1. A STUDY OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP AND THE CREDIBILITY OF NEWS REPORTING IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
As a watchdog and a mirror of the country, the media plays an important role in society and has a significant effect on editorial policy. We will include not only the mechanical devices that transmit and sometimes, messages (TV c...
2. IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF PRIVATE BROADCASTING STATIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Media as a watchdog and the mirror of the nation perform crucial roles in the society and as well it is influence in its editorial policy. Lazar field and Kendal (2002,p.32), insist that mass is truly applicable to the medium of...
3. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-WHEEL MOTORIZED SCOOTER
ABSTRACT
This motorized Two-wheel scooter is specifically designed for low speed, and hence is more suitable for short distance commute. It incorporates a mild steel frame which houses the transmission mechanism. This transmission system in its self is a motor- chain-sp...
4. ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA; ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Background of the study
Ethnic consciousness is the loyalty or attachment to an ethnic group either as a social, political and economic entity, or a cultural community. Whichever way we look at it, ethnic consciousness is based on the distinctiveness of...
5. IMPACT OF COMPUTER ON THE PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM
Background of the Study
Journalism is the investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to broad evidence. Though there are many variations of journalism, the idea is to inform the intended evidence about topics ranging from government and bu...
6. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GAS DETECTION SYSTEM USING GSM NETWORK
ABSTRACT
This project presents the design and implementation of gas detection system using GSM network. Gas leakage is a major problem with industrial sector, residential premises and gas powered vehicles like CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) buses, cars, e...
7. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTRUDER DETECTOR FOR OFFICE AND HOME USE
Background of Study
Environmental, home and office security against intruders has become a thing of individual, national and international concern. The essence of this project is to provide a cost effective and more efficient security system in areas li...
8. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED DOT MATRIX ADVERT DISPLAY
Micro controller programmable Dot matrix information display system, is a system electronically designed and constructed, that is used to display different information to the view of the masses. The information to be displayed could be diagrams, symbols, letters, colors, numbers, codes, etc depen...
9. ANALYTICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC SOLAR STREET LIGHT
INTRODUCTION
Since the discovery of electrical energy for illumination, it is evident that human interaction is required to operate the switch, either off when not in use or ONM when needed. Because of this reason, as well as a lack of electricity supply, t...
10. GENDER ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF WOMEN
Background of the Study
The first and most important component of food security is the practice of environmentally sustainable food production. 68% of working women in the United States are farmers, agricultural laborers, or natural resource managers (Onyemobi 2000). By...
11. 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...
12. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC QUICK BUZZER SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Quiz buzzers are used often at places like educational institutions where it is required for game shows and also in live quiz competitions broadcasted via television. A quiz buzzer allows any user to press the switch quickly in response to a ques...
13. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING AN AUTOMATIC SOLAR STREET LIGHT
ABSTRACT
The broad objective of this study is focused on analytical design and construction of automatic solar street light In this project work, we are mostly concern about building a simple power streetlig...
14. IMPACT OF RUNWAY CAPACITY ON FLIGHT EFFICIENCY AND DELAY
Abstract
Congestion and delay at the airport are used in measuring the performance indicator (PI) of an airport. One key determinant of the expected activities at a given aerodrome is the airfield component and characteristic in which the runway is of g...
15. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF DIGITAL DISTANCE MEASURING INSTRUMENT
ABSTRACT
Distance measurement plays a vital role in engineering, science and business. The distance is always measured between two points. Generally distance measurement is possible only by making contact with the target whose distance...
16. SMART TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM USING YOLO-MODEL
Background of the study
Traffic congestion is a major problem in many cities, and the fixed-cycle light signal controllers are not resolving the high waiting time in the intersection. We see often a policeman managing the movements instead of the traffi...
17. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FINGERPRINT BASED ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
ABSTRACT
The implementation of the biometric based attendance system constrained by our scope and objectives was successfully achieved using the waterfall approach through the help of my supervisor and expert advice. We built a handheld device which was...
18. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A CAR TRACKER SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this project is to design and construct a car tracker system with code using GSM. A good car attracts everyone including thieves. When it comes to the safety of cars, car owners should be very careful. These days, the market...
19. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PASSWORD BASED ACCESS CONTROL WITH INTRUDER ALERT SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
The necessity of a low cost electronic home security system designed in co-ordination with other security measures is always there in our society to reduce the risk of home intrusion. Keeping this problem in mind, we are working on a project on automatic passwo...
20. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AC/SOLAR RECHARGEABLE LANTERN
ABSTRACT
In this project, a portable cost effective AC/Solar rechargeable lantern was constructed. The dual-purpose rechargeable was designed to store energy from AC utility power source and solar power source. The electrical energy was stored in a rechargeable battery with a charge c...
21. THE ART OF NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING IN THE LIGHT OF JOHN F. KIPPLEY
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
There is this popular perception that population growth impedes economic development and induces poverty; that it means increased infant and maternal death rates, and that it leads to environmental degradation and depletion of r...
22. DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC OUTPUT-FEEDBACK REGULATOR FOR STABILIZATION AND TRACKING OF NON-SQUARE MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT SYSTEMS
ABSTRACT
This research work is aimed at the development of an observer-based dynamic output feedback controller for stabilization and tracking of nonlinear systems. The developed controller is designed after the immersion-invariance and internal model principle (IMP) frameworks and targ...
23. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED EAST-WEST INTERFACE FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK FOR WIDE AREA NETWORKS
ABSTRACT
This research is aimed at the development of a modified East-West Interface for distributed control plane in Software Defined Network (SDN) for Wide Area Network (WAN). The East-West Interface is important in achieving communication across a Software Defined WAN, to enable scal...
24. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED FRUIT FLY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM BASED LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR CONTROLLER FOR AIRCRAFT PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
This research is aimed at the development of a modified fruit fly optimization algorithm (mFFOA) for the determination of optimized weighting matrices (Q which is a positive definite matrix that penalizes the states and R which is also a positive definite matrix that penalizes...
25. DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE ESTIMATION BASED IMPROVED DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF NON-TECHNICAL LOSSES USING SMART METER MEASUREMENTS
ABSTRACT
This research work presents the development of branch current based state estimation for NonTechnical Losses (NTLs) Detection and Localization. The use of weighted least square (WLS) state estimation for the evaluation of branch current of a network during theft is considered....
26. DEVELOPMENT OF A SENSITIVITY INDEX BASED TECHNIQUE FOR UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER PLACEMENT WITH CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS ON NIGERIA 330kV TRANSMISSION NETWORK
ABSTRACT
Power system network is designed to operate in a prescribed voltage and frequency for stability and for better power quality. Unexpected contingencies leads to instability related problems in the system. This research develops a sensitivity index based technique with contingenc...
27. DEVELOPMENT OF A SHUNT ACTIVE POWER FILTER FOR HARMONIC REDUCTION USING SYNCHRONOUS REFERENCE FRAME WITH SPACE VECTOR PULSE WIDTH MODULATION
ABSTRACT
This work aimed at designing and implementation of Shunt Active Power Filter (SAPF) for power quality improvement through harmonic reduction. The current harmonics are being caused by nonlinear characteristic of power electronics based equipments which increase power losses and...
28. DEVELOPMENT OF THREE DEGREE OF FREEDOM CONTROLLER FOR SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER USING NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHM II
ABSTRACT
This thesis presents the development of a Three Degree of Freedom (3DoF) based outlet fluid temperature controller for Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger (STHX). Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers are classes of heat exchangers being used in industries for heat transfer between fluids....
29. HARMONICS MITIGATION ON VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE USING SINGLE PHASE SHUNT ACTIVE POWER FILTER CONTROLLED BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
ABSTRACT
This research presents effect of harmonic generated by variable frequency drives (VFD).In the past, electrical power system equipment and devices were designed to produce nearly sinusoidal voltage and current waveforms. However, nowadays, with much interest and wide spreads of...
30. DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED EXTENDED DIJKSTRA ALGORITHM FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS
ABSTRACT
This research presents the development of an improved Extended Dijkstra Algorithm (mED-SDN) for Software Defined Networks (SDN) using Representational State Transfer (REST). The original Extended Dijkstra Algorithm for SDN (ED-SDN) cannot handle shortcomings associated with the...
31. AUTOMATED IRRIGATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A GREEN HOUSE
ABSTRACT
The aim of this project is to design and construct an automated irrigation and monitoring system for a greenhouse. In this project, we design a system that uses data’s related to a greenhouse environment and yield status to control the designed system for the greenhouse....
32. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOIL MOISTURE DETECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC SMS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
The Internet of Things (IoT) is converting the agriculture industry and solving the immense problems or the major challenges faced by the farmers todays in the field. Nigeria is one of the 13th countries in the world having scarcity of water resources. Due to e...
33. EFFECT OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, RETENTION AND SELF-EFFICACY IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN ABIA STATE
Background to the Study
Business organizations are set up with the principal objectives of creating wealth for the owners and ensure the continuous growth of the entity. Business organizations are increasingly becoming more complex in their operations, thereby requirin...
34. A SOLDER-DEFINED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE FOR BACKDOOR AND MALWARE RESISTANCE
ABSTRACT
Abel, Marc W. Ph.D. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University, 2022. A Solder-Defined Computer Architecture for Backdoor and Malware Resistance. This research is about securing control of those devices we most depend on for integrity and confidenti...
35. DEVELOPMENT OF FISH POND MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
Automated system of fish farming has become inevitable due to the immense importance of fisheries aquaculture. The efficiency of any fish rearing system depends on monitoring and control of pond water quality parameters as well as adequate feeding and a reliable power source. T...
36. 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...
37. RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF JUST-IN-TIME TEACHING AND PEER INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN ANAMBRA STATE
Background to the Study
At the College of Education level, business education is one of the programmes that provide its recipients with knowledge, skills, understanding and attitude needed to compete favourably in the business world as producers or consumers of goods and services. Accor...
38. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED SECURITY DOOR USING SMART CARD
ABSTRACT
This project shows the construction of a microcontroller based security door using smart card. It is aimed towards programming the microcontroller to control the hardware in sliding door. The system consists of a microcontroller 89S52 which sends a signal to the multiplexers on...
39. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED
ABSTRACT
Microcontroller based automate controller is a project design of a system that is used in operating a gate automatically. The system opens the gate automatically when a human being or car is about to enter a compound or exit a compound. The system works by sensing the light ray...
40. CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC WATER LEVEL CONTROLLER
ABSTRACT
The project design and construction of an automatic water level controller is aimed at realizing a simple, portable cost effective system capable of controlling the water level in an overhead water tank. This project report details the construction processes employed in impleme...
41. CONSTRUCTION OF MICROCONTROLLER BASED VEHICLE SPEED ALARM.
ABSTRACT
The project is based on Construction of microcontroller vehicle speed alarm system which automatically warns the driver by activating a panic alarm which is triggered on when the driver exceeds the speed limit set in the system which also stops the alarm when the speed is reduc...
42. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED T-JUNCTION TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLER
ABSTRACT
T-junction traffic light controller is such a device that will play a significant role in controlling traffic at junctions, to ease the expected increased rush at such junctions and reduce to minimum disorderliness that may arise, as well as allowing the pedestrians a right of...
43. CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC WATER LEVEL CONTROLLER FOR BOTH OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND TANKS
ABSTRACT
Automatic water level controller for both overhead and underground tank is designed to monitor the level of water in a tank. It displays the level of water and when it is at the lowest level; a pump is activated automatically to refill the tank. When the tank is filled to its m...
44. DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF 200 WATT SOLAR POWER SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
The 200W solar system was determined by load assessment, solar panel number determination, battery requirement and then inverter sizing. A complete solar panel rated at 200w was however purchased, together with 2 no. 150A solar battery, 1500W inverter and also 10A charge contro...
45. INFLUENCE OF RADIO OWNERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL
Background of the study
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria is the Pioneer Broadcast Organization in Nigeria with a rich culture of excellence. Available records reveal that Radio Broadcasting was introduced into Nigeria in 1933 by the then colonial Government. It relayed the overs...
