Postgraduate Project Topics, Thesis and Dissertation
26361. Evaluation Of Yield And Soil Water Balance Of Two Cowpea Varieties Under Deficit Irrigation And Mulch In A Weighing-type Micro Lysimeter
The field experiment was conducted during the 2011 dry season at the Irrigation Research Fields of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Samaru, Nigeria, to evaluate yield and soil water balance of two cowpea varieties under deficit irrigation and mulch using locally assembled weighing-...
26362. Effect Of Date Seed Powder Filler On Properties Of High-density Polyethylene
High-density polyethylene composites of date seed powder were prepared at filler loadings of 0 to 40wt%. The particle sizes of the date seed powder investigated were 72, 125, 150 and 180μm. Calcium carbonate was used as a reference filler. The high- density polyethylene composites were prepared...
26363. Paedagogical-capacity Building Needs Of Agricultural Science Teachers For Effective Lesson Delivery In Secondary Schools In Kwara State Nigeria
This study assessed the paedagogical-capacity building needs of agricultural science teachers for effective lesson delivery in secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study was conducted with five objectives and five corresponding research questions and five null hypotheses were formulated...
26364. Perception And Health Seeking Behaviour For Obstetric Complications Among Women Of Reproductive Age In Zaria Metropolis Kaduna State
Worldwide, maternal mortality has been receiving tremendous attention but sadly, the success recorded cannot be applauded.This study was aimed at assessing perception and health seeking behaviour for obstetric complications among women of reproductive age group in Zaria metropolis, Kaduna State.The...
26365. Performance Of Growing And Fattening Yankasa Rams Fed Different Proportions Of Urea Treated Rice Straw And Gamba Hay
Two trials were conducted for a period of 90 days each to evaluate the feeding value of different proportions of urea treated rice straw and gamba hay in the performance of growing and fattening Yankasa rams. In the first trial, twenty four (24) growing Yankasa rams of mean initial body weight of...
26366. Neutronics Analyses Of Dispersion Fuels For Core Conversion Of Nirr-1
The modification of Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) facilities from 90%
HEU cores to below 20% LEU systems as part of the on-going worldwide effort of
converting Research Reactors from highly enriched uranium (HEU) cores to low
enriched uranium (LEU) cores under the auspices of Reduced...
26367. Phytochemicals Of The Leaf And Root Fractions Of Combretum Molle (r.br. Ex. G. Don) Antibacterial Effects And Toxicity To Wistar Rats
This work was carried out with the aim of determining the phytochemical compounds present in the aqueous, n-butanol and the ethyl-acetate fractions of the leaves and roots of Combretum molle, its biological activities against selected micro-organisms and toxicity to animal tissues. Ethanol was used...
26368. Development Of A Modified Energy-efficient Clustering With Splitting And Merging For Wireless Sensor Networks Using Cluster-head Handover Mechanism
Energy efficiency is one of the most important challenges for Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs). This is due to the fact that sensor nodes have limited energy capacity. Therefore, the
energy of sensor nodes has to be efficiently managed to provide longer lifetime for the network.
To reduce energy...
26369. Development Of A Modified Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm Partial Transmit Sequence Technique For Peak To Average Power Ratio Reduction In Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a multi-carrier frequency multiplexing scheme used in broadband wireless communication systems and has advantages such as high spectral efficiency, simple channel equalization and flexibility.One of its major challenges is the high...
26370. Determination Of Some Heavy Metals In Fish And Livestock Feeds Manure And Rivers In Selected States In Northern Nigeria
The increasing levels of environmental pollution by toxic metals from various sources have generated a great concern on their impact on human health. Rapid developments, increase in mining activities, farming, insurgency, industrial activities and waste disposals have gradually redistributed many...
26371. Design Synthesis Antimalarial Evaluation And Computational Studies Of Some Chalcone Derivatives
Inspired by the previous findings on the structural requirements needed for good antimalarial activity by chalcones against Plasmodium proteases, seventeen chalcone derivatives were designed and synthesized using Claisen-Schmidt condensation of appropriate aldehydes and methyl ketones. The...
26372. Design And Use Of A Model Constructed Horizontal Subsurface Flow Wetland For Treating Tannery Wastewater By Means Of Aquatic Plants
In this study, a Laboratory-scale Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland has been designed, and three replicas constructed, cultivated with selected locally available aquatic plants Phragmites australis,Polygonum salicifolium + Ipomoea carnea, respectively, with the third cell un-vegetated,...
26373. Effect Of Long Term Rotation Nitrogen Fertilizer And Tillage On Soil Quality And Maize Yield In The Northern Guinea Savanna Of Nigeria
A long-term field experiment was established in 2003 at the Institute for Agricultural Research, (I.A.R) Samaru, northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria to evaluate the effect of N fertilizer on maize grown in rotation with maize, cowpea and soybean. The trial was modified to accommodate tillage as an...
26374. Construction Professionals Perception Of Economic Sustainability For Housing Delivery In Abuja
The construction professional perception is significant to the improvement of housing delivery in Abuja, which would take Abuja to greater heights after lapses and failure of the mass housing scheme to provide sustainable housing in addition, to increase the phase of development and infrastructure...
26375. Conditional Cash Transfer Program As A Strategy For Poverty Alleviation In Kano State Nigeria
The study analyses the effect of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program on poverty alleviation in Kano state with specific focus on school enrollment outcome, health attendance, poverty reduction and the challenges of the CCT program in the study area. The stratified sampling technique was used to...
26376. Comparative Study Of Agricultural Students Performance In Theory And Practical Courses In Federal College Of Education Zaria Kaduna State Nigeria
The study investigated the academic performance of agricultural education NCE II students in theory and practical courses in Federal College of Education, Zaria using 78 students NCE II during 2015/2016 academic session. The class comprised of 50 male and 28 female students. The study had 4...
26377. Comparative Studies Of The Performance Of Filter Media Made Using Biochar And Activated Carbon In Greywater Remediation
The problem of water Scarcity, water pollution and cost of accessing water for domestic needs have become growing concerns to the ever increasing global population. Waterwaterremediation has long been accepted as a viable option to mitigate water scarcity. This research examines the potentials of...
26378. Comparative Genomics Analysis Of Growth Hormone (gh) Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (igf-1) And Myostatin (mstn) Gene Sequences In Chicken Rabbit And Sheep
The gene sequences of Growth hormone (GH), Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) and Myostatin (MSTN) were downloaded from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database, through Entrez of the database as non-redundant reference sequence in FASTA format, using respective accession...
26379. Community Based Organisations (cbos) And Development Of Basic Education In Tarka Local Government Area Benue State
This study investigated the contribution of Community Based Organizations to the Development of Basic Education in Tarka Local Government. CBOs (formal or informal) are usually organizations made up of a group of individuals in a self-defined community who have come together to pursue specific...
26380. Communication And Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Nursing Mothers A Case Study Of 445 Nigerian Air Force Base Hospital Ikeja Lagos State Nigeria
In Nigeria, there has been an increasing level of awareness campaign on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), but knowledge about EBF is relatively low even in cosmopolitan cities like Lagos perhaps because of ineffective communication of the message of EBF, which in turn affects its practice. Therefore,...
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