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Nineteenth Century Hausaland Being a Description by Imam Imoru of the Land, Economy, and Society of His People

ABSTRACTNineteenth Century Hausaland Being a Description by Imam Imoru of the Land, Economy, and Society of His People by Douglas Edwin Ferguson Doctor of Philosophy in History University of California, Los Angeles 1973 Professor Robert R. Griffeth, Chairman. This dissertation is a translation of...

Arts Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 6095 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A NEW APPROACH TO PRISON DESIGN

A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL PRISON, ABUJA

ABSTRACTIncreasing crime appears to be a failure of all modern industrialised societies. The crime rate and efforts to control it has led to the evolution of prisons. Prisons are places created to shelter the reformation of judged criminals. Depending on perception, it may be viewed as a place to...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 9998 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ANALYSIS OF MODAL SPLIT CHARACTERISTICS FOR EFFICIENT TRANSPORT PLANNING POLICY

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA METROPOLIS

ABSTRACTTransportation is central to the sustenance of rural, urban, regional or national economy. It is vital to the flow of knowledge, information, human mobility, goods and services. The state of the transport system and facilities enhance or retards growth and development in urban areas. In N...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 90 pages | 🧠 10372 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ASSESSMENT OF JOS PLATEAU VOLCANIC DEPOSITS AS POZZOLANS AND ITS EFFECT ON BLENDED ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE

ABSTRACTAn enormous gap exists between the production capacities of the Cement Manufacturing Plants and the demand for cement in Nigeria. Prior to 2010, Nigeria could only produce between 4 and 6.5 million tons annually as against the domestic demand of about 18 million tons. There is the need th...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 6497 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE BOOKSHOP

A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC NEKEDE OWERRI BOOKSHOP

ABSTRACT The project design and implementation of On-line Bookshop is an attempt towards computerizing the operations (transactions) taking place in the school bookshop of Federal Polytechnic Nekede. The rapid pace of technological changes in business and high demand for goods motivated the r...

Computer Science Type: BSC

📄 61 pages | 🧠 6841 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS AND MERCHANDISE UNDER NIGERIAN MARITIME LAW

ABSTRACTMaritime transportation operations and services consist of three types of activities: (a) international maritime transport (b) maritime auxiliary services (c) port services. These services and operations require one form of regulation or the other. Overall, these regulations and practices...

Law Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 12014 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXAMINATION OF CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE DESIGN OF A CULTURAL CENTRE FOR KATSINA

ABSTRACTCultural centers are venues for the culmination of cultural activities; as such their designers need to make sure they bear the sense of the cultural group to which they are meant to serve. Identity in architecture is a key issue that needs addressing as a result of the universal language...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 9853 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MEDIATING ROLE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) PERFORMANCE IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTSmall and medium enterprises are considered to represent the driving forces of sustainable local economic development throughout the world. However, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Nigeria as a whole, SMEs performance has been below expectation. Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO...

Administration Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 10916 words | 📚 5 chapters

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Wireless Power Transfer system : Development and Implementation

Chapter OneIntroduction 1Chapter Two2 Theoretical background 22.1 History of Wireless Power Transfer 22.2 Main concepts of wireless transmission of electric energy 32.3 Physics behind inductive coupling WPT 62.4 Health and safety considerations 112.5 Main WPT interface standards and alliances 122...

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 61 pages | 🧠 8478 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF SHOPPING MALLS

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA

ABSTRACTThe major source of energy used in existing shopping malls in Nigeria is generated via electricity, but due to epileptic power supply, high cost of energy and high carbon emission, there is a need to minimize energy demand in the facility. This research evaluated sustainable design strate...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 10414 words | 📚 5 chapters

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REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

5.5 Problem Encountered……………………………………………………… 33REFERENCEAPPENDIXABSTRACTThis research project is aimed at the development of an Estate Agent and Property Management System for real estate professionals. It will save time and enable estate managers sell more by empowering them to easily keep track...

Computer Science Type: PROJECT

📄 57 pages | 🧠 11527 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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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB-BASED EMPLOYEE RECORD SYSTEM

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 IntroductionAll organizations, however large or small, need to keep certain records, some because the law requires them, and some for internal purposes. For instance, keeping records of hours worked by most workers (for the purposes of the implementation of the Working ...

Computer Science Type: PROJECT

📄 65 pages | 🧠 12738 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE TAXATION ON THE GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe desire to build a civilized country with a strong and sound economy is the desire of every Country, including Nigeria. Tax payment is the demonstration of such a desire, although some income earners see it as a means of exploitation by the government. Tax payment is a voluntarily cont...

Entrepreneur Type: PROJECT

📄 65 pages | 🧠 6985 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE INADEQUACY OF EARTHING IN BUILDING STRUCTURES

A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA

ABSTRACTEarthing and lightning protection systems protect people from the danger of electrocution and equipment from over-voltages by dissipating the excess energy into the earth, and at the same time reducing the potential difference between equipment and earth. This study investigated the effec...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 9747 words | 📚 5 chapters

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