AGRONOMIC BIOFORTIFICATION OF MAIZE WITH ZINC IN THE SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA OF NIGERIA.  

2016-04-04
Zinc (Zn) is an essential mineral nutrient for plant and human growth, and dietary Zn deficiency is a worldwide nutritional problem. Thus, this study determined the potential of increasing Zn ...

STUDY OF RAIN-INDUSED ATTENUATION ON TERRESTRIAL PATHS BETWEEN KU AND KA BANDS AKUNGBA-AKOKO, NIGERIA.  

2016-04-04
Rin attenuation is one of the main impairments that limits radio signals, more especially at higher frequencies, such as Ku, K and Ka frequency bands. Therefore, rain rate and rain ...

EFFECT STRUCTURAL, OF SUBSTRATE VIBRATIONAL AND OXIDATION TEMPERATURE ON OPTICAL, AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF ZnO THIN FILMS.  

2016-04-04
Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were synthesized by depositing metallic zinc thin films on Coming 7059 glass substrates using vacuum thermal evaporation method employing different substrate temperatures namely room temperature, ...

ROLE OF FADAMA III PROJECT IN INCOME GENERATION AND DIVERSIFICATION AMONG SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-04-12
The study was conducted to assess the role of Fadama III project on income generation and diversification among small scale beneficiaries in Niger State, Nigeria. Three LGAs were randomly selectected ...

PREDICTION OF RAIN ATTENUATION BY RAIN RATE AT c, KU, KA, Q, AND V BAND ON EARTH-SPACE LINKS OVER CENTRAL NIGERIA.  

2016-05-05
Rain attenuation is key limiting factor in using high frequency bands in satellite microwave systems. Rain degrades performance of a earth-space communication system by increasing the noise temperature of the ...

HARMONIC OSCILLATOR APPROACH FOR MOLECULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY USING MODIFIED BLOCH NMR MODEL.  

2016-05-05
Magnetic resonance imaging can be combined with wave propagation in biological system to investigate the mechanical properties of tissues at molecular level when palpation failed within restricted or complex parts, ...

STUDY OF RADIO REFRACTIVITY IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA.  

2016-05-05
The structure and variability of tropospheric refractivity over South-eastern Nigeria have been studied using daily data of pressure, temperature and relative humidity for a period of seven years (2006 - ...

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TOUCH SENSITIVE SOLAR POWDERED SECURITY ALARM.  

2016-05-05
The touch sensitive solar powered security alarm is an essential device aimed at presenting cheap, affordable, loud district alarm awareness and an easily maintained means of power supply to the ...

OPTICAL, ELECTRICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CORPER SULPHIDE SYNTHESIZED BY CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHOD (CBD).  

2016-05-05
Copper sulphide (CuS) are deposited on soda lime glass using a simple, conveinent and cost effective improved chemica bath deposition (CBD) method at room temperature of 34C from aqueous solution ...

PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS (DSSCs) INCORPORATING A TiO2/ZnO CORE-SHELL PHOTOANODE.  

2016-05-05
The TiO2/ZnO core-shell photoanode deposited on TiO2 seeded fluorine tin oxide (FTO) glasses have been synthesized by a chemical bath deposition approach for growing one- dimensional TiO2 followed by coating ...