1. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF APAPA PORT ACCESS
Background To The Study
It's important to emphasize the importance of Apapa Creek Road. Any traffic congestion on it would undoubtedly cause several glitches in the logistics company, which is the primary operation on this route.
Creek roa...
2. A CRITICAL SURVEY OF ADVERTISING AS A DETERMINANT OF CUSTOMER PATRONAGE IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Although it is widely assumed that advertising predates human history, as a promotional technique, it began with the establishment of trade. According to Samson (981), "in those early days, advertising was done in vari...
3. AN APPRAISAL REPORT OF ACCIDENT RATE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
According to the Oxford Learners Dictionary, an accident is described as "anything that happens without a visible reason, generally something terrible and unwanted." This means that an accident can occur at any time, anyplace, and at a...
4. EFFECTS OF AGGREGATE SIZES ON THE CONCRETE STRENGTH
It is well recognized that coarse aggregate plays an important role in concrete. Coarse aggregate typically occupies over one-third of the volume of concrete, and research indicates that changes in coarse aggregate can change the strength and fracture properties of concrete. To predict the behavi...
5. CONCESSION AS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR PORTS EFFICIENCY: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NIGERIAN PORTS
Background Of The Study
In today’s global commerce, seaports or maritime transport play an important role of being many nations’ major gateway for international trade and are a good instrument for measuring the economic health of a nation (O...
6. AN EVALUATION OF MARKETING STRATEGIES OF MOBILE PHONE OPERATORS
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The marketing strategies being used by (MTN Nigeria) is been challenged by myriads of problems which includes poor network services, drop calls, loading of vouchers and checking of balance problems in the billing system, resulting to the increas...
7. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE AWARENESS LEVEL AND UTILIZATION OF OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES OF UNIVERSITIES LIBRARIES BY STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness and utilization of open access resources in libraries of private universities by postgraduate students in Nigeria. Nine research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey re...
8. AN EVALUATION OF BUILDING FAILURE AND COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The frequency of collapse of building structures on Nigeria in the past few years and recently had become very alarming and worrisome. Many lives and properties have been lost in the collapse of buildings mostly in Port Harcourt, Abuja and La...
9. ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY
Background Of The Study
Despite the vital role communication plays in the day-to-day running of an organization there are still numerous cases of ineffective communication in many organization.
The causes of communication problems in the organ...
10. DESIGN AND IMPEMENTATION OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT WEBSITE
ABSTRACT
For a long time, the department of Electrical/ Electronic of this college has not had a website with guaranteed continuity. Several students in past had made attempts to achieve this but all to no avail. Eventually, with the implementation of this project, the department now ha...
11. AN ASSESSMENT OF MARITIME SECURITY, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Background of the study
Worldwide port and maritime activities, as well as their accompanying facilities and infrastructure, pose one of today's most serious unresolved threats to national security and the globalization. According to Koburger (2016), the reason port...
12. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES OF MARINE ACCIDENTS IN NIGERIA'S INLAND WATERWAYS
Background to the study
An accident on a vessel is an occurrence that was not planned for. Its severity might range from no damage to the vessel to the loss of the vessel in its whole, from no damage to the cargo to the loss of all of the cargo, and fro...
13. EVALUATION OF SMARTPHONE USAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONG STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTION
Background to the Study
Because the smartphone has taken the world by storm, there are now more smartphone devices on the planet than persons. Because of the rapid rise of smartphones and their users, some marketers are struggling to keep up with both n...
14. EVALUATION OF COMPUTERIZED MAILING SYSTEM, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Background of the study
The recent phenomena of email-overloading in daily life and business have created new problems to users. It becomes a personal headache for users because they have to process a large number of daily received emails. Also, it is a...
15. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTHS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Around the world, more than 80% of our youngsters spend a significant amount of time online. Due to the fact that the internet was exposed to them at a very young age, the new generation of children and teenagers became the first...
16. INFLUENCE OF INSTAGRAM HANDLE IN PROMOTING FASHION DESIGN (CEO LUMINEE OFFICIAL)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It's no secret that social media has taken over many aspects of modern life. As previously said, social networking has expanded at an exponential rate in the last decade. To say the sector has grown exponentially is an...
17. THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The social media phenomena has gotten increasingly entertaining throughout the world in recent years. According to Bazley (2016), social media is a sort of online media that facilitates discourse rather than conventional media, w...
18. RELIABILITY AND PROTECTION IN DISTRIBUTION POWER SYSTEM CONSIDERING CUSTOMER BASED INDICES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Electricity is a component that cannot be overlooked in any contemporary economy. It is essential for the expansion of a nation's economy and its overall development that the nation have access to an affordable and dependable...
19. THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYEES JOB STRESS ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF UNITY BANK AUCHI BRANCH, EDO STATE)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to Abolade (2018), the idea of stress is one that is multifaceted and ever-changing. The company's overall efficiency suffers when there is an excessive amount of stress brought on by unforeseen circumstances. As a...
20. USE OF INTERNET TOOLS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING COMPUTER STUDIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Because of the widely acknowledged potential of technology to enhance education, a number of efforts have been launched to encourage its efficient use and integration into the course material. The Internet is a relatively young t...
21. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS ABORTION: AN IMPLICATION FOR COUNSELLING
Abstract
This investigation adopted cross-sectional survey research design to ascertain the attitude of female undergraduates and secondary school students towards abortion. A random sample of 1,300 was drawn with Table of Random Numbers from the 5,353,534 population of...
22. A STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN PETROLEUM RETAIL MARKET
Abstract
This study was carried out on the Nigerian petroleum retail market. The study essentially examine the application of marketing mix (product, price, place and promotion) in retailing of petroleum products in Nigeria using Texaco Plc as the case study. Texaco Nig...
23. PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NERICA PADDY (RICE)
Abstract
The determination of the physical and mechanical properties of NERICA paddy (FARO's 44(SIPI), 51(Isadane), 52(WITA 40) and 57(TOX4004-43-1-2-1)) at different moisture contents were carried out. The paddy rice was studied under un-parboiled and parboiled sta...
24. THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF MARKETING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study on the problems and prospects of marketing petroleum products in Nigeria seeks to find out what causes or generated problems in the oil industry and tries to find a lasting solution to it for the benefit of all the public or consumers. Data on this is...
25. THE EXAMINATION OF PARENTAL ROLE IN CURBING SUICIDAL ACTIONS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Abstract
This work examines the parental role in curbing suicidal actions in tertiary institutes in Nigeria, a case study of Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia State. Three research objectives and hypothesis were formulated to give direction...
26. A HYBRID GENETIC-ARTIFICIAL FISH SWARM ALGORITHM FOR ECONOMIC LOAD DISPATCH WITH VALVE-POINT AND MULTIPLE FUEL EFFECTS
ABSTRACT
The restructuring of the electrical power industry has given rise to a high degree of vibrancy and competitive market, which changed many features of the power industry. Energy resources become scarce, the cost of power generation increases, environmental conce...
27. APPLICATION OF AN OPTIMAL TUNING TECHNIQUE OF ON-LOAD TAPCHANGING TRANSFORMER FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSMISSION LINE NETWORK
ABSTRACT
For reliable and efficient operation of power system, voltage level and reactive power flow along transmission lines has to be adequately regulated. To control reactive power flow over transmission lines and compensate for varying voltage drops, tap changing transformers are re...
28. 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...
29. DESIGN OF WATER SUPPLY (COLD AND HOT) SYSTEM OF A THREE BEDROOM BUNGALOW WITH ADEQUATE PRESSURE
ABSTRACT
This research is focused on the design of water supply (cold and hot) system of a three bedroom bungalow with adequate pressure. Polypropylene (PP) pipes imported from Italy and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes made in Nigeria, the two most common plastic materials used for potab...
30. RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS SUBJECT TO FATIGUE
Problem Statement
Deterioration of reinforced concrete bridge decks has been a major problem in the country. Both Federal Ministry of Works and Federal Roads Maintenance Agency records show that as at the year 2008, there were 1,696 Bridges that had been completed from year to year an...
31. MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR LIQUID LOADING IN NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION
Every Natural gas well ceases producing as reservoir pressure depletes. The usual liquid presence in the reservoir can cause further problems by accumulating in the wellbore and reducing production even more. There are a number of op...
32. DEPURATION STUDIES ON KADUNA REFINERY WASTEWATER USING MODIFIED Cu-DOPED GOETHITE CATALYST
Excerpt from the Study
The following conclusions were be drawn from the work
1. Undoped goethite catalyst, copper doped (A) catalyst with 0.2 wt% Cu,copper doped (B) catalyst with 1.6wt% Cu and copper doped (C) catalyst with 3.3wt% Cuwere synthesized by precip...
33. DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED FORCED ISLAND AND LOAD SHEDDING SCHEME TO PREVENT SYSTEM COLLAPSE
ABSTRACT
This research work presents a scheme that identifies line outage and generator outage using contigency analysis and effectively splits the network into a set of predefined islands, with a load shedding strategy to minimise the adverse effect of each outage and to ensure system...
34. DEVELOPMENT OF BAOBAB/SISAL REINFORCED LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE HYBRID COMPOSITE
Abstract
In this work, the properties of baobab/sisal fibre reinforced low density polyethylene hybrid composites were studied. The effect of fibre loading and fibre treatment with varying sodium hydroxide (NaOH)concentration on the composite properties was investigated...
35. DEVELOPMENT OF FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION PLANNING IN AN UNBALANCED THREE-PHASE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK USING VOLTAGE STABILITY INDEX
ABSTRACT
This research work presents development of Firefly algorithm (FA) and application of voltage stability index (VSI) for optimal planning of Distribution Generation (DG) in an unbalanced threephase distribution network. The VSI was used to find the DG location while the FA was us...
36. DEVELOPMENT OF ZINC-BASED/ZSM-5 CATALYST FOR PROPANE AROMATIZATION
ABSTRACT
Aromatization is an important process for catalytic conversion of light alkanes to aromatics which are essential feedstocks to petrochemical industries. A number of catalysts have been used for this transformation among which Zn/ZSM-5 emerged so far best owing to its good dehyd...
37. EFFECTS OF FIBRE HYBRIDIZATION ON THE PROPERTIES OF NATURAL FIBRE FILLED EPOXY COMPOSITES
ABSTRACT
The problems of low mechanical properties of composites reinforced with fibres of natural origin have been a source of concern for researchers. Also, the insufficient utilization of bagasse fibres due to its moderate strength has further reduced its potentialities in composite...
38. EFFECT OF DATE SEED POWDER FILLER ON PROPERTIES OF HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
ABSTRACT
High-density polyethylene composites of date seed powder were prepared at filler loadings of 0 to 40wt%. The particle sizes of the date seed powder investigated were 72, 125, 150 and 180µm. Calcium carbonate was used as a reference filler. The high- density polyethylene c...
39. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE WATER QUALITY IN THE MIDDLE STRETCH OF RIVER KADUNA (MALALI – RIGASA)
ABSTRACT
The water in River Kaduna is used for; domestic purposes, fishing, recreational activities as well as irrigation of crops.However, literatures have revealed that there are lots of anthropogenic activities occurring within the middle stretch of the river that could likely deteri...
40. RELIABILITY-BASED ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE SOLID SLENDER TIMBER COLUMNS WITH ALUMINIUM LAMINATES USING SELECTED NIGERIAN TIMBER SPECIES
ABSTRACT
Four timber species (Strombosia pustulata, Macrocarpa biquertii, Entandrophragma cylindricum and Nauclea diderichii) were laminated with aluminium sheets of varying thicknesses.Axial and flexural loads were applied to the composite columns to determine their behaviour under suc...
41. SORPTION ENHANCED CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS OF RICE HUSK USING HIERARCHICAL ZSM-5 CATALYST
Abstract
The necessity to source clean energy and contain CO2 emissions has brought about a global interest in the use of biomass as an environmental friendly renewable energy route. One of the drawbacks in the conversion of biomass to energy via pyrolysis/gasification is the liberation...
42. SYNTHESIS, FORMULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE/CHITOSAN COMPOSITES
Abstract
The methodology of the experiment involves three main stages. The first part describes the synthesis of the PF (novolac) resins. Novolac (resins) were prepared with an excess of phenol over formaldehyde under acidic conditions. PF molar ratio were varied from 1P:2F to 1P:8F. Th...
43. CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF ANTIRETROVIRAL (ARV) DRUGS USING POLYMETHACRYLATE POLYMERS
ABSTRACT
To improve patient compliance and ensure better success in the management of HIV, spansule technology was employed to formulate controlled release dosage drug. Generic forms of seven of the most commonly used Anti-retro viral (ARV) drugs (didanosine, indinavir, lamivudine, nelf...
44. EFFECTS OF ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS ON OESTROUS CYCLE AND UTERINE CONTRACTILITY IN RATS
ABSTRACT
Malaria is increasingly a health burden globally with children under the age of 5 and pregnant women being the most vulnerable. Several antimalarials are available in the market today however; the safety data in pregnancy is inadequate especially the first trimester of pregnanc...
45. Recklessness of commercial drivers
Background to the Study
Driving a car, bus, lorry or an articulated-vehicle is a psychomotor activity that requires a combination of concentration and good visual and auditory functions. Several forces that can negatively affect driving mostly fall within the purview of...
46. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRANSPORT SYSTEM USING SEARCH ALGORITHM
ABSTRACT
Transportation is a basic requirement for every nation, regardless of its industrial capacity, it has been a difficult task for individuals to locate their transport route,...
47. A FAST QUASI-STATIC TIME SERIES SIMULATION METHOD USING SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE DISTRIBUTED PV IMPACTS
ABSTRACT
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 interconnection reques...
48. CONTAINER BASED MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING FOR 5G NETWORKS
ABSTRACT
The growth of the telecommunication industry is fast paced with ground-breaking engineering achievements. Despite this, portable mobile handheld devices have very low computational, storage and energy carrying capacity occasioned by the needs to satisfy portability, very small...
49. EFFECT OF VERTICAL RECTANGULAR OPENINGS ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM
ABSTRACT
Effect of vertical rectangular openings on the flexural strength of reinforced concrete beam is presented. Twelve reinforced concrete beams of dimension 200m x 230mm x 700mm with different sizes of rectangular openings, 25mm x 35mm, 50mm x 60mm and 75mm x 85mm which are placed...
50. ESTIMATION OF PATIENT RADIATION DOSES FOR SELECTED X-RAY EXAMINATIONS AND CENTRES IN NORTH-CENTRAL, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The risk of occurrence of cancer in developed and developing nations has become a major concern in the scientific and medical circle. Cancer induction is therefore one of the risk to guard against during medical X-ray exposure. Constant assessment of radiological procedure are...
