976. COMPOSTING OF TANNERY WASTE WITH SAWDUST FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC MANURE

ABSTRACT

The utilisation of tannery waste (TW) in combination with sawdust (SD) as compost manure for agricultural use was studied. The two wastes samples were collected and mixed in the ratios (TW/SD) 1:1, 1:5, 5:1, 1:10 and 10:1, respectively. Composting bin was used during the process. The composting was done for 6 weeks under aerobic condition with frequent turning for proper aeration. Microbiological and physicochemical parameters of the samples (tannery waste and sawdust), exp...

977. COMPUTER SIMULATION OF HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS FOR ALUMINIUM ALLOY

ABSTRACT

Temperature of aluminium alloy is simulated using MATLAB programming language for annealing, soaking to have uniformity of microstructure and quenching treatment processes. Workpiece selected for the study was aluminum alloy 6061-O, T1, T4 and T6 of different shapes: plate, cylindrical, rectangular, cubic and spherical aluminum alloy. The simulation identified the following properties: geometry (size), thermal conductivity, density, load pattern or shape wh...

978. Computer information system Development of mobile application for hotel reservation and Other services for foreigners in Sudan

Abstract

Information technology has expanded rapidly over the years as a result of fast growth of science and technology. Developing successful application to systems solutions is a major challenge for IT professionals and business managers. Application developers support organization’s business strategies, increasing customer satisfaction and business value to enterprise.

The application will provide a better way to help a foreigner, it will ease their mind in provi...

979. COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERIZATION AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF KUTIGI CLAY OCCURRENCE, CENTRAL BIDA BASIN, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the physical, mineralogical and geochemical properties of Kutigi clay deposit in the central Bida Basin of Nigeria. The previous studies on the clay deposit have focused solely on estimating its reserves and on the mineralogical and geochemical properties. Attention was not given to identifying its potential industrial usage with respect to its physical properties. The result from field study shows the stratigraphy position of the clay deposit to be...

980. COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF INTENSITY LEVELS OF CONTINUOUS TRAINING ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BODY COMPOSITION VARIABLES OF ADOLESCENTS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

The study compared the effect of different intensity levels of continuous training on physiological and body composition variables of adolescent students of Imperial School Kudend Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria. The training programme comprised warm-up, continuous jogging and cool down activities ineach training session. A total of eighty(80) overweight adolescent male students aged 15 to 17volunteered to participate in this study. A 1 x 2 x 3 factorial experimental research de...

981. COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF CIMETIDINE AND TRAMADOL ON THE DISPOSITION OF PARACETAMOL IN HEALTHY HUMAN VOLUNTEERS

ABSTRACT

The influence of cimetidine (400mg) and Tramadol (100mg) on the disposition of oral single dose (1g) Paracetamol was studied and compared in 8 healthy human volunteers under two protocols; concomitant and delayed paracetamol administration.

Subjects received one treatment at each of five sessions 2wk apart. Ingestion of Paracetamol (1g) alone was used as control and compared with paracetamol concentration on concomitant (with tramadol (100mg) and then cimetidine (...

982. COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF CIMETIDINE AND METHYLDOPA ON THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF PARACETAMOL IN HUMANS

ABSTRACT

Comparison of the effects of cimetidine and methyldopa were studied in 5 phases: via phase I, ingestion of paracetamol 1g alone, phase II, administration of paracetamol 1g and cimetidine 400mg concurrently, phase III administration of cimetidine 400mg followed by paracetamol 1g after an hour, phase IV, ingestion of paracetamol 1g and methyldopa 250mg concomitantly, phase V, administration of methyldopa 250mg followed by paracetamol 1g an hour after. The protocol involves 8...

983. COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF CIMETIDINE AND DIAZEPAM ON THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF PARACETAMOL IN HEALTHY HUMAN VOLUNTEERS

ABSTRACT

The influence of Cimetidine (400 mg) and Diazepam (5 mg) on the pharmacokinetics of oral paracetamol (1000 mg) was studied and compared in eight (8) healthy human under two (2) protocols; concomitant and delayed administration of paracetamol. Subjects received one treatment at each of the five sessions with a 2 weeks wash out period in-between. Paracetamol alone was used as control. This was compared with concomitant administration with Cimetidine and then delayed (l hour l...

984. COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT OF A SINGLE ORAL DOSE OF CIMETIDINE AND PROPANTHELINE ON THE PHARMACOKINETIC OF PARACETAMOL IN HUMANS

ABSTRACT

Comparison of the effects of a single oral dose of cimetidine and propantheline on the pharmacokinetics of paracetamol were studied with paracetamol (1g) administered alone, concurrently with cimetidine (400mg), delay (1 hour) with cimetidine (400mg), concurrently with paracetamol (15mg) and delay (1 hour) with propantheline (15mg) respectively. Paraetamol concentration was measured in saliva of 8 healthy male, non-smokers and non-alcoholic volunteers. A log data and AUC cu...

985. COMPARISON OF IMPLICATIONS OF CHILDLESSNESS AMONG CHRISTIAN COUPLES OF THE NONGO U KRISTU U I SER U SHA TAR (NKST CHURCH) IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

This study focused on comparison of implications of childlessness among Christian Couples of the Nongo u Kristu u iSer u Sha Tar (NKST church) in Benue state, Nigeria. The pain associated with childlessness is a concern throughout the world and particularly in African societies and the church which believes so much in the biblical command of God to Adam and Eve to multiply and fill the earth. The social, cultural and biblical factors attached to children make childless coup...

986. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT OWNED AND PRIVATELY OWNED MEDIA ORGANIZATION

Abstract

This project examines the comparative study of the performances of government owned and privately owned broadcasting media organization (A study of FRCN and Raypower Radio stations Enugu). To achieve this, the survey method was adopted as the research method while the instrument of data collection was the questionnaire. The sample size was drawn using the stratified sampling technique. Two hypothesis tested were accepted leading to the conclusion that the emergence of priva...

987. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA.

ABSTRACT

The study examined the academic achievement of students in social studies in public and private junior secondary schools in Kano state. The study was carried out with objectives to; compare the academic achievement of students in social studies in public and private junior secondary schools in Kano state; compare the academic achievement of male and female students in social studies in public junior secondary schools in Kano state and compare the academic achievement of mal...

988. COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF HOPS AND SOME POTENTIAL NIGERIA SUBSTITUTES IN BEER BERWING

1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY

Plants are important to our everyday life. They provide us with food, produce oxygen that we breath and serve as raw material for many industrial products such as clothings, foot wears, building materials and in the manufacture of bio- fuels, dyes, perfumes, pesticides, drugs, beverages and preservatives.

From medieval times, herbs have been used to flavour and preserve fermented malt liquors but only hop inflorescence is used on a commercial scale t...

989. COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF THE PERFORMANCE OF FILTER MEDIA MADE USING BIOCHAR AND ACTIVATED CARBON IN GREYWATER REMEDIATION

ABSTRACT

The problem of water Scarcity, water pollution and cost of accessing water for domestic needs have become growing concerns to the ever increasing global population. Waterwaterremediation has long been accepted as a viable option to mitigate water scarcity. This research examines the potentials of an environmentally friendly technique of using local but modified tropical plant materials in remediation of greywater for re-use. Column adsorption experiment was conducted using...

990. COMPARATIVE PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDIES OF THE LEAVES OF SOLANUM INCANUM LINN AND SOLANUM MELONGENA LINN (SOLANACEAE)

ABSTRACT

Solanum incanum Linn. and Solanum melongena Linn (Solanaceae) are both shrubs or trees found in the sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Both are called „gauta‟ among the Hausa community of Northern Nigeria and „Tarku‟ among the Bura/Babar speaking people of Southern Borno of North Eastern Nigeria. They are widely used in traditional medicine for the treatment of pain related illnesses such as sore throat, angina, stomach-ache, colic, headache, painful menstr...

991. COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF LECTURERS` USE OF COMPUTER AND TYPEWRITER FOR TEACHING WORD PROCESSING IN BUSINESS EDUCATION AT FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, KANO-NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

TheComparative Effectiveness of Using Computer and Typewriter for Teachingword processing in business education or instruction generally, has often been a serious area of discourse among business educators, teachers and students.    One of such areas of concerns has to do with the level of effectiveness in the various applications or skills of the computer by business education students. The problem is that at Federal College of Education Kano, the convention...

992. COMPARATIVE IN VITRO BIOEQUIVALENCE EVALUATION OF SIX BRANDS OF AMOXICILLIN CAPSULE MARKETED IN DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA.

ABSTRACT

Comparative in vitro bioequivalence study of biopharmaceutics class I and III drugs hadgained prominence in recent times. In vitro bioequivalence offered many benefits compared to conventional in-vivobioequivalence studies, due to its reduced cost and time of product release as well as avoiding unnecessary use of human volunteers.This study is aimedat evaluating and comparing the in vitro bioequivalence of branded and generic amoxicillin capsules available in Dutse, Jigawa...

993. COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF MINERAL ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID TABLETS MARKETED IN ZARIA

ABSTRACT.

The ascorbic acid content of mineral ascorbate and six brands of ascorbic acid tablets marketed in Zaria with brand names Calcium ascorbate, Ascorbion, Emvit C, Ascorvite, Topcee, Bioracee and Sofa C respectively were comparatively evaluated using four methods. These include titrimetric method of British pharmacopoiea 2009, sodium thiosulphate titrimetric method, Ultra violet spectrophotometric method employing stabilizers and a newly developed 2,4- dinitrophenyl hydrazine...

994. COMPARATIVE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF BILATERAL AIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NIGERIA AND SOME SELECTED COUNTRIES

ABSTRACT

This dissertation is a Comparative Legal Analysis of Bilateral Air Service Agreements between Nigeria and Some Selected Countries. The countries considered here are Ghana, United Kingdom and Israel. The development of an international aviation industry has resulted in bilateral agreements playing an increasingly significant role as instruments of negotiation and cooperation between and among States parties. Before an airline can operate international air service to another...

995. COMPARATIVE IN-VITRO BIOEQUIVALENCE STUDIES OF SOME BRANDS OF METRONIDAZOLE TABLET MARKETED IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE

ABSTRACT

Metronidazole is an antibacterial and antiprotozoal drug used in the treatment of amebiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis and other microbial diseases. It is an essential drug commonly found in Nigerian market and has so many generics and dosage forms under various trade names by different manufacturers. The purpose of the study was to evaluate and compare the in-vitro bioequivalence of branded and generic metronidazole tablet in three different physiological media (pH 1.2, 4...

996. COMPARATIVE PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE LEAVES OF VERNONIA AMYGDALINA DEL. AND VERNONIA KOTSCHYANASCH. BIP. (ASTERACEAE)

ABSTRACT

Vernonia amygdalinaDel. andV. kotschyanaSch. Bip.(Asteraceaea) re respectivelyshrub  or treeand annual herbfound commonly in tropical and subtropical countrieTsh. ey are employed  in  ethn-omedicine  in  the  treatment  of  many  ailmentasmely  stomach  ache, gingivitis, rheumatisms, chistosomiasis, fevers ancodugh, which are associated with pains and inflammation.sMacroscopic, microscocp,ichemo-microscopic, quantitativ...

997. COMPARATIVE IN-VITRO BIOEQUIVALENCE STUDIES OF DIFFERENT SAMPLES OF TINIDAZOLE TABLETS

ABSTRACT

Health care professionals are faced with a large number of multisource products from which therapeutically equivalent products are being selected for various reasons. Consequently, an increased availability and use of generic products has been seen during the last four decades. Like most drugs, various brands of tinidazole tablets are available in Nigeria. This research was aimed at conducting an in-vitro bioequivalence studies on different samples of tinidazole tablets usi...

998. COMPARATIVE RELATIVE BIOAVAILABILITY STUDIES OF SIX BRANDS OF OFLOXACIN MARKETED IN ZARIA

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed at assessing the comparative bioavailability of six brands of ofloxacin marketed in Zaria.

Comparative bioavailability studies of six brands of ofloxacin marketed in Zaria was successfully conducted. Quality assessment was conducted on the randomly selected six brands of ofloxacin marketed in Zaria. Identification test, assay, weight variation, friability, disintegration time and dissolution rate were determined according to BP 2009. Cheap, si...

999. COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSTRUCTVIST AND META LEARNING TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS ACHIVEMENT AND RETENTION IN BASIC ELETRICITY IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES

1.1Background to the Study

Education is acknowledged as a vital instrument for achieving national development. It is through education that ignorance is eliminated and skills for productivity acquired. Imogie (2014) affirmed that no nation can develop to its fullest without effective and efficient educational system. The value and functionality of any educational system lie in its ability to actualize the goals of education. Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), (2014) stated that one...

1000. COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF COMMERCIAL FEED AND FORMULATED DIETS ON THE GROWTH AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF HETEROBRANCHUS BIDORSALIS (CATFISH) FINGERLINGS

ABSTRACT

Fish farming is a major viable solution to the problem of protein inadequacy in Nigeria but the high cost of feed remains a major obstacle. This study evaluated the comparative effect of commercial feed and formulated diets on the growth and biochemical parameters of Heterobranchus bidorsalis (catfish) fingerlings. Proximate composition of fish wastes (FW), guinea corn (GC), groundnut cake (GNC) and bone meal (BM) were determined and used to formulate diets. Pearson’s...