ENHANCING PASSIVE COOLING IN HEALTHCARE BUILDINGS USING COURTYARD FORMS IN THE DESIGN OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA  

2019-11-26
Buildings consume more than 40% of primary energy in most countries and healthcare facilities have been identified as one of the highest consumers of energy. These is due to its ...

ENHANCING SPACE MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY THROUGH FLEXIBILITY STRATEGIES IN THE DESIGN OF FACULTY OF MEDICINE, YOBE STATE UNIVERSITY  

2018-09-26
This study investigated ways of enhancing space multi-functionality through flexibility strategies in the design of Faculty of Medicine. This is because current changes in medical schools due to contemporary technology ...

ENHANCING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF LIMA BEAN (Phaseolus lunatus L.) CULTIVARS USING NPK FERTILIZER RATES AND TRAINING IN THE NIGERIAN SAVANNA  

2021-03-26
Field trials were conducted during 2018 wet season at the research farms of Institute for Agricultural Research Samaru, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Bagauda Sub-Station ...

ENHANCING THERMAL COMFORT USING VERTICAL GREENERY SYSTEMS (VGS) IN THE DESIGN OF A SUSTAINABLE MID- RISE ESTATE IN THE HOT DRY CLIMATE OF KANO, NIGERIA  

2020-02-26
In battling some of the most alarming situations the world is facing right now which are the climate change and global warming, architects are saddled with the responsibility of designing ...

ENHANCING USERS’ SATISFACTION THROUGH RETROFITTING OF DR ABUBAKAR IMAM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2020-01-23
A public library is an agency for continuing education or a people university, open to everyone on an equal basis, regardless of his or her religion, ideological, ethnic, age or ...

ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT (ERM) PRACTICES AND VALUE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN NIGERIA: A MODERATING EFFECT OF INDUSTRY COMPETITION  

2019-11-26
The uncertainties and corporate failures have attracted scholars and professionals to search for risk management strategies that can improve its performance. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) implementation by Commercial Banks in ...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A TOOL FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA  

2011-12-26
Poverty reduction is one of the most critical challenges facing Nigeria and her citizens. This has greatly hindered the pursuit of sustainable socio-economic growth. Attempts by various governments-past and present, ...

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF Brucella species IN CATTLE, SHEEP AND HUMANS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA  

2019-11-26
Brucellosis is an infectious disease of animals that is transmissible to humans. This study was conducted in Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, to investigate the seroprevalence of brucellosis in cattle and ...

EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE II INTERFERON GAMMA IN CHALLENGE VIRUS STANDARD (CVS) STRAIN AND STREET RABIES VIRUS (SRV) INFECTED MICE  

2020-03-26
Rabies virus causes one of the most feared and deadly human diseases. It has evolved specific mechanisms to escape early immune recognition via suppression of interferon response. This study investigated ...

ESTIMATION OF GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETER FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES FROM ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, PHASE II, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE.  

2021-03-26
Electrical resistivity measurements were conducted at Ahmadu Bello University, Phase II site Zaria, Kaduna State, for the estimation of geotechnical parameters for foundation studies. The Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) was ...