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COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HYBRID AND OPEN POLLINATED MAIZE PRODUCTION

A CASE STUDY OF GIWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to conduct a comparative study, on the productivity of hybrid and open-pollinated maize, of farmers in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna state. Precisely, using structured questionnaire through purposive and random sampling, it evaluated current hybrid a...

Administration Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 12955 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECTS OF LEVERAGE INCENTIVE ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF THE NIGERIAN LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS

ABSTRACTThis study assesses the effects of leverage incentive on the three identified earnings management strategies of the Nigerian listed manufacturing firms. To achieve this, the study formulates three hypotheses and uses cross-sectional OLS to estimate accrual and real earnings management usi...

Administration Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 11586 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF A PERSONNAL COMPUTER TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM

ABSTRACTTemperature determines the survival of all natural creatures and as well the operational fitness of all scientific invention, it is quite important to every aspect of human endeavor and its control is as important as the temperature itself.This research work centers its study on temperatu...

Computer Science Type: PROJECT

📄 47 pages | 🧠 7560 words | 📚 7 chapters

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AN ANALYSIS OF DELAY IN ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTUAL JUDGMENTS AS IMPEDIMENT TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS (FDI) IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTForeign Direct Investment (FDI) is about economic prosperity and wealth creation of developing economies, (FDI) brings with it capital, technology, it provides a platform for the creation of jobs and links to the world economy which brings development. The New Partnership for Africa's Dev...

Law Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 10374 words | 📚 5 chapters

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REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF A FAULTY AIR CONDITIONER

ABSTRACTThe rehabilitation and repair of a faulty air conditioner was the project undertaken by the group of student listed above in the mechanical Engineering department.Before embarking on the project, the following fault were detect and rectified, such as(a) Blockage of the condenser by impuri...

Mechanical Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 41 pages | 🧠 4597 words | 📚 3 chapters

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Simultaneous Localization and Mapping For Mobile Robot Car

AbstractThis project is to develop a Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) formobile robot car controlled by using a "tiny computer" called Raspberry Pi as the maincontrol board. The purpose of this project is to resolve the old line-following method forautomatic guided vehicle or mobile r...

Computer Science Type: PROJECT

📄 111 pages | 🧠 11668 words | 📚 6 chapters

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EFECTS OF 2011 POST- ELECTION VIOLENCE ON LIVELIHOODS OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN SAMARU KATAF AGRICULTURAL ZONE OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis study was designed to assess the effects of 2011 post- election violence on livelihoods of farm households in Samaru Kataf Agricultural Zone of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, identify the liveliho...

Agricultural Science Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 11738 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PHYTOCHEMICAL, ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STUDIES ON THE METHANOL ROOT EXTRACT OF COMBRETUM HYPOPILINUM (DIELS) OKAFOR (COMBRETACEAE)

ABSTRACTCombretum hypopilinum (Diels) Okafor belongs to the family Combretaceae, and composed of 20 genera with about 500 species. It is a small to medium sized, deciduous shrub or tree growing from 4 - 18 metres in height, with a rounded or flat heavy crown. The plant is used in ethnomedicine fo...

Pharmaceutical Sciences Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 6765 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL CARNIVAL COSTUME AND ITS REBRANDING FOR GREATER APPRECIATION

ABSTRACTThis study, Assessment of Nigerian National Carnival and its re-branding for greater appreciation. is an attempt to assess the kind of costume used during Abuja cultural carnival as well as determining their usefulness in Nigerian cultural values. The research was necessitated by the need...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 8206 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF A ZEOLITE-WATER SOLAR ADSORPTION REFRIGERATOR

ABSTRACTA simple solar energy powered intermittent adsorption refrigeration system was designed, fabricated and tested. The system uses a Zeolite as the adsorberand water as the working fluid. The heat sourceis a parabolic trough concentratorwhich is to collect and concentrate solar thermal energ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 9382 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS INFLUENCING USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PRACTICES BY RICE FARMERS IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

ABSTRACTResearches on adaptation-climate change interaction have been conducted mainly in the southern parts of Nigeria with relatively few in North-East and North-Central and seldom, if any, in the North-West. This study, covering three States in the North-West, therefore, will bridge the existi...

Agricultural Science Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 11578 words | 📚 5 chapters

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OPTIMUM DESIGN OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE TRANSMISSION POLES

ABSTRACTThe minimum weight design problems for three different crosssectional shapes of prestressed concrete transmission poles subject to stress displacement and buckling load restrictions is attempted. The poles are idealized using the class one prestressed conctrete equations. The optimization...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 6275 words | 📚 5 chapters

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Design Construction, Simulation and Testing of a 300W Wind Powered Battery Charger

ABSTRACTThis work reports the design, construction, simulation and testing of a 300W wind battery charger. The design was carried out based on long term available wind data of Jos at 10m height above land. The average wind speed for Jos is 5.24m/s and rated turbine wind speed is 6.29m/s. A comput...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 90 pages | 🧠 10983 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND VALUES AS TOOLS FOR CITIZENSHIP TRANSMISSION AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

A CASE STUDY OF NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis research focused on Assessment of social Attitudes and Values as tools for citizenship transmission. It covers all the Jss11 and Jss111 public secondary school students in Niger state. The research aimed at finding the opinion of male and female students on their assessment of social...

Education Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 6667 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECTS OF GUIDED-DISCOVERY AND TUTORIAL TEACHING METHODS ON PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ZARIA, NIGERIA

AbstractThe study investigated the Effect of Guided-discovery and Tutorial Teaching Method on Performance of Business Education Students in Economics in Federal College of Education, Zaria, Nigeria. Five research questions were answered and five null hypotheses were tested. This study used quasi ...

Education Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 12145 words | 📚 5 chapters

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