Studies were carried out to determine the effects of aqueous extracts of three plant leaves: Piper guineense, Moringa oleifera and Ocimum gratissimum on shelf life of ripe tomato (Solanum lycopersicon (Linn). The plant ...

Consumers of cocoa and cocoa products all over the world are becoming increasingly aware of food safety concerns as related to its quality and pesticide use. With the new European Union (EU) Legislation on Maximum Residue ...

In this study, the proximate composition, physicochemical properties, fatty acid composition of Cucurbita pepo seeds was investigated. Oil from the seeds of cucurbita pepo was extracted with n-hexane as solvent. The extracted ...

The problem of dynamic response to variable-magnitude moving distributed masses of Bernoulli-=Euler beam resting on bi-parametric elastic foundation is investigated in this work. The governing equation is a fourth order ...

This study investigated the bioremediation of oil polluted soil with piggery manure at control, 50g, 100g and 150g on 5% and 10% concentrations of engine oil; and the biodegradative abilities of the indigenous bacteria ...

This study was conducted to assess the antimicrobial effect of Trametes species on microorganisms isolated from urine of pregnant women. Urine is one of the sterile fluids in the body but when it is colonized with ...

Streptomyces species were isolated from different soil habitats namely sandy, clayey, loamy, soil from household waste dumping sites, plantain cultivated land, vegetative land and ploughed land using pour plate method. The ...

This study was designed to monitor the effect of fermentation and extrusion on ripe plantain and groundnut blends. The blended samples were prepared in five combinations (A=100% ripe plantain; B= 80% ripe plantain: 20% ...

Rain attenuation is the major propagation impairment for satellite systems operating at frequencies above 10 GHz. For optimum performance of multimedia satellite services in tropical region with high rainfall rate, an ...

Customer buying behaviour research has been a special research activity in industry due to its economic, social and developmental relevance. The distribution found by compounding the multinomial distribution with the ...