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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Language is a phenomenon which is open to variations. These variations most times come about as a result of contacts made by speakers of different linguistic backgrounds. Over the years, Linguistics has been defined as the scientific study of language. However, studying language scientifically entails the study of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Water is the major constituent of the Earth’s streams, lakes and oceans and the fluid of most living organisms. It covers about 71% of the Earth surface. It is vital for all known forms of life especially man. Man uses water for various reasons such as transportation, power generation, Agriculture and other domestic activities hence its av...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Ternary thin films of Iron Copper Sulphide (FeCuS), Iron Zinc Sulphide (FeZnS), Lead Silver Sulphide (PbAgS), Copper Silver Sulphide (CuAgS) and Copper Zinc Sulphide (CuZnS) were grown using cheap and simple solution growth technique with EDTA, TEA and NH3 as complexing agents. The deposited films were characterized using PYE UNICO UV 2102 PC spectrophotometer, and optical microscopy. The...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The somatic and genetic effects of 2.45 GHz Microwave radiation (MWR) on male and female Sprague Dawley rats were studied. Two hundred rats were used for this study. They were grouped into control and exposed according to the parameters under consideration. The animals were exposed to various levels of specific absorption rate (SARs) using the microwave generator, model ER660E, Serial No ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The word “heat” is made manifest as a result of increase in temperature. Temperature is most often measured environmental quantities which correspond to primary sensations hotness and coldness. This is due to the fact that most biological, chemical, electronic, mechanical and physical systems are affected by temperature. In many instance...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Humans are exposed to radiation in their environment with or without their consent; and the exposure to natural background radiation is an unpreventable event on earth. This present study has measured the background radiation in Iperindo town as a result of mining activities from the surrounding goldmine using the Radiation scanner 500VBR. In each location, at least 5 readings were taken ...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT In light of the Kano state Governoship election 2019, the Internet and its tools of social media have been heralded as instrumental in facilitating the uprisings. This dissertation will look closely at the extent to which Kano states Youths used social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter in organizing and generating awareness of political mobilisation, in the uprisings that took p...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Drinking water sourced from deep wells and boreholes are usually expected to have high concentration of radioactive nuclides. This is because they pass through fractures in bedrocks or within the soil which contains minerals deposits that might have radioactive constituents and thus leaking into the waterways. Radioactivity in drinking water is ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE1.1 INTRODUCTIONDifferent types of heavy metals such as Cu, Zn and Ni are necessary micronutrients compulsory for a variety of functions including electron transfer reactions and as cofactors in many proteins and enzymes, on the other hand other metals like Ar, Cd and Pb are considered non necessary. Both types of metals are toxic above certain concentrations. They inactivate metal sens...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Thirty samples of river water were taken from the three zones, Farming, Residential/Commercial and Industrial Zones along the course of River Kaduna. The Total dissolved solids (TDS) was determined for the water samples. Also radionuclides present in the water samples were identified using the Exploranium, the identifier. The radionuclides are 238U, 232Th and 40K. The specific activities ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION One mechanism that has been widely used in worldwide organizations to monitor the financial reporting process is the establishment of an audit committee comprising a majority of independent directors. The existence of an audit committee could improve the monitoring of financial reporting and internal control. This could be done by bridging the communication gap between...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT In an attempt to analysis the importance attached to auditing as a tool for certifying the financial statement of business enterprise, the researcher had to be very briefly re cap the origin of auditing and above all those factors that in the first instance necessitated it. Auditing, it was noted became very prominent in the business cycle the world over precisely in the 17th century foll...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY Gender, age and weight are the fundamental indices of human growth, which are strongly affected by various factors such as genetic effects, race, nutrition, congenital disease, and so on. Anthropometric measures have been widely used for body weight classification in humans. Basically, the weight and age distributions for different sex are most widely u...Continue Reading »
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» (Physics Project Topics) ENERGY GAP In solid state physics and related applied field, an “ENERGY GAP” also known as “BAND GAP” is the energy ranged in a solid where no electron state exist for insulators and semiconductors the band gap or energy gap, generally refers to the energy difference between the top of the valence band and the bottom of the conduction band, but in s...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Pendulum that attach with another pendulum is called double pendulum. The area of dynamical system in physic and mathematics, a rich dynamic behavior of a strong sensitivity is exhibits from the double pendulum of simple physic system with initial conditions. Double pendulum has a difference types whether same mass or different mass that declare...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The purpose of electrical surveys is to determine the subsurface resistivity distribution by making measurements on the ground surface. From these measurements, the true resistivity of the subsurface can be estimated. The ground resistivity is related to various geological parameters such as the mineral and fluid content, porosity and degree of water saturation in the rock...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 HEMODYNAMICS This is a cardiovascular physiological study that deals with the forces the heart generates to circulate blood round the cardiovascular system. Proper blood flow ensures proper blood supply of oxygen and nutrients to all tissues which is a necessary condition for cardiovascular health which helps survival of patients during surgery, prolongs lifespan and i...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Twenty (20) groundwater samples, four of which are control samples, comprising of ten (10) borehole and ten (10) locally hand dug wells were drawn randomly around British America Tobacco Company, Zaria. Some physical parameters: temperature, pH, conductivity and total dissolved solids were measured using thermometer, pH meter and conductivity meter. The samples were analysed for gross alp...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE Background of Study 1.1 Introduction Surface runoff and soil water percolation are closely associated with rainfall and melting of snow, or glaciers. Soil inability to absorb excess stormwater and meltwater due to heavy rainfall, high melt rate of snow and glacier, soil saturation, impervious resulting from surface sealing or pavement, etc., do lead to surface runoff [10]. Surface runo...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview Early astronomers studied planetary bodies, and subsequently developed beliefs, projections and even scientific convictions that understanding the solar and planetary bodies will enable humans to truly understand the earth we live in. The quest to understand earth’s phenomena, complexity of its nature, simple and complex interactions of its numer...Continue Reading »
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