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Introduction: Medicines and discovery processes. Initial stages: Target discovery; applications of molecular biology, in silico methods and assays; lead discovery; lead optimization; biomarkers. Measurement of drug properties: assay techniques; agonists (full, partial, inverse and biased); competitive antagonists. In vivo models; pharmacokinetic profiles of compounds; pharmacogenetics and formulations. Pre-clinical safety assessment including acute toxicity evaluation, subacute and chronic toxicity studies, reproductive toxicity, carcinogenicity studies, mutagenicity and mechanistic toxicity studies. Limitations of preclinical studies. Problems associated with drug discovery and development. Later stages: Pharmaceutical development; phases of clinical evaluation; ethics (informed consent, good clinical practice, participation criteria, sponsorship) and concepts in clinical trial design. Pharmacovigilance. e-Learning Activity Links are provided to additional resources (further reading, videos, on-line activities) to support the lecture content. Online self-assessment modules on the course content can be provided for formative feedback. Practical: Experiments are designed to reflect the topics covered including spectrophotometry, chromatography, flow cytometry.

This course exposes students to dye, and dye classifications. The concept of dyeing with more emphasis on resist dyeing: materials and methods of dyeing. History of resist dyeing and printing in Africa with emphasis in Nigeria. Exercises on extraction and adaptation of motifs from natural and artificial objects for tie – dye, batik and other dyeing processes using starch, plangi, tritik and wax for students’ skill development.

The course also exposes students to printing and printed textiles. History of printing in Africa with emphasis in Nigeria. Techniques in printing, their origin and processes such as block printing roller printing, silk screen printing rubber hand cut stencil print, positive and negative process. Effects and faults of modern printed textiles. Colour fastness on fabrics. Exercises on extraction and adaptation of design ideas from natural and artificial objects for printing, classifying printed textile designs, design size, repeats and colourways. Practical studio work in various printing (block printing, screen printing, rubber hand cut stencil printing).

Continuation of Dyed and Printed Textiles II. Fabric colouration, application and interpretation. Effects and defaults of modern printed textiles. Design and production of printed and dyed textiles using various media. Translation of paper work designs into textiles. Studio work involving tie- dye, clamp, tritik and batik.

Equations and fundamental laws governing atmospheric motion on rotating earth; Orders of magnitude for different scale of motion; The hydrostatic and geotropic approximations; The thermal wind surfaces of discontinuity; Gravity waves; acoustic waves and Rossby waves; Tidal oscillations; Transformation of basic equations into pressure coordinates formulation; Vorticity and divergence equations; Kelvin's Bjerkness' theorem; quasi-geostrophic models; The Omega equation; The boundary layer; the Ekman layer and incorporation of friction into quasi-geostrophic models; Map projections; Stable and unstable waves; Introduction to numerical weather forecasting

Dynamic systems are found everywhere, from musical instruments to transportation vehicles such as automobiles and aircraft. Even static civil structures such as bridges and buildings exhibit a dynamic response, which must be considered during design and construction of such systems. This course introduces the fundamental concepts of vibrating dynamical systems, from single degree of freedom systems through to continuous and multi-degree of freedom systems. Design of vibration control devices, such as vibration isolators and vibration absorbers, is also considered. Concurrently with the introduction to vibratory systems described above, this course also addresses how to control such dynamic systems using modern state-space control. This involves time domain descriptions of dynamic systems using state-space system models. The characteristics responsible for the dynamic response (poles, zeros, eigenvalues) are presented. Control laws using state-space are introduced, including specification of controller characteristics, controller design using pole placement and optimal (LQR) control (introduction). State observers are presented, including observer design using both pole placement and optimal (Kalman) observers (introduction). Finally, a computer aided control system design methodology is applied to a real MIMO aerospace platform and several other unstable MIMO systems.

Definitions and nature of dysphagia (swallowing or feeding difficulty). Causes and symptoms of dysphagia. Understanding the brain damage underpin of dysphagia. Speech-language challenges of aphasia. Assessment and classification of motor/neural disorders. Management and treatment of dysphagia patients. Therapies for rehabilitating speech-language skills. Feeding exercise for dysphagia patients. Definitions and nature of aphasia. Causes and symptoms of aphasia. Assessment of aphasia patients. Therapies for aphasia patients.

Introduction to ecology and environmental management, nature of our environment: the earth. Atmosphere, biosphere, stratosphere and many others. Chemical, physical and biological factors in the environment. Biogeochemical cycles: carbon cycle, Nitrogen cycle, Hydrological cycle. Basic environmental concepts and theories. Global environmental health issues. Microbial and parasite ecology. Population ecology; -, food chain and web. Energy flow through the biosphere. Biotic communities and ecological succession. Relationships and interdependence of organisms. Human ecology. Introduction to environmental pollution and many others. Environmental Management Systems. Environmental Management Plan.

Historical background of hospital administration. Duties of the hospital administrator. Responsibilities and specialisations. Required competence. Job opportunities. Scheme of service. Professionalism. Challenges.

Definition of wetlands; Important terms associated with wetlands; Distribution of wetlands in Nigeria; Ecology of wetlands; Biology of wetland fauna; Values of wetlands; Field studies