15 articles in this issue
A. S. Osunleke, O. O. Oladoyin
Precise and consistent production forecasting is indeed an important step for the management and planning of petroleum reservoirs. This research work is aimed at developing a new neural approach to forecast cumulative oil production. The methodology... see more
K. O. Yusuf, S. O. Olaoke, A. K. Iwayemi, W. A. Adewoye, O. O. Oyebode, S. Omokore
Rainfall simulator is an important instrument for producing artificial rainfall for the determination of soil loss from a catchment over a given period of time. The instrument is rarely available in most Nigeria Universities for practical demonstration fo... see more
O. Ojedele, I. E. Ahaneku
Agricultural residues are residues generated from agricultural processes. It has been discovered that the combustion of agricultural residues like corn cob and rice husk to ashes have pozzolanic properties, which means the sum of SiO2, Al2O3, and Fe2O3 co... see more
C. J. Ejieji, M. Ahmed
The control of the amount of burnt out material in production of porous ceramics is important for the attainment of the desired pore size distribution which influences other characteristics such as bubbling pressure. Five different mixing percentage ratio... see more
A. A. Afolorunso, O. Abass, H. O. D. Longe, A. P. Adewole
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack bombards the network with loads of packets and requests that consumes the system resources in terms of time, memory, and processors. This paper presents a proposed method for forecasting DDoS in networks. The pr... see more
A. S. Onawumi, W. A. Raheem, G. C. Enwerem, A. A. Adeyomoye, K. A. Adebiyi
The maintenance of equipment and safety of facilities is very important to an industry as it determines its performance. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of safety and mainte*nance practices to ensuring overall operational perf... see more
C. J. Ejieji
Adjustment factors for the predictions of the temperature-based Hargreaves solar radiation model were derived using historical (1996 to 2001) daily weather data for Ilorin, Nigeria. The adjustment factors (?) were estimated as ratiosof observed to p... see more
A. A. Afolorunso, O. Abass
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), is a coordinated attack that is majorly carried out on a massive scale against the availability of services property of a target system or network resources. Due to the continuous evolution of new attacks and ever-inc... see more
A. A. Adekunle, A. A. Badejo, O. U. Dairo, O. N. Olaosebikan, A. O. Familusi
This study was conducted to determine the physical and mechanical properties of some common Nigerian timber species in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria.. The timber species considered are: Ayinre (Albizia coriaria), Aga (Musanga cecropioides) and Orin dudu (An... see more
S. O. Jekayinfa, J. A. Olaniran, K. F. Jaiyeoba, O. S. Olujide
Wheat being the leading source of vegetable protein in the human diets has higher protein content than other major staple grains or cereals like rice or maize; therefore it was necessary to study the environmental impacts associated with its field product... see more
O. A. Akinola, K. A. Bakare
The conventional energy sources are mainly use in Nigeria to generate electricity and yet, there is a critical challenge of electric power deficit. Therefore, design, modeling and simulation of 1 kW horizontal axis wind turbine as alternative power supply... see more
O. R. Adetunji, O. J. Akinyemi, S. I. Kuye, E. O. Dare
Metallic materials are given prominent considerations in agro-based machinery especially in fruit juice processing, storage and use as disposable cans. Such metallic materials include Electroplated Steel (ES), Galvanized Steel (GS) and Aluminum-zinc coate... see more
O. J. Adeosun, A. Rotimi, O. U. Dairo, P. O.O. Dada, A. A. Adekunle, A. A. Badejo
This research assessed the quality of water and by implication the functionality of the treatment plant units in Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Nigeria. Raw water samples were collected at eight different points from the plant to the end u... see more
O. O. Olubanwo, Z. O. Ogunwobi, R. A. Soneye
In this paper, we presented a reliable modification of the Laplace Decomposition Method (LDM) for solving non linear singular second order initial value problems. The method is used to obtain the exact solutions of the nonlinear singular initial value pro... see more
M. T. Akinleye, M. A. Tijani, R. Abdulwahab
This work studies helmets use as a safety tool among motorcycle riders in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. The instrument of data collection was a structured interviewer administered questionnaire on 400 motorcycle riders at Mokola and Sango areas, Ibadan. 330... see more