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ABSTRACT A study which lasted 70 days was conducted to determine the performance of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) fed diets containing four different protein and four energy levels. Five  hundred  and  seventy  six  (576)  Japanese  quail  aged  two  weeks  were  used  for  this experiment. Battery cages with 48 different compartments were used. The Japanese quails were randomly distributed into 16 treatments and each treatment was replicated three (3) times ...

ABSTRACT Land use changes are global phenomenon occurring over time. Commercial land uses in most Nigerian urban centres have sprawled and converted adjoining residential uses in a manner in which housing stock are significantly affected by such changes. The aim of this study is to analyses land use changes in Bida town; with a view to examining its effect on housing delivery. Primary data was sourced using a structured questionnaire ...

ABSTRACT The scarcity of water in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State warrants for a detailed investigation of the groundwater potential characteristics of the area so that an exploration guide as well as sustainable groundwater management strategy can be developed. Therefore, this study assessed groundwater potential mapping using Digital Elevation Model in Bosso Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria. Primary data for the study includes collection of GPS points ...

ABSTRACT Higher educational institutions, particularly government owned institutions, in developing countries  are described as  unconducive, unhealthy and unattractive. They are being constantly challenged to improve on the state of their campus infrastructural facilities which is necessitated by the need to ensure quality teaching and learning. This study, therefore, examines the conduciveness of infrastructural facilities in Gidan-Kwano campus of Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. This study uses a ...

ABSTRACT Nigerian development depends much on the construction to improve its value. The aim of this research is to examine the relationship of building and construction sector on Gross Domestic Product and other related sector of the economy. The real sectors that generate the bulk of construction suffer government negligence due to lack of steady GDP in measuring the performance of these sectors. The objective of this research is to ...

ABSTRACT Compulsory   land   acquisition   is   one   of   the   most   challenging   issues   in   land administration in Nigeria. Compulsory land acquisition in Nigeria for urban growth and for various infrastructure developments has led to several conflicts resulting into litigation between the acquiring authorities and the land owners/occupiers. It is on this basis that the study examined the nature of conflict inherent in land acquisition and compensation of Zungeru Hydro-electric Power Dam Project. ...

ABSTRACT Palynofacies analysis and thermal maturation study was carried out on IDM-4 and IDM-5 wells of the Niger Delta Basin. The location of the studied area lies within Latitude 04⁰ 08’ 02’’ N and longitude 06⁰ 08’ 06’’ E for IDM-4 and latitude 04⁰ 08’ 0’’ N and longitude 06⁰ 07’ 06’’ E for IDM-5. The studied depth of the well is 10030 ft– 11700 ft at 30 ft interval. ...

ABSTRACT The creation, evaluation and selection of mutants with desirable traits have served as source of genetic variability for breeding programmes of many crops. Thus, eleven mutant lines of sesame developed through induced gamma irradiation were evaluated in the M4 generation alongside the three parental varieties . The mutant lines and their respective checks were laid in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replicates each. All the parameters ...

ABSTRACT Soft frequency reuse (SFR) techniques have been deployed to address the problem of interference  experienced  by  users  in  cellular  networks.  In  some  of  these  techniques, resources allocations are based on the assumption that users are uniformly distributed.However, in a real network scenario where SFR is deployed for resource allocation, the distribution of users in the network regions is random. Analysis of the impact of random deployment of users in ...

ABSTRACT This research focuses on the formulation of block hybrid methods with power series as basic function through interpolation and collocation techniques for numerical solution of  second  order  initial  value  problems  in  ordinary differential  equations.  The  step number for the derived block hybrid method is k=2 with two off-step point and four off- step points. The basic properties of numerical methods were analyzed and findings revealed that the methods were ...

ABSTRACT Liberalization of the establishment of tertiary educational institutions across Nigeria in recent times has created new growth poles as places or settlements where the institutions are located have benefitted from several associated social and economic benefits. However, the establishment of several of these new tertiary institutions have not been accompanied with the required investment in the building of on-campus student housing or hostel accommodation. This study therefore, analyzed the ...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this work is to model and simulate the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) riser of a refinery having Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) Kaduna as a study. The unit’s operation is cracking of heavy gasoil (VGO) to light weight oils in the presence of catalyst (zeolite).  The method employed involves the collection of operating  conditions,  feed  stock  stream  analysis  data  from  the  refinery  which  was ...

ABSTRACT This research work focused on the production of bio-based products and response optimization of bio-oil yield operating parameters from shea butter shell. The Thermogravimetry Analysis (TGA) was used to determine the thermal stability of the shea butter shell and found to be stable at temperature 400 °C. Also, for the bio-char produced, it was found to be stable at temperature 700 °C. Design of Experiment (DOE) was applied to ...

ABSTRACT Kede floodplain is under constant threat of devastating floods annually. The rural dwellers adopted strategies and even the government have developed the National Disaster Management Framework (NDMF) through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to respond to the issues of disaster risk but substantive success has not been attained. This research seeks to examine the government response strategies to flood disaster in Kede floodplain community with a view of ...

ABSTRACT The effect of rainfall in our society today is stupendous.  Rainfall is seen as a benefit to crops and lives. Accurate and timely rainfall prediction can be very helpful for effective security measures  for planning water resources  management,  transportation  activities, agricultural  tasks,  managing  flights  operations,  issuance  of flood warning  and flood situation.  This study aims to predict the rainfall of Minna metropolis.  Atmospheric data comprising  those  of maximum  temperature, ...

ABSTRACT Eco-tourism the foundation of sustainable tourism development has emerged as catalyst for economic development for developing countries. The eco-tourist resort comprises of resort centres which focuses on visiting and dwelling in natural areas in order to learn, to study, to carry out environmentally friendly activities, that is tourism based on nature experience, which enables the economic and social development of local communities resulting in sustainable tourist practices. This thesis ...

ABSTRACT Peri-urban is the transition zone between well organized, recognized urban land uses and areas devoted to agriculture. The study examined the trend of private development across the peri-urban area of the town. the study administered 400 closed ended questionnaires and the total of 235 questionnaires were retrieved through random sampling technique. The study utilized both descriptive and inferential method of data analysis as well GIS tool. The result of ...

ABSTRACT Developing countries like Nigeria are faced with increased in generation of domestic, industrial and agricultural wastes that found their way into the surrounding water bodies which are slowly contaminating the water. This study was aim to evaluate ecological risk of heavy metals in surface water, sediment and dominant fish species from Tungan Kawo Reservoir, Kontagora, Niger State, Nigeria. Physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals in surface water, sediment and three ...

ABSTRACT The lack of provision of cost for H&S during the preliminary stage of construction brings about poor attitude of construction stakeholders towards the implementation of H&S measures on construction sites in Nigeria. This might be associated with increase in rate of accidents, injuries and fatalities of which compensations are paid to victims, which has a resultant effect in increase in the final cost of projects. The study was aimed ...

ABSTRACT The risk of occurrence of cancer in developed and developing nations has become a major concern in the scientific and medical circle. Cancer induction is therefore one of the risk to guard against during medical X-ray exposure. Constant assessment of radiological procedure are thereby crucial in ensuring radiation doses to patients are as low as reasonably achievable. The aim of this study is to determine the patient radiation dose ...