Advancements in stem cell research have revolutionized regenerative medicine by offering innovative approaches for repairing damaged tissues and treating previously incurable diseases. This paper explores breakthroughs in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), CRISPR-based gene editing, and organoid development. Key potential therapies include regenerative treatments for neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. Despite the promise, ethical challenges, immune rejection, ...
ABSTRACT Economic growth characterizes the quantitative changes that occur in economic variables and attributed to overall increase in production per capital. This study examined the economic impact of exchange rate, foreign direct investment, inflation rate and the trade balance on Nigeria GDP over the period of 1970-2022. The dynamic causal association among the selected macroeconomic variables and economic growth in Nigeria was evaluated via the implementation of vector Autoregression pr...
ABSTRACT An autonomous pickup and delivery system is a system that is automated to perform the traditional/ manual pickup and delivery service with minimal or without need of human intervention. The automatic pickup and delivery system is a system for the transmission of material objects between homes, stores and offices. This provides as much convenience as possible for pickup and deliveries. The aim of this project is to design and implement an autonomous pickup and delivery system by creat...
The prevalence of non-performing loans in the microfinance sector is a major concern in reducing the profitability of MFIs in Zimbabwe, therefore, this study investigated the impact of non-performing loans on the profitability of MFIs in Zimbabwe. The study adopted a descriptive research design and the study population constituted MFIs in Zimbabwe in which the sample size was 170 MFIs using random sampling as a sampling technique. Closed-ended questionnaires were used as data collection instr...
Background: The trio of obesity, hypothyroidism, and hypertension can act as a strong synergistic risk factor through parameters, like elevated serum leptin and lipoprotein (a) and decreased adiponectin levels, for the development of atherosclerotic diseases. Very few studies have focused on the effects of yoga/pranayama on these parameters among obese hypothyroid patients with hypertension. Hence, the present research work was carried out to evaluate the effects of 6 months of yoga and...
This paper scrutinizes whether government borrowing in Eastern Europe is grounded on the need to provide infrastructure and public amenities as provided in the budget or is triggered by government deficit budgeting. European Union countries have experienced accelerated growth in public debt in the last half a century despite growing tax revenue and cuts in public spending. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect links among public debt, tax revenue and government e...
The agenda of the United Nations[1] (under the Sustainable Development Goal[2]) ,the international Energy Agency[3] , International Civil Aviation Organization amongst other climate change focused organizations are tailored towards addressing the global crisis of climate change mitigation (i.e., depletion of the [4]ozone layer due to the adverse effect of carbon emission activities which has proven to be pungent, lethal, non-degradable[5] with zero socio-economic relevance) which is solely ...
ABSTRACT An investigation of the effect of particle size on the avocado oil recovery by solvent extraction is reported. Experiments were conducted using soxhlet extractor, avocado seed and n-hexane. Samples were grouped into mean particle sizes of 0.25, 0.75, 1.3, 3.3, and 7.5 mm using standard sieves. The effect of particle size was studied for extraction time intervals of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 hours. The oil yield, oil recovered per kg solvent used, kg solvent lost per unit time, and the ra...
The objective of the of the program is to raise awareness among the child cluster advisor of women and children's affairs Office of Haramya districts that child neglect is an issue that needs to be addressed; and, to promote the prevention mechanism of child neglect. The program aim is to reveal that child neglect is a social problem and source of another socio-emotional problem on the child particularly and parents in general. Participants of the program will be 23 child cluster advisors who...
One of the most burning issues in the world today is terrorism. Terrorism and its effects permeate through many facets of life; cultural, social, religious, economic, etc. Terrorism involves the use of violence by individuals, groups or state and their agents against a segment or whole of civilian population through the use of unconventional and conventional means in a bid to achieve a political, social, religious or any other advantage. This academic research attempted to find out whether th...
The increasing global demand for sustainable energy sources has directed attention to biofuel production from renewable resources. This study focuses on the synthesis and characterization of bioethanol from sawdust, an abundant lignocellulosic by-product, using microbial fermentation. Sawdust was pretreated with 0.5 M suphlfuric acid (H2S04) and subjected to microbial fermentation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After a week of fermentation at 30°C, the resulting bioethanol was extracted thr...
This study examines the impact of local government account auditing on the financial management and accountability of councils, with a focus on Egbedore Local Government, Osun State. Auditing serves as a critical tool for promoting transparency, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and curbing resource mismanagement. However, local governments often face challenges such as inadequate audit funding, lack of skilled personnel, and political interference, which hinder effective financ...
The researcher observed that sign language interpreter is a channel that can provide these students with hearing impairment with an effective means of communication, a better quality of education, and increased academic performance and focus on instruction. Therefore, the research investigated the impact of sign language interpreting services on academic performance of students with hearing impairment in Isa Kaita College of Education, Dutsin-ma Katsina State. Th...
ABSTRACT Carbon capture is at the heart of the universe so long as curbing global warming is involved. The temperature of the planet is rising daily, but happily, everyone is working to improve it from their own perspective. The process of sequestering vast amounts of CO2, the main component of greenhouse gases, beneath the Earth's surface is known as carbon dioxide sequestration. The K.A.S.O.D. Onshore Oilfield after it was discovered as a prospect for the production of oil and gas has b...
This project work internally encapsulate the relationship between the society and the creative writer. Pointing out this significance of poetry in a society of country. To the collections selected for this project the researcher as effectively explored our poetry can serve as an enabling tool for society change. In the poetry selected for the study the researcher comprehensively evaluate how the poets have used poetry to unravel the corrupt and illicit behaviors of the Nigerian political le...
ABSTRACT This study explains the role of computer in the banking sector. It further describes the need and importance for banks make use of Micro Computers for effective utilization and storage of data. The use of computer in the banking sector can be an efficient tool in speeding up the process and cutting the price of creating and undertaking figure works. There are numerous benefits of Computer in the Banking Sector such as: Bring about simplicity in term of worrying condition. Reduce stre...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA Before the British arrived in the early nineteenth century, there were two major types of education in Nigeria. In the Islamic north, education was strictly religious in nature. In each Muslim community, a mallam drilled children as young as five years old in the teachings of the Qur'an and the Arabic alphabet. During the colonial era, larger cities set up more expansive Islamic schools that included subjects such as math and science. In 1913, these Isl...
INTRODUCTIONLa littérature est le miroir de la société qui reflète la vie politique et la vie culturelle de cette société donnée. Selon Le nouveau Petit Robert (2007) « la littérature est les œuvres écrites dans la mesure où elles portent la marque de préoccupation esthèques, les connaissances, les activités qui s’y rapportent ». Nous avons les différentes types de la littérature comme : la littérature française, la littérature africaine, la littérature antillaise.Dans...
ABSTRACT Civil Service as a government institution plays important part in insuring that government policies result in tangible services for the population. In fact, without the body of professional civil servants, national government cannot function effectively and efficiently. In Nigeria, the Federal Civil Service has been enmeshed in myriads of problems: weak governance structure, red-tapism, weak accountability, low professional standards, waste and corruption, poor productivity, and lack...
ABSTRACT The main aim of any electric power supply in the world is to provide uninterrupted power supply at all times to all its consumers. Although, in developing countries, the electric power generated to meet the demands of the growing consumers of electricity is insufficient, hence power instability and outage. Power instability or outage in general does not promote development in the public and private sector. The investors do not feel secure to come into a country with constant or frequ...
SOURCED CREDIBILITY OF INTERNET BASED NEWS STORIES ORANGE FM, AKURE ABSTRACT This study investigates the Sourced Credibility of Internet Based News Stories on Orange FM, Akure. These sources include mainstream (vanguardnewspaper.com, BBC.com, Punchnewspaper.com, NAN.com etc), independent (thedrudgereport.com, axisoflogic.com), and index-type (news.google.com, yahoo.news.com) websites. 210 news bulletins were studied. Content Analysis and Survey Research Methods were utilized in order to know...
INTRODUCTION Planning in the context of education entails the process of setting objectives and determining the means to achieving the objectives. It entails deciding in advance what to be taught how, to teach, when to teach, who is be taught, and the evaluation of recipient. Planning is the beginning of teaching and learning process, before a teacher goes to the class to deliver any lesson, he plans such lessons while education administrators make policy and plan the curriculum for the sc...
ABSTRACT The Role of Government in Co-operative Development emphasizes on the economic growth of the nation and the eradication/alleviation of poverty among the populace. The significance of the contribution of government towards the growth of co-operative society in the country (Nigeria) cannot be over emphasized because it has brought about the reduction of dependency rate of the country. This increasing the national income of the country. The government take no special interest in the ...
Abstract The study determined the impact of instructional materials in teaching and learning biology among the students in senior secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government Area. These research questions were reviewed and answered. The literature related to this study was reviewed under following topics. There are; uses of instructional materials, importance of instructional material in teaching and learning, the availability of instructional materials, the extent of usage of these ma...
ABSTRACT This paper looked at indecent dressing, a dress pattern that is common among students of higher institutions of learning in Nigeria particularly, the female ones by examining the various forms that these dresses appear, reasons why these students dress indecently such as poor parenting, peer pressure, wrong use of the Internet, fading values as well as demonic influence among others. The negative consequences of dressing indecently were identified to include rape, prostitution, HIV...
ABSTRACT The pride of educational system depends not just on the quantity but more importantly, on the quality of its products at all levels. The quality of the products in turn depends largely on the quality of the education that students receive in Secondary Schools and which is also dependent upon the standard of control that teachers and students enjoy. It has been observed that,the problem of inadequate and ineffective quality control has been responsible for producing students who rem...
A project proposal on piggery to help young african entrepreneurs TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0. INTRODUCTION 1.1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.2. NAME OF FARM 1.3. PROJECT AND LOCATION 1.4. VISION 1.5. MISSION STATEMENT 2.0. BUSNESS OWNERSHIP 2.1. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFCATION AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE BUSINESS 2.2. NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 2.3. MARKET AND MARKETING STRATEGY 2.4. COST OF PROJECT, FINANCNG AND BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS 2.5. LAND AND BUILDING 2.6. FARM IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERIES 3.0. UTILITIES 3....
ABSTRACT Although English language is now the language of government, business and commerce, education, the mass media, literature and internal as well as external communication, there are still problems in the teaching of English as a second language in secondary schools. Students presume that English language is a difficult language to learn and so do not make effort to learn it. Teachers also find it difficult to cope with the heavy demand required for effective teaching and learning of E...
ABSTRACT Law can be defined as the body of rule designed or formulated to guide human actions or conducts which are enforced among the members of a given society, the breach of which attract sanctions. However, in spite of the ambiguity created in defining law and failure to reach universally acceptable definition of the term law. Therefore, it is most pertinent to examine the meaning of law from the different schools. For instance the natural school lead by Thomus Acquina, he sees law as wha...
ABSTRACT The topic of the study is the effects of mother tongue in the study of English language in secondary school in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The aim is to know how the mother tongue affects the learning of English language in Secondary school especially in four selected schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The targeted population for the study was 500 but collection was questionnaires. The questionnaires were distributed to the four school...