Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Title
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A Hybrid Algorithm for Approximating a Common Element of Solutions of a Variational Inequality Problem and a Convex Feasibility Problem
(2017-12-18)In this thesis, a hybrid extragradient-like iteration algorithm for approximating a common element of the set of solutions of a variational inequality problem for a monotone, k-Lipschitz map and common fixed points of a ...
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A Hybridized Recommendation System on Movie Data Using Content-Based and Collaborative Filtering
(2016-05-15)In recent times, the rate of growth in information available on the internet has resulted in large amounts of data and an increase in online users. The Recommendation System has been employed to empower users to make ...
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A Hybridized Recommendation System on Movie Data Using Content-Based and Collaborative Filtering
(2016-05-20)In recent times, the rate of growth in information available on the internet has resulted in large amounts of data and an increase in online users. The Recommendation System has been employed to empower users to make ...
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Hydrodynamics Behaviour of Slug Flow in 80 0 off the Horizontal Pipe using Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) Data
(2014-12-12)This study presents an investigation of the hydrodynamics behaviour of slug flow in an inclined (80 degree inclination) and 67 mm internal diameter pipe. The study provides a more rudimentary explanation into the physical ...
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Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Lithium and Cobalt from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries
(2019-07-12)The demand for lithium-ion batteries is high because of their high energy and power density, which most time is influenced by the lithium-ion cathode chemistry. However, the need for expensive and scarce metals, such as ...
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Identification of Closed Perforations and Damaged Sections of Horizontal Wells in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, using Well Test Analysis
(2016-07-16)The use of horizontal wells with zonal isolations is a common completion practice in the oil and gas industry to check for very significant production challenges such as wellbore damage/skin, early water breakthrough and ...
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The Impact of Low Density Polyethylene (water sachets) on the Mechanical Property of Cement Mortar
(2014-12-12)Many building collapsed cases have been reported throughout the West African regions. It is recorded that during some of these subsidences, many lives are lost and the vast majority end up in hospitals and clinics with ...
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Implantable Biomedical Devices for Localized Breast Cancer Drug Delivery
(2015-10-15)This thesis focused on an implantable encapsulated structures that can deliver localized heating and controlled released of prodigiosin (PG) (a cancer drug) synthesized by bacteria (Serratia marcescens (subsp. marcescens)). ...
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Implantable Biomems Devices for Localized Breast Cancer Drug Delivery
(2011-12-15)Implantable Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS) represent a new class of devices that can provide localized cancer drug delivery by the combined effect of chemotherapy and hyperthermia which gives it an advantage ...
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Implantable Composite Devices for the Localized Treatment of Breast Cancer
(2015-06-15)Current standard of care treatment modalities for early-stage breast cancer typically involve mastectomy or lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy to remove any residual cancer cells. Although mastectomy has a low ...
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Implantable Resorbable and Non Resorbable Magnetite Nanocomposite For Localize Drug Delivery and Hyperthermia in Breast Cancer Treatment.
(AUST, 2017-05-09)The work presents the comparative studies of the potentials of the implantable magnetite nanocomposites of both resorbable and non-resorbable localized treatment of breast cancer through hyperthermia. Magnetite reinforced ...
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Implementation of New Fault Tolerance Solution in Wireless Sensor Networks in a Multi-Channel Context
(2016-08-16)Wireless sensor network is application specific, which is deployed in an interested area like about hundred or thousands of sensor nodes. All the sensor nodes communicate via a wireless medium and works cooperatively to ...
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Implication of Void Prediction in the Determination of Pressure Gradient in Vertical Pipes
(2016-06-16)This research work mainly investigates the implication of void prediction in the estimation of total pressure gradient in vertical pipes for multiphase flow systems. Experimental data was collected for a multiphase flow ...
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Implications of Production Decline Patterns, Cost Depreciation Methods and Fiscal Regimes on Offshore Profitability in Nigeria
(2011-12-20)Upstream petroleum industry remains one of the most prolific industries in terms of technology and risk capital transfer. Consequently, governments all over the world try to formulate political as well as economic structures ...
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Improving Lifting Capacity and Modelling Hydraulics of Local Based Muds Flowing Through Vertical Pipes
(2019-06-12)Drilling mud plays an integral part in drilling operations to perform several functions some of which are to cool drill bits, provide hydrostatic pressure and give information about subsurface formation. The cutting ...
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Improving Lifting Capacity and Modelling Hydraulics of Local Based Muds Flowing through Vertical Pipes
(2019-06-12)Drilling mud plays an integral part in drilling operations to perform several functions some of which are to cool drill bits, provide hydrostatic pressure and give information about subsurface formation. The cutting ...
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Improving the Wear Resistance of Barite Mining Tools
(2014-12-15)Wearing of mining tools leads to high replacement costs, machine downtime and loss of business opportunities. This work was however, aimed at improving the wear resistance of AISI 1065 and 1070 proeutectoid steels used for ...
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In Situ CO 2 EOR Mechanism and CO 2 -OIL Phase Behavior
(2019-06-23)Numerical reservoir simulators are employed to obtain meaningful and reliable solutions for an actual case due to extreme complexity of the reservoirs systems. Wilcox formation is a reservoir in the gulf of Mexico with ...
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Induced Sickling of Erythrocytes Via Bending and the Effect of Mechanical Properties on Cell Pore Entry
(2014-12-15)Patients living with sickle cell disease are perpetually plagued with painful crisis episodes, caused by vascular occlusion. Over time, this leads to oxygen deprivation and the eventual damage of starved tissues and organs. ...
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Influence of Molecular Polarizability on the Active Layer of Organic Photovoltaic Cells: A case study of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)
(2013-05-13)The complexity of the microstructure of the active layer in organic photo- voltaics (OPVs) poses a unique challenge in improving the efficiency of OPV devices. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation provides a direct route ...