• PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF BIOPLASTIC FILMS FROM SWEET POTATO (Ipomoea batatas L.) PEEL STARCH BLENDED WITH BANANA (Musa acuminata C.) PSEUDOSTEM CELLULOSE FOR PACKAGING 

  ADEJUWON, OLORUNSOLA MORAYO (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2023-02)

  Environmental pollution caused by petroleum derived plastics used for packaging has increased the need for environmentally friendly packaging materials. This study focused on development of biofilms from potato peel starch ...
• DETERMINATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND HEAVY METALS ON A MAJOR ROADWAY IN AKURE 

  ADEDEJI, AYOBAMI ABOSEDE (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2022-11)

  Tree bark samples collected from a major roadway in Akure during the dry and wet seasons were analyzed to determine the concentration of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) components which are often the targets in ...
• EVALUATION OF HEAVY METALS PROFILE FROM SOILS IN MECHANIC WORKSHOPS WITHIN OKITIPUPA, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA 

  ADEBAYO, ALABA JOSEPH (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2017-03)

  Auto mechanic workshops in Okitipupa Ondo State, Nigeria generate waste containing hazardous contaminants such as heavy metals which are disposed of indiscriminately. Soils Samples were collected from ten selected automobile ...
• PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISATION OF RIGID BIOBASED FOAM FROM PLANT-DERIVED CHEMICALS 

  ADEBAYO, ALABA JOSEPH (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2023-04)

  Bio-based foams are promising materials for replacing foams of petrochemical origin, due to availability of the raw materials, low cost, good thermal insulation performance, and excellent fire retardance. The aim of this ...
• EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON RADIO DUCT PROPAGATION IN COASTAL AREAS OF NIGERIA 

  IWAOTAN, AKINWUNMI PHILIPS (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2021-09)

  The meteorological effects on radio wave signals propagating through the troposphere are of great concerns in the design and performance of radio communication systems. Often, the effect can lead to anomalous propagation ...
• PREPARATION, CHARACTERISATION AND APPLICATION OF ALMOND LEAF (Terminalia catappa) DERIVED ADSORBENTS FOR REMOVAL OF BROMOPHENOL BLUE DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION 

  AYINDE, YUSUF TIMILEHIN (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2021-09)

  The resulting effect of indiscriminate discharge of dye solution into the surrounding leads to undesirable mutagenic effects in humans and death of aquatic life in extreme cases. Removal of harmful substance from the ...
• EFFECT OF ORGANIC MODIFICATION ON BENTONITE AND LOCALLY SOURCED CLAYS FOR THE REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM WASTEWATER. 

  ASOGBON, ASOGBON, (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2022-12)

  Heavy metal pollution has increased in recent decades due to increased industrial activities and technological development. This pollution is posing significant threats to the environment and public health, because of ...
• A MONTE CARLO STUDY OF ALKHAMISI RIDGE ESTIMATOR 

  AKINTOLA, OLUSESAN TOLULOPE (2021-09)

  In classical linear regression model, the existence of high correlations between two or more exogenous variables results to multicollinearity problem. This problem influences the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimator ...
• IDENTIFICATION OF 4-NONYLPHENOL AND ITS REMOVAL VIA PLANT-BASED ADSORBENTS IN UREJE RIVER EKITI STATE 

  ADEWALE, ADETOLA IBUKUNOLUWA (Fed. Univ. of Tech. Akure., 2022-12)

  Ureje River in Ekiti state was investigated for the presence of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) – nonylphenol and octylphenol. The extraction technique used was liquid-liquid extraction while the clean-up was ...
• SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ETHYLENEDIAMINE, CHLORO / NITRO BENZALDEHYDE, AMINOBENZOPHENONE DERIVED SCHIFF BASES AND THEIR METAL (II) COMPLEXES 

  AJIBULU, KEHINDE EZEKIEL (Fed. Univ. of Tech. Akure, 2022-12)

  Transition metal complexes of Schiff bases have played vital roles in the field of coordination, inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry due to their diverse application in medicine and catalysis. Some biologically active ...
• SOLVING HETEROSCEDASTICITY WITH MODIFIED BAYESIAN ADDITIVE REGRESSION TREES 

  ADULOJU, OLUWATOBI MICHAEL (Fed. Univ. of Tech. Akure., 2021-03)

  Heteroscedasticity is often neglected during the analysis of high dimensional data but can pose a problem when using modern regression methods such as Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART), Random Forest, and Neural ...
• SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN NIGERIA: AN ORDINAL REGRESSION APPROACH 

  ADEYEMI, ESTHER IBUKUN (Fed. Univ. of Tech. Akure., 2022-12)

  There is a fast rising acknowledgement that women’s empowerment is essential to realising development goals, which would support economic growth, improvement in maternal and child health in interrelated development goals ...
• SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF PRIOR DISTRIBUTION ON BAYESIAN LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL 

  ADEREKUN, ADENIKE RACHEL (Federal University of Technology, Akure., 2021-08)

  This research work focused on Bayesian Linear Regression using sensitivity analysis of prior distribution. A sensitivity analysis allows to examine the final model results, based on the original prior, in relation to ...
• ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERN, PLASMID CURING AND EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA-LACTAMASE PRODUCTION BY BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM HOSPITAL LABORATORY WASTEWATER 

  USMAN, KOLAWOLE MUFTAU (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2022-11)

  Antibiotic resistance pattern, plasmid curing and extended spectrum beta-lactamase production in bacteria isolated from hospital wastewater collected from three Local Government Areas (Offa, Oyun and Ifelodun) of Kwara ...
• EFFECTS OF PRETREATMENT ON THE PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL FROM DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA PIOR AND MANIHOT ESCULENTA CRANTZ PEELS USING ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS 

  OLOWE, JANET OLAWUMI (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2022-11)

  This study was designed to evaluate the production of bioethanol from Dioscorea rotundata and Manihot esculenta peels using acid and alkaline pretreatments and fermenting with monoculture of Zymomonas mobilis. Dioscorea ...
• ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF JATROPHA TANJORENSIS ELLIS AND SAROJA LEAF EXTRACT ON BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM SOME WOUND INFECTIONS 

  OKE, EBENEZER AYODELE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2022-11)

  Limitations have been concurrent with the usage of chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of wound infections which calls for the adoption of ethno-botanical remedy. The activity of Jatropha tanjorensis leaf extract ...
• OCCURRENCE AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS OF COLIFORMS ISOLATED FROM WELL WATER SOURCES IN ILARAMOKIN, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA 

  ALAJO, OLANIKE FUNMILAYO (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2022-11)

  The objectives of this research was to isolate and identify the coliforms and other enteric bacteria species from selected well water sources, determine the physicochemical properties of the well water, screen for the ...
• ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF AQUEOUS AND ETHANOL EXTRACTS OF Azadirachta indica (A. JUSS) and Syzygium guineense (WILD) D.C. ON BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS 

  ALAGHA, BENITA ADEBANKE (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2022-11)

  This study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy of Azadirachta indica and Syzigium guineense leaves against bacteria associated with urinary schistosomiasis. One hundred and nine (109) terminal urine samples were collected ...
• ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY AND TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF Periplaneta americana EXTRACTS ON SOME BACTERIA CAUSING URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS 

  AKINLALU, AYOMIDE EBENEZER (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2022-12)

  The use of natural products in drug discovery have largely been dominated by plants, microbes and marine organisms. However, insects offer a huge resource of potentially useful and chemically diverse compounds. This study ...
• IMPACT OF SOIL AMENDED WITH PIG MANURES ON THE ABUNDANCE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA AND THEIR ASSOCIATED GENES 

  AKINDURO, ADEBAYONLE OLAYIWOLA (Federal University Of Technology, Akure., 2022-12)

  The unregulated antibiotic administration in animal husbandry and insufficient supervision on the source of manure has contributed to the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and their resistant genes to both ...

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