EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES PERFORMANCE IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA  

2019-07-03
The Nigerian government places emphasis on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for socio- economic development and employment generation. Consequently, owners/managers of SMEs adopt various strategies in order to achieve these ...

EFFECTS OF WOOD TYPES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOOD ASH BLENDED CEMENT  

2017-12-02
Wood ash have been used by researchers as pozzolan for partial replacement of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) at the point of need. However, type of wood that produced the ash ...

EFFICACY OF SELECTED PLANT EXTRACTS ON FIELD INSECT PESTS OF CUCUMBER PLANT (Cucumis sativus L.)  

2018-01-21
Insect pests of cucumber are mainly controlled using synthetic insecticides. However, considering the various ecological dangers caused by their usage, it becomes imperative to provide alternatives to them. Field experiments ...

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT OF DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS USING SILVER AND GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN MODIFIED TiO2- BASED PHOTOANODE  

2021-04-02
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) is one of the renewable source of energy that has attracted attention of researchers due to its low cost and environmental friendliness. The performances of ...

EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL MODELING OF ANTHOCYANIDINS USED AS SENSITIZERS IN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS  

2018-05-27
Some drawbacks concerning the application of anthocyanidins as sensitizers in Dye- sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) are low efficiency and stability of are photovoltaic devices. This study investigated structural effects and ...

EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF PUBLIC DEBT AND FISCAL POLICY SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA  

2016-06-27
Public debt and fiscal policy sustainability have been a major concern of economic development in Africa. Nigeria's public debt is one of the highest among African economies. This study therefore ...

EMPIRICAL STUDY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN LAGOS WATER CORPORATION, NIGERIA  

2019-09-03
The establishment of proper strategic linkage between Human Resource Management (HRM) practices and employee performance is a major challenge facing public sector organisations in a developing country like Nigeria. These ...

ENHANCING THE FOOD POTENTIALS OF VELVET BEAN (Mucuna utilis) WITH GERMINATION AND FERMENTATION USING SELECTED SPECIES OF Rhizopus  

2017-12-25
Velvet bean (Mucuna utilis) is a highly nutritious legume and a wild growing plant. It is however underutilized due to the presence of some anti-nutritional and toxic substances. This study, ...

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN SURFACE SOIL IN THE VICINITY OF AGBABU BITUMEN FIELD IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA.  

2006-04-24
Soil samples from the vicinity of Agbabu bitumen field in Ondo State, Nigeria were analyzed for ten parent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization detector ...

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF AUTOMOBILE WORKSHOPS IN OGBOMOSO, A TRADITIONAL CITY IN THE SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA  

2015-11-26
Against the background of unplanned and unguided springing up of automobile workshops and the horrifying environmental effects of the same, this study examines the spatial and environmental implications of automobile ...