PRECONDITIONED SUCCESSIVE OVERRELAXATION ITERATIVE METHOD FOR SOLVING PARTIAL .. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF ELLIPTIC TYPE  

2012-08-23
The successive overrelaxation (SOR) iterative method is one of the monumental WO$.S: of modem numerical analysis. It is a stationary iterative method for solving linear systems arising from the discretisation ...

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF FLOODON THREE COMMUNITIES IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA  

2012-11-11
The problem of flood in communities is having adverse effects on both human being and the environment. Loss of lives and properties coupled with agricultural crops are some of the ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN MINNA,NIGERIA  

2012-11-11
This research assessed the causes and possible risk of building in Minna, Nigeria and to highlight on the causes and effects of building collapse disaster in human settlement and to ...

ASSESSMENT OF ROAD DISASTER RISKS ALONG MINNA- SULEJA ROAD  

2012-11-11
Transportation is a vital part of the Nigerian economy. Read transportation readily comes to mind when transportation is mentioned. Vital as they are to the economy, Nigerian roads have sapped ...

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH DISASTER RISK OF DUMPSTERS IN MINNA,NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2012-11-11
Over time, solid waste management in cities and Villages of Nigeria had been an issue of concern not 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 ...

LARVICIDAL AGAINST CULEX EFFICACY OF THE EXTRACT OF PARTS OF JATROPHA CULEX PIPIENS MOSQUITO (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)  

2013-04-10
This study was carrie_d out to determine the larvicidal efficacy of the extract of floral parts of Jatropha_ curcas, agamst ?Ourth instar larval stage of Cu/ex pipiens pipiens mosquito. The ...

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR THE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS  

2014-03-03
In the work, we developed and analyzed a deterministic model for the transmission dynamics and control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a population with vital dynamics (birth and death ...

RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, A CASE STUDY OF RIVER SUKA FLOOD PLAIN IN MINNA NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2014-03-03
Risk and vulnerability assessment has been the most viable analytical method used in assessing and estimating the potential damage/disaster liable to occur in any hazard-prone environment in the developed world. ...

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH HAZARDS AND COPING CAPACITY AMONGST STAFF AND PATIENTS OF GENERAL HOSPITAL KUTA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2014-03-03
Floods are purely environmental hazards of meteorological causes, but very often induced by man's improper utilization of the physical environment. Floods are among the most dramatic forms of interaction between ...