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STRUGGLE AND SURVIVAL IN A COWRIE OF HOPE BY BINWELL SINYANGWE AND THE CARDINALS BY BESSIE HEAD

ABSTRACTLife is a battle for struggle and survival. Struggle and survival are as old as man. Every second, man is on the move, thinking of what to do and how to do it in order to survive. This project, therefore, examines the ways the two novelists presented their characters in their attempts to ...

English and Linguistics Type: PROJECT

📄 65 pages | 🧠 10813 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ACCESS FOR PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe paper argued that information begets education and an educated person is not that who memorised fact, theories, philosophies and other aspects of knowledge. Rather, an educated person is that who has accumulated information from which the required knowledge, ideas and experiences are ...

Education Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 6071 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF LISTED FOOD AND BEVERAGES FIRMS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe study examines the effect of firm characteristics on the capital structure of listed food and beverages companies in Nigeria from the perspective of pecking order and trade off theories. The study uses secondary data collected by means of documentation for the period of ten years rang...

Administration Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 9305 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A DISCRETE-FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED FEATURE SELECTION SCHEME FOR IMPROVED FACE RECOGNITION

ABSTRACTThis research presents the development of a Discrete Firefly Algorithm (DFA) based feature selection scheme for improved face recognition. Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Haar wavelet based Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) were used for feature extraction, and Nearest Neighbour Classi...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 11276 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECT OF MICROFINANCE SERVICES ON WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ABSTRACTWomen are believed to be economically active yet, they comprise of the majority of the world‟s poor. Women have not only been disadvantaged in access to material resources like credit, property and money, but they have also been excluded from social resources like education and knowledg...

Administration Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 8190 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE INCIDENCE OF MORPHOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES OF SPERMATOZOA IN SEMEN OF INFERTILE MEN AND SOME CAUSES OF VARIATIONS

A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA. NORTHERN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis project consists of two studies (Study I and Study II). Study I (Methodological study) was used to study the effect of preparation, fixation in buffered formal saline. Storage at +40C for one month and staining techniques on sperm morphological abnormalities. Semen from 150 men in Za...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 12805 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDS) AMONG STUDENTS OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY

A CASE STUDY OF AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe study examined the sexual behaviour and knowledge towards Sexually Transmitted Diseases among students of senior Secondary Schools and university in Akure, Ondo State. The sexual behaviour of the respondents and their knowledge consisted the dependent variables. While demographic char...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 10646 words | 📚 5 chapters

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HYDROLYSIS OF CASSAVA STARCH BY AMYLASES FROM MAIZE

ABSTRACTCrude maize amylase was extracted from twenty (20) cultivars of maize grains obtained from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan. Cassava starch was extracted from eight (8) varieties of hydrid cassava tubers from IITA, Ibadan. Maize amylase activity was determine...

Biochemistry Type: PROJECT

📄 111 pages | 🧠 13769 words | 📚 4 chapters

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AN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES OF JURISTIC DIFFERENCES IN INTERPRETATION IN ISLAMIC LAW

ABSTRACTDiffering is inevitable among people, because of individual natural differences regarding thinking, understanding, power of assimilation, intellect, etc. Thus, differences and contradictions are a natural outcome. Incidentally people have grossly misconceived differences of opinion among ...

Law Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 9205 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED TRANSPORT COMPANIES IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study surveyed the impact of leadership style on the performance of selected transport companies in Benue State, Nigeria. Three transport companies were drawn in Benue State for the study, namely: Benue Links Nigeria Limited with its headquarters located at ...

Business Administration and Management Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 11025 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGNING AN APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT FOR TOURISM

A CASE STUDY OF GREATER USUMA TOURIST RESORT, ABUJA

ABSTRACTTourism in Nigeria is fast becoming popular. It is an initiative embraced by the various state governments to generate revenue internally and harness various indigenous potentials, natural attractions, leisure and recreational development were seen as a possible means of foreign exchange ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 9857 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL DISCIPLINARY STYLES ON STUDENTS’ TRUANT BEHAVIOUR IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

A CASE STUDY OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe general purpose of this study was aimed at investigating the influence of parental disciplinary styles on students truant behavior in Senior Secondary Schools in Kano State. In the study 4 objectives, 4 research questions and 4 null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Revie...

Education Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 12349 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT OF NIGERIA (ICAN) AS AN AGENCY FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION

ABSTRACTThis study is an attempt to examine the effectiveness of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) as an Agency of Continuing Education. This is with a view to determining whether it can be concluded that the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) is an agency f...

Accountancy Type: PROJECT

📄 108 pages | 🧠 14762 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IMPACTS OF THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE BROADCASTING SERVICE ENUGU

ABSTRACT        The Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS Radio I) Enugu like many other electronic media establishment in Nigeria has been carrying out its communicating functions of informing, educating, entertaining, persuading and public enlightenments and adver...

Mass Communication Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 6392 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PHENOTYPIC, GENOTYPIC AND PATHOGENICITY STUDIES OF PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA ISOLATED FROM CHICKENS

A CASE STUDY OF JOS OF PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTSporadic outbreaks of fowl cholera have been experienced from time to time in Jos, Nigeria despite vaccination against the disease. This study was conducted from November, 2010 to October, 2011 to determine the phenotypic and genotypic profile of Pasteurella multocida isolated from chicke...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 8725 words | 📚 5 chapters

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