1776. ONLINE ANONYMITY COUNSELOR

BACKGROUND OF STUDY

One of the difficult phases of individualization involves teenagers being exposed to certain social-economic roles and behavior, the change of exploring and establishing themselves to the adult identity. According to (Treatment, 2022) shows 4% of all adolescent between the age of 12 to 17 had a serious mental health problem, the increase in rapid brain development, drastic hormonal changes often occur during this phase, they are likely to encounter lowered impuls...

1777. ONLINE ANONYMITY COUNSELOR

BACKGROUND OF STUDY

One of the difficult phases of individualization involves teenagers being exposed to certain social-economic roles and behavior, the change of exploring and establishing themselves to the adult identity. According to (Treatment, 2022) shows 4% of all adolescent between the age of 12 to 17 had a serious mental health problem, the increase in rapid brain development, drastic hormonal changes often occur during this phase, they are likely to encounter lowered impuls...

1778. STUDY OF MICROBIAL LOADS IN WATER AND AIR SAMPLES FROM OGUN STATE DUMPSITE

Background of the study

Each year, diseases linked to pollution and waste cause the deaths of almost 5.2 million people and approximately 4 million children. Any solution mixture, material, or item that is carried for reprocessing, dumping, elimination by incineration, or other ways of disposal is referred to as waste in general. Pollution is becoming a significant issue as a result of urban industry, social advancement, and population growth. The environmental effects of wastes can...

1779. AN ANNOUNCEMENT APPLICATION FOR IMPROVING INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study: Information are resources that, when used, would leads to knowledge. Like any resource, it must be discovered, assessed and produced to become knowledge. The need and usage of information is increasing rapidly due to the high demand for social and dynamic developments in technology and science in the advent of the 20th  & 21st century (Aboyade & Ogunsola, 2005). It is well known that the key to successful task performance is ef...

1780. INVESTIGATION OF OIL/DIESEL CONTAMINATION AND WASTE WATER SEEPAGE USING 2-D ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY AND GROUND PENETRATION RADAR

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the study: Soil has many varying functions aside from providing the primary form for which plant exist and reproduce it also has the function of separating and absorbing while also restricting the movement of toxic material further which could harm other components of the biosphere (Wyszkowski et al., 2020). Diesel, a petroleum secondary product is a fuel high in demand globally because of its ability to provide high amounts of energy...

1781. MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI IN READY-TO-EAT GAME MEAT AND FRESH PRODUCE FROM SOUTHWESTERN REGION OF NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION: Outbreaks and foodborne pathogens pose a significant threat to human public health, leading to a substantial economic burden both in developed and less developed countries(Akhtar et al., 2014). More than 250 known foodborne diseases could be caused by food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, and toxins, which continue to be a public health problem in the world. Bacteria cause a large proportion (approximately 90%) of all foodborne illnesses(Bari...

1782. CHARACTERIZATION OF staphylococcus aureus ISOLATED FROM DOOR HANDLES

Background of study

A problem for world health has been the spread of infectious diseases by hand contact. Gram positive and negative bacteria are notably known to infect surfaces that come into touch with people, such as door handles, tables, chairs, windows, etc (Itah et al., 2004). Since most countries lack statistics, it is difficult to estimate how much infectious diseases contribute to morbidity and mortality, and they c...

1783. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE AUCTION SYSTEM

Background of Study

Electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce, has developed rapidly in recent years. More and more and more consumers prefer to shop online for convenience and other benefits. E-commerce and auctions are also attracting attention. Many internet companies like eBay and Yahoo have launched their own auction platforms (Lin, Chang, Chang, & Zheng, 2020).Consumer to consumer (C2C) is a business model whereby customers can trade with each other. The consumer to co...

1784. GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY- MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS AND EFFECT OF Amaranthus hybridus AQUEOUS LEAF EXTRACT ON PLASMA AND HEART LIPID PROFILE IN DOXORUBICIN INDUCED CARDIOTOXIC RAT

INTRODUCTION: Doxorubicin poisoning has been linked to organ damage, particularly the heart (Indu et al., 2014; Afsar et al, 2017; Zilinyi et al., 2018; Ahmed et al., 2019). A variety of pathways for doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity have been proposed in numerous research. Among those implicated are oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, protein synthesis inhibition or abnormal protein processing, mitochondrial abnormalities, and lysosomal alterations (Abdalla et al., 2...

1785. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND BRAND CREDIBILITY AS PREDICTORS OF BRAND LOYALTY AMONG GLOBACOM (GLO) SUBSCRIBERS: A STUDY OF THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Customer happiness and brand credibility have both recently been acknowledged as crucial elements in any company's growth. Customer satisfaction, which has to do with meeting, exceeding, and ultimately fulfilling consumers' expectations, is the sentiment of contentment with the services or products offered by a firm. On the other side, brand credibility is the perception of confidence in a company; keeping a brand promise is crucial because it...

1786. THE INFLUENCE OF COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEES’ WORK PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC)

Background to the study

One of the most important aspects of personnel management is compensation management. It includes economic rewards such as wages and salaries and non-wage economic payments such as fringe benefits, indirect compensation, and supplementary pay. People in an industrial society where paid jobs are common seem to prefer monetary remuneration. Money can be used to purchase necessities; it can also be used to purchase power and social status, and i...

1787. SOCIETAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF SARS-COV-2 ON THE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF MALARIA: A MATHEMATICAL MODELLING APPROACH

INTRODUCTION: Human beings are at constant risk of infectious diseases. No human can be exempted from the menace of epidemic disease (Ademola and Odeniran 2016) . The continuous reports from emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases remain a global concern. Transmission mecha-nisms of epidemic disease can only be properly understood by developing potent prophylactic tools for existing and emerging organisms (CDC 2019). Micro-organisms are usually the main causes of infectious diseases, dep...

1788. EFFECT OF SELECTED MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA ECONOMY

Background to the Study

For what reason do a few nations go through quick abundance development in the only remaining century while others stay buried in neediness? For what reason do others have high inflation rates and others hold costs stable? For what reason do downturns and melancholies, repetitive times of declining compensation and expanding joblessness sway all nations? Also, how do government approaches decline the recurrence and force of the scenes recorde...

1789. FINGERPRINT BIOMETRICS ATTENDANCE SYSTEM

Background to the project: While not prehistoric, biometrics have been around for thousands of years. Biometrics have progressed from crude means of categorization to being authenticators of identification employing a variety of modalities throughout the previous few millennia. So, let us take a look back in time to see where biometrics has been and how far we've gone. (El-Abed, 2012). While the oldest descriptions of biometrics may be traced back to 500BC in the Babyloni...

1790. THE STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE NAIJA HIP-HOP MUSIC ON THE GENERAL WELL-BEING OF THE NIGERIAN YOUTHS

INTRODUCTION: Music is a common phenomenon that is found among the different cultures of the world and its importance and values cannot be over emphasised. Music is an age long art that has impacted greatly on humanity in so many ways beyond what words could describe. Experiences evident in my undergraduate training reveal that every culture of the world has one form of music or the other to serve man’s needs. That man is blessed with the innate ability to create music...

1791. ERROR ANALYSIS OF THE SPOKEN ENGLISH OF STUDENTS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents the background to the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, scope of the study, delimitation, limitation and the definition of terms that concerns error analysis in spoken English.

1.1 Background to the Study

This study deals with Errors in spoken English co...

1792. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF Costus spicatus LEAVES

BACKGROUND OF STUDY

The healing effects of medicinal plants have been used to treat a number of human diseases for hundreds of years. Traditional herbal medicines are used by 60-90 percent of the population in developing countries, who consider them to be a part of primary healthcare (WHO, 2002). Consumer demand for herbal medicine is growing by the day, as these types of healing are seen as safer and more reliable than prescription drugs.

Plants that contain compounds tha...

1793. INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL METHODS IN MAPPING SANDFILLED CHANNEL

ABSTRACT: Integrated geophysical survey has been used in mapping a sandfilled channel within Mountain Top University. The width of the sandfilled region has been mapped with the aid of historical satellite images but the thickness and depth are unknown. Therefore, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) methods were integrated to delineate the thickness and depth of the sandfilled/river channel, characterise the infill materials and de...

1794. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE

Background of the study: Organizational structure across the world has attracted widespread attention in terms of research and debate among organizational managers and academia. Managers who set out to design an organization structure face difficult decisions. They must choose among a countless of alternative frameworks of jobs and departments. The Structure of an organization may comprise different departments within the organization for effective management...

1795. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE STUDENT CLEARANCE SYSTEM

Background of study

A clearance is a certificate that grants authorization to leave an institution. The word "clearance" is also used in private firms that have a formal process in place to evaluate workers for access to sensitive information. A clearance alone is usually insufficient to acquire access; the organization must also assess that the cleared individual has a "need to know" the information. No one is anticipated to be permitted access...

1796. IMAGE CLASSIFICAION OF ALL MTU CHAPEL BOOKS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the study: The deep neural network is also regarded as the feature that mimics the functions in the processing of data and of the human brain producing patterns for decision-making. A subset of artificial intelligence is deep learning in machine learning which has networks able to learn from unstructured or unlabeled knowledge. They are efficient recognizers and classifiers of pattern...

1797. SEXUAL ABUSE AND THE GIRL-CHILD: A STUDY OF ALICE WALKER’S THE COLOUR PURPLE AND AMMA DARKO’S FACELESS

CHAPTER ONE

Background to the study: Sex occupies a very important patch in human relationships across the world. It is one of the global phenomena that constitute a universal language. This means that sex has the same understanding although different perspectives across the world. Culturally, sex has different interpretations in terms of its function and possibilities. In some cultures, sex is only permitted among married couples, in which cas...

1798. THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A VIRTUAL TOUR APPLICATION FOR VISITORS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the study: The advent of the third industrial revolution that commenced in 1969 with the electronics and information technology (IT) revolution has fundamentally altered the way people live, work, tour and relate to one another worldwide. The electronics and information technology (IT) revolution has brought transformation in tremendous scale, scope and complexity that is unlike anyth...

1799. EXAMINE THE INFLUENCE OF ADVERTISING ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR

Background to the Study: Advertising plays a crucial role in the process of moving the goods from the producers to the consumers. While assisting the consumer in making decisions and preferences from among the diversity of items available for his selection and option, advertising assists to enhance mass marketing. Advertising as we know it now didn't start until the second part of the 19th century. Sonkusare, (2013). Mass communication was required to inform customers of...

1800. PARENTAL INTERVENTION ON NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA ON NIGERIAN YOUTHS A STUDY OF BIG BROTHER NIGERIA

BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The entertainment media which is part of mass media, is undoubtedly one of the major tools that catch the attention of young people, teenagers and or youths in an interesting way today. The mass media (journals, magazines, radio or podcast, television, films and the social media such as V-logs) can perform vital roles in the development of a society like serving as a medium for argument, civil participation, re-direction, socialization, mobilization, erud...