DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORK RECONFIGURATION SCHEME FOR LOSS MINIMIZATION AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE: A CASE STUDY OF UNGWAN BORO INJECTION SUB-STATION  

2018-06-26
This research work developed a distribution network reconfiguration scheme for active power loss minimization and reliability improvement using particle swarm optimization technique. The Backward Forward Sweep (BFS) algorithm was used ...

OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE HOSTS OF CASSAVA VIRUSES IN KANO AND KATSINA STATES, NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
Cassava mosaic virus is said to occur in all growing areas in Africa and a substantive land area is devoted to cassava in Kano and Katsina State of Nigeria. There ...

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON LOGIT AND PROBIT MODELS IN THE PREDICTION OF BRONCHO-PULMONARY DYSPLASIA STATUS OF INFANTS  

2018-06-26
Broncho Pulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) is a form of chronic lung disease that develops in preterm neonates treated with oxygen and positive-pressure ventilation. The disease affects premature babies and contributes to ...

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON THE LEAF OF Senna singueana (Delile) Lock (FABACEAE)  

2018-06-26
Senna singueana (Dell) Fabacea is a shrub widely used traditionally to treat numerous disease conditions such as sexually transmitted diseases (STD), intestinal complications as a laxative, antimalaria, antimicrobial and antioxidant ...

COMPARISM OF THE PENALIZED REGRESSION TECHNIQUES WITH CLASSICAL LEAST SQURES IN MINIMIZING THE EFFECT OF MULTICOLLINEARITY  

2018-06-26
A penalized regression techniques which is a variable selection has been developed specifically to eliminate the problem of multicollinearity and also reduce the flaws inherent in the prediction accuracy of ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ALMAJIRI MODEL SCHOOL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
This study focused on the Assessment of the Management of Almajiri Model School System of Education in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Six 6 Objectives were set which tried to: ascertain the ...

EFFECT OF FEATURE SELECTION AND DATASET SIZE ON THE ACCURACY OF NAÏVE BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER AND LOGISTICS REGRESSION  

2018-06-26
Binary Logistics Regression and Naïve Bayesian classifier are two of the common classification modelling techniques that allow one to predict the category that a new observation belongs, on the basis ...

FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT OF OFU RIVER CATCHMENT IN NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
The aim of this study was to carry out a flood risk assessment for Ofu River Catchment in Nigeria. Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) and River ...

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON THE LEAF OF Senna singueana (Delile) Lock (FABACEAE)  

2018-06-26
Senna singueana (Dell) Fabacea is a shrub widely used traditionally to treat numerous disease conditions such as sexually transmitted diseases (STD), intestinal complications as a laxative, antimalaria, antimicrobial and antioxidant ...

COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) SEED QUALITY AND YIELD AS INFLUENCED BY MANIPULATING SOWING DATES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SCAB INDUCED BY Elsinoe phaseoli Jenkins, AT SAMARU, NORTH-WEST NIGERIA  

2018-06-26
Field experiment was conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) farm at Samaru, North-western Nigeria to investigate effects of sowing dates on incidence and severity of scab on yield ...