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Parasitic weeds are plants that have evolutionarily lost autotrophic way of life during their development stages. Dodder, a plant of the Cuscuta species, is one such invasive parasitic weed with a wide range of world geographic distribution and host diversity. In Kenya, dodder is common in counties at the Coast, Central, Nyanza, Western... Continue Reading

 In recent years, global warming/climate change has caused many glaciers to melt with the subsequent rising of sea levels. This has put many coastal communities all over the world especially those in developing countries at risk. The vulnerability of these communities to the impacts of climate change depends on many factors including... Continue Reading

Changes in precipitation characteristics have been identified to exert profound socio-economic consequences over West Africa. This study analysed climate model simulation and projections of precipitation changes over West Africa using the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM with Lat-Lon resolution of 1.89° by 2.5°). The skill of the... Continue Reading

Architecture is the practice of building design and its resulting products; customary usage refers to those designs that are customarily significant. Architecture is to building as literature is to the printed word. More prosaically, one would say today that architecture must satisfy its intended uses, must technically be sound and must convey... Continue Reading

Throughout history, education has always been man’s most important activity. Infect, man cannot carry on government, family life, religion or earn a living without some form of education. School then is a shelter and a stage that brings people together on daily business, generating intellectual abilities in life and growing up. Education can be... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION 'Disaster management' can be defined as the range of activities designed to maintain control over disaster and emergency situations and to provide a framework for helping at-risk persons to avoid or recover from the impact of the disaster. Disaster management deals with situations that occur prior to, during, and after the disaster.... Continue Reading

The project shall be based on provision of a central administration building which is the senate building for Caritas university which will accommodate the following; the vice –chancellor’s office, the registry, the planning unit, students affairs department, bursary and general administration.The senate also houses the senate chamber and the... Continue Reading

This research was conducted on “Assessment of Solid Waste Disposal Practices in Majidadi ‘B’ ward in the Bauchi metropolis” aimed at assessing the nature and the methods used by the users of the area, which was first carried out through survey with the use of structured questionnaires to some persons chosen from the study area.... Continue Reading

Buildings are supposed to shield their occupant from the solar radiation which especially in the hot dry climate of Bauchi pose problems of high indoor temperatures, thermal and visual discomfort among others. But to what extent does the Architectural solar control measures viz; shading, building orientation with respect to cardinal... Continue Reading

Buildings supposed to shield their occupant from the perturbing solar radiation which especially in the hot dry climate of Yola pose problems of high indoor temperatures, thermal and visual discomfort among others. But to what extend does the Architectural solar control measures viz; shading, building orientation with respect to cardinal... Continue Reading

Until the 1930s, landfills were little more than dumps but for centuries they were seen as a solution to the problem of solid waste and to the problem of unusable land . in New York for example, landfills were created to speciffically make taxable land from land thought to be useless or dangerous such as marshy and swampy areas. what is... Continue Reading

The desire to combine nature with architecture had been courted for a very long time. The research results in this area has proved that private and communal spaces should interplay creatively the nature for the benefit of the environment and the planet at large, various activities in these areas had been initiated by individuals and governments at... Continue Reading

The design of an Advance Trauma Centre taking cognisance of pedestrian circulation is bringing into exploit was has been neglected and rarely used as a medium of creating healing environment for the users or patients of the healthcare centre. This research work seeks to analyse the basic sources of navigation problem in and out of the existing... Continue Reading

This project studies building performance evaluation with cases of selected buildings within Federal College of Education, Akinmorin, Oyo State.  INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Architects, designers and building occupants (and/or users) and other professionals involved in building construction over the years have generated series of... Continue Reading

Renovation, a term most commonly associated with buildings is known to be the act or process of improving the existing condition of a broken, damaged or outdated structure. It is the process of restoring to a good condition or making new again a building structure currently in a bad state. The concept of renovation as it relates to... Continue Reading

In Rivers State, about three-quarter of its land is covered by water and approximately 70% of all travel between its capital, Port Harcourt and access to most of her Loca l Government Areas is via rivers. Unfortunately, the state and its capital in particular lacks Boat Terminal infrastructure. Apart from this fact and the actual trip was... Continue Reading

Automobile exhibition and sales centre refers to a place or structure specifically designed for display and sales of cars and its buyers, planned as a unified structure to create an avenue for buyers and those who dream of owning a car to enjoy such coordinated and friendly environment. Its friendly environment gives not only a high... Continue Reading

Research has shown that the popularization of plastic bottles in Bottling Industries has remained on the increase since middle of 1960's, when high-density polyethylene was introduced. They quickly became popular with both manufacturers and customers due to their lightweight nature and relatively low production costs compared with glass... Continue Reading

Agriculture has been the topmost priority of every successive administration Nigeria. This is due to the fact that the extent of development of a nation is also measured interims of the quality and quantity of food available to her people. Though the struggle at improving food status has been on course before intendance. It reminds us of... Continue Reading

TABLE CONTENT Title pagei Certification          ii Declaration         iii Dedication         iv Acknowledgement         v Table of content         vi CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction1 1.1Definition5 1.2Historical background in Nigeria6 1.3     Geographical location of lafiagi town        11 1.4Motivation        12... Continue Reading

Agriculture has been the topmost priority of every successive administration Nigeria. This is due to the fact that the extent of development of a nation is also measured interims of the quality and quantity of food available to her people. Though the struggle at improving food status has been on course before intendance. It reminds us of... Continue Reading

Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The combined building materials are: 1.1.1  HISTORY OF KANO CITY 1.2  PROBLEM STATEMENT 1.3  RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.4  AIM AND OBJECTIVES 1.5  SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.6  SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.7  METHODS OF STUDY CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1  DEVELOPMENT AND... Continue Reading

  Security is a very vital factor for human growth and development. It has also become a major recent issue in buildings and especially, school buildings. Ensuring security in buildings is a collective endeavour with each individual, government, organization, and community having its own role to play. The architect, who is the master... Continue Reading

  The design and implementation of this real time taxi monitoring and Passenger inventory system is meant to unleash a new era of systematic taxi operation in Zimbabwe. It introduces a tight close monitoring environment for taxis so as to maximise on returns from the business. In the prevailing situation where there is a general lack of... Continue Reading

With the increase in use of internet access across the world, there has been a shift from classic wired connection technology to the faster and efficient mobile wireless solutions. Zimbabwe as a country is also experiencing this upsurge. However, its hindered by the lack of flexible connection solutions in the densely populated rural... Continue Reading