Courses with Gaps

The heart; events of the cardiac cycle. Control of cardiac contractility. Cardiac electrophysiology. Properties of cardiac muscles. Cardiac output - measurement and control. Haemodynamics of circulation. Arterial blood pressure and its regulation. Cardiovascular reflexes. Peripheral resistance and local control of the circulation. Regional blood flow. Cardiovascular changes in exercise, haemorrhage and shock. Respiratory physiology – functions of upper respiratory tract. Mechanics of respiration including compliance. Surfactant. Lung volume and capacities. Pulmonary gas exchange. Blood gas transport. Pulmonary function tests. Nervous and chemical control of respiration. Response to hypoxia, high altitude, exercise and artificial respiration.

History and development of computer technology. The why and how of computers. Computer types: analogue, digital, and hybrid. Central preparation equipment: keypunch, sorter and the likes. Data transmission, nature, speed and error detection. data capture and validation, including error detection. Systems analysis and design. Modern data storage and retrieval system. Introduction to programming languages. Introduction to basic system and application software.

Basic concepts: cyber, security, confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, access control, non-repudiation and fault-tolerant methodologies for implementing security. Security policies, best current practices, testing security, and incident response. Risk management, disaster recovery and access control. Basic cryptography and software application vulnerabilities. Evolution of cyber-attacks. Operating system protection mechanisms, intrusion detection systems, basic formal models of security, cryptography, steganography, network and distributed system security, denial of service (and other) attack strategies, worms, viruses, transfer of funds/value across networks, electronic voting, secure applications. Cybersecurity policy and guidelines. Government regulation of information technology. Main actors of cyberspace and cyber operations. Impact of cybersecurity on civil and military institutions, privacy, business and government applications; examination of the dimensions of networks, protocols, operating systems, and associated applications. Methods and motives of cybersecurity incident perpetrators, and the countermeasures employed by organisations and agencies to prevent and detect those incidences. Ethical obligations of security professionals. Trends and development in cybersecurity. Software application vulnerabilities. Evolution of cybersecurity and national security strategies, requirements to the typologies of cyber-attacks that require policy tools and domestic response. Cybersecurity strategies evolving in the face of big risk. Role of standards and frameworks.

Introducing the history and concepts of epidemiology, using principles and methods of both descriptive and analytical epidemiology to address public health problems and issues. Practical application of epidemiology, measures of morbidity and mortality, descriptive epidemiology, causation, source of epidemiological data, epidemiological studies’ design, measure of effect, data interpretations issues, and screening for disease in the community.

Introduction to computer software, hardware, and networking technologies. Information technology systems model. A brief introduction to information technologies – human- computer interaction, information management; networking, platform technologies, programming, and web systems and technologies. Data versus information. History of information technology and the internet. Information technology application domains. Security, privacy, policy, and other social issues inherent in Information technology development and use. Future trends in information technology, problems on mining, visualisation, natural language processing, and Blockchain.

Definitions and concepts of land and land use; the need for planning land use. Attributes of land use planning, methods of land use planning, principles of land use; land use determinants, land use dynamics and integrated spatial solutions for problems on different scales. Area-oriented integration of various tools for land use planning, regional and environmental management. Agricultural/rural land use planning: models of land use planning, and concept of entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship/Corporate entrepreneurship,). theories, rationale and relevance of entrepreneurship (Schumpeterian and other perspectives. Risk-taking, necessity and opportunity-based entrepreneurship and creative destruction). Characteristics of entrepreneurs (opportunity seeker, risk taker, natural and nurtured, problem solver and change agent, innovator and creative thinker). Entrepreneurial thinking (critical thinking, reflective thinking, and creative thinking). Innovation (concept of innovation, dimensions of innovation, Change and innovation, knowledge and innovation). Enterprise formation, partnership and networking (basics of business plan, forms of business ownership, business registration and forming alliances and join ventures). Contemporary entrepreneurship issues (knowledge, skills and technology, intellectual property, virtual office, networking). Entrepreneurship in Nigeria biography of inspirational entrepreneurs, youth and women entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship support institutions, youth enterprise networks and environmental and cultural barriers to entrepreneurship). Basic principles of e-commerce.

Introduction to mechatronics systems -- Measurement Systems, Control Systems, Microprocessor-based Controllers. Sensors and Transducers – Performance Terminology – Sensors for Displacement, Position and Proximity; Velocity, Motion, Force, Fluid Pressure, Liquid Level. Temperature, Light Sensors – Selection of Sensors. Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems – Directional Control Valves – Rotary Actuators. Mechanical Actuation Systems – Cams – Gear Trains – Ratchet and Pawl – Belt and Chain Drives – Bearings. Electrical Actuation Systems – Mechanical Switches – Solid State Switches – Solenoids – DC Motors – AC Motors – Stepper Motors. Introduction to Robot and Robotics, Three laws of robotics, History, Issues of industrial robot usage, Robot Types, limitations, Architecture and Configuration of Robots, Applications of Robots, Robots Classification, Robot Repeatability and Accuracy, Robot component, Degree of freedom, Drive Technologies, Coordinate Systems, three related frames, Rotational about fixed frames (x,y,z). Transformation of Coordinate Frame, Forward Kinematics, Orientations, Translation of rigid body. Introduction to robotics, mobile robots, swamp robot and industrial robots, Robot Mechanisms, Actuators and Drive Systems, Differential Motion, Statics and dynamics, Force and Compliance Controls, Realistic and Safe Use of Robots. 200 Level

Introduction: Role of OS: Types of OS, Batch Systems; Multiprogramming; Time Sharing; Distributed & Real time OS. Computer structure and OS: System Architecture – I/O, Storage, Processors; System components- OS Services, System Calls, System Programs; System Design, Implementation and Generation. Process Management: Concepts of process: Process status, Process description, Process model. Process Scheduling: Concepts, Scheduler organisation, preemptive and non- preemptive scheduler strategies, scheduling algorithms: FCFS, SJN, Priority Scheduling, Round Robin Scheduling, Multiple Processor scheduling, Thread Concepts and Multiple threaded OS. Process Synchronisation and Deadlock: Process Co-operation, Concepts of Inter-processcommunication, Process Synchronisation, Synchronisation Issues, Critical Section problem, Mutual exclusion Primitives and Algorithms, Process Synchronisation with semaphores. Concepts of Deadlock, Conditions for Deadlocks, Resource Concepts & Abstractions, Deadlock Prevention, Avoidance and Recovery, Banker Algorithms for Deadlock Avoidance.Memory Management and File system: Paging, Segmentation and Contiguous memory allocation. Virtual Memory: Demand Paging, Page replacement and Frame Allocation policies, Thrashing. File System: Concepts, Access Method, Directory Structure, and File System Management. Disk management and other issues: Disk management: Disk Structure and Scheduling. Filesystems, and operating system support for distributed systems. Protection and Security related issues. Case studies of contemporary operating systems.

The theory of quantum information and quantum computation; classical information theory; compression of quantum information; transmission of quantum information through noisy channels; quantum entanglement; quantum cryptography; classical complexity theory; quantum complexity; efficient quantum algorithms; quantum error-correcting codes; fault-tolerant quantum computation; and physical implementations of quantum computation

Automation and Robotics. Robot Classification. Robot Specifications. Direct Kinematics: D-H representation. The Arm equation. Examples Inverse Kinematics: The inverse kinematics problem and its solution. Tool configuration. Examples of various robots. Introduction to Manipulator Dynamics: Lagrange’s Equation, Lagrange-Euler Dynamic Model. Use of Sensors and Vision System in Robotic System. Biosensors, Controllers, Actuators, Powered exoskeleton and many others.