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Studies On The Relationship Between Some Trace Elements And Steroid Hormones In Prostatic Disorders Amongst Nigerians

ABSTRACT Benign hyperplasia and Carcinoma of prostate are pro static disorders commonly found in aging sales. These disorders are reported to be less common amongst Nigerians, though there has been no concrete pathophysiological evidence to support this observation. The exact aetiology of these disorders has not been resolved, but some factors have been identified as being contributory to their development. Amongst these factors are androgenic hormonal control and the influence of some trace-...

THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON CORROSION

ABSTRACT In this research project, the various nail was subjected to six environments so as to check the effect of the environments on corrosion of the nails. Two sets of nails were used; normal nail and concrete nail.  Six of each type while the other not coated. The environments used are acidic solution, alkaline solution, salt solution, boiled water, air medium and lubricating oil medium, which served as a control medium. It was observed from the graphs of the weight of metal against time...

THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON CORROSION

ABSTRACT In this research project, the various nail were subjected to six environments so as to check the effect of the environments on corrosion of the nails. Two sets of nails were used; normal nail and concrete nail.  Six of each type while the other not coated. The research was carried out in the physical chemical laboratory of the institute of management and technology. The environments used are acidic solution, alkaline solution, salt solution, boiled water, air medium and lubricating...

AVAILABILITY AND THE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF CHEMISTRY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT ON STUDENTS

ABSTRACT This research work is carried out to determine the availability and the effective utilization of Chemistry laboratory equipment on students’ academic performance in secondary school. The study was guided by two objectives, two research questions and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Survey research design was used in this study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample size of 120 students from three private schools within Maiduguri Met...

A COMPARATNE STUDY OF GENDER PERFORMANCE IN THE CORE SUBJECTS OF THE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (2001 - 2005)

ABSTRACT This project is based on the results of candidates who sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) conducted by the West Mrican Examinations Council (WAEC). The main objective of this project is to determine whether performance in SSSCE core subjects namely Core Mathematics, Integrated Science, English Language and Social Studies for the five-year period from 2001 to 2005 depended on sex. The data were obtained from the West African Examinations Council-for th...

Neutronics And Dose Calculation For Prospective Spent Nuclear Fuel Cask For Ghana Research Reactor-1 Facility.

ABSTRACT Ghana Research Reactor-1 core is to be converted from Highly Enrich Uranium (HEU) fuel to Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel in the near future; a storage cask will be needed to store the HEU fuel. Notwithstanding the core conversion process, it is also important for the facility to have a storage cask ready when the fuel is finally spent to temporarily store the fuel until permanent storage is provided. Winfrith Improved Multigroup Scheme-Argonne National Laboratory (WIMS-ANL), REactor...

Combination of Modern and Indigenous Building Materials in Housing Construction

Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The combined building materials are: 1.1.1 HISTORY OF KANO CITY 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.4 AIM AND OBJECTIVES 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.7 METHODS OF STUDY CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF BUILDING MATERIALS 2.2 INDIGENOUS BUILDING MATERIALS 2.2.1 Identified common indigenous building materials in Nigeria 2.2.2 Mud (tubali) 2.2.3 Pl...

ON SUCCESSFUL WORK-FAMILY BALANCE: A CASE OF EDUCATED GHANAIAN WOMEN WITH WHITE COLLAR JOBS

Abstract The purpose of this research is to explore and understand the factors that enable some career women successfully balance both career and family roles. This research adopted an exploratory research approach into finding the contributing factors through online surveys, questionnaires, and interviews. The research revealed that career women in Ghana balance their work and family roles under four main themes; external help, proper planning, maintaining good relationships with supervisors...

A Platform to Connect Investors with Smallholder Farmers

ABSTRACT This capstone project idea is to develop a system called FarmConnect—a mobile application platform that connects investors with smallholder farmers who are seeking funding for their farm operations. Such funding will help the farmer operate at full capacity hence increasing the level of food security in Ghana. FarmConnect will be able to provide interested investors with concrete data that will inform their decision to invest in a chosen smallholder farmer. Also, an example farmer ...

Integration And Participation Of Older Persons In Socio-Economic Development Of Harare Metropolitan Province

ABSTRACT The research examined the integration and participation of the elderly in the socio-economic development of Harare Metropolitan Province (HMP). It targeted religious denominations, industry and commerce, non-governmental organizations, tertiary institutions, state enterprises and parastatals and a local authority. The research identified serious stigmatization of Old Persons (OPs), leading to their ostracism by HMP institutions in particular, and ordinary citizens in general. The les...

Impact of Primary Mortgage Institution in Housing Delivery (A Case Study of Coop Savings & Loan Limited)

1.0 INTRODUCTION   Housing which  can be defined as collective structures in which mankind is housed and where he carries out his daily economic, social and commercial activities, which  encompass man’s immediate physical surrounding services, facilities and all available social  amenities.  Provision of housing has been a major challenge since the 21st century to all sovereign states across the world.  Adequate housing provision has been hindered over the years, by various factors w...

Relationship Between Students Attitudes Towards Mathematics Versus Their Performance: A Case Study of Lelwak Secondary School, _ Nandi South District

Abstract The teaching of mathematics has been viewed classically at all onsets and specific patterns of work teaching methodologies versus the consequent content analysis have been invaluably developed at various research phases. The study looks critically at mathematics as a subject and its relative relevance within the performance environment and it entrenches the whole concept of the same to further evaluation. Study after study has at all time given us concrete evidence of the concept of ...

Fish Pond Construction and Management

INTRODUCTION Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food producing sectors in Agriculture and fish is among the most traded food commodities world-wide accounting for 17 per cent of global intake of animal protein (Food and Agricultural Organization, 2014).  Fish is an aquatic and a source of high-quality animal protein that could be harvested from capture or culture fishery (Olele et al., 2008). Fisheries expert needs a medium where they can culture fish in a confined and controlled envi...

Physicochemical Parameters and Microbial load in concrete pond reared with Clarius Gariepinus Fish

Tablea Of Content.  1.Physicochemical Parameters 2.Microbial load 3.Comparative between other standard  4.Result, Discussion and recommendation  5.References

Design of an Underground Utility Duct Using Trenches Method (Case Study: Kimera Road) Trenchless Method

ABSTRACT Trenchless construction is the use of construction methods to install and repair underground utility systems with minimum open cut excavation. This includes the use of pipe jacking, micro tunneling, horizontal direction drilling, and guided boring systems. This was adopted to replace the aging utility infrastructure and install new facilities, while minimizing disruptions to traffic communities and business, reducing environmental impact and lowering the high costs of pavement remov...


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