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This community contains abstracts and full text of master theses and dissertations (2009-2016) held in Research and Special Collections Section in Sid Ahmed Baba Library (the main library).
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Performance of a Nigerian Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer as a Sustainable Building Material
(2017-12-17)Existing data show that Portland cement material production contributes ~8% to the global CO2 emissions. This is detrimental to the environment and can lead to global warming. It is therefore pertinent to develop alternative ...
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Tight Binding Descriptions of Graphene and Its Derivatives
(2017-12-20)Graphene is an effectively two dimensional form of carbon atoms arranged in honeycomb lattice. Due to its lightweight, high electron mobility and other special electronic properties it is considered both an academically ...
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Adhesion and Optoelectronic Properties of Organic Light Emitting Devices (OLEDs) and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Light Emitting Devices (HOILEDs) with Tio 2 Nano-Particles
(2010-12-17)This study examines the basic operation of an Organic Light Emitting Device (OLED) and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Light Emitting Devices (HOILED) by looking at the individual characteristics of the each layer which makes up ...
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Observatory System for Monitoring Road Accidents in Nigeria
(2017-11-25)Road Accidents are on the rise due to the high amount of migration from the rural area to the urban areas, Urbanization people are now finding it easier to own cars and use it for their day to day activities. Due to that ...
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A Real-Time Data Stream Processing Model for a Smart City Application Leveraging Intelligent Internet of Things (IOT) Concepts
(2017-12-15)Due to the vast amount of data that is being generated by the sensors through the smart devices in smart cities, streams of data must be processed in real time to gain insight quickly and to make decisions that are in most ...
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A Predictive Model for Electricity Consumption in University Campuses using Artificial Neural Networks (A Case Study)
(2017-12-15)Energy efficiency is paramount in the quest to achieve sustainable development in the 21st century. Statistics in recent research have shown that in many sectors in any nation’s economy, which include buildings, industries ...
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Study and Implementation of Wireless Sensor Networks to Manage Energy in a Smart Home
(2017-12-15)Many studies have shown that smart homes can use energy more efficiently than traditional buildings. Thus, several researchers have advocated building a smart home in order to reduce energy consumption. In the literature, ...
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Smart Multimedia Learning System for Automata Theory
(2017-11-25)Education is a vital ingredient for a sustainable economy where “knowledge is power”. M- learning initiatives can lessen the digital divide in education and promote a knowledge-based economy. The high saturation of mobile ...
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Combination and Tracking Control of Chaotic Systems
(2016-06-20)Combination-control of two or more systems which may have important application in Josephson junction ratchet array, and other physical systems has not been explored. Most of the theoretical framework is on combination ...
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An Approach Towell Placement and Productionin a Green Field – A Case Study
(2016-06-20)Reservoir development planning and well placement significantly affect hydrocarbon recovery. Therefore, strategic well placement and development techniques are essential to minimize the risk of unproductive drilling and ...
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Assessment of Iron Ore Mining Gangues in Itakpe for Secondary Recovery of other Metal Values
(2017-01-17)Due to rapid industrialization, the demand for heavy metals is ever increasing, but the reserves of high-grade ores are diminishing. Therefore there is a need to explore alternative sources of heavy metals. Ore mine gangues ...
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Design, Construction and Performance Evaluation of a Solar Drying System for Crops
(2017-03-22)This research presents the design, construction, and analysis of the performance of a mixed-mode solar dryer for crops. A mixed-mode solar dryer utilizes direct solar radiation from the sun as well as input heat ducted ...
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Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Formation of Methyl Ammonium Tin Tri-Iodide Perovskite Thin Film
(2016-07-12)Organic-inorganic perovskite photovoltaics (PVs) have attracted a lot of attention as high- efficiency thin film PVs which are relatively cheap and easy to fabricate. Lead halide perovskites have shown a rapid rise in power ...
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Environmental Effect of Iron Ore Mining Operations in Itakpe, Kogi State
(2016-03-15)Topsoil stripping, drilling and blasting extraction, waste rock dumping, loading, and unloading, crushing and screening, and materials transport are among other activities involved in iron ore mining. These activities ...
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Effect of Sintering Time on Mechanical Properties of Porous Ti-6al-4v Implant
(2016-07-12)Titanium alloy is popular in biomedical application owing to its low density, good biocompatibility (i.e. biological and chemical inertness) and excellent mechanical properties. Due to the high disparity between the implant ...
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Activated Carbon from Plant-Biomass Waste Materials as Electrodes for Supercapacitor Applications
(2016-06-20)This work is aimed at studying activated carbons as supercapacitor electrode materials derived from plant biomass waste materials. The activated carbon raw materials are sourced from coconut shell, pine cone and rice husk ...
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Adsorption of Dissolved Ions in Mine Wastewater with Laterite and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
(2016-06-20)This work studies the adsorption capacity of laterite and iron oxide nanoparticles for dissolved ions in solution and therefore its ability to reduce conductivity of mine waste effluent. Three laterite samples were prepared ...
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Structural and Mechanical Properties of Termite Soil as a Partial Replacement to Cement
(2016-03-22)Materials selection is done regarding to the availability, cost and performance of the candidates. In buildings, cement is the material that is widely used, even though it is releases co2 (estimated about 7% of the worldwide ...
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Effects of Prodigiosin on Breast Cancer Cell Viability
(2016-07-22)The Luteinizing Hormone-releasing Hormone (LHRH); also known as a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone can be utilized for targeted therapy with cytotoxic analogs, in which prodigiosin is linked to the [D-Lys6] LHRH. Our studies ...
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Phytoremediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Soil Using Cowpea and Indole-3-Acetic Acid as a Growth Hormone
(2017-03-22)One of the unintended impacts of crude oil exploration is the pollution of agricultural land and aquatic resources when there is accidental oil spillage. The environmental effect of this has resulted in untold hardship to ...
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