ABSTRACT Occupational stress is the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other demands placed on them. Its effects can lead to the loss of many man-hours that impact negatively on organizations and the economy of Countries. Although occupational stress is not an illness, it has grievous physical and emotional effects if it is intense or prolonged. The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of occupational stress caused by job stress factors, working relation...
ABSTRACT The major aim of this study was to assess the educational outcomes of left-behind children of the Ghana Police Service Officers on UN Peacekeeping Missions. Particularly, the study sought to examine: the demographic characteristics of migrant police officers on UN peacekeeping missions; how police officers on peacekeeping negotiate their family relations during their temporary absence; how the absence of police officers on peacekeeping missions affects the educational outcomes of the...
ABSTRACT Analytical models can be valuable tools to investigate solute transport in porous media. The application of analytical solutions is limited by the perception that they are too cumbersome to derive while their implementation rests on assumptions that are too restrictive. This research is aimed at understanding the effect of linear drift on radial transport of tracer in porous media. It provides an analytical Solution that expresses the Concentration Distribution around the source of ...
ABSTRACT Climate change is an environmental challenge that needs urgent attention. It is for this reason it is taught in Social Studies at the Junior Secondary School level to impart environmental knowledge. Literature was largely descriptive survey on awareness, perception and attitude to climate change without considering instructional interventions. This study determined the effects of mentoring and field study instructional strategies on students‘ learning outcomes in climate change con...
ABSTRACT This dissertation is the product of contributions of ideas ‘ by the researcher and his supervisor. It is both conventional and similar the topic of this project, the effect of advertising on consumers buying behavior in Enugu metropolis with particular reference to the Nigerian Bottling Company, bottlers of coca-cola products, is very vast and one cannot claim to have treated all the aspects of have literature involved in this topic within this skeletal out –fit. Rath...
ABSTRACT Industrialization is the social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one. Despite the fact that the presence of industries has given rise to purchasing power, it has resulted to adverse effects. The study was aim to highlight negative environmental, social and economic effects of industrial activities in Ninth Mile Corner, Enugu with a view to suggesting ways of adopting sustainable development. The study adopted a survey desi...
ABSTRACT The researcher was interested in investigating on the print media and changing of voting behavior of electorates in Uganda. The research was guided by objectives which were intended to; examine the role of print media coverage on shaping the voting behaviors of electorates in Uganda, find out the challenges encountered by print media coverage in shaping the voting behaviors of electorates in Uganda and establish the strategies devised to overcome the challenges faced in shaping the v...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENT ivTABLE OF CONTENTS VLIST OF TABLES viiiABSTRACT ixCHAPTER ONE 1INTRODUCTION 11.1 Background to the problem1.2 Statement of the problem 31.3. Purpose of the study 51.3.1 Study objectives 51.3.2 Research questions 51.4 Scope of the study 51.5 Significance of the study 51.6 Area of study 61.7. Selection of study participants 6CHAPTER TWO 7LITERATURE REVIEW 72.0 Introduction 72.1 History of the Ugandan media 82.2 History of the inde...
ABSTRACT A study was conducted to determine the effects of different growth media and different poly bag sizes on the growth of cocoa seedlings in the nursery. The experimental design was split plot design with three replicates. The treatments were soil (S), carbonated rice husk (CRH), cocoa pod husk (CPH), cocopeat (CP) , sawdust (SD), S+CRH, S+CPH, S+CP, S+SD, CRH+CPH, CRH+CP, CRH+SD, CPH+CP, CPH+SD, CP+SD and the three polytene bag sizes were 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm (small), 10.0 cm x 35.0 cm ...
ABSTRACT The research focuses on Facebook users’ perceptions and attitudes of social media activism in Zimbabwe. Following a rise in social media campaigns in Zimbabwe, particularly in 2016, political participation has shifted to social media with a number of people demonstrating awareness and interest in the national issues. Drawing insights from Critical Discourse Analysis, this research discusses how the Facebook community responds to this new dispensation of social media activism. By fo...
ABSTRACT In this study, the researcher’s objective was to establish the effect of broadcast media in effective enlightenment on HIV/AIDS in Osogbo community: A case study of (Osun State Broadcasting Cooperation OSBC)”. The researcher sought to establish if HIV/AIDS programmes aired by OSBC FM are geared towards effective enlightenment on HIV/AIDS in Osogbo community. The background of the study highlights the history of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. It details cases where media has been successful...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact or possibly the role of radio and interpersonal communication in combating malaria in Nigeria. Malaria no doubt is a global problem with outstanding impact in Africa. The situation calls for concern and all possible means and strategies to ameliorate it. This paper therefore evaluates various health programs on radio and locally interpersonal dissemination of information in the process of waging war against malaria. Having explored various literatures...
ABSTRACT The experiments were conducted at Zimbabwe Sugar Association Experiment Station, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe during the period 2015-2016 to study the growth, yield and economic benefit analysis of sugarcane as influenced by plant media, intra-row spacing and varieties. Two experiments were conducted with the 1st experiment that evaluated the best plant media to raise sugarcane bud chips and the 2nd experiment on determining the best intra-row spacing that gives best yield, using different sug...
ABSTRACT This project focused on the development of a social network based distance learning (elearning) system. Various existing distance learning programmes were thoroughly investigated and inherent problems identified. A more robust and better approach is proffered using the social network model. The unification of these systems will be made feasible by integrating social network such as skype and facebook with distance learning (e-learning) protocols. A video based Learning Manageme...
ABSTRACT The sudden presence of refugees significantly altered the lives of the local population in Kibondo District. The present study was carried out to determine the socio-economic effects of refugees on the local community. It was geared specifically to determine the economic status of local people in the Kibondo district after the refugees’ influx. Furthermore, the study investigated the social effects of refugees on the hosts, attitude of people towards the refugees and mitigation ef...