FLOOD DISASTER VULNERABILITY PROFILE OF THE RIVER CHANCHAGA WITHIN MINNA METROPOLITAN AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.  

2013-03-05
Flooding is the result of heavy or continuous rainfall exceeding the absorptive capacity of soil and the flow capacity of rivers, streams and coastal areas. This causes a watercourse to ...

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 ...

HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT IN NIGERIA  

2013-05-11
Construction sites are considered the most potentially hazardous and accident-prone parts of any working environment, therefore excessive exposure to these construction site hazards exposes workers to injury and possible 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. ...

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. ...

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

2014-03-03
In the work, we developed and analyzed a denialistic 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 ...

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. ...