Browsing Masters Theses by Issue Date
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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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Simulation-Based Model Thermal Ablation of Prostate Cancer Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
(2014-12-20)The use of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in the medical treatment of cancer has attracted scientists and engineers with interest in achieving the most financially affordable but yet curative methods of curing ...
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Investigating the Impact of Pressure Depletion on the Estimation of Reserves and Recovery Factors in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
(2014-12-20)The complexity of naturally fractured reservoirs poses constrains on reservoir engineers in estimating reserves and recovery factor in naturally fractured reservoirs. Naturally fractured reservoirs like all other hydrocarbon ...
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Development of Coning Correlations for Oil Rim Reservoirs using Experimental Design and Response Surface Methodology
(2014-12-20)Proper management of thin oil rim reservoirs is required to maximize recovery and minimizes coning tendencies. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of reservoir and fluid properties on coning tendencies ...
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Statistical Data-Driven Models for Forecasting Production Performance with Uncertainty Analysis
(2014-12-20)Data-driven analytical models are important tools employed in the petroleum industry to forecast production rates and reserves of petroleum assets. Studies have shown that existing rate forecasting models project future ...
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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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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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Maximal Monotone Operators on Hilbert Spaces and Applications
(2016-05)Let H be a real Hilbert space and A : D(A) ⊂ H → H be an unbounded, linear, self-adjoint, and maximal monotone operator. The aim of this thesis is to solve u 0 (t) + Au(t) = 0, when A is linear but not bounded. The classical ...
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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 mobile based image analysis system for Cervical Cancer Detection
(2016-05-15)Cervical cancer is the third major killer disease in developed and developing countries. Whereas screening and other preventive measures reduce the mortality rate in developed countries, mortality rates still remain very ...
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Quality of service and NFC Communications Security of applications dedicated to dependent people
(2016-05-15)The application of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in every part of the world today has tremendously improved efficiency and effectiveness regarding security. The use of this technology in the healthcare system ...
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An adaptive predictive financial fraud detection approach using deep learning methods on a Big Data platform
(2016-05-16)Fraud, waste, and abuse in many financial systems are estimated to result in significant losses annually. Predictive analytics offer government and private financial institutions the opportunity to identify, prevent or ...
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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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Adaptive Learning Framework
(2016-05-20)Many Institutions offer on-line courses to people from all around the world. Learning Management Systems provides a convenient learning environment for on-line courses. Each learner has individual needs and characteristics ...
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A Naive Finite difference Approximations for Singularly Perturbed Parabolic Reaction-Diffusion problems
(2016-06-07)In this thesis, we treated a Standard Finite Difference Scheme for a singularly perturbed parabolic reaction-diffusion equation. We proved that the Standard Finite Difference Scheme is not a robust technique for solving ...
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A Strong Convergence Theorem for Zeros of Bounded Maximal Monotone Mappings in Banach Spaces with Applications
(2016-06-07)Let E be a uniformly convex and uniformly smooth real Banach space and E ∗ be its dual. Let A : E → 2 E be a bounded maximal monotone map. Assume that A −1 (0) 6 = ∅. A new iterative sequence is constructed which converges ...
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On J-fixed points of J-pseudocontractions with applications
(2016-06-07)Let E be a real normed space with dual space E ∗ and let A : E → 2 E be any map. Let J : E → 2 E be the normalized duality map on E. A new class of mappings, J-pseudocontractive maps, is introduced and the notion of J-fixed ...
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An Algorithm for Solutions of Hammerstein Integral Equations with Monotone Operators
(2016-06-07)Let X be a uniformly convex and uniformly smooth real Banach space with dual space X ∗ . Let F : X → X ∗ and K : X ∗ → X be bounded monotone mappings such that the Hammerstein equation u + KF u = 0 has a solution in X. An ...
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Why Classical Finite difference Approximations fail for a singularly perturbed System of Convection-Diffusion Equations
(2016-06-07)We consider classical Finite Difference Scheme for a system of singularly perturbed convection-diffusion equations coupled in their reactive terms, we prove that the classical SFD scheme is not a robust technique for solving ...
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Why Classical Finite difference Approximations fail for a singularly perturbed System of Convection-Diffusion Equations
(2016-06-07)We consider classical Finite Difference Scheme for a system of singularly perturbed convection-diffusion equations coupled in their reactive terms, we prove that the classical SFD scheme is not a robust technique for solving ...