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Application of biotechnology in the food industry; Traditional fermentation including optimization and expansion; Detoxification; Processing aids; Biotechnology in new product development and food ingredients; International and unintentional application in food processing; Quality improvements of food products; Fermented foods of tropical and temperate countries; Oriental fermented foods; Production of vitamins; amino acids; polysaccharides; polyhydroxy alcohols by fermentation; Microbial enrichment of fermented foods - single cell proteins; emphasis to be placed on fundamental chemical reactions involved and conditions affecting fermentative efficiency

The importance of food standards and legislation; Food and drug laws; Codex Alimentarius; Food standards and legislation in Nigeria; Food quality; quality control; quality assurance and cost; principles of quality control; sensory evaluations; microbiological; chemical quality control; statistical quality control; Use of control charts for the food industry

The importance of food standards and legislation. Food and drug laws. Codex Alimentarius. Food standards and legislation in Nigeria. Food quality, quality control, quality assurance and cost, principles of quality control, sensory evaluations, microbiological, chemical quality control, statistical quality control. Use of control charts for the food industry.

Community structure of tropical rainforests and Savanna ecosystems; Natural and man-made forests; Habitat characteristics and Biodiversity; Global warming; Roles of forest in carbon sequestration and modification of microclimate; Ecological factors that affect the productivity of forests and savanna ecosystems; Nutrient cycling and ecosystem dynamics; Deforestation and forest regrowth; Land use practices and Nigerian vegetation profile; Fire as a management tool in forests; Savanna forest fires; Timber and non timber forest products (NTFPs); Forestry administration and management programmes in Nigeria; Community forests; Forestry policies and legislation; Forest conservation and the Nigerian protected area system

Introduction and basic concepts: Definitions; Nuclear properties; Nuclear potential and energy levels; Radioactivity and transformation kinematics; Nuclear collisions; Nuclear Instability: alpha decay; beta decay; electron capture (EC); gamma decay and semi classical theory of decay; gamma-decay and yield selection rules; Internal conversion (IC); Auger electron emission; Interaction of Radiation with matter: specific ionization; linear energy transfer (LET); Mechanisms and energy transfer of Heavy changed particles (Bethe-Bloch formula; Bragg curve; energy requirements etc); fast electrons; gamma-rays; neutrons including attenuation and moderation; Nuclear reactions: general features of nuclear reactions; elastic scattering; direct reaction; compound nucleus reaction; Heavy ions reaction; Brief review of concepts and principles of reactors and criticality

Generalization of special relativity; Effects of gravity; curved spacetimes; metrics; particle paths as geodesics; light and null geodesics; Curved spacetimes: Tensors as a general tool in curved spacetime; geodesic equations; curvature and its description; Geodesic deviation; Distributed matter and the stress-energy tensor; Einstein equations in general and in vacuum; Lambda term; Spherically symmetric vacuum solution: Schwarzschild metric; equation of motion in the Schwarzschild metric; Properties of the orbits of particles and photons; Infall into a black hole; Event horizon and infinite redshift surfaces; Weak-field limits: Gravitational lenses; time delays and periastron advance; Binary pulsar; Gravitational collapse; Rotating black holes; The Kerr metric; Its singularities and horizons; properties particles and photon orbits; inertial frame dragging

Definition; Aims of genetic engineering; Nucleic acid structure and function; Genomic structure: genes; exons and introns; Cloning and gene therapy; Analysis of specific genes and genomes; Mutagenesis and DNA repair; Trangenesis; Use of antisense technology; Terminator technology; Production of recombinant proteins (recombinant hormones; enzymes; vaccines; etc.); Genetically modified plants and animals; Gene pharming

Introduction to the basic principles of stratigraphy; Applied physical stratigraphy; Introduction Structural Geology and interpretation for potential mineral resources; Simple geological structures; interpretation of folds; faults and fractures; Basic map reading; photo-geology and interpretation; Introduction to petrology; Igneous; metamorphic and sedimentary; Mineral deposits; their geology and uses; Identification of various rock types and their composition; Economic geology: Geology of petroleum; Oil accumulation and nature; Origin of Oil; Migration and accumulation of Oil; Discussion of various traps and salt Domes; Basic concepts of Hydro/Engineering Geology and Marine Geology

Each student will work on a given problem using combined geophysical techniques

Gravity and Magnetic methods; Electrical methods; Seismic Method; Electromagnetic method; Radiometric methods