CHAPTER ONEGENERAL INTRODUCTION1.1 INTRODUCTIONHousing generally refers to the social problem of ensuring that members of a society have a home to live in, whether it is a house, or some other kind of dwelling, lodging or shelter. Many government sector have a department that deals with housing, such as the United State Department of Housing and Urban Department.Public Housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...
INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the study This chapter describes the Background of the study, the statement of the problem, objectives of the study, Research Questions, significance of the study, scope/delimitation of the study and Operational definitions of terms. The development of the human breast begins during gestation but is not complete at the time of birth. Further development and differentiation of breast tissue occurs over time and especially in puberty, continuing through the reprod...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the project is to design a software for insurance institutions. It studies the operations and concept of insurance companies. Insurance as a vital discipline, in the society deals with different security, policies and has a diverse relationship with other professional fields. This project has been specially written and presented in a concise manger to cover the necessary back-ground information; to satisfy the needs of insurance institutions. It researched into t...
Introduction Globalization is a process of global economic, cultural, and political integration. It is playing an important role and has brought new opportunities for African countries such as growth and improved productivity and living standards, technological transfer, conflict resolution etc. Globalization is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon of contemporary society. Therefore, the areas of conflict and conflict resolution are also affected by this phenomenon. Conflicts are pa...
ABSTRACT The subject of this research is survival strategies adopted by small-scale shops in Enugu State Urban. The recent changes in the Nigerian Business environment have forced small-scale shops to formulate diverse survival strategy in order to survive the turbulence in Nigeria environment. This study focuses on those things that small-scale shops can do and have done to accommodate market changes such as down sizing, expansion, offering discount, location and relocation of the shop at...
ABSTRACT Background: Hearing loss is the most frequent hearing deficit in both adult and pediatric populations, affecting more than 250 million people in the world. The consequences of hearing impairment are diverse and include severe impairment, often resulting in a reduced ability to communicate, delay in language acquisition, economic and educational disadvantage, social isolation and stigmatization. However, these consequences can be reduced by early detection together with appropriate au...
ABSTRACT The present lifestyle calls for both gender in a household to work in order to lessen the burden of high cost of living. In Africa, massive increase of women in labour force has led to the neglect of unpaid household chores to full time employment. Traditionally, house work usually falls to the women who struggle to fend for the family. It was however not known how their commitment to work had impacted on their multiple household roles. This study’s objectives assessed the influenc...
ABSTRACT The study explores health seeking behaviour among people suffering from cardiovascular disorders in the New Juaben Municipality of Ghana, as a result of relationship between their personal experiences and their cultural worldview. This study was undertaken in an environment predominantly inhabited by Akans who hold the notion that health is maintained when there is a harmonious relationship between the individual and the environment and that there is no distinction between the physic...
ABSTRACT Background Male involvement in maternal healthcare has become critical given that men as the heads of the family control the finances, are decision-makers and provide emotional and social support which directly influence the antenatal, delivery, and post-natal care. Male involvement can, therefore, have diverse positive effects on maternal health in the form of reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality. In Kpone Sub-Municipality where poor maternal outcomes are still recorded, i...
ABSTRACT Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a diverse range of medical conditions that can result in inflammatory and degenerative conditions of the bones, tissues, tendons, joints, blood vessels and surrounding peripheral nerves. Less than 10% of MSDs cases have an identifiable cause or can be directly attributed to a primary event. Commercial long distance bus drivers provide a critically important service in any society by transporting a large number of people across country. Unfortunate...
ABSTRACT Background: Research involving human participants presents a number of key ethical challenges. In the context of health-related research, it is globally recognized that there is the need to protect human participants from the risks that may be posed by various research activities. These risks may be social, psychological, emotional, and physical. One of the key safeguards to protecting human participants from research-related risks is the role of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) o...
ABSTRACT The research sought to establish challenges associated with the achievement of automaticityat grade two level with the view to find possible strategies to circumvent the established challenges, consequently enhancing reading and school performance. The study was necessitated by the fact that eleven subjects out of twelve in the Zimbabwean Primary School Curriculum are done in English, for this reason the achievement of automaticity was considered paramount. The study was also necessi...
Abstract The savanna biomes are characterised by a coexistence of two antagonist – woody plants and herbaceous plants in defiance of competing theories. Scientific efforts to understand this unique coexistence are still largely inconclusive; various theories have been proposed, but no unanimous theoretical framework exists to date. Among these theories, the root niche-partitioning model offers the most popular, yet the most controversially debated viewpoint. It argues that this coexistence...
ABSTRACT Background: Adolescents are generally a healthy cohort but many of the health-related behaviours and conditions that arise during this period have implications for both present and future health development. The provision of Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services most especially, sexual and reproductive health services is a key strategy for improving the health of this cohort, yet there is lack of empirical data on the extent of utilisation of youth-friendly services since it...
ABSTRACT This study explores power in selected plays of Wole Soyinka and Femi Osofisan, focusing on its social manifestations, use, effects and characters‘ responses to its exercise in Soyinka‘s Kongi’s Harvest, Madmen and Specialists, From Zia with Love and The Trials of Brother Jero, as well as in Osofisan‘s Morountodun, Another Raft, Once upon Four Robbers and Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels. The study reveals that in spite of ideological differences, Soyinka and Osofisan have remar...