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Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition

Author: SW Buol, RJ Southard, RC Graham

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM301

Topics: Soil Genesis, soil Classification, soil composition, soil morphology, soil-forming factors, soil materials, weathering, soil-forming processes, soil classification systems, soil taxonomy, alfisols, andisols, aridisols, entisols, galisols, histosols, organic soils, Inceptisols, Embryonic Soils, Mollisols, Oxisols, Low Activity Soils, Spodosols, Ultisols, Low Base Status Soils, Vertisols, Shrinking Dark Clay Soils, Swelling Dark Clay Soils

Laboratory Guide for Conducting Soil Tests and Plant Analysis

Author: Benton Jones

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGR503

Topics: Soil Tests analysis Laboratory Guide, Plant Analysis Laboratory Guide, soil analysis, soil testing, Sample Aliquot Determination, Soil pH, Soil Storage, Soil Buffer pH, Adams–Evans Buffer, Mehlich Buffer, Titratable Acidity, Exchangeable Acidity, Liming Materials, Extractable Phosphorus, Olsen’s Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate–DTPA, Plasma Emission Spectrometry, UV-VIS Spectrophotometry, Cation Determination, Micronutrients, Trace Heavy Metals, Extractable Nitrate–Nitrogen, Extractable Sulfate–Sulfur, Monocalcium Phosphate, Humic Matter Content Determinations, Wet Digestion, Soluble Salt Determination, Soil Texture, plant analysis, Sample Preparation, Petioles, Decontamination, Tissue Testing, Nitrate–Nitrogen Test, Nitrate–Nitrogen Stalk Test, Instrumental Analysis, Emission Spectrophotometry, Flame Emission Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry, Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry

Advanced Soil Fertility

Author: Aliyu Musa

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: Soil Fertility, Soil Productivity, Essential Soil Nutrient Elements, Soil Acidity, soil Basicity, Liming, Liming Materials, Soil Alkalinity, salinity, sodicity, soil fertility evaluation, Soil Fertility maintenance, Soil Fertility Management Practices, crop productivity, irrigation, soil tillage, soil organic matter, crop rotation, Continuous Cropping, animal manure, green manure, cover cropping

Soil microbiology and Biochemistry

Author: AI Gabasaw

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM505

Topics: Soil microbiology, Soil Biochemistry, Nitrogen Cycle, Rhizosphere Microbes, Phosphorus Cycle, Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Mycorrhiza, organic matter, animal wastes, sewage materials, Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Detergents in Soils, Pesticides in Soils, bacteria, Archaea

Corrosion

Author: Abdulwahab

School: Air Force Institute of Technology

Department: Engineering

Course Code: GET212

Topics: corrosion, types of corrosion, corrosion control, crystalline materials, space lattice, unit cells, metal solidification, cooling curves, Electrochemical corrosion, metallic solid solution, Substitutional solid solutions, Interstitial solid solutions, binary isomorphous alloy systems

Projects, 9th edition

Author: Prasanna Chandra

School: Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: ECO316

Topics: Project evaluation, capital investments, capital budgeting, decision making, project analysis, strategy, resource allocation, portfolio strategy, business level strategies, strategic planning capital budgeting, corporate appraisal, market surveyor, demand analysis, marketing plan, technical analysis, product mix, plant capacity, financial estimates, cost of production, profitability projections, projected cash flow statement, projected balance sheet, multi-year projections, time value of money, investment criteria, Net present value, benefit cost ratio, profitability index, payback period, project cash flows, cash flow illustrations, cost of capital, cost of debt, cost of equity, weighted average cost of capital, weighted marginal cost of capital, flotation cost, project risk analysis, sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, break-even analysis, Hiller model, simulation analysis, decision tree analysis, managing risk, portfolio theory, capital budgeting, optimal timing, inflation, social cost benefit analysis, income distribution impact, linear programming model, integer linear programming model, goal programming model, managerial intuition, managerial judgement, reverse financial engineering, group process, capital structure, equity capital preference capital, debentures, term loans, project financing structure, financial closure, financial institutions, venture capital, private equity, infrastructure projects, public-private partnership, corporate governance, project management, project planning, project control project risk, time estimation, PERT Model, CPM Model, network cost system, project review, abandonment analysis, agency problem

Cell biology a short course, 3rd edition

Author: Stephen Bolsover, Jeremy Hyams, Elizabeth Shephard, Hugh White

School: Edo University

Department: Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health science

Course Code: PHS201

Topics: Cell biology, cell, tissues, water, macromolecules, membranes, organelles, DNA structure, genetic code, gene expression, recombinant DNA, genetic engineering, manufacturing protein, protein structure, metabolism, ions, voltages, intracellular signaling, intercellular communication, mechanical molecules, cell cycle

System Analysis and Design

Author: John Temitope Ogbiti

School: Edo University

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: CSC233

Topics: systems development life cycle, System Development Methodology, Rapid Application Development, Throwaway Prototyping, Agile development, Extreme Programming, project, project management, project estimation, Project Work plan, Gantt Chart, Pert Chart, Computer-aided software engineering, problem analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Joint Application Development

Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 7th edition

Author: Douglas Montgomery, George Runger

School: Bayero University, Kano

Department: Engineering

Course Code: EGR4201

Topics: Applied Statistics, Probability, collecting engineering data, sample spaces, event, counting techniques, conditional probability, Baye's theorem, Random variables, discrete random variables, probability distributions, probability mass functions, cumulative distribution functions, Discrete Uniform Distribution, binomial distribution, Hypergeometric Distribution, Poisson Distribution, probability density functions, continuous uniform distribution, Normal distribution, Erlang distributions, Weibull distribution, Lognormal distribution, joint probability distributions, covariance, correlation, probability plots, descriptive statistics, point estimation, statistical inference, multiple linear regression, multiple linear regression model, simple linear regression, analysis of variance

Food biochemistry and food processing, 2nd edition

Author: Benjamin Simpson

School: Edo University

Department: Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health science

Course Code: BCH315

Topics: Food biochemistry, food processing, food analysis, enzymes, browning reaction, water chemistry, biochemistry, enzymology, enzyme classification, enzyme nomenclature, biocatalysis, enzyme engineering, enzyme activities, protein cross-linking, peptic enzyme, seafood enzymes, meat, poultry, seafoods, seafood processing biochemistry, fish collagen, fish gelatin, fish processing, fish quality, milk, diary products, equid milk, milk processing biochemistry, fruits, vegetables, cereals, protein biochemistry, fruit processing biochemistry, vegetable processing biochemistry, non-enzymatic browning, bakery, cereal products, beer fermentation, Rye processing, health foods, probiotics, natural food pigments, food processing, minimally processed foods, food safety, food allergens

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