ABSTRACT This research work was carried out to examine the physicochemical and phytochemical constituents of honey and Shea butter samples respectively and their antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The physicochemical screening of honey showed that the honey samples used have low water activity, low moisture content, low pH value below 4.0 and Ash while the phytochemical analysis of Shea butter revealed the presence of Saponnins, Tannins, Alkaloid...
Abstract. The study was carried out to determine the major areas of difficulty experienced by the students, and it is hoped that some of the findings may help to overcome the anxieties experienced by students and teachers alike. One thousand two hundred samples of free composition written by Igbo students (J S II & J S III) who have studied Yoruba as L2 for more than one and half years were examined. The samples were randomly selected from three Federal Government Colleges in Awka and ...
ABSTRACT This work investigated the variation of top loss heat transfer coefficient with the emittance of the absorber plate, the collector tilt angle and air gap spacing between the absorber plate and the cover plate. The effects of the emittance of the absorber plate, the collector tilt angle and air gap spacing between the plate and the cover on the collector performance were also considered. Data collected from the thermosyphon solar water heater constructed by the National Centre ...
ABSTRACTWh-movement is a transformational process which causes the displacement of awh-element from its base generated position to string initial position. Thismovement process is used to structurally change a wh-question. This studyinvestigated the movement of wh-elements in question formation in Kọring.Kọring is a minority language spoken in parts of Ebonyi and Benue states. Thedata used in the analysis were collected from a series of fieldwork undertakenby the researcher. The data were...
AbstractTranslation of prose falls under “literary translation” that involves these othergenres: poetry and drama. In literary translation enough works have not actuallybeen done in prose, drama and poetry. In translating these genres, a lot ofproblems are usually encountered. This work is therefore aimed at examiningthese problems and highlighting some cultural elements in the text. This couldnot be done in isolation and for this reason, the text, Eze Goes to School byOnuora Nzekwu and M...
ABSTRACTBackground: Maternal mortality is an enormous public healthburden in developing countries of the world. Birth preparednessand emergency readiness is the process of planning for safedelivery and anticipating the actions needed in case of emergencies.When a woman is adequately prepared for normal childbirth andpossible complications, she is more likely to access the skilled andprompt care she needs to protect her overall health and possiblysave her life and that of her baby. This descri...
ABSTRACTLiterary translation, which is our major focus, implies the translation of allgenres of literature which include prose, drama and poetry. Literarytranslation has to do with translating texts written in a literary languagewhich are highly connotative and subjective, abound in ambiguities,homonyms and arbitrariness, as distinct from the language of science or thatof administration which is denotative and direct. Literary translation may assuch be said to have the greatest number of pecu...
ABSTRACTTENSE AND ASPECT IN OGBUNIKE IGBOIgbo language is made up of so many dialects that comprise the Igbospeaking areas of the country and is marked by certain tense and aspectjust as in every other language of the world, which are used to indicate thetime of events/ actions as well as the duration, inception , continuity andcompletion of such events/ action ie (Aspect). These dialects that make upthe Igbo language have their own tense and aspect peculiar to themselvesor are related in one...
ABSTRACT Advertising is one of the means through which marketers or manufacturers convince buyers to patronize their products. It involves the dissemination of information about products, services, ideas e.g from advertisers to the public in a short time and space. There are different kinds of advertising but this research work will focus on retail advertising. This work examines the meaning and features of advertising and by using the descriptive approach. Audio tapes were collected f...
Abstract Translation as a vehicle for effective communication has contributed in so many ways in education, information dissemination, cultural transfer, etcetera. However, in the rural area where majority are not literate in the use of English language, translation seems not to have been effectively utilized as government communicates to the teeming population there mainly in the English language, which is the country’s official language. As a result, there is a total breakdown in c...
ABSTRACT . The Technical Aid Corps Scheme is conceived by the Federal Government of Nigeria as an instrument of economic diplomacy. The ultimate aim of the programme is to promote Nigerias economic interest and boost her image in the comity of nations. However, despite the huge investment, Nigeria has not leveraged on the opportunities provided by TAC as a policy instrument to harvest economic and other dividends from the recipient states. The aim of the study therefore is to assess the...
ABSTRACTThe study compacts with the impact of boko haram insurgency in Nigeria, study of Borno State. The study proceeded with the objectives i.e. to investigate the implications of the Boko Haram insurgency on socioeconomic activities in the state. For this study, the use of primary data was applied to get first-hand information from residents of the state and the method of data collection as the questionnaire. Statistical tools were used to analyze the data collected part of which include f...
ABSTRACT Assistive technologies to aid the visually impaired have evolved over time from screenreading software, magnification programs and daisy book readers, there are a plethora of devices to aid the visually impaired in their daily activities. Despite the established utility of such devices they face certain limitations that have hindered their widespread adoption, such as cost, stigma attached to using the product in public, and lack of continued support for the product. In this tim...
ABSTRACT The proposed system is a dynamic model of social media monitoring tool with sentiment analysis. Social media platforms contain a lot of data which might be considered ambiguous to businesses/organizations. Most organizations make use of social media platforms for advertisement as they reach a large crowd in a short period of time and are also more affordable compared to other options. Businesses find it difficult to have a clear vision/insight on how well their business has gro...
ABSTRACT In this Thesis, The Personal Services Locator helps users to find personalized workers or “Handymen” as fast as possible. The issue of finding a person or an individual to do a certain job has always been around, even though it has been reduced with the use of adverts and various social media, it’s not as fast and as efficient at locating people. This application finds the closest person(s) with the services running depending on which personalized service the user is look...
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