The drastic downfall in crude oil prices since the middle of 2014 puts the Nigerian economy under the burden of financial instability as crude oil accounts for 95% of export and foreign exchange receipt. Such macroeconomic ...

Speed control system and an Arduino based accelerometer real-time data acquisition system has been developed and applied to a surface vibrating table unit for laboratory applications. The speed control unit employs the use ...

Road pavement deterioration/failure prediction could be considered as the first step in highway maintenance implementation process. The present study focused on the model analysis of failure susceptibility for some roads ...

Urbanization is one of the most significant phenomena of the anthropogenic influence on the Earth’s environment. Urbanization has driven massive land use and land cover changes, and generated urban heat island (UHI) ...

In recent decades, drought has been identified as part of the several regular climate-related hazards happening in many African countries including West Africa, often with devastating implications on food security. Studies ...

Maize flour has a higher percentage of whole grains (4.5 percent) compared with wheat flour. The fibre content is also much higher, as in the amount of vitamin B. In some developing countries like Nigeria, a few commercial ...

Current high cost of conventional walling materials, the desire for reasonable thermal comfort and problems involved in the analysis of heating and cooling systems call for the search lor alternative walling properti ...

Proliferation of petrol stations is known as a major issue in developing countries and big cities. Studies have shown that fueling points even with height influence and advantage to the economy has negative effects on ...

In spite of the global and national fight against HIV/AIDS and the huge amount voted to combat the disease, literature reveals that only small percentage of people in need of HIV/AIDS services in developing countries, ...