» THE PROBLEM OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ENUGU METROPOLIS A CASE STUDY IN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (I.M.T) CAMPUS III CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Refuse generation started with the history of man and gained more attention when man began to live in commu…Continue Reading »
» THE IMPACT OF MANAGING ELECTRONIC WASTE TO ENSURE GREEN COMPUTING CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In this era of information and communication technology, the use of electronics and computational resources has grown exponentially. Excessive use of electronics equipmen…Continue Reading »
» THE IMPACT OF MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE POLITICS OF PROTECTING THE EARTH CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION In this work we have been able to provide different rules/laws concerning this different aspects of pollution that will enable study your work and understand the purpose of protecting the earth. Env…Continue Reading »
» THE EFFECT OF POLLUTION TO MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT: A SURVEY OF IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (2010) depend environment as the such total of all surroundings of a living organism including na…Continue Reading »
» THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIA IN THE ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Environment is a comprehensive term, which comprises of all the factors which make up the surroundings. The air that one breathes, the land on which one lives, the water one drinks and…Continue Reading »
» STUDIES ON SOME BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF ROCK POOL HABITATS OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Mosquitoes are probably the most notoriously undesirable arthro…Continue Reading »
» PRODUCTION AND DETERMINATION OF FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF PLANTAIN FLOUR CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Plantain is a common name for a herbaceous plants of the genus Dusa, it was classified formally as Musa Acuminata, Musa Balbisoana or Hybrids Musa Acuminataz B…Continue Reading »
» INCIDENCE OF DEFORESTATION AMONG THE POPULACE AND ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the studies Today forest occupy approximately one –third of earth land area, account for two – third of th…Continue Reading »
» IMPROVING TECHNOLOGIES FOR INLAND AQUACULTURE IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Inland aquaculture is a technology driven industry which relies heavily on research to develop new and improved species and the appropriate technology for commercial production. At prese…Continue Reading »
» ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND IT'S ASSOCIATED HEALTH RISK AMONG RESIDENTS OF NKPOR, IDEMILI NORTH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been observed in recent times that the role the environment play to a nation‟s development process can…Continue Reading »
» ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Water pollution is a major problem in the global context, and it has been suggested that is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases (Ademoroti 1996). The growth of the major industr…Continue Reading »
» AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study There is extensive evidence that ambient air pollution affects human health (e.g., Brunekreef and Holgate 2002; Künzli et al. 2000; Pope et al. 2002). Most studies have focu…Continue Reading »
» DEVELOPMENT OF THE AQUACULTURE COMPENDIUM CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Aquaculture Compendium is an encyclopedic, multimedia tool that brings together a wide range of different types of science based information to support sound decision making in aquaculture and aquatic …Continue Reading »
» DEVELOPING AQUACULTURE IN DEGRADED INLAND AREAS IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Nigeria, the country of many rivers, is also rich in lakes, reservoirs and wetlands but many of them had been degraded due to a lot of factors (FGN, 1993). Sustainable fisheries produc…Continue Reading »
» 1.0 INTRODUCTION The seed of locust beans (Parkiabiglobosa) plant found growing in the Savannah Africa provides one of the popular seasonings in African diet. The nutritious and delicious food spice is popularly called “ogiri” in Igbo, “iru” in Yoruba and “dawadawa” in Hausa …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The antibacterial activity of three type of medicate soap on staphylococcus aureus isolated from wound infections was conducted. Fifty individual with wound infection within the age range of 9 73 years were sampled. Swabsticks were used to collect specimens from wound infection. each …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT A pot experiment were undertaken to ascertain possible mixed infection effects involving Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum on the growth and performance on a resistant and a susceptible tomato plant. The Baermann method of nematode extraction was also used in getting …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT To isolate and identify the nasal carriage of Streptococcus pneumonia among children between 0 5years attending Benue State University Teaching Hospital, a total number of 50 nasal swab samples were collected from children and inoculated on a blood agar media. Various bacteria s…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work is limited to Makurdi (Wadata and North bank) in Benue State. All the sheep and goats from different origins, in different age group and sex brought to slaughter house at the time of visit were targeted as study population, a simple random sampling method was employed in …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Trichomonas vaginalis is an anaerobic, flagellated protozoan parasite and the causative agent of trichomoniasis. It is the most common pathogenic protozoan infection of humans in industrialized countries. Infection rates between men a…Continue Reading »
» Abstract In this study, our focus was to carryout a critical analysis on the prevalence of urinary tract parasites in patients. The study specifically was aimed at ascertaining the the prevalence of urinary tract parasites in patients and demographic differentials (parity, gestational age, maternal …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Houseflies are the best known and most widely distributed insects accounting for 90% of all flies in human habitation. A study was undertaken on Parasitic Fauna from the housefly Musca domestica (L) across the University of Agriculture Makurdi Community. A total of 1,309 houseflies were col…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Coconut fruit is a tropical fruit with short shelf live due to prevailing temperature and humid condition in tropical areas like Benue state Nigeria. Consequently, production of wine from fruit may help reduce the level of postharvest loss and increase the range in type of wines. This…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The effect of Sarosate (N phosphonomethyl glycine) a non selective herbicide on the mycelial extension growth and sporulation of three soil fungi, (Aspergillius niger, Trichoderma sp. and Penicillium sp.) were investigated on Patotoe Dextrose Agar (PDA) containing 0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0%…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 INTRODUTION Heavy metals include both non toxic and toxic elements. Iron (Fe), Cobalt (Co) Copper (Cu) Manganese (Mn) Molybdenum (Mo) and Zinc (Zc) Magnesium(Mg) are the trace elements and are required in a very minute amount, w…Continue Reading »
