BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: According to Roch man, Browne, in the year 2012 alone, it was estimated that about 280 million tons of plastic has been produced worldwide. From that amount, about 130 million tons of the plastics were land filled or recycled. Of the...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In a country with mixed economy like Nigeria, the government and the individual are managing the economy together. This means that people, groups and the three levels of government are free to start businesses. The three lowest levels of...

ABSTRACT: This study was carry out to examine saliva and cheek cells DNA extraction with the use of household chemicals. This study adopts the experimental research design where data collected are tested. Quantitative assessment was performed by measuring op...

ABSTRACT: Institutional repositories also known as digital libraries serve to provide services that support users in their tasks. This study investigates the usage of the digital resources and repository system in an academic institution of higher learning. ...

ABSTRACT: The study presents an economic study of fluted pumpkin production (Telfaria occidentalis Hook F. Cucurbitaceae) production in Ukwuani local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Primary data were...

Background To The Study: The performance of each firm not only contributes to its own market value, but also to the growth of the whole industry, which in turn contributes to the economy's economic success. Scholars in numerous fields of business and strategi...

Background Of The Study: Gender    refers    to    the    socially    constructed    roles, behaviours,  activities,  and  a...

BACKGROUNG OF STUDY: Infectious diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, accounting for approximately 50% of all deaths in tropical countries and as much as 20% of deaths in the Americas. Despite the significant progress made in microbiology and the...

BACKGROUNG OF STUDY: Infectious diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, accounting for approximately 50% of all deaths in tropical countries and as much as 20% of deaths in the Americas. Despite the significant progress made in microbiology and the...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The issue of leadership and good governance probity, accountability remains a monumental problem to Nigerian Socio-political and economic development over the years, since independence. This is as a result of linkage between the tran...

ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study us to compare the performance of male and female students in English and mathematics using Ogbomosho South Local Government in Oyo State as case study. The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants using...

INTRODUCTION: This project was obligated to present in o n e volume of the fundamental and practical information in the field of comparing the strength of blocks made from: cement and laterite soil, cement and red earth and sand, red earth and lateritic soil and mud blocks fired...

ABSTRACT: Pregnancy duration and choice of care for maternal health are crucial primary health issues that the World Health Organization (WHO) keeps constant in the campaign for all round healthcare delivery for mother and child. To be sure, there is consensus on the need for opt...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: There is a growing body of literature from researchers and educationists which have made an attempt to examine the relationship between education management and students academic performance (Orodho, 2014; UNESCO, 1999; United Nations, 2013; Waweru&Or...

CHAPTER ONE; Yoghurt is a fermented milk product, produced with a yoghurt starter culture which is a mixed culture of streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus bulgaricus in a 1:1 ratio. S thermophilus enjoys a faster growth than L hulgricus.  It adds fla...

Background to the study: Social problems are issues happenings which are frequently occurring in the society in recent times. They are the issues that affect everybody in the society. The issues are of great concern to both the young and adults. They are not pers...

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1.1 Background to the Study: Accounting is regarded as the language of business used by corporate firms in communicating their financial positions to...

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: During the past few years, technology has significantly reshaped the method of assessment. In many academic domains...

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: During the past few years, technology has significantly reshaped the method of assessment. In many academic domains...

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Background of the Study: The study of every unit of social organization must eventually lead to an analysis of the i...

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Background of the study: It is difficult and maybe even impossible to imagine future learning environments that are not supported, in one way or anoth...

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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: This study sets out to examine whether the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Nigeria has improv...

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Background to the Study: The Nigerian government has over the years embarked on series of policy and institutional reforms aimed at enhancing the low...

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Background Of The Study: The NAFDAC story is the story of food drugs and other products regulation in Nigeria.  It is a story that began well eve...

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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: To assist the voluntary adoption of food choices and other food- and nutrition-related behaviours that are beneficial to one's health and well-being, nutrition education can be defined as any combination of...

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Background of the Study: The process of producing food requires resources, which could be natural or man-made resources. Natural resources include all the materials and forces that are supplied by natu...

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Background of the study: Concrete’s versatility, durability, elasticity, sustainability, and economy have made it the world’s most widely...

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The purpose of this two-phase, sequential mixed methods (QUAN-qual) approach was to analyze the relationship between large class size and academic achievement in secondary schools and how teachers perceive class...

ABSTRACT: The study adopted experimental design which aimed at identifying the effect of different preservatives used in cake making on  the shelf of the cakes , different preservatives such as calcium propionate, sodium bicarbonate, rum, brandy were used to prepare differen...

INTRODUCTION: Doxorubicin poisoning has been linked to organ damage, particularly the heart (Indu et al., 2014; Afsar et al, 2017; Zilinyi et al., 2018; Ahmed et al., 2019). A variety of pathways for doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity have been proposed in numerous research. Amon...

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INTRODUCTION: Outbreaks and foodborne pathogens pose a significant threat to human public health, leading to a substantial economic burden both in developed and less developed countries(Akhtar et al., 2014). More than 250 known foodborne diseases could be caused by food cont...

ABSTRACT: The Live Well Springfield (LWS) movement is a collaborative effort of partner organizations in Springfield, Massachusetts. The project promotes healthy living by increasing knowledge and awareness of food and physical activity. A key LWS strategy was the creation of a website to functio...

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Vitamin D deficiency is an epidemic issue in all age groups in Western countries and that affects both skeletal and non-skeletal functions. Even with the wide application of food fortification, vitamin D deficiency tends to increase continuously. Being hydropho...

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The pace of improvements in maternal mortality has been slow in Ghana. While Ghana’s maternal mortality ratio (MMR) decreased from 635 per 100,000 live births to 319 per 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2015, the country failed to meet the 75% reduction target set by...

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The primary trouble befalling Nigeria and its Niger Delta has been described as a failure of leadership. At various periods during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Nigeria endured a bloody civil war and years of repressive military rule. Violence in the Niger Delta regio...

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Production of traditional fermented foods especially lactic acid fermented foods has long been practiced for ages in Africa with a variety of products being p...

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This study aims to investigate the causes and effects of maltreatment of children in foster care within the Oke Eri community, with a focus on caregiver factors, systemic challenges, mental health consequences, and protective factors. The resea...

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This study, assessed the potentials of generating biogas from the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes to fuel an incinerator which is then used to burn the residual combustible solid waste. Municipal solid waste from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) commerc...

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The effectiveness of Terminalia catappa (tropical almond) and Tamarindus indica (tamarind) as corrosion inhibitors for stainless steel in 1M hydrochloric acid at 30°C, 40°C and 50°C was investigated in this research. The gravimetric method of analysis was employed f...

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Undoubtedly, the corporation has become one of the most powerful forces in twentieth century economies. It is both a method of property tenure and a means of organizing economic life. The corporation’s separation of ownership into component parts, control and beneficial o...

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It is commonly believed that learning to spell English words demands an understanding of the relationship between sounds and   letters and a memory for those words or parts of words that lack consistency in their spellings. The English orthography is richly morphophon...

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The study is on the assessment of hospital waste management in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika-Zaria, Nigeria. Human activities generate wastes, some are harmful and others not so harmful to man and the environment. Of concern however, are hospital wast...

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Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body (Aguilera and David, 1999). Its components include water, carbohydrate, lipids, proteins, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, colours, flavours and food additives and it is ingested by an organism and as...

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The structure of the Nigerian construction industry is very complex in nature and consists of a wide range of different parties. Despite involvement of all stakeholders on construction projects in the study area projects still encounter challenges in terms of performance due to...

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The study examines the nature of opposition politics and party ideology in Nigeria and their attendant impacts on democratic consolidation in the fourth republic (1999 – 2019). The core concern in developing countries is how to consolidate democracy or make it permanent;...

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Poor urban planning in the face of rapid urbanization and unplanned settlements is regarded as one of the major problems many urban areas in Niger State. In unplanned settlements, the decline in living conditions is accompanied by rapid deterioration of existing housing and hom...

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This study was conducted to assess the various strategies applied by special libraries in Plateau State in increasing their collections through acquisition. Some known strategies for application in acquisition in special libraries include purchase, donation, endowments, bequest...

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Peptic ulcer disease is a disorder in the gastrointestinal tract. It is caused by an increase in stomach acid. There are only a few studies on peptic ulcer disease in Africa. This study was conducted to characterize the lifestyle, wealth, and environmental factors of peptic ulc...

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The utilisation of tannery waste (TW) in combination with sawdust (SD) as compost manure for agricultural use was studied. The two wastes samples were collected and mixed in the ratios (TW/SD) 1:1, 1:5, 5:1, 1:10 and 10:1, respectively. Composting bin was used during the proces...

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The broad objective of this study was to investigate the moderating effect of audit committee size on the relationship between corporate tax saving strategy and firm value of listed non- financial firms in Nigeria using a time frame of ten years (2011 – 2020). To achieve...