1. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY LIBRARIES FOR ENHANCED COLLECTION USEFULNESS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN ENUGU STATE
Background of the Study
The earliest and most fundamental responsibility of academic library is the conservation of knowledge. An academic library according to Akpata (1979) and Edoka (1992), refers to a library that caters :or the needs of those enqag...
2. EFFECT OF PRICING STRATEGIES ON SALES VOLUME -A CASE STUDY FPA MARKETING MODEL SHOP
Background of the study
Businesses today are facing one of the most competitive eras in history. The rise and fall of businesses and the outright failure of some businesses suggest that if businesses are not properly managed and do not have a clear direction, its organi...
3. AN EVALUATION OF TEACHERS' PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AND THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE)
Background of the Study
The success of any nation's education and manpower development is crucial to that nation's economic growth. Education is the bedrock of any country's economic development and technological advancement. Education, as o...
4. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCES OF HOME ECONOMICS STUDENT-TEACHERS AND POSSIBLE PANACEA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
A student teacher observed that the practical component of teacher training - practice teaching - was a challenging and stressful element of the course. She didn't seem to appreciate the experience. The experience of this student teacher desc...
5. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORKING EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AND ITS BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Students' industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) is a hands-on program designed and supported by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) in partnership with colleges, polytechnics, and universities to bridge the gap between sch...
6. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF VICTIMS OF CRIMES IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
It is not exaggeration that despite the effort of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and other bodies like the International Labour Organization (ILO)1, there are still cases and reports of women and child traf...
7. AN INVESTIGATION OF VALUE-ADDED TAX AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AND PROFITABILITY OF SME'S IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
For a long time, small and medium-sized businesses have been seen as a source of financial development and improvement. As a result of this growing recognition, the World Bank Group has made small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) a...
8. MICRO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND PERFORMANCE OF QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT IN PORT HARCOURT
Background of the study
Business organization does not operate in vacuum but it operates in business environment where there is production and distribution of goods and services. Business environment is the summation of all outside and interior co...
9. THE EXTENT OF LIABILITY OF BANKS FOR E-BANKING FRAUD
Background to the study
With the global use of progressively more sophisticated internet and information technology (Papazoglou, 2003), electronic banking is developing as a key channel for banking businesses (Wei et al., 2012). Globally, remote banking...
10. THE IMPACT OR EFFECT OF LABORATORY ACTIVITIES ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to Agbai, (2004), chemistry is a branch of science and the prerequisite subject for many fields of science. These fields include agriculture, pharmacy, medicine, nursing, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. It contr...
11. AN EVALUATION OF TEACHERS' PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AND THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE)
Background of the Study
The success of any nation's education and manpower development is crucial to that nation's economic growth. Education is the bedrock of any country's economic development and technological advancement. Education, as o...
12. RESOURCES GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE MINISTRY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CHIEFTAINCY AFFAIRS, KOGI STATE
Background of the Study
The local government system is a system of government established as a third tier of government after&nb...
13. THE ADMINISTRATION OF COLONIAL TAXATION IN ZARIA PROVINCE
Introduction
By 1900, the partition of Africa among the colonizing powers of Europe -France, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Dutch, Italy and Portugal was practically completed. Though, the detailed demarcation of the co...
14. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY LIBRARIES FOR ENHANCED COLLECTION USEFULNESS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN ENUGU STATE
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- Background of the Study
- Background of the Study
The earliest and most fundamental responsibility of academic library is the conservation of knowledge. An academic library according to Akpata...
15. EFFECT OF PRICING STRATEGIES ON SALES VOLUME ( A CASE STUDY FPA MARKETING MODEL SHOP)
Businesses today are facing one of the most competitive eras in history. The rise and fall of businesses and the outright failure of some businesses suggest that if businesses are not properly managed and do not have a clear direction, its organizational performance and ultimately organizational...
16. EVALUATION OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
The importance of employing good evaluation in improving manpower development cannot be over emphasized. Manpower development according to Brach (2000), is educational and development activities conducted by an enterprises to imp...
17. INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLE ON CHILDREN IN UGBOWO COMMUNITY
Abstract:- This study primarily aims at assessing and studying the parenting styles and its effect on the selfesteem of adolescents, specifically in Ugbowo community. ‘Parenting styles’ are of four main types which are authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and...
18. INFLUENCE OF AVAILABILITY AND ADEQUACY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Agricultural science teachers are always interested to finish the syllabus before the external examination – Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by West African Examination Council (WAEC). Agricultural science is one of th...
19. EFFECT OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA MANUFACTURING FIRM
BACKGROUND TO STUDY
A firm's leverage refers to the mix of its financial liabilities. As financial capital is an uncertain but critical resource for all firms, suppliers of finance are able to exert control over firms. Debt and equity are the two major classes of li...
20. AN EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF YOUTHS IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF IKWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL, EBONYI STATE, 2015-2020
Background of the study
Without a doubt, a country's growth is mainly determined by its youthful population's productivity and creativity. As a result, youths' contributions to national development cannot be overlooked in national developmen...
21. AN ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY CONTROL AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING PERFORMANCE IN A PRODUCTION COMPANY
Background of the study
Manufacturing businesses are shifting their focus toward three primary competitive areas as a result of the pressure brought on by globalization: quality, cost, and responsiveness. The pursuit of quality has emerged as a topic of concern o...
22. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE CENTERS, A CASE STUDY OF JABI VILLAGE FCT ABUJA
Background Of The Study
In the child of bringing new life into the world, childbearing is one of the perilous activities that women participate in. It is often accompanied with complications that may result in morbidity, disability, and death. The World...
23. ANALYSIS OF STOCK PRICES AND EXCHANGE RATE INTERACTIONS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The need to capture stock market and foreign exchange market nexus in Nigeria is underscored by the rapidly expanding financial markets integration due to trade and financial liberalization policies which seem to have enhanced the inflow of cap...
24. A STUDY ON THE MODIFICATION, CHARACTERISATION AND APPLICATION OF COCONUT WASTES AS FILLERS IN RUBBER COMPOUNDING
ABSTRACT
In this study, coconut palm wastes were obtained, washed to remove sands and debris and then dried at 95oC for 1 hr to remove surface moisture. Filler modifications through carbonisation were done at varying temperatures of 300oC, 400oC, 500oC, 600oC and 700oC....
25. FICTION, EMOTION AND NARRATION IN SELECTED NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE
INTRODUCTION
Narration as a concept is the weaving of several strands of events into a story. This means narrative comes out of oral or written account of an event or events such as The Man Died (1972) – the autobiographical narrative on the detention and...
26. DRIVERS' VISUAL FOCUS AREAS ON COMPLEX ROAD NETWORKS IN STRATEGIC CIRCUMSTANCES: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT
The safety of passengers is an important aspect of developing a car with superlative automaticity. Human error accounts for 94% of serious crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars may respond more...
27. A THEORETICALLY LOSSLESS METHOD FOR DERIVING EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS FROM UNEVENLY SAMPLED DATA
ABSTRACT
The Lomb-Scargle discrete Fourier transform (LSDFT) is a fairly popular technique for analyzing time series within the astronomy community. However, this algorithm is largely unknown in many other disciplines, despite many potential applications. In particular, the atmospheric...
28. New Password Authenticated Key Exchange Based on the Ring Learning with Errors
Abstract
Authenticated Key Exchange (AKE) is a cryptographic scheme with the aim to establish a high-entropy and secret session key over an insecure communications network. PasswordAuthenticated Key Exchange (PAKE) assumes that the parties in communication share a simple password, which...
29. INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP STYLES OF PRINCIPALS ON TEACHERS’ COMMITMENT TO WORK IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Educational institutions are significant places where next generations are assembled for training, learning enquiries. And are social systems where continuous teaching and learning are taking place. Such educational institutions always need quali...
30. POPULATION GROWTH_AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (1981-2011)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the years if has become established that the existence of an efficient human capital is the key to economic growth and development in any nation. This seems from the fact that every other facility and resources required for economic development is driven by...
31. SOCIO ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS
Background to the Study
A nation’s progress is largely judged by the extent of productivity it achieved within a defined period. Productivity is a function of useful economic engagement of citizens of a country. Poor economic engagement of a count...
32. A SURVEY RESEARCH TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: A CASE STUDY OF BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also known as Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is defined by the World Health Organization (2007) as “all procedures that involve partial or tota...
33. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COST PLANNING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It is a known fact that the Nigerian construction industry continues to occupy an important position in the nation’s economy even though it contributes less than the manufacturing or other service industries, (Aibinu and Jagboro, 2002). The...
34. AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING AND ITS IMPACT ON FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Accounting has been defined as the business language, and the accounting profession as the backbone of the corporation. This is due to the fact that accounting, in addition to its functions, serves as the custodian of an organiza...
35. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF KUDAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT -2015-2023
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine representative democracy and public accountability in Nigeria: A case study of kudan local government -2015-2023. Specifically, the study aims to examine the concept of representative...
36. THE IMPACT OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE ON STUDENT'S ABILITY TO LEARN NEW BIOLOGY CONCEPTS IN GOVERNMENT DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL AMANAWA
Background of the study
The role of prior knowledge in the learning process has been a focal point of educational research, especially in the context of science education. Students often come to the classroom with pre-existing knowledge and experiences...
37. CAUSES AND EFFECT OF CONTAMINATED WATER ON HUMAN HEALTH
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
Water contamination remains a critical public health issue gl...
38. EVALUATION OF THE PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN IMO STATE; CASE STUDY OF NAZE INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER
Background of the study
Industrial clusters have been recognized globally as a critical engine for economic growth and innovation, driving the competitiveness of regions and nations (Porter, 1998). In the context of developing economies like Nigeria, in...
39. STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARD THE USE OF E-LIBRARY RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY OF KSUSTA
Background of the study
The advent of digital technology has revolutionized various aspects of human endeavors, particularly in the realm of education. One notable advancement is the emergence and subsequent proliferation of electronic libraries (e-libr...
40. AN ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS AND THE END BAD GOVERNANCE PROTEST IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
The rapid evolution of digital technology, particularly the rise of social media platforms, has significantly transformed the landscape of political activism and social movements worldwide. In Nigeria, the use of...
41. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL PROTEST USING KENYA AND NIGERIA AS CASE STUDY
Background to the Study
Protests have long been a vital mechanism for citizens to express dissent, demand reforms, and challenge governance structures. In recent years, two significant protests that have garnered international attention...
42. THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN NATIONAL CRISIS (A CASE STUDY OF ENDBADGOVERNMENT PROTEST)
Background of the Study
The role of media in shaping public discourse, especially during national crises, cannot be understated. Media, encompassing traditional outlets like television, radio, and newspapers, as well as digital platforms like social med...
43. USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION DURING THE END BAD GOVERNANCE PROTEST IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF YOUTHS IN RAYFIELD, JOS, PLATEAU)
Background of the Study
The role of social media in shaping public opinion has increasingly gained recognition across the globe, particularly in the context of socio-political movements. Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook,...
