ASSESSMENT FOR EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DROUGHT COPING STRATEGIES PRACTICED AMONG FARMING COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN PART OF JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-11-11
This study was undertaken with the aim of assessing the effectiveness of the various drought coping strategies adopted by the farming communities in northern part of Jigawa state. The specific ...

MOTHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN PARENTING AND NURTURING GIFTED STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT GIRLS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL KUKAR BULUKIYA  

2016-11-11
Gifted children are children or youth who are identified at the pre-school, elementary or secondary level as possessing or demonstrating potential abilities that give evidence of high performance capabilities, high ...

AWARENESS AND PRACTICE OF PREMARITAL SCREENING FOR SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA IN KANO METROPOLIS  

2016-11-11
This study aims at investigating the awareness and practice of premarital screening for sickle cell anaemia in Kano metropolis. The objectives include: to find out the level of awareness of ...

EFFECT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA L. AND ADANSONIA DIGITATA L. LEAF MEALS ON PERFORMANCE AND EGG QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF AMOK LAYERS  

2016-11-11
The study was conducted to determine the effect of various levels of Moringa and Baobab leaf meals on the laying performance and egg quality characteristics of Amok layers. A total ...

EFFECT OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT ON SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF J.S.S. III STUDENTS WITH ADHD IN GUMEL LOCAL GOVERNMENT JIGAWA STATE  

2016-11-11
Many secondary school teachers, complain about students improper behaviours in the classroom and outside the classroom. Such behaviours includes inattention to class work, disorganized, loses belongings/forgetful, high activity level, talks ...

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SELF-ERECTING TOWER FOR A WIND TURBINE  

2016-11-11
Generally tower is a tall structure, taller than its width by a signficant margin, among the several functions of tower was the installation of horizontal-axis wind turbines aloft, to access ...

EVALUATION OF ANXIOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF ETHANOL STEM BARK EXTRACT OF CATUNAREGAM NILOTICA STAPF (RUBIACEAE) IN MICE  

2016-11-12
Plants belonging to the Rubiaceae family are used traditionally in the treatment of mental disorders such as anxiety. The anxiolytic effect of the aqueous ethanol stem bark extract of Catunaregam ...

DETERMINATION OF SOME METAL LEVELS IN SELECTED IRRIGATED CROPS ALONG THE BANKS OF ROMI RIVER KADUNA. NIGERIA  

2016-11-12
The concentrations of some heavy metals in crops such as garden egg, okra, maize, tomato, and spinach irrigated with water from Romi River were investigated. Their concentrations were found to ...

WOODFUEL AS A DOMESTIC ENERGY SOURCE IN MAKARFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA  

2016-11-20
The work is on wood fuel as a domestic energy source in Makarfi Local Government Area in Kaduna State with the aim of to identify and describe the major changes ...

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METAL (II) COMPLEXES OF SCHIFF BASE LIGAND DERIVED FROM oPHENYLENEDIAMINE, SALICYLALDEHYDE AND ISATIN  

2016-11-20
Schiff base ligand derived from o-phenylenediamine, salicylaldehyde and isatin with its metal (II) complexes were prepared and characterized on the basis of melting point/decomposition temperatures, solubility, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility ...