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Volume 11, Issue 2 (2024)

ISSN: 3067-2651

DOI Prefix: 10.5281/zenodo.

PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF HYPTIS SPICIGERA SEED AND OIL

By Abubakar Sadiq Tambuwal

The plant Hyptis spicigera is a medicinal plant used traditionally to treat ailments such as headaches, and colds, and has been used as insects’ repellent. The seeds contain significant amount of lipids. There appears to be few reports of the chemi...

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSING OF THERMOPLASTIC STARCHES FROM CASSAVA AND SWEET POTATO

By Abdulmalik Sani Jibril , Chidinma Esther Nwankwo

Thermoplastics starches are plastics made from renewable resources like plants that are fully bio-based and biodegradable. The aim of this study was to produce and characterize thermoplastic using starches extracted from cassava and sweet potato. The...

SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA: COX VS. EXTENDED COX MODELS

By Oluwaseun Michael Ajibade

Cox model is widely used for analysis of factor effects on censored survival time such as age at first marriage. In most practical situations, the fundamental assumption of the proportionality of hazard in Cox model, which implies that the covariates...