The main concepts, procedures, and logic that solve problems are the focus of mathematics. It is generally acknowledged as being essential to any society's progress. This is so because a country's ability to develop is reliant on its progress in science and technology. But without mathema...

Background Of Study: A farmer who planted corps expects results, just as a student who waits for an exam does. The same may be said for an investor. The farmer may be informed of the outcome in the form of a bountiful crop. A pupil would normally be satisfied with a result sheet...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: A large number of organizations were organized based on the products and services they offered (Christopher, Payne and Ballantyne, 2002). The 4Ps, which stand for product, pricing, place, and promotion, were given a lot of atten...

ABSTRACT: A UPS system is a DC to AC conversion system of 1KVA power rating and expected to carry around 800 watts load. It provides power to electronic and electrical appliances such as radio sets, TV DVD/VCD, computers, fans and lighting. The design was conceived and put d...

Background of the Study: Attendance management of students in institution can be rigorous using the conventional method of paper sheets and old file system method. Every academic institution poses some standards concerning how attendance is to be confirmed for student in classes,...

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INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Retention of valuable employees is a global challenge. Managers and top level authorities are constantly met with the is...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study: Poverty is the major problem in most developing economies. In these economies, it is argued that among others absence of acce...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background Of The Study: Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, believed that a life without inquiry was not worth living. This remark was made in re...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the study: The widespread adoption of e-governance in many countries throughout the world is based on its seeming capacity to expedite t...

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INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The neck represents anatomically a small part of the human body between the head and the thorax. Due to its unique position, it conveys vital structures that communicate between the head and oth...

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study: The placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the mother. The placenta performs respiratory, excretory, nutritional and endocrine functions for the fetus. It transfers gases, such as oxygen and carbondioxide, waste...

ABSTRACT

Gongronema latifolium is an edible tropical rainforest plant traditionally used as a spice, staple vegetable and in the treatment and management of diabetes. Extensive studies have established its hypoglycaemic effect. However, scanty information is available on the mechanism b...

ABSTRACT: Renal parenchymal thickness (RPT) and renal medullary pyramid thickness (MPT) are important renal size parameters and there is no existing ultrasound normogram for RPT and MPT among children in our locality. Thus, this study was aimed at establishing normal values for R...

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This was a prospective cross-sectional survey study conducted in the Radio diagnostic Department of National Hospital Abuja from June 2013 to January 2014 on 210 cases (111 males and 99 females). The specific objectives were to determine the: (i) biometric valu...

Introduction

The YZ field is located within the Niger Delta Basin, onshore Niger Delta Nigeria (Figure 1.1). Major focus in recent time, in hydrocarbon exploration has been moved towards the renewal of older fields and the identification of new prospects from these old fields (Emina et...

ABSTRACT

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...

SUMMARY

The desire to reduce carbon footprint coupled with government incentives has led to a massive deployment of renewable energy resources, solar photovoltaics (PV) in particular. Electric utilities in the United States face the challenge of numerous solar PV interconnec- tion reque...

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This study investigates the coverage areas of VHF and UHF signals of two television stations in Ekiti State, Nigeria by quantitative measurement of the electric field strength. The signal levels of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Ado Ekiti, Channel 5, (175.25 MHz) and B...

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The product of a Cadastral Surveys is an essential subset for effective land titling. Land titling procedure in Niger State has been an age-long concern among geo-spatial experts. This study presents a revalidation survey of 20 selected Title Deed Plans (TDPs) with a view to id...

1.1Background to the Study

Climate change is a major global phenomenon, which is evidenced by alterations in rainfall distribution, rising of glacier, ocean water expansion, drought, and increased temperature, (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2013). According to the Wo...

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The studies of mammalian chromosomes have constituted an effective area of investigation to explain their relationship. The entire chromosome set of a species is known as a karyotype. Many rodent species show a tendency for extensive chromosomal variability within species and s...

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The project design and construction of an automatic water level controller is aimed at realizing a simple, portable cost effective system capable of controlling the water level in an overhead water tank. This project report details the construction processes employed in impleme...

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The shielding barrier already constructed in the general radiography, fluoroscopy and mammography rooms of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika and the general radiography room of Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna was evaluated. The evaluation was based on the...

1.1INTRODUCTION

A Geographical Information System (GIS) is a system of hardware, software and procedures to facilitate the management, manipulation, analysis, modeling, representation and display of geo‐referenced data to solve complex problems regarding planning and management of resou...

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This research work presents the development of branch current based state estimation for Non- Technical Losses (NTLs) Detection and Localization. The use of weighted least square (WLS) state estimation for the evaluation of branch current of a network during theft is considered...

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Automobiles are integral in today’s society as they are used for transportation, com- merce, and public services. The ubiquity of automotive transportation creates a demand for active safety technologies for the consumer. Recently, the widespread use and improved sensing...

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Measurement of levels of poverty is a powerful instrument for focusing the attention of policy makers on the living conditions of the poor. Previous studies on measurement of poverty in Nigeria have adopted two-third of mean per capita expenditure method for defining the povert...

FREQUENCY AND PATTERNS OF ELECTRICITY VANDALISM IN KOGI STATE: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF CRIME REPORTS

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1 Background of the Study

Electricity is a critical infrastructure that supports economic development...

THE EFFECT OF MEDICAL INFLATION ON THE WELLBEING OF NURSING MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN TARABA STATE: A CASE STUDY OF URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Medical inflation, characterized by the con...

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Water table fluctuation of selected hand dug wells, and hydraulic properties were determined. The methods of investigation included water level measurements, laboratory tests and analysis. The results indicated that the water level values for 16 wells under stu...

INTRODUCTION

Expertise is an important criterion for programmers that contributes mainly on how they perform the programming related tasks. However, years of programming experience is not the only measure that is related to expertise (Feigenspan et al., 2012). Researchers have shown tha...