This study is focused on the Influence of funding on the management of federal Universities in Nigeria from 2011 to 2017. The study was interested in assessing the influence offunding on Staff Development, Research Development, Provision of infrastructural facilities, adequacy of instructional...
Fluency and Comprehension of Pupils with reading difficulties (PURED) in Sokoto State,
Nigeria. The major problem of the study was the predominant use of conventional
instructional method in teaching reading skills to primary school pupils in the study area
irrespective of their learning...
This study is set out to examine the “Influence of Parental Responsibility on Children of Anglican Communion in Southern Senatorial Zone, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study include: examining the influence of parental responsibility on the moral upbringing of their...
Measles is a highly infectious disease with potential for eradication but is still responsible for high mortality among children particularly in developing nations like Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in some parts of the Northwestern Nigeria with the aim to determine the...
In 2004, the first Nigerian Research Reactor (NIRR-1) was commissioned at the Centre for Energy Research and Training (CERT) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. NIRR-1 is a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) designed mainly for neutron activation analysis and personnel training. The MNSR is a...
This study was carried out to quantify the heavy metals level and Radioactivity concentration in some selected varieties of Trona namely Farar Balma, Jan Balma, Ngurnu, Jan Kanwa, Farar Kanwa, Yar Agadez, Dan Libya, Manda, all sold in Zaria markets of Kaduna State,Nigeria. Elemental analysis of...
Three experiments were conducted in this study to determine the performance of Bunaji weaner calves, yearling bulls and fattened bulls fed diets containing 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% levels of Palm Kernel Cake (PKC) inclusion. The first experiment was conducted using thirty (30) Bunaji weaner calves (15...
The results obtained from four locations for three year testing of seven lines (genotypes)
were used to estimate genotype x year, genotype x location and genotype x year x
location interactions for sorghum yield trials. The three main effects (years, locations
and genotypes) and their...
This research work presents the development of a privacy aided trust routing model using social similarity in an Opportunistic Network (OppNet). OppNet is a delay tolerant network where link is highly unpredictable. It is an ideal solution in situations where the deployment of wired and...
Joint inflammation is a hallmark of diseases such as arthritis affecting single or multiple joints associated with increased pro-inflammatory markers and free radicals. Efforts are channeled towards discovering therapeutic agents which are more effective, less toxic with prolonged use and more...
The studyexplored the information behaviour of adolescent females suffering from dysmenorrhea; the objectives of the study were achieved by formulation of and answering five (5) research questions. Some of the research questions sought to ascertain what are the information needs of adolescent...
Communication, be it verbal or non verbal, has remained a powerful instrument for expressing the cultural identity of a given society. This is why it is often difficult to have two languages sharing the same cultural expressions especially in non verbal communication; hence, culture and language...
Egg is a nutrient dense food. The cylical egg glut characterized by egg spoilage, quality deterioration and wastage imparts negatively on poultry farmers. Powdered dried egg provides a convient alternative to this problem. The focus of this study was to compare and evaluate differently processed...
Appropriate feeding practices are essential for the nutrition, growth, development and survival of infants and young children.Assessment of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices and nutritional status of children (0-23 months) in Funtua Local Government Area, Katsina State was carried out...
Insect pests of cereals especially sorghum in the savanna regions of Nigeria arc gaining more importance in recent times due to their damaging effects and yield reduction ability. Eight economically important sorghum insect pests (shoottly,,stem borer, greenbug, spittle bug, sorghum midge and head...
This thesis is an Analytical Study of Secondary Significations of Requisition Discourse in Al-Qadi Umar Ibrahim’s “Hadiqatil Azharâ€. For the purpose of this work, five chapters were framed to guide the study. In chapter one, the researcher discussed copious rhetorical issues of...
This study investigated the anti-plasmodial activity and inhibitory effect of extracts of Olax subscorpioidea, and Schwenkia americana on cysteine protease from P. falciparum and P. berghei(NK65). pLDH assay method was use in the antiplasmodial activity, while four-day suppressive activity method...
There were 78 S5 lines of a nutlet population evaluated in two locations for two years in 1998 and 1992
using a simple 9x9 lattice design because of the great number of genotypes involved. Mean performance over
the two locations were similar for some traits, hut different for certain others....
Seven sorghum varieties and three sorghum lines were analysed for their biochemical composition, effect of malting
time on cold water extract (CWE %}, malting loss. Sumsorg-3, Samsorg-7, Samsorg-41. SRN 4841, Samsorg-38,
SSV 98001, NR 71168 and NRL 3 had protein content above 12%. SRN 4841 had...
The focus of this paper is to examine how science and
technology can be employed in order to increase
agricultural productivity in Kaduna State. An attempt was
made to identify the factors militating against farmers
achieving optimum output in their farming enterprises and
how to overcome...