VOL 2 No 1 and 2 2012

NSUK JOURNAL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
TETF/DESS/UNI/KEFFI/POJ/01 ISSN: 2756 – 6951

NSUK Journal of Science & Technology (NJST) Vol. 2 No. 1 & 2 : 2012

EDITORIAL BOARD

O. J. Jayeoba, V. B. Ogbe and D. Anda

A SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR ESTIMATING LEAF AREA OF CORCHORUS OLITORIUS FROM LINEAR MEASUREMENTS

E. N. Dalikeh, S. E. Alu and U. D. Matthew

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS (EGGSHELL MEAL) FOR RABBIT (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNNICULUS) DIETS

M. D. Makut and J. Ishaya

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF COW MILK PRODUCTS SOLD IN KEFFI METROPOLIS, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

N. Yusuf

ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF FLOW PATTERN MAPS IN HORIZONTAL OIL WATER FLOW

M. O. Aremu, O. D. Opaluwa, K’tso Nghargbu and A. H. Yahuza

ANALYSIS OF GROUND–WATER AND STREAM FOR PHYSICO– CHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN DOMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF NASARAWA STARE, NIGERIA

G. A. Amuga, S. O. Inarigu, A. C. Igwe and B. Iliysu

ANTI-TRYPANOSOMAL PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS SEED EXTRACT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA ON EXPERIMENTAL ALBINO RATS

A. I. Ambo, A. C. Etonihu, S. S. Audu, S. Iyakwari and J. I. Ogara

ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN LEAD – ZINC MINES AND NEARBY SOILS, PLANT AND WATER IN ABUNI TOWN, AWE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

U. Ibrahim, L. A. Anzaku, A. O. S. Ayannninuola, A. A. Bello and A. T. Musa

ASSESSMENT OF RADIATION EXPOSURE LEVELS IN SOME SELECTED BUILDINGS IN BAGAJI VILLAGE, KEFFI, NIGERIA

F. B. Ibrahim, C. A. Okuofu, E. E. Ella, P. A. Wuyep and H. M. Raji

BIOREMEDIATION OF ABATTOIR WASTE–WATER USING ALGAE AND IMMOBILIZED CELLS OF ASPERGILIUS NIGER

E. I. Adeyeye

COMPARATIVE E VALUATION OF THE LIPID PROFILES OF TWO SOUP INGREDIENTS (TETRACARPIDIUM ONOPHORUM AND IRVINGIA GABONENSIS SEEDS) USED IN NIGERIA

D. A. Anda and F. A. Ajayi

COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF EDIBLE PLANT POWDERS OBTAINED FROM PIPER GUINEENSE AND MORINGA OLEIFERA IN THE CONTROL OF THE COWPEA BRUCHID, CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS INFESTING COWPEA SEEDS IN STORAGE

M. A. Umar

CONTINUOUS–TIME MARKOV CHAIN MODEL FOR TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF HIV–INFECTION AND AIDS EPIDEMICS

Luke O. Falade1*, Kingsley O. Idahor2 and Johnson S. Alao

CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE BAIT–TYPE, HIVE–TYPE AND HARVESTING–TIME SUITABLE FOR BEEKEEPING IN THE MIDDLE–BELT OF NIGERIA

O. F. Alabi, C. H. Okoyeocha and U. U. Emeghera

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MAIZE MARKETING IN KADUNA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE

M. O. Enemali and E. U. Danielson

EFFECT OF MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE ORALLY ADMINISTERED TO MALE WISTER RATS ON THE BRAIN LIPID

S. E. Alu, F. G. Kaankuka and O. I. A. Oluremi

EFFECT OF NUTRASE XYLA® ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF WEANER PIGS FED LOW OR HIGH FIBRE DIETS

U. Ibrahim, L. Z. Dauji and I. L. Hamma

EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE AND APICAL CLIPPING ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L. MOENCH) IN SAMARU, ZARIA NIGERIA

F. E. Sola–Ojo, K. L. Ayorinde, K. D. Adeyemi, E. O. Obafemi and A. A. Toye

EFFECTS OF TWO DIETS REGIME ON EARLY GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH TRAITS IN FULANI ECOTYPE CHICKENS

M. O. Enemali, J. P. Mairiga and K. I. Eze

ESTABLISHING THE REFERENCE VALUES FOR BLOOD GLUCOSE AND LIPID FROM THE STUDENT POPULATION IN NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI –NIGERIA

A. Bello, I. Umar and O. S. Ayanninuola

EVALUATION OF RESIDUE DOSE, FADING, AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF TLD SYSTEM

D. B. Ishaya, J. A. Y. Shebayan and H. Chindo

EVALUATION OF SULFONYL–UREA HERBICIDES FOR THE CONTROL OF ITCHGRASS (ROTTBOELIA COCHINCHINENSIS CLAYTON) ON MAIZE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

M. K. Gafar, A. U. Itodo, A. A. Warra and M. O. Udo

EXTRACTION AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BAOBAB ADANSONIA DIGITATA) SEED OIL

J. C. Onovo and J. P. Mairiga

GENETIC SCREENING – A PROMISING TOOL OF THE FUTURE

I. L. Hamma, U. Ibrahim and G. U. Aliyu

GROWTH AND YIELD OF ONION AS INFLUENCED BY PLANTING DATES AND MULCHING TYPES IN SAMARU, ZARIA

K. I. Samaila, J. I. Kukwui2 and M. Labaran

INDIGENEOUS SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES AMONG IRRIGATION FARMERS IN ZARIA URBAN AREA, NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

A. O. Ogaraku, A. E. David and I. R. Iyonmanhan

ISOLATION OF FUNGI FROM DETERIORATED ONIONS (ALLIUM CEPA L.) IN KEFFI, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

E. I. Adeyeye, E. E. Awokunmi and A. J. Adesina

LIPID COMPOSITION OF VARIETY MEATS (STOMACH, INTESTINE, LIVER) OF BULL

S. S. Ahmed and S. O. Oyewole

PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY IN TOMATO PRODUCTION IN KANO STATE NIGERIA

E. G. Onuk, H. Y. Ibrahim and H. I. Ibrahim

PROFITABILITY OF BROILERS PRODUCTION IN LAFIA AREA OF NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

O. I. Olarewaju, U. Fanan and S. O. James

REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGES IN ANYIGBA, NIGERIA

F. B Ibrahim, B. K Adeogun, S. B. Igboro, S. B. Saulawa and N. Z. Jagaba

REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM TANNERY WASTEWATER USING POWDERED EGG SHELLS (PES)

O. Oyinbo, O. S. Hassan and G. Z. Rekwot

SOCIO – ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD IN NIGERIA: A DESK REVIEW

M. B. Hassan and S. A. Sanni

SOCIO–ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INCOME DETERMINANTS AMONG SMALL–SCALE TOMATO FARMERS USING TIN MINING PONDS IN THE JOS PLATEAU, NIGERIA

Abubakar, Mahmud

STUDIES ON THE CONDITIONS OF HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORTING FACILITIES IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

H. S. Umar, C. O. Sule and E. G. Onuk

THE EFFECT OF NATIONAL FADAMA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT III (NFDP III) ON BROILER FARMERS’ INCOME IN LAFIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

O. S. Ayanninuola, Umar, I. and B. Aisha

VARIATION OF TOTAL MAGNETIC– FIELD DURING LOW SOLAR ACTIVITY

D. U. Sangari

WATER USE IN SMALL–SCALE PUMP IRRIGATION IN DONGA FLOODPLAINS, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA

O. J. Jayeoba, V. O. Chude and S. M. Amana

YIELD RESPONSE OF COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP) RESPONSE TO BIO–FERTILIZER (IFE BRADYRHIZOBIUM) IN THE DRY SUB–HUMID AND SUB –HUMID AGROECOLOGICAL ZONES OF NIGERIA