Ife Origin Influence in the History of Ijebu People of South- Western Nigeria

This paper examined the lfe origin influence on the history of the Ijebupeople. Though the Ijebu people are part of the Yoruba people living in theSouth-western part of Nigeria, who mostly traced their origin to Ife as thesource of mankind, there are doubts in some quarters whether the people are Yoruba. The primary data for this paper were drawn from oral performance of oriki from selected Ijebu towns namely, Ijebu–Ode, Omu, Ikorodu, Aiyepe, Idowa, Imodi, Ijebu-Igbo; selected obas; some warlords and some notable personalities of Ijebuland. The secondary data were the gramophone records, waxed by Ijebu speakers and non-Ijebu speakers, written records, as well as library and archival documentations from the Universities in the South-western part of Nigeria. The study throws more light on the history and origin of the Ijebu people. It also proves that the Ijebu people are connected to the larger Yoruba race and that the Ijebu are still one despite their presence in more than one state and in many towns. The Ijebu people also have their own warlords like other Yoruba people. The study reveals that there is connection between the Ijebu people and the remaining Yoruba society from the Ijebu praise poetry studied. Through the oriki of Ijebupeople, we can locate their source, origin and points of migration to their present location. The study contributes to the development of Yoruba literature in that it has added to our corpus of oriki. This work would be of immense value to scholars of not only literary study but also other fieldssuch as history, linguistics, sociology, anthropology,  ethnography and cultural stud

A Non-standard discrete model for the solution of first order Ordinary Differential Equations using minimally characterized interpolating function

We present a new set of one step finite difference schemes for the numerical solution of  First order differential equations using a combination of an interpolation function and a modification of the resulting schemes by replacing step size  with a suitable function of   as required by the second non-standard modeling rule. The resulting schemes have been applied to some initial value problems and the schemes have been found to possess  desirable qualitative properties. KEYWORDS Nonstandard methods, Hybrid, Interpolation functions, Non-standard modeling rules, Standard Finite difference method

A new Numerical Integrator for the Solution of Problems Arising from Some Dynamical Systems

In this paper, we developed a new Numerical Integrator for solving oscillatory and exponential problems that can be represented by  Ordinary Differential Equation. This integrator was applied in solving some physical problems including the dynamic and aerospace routing problem. The results obtained showed that the numerical integrator is suitable for the simulation of these  problems. KEYWORDS: Dynamic Aerospace problem, Numerical  Integrator, Algorithms, Oscillatory and Exponential problems. Dynamical systems

Work Value and Occupational Hazard as Correlates of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Among Employees of International Brewery Plc. Ilesa, Nigeria

The importance of organisational citizenship behaviour can never be over emphasised in organisation striving for competitive advantage. Thus, this study examined employees’ organisational citizenship behaviour in relation to factors such as perceived work value, occupational hazard and the combined influence of both factors on organisational citizenship behaviour among employees of International Brewery Plc, Ilesa, Osun State. This is with a view to determining factors that influence organisational citizenship behaviour among workers. Primary data were used for the study. The data were collected from the 269 respondents, which cut across eleven departments: Production, Distribution, Technical, Commercial, Research and Development, Security, Management Information, Quality Assurance, Human Resource, Personnel, Accounting and Audit and Financial department using stratified random sampling technique. Three standardized Psychological Scales were used in the study. These were the Work Value Facet of Personal Life Value Questionnaire (WVFPLV), Organisational Safety Climate Scale (OSCS), Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Checklist (OCB-C). Data collected were analyzed using the appropriate descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results showed a significant relationship between work value and organisational citizenship behaviour among employees of International Brewery Plc, Ilesa {r (267)=0.350), P 0.05}. The study concluded that work value has and occupational hazard jointly determined organisational citizenship behaviour

Inter-Market and Seasonal Variation in Price: An Appraisal of Maize Marketing in Kwara State.

This study investigated inter-market and seasonal variation in prices of maize in Kwara State. Secondary time series data on average monthly retail price of maize in urban and rural markets between 1998 and 2003 were used for the study. Primary data on the average storage cost of maize and the average selling price of maize for 2004 were also used for the study. The study described the seasonal pattern of maize, examined its seasonal price rise and analyzed the inter-market variation in prices of maize in the study area. The study revealed that the seasonal price rise exceeds storage cost but the difference is minimal. The effect of kilometer separation between market- pairs on their Price difference is significant (p < 0.05). Thus, if storage cost should be reduced the inter-market price variation will be reduced while transportation cost should also be reduced to facilitate the movement of food commodities between markets. Keywords: Inter-market, Price difference, Seasonal, Variation, and Maize. Agrosearch Vol. 7 (1&2) 2005: pp. 51-6

Wood Ash from Bread Bakery as Partial Replacement for Cement in Concrete

This paper reports the results of experiments evaluating the use of wood ash from bread bakery as partial replacement for ordinary Portland cement in concrete. The chemical composition of the wood ash as well as the workability and compressive strength of the concrete were determined. Wood ash was used to replace 5% - 25% by weight of the cement in concrete. Concrete with no wood ash serves as the control. The mix ratio used was 1:2:4 with water to binder ratio maintained at 0.5. The Compressive strength was determined at curing ages 3, 7, 28, 56, 90 and 120 days. The results showed that wood ash from bread bakery is a Class F fly ash since the sum of (SiO2 +Al2O3 +Fe2O3) is greater than 70%. The compressive strength of wood ash concrete increases with curing period and decreases with increasing wood ash content. There was a sharp decrease in compressive strength beyond 10% wood ash substitution. It was concluded that a maximum of 10% wood ash substitution is adequate for use in structural concret

GC-MS analysis and invitro cytotoxic activity of Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae) volatile oil and active fraction composed majorly of estragole

Ocimum basilicum leaves contain some bioactive compounds and this study was designed to evaluate the cytotoxic efficacy of its volatile oil and fractions. Preliminary screening of the oil obtained by hydrodistillation was carried out using bench-top assay methods employing tadpoles of Raniceps ranninus (10-40 μg/mL), nauplii of Artemia salina (10-1000 μg/mL) and radicles of Sorghum bicolor seeds (1-30 mg/mL). Application of column chromatography and preparative TLC on the oil resulted in fractions that were tested alongside the oil on breast (AU 565) and cervical (HeLa) cancer cell lines at 50 μg/mL. GCMS analysis was carried out on the oil and the most active fraction. A concentration dependent activity was observed in the preliminary screening with the bench-top assays. The active fraction produced greater growth inhibition of the radicle of S. bicolor seeds than the oil. Inhibitions of -1.02 and +23.02 % were realized against AU 565 and HeLa cell lines respectively with the oil, and these were increased to +33.19 and +89.3 % inhibitions respectively with the active fraction. GCMS results revealed the presence of estragole (88.61 %) as being most abundant in the fraction. This result shows the cytotoxic potential of O. basilicum volatile oil, which was increased in its estragole-containing fraction

Subordination Properties for Analytic Functions Defined By Convolution

In this paper, we derive several interesting subordination results for certain class of analytic functions defined by the Salagean Operator which was introduced and studied by Oyekan et. Al.[1]