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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF DUCK FARMING

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF DUCK FARMINGABSTRACTThis project work was carried out in Ovia North West Local Government Area of edo state to examine the problems of duck farming within the area. 5o questionnaires were distributed among farmers in the local government but there response where only ana...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 65 pages | 🧠 9999 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PRESERVATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES

A CASE STUDY OF KENNETH DIKE e-LIBRARY

ABSTRACTPreservation is the act of keeping library materials safe from loss or damages. It is the major concern the library has to protect library materials against the basic elements in the environment, which accelerates the deterioration of library materials and should preserve the memory of ci...

Library and Information Science Type: PROJECT

📄 41 pages | 🧠 7025 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF VARIABLE FREQUENCY INDUCTION GENERATOR FOR SMALL SCALE WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT

A CASE STUDY OF KUMBOTSO VILLAGE, KANO.

ABSTRACTThis study investigated the wind energy potential for wind turbine development in Kumbotso village in Kano State, (Latitude 11.880 and Longitude 8.50).Ten (10) years average wind velocity data as recorded by National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) USA, surface Meteorology and ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 7380 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FIRM SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED INSURANCE FIRMS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTFirm specific characteristics have been identified to have an immeasurable role in enhancing the financial performance of companies, but available literatures in this area are mixed and inconclusive. Owing to these mixed and inconclusive findings, the study therefore investigates the impa...

Administration Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 10693 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IMPACT OF HADEJIA VALLEY IRRIGATION (HVIP) PROJECT ON CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe overall objective of this study was to analyse the impact of Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project (HVIP) on crop productivity and poverty reduction in the study area. The specific objectives were to: Describe the socio-economic and institutional characteristics of beneficiaries and non-b...

Agricultural Science Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 8166 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC OUTPUT-FEEDBACK REGULATOR FOR STABILIZATION AND TRACKING OF NON-SQUARE MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT SYSTEMS

ABSTRACTThis 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 targets non-squ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 11324 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE SOCIOLOGICAL INDICES OF AFRICAN DRAMA

A STUDY OF WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY A LAGOSIAN KALEIDOSCOPE AND OLU OBAFEMI’S SCAPEGOATS AND SACRED COWS

ABSTRACTA persisting tendency in African Drama has remained a careful evaluation and a critical analysis of the African society for the purpose of heralding the cultural virtues and attacking the vices prevalent in the African society for a general social transformation.  Drama has been defi...

English and Linguistics Type: PROJECT

📄 65 pages | 🧠 12208 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE PREDOMINANT DEVICES USED BY NGUGI WA THIONG’O IN HIS NOVEL WIZARD OF THE CROW

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYLanguage is the distinctive quality unique to man. It is what enables man to express him/herself and communicate with his/her fellow man, and it is acquired naturally. According to Fromkin et al "…language is the source of human life and pow...

English and Linguistics Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 10039 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FOLK MUSIC IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

ABSTRACTOne of the greatest challenges facing today‟s global age is its transformational and transitional nature where values and norms are under constant change. As such a developing nation like Nigeria is under high pressure of acculturation problem coming mostly from Western nations to which...

Arts Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 12354 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A STUDY OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE SECRETARY IN A MODERN OFFICE

A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELLECTED BANKS IN UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE

ABSTRACT    This research work has been carried out to determine the fate of secretaries with regard to increase in technological advancement.  The instruments used in gathering data for this study are, the questionnaire, oral interview and observation.  The scope of stud...

Secretarial Studies Type: PROJECT

📄 68 pages | 🧠 8682 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPLORATION OF SELECTED FROGS' COLOUR PATTERNS IN PAINTING

ABSTRACTThis thesis titled exploration in Painting using coloured patterns of selected frog specie, is an overview on pattern formation on frogs as a source of inspiration for contemporary painting. Over the years, artists have come up with various methods of expression. Gardner (1980) points out...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 9932 words | 📚 5 chapters

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CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED INAUGURAL SPEECHES OF NIGERIAN CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADS OF STATE

This work centered on Critical Discourse Analysis of Selected Inaugural Speeches of Nigerian Civilian and Military Heads of State. Critical Discourse Analysis is an indispensable tool in exploring opaque language uses that are assumed by writers as part of the background knowledge (Fairclough, 19...

Arts Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 12605 words | 📚 5 chapters

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USING CRITICAL THINKING IN FINDING OUT THE FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHING AND LEARNING OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN UZO-UWANI LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ENUGU STATE

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this research is to discover and find out the reason of low standard of living in Nkanu east caused by lack of synergic thinking and those other factors which contribute to decide the level of living.The different concept are further studied and examined as to know reasons ...

Education Managment/Economics Type: PROJECT

📄 48 pages | 🧠 5048 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IRRIGATION WATER FROM SMALL SCALE EXCAVATIONS IN A DRY RIVER BED

ABSTRACTNorthern Nigeria has a wide range of rainfall conditions, varying from an average annual rainfall of 60 inches in the southern-most parts to 15 inches in the extreme north. In all cases precipitation occurs during only limited portions of the year and during the dry season, crop cultivati...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 8704 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING MARKET CHARACTERISTICS IN ZARIA - INCLUDING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

ABSTRACTHousing market could be viewed either as an economic system or social system or both. But whether it is viewed as an economic or social system or both,The sixth chapter assesses the existing Housing Supply Mechanisms. It identifies the main suppliers as the Central Authorities, Public and...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 12304 words | 📚 5 chapters

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