1. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF FIELD STUDY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Field research is the collecting of data outside of a laboratory, library, or workplace context (Okafor, 2017). The tactics and methods utilized in field research differ depending on the discipline. Biologists, for example, may s...
2. THE INFLUENCE OF FIELD STUDY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Field study is the collection of information outside a laboratory, library or workplace setting (Wikipedia, 2016). The approaches and methods used in field study vary across disciplines. For example, biologists who conduct field...
3. AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: STRATEGIES FOR INVOLVING RURAL FARMERS IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO STUDY
One area of the environment that has lately attracted global attention is biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity is defined as the variety and variability of living species and the ecological complexity in which they live as observed by Altier...
4. IMPROVING URBAN RESIDENTS AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine improving urban residents awareness of the impact of household activities on climate change with special reference to Abeokuta South, Ogun State. Specifically, the study aim to examine the causes...
5. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF A FAULTY DEEP FREEZER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
INTRODUCTION
Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from a substance or space in order to make it cool. It is defined also as a branch of science that deals with the process of reducing and maintaining the temperature of a space, substance or material below the t...
6. RECORD MANAGEMENT OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
ABSTRACT
This work is aimed at identifying the records management of Archival materials. The purpose of this work is designed to identify the various records management of Archival materials in the management of the Imo State Archives Owerri and to find out the causes of records deterio...
7. STUDIES OF PROPAGATION IMPAIRMENTS FOR FIXED SATELLITE COMMUNICATION LINKS AT THE MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigates the effect of propagation impairments such as rain, cloud, gases and tropospheric scintillation on fixed satellite communication link on earth-space path for frequencies between 10 and 50 GHz at Ku, Ka and V bands for 37 locations in Nige...
8. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECT OF SOLAR RADIATION ON NIGERIA
Abstract
The technical consideration of some common and related atmospheric variables were investigated in the light of climate change on annual time scale and a suitable scheme was further developed for the simulation of annual global solar radiation in Nigeria. In thi...
9. ASSESSMENT OF WATER AVAILABILITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN GORONYO RESERVOIR, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Climatic parameters are exposed to variation due to the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases. Hence, it is essential to assess the water availability and demand under the climate variation in Goronyo Reservoir, Sokoto State Nigeria. since the supply of water is one of...
10. 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...
11. TRACE METAL CONTENTS AT SELECTED GROWTH STAGES OF WHEAT AND MAIZE GROWN ON ROADSIDE SOIL AT KADAWA KANO STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Risk assessment of selected trace metals Cr, Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu at selected growth stages (15 days – germination or seedling stage, 30 days – tillering stage, 45 days – booting/shooting stage, 60 days – heading/earing stage, 75 days – flowering stag...
12. RAINFALL TRENDS AND VARIABILITY IN IBADAN, OYO STATE
Project Body
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Rain is liquid water in form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated that is, become heavy enough to fall under gravity (Mordurch, 1995; Sala and Lauenroth, 1982). Rain is a major...
13. ASSESSMENT OF WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL FOR ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Electricity is very important and crucial in the development of any economy; Niger State is currently experiencing serious electricity supply problem. This research assessed the potential for using wind energy for electric power supply in Minna, located on latitude 9° 36&pr...
14. 3D First Person Shooter PC Game
ABSTRACT
Monsters Within is a fun 3D FPS horror survival game on the Windows platform that demands its players to have fast reflexes, quick thinking and deductive skills to survive in the game environment they have been thrust into; distorted humanoid creatures have overrun the city and...
15. 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...
16. DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME, SOLAR POWERED MICROCONTROLLER-BASED WEATHER STATION FOR THE ACQUISITION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS
ABSTRACT
Atmospheric researchers, meteorologists, and farmers continue to face difficulties in assessing real-time weather data. This project created a solar-powered Arduino microcontroller-based weather station that uses meteorological sensors to measure atmospheric temperature, relati...
17. INTEGRATION OF GREEN STRATEGIES IN THE DESIGN OF TECH INNOVATION HUB
ABSTRACT
The growing use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and related technology has led to the emergence of a more innovative workspaces. With changes in the manner in which people work, think and adopt the use of technology, new workspace models have arisen. As work...
18. MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FOR ANALYSING FIRE SPREAD IN A REAL-TIME COUPLED ATMOSPHERIC WILDLAND FIRE
ABSTRACT
Wildland fire spread is one of the most challenging problems faced by reserved or unreserved vegetation in many developed and developing nations, because it can lead to serious environmental hazards in claiming lives, properties, animals and some other valuable treasures. This...
19. POSSIBLE TELECONNECTION BETWEEN THE INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE (IOD) AND RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION OVER NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has some level of control over the weather of Nigeria and Africa seasonally but there has been enough debate as to the extent of the control. ENSO magnitudes do not necessarily translate into impacts in the same direction hence, attempt t...
20. RAINFALL PREDICTION FOR MINNA METROPOLIS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
ABSTRACT
The effect of rainfall in our society today is stupendous. Rainfall is seen as a benefit to crops and lives. Accurate and timely rainfall prediction can be very helpful for effective security measures for planning water resources management, transportation activities, agricultu...
21. INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STYLE PRACTICES OF PROVOSTS ON MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
Background to the Study
Existence of organization predated modern civilization. Man has been managing his time, shelter, consumable resources and family members for the achievement of set goal of personal security, food security and live long security of the members. Th...
22. ASSESSMENT OF GNSS-BASED INTEGRATED WATER VAPOUR OVER NIGERIA CORS NETWORK
ABSTRACT
Water vapour is a very dynamic component of the atmosphere. It greatly influences the atmospheric stabilization mechanism. Hence, it is very difficult to measure or model using classical meteorological systems or models. Tropical atmosphere holds the largest amount of water vap...
23. APPLICATION OF SATELLITE BASED REMOTE SENSING TO THE ESTIMATION AND MONITORING OF CROP HEALTH
ABSTRACT
The effect of loss in the availability of farm products has a lot of negative impact on the society. The decrease in crops production has created disparity between the food demand of world population and the global agricultural output. Crop production faces alot of challenges,...
