EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOENIC ACTIVITIES AND DOMESTIC WASTE ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY
Abstract: The microbiological and organic pollutants characteristics of umuosoko stream in ikwuano local government area, Enugu state, Nigeria were carried out. Twenty water samples were collected from four different parts of the river. The pour plate techn...
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A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION INTO THE ANTIMICROBIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DISINFECTANTS CONTAINING CHLORINE AND ALCOHOL
Background of the study: Antiseptics and disinfectants are extensively employed in hospitals and various healthcare facilities for a diverse array of applications pertaining to topical and hard-surface disinfection. Specifically, healthcare professionals play a crucial role in th...
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ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE ON THE HEALTH OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAYO-DASSA JALINGO, TARABA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Nutritional knowledge has been proven to play a very vital role in adopting optimal nutrition practices in the health of every expectant mother.As a matter of fact, health and nutritional status of the population of a nat...
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ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOBA AND ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS KADUNA STATE
Background to the Study: The desire for creating local government anywhere in the world stems from the need to facilitate development at the grassroots level. The issue of rural development has been creating a lot of concern in most third world countries. There has been growing r...
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A COMPREHENSIVE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED ON THE WATER SUPPLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE FEMALE HOSTEL AT THE ESTEEMED UNIVERSITY OF UYO
Background Of The Study: Water is an essential and intricately interrelated element that is fundamental to the existence of life, as life cannot be sustained without it. Water must be consistently prioritised due to its critical importance. Access to clean and safe drinking water...
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE BACTERIOLOGICAL COMPOSITION OF WATER WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL HALLS OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
INTRODUCTION: Water has an essential role in life and is inextricably intertwined with it; without water, there would be no life. Because of this, it is essential that water always get the appropriate amount of attention at all times. The provision of clean...
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A STUDY ON THE CHALLENGES MILITATING YAM PRODUCTION IN EDO STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Yams (Dioscorea species of the family Dioscoreaceae) are a significant crop for food, money, and cultural customs. West and Central Africa is the leading producing and consumption region for yams in the globe (Ayeni, Adetunji, & Oyeni...
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CYTOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SPUTUM SAMPLES IN WELDERS IN OWERRI METROPOLIS
INTRODUCTION: Welding process involves joining metal parts by heating the pieces to melting temperature (Kimet et al., 2005). Soldering process as a type of welding produces various contaminants at a sufficient rate to cause both short term and long term health effects,...
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DATABASE EMISSION OF CARBON IV OXIDE (CO2) IN NIGERIA
INTRODUCTION: During the last decade worldwide concern with global climate has highlighted the challenge faced by both industrialized and developing countries in maintaining a sustained process of development. Nigeria, like other developing countries, shares the need for fast eco...
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DEVELOPING AQUACULTURE IN DEGRADED INLAND AREAS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Nigeria, the country of many rivers, is also rich in lakes, reservoirs and wetlands but many of them had been degraded due to a lot of factors (FGN, 1993). Sustainable fisheries production and development depends largely upon good aq...
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A STUDY ON THE PROGRESSION OF AQUACULTURE IN DEGRADED INLAND REGIONS IN BAYELSA STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Nigeria, a nation characterised by an abundance of rivers, also possesses a significant number of lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. However, it is worth noting that a considerable portion of these natural resources has experienced deg...
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IMPACT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ON SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The phrase ‘better city, better future’ is the motto of the ongoing World Expo in China. The World City Expo started in 2002 as a way of mobilizing world community towards using the urban centers to mobile resources to elimina...
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DOMESTIC WASTE DISPOSAL, EFFECT AND THE SOLUTIONS IN ENUGU STATE
Background of the Study: The generation and disposal of waste is an intrinsic part of any developing society. Waste, both from domestic and commercial sources has grown significantly in the society over the past decade. Every time a householder shops at the store, and...
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THE ROLE OF MICRO-ORGANISMS IN WASTE RECYCLING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Microorganisms are found virtually everywhere in the natural world, where they perform a wide variety of important tasks. Microorganisms like Halobacterium, which live in the Dead Sea, and Chlamydomonas nivalis, which is responsible for p...
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THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF CULINARY HERBS AND LOCAL SPIES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Herbs and spices have long been used by ancient civilsations for culinary, medicinal and cosmetic uses. With modernization and the development of patent medicines, the use of natural cures and elixirs decrease in popul...
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THE ROLE OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS (A CASE STUDY OF IDAH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The problem of developing the rural area has received the attention of many experts and researchers as well as the government. This is be...
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THE MARKETING STRATEGY AND CONSUMER PURCHASE BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the study
All business organizations perform two basic functions we are production and marketing of goods and services ide...
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THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT: AN EXAMINATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (A CASE STUDY OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
The need for effective management of organizational policies and procedures must be more sensitive to customer are and also order to up grade the wor...
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THE IMPACT OF RECYCLING IN PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The generation and disposal of waste is an intrinsic part of any developing or industrial society. Waste, both from domestic and commercial sources has grown significantly in N...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The important of community of Inquiry philosophy for children (COIP4C) system of education is the strategic life plannin...
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THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ON PUPILS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Education, according to Qureshi, (2001) consists of two components. He classified these two components. He classified th...
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THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION FOR EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction: Communication is the act of transferring information from one person to another, creature and point to point. It could also be means of transmitting and conveying of ideas, attitudes, vie...
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THE EFFECT RATE OF FERTILIZER APPLICATION ON VEGETABLE (TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: In Africa indigenous vegetables remain popular in rural areas where they are often considered to be more nutritive than exotic vegetables.Telfairiaoccidentalis commonly called fluted pumpk...
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THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FERMENTATION
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction: Fermentation is the chemical transformation o organic substances into simpler compounds by the action of enzymes, complex organic catalysts which are produced by microorganisms such as molds yeasts or bacterial. Enzymes act by...
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THE EFFECT OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES AT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: The state of conflict that results from the pursuit of divergent interests, goals, and aspirations by individuals and groups within an...
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CONSTITUENCY OFFICE AND EFFECTIVE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION IN ABAKALIKI/IZZI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the <...
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STUDY OF MICROBIAL LOADS IN WATER AND AIR SAMPLES FROM OGUN STATE DUMPSITE
Background of the study
Each year, diseases linked to pollution and waste cause the deaths of almost 5.2 million people and approximately 4 million children. Any solution mixture, material, or item that is carried for reprocessing, dumping, elimination by incineration, or other ways of...
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MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DECISION SUPPORT FOR DETECTING MAIZE PLANT DISEASE
1.1 Background to the study
Maize is a part of the vital crops in the globe following rice and wheat (IITA, 2005). The crop remains one of the principal grains farmed in the sub-savanna region of Nigeria (Fatima & Adbul, 2005). For several million people in Africa, maize has become...
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, EXERCISE HABITS, AND FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Recent epidemiological data indicate that one-third of the U.S. adult population is obese. As a result, healthcare professionals and policy makers are looking to identify creative methods to address this critical health concern. One...
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EFFECT ON BIOLOGICAL PRESENTATION ON SPILOTAGE OF ORGANISMS OF FERMENTED MAIZE (OGI)
ABSTRACT
In Africa, various foods go through fermentation such as porridges, beverages (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic), meat, breads, pancakes, fish, vegetables, tubers, legumes, dairy products, and condiments. One of the most prevalent fermented cer...
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ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH INFORMATION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AMONG THE YOUTH ( A CASE STUDY OF MALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LOKOJA)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
The need for health information can be traced back from ancient information societ...
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A COMBINED BIOGAS PLANT AND INCINERATOR SYSTEM FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
ABSTRACT
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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A Comparative Study Of Chemical And Microwave Synthesized Activated Carbon From carbon Carbon
1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Activated carbon, also widely known as activated charcoal or activated coal is a form of carbon which has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions (Mattson et al., 1971). T...
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ACETYLATION OF CORN COB AND MANGO KERNEL KINETICS AND APPLICATION FOR NON -AQUEOUS ADSORPTION PROCESS
1.0INTRODUCTION
Oil is the life blood of any modern industrial society. It fuels the machineries and lubricates the wheels of the world’s production. It is one of the most important energies and raw material sources for synthetic polymers and chemicals worldwide (Hussein et al., 2...
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ACETYLATION OF SELECTED AGRICULTURAL WASTES KINETICS AND APPLICATION FOR OIL SPILL CLEAN UP
1.1Background of the study
Energy is the prime mover for all developed and developing nations. Crude oil is the major global source of energy. However, its exploration has resulted in serious environmental pollution ranging from air, water and soil pollutions. One of th...
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AFFINITY AND REACTIVITY STUDIES OF THE REACTION OF HUMAN (Homo sapiens) AND CAT (Felis catus) HAEMOGLOBINS WITH 5,5´-DITHIOBIS(2-NITROBENZOATE)
ABSTRACT
Some haemoglobins have high oxygen affinity (high-affinity) while others have low oxygen affinity (low-affinity) as exemplified in human and cat haemoglobins respectively. High-affinity haemoglobins bind organic phosphates strongly and this lowers their oxygen affinities and th...
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AN ASSESSMENT OF COLIFORMS IN THE AMERICAN UNIVERITY OF NIGERIA WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
WATER DISTRIBUTION
Generally, water has numerous purposes: drinking; bathing; washing clothes and dishes; cooking; flushing toilet, irrigation, just to name a few. Its significance cannot be over stressed. This is on the grounds that every day each individual uses water for one thing or...
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ANALYSIS OF COMMONLY CONSUMED FOOD IN EASTERN NIGERIA FOR NUTRITIONAL AND ANTI-NUTRITIONAL VALUE
1.1INTRODUCTION
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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APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY MODEL FOR THE PURCHASE AND GROWTH OF ORGANIC POULTRY WITH INCREMENTAL QUANTITY DISCOUNTS
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study is to develop a lot sizing model for growing chickens if the supplier of the products offers incremental quantity discounts. A mathematical model was derived to determine the Optimal Inventory Policy which minimizes the total inventory cost in both the...
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ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN IRISH POTATOES AND SOILS FROM AN ABANDONED MINING SITE IN JOS-SOUTH, USING AAS AND XRF TECHNIQUES.
ABSTRACT
This study was undertaken to assay the elemental concentration in some Irish potatoes and soils from farmlands in an ex-mining area at Dahwol-vwana village, Jos-south L.G.A, Plateau state, Nigeria. The total heavy metal concentrations (for Irish potato and soil samples) were ob...
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BIODEGRATION OF CRUDE OIL BY BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM PRISTINE SOIL
1.1Background to the Study
In recent years, the demand for petroleum as a source of energy and raw material for chemical industries has resulted in a tremendous increase in world production. This increase in production, refining and distribution of crude oil has also brought with it an...
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COAG FLOCCULATION AND ADSORPTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND VEGETABLE OIL WASTE WATER USING NATURAL MATERIALS
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In the last few decades, industrial wastewater and effluent treatment gained much importance. This is not unconnected with increased concern about the environmental quality. The presence of contaminants in some water bodies used for domestic and industrial pro...
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COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF THE PERFORMANCE OF FILTER MEDIA MADE USING BIOCHAR AND ACTIVATED CARBON IN GREYWATER REMEDIATION
ABSTRACT
The problem of water Scarcity, water pollution and cost of accessing water for domestic needs have become growing concerns to the ever increasing global population. Waterwaterremediation has long been accepted as a viable option to mitigate water scarcity. This research examine...
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COMPOSTING OF TANNERY WASTE WITH SAWDUST FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC MANURE
ABSTRACT
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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DETERMINATION OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND HEAVY METAL CONTENT OF SOIL AROUND THE VICINITY OF SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
ABSTRACT
The soaring trend of environmental contamination by heavy metals is a global issue. The continual monitoring of soils around industrial areas becomes necessary. The present study focused on the physicochemical and heavy metal concentration in soil around the vicinity of selecte...
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DEVELOPMENT OF EUCALPYTUS TERETICORNIS COMPOSITE (BARKS AND LEAVES) ADSORBENT FOR ADSORPTION OF CHROMIUM (VI) AND LEAD (II) IONS FROM SIMULATED WASTEWATER
ABSTRACT
The research titled Development of Eucalpytus tereticornis composite for chromium
(VI) and lead (II) ions adsorption from simulated wastewater was aimed to establish the efficacy of Eucalpytus tereticornis composite as an adsorbent applied in the adsorption of Cr6+ an...
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EFFECT OF IRRIGATION USING WATER FROM FISH PONDS ON PLANT GROWTH IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The irrational consumption of water is one of the greatest problem in the world today. Irrigation of agricultural crops with fish effluent is one way to solve this problem. Rather than disposing of effluents gotten from aquaculture; then providing nutrients from fertilizer and...
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EFFECT OF WOOD SMOKE (BIOMASS) ON SOME LUNG FUNCTION TESTS, CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS AND HAEMATOLOGICAL INDICES OF WOMEN IN ZARIA, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Wood smoke is a complex mixture of substance produced during the combustion of wood. The major emissions from wood stoves are carbon monoxide, organic gases, particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen and sulphur. Toxic compounds as well as carcinogenic substances are also produced...
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EFFECTS OF JIGSAW IV COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
1.1Introduction
The relevance of science to national goals, aspirations and economy dictates to a large extent, the huge commitment and support which nations make and give to science and technology advancement. This may be the reason why Achor (2006) and Ada (2008) opined that as a resu...
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ELEMENTAL AND RADIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF SELECTED INORGANIC AND ORGANIC FERTILIZERS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The research consists of investigating the possible presence and concentrations of heavy metals and the concentration of natural radionuclides in inorganic and organic fertilizers in Nigeria. The 40K activity mean concentrations of inorganic fe...
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