STUDY OF RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT), NIGERIA.  

2016-01-01
The existing practice in Nigerian construction industry is that many contractors are faced with problems of risk, which cannot be totally eliminated but could be managed by specialist and professionals ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK OF MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT METHODS OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2016-01-01
The management of hazardous wastes, especially healthcare wastes generated in the various health institutions across the country has been of serious concern to environmental health practitioners and other environmentalists. This ...

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH DISASTER RISK OF DUMPSITES IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2012-11-11
Over time, solid waste concern not management in cities and Villages of Nigeria had been an issue of only to the three tiers of government but also to individuals as ...

CAPACITY BUILDING AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN AKARE COMMUNITY OF NIGER STATE.  

2012-11-11
The people who are directly impacted by a particular disaster are the people whose preparedness for the disaster is most critical. Building capacity and knowledge transfer of these people in ...

EFFECT OF RURAL LABOUR MIGRATION AND OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENTON CEREAL CROP FARMERS PRODUCTIVITY IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA, NIGERIA.  

2017-01-01
The study assessed the effect of rural labour migration and off- farm employment on cereal crop farmers' productivity in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Specifically, it described the socio-economic characteristics ...

PREDICTION OF RAIN ATTENUATION BY RAIN RATE AT c, KU, KA, Q, AND V BAND ON EARTH-SPACE LINKS OVER CENTRAL NIGERIA.  

2016-05-05
Rain attenuation is key limiting factor in using high frequency bands in satellite microwave systems. Rain degrades performance of a earth-space communication system by increasing the noise temperature of the ...

INFECTION-AGE-STRUCTURED MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR TUBERCULOSIS DISEASE DYNAMICS INCORPORATING CONTROL MEASURES  

2016-08-09
In this thesis, an infection-age-structured mathematical model for tuberculosis (TB) disease dynamics incorporating treatment and vaccination as control parameters was presented. The infectious population was structured according to time and ...

EFFECT OF GOLD MINING ON WATER QUALITY IN PAGO COMMUNITY, PAIKORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-07-12
Mining activities has been reported to intermittently affect the quality of water and air of the area where the mining activities are taking place. In view of this, the study ...

STUDY OF RAIN-INDUSED ATTENUATION ON TERRESTRIAL PATHS BETWEEN KU AND KA BANDS AKUNGBA-AKOKO, NIGERIA.  

2016-04-04
Rin attenuation is one of the main impairments that limits radio signals, more especially at higher frequencies, such as Ku, K and Ka frequency bands. Therefore, rain rate and rain ...

IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF HEALTH HAZARD IN KONTAGORA NIGER STATE, NIGERIA .  

2016-11-11
An epidemic is any outbreak of a disease among members of a specific population that exceeds the extent of occurrence of the disease normally found in that population. Epidemics affect ...