851. DETERMINANTS OF INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA (1985 - 2011)

ABSTRACT

In recent times, there has been growing concern about the rising but volatile rate of investments in Nigeria. Thus concern stem from the fact that investment plays a dominant role in stimulating growth. The study buttress on the overview and empirical analyses into the determinant of investment in Nigeria in other to achieve the objective hypotheses which was stated with the purpose of achieving current and future stable and upswing of investment by readdressing problems of...

852. DETERMINANTS OF ICTs INFLUENCE ON LITERACY AND CULTURE: A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

Integrating technology into the educational sector is progressively influenced by different multicultural settings across the world. Accordingly, this research employed a modified Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to investigate how culture directly affects the acceptance of ICT in education. This study focused on the Hausa-Fulani cultural group in Jimeta-Yola, questionnaires were administered to gather data (quantitative approach) which was analyse...

853. DETECTION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS FROM INMATES IN SELECTED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN NIGER STATE

ABSTRACT

Research has shown high transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among inmates in correctional facilities in the developed world, but the data base for the developing countries is still lacking information on same. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in inmates of selected correctional facilities in Niger state. Blood samples were collected from inmates in three correctional facilities namely Bida, Kontagora and Minna. A total...

854. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUTOMATED INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION

1.0INTRODUCTION

An inventory control system contains a list of orders to be filled and then prompts workers to pick the necessary items, and provides them with packaging and shaping information, inventory control may be used to automate a sales order fulfillment process and also manage in and outward material of hardware. Automation is the replacement of human workers by technology. For optional sales and inventory management process, robust functionality is needed for managing logi...

855. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INVERTER TYPE ARC WELDING MACHINE

1.1THE BACKGROUND

Welding is a way of heating pieces of metal using electricity or a flame so that they melt and stick together. It can simply be defined as the process of joining two or more pieces of metal to make the act as a single piece. This is often done by melting the work pieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint. Because of its strength, welding is used to join beams when constructing buildings, bridges and ot...

856. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LIGHTING SWITCHING CONTROL SYSTEM (INTERFACE)

1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Traditionally, high control in home and office environments takes place through switches (on/off), deals and sliders (dimmers) and sometimes motion sensors. These controls can be incorporated in the built environment such as walls, or attached to lights that people place themselves (desk lamps, bed side lights). This often leads to a jumble of controls each with their own location, interaction style, and focus.

This project is a demonstration of...

857. DESIGN,SYNTHESIS, ANTIMALARIALEVALUATION AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF SOME CHALCONE DERIVATIVES

ABSTRACT

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 structures of these compounds were established using various spectroscopic techniques. Based on SciFinder search the compounds; P1, P2, P3, and P8 are new compounds not listed on any chem...

858. DESIGN, SIMULATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SOLAR BOX COOKER

ABSTRACT

A solarbox cooker is a device that converts solar energy into useful heat in a confined space. The solar cooking system which captures and utilizes the abundant solar energy was designed, simulated, constructed and tested. Plane reflectors were used to concentrate solar radiations continuously on the collector which result to heat gain. It is usually difficult to manually track the movement of the sun and the use of a tracking device may be very expensive. Hence, plane refl...

859. Design, Implementation, and Applications of Fully Autonomous Aerial Systems

Abstract

Fully autonomous aerial systems (FAAS) combine edge and cloud hardware with UAVs and considerable software support to create self-governing systems. FAAS complete complicated missions with no human piloting by sensing and responding to their environment in real-time. FAAS require highly complex designs to function properly, including layers of on-board, edge, and cloud hardware and software. FAAS also necessitate complex software used for controlling low-level UAV actions,...

860. DESIGN, FABRICATION AND EVALUATION OF A BENISEED (Sesamum indicum L.) OIL EXPELLER

ABSRACT

Some physical and mechanical properties of two Nigerian beniseed accessions (Yandev-55 and E8) were determined at 5 moisture content levels of 5.3, 10.6, 16.1, 22.4, and

28.3 per cent (wet basis). These were used as inputs into designing a beniseed oil expeller, as available ones could not perform effectively with the seed.

The determined physical properties were linear dimensions, size, sphericity, bulk and true densities, porosity, thousand kernel weigh...

861. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A MULTIPLE SANDCRETE BLOCKS MOULDING MACHINE

ABSTRACT

This work presents the design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a multiple sandcrete blocks moulding machine (MSBMM) for simultaneously moulding three of 6 inches sandcrete blocks of size 450 x 150 x 225mm. The machine was designed to operate at speed of 151.8 rad/s, and provided the vibration right through compactor drive shaft (CDS)-eccentric system that compressed the three sandcrete blocks with 1.26 X 10-6 N/mm2 with the aid of automatically controlled ram. Mac...

862. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF AN IMPROVED CASTING POURING LADLE

ABSTRACT

A ladle is a foundry tool or equipment specially designed to pour molten metal into a prepared mould. The pouring rate or consistency is one of the factors that may lead to a defect in a cast. To avoid casting defects (cold shut and misrun) associated with pouring, there is need for the design of a suitable pouring ladle that will reduce the time to be spent in crucible lifting, to pouring the molten metal from the crucible to fill the mould at consistent rate. In this rese...

863. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A FIXED BED PYROLYSIS SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

A fixed bed pyrolysis system has been designed and constructed for obtaining liquid fuel from palm kernel shell. The major components of the system are: fixed bed reactor and condensate unit. The palm kernel shell in particle form was pyrolized in an externally heated 90mm diameter and 360mm high fixed bed reactor. The reactor is heated by means of a rectangular shape manual forge blower with charcoal as the energy source. The products are char, oil and gas. The parameters...

864. DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTION IN CIVIC CENTRES FOR MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

Due to urbanization, civic centre has remained a subject of utmost importance because of its role in the city and human existence at large. Civic centre is the city’s symbolic public space where activities such as ceremonial mass gathering, rallies, convention, social and commercial activities takes place. However, civic centres are places that encourage an inflow of people, therefore, there is need to integrate design strategies that will enhance soc...

865. DESIGN OF WATER SUPPLY (COLD AND HOT) SYSTEM OF A THREE BEDROOM BUNGALOW WITH ADEQUATE PRESSURE

ABSTRACT

This research is focused on the design of water supply (cold and hot) system of a three bedroom bungalow with adequate pressure. Polypropylene (PP) pipes imported from Italy and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes made in Nigeria, the two most common plastic materials used for potable water supply lines were selected for the analysis and compared to find out which of them is more cost effective, provide better form fitting and higher life expectancy. The adequate flow pressure r...

866. Design of Tourism Website in Sudan (As case study at Ministry of Tourism, Antiquities & Wildlife)

Abstract

This research is based on creating a website that helps the tourist to know tourism areas in Sudan and facilitate access to them and the possibility to benefit from the services provided by the website, when entering it, such as booking airline tickets and providing him with an express reservation service according to the economy class he wants, as well as booking hotels near the   Tourist area, according to what is needed from the rooms, the number of people, the...

867. DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF 200 WATT SOLAR POWER SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

The 200W solar system was determined by load assessment, solar panel number determination, battery requirement and then inverter sizing. A complete solar panel rated at 200w was however purchased, together with 2 no. 150A solar battery, 1500W inverter and also 10A charge controller. These were assembled together with necessary protective gadgets like cut out switches; to give the 200W expected. The solar panel was mounted outside the building to allow for maximum collection...

868. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

BACKGROUND OF STUDY

Medical diagnosis, (often simply termed diagnosis) refers both to the process of attempting to determine or identifying a possible disease or disorder to the opinion reached by this process. A diagnosis in the sense of diagnostic procedure can be regarded as an attempt at classifying an individual’s health condition into separate and distinct categories that allow medical decisions about treatment and prognosis to be made. Subsequently, a diagnostic opinion...

869. DESIGN AND USE OF A MODEL CONSTRUCTED HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW WETLAND FOR TREATING TANNERY WASTEWATER BY MEANS OF AQUATIC PLANTS

Abstract

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, and used to treat tannery effluent. The capacity or treatment efficiency or performance of the laboratory-scale Constructed Wetland in reducing the level of physicochemical param...

870. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE THERAPY APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

There is great concern for the mental and psychological well-being of the Nigerian populace. With Nigeria ranking as the most depressed country in the continent of Africa according to research carried out by Africa Check in 2018, it is pertinent that we find practical answers and solutions to the issue. This project tries to determine the breadth of the literature on the subject, synthesize recent studies, and identify research gaps. It aims to provide a platform where Nige...

871. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

child daycare system is the care of a child during the day by a person other than the child’s legal guardian, basically performed by someone outside the child’s immediate family. it is typically ongoing for a specific period, such as parents work time. the system will be used to register a child, monitor and verify who drops and picks the child, log of child’s activity, parents/guardian details, parents will be able to update a child’s details (e.g....

872. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA MINING FOR MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM. (A CASE STUDY OF OWERRI GENERAL HOSPITAL)

ABSTRACT

Data mining is the extraction of hidden predictive information from large database which helps in predicting future trend and behavior thereby helping management make knowledge driven decisions. The data mining tool designed is to aid in quick access and retrieval of patients information to avoid time wasted in retrieving of such data from hospitals data warehouse. The data mining tool was also designed to discover hidden pattern that helps in decision making by management....

873. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH CARE REMINDER APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

Patients on constant medication usually find difficulty in remembering the particular time their prescription is going to finish. Failure to refill a prescription that needs a regular intake can cause serious negative impact on a patient’s health. This project focuses on implementing a method to remind its users the particular time a prescription is going to end provided that the user registers that particular prescription on the system. Patients often forget the exac...

874. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

Over the years, paper-based system for information management has been carried out across most of business and organizational sectors. Overcoming this problem is the main focus of this project in order to reduce the risk of redundancy. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a system that will have the capability for storing related information about employees through database. The system serves as a bridge between the database and the users that helps in mai...

875. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

1.1Background of the Study

The federal republic of Nigeria comprises of 36 states, The federal capital territory (FCT), and 774 local government areas (LGAs). The country is located in west Africa and shares land borders with the republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east and Niger in the north. The three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria are the Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba ethnic groups.

In Nigeria, General elections are conducted every four years, where a head...