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2018 | American Journal of Food, Nutrition and Health | Pp. 8-15
Light yellow-flesh, matured sweet potato was used in a lab osmotic pre-treatment in sodium chloride (NaCl) solution with varying salt concentrations. The samples were subsequently dried via oven-drying. Measurements of residual calcium were taken. The dried p...
2018 | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0920-7
 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is global health concern and priority. It is the 12th leading cause of death worldwide. Protein Energy Wasting occurs in 20–25% of patients with chronic kidney disease and can lead to a high morbidity and mortality rate. We de...
2018 | Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (MJBAS) | Pp. 30-39
The project is designed to build an obstacle detection and avoidance irrigating robot to optimize water usage for crops using ultrasonic sensor for its movement. A micro-controller (ATMEGA238) is used to achieve the desired operation, and a Water Pumping Syst...
2018 | Global Journal of Medical Research: K Interdisciplinary ISSN: 0975-5888
Malaria and invasive bacterial infection (IBI) adversely affects the prognosis of pregnant women, globally. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, data on IBI and malaria co-infection among pregnant women is scarce, rather most studies look at Malaria and Invasive b...
2018 | Cogent Engineering | Pp. 1-19
A comprehensive mathematical analysis of interconnected photovoltaic arrays under different shading conditions (opacity) and patterns (column, row, diagonal and corner) has been carried out in this work. The equivalent circuit models for the different shading...
2018 | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3374-4
Microbial contamination of hospital environment, especially in operating theatres (OT) and other specialized units has greatly contributed to continuous and multiple exposure to nosocomial infections by patients and the public. We purposed to assess microbial...
2018 | Innovative Journal | Pp. 483-493
The study investigated into the effect of grazing on the riparian vegetation along river Benue in Adamawa state Nigeria. Survey and observation design method were used to compare vegetation cover, distribution and composition. Study area was categorized into...
2018 | J. Ind. Geophys. Union | Pp. 143-150
The recent high-resolution aeromagnetic (HRAM) data for the whole of Bida Basin in north-central Nigeria has been revaluated for depth to bottom of magnetic sources (DBMS) using the modified centroid method for fractal distribution of sources. Analysis of the...
2018 | American Journal of Food Science and Nutrition
Burukutu was produced using three varieties of sorghum – CSR- 02, S- 17 and S- 44. The ethyl carbamate (EC) content of the burukutu was studied using Response Surface Methodology. A three-level three-factorial Box-Behnken experimental design was adopted to...
2018 | International Journal of Advanced Academic Research | Sciences, Technology & Engineering | Pp. 106-119
The peroxide values and refractive indices of palm olein, sesame oil and sunflower oil were evaluated before deep frying. The vegetable oils were used to frying white Irish potato chips in three batches, with the peroxide value and the refractive indices of t...