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PREDICTION OF MOMENT CAPACITY OF CONCRETE SLABS SINGLY REINFORCED WITH CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS (CFRP) USING SIMULATED ANNEALING

ABSTRACTPrediction of moment capacity of concrete slabs singly reinforced with carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) using simulated annealing is looked into. Equations for resistance moment are obtained based on the flexural requirements presented in ACI 440. 1R-06 (2006). These equations are ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 9655 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR INTERNAL NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MULTI DISCIPLINARY CAMPUS NETWORK

ABSTRACTThe aim of the research is the modeling and implementation of an intrusion detection system (IDS) with focus on internally generated intrusions on a multi-Disciplinary campus network using Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria as a case study. A.B.U Zaria campus network is a complex network...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 8022 words | 📚 5 chapters

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Boundary Surveying and Boundary Management Issues in Nigeria

ABSTRACTThe emergence of many Nigeria from colonial rule in the 60s brought grim prospects of widespread border conflicts. These fears were borne out of the fact that European diplomats who had only limited knowledge of local realities artificially forged most of the boundaries of African terr...

Surveying and Geoinformatics Type: PROJECT

📄 113 pages | 🧠 12044 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOIL MOISTURE DETECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC SMS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOIL MOISTURE DETECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC SMS NOTIFICATION SYSTEMCHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background to the studyThrough the ages agriculture production systems have benefited from the incorporation of technological advances primarily developed for other industries. T...

Computer Science Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 9532 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PROPERTIES OF CORN COB ASH CONCRETE

ABSTRACTThis thesis studied the behavior Corn Cob Ash (CCA) concrete. The study also investigated the effect of Corn Cob Ash on cement and as a partial replacement for cement. The behavior of Corn Cob Ash concrete in aggressive chemical media was then investigated. Chemical analysis of the CCA to...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 6641 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF YIELD AND SOIL WATER BALANCE OF TWO COWPEA VARIETIES UNDER DEFICIT IRRIGATION AND MULCH IN A WEIGHING-TYPE MICRO LYSIMETER

ABSTRACTThe field experiment was conducted during the 2011 dry season at the Irrigation Research Fields of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Samaru, Nigeria, to evaluate yield and soil water balance of two cowpea varieties under deficit irrigation and mulch using locally assembled we...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 11845 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE USE OF ENCASEP TIMEBER BEAMS AS ALTERNATIVE TO REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS

ABSTRACTThe project investigates the possibility of adopting a composite beam consisting of concrete and timber, and consequently comparing the structural performance and the economical implications of this beam to a normal reinforced concrete beam. The idea to do this is borne out of the need to...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 9484 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODELLING OF WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION IN THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF KADUNA METROPOLIS USING MATLAB

ABSTRACTPublic water supply is distributed through water pipe network, which affects the quality of water that gets to the consumers when the integrity of the pipe distribution network is compromised. Hence, this study aimed at investigating and modelling water quality deterioration in the distri...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 9198 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHINUA ACHEBE'S EARLY AND CONTEMPORARY LITERARY WORKS

ABSTRACTLiterary style, the meeting point between literary criticism and linguistic analysis, is the focus of this project. The study demonstrates the viability of collaboration between principles of the two approaches.Focusing on two novels of the world-acclaimed African novelist, Chinua Achebe,...

English and Linguistics Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 12282 words | 📚 5 chapters

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GENDER STEREOTYPES IN VIDEO GAMES: A STUDY OF PLAY STATION AND XBOX AMONG STUDENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF JOS

ABSTRACTThis dissertation sets out to identify gender stereotypes in popular media, specifically those portrayed in video games, and why it is important for video game users to recognize stereotypical portrayals. To achieve this, ten (10) most popular games available in Nigeria were selec...

Arts Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 7157 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT LEAD TO ABANDONMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS

A CASE STUDY OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA

ABSTRACTThe successful implementation of building projects may be impaired without a good knowledge of the environmental factors that contribute to building projects abandonment and this abandonment makes it difficult to achieve the benefit to be derived from the projects. The aim of the study wa...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 12982 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE SOCIO-POLITICAL CARTOONS OF MOOYIWA ADETULA AND AKILA JIBRIN IN NATIONAL DAILIES OF NIGERIA 2007-2014

ABSTRACTCartoon is a visual art that complements news media in artistic form. It has not been given much attention in the Nigerian newspapers. Probably because people do not seem to understand the messages the cartoonists try to pass across to the public. Many of the reading public just laugh ove...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 7228 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SOME BIOMETRIC AND ALLOMETRIC GROWTH TRAITS OF PUREBRED HEAVY ECOTYPE OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL CHICKEN

SOME BIOMETRIC AND ALLOMETRIC GROWTH TRAITS OF PUREBRED HEAVY ECOTYPE OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL CHICKENABSTRACTFifty five (55) experimental birds were randomly replicated into 5 deep litter pens in the ratio of 1cock: 10 hens. Like to like random mating was ensured to raise 200 chicks in the F1 gener...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 9329 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RELATIONSHIP OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND SELF EFFICACY WITH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG NCE STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis study investigated relationship of achievement motivation, self-efficacy and academic achievement among NCE students of colleges of education in Kaduna State. Survey design was adopted in the study. The study was guided by seven objectives, seven research questions and seven hypothes...

Education Type: PROJECT

📄 90 pages | 🧠 7538 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE AND SOME ASPECT OF ECG AND HAEMATOLOGICAL VARIABLES IN NON-PREGNANT AND PREGNANT WOMEN AT SECOND AND THIRD TRIMESTERS OF PREGNACY

A CASE STUDY OF KURA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KANO STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTValues of peak expiratory rate (PEFR), ECG and Haematological variables in 250 females at their reproductive ages, made up of 123 pregnant subjects and 127 nonpregnant control groups, living and/or working in Kura local government area and its environs were obtained. Pearson's correlation...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 9046 words | 📚 5 chapters

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