Courses with Gaps

Review of prosthetic techniques. Review of clerkship, with emphasis on clerking the prosthodontic patient. The elderly edentulous patient. Assessment of the complete denture patient. Delivery and review appointments. Repair, reline and rebase of complete dentures. Difficult situations with complete dentures. Implant supported complete dentures. Overdentures.

Periodic functions; Weierstrass functions; elliptic curves; Modular forms; Algebraic functions; Riemann surfaces; Covering surfaces; covering transformations; Discontinuous groups of linear transforms; automorphic forms

The basic techniques of map making, the use of variety of cartographic and other devices for mapping and gathering environmental data; scope and limitations of the visual presentation of statistics sources. Scale and error factors, map design, the logic of conceptual diagrams including system diagrams.

Brief history of computer development. Hard ware components of computer. Microsoft Word applications. Microsoft Excel applications. Microsoft Power Point applications. Internet usage; estate management related website guide.

Introduction to computer programming. Functional programming; Declarative programming; Logic programming; Scripting languages. Introduction to object-orientation as a technique for modelling computation. structured, and even some level of functional programming principles; Introduction of a typical object-oriented language, such as Java; Basic data types, variables, expressions, assignment statements and operators; Basic object-oriented concepts: abstraction; objects; classes; methods; parameter passing; encapsulation. Class hierarchies and programme organisation using packages/namespaces; Use of API – use of iterators/enumerators, List, Stack, Queue from API; Searching; sorting; Recursive algorithms; Event-driven programming: event-handling methods; event propagation; exception handling. Introduction to Strings and string processing; Simple I/O; control structures; Arrays; Simple recursive algorithms; inheritance; polymorphism. Lab work: Programming assignments; design and implementation of simple algorithms e.g. average, standard deviation, searching and sorting; Developing and tracing simple recursive algorithms. Inheritance and polymorphism.

Review and coverage of advanced object-oriented programming - polymorphism, abstract classes and interfaces; Class hierarchies and programme organisation using packages/namespaces; Use of API – use of iterators/enumerators, List, Stack, Queue from API; Searching; sorting; Recursive algorithms; Event-driven programming: event-handling methods; event propagation; exception handling. Applications in Graphical User Interface (GUI) programming. Lab work: Programming assignments leading to extensive practice in problem solving and programme development with emphasis on object-orientation. Solving basic problems using static and dynamic data structures. Solving various searching and sorting algorithms using iterative and recursive approaches. GUI programming.

Introduction to computers and computing; computer organisation – data processing, memory, registers and addressing schemes; Boolean algebra; floating-point arithmetic; representation of non-numeric information; problem-solving and algorithm development; coding (solution design using flowcharts and pseudo codes). Data models and data structures; computer software and operating system; computer operators and operators precedence; components of computer programs; introduction to object oriented, structured and visual programming; use of MATLAB in engineering applications. ICT fundamentals, Internet of Things (IoT). Elements of software engineering.

Tooth preparation for full jacket crowns. Tooth preparation for inlays and onlays. Impression techniques for advanced conservation work. Programming a semi-adjustable articulator.

Classification and ecology of crops in Nigeria. Nutrient requirements and mineral nutrition of plants. Manures and fertilizers. Plant growth and development. Growth stages. Tillage and weed control. Other cultural practices. Cropping sequences and rotation. Farming systems. Production practices for specified crops. Conservation agriculture and sustainability in tropical agriculture.

Introduction to cryptography, symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, key management, and encryption algorithms. Introduction to simple cryptosystems. Cryptanalysis. Stream ciphers, Block ciphers and Feistel ciphers. Multiple encryption. Hash functions. Data integrity, authentication, and perfect secrecy. Public-key cryptography and discrete algorithms-ELGamal cryptography. Algorithms for the discrete logarithm problem. Algorithmic number theory. Probabilistic primality testing. Security of ELGamal and RSA Encryption, and RSA Key Generation. Discrete logarithm cryptographic schemes. Conventional and public-key cryptography. Selected cryptosystems, including Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Rivest- Shamir-Adleman (RSA) algorithm. AES encryption algorithm, a symmetric 128-bit block data encryption technique. PKI, SSL, and VPN. Digital signatures, pseudo-random number generation, cryptographic protocols and cryptanalytic techniques. Use of protocols, hashing and certificates and certificate authorities. Policies, procedures, and methods for the proper use of cryptography in secure systems. Applications of cryptography to signal. Lab work: Practical exercise on writing cryptography algorithms. Work on cryptographic techniques. Practice cryptanalysis of cipher and how to use protocols. Understand hash functions and learn how to hash, produce secured digital signatures and certificates. Learn the procedures and methods for the proper use of cryptography in secure systems. Practice primality testing. Practical assignments on ELGamal, DES and RSA encryption security, generation of RSA key and discrete logarithm cryptographic schemes. 400 Level