinkle and Fan palm shells materials. The use of asbestos fiber is being avoided due to its carcinogenic nature that might cause health risks. A new brake pad was produced using agro waste materials (periwinkle shell and fan palmshells)with thermoset resin as a binder to replace asbestos with thermoset as a binder. Two sets of brake pad composites were produced using peri...

775. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADAPTIVE TRACKING AREA LIST LOCATION MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) NETWORKS

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High signaling load due to location management (LM) scheme in Long Term Evolution (LTE) Networks is a major quality of service issue due to the significant amount of resources consumed by this scheme. This scheme needs to be managed efficiently to guarantee seamless connection to any user on the Network at any time. Increasing trends of connected mobile equipment has further increase the required signaling resources for the Location Management Scheme in LTE. There are diffe...