The prevalence of diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy (DCAN) is very high among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Despite intensive research on mechanism and treatment of DCAN, it still remains a major cause of mortality. Although carvedilol has been recommended for the treatment of heart...
Exposure to excessive sound volume has been a major challenge to grapple with in church auditoria in Nigeria. This exposure to excessive sound has become a source of noise pollution and it is dangerous to human health. To control the noise pollution being experienced, this study, therefore,...
Television advertisement has been a medium used by banks in Nigeria to convey advertising messages to their existing and potential customers through visual images, colours, sounds, written or spoken texts, which co-articulate at the same time. In spite of the importance of television...
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted pathogen. HPV infection is a mandatory but not sufficient cause of cervical cancer. However, some women infected with HPV ultimately develop the disease. Several co-factors including Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection and...
Datura metel is a plant that is used as a form of herbal treatment in Nigeria. However, its recreational abuse is increasing among Nigerian youths due to its availability. Which is worrisome because of some untoward side effects like memory loss and hallucinations in humans. This study was designed...
Algebra in Mathematics deals with the use of letters and signs to represent numbers and values. It also involves equations, which can be solved using graphical method. Students do perform poorly in solving problems involving quadratic equations by graphical method as contained in the chief...
Cell division, the most important life process for the perpetuation of species, has been identified in literature as a hard-to-teach and hard-to-learn Biology concept. Study technology principles such as modelling clay and demonstration kit has been documented to be effective in enhancing...
Entrepreneurship education and community partnership have become trending issues which raised deep concern among educational stakeholders. Hence, transformational management strategies that could enhance effective entrepreneurship education and community partnership become imperative for...
The production activities of cement factories pollute the soil and vegetation in their environment with heavy metal-laden cement dust. Heavy Metals (HMs) are serious pollutants thus constituting threat to the biota. The study was designed to evaluate the impact of Obajana Cement Factory (OCF) on...
The investigated source rock interval of the Maastrichtian Gombe Formation is located at the Maiganga coal mine, near Gombe, Gongola Basin, Nigeria. Samples were collected from a borehole and the exposed part of the mine (Phase I and II). The sections at Maiganga coarsen upward with the basal part...
Fluid is a substance that deforms continuously when subjected to shear stress. Such fluid can either be Newtonian or non-Newtonian. The Newtonian fluid obeys the law of viscosity while non-Newtonian fluid does not obey the law of viscosity. The present study is concentrated on non-Newtonian fluids....
The sediments in the northern Bida Basin, northcentral Nigeria consisting of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and claystone lithofacies were studied using facies analyses (facies characterization, architectural elements, geometry, textural and compositional characteristics), X-Ray Fluorescence...
Sports participation today are beyond mere fun and entertainment as it is also a source of making money through engaging in sports betting which is the prediction of a sporting event and placing a wager on the outcome of an event to win money which has a great impact on the social and economic...
Exercise is meant to minimize sedentary living, improve health and enhance physical fitness, performance and quality of life of individuals recovering from chronic conditions such as stroke. Most stroke survivors assume sedentary life style due to functional limitations which could be the reason...
The Administration of Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) is one of the Sports Association created by the government to cater for grassroots sports development for better performance of young athletes at secondary school level. However, the decline in the performance of athletes is worrisome to...
Drug abuse is an excessive and persistent self-administration of drug without regard to the medically or culturally accepted pattern. The use of doping substances to enhance performance by athletes is currently a national and international social problem as it also affects their functional health....
Compensation of lecturers which serves as a basis for their job commitment and consequently leads to goal achievement of the State Colleges of Education, North-central Nigeria has been found to be at the low ebb. Hence, this study examined lecturer compensation, job commitment and goal achievement...
Compensation of employees and workplace behavior are very important tools which determine the quality of the output or overall performance of the organisation. Hence, the study examined the relationship among compensation, workplace behaviour and personnel job performance in Ministries of Education...
Citizenship behaviour and collective efficacy which could influence students’ academic performance has been a major concern to educational stakeholders. Although, several studies have examined factors influencing students’ academic performance, the extent to which teachers’...
Academic staff retention and job satisfaction in private Universities in Nigeria have raised deep concern among educational stakeholders. Thus, effective retention strategies capable of engaging competent workforce must be put in place to achieve institutional goals. This study, therefore, examined...