1. A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF RADIOLOGY SERVICES IN HEALTH FACILITIES IN NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
The riches of a country is its health. Citizens' health is directly or indirectly tied to how productive a nation will be in terms of manpower and concerns relating to wealth creation. Furthermore, health is intimately relate...
2. AN ASSSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND ITS IMPACT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Communication, according to Greg Duran (2010), is the foundation of any interaction in today's society, including families, schools, and the globe at large, because information can never be communicated or conveyed without co...
3. DISTANT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COHESION AMONG YOUNG COUPLES
Background of the study
Marriage, which incorporates the coupling of two individuals having various interests, wants and needs, is a unique affiliation given shape by social guidelines and laws and fundamentally influences people's turn of events an...
4. ELECTRONIC LOGBOOK FOR STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (S.I.W.E.S)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
THE STUDENT’S INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME
The students industrial work experience scheme (S.I.W.E.S) is an industrial training program for undergraduate students of Nigerian universities and other higher ins...
5. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GAS DETECTION SYSTEM
Problem Statement
Gas detectors are an essential application for home and commercial safety; they are also employed in numerous industrial industries. They are used in welding shops to detect combustibles and toxics and in nuclear plants, to detect combustibles. They a...
6. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN CREATING AWARENESS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
There has been disturbing news of domestic violence in every nook and cranny of the nation for some time now in the society of Nigeria. This is the case in every part of the country. In the event that a story concerning cultism,...
7. THE AWARENESS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE AMONG MALE ADOLESCENTS
Background of study
"Contraceptives" are defined as "a medication, device, or technique used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant" in the Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary of Current English. 1 The use of condoms as a pre...
8. AN INVESTIGATION OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM OF COURT PROCEEDINGS (A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL HIGH COURT ENUGU STATE)
Background of the study
They have been constantly generating new ideas in an effort to find answers to the challenges they face and to make their lives easier. They have explored a wide variety of options in an effort to make their goals a reality. But, alas, there has...
9. CHALLENGES OF CRIMINAL ANTICS IN BORDERLAND SECURITY: A STUDY OF SELECTED LGA'S IN OGUN STATE.
Background Of The Study
In a great number of nations, borderland security has received a lot of attention recently. It is pursued in the United States of America in order to put a stop to the unlawful smuggling of items into the country that are conside...
10. DESIGN, SIMULATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SOLAR OVEN
Background
Energy lies at the heart of all human activity; it is the foundation of industrial civilisation. Modern life would cease to exist in the absence of energy. Historically, energy sources were in short supply since they were largely used for cooking and local ma...
11. EVALUATION OF DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF A PASSIVE SOLAR WATER HEATER
Background of the Study
Energy is seen as a primary source of income creation and an important role in economic growth. The importance of energy in economic growth is broadly acknowledged, and historical evidence confirms that there is a significant link between ener...
12. NUCLEAR ENERGY PROLIFERATION: LESSONS FOR THE THIRD WORLD NATIONS, 1945-2006
Abstract
The proliferation of nuclear energy is a phenomenon of the 21stcentury and apparently, the most pernicious issue in modern international relations. As nations jostle for atomic devices, the international system is threate...
13. THE IMPACT OF THE UNITED STATES INVASION OF IRAQ IN 2003 ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF IRAQ
ABSTRACT
Since the evolution of modern state sovereignty donates the final authority of the state over its population and territory. This authority may be exercised by the government of the day. The state which is sovereign is free from external aggress...
14. ADDITIVES AND PRESERVATIVES USED IN FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION, AND THEIR HEALTH IMPLICATION
Abstract
Food additives is a food preservation solution which involves exposes foodstuffs to a source of energy capable of stripping electrons from individual atoms in the targeted material (ionizing radiation). This method of food preservation can be referred to as a m...
15. IRRADIATION AS A MEANS OF PRESERVATION IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Abstract
Food irradiation is a food preservation method which involves the process of exposing foodstuffs to a source of energy capable of stripping electrons from individual atoms in the targeted material (ionizing radiation). This method of food prese...
16. ASSESSMENT OF RADON-222 IN SOME SELECTED WATER SOURCES AT DUTSIN-MA TOWN, DUTSIN-MA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE
ABSTRACT
Radon is one of the sources of nuclear contamination in water and the largest contributor of the total radiation received by the general public from natural radioactive sources. Human exposure to high doses of radon through inhalation as gas or...
17. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED REAL-TIME FAULT-TOLERANT TASK ALLOCATION SCHEME FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
ABSTRACT
This research aimed at the development of a modified real-time fault-tolerant task allocation scheme (mRFTAS) for wireless sensor networks (WSNs), using active replication backup techniques. In WSNs, the sensor nodes are at risk of failure and malicious attacks (selective forwa...
18. ANTICONVULSANT STUDIES OF THREE SYNTHESIZED DICHLOROSUBSTITUTED PHENYL PROPANAMIDES AND THEIR ACTION ON VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS (Nav1.6)
Abstract
The field of antiepileptic drug development has become dynamic, affording many promising research opportunities. Continued efforts are being made in the development of antiepileptic drugs employing a range of strategies, including modification of the structures of existing drug...
19. CHARACTERISATION AND APPLICATION OF NATIVE AND CROSS-LINKED CASHEW (Anacardium occidentale L.) GUM IN TABLETTING
ABSTRACT
The exudate from cashew tree, referred to as cashew gum (CG) had been investigated for use as binder in conventional tablet formulations. In this study, cross-linked derivatives of the gum were synthesized and investigated for their physicochemical and physicotechnical properti...
20. RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATION OF SOME STAPLE FOOD CONSUMED IN UVWIE AND WARRI SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND EFFECT ON HUMAN AFTER CONSUMPTION
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BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The radiation burden of the environment is constantly being enhanced by ionizing radiations from natural sources and their transfer to flora and faunas have been noted by many researchers...
21. FORMULATION STUDIES OF TABLETS CONTAINING ADANSONIA DIGITATA L. MUCILAGE AS MATRIX FORMER
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of Adansonia digitata mucilage (ADM), a hydrophilic plant polymeric material to prolong the release of Metoprolol tartarate (MPT) from matrix tablet formulations compared with semi -synthetic polymer-HPMC60SH4000 matrices. Ph...
22. PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITY STUDIES ON THE LEAVES OF FICUS SYCOMORUS LIN. (FAMILY: MORACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Ficus sycomorous (Family Moraceae) is a plant used in African traditional medicine to treat mental illness, dysentery, cough, diarrhea, tuberculosis and cancer. The aim of this research work is to isolate and characterize some compounds from the leaf of Ficus sycomorous and to...
23. EVALUATION OF THE GASTROPROTECTIVE AND SUB-CHRONIC TOXICITY OF METHANOL STEM BARK EXTRACT OF XIMENIA AMERICANA LINN (OLACACEAE) IN MALE WISTAR RATS
Abstract
Ximenia americana is a plant used traditionally in northern parts of Nigeria for treatment of leprotic ulcers and mouth ulcers in addition to other medicinal uses. It contains flavanoids, saponins, tannins among others that has been reported to possess gastroprotective potentia...
24. GASTRO-INTESTINAL MUCOSAL PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES AND TOXICITY STUDIES ON THE METHANOL ROOT EXTRACT OF WALTHERIA INDICA LINN. (STERCULIACEAE) IN LABORATORY ANIMALS
ABSTRACT
Many countries worldwide including Nigeria use different parts of Waltheria indica (leaves, stem-barks, roots and whole plants) to treat various ailments. In Nigeria, Waltheria indica is used to treat gastro-intestinal ulcers, pain, inflammation, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, anae...
25. ANAPPRAISAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY
ABSTRACT
It is in the security interests of states to live in a peaceful and secure world. The pursuit of peace and security is, consequently, the desire of all states and often this finds place in their domestic policies. One of the ways in which states of the international community h...
26. GENETIC STUDIES ON SEED COAT TEXTURE AND COOKING TIME IN SOME VARIETIES OF COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)
ABSTRACT
Genetic studies on seed coat texture and cooking time in some varieties of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) were carried out between August 14, 2000 and November 20, 2002 and August 2, 2001 and December 3, 2003 respectively. The experiments were carried out at the research...
27. RADIATIONS FROM DAPPLING TELECOMMUNICATION MASTS- ASSESSMENT OF RISK PERCEPTION AMONG RESIDENTS WITHIN RANGE OF TELECOMMUNICATION MASTS IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA
Background to the Study
According to Akintowa et al. (2009), more than 100 years ago, scientists discovered that many elements commonly found on earth occur in different configurations at the most basic (atom) level. These various configurations (called isotopes) have identical chemical...
28. DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS FOR RATING SEISMIC ACTIVITIES USING RADIATED ENERGY OF EARTHQUAKES
Earthquakes
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The energy released during an earthquake could be in the form of elastic strain energy, gravitational potential energy or chemical energy. Of all t...
29. AN ASSESSMENT OF OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS OF SENATE COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE, 2015-2019
Background to the Study
The parliament or legislature is one of the organs of government empowered with checking the activities and actions of the executive organ of government because governance begins with lawmaking which is its responsibility. This duty of the legisl...
30. EFFECTS OF NON FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES ON PROFITABILITY OF FIRMS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Information plays an important role in the corporate world as it can benefit companies in many ways (Katmun, 2012). The information provided in annual reports or corporate reporting includes financial and non-financial informatio...
31. EFFECT OF IONIZING RADIATION ON THE KIDNEY (A CASE STUDY OF WINTER RAT)
Background of the study
The effect of ionizing radiation on biological systems has been a subject of extensive research, particularly concerning its implications on various organs within the body. Among these organs, the kidney holds significant importa...
32. THE EFFECT OF IONIZING RADIATION ON THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF THE BRAIN
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
The hippocampus, a region situated within the medial temporal...
