1. THE EFFECTS OF BLENDING COW MILK WITH SOYMILK ON YOGHURT QUALITY

» ABSTRACT A quantity of 1 litre each of cow milk and blended (cow/soy) milk was pasteurized and each was inoculated with 5g of a mixed starter culture comprising streptococcus thermophillus, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus bulgariuos and incubated at 500C for 5 hours to ferment to yoghurt. Proximate analysis on both yoghurts showed that there was no significant difference (P>0.05)...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 18,918 engagements |

2. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF SOME MEHTODS ADOTPED IN YOGHURT PRODUCTION

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Yoghurt is a fermented milk product, produced with a yoghurt starter culture which is a mixed culture of streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus bulgaricus in a 1:1 ratio. S thermophilus enjoys a faster growth than L hulgricus. It adds flavours and aroma to the yoghurt, though both organisms in association produces lactic acid but aceta...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,853 engagements |

3. PROCESS FOR REFINING VEGETABLE OIL AND ITS FOOD VALUE

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Palm oil is one the commercial product of palm fruit (Elaesis Guineesis). It is derived from the fleshy messieurs of the fruit of the oil palm which contains 45 – 55% oil. Palm oil belongs to a class of food known as fat and oil, which are generally termed lipid. It is oil from plant origin. However, oil palm exi...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 0 engagements |

4. PRODUCTION AND DETERMINATION OF FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF PLANATAIN FLOUR

» ABSTRACT Plantains (Musa epp) are important staple foods, which make substantial contribution of the nutrition and economy of millions of people through the developing world and are grown in 720 countries. The gross value of plantain production in sub saharan Africa extent that of several other main food crops, such as maize, rice cassava and sweet potato. They are ...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 11,446 engagements |

5. EVALUATION OF THE NUTRIENT CONSTITUENTS OF FRESH FORAGES AND FORMULATED DIETS

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Ruminant animals are mainly dependent on forages as these are essential to maintain their health and production at various stages of their development and growth. In developed countries, sufficient grazing land is available so ruminants can get adequate amount of green grasses during grazing seasons and when it is not possible in other seaso...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 8,088 engagements |

6. MAKING HIGH CONCRETE STRENGTH FROM GRANULATED CALCINED CLAY

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Cement is a significant source of anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide. The CO2 derives mainly from kiln fuel combustion, transport and distribution and decarbonating of limestone. The latter source is fairly constant. Thus one procedure to lower the release of carbon dioxide is reducing the clinker conten...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 7,783 engagements |

7. APPRAISAL OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE PRACTICE AMONG LANDLORDS

» Abstract The study is appraisal of building maintenance practice among landlords in Niger central senatorial zone of Niger state. The specific purposes of the study were to find out the importance of building maintenance among landlords in Niger Central Senatorial District, find out the responsibilities of landlords and the rights of tenants in building maintenance practice in Niger Central Sen...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,020 engagements |

8. STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING CRACKS IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

» Abstract The study was designed to find out strategies for controlling cracks in residential building, in Niger south senatorial district. Among the specific purposes of the study were determining the availability to facilities for controlling cracks in residential building, determine the methods of detecting cracks in residential building, and determining the availability of personnel for d...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 12,543 engagements |

9. ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING MATERIAL WASTAGE ON BUILDING SITE IN NIGERIA

» ABSTRACT The study was carried to critically investigate the analysis of factors influencing material wastage on building sites in Kaduna State. To achieve this objective, three research questions were stated to guide this study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, tables and graph to analyze research questions. A structured questionnaire was used as the major inst...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,186 engagements |

10. EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL ON HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 INTRODUTION Heavy metals include both non toxic and toxic elements. Iron (Fe), Cobalt (Co) Copper (Cu) Manganese (Mn) Molybdenum (Mo) and Zinc (Zc) Magnesium(Mg) are the trace elements and are required in a very minute amount, whereas other metals are non essential, toxic to animals and even fatal when accumulated these metals...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,891 engagements |

11. CAUSES OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS

» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Biodiversity is contraction of “biological diversity” and refers to the number variety and variability of living organisms. In its widest sense, therefore, it is synonymous with “life on Earth”. It embraces two different concepts: One is a measure of how many different living things they are and the other is the measure of how different the ...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 8,049 engagements |

12. THE INCIDENCE OF CHOLERA AMONG CHILDREN

» ABSTRACT This research work was designed to examine and analyze the incidence of cholera among children in Benin City. Seven (7) research questions were formulated and questionnaires were administered to one hundred and fifty (150) respondents in order to gather data for the research. Results showed that poor environmental sanitation leads to cholera outbreak, washing of hands before eating help t...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 10,445 engagements |

13. EFFECTS OF READING AND WORKING ON THE COMPUTER ON VISION

» Abstract The objective: The objective is to determine if a person blinks less, and therefore vision worsens after reading and working on the computer. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtained from 15 subjects, men and women ranging in age from 10 to 103. Baseline data was obtained which included average number of times each subject blinked and their baseline near vision. A control tes...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 7,240 engagements |

14. BIOEFFICACY STUDY OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT PRODUCED FROM OCIMUM BASILICUM USING AER...

» ABSTRACT Mosquito borne disease is a major public health problem globally, particularly the tropics being the major spot in the spread of malaria. The development of resistance to chemical insecticides has necessitated the research and development of natural mosquito repellent. The aim of this study is to extract, characterize and test the larvicidal activity of essential oil, produce mos...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 6,769 engagements |

15. EFFECTS OF DRYING METHODS ON NUTRIENT CONTENTS OF Moringa oleifera (Lam.) LEAVES

» ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the effect of drying methods on the nutrient contents of Moringa oleifera at the Agric. Chemical Laboratory (Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto) and The Energy Research Field of Sokoto Energy Center, Sokoto. Fresh leaves were collected and cleaned then dried using different drying methods viz. shade drying, solar drying, oven drying and sun drying...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 7,406 engagements |

16. EFFECT OF TWO KINDS OF SOLVENT ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF Cymbopogon citratus OI...

» ABSTRACT The experiment was designed to determine the effect of two different solvent (N hexane and petroleum ether) on chemical composition of lemongrass oil. The oil was extracted from lemongrass using N hexane and petroleum ether using soxhlet extraction method. The chemical composition of essential oil obtained were analyse using GC MS machine. The result shows 4.4% of oil were obtained fro...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 5,534 engagements |

17. EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION ON THE GROWTH AND SEED YIELD OF FOUR GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HY...

» ABSTRACT Four groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) varieties (SAMNUT 21, SAMNUT 22, SMANUT 23 and SAMNUT 24) were grown in the Botanical garden, Department of Biological Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to determine the effects of defoliation on the growth and yield of the varieties. The experiments were laid out in a completely randomized design with five treatments (defoliation) levels. Th...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 6,025 engagements |

18. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF DERMATOPHYTES

» ABSTRACT Dermatophytes are fungi that have the capacity to invade keratinised tissues of humans and animals to produce an infection. The study was conducted to determine the epidemiology and molecular characterisation to identify of the dermatophytes associated with almajirai in Makarfi Local Government Area (L. G. A.) of Kaduna State. Samples were collected from the almajirai that had lesio...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 6,070 engagements |

19. ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT OF NEEM TREE (AZADIRACHTAINDICA) LEAF EXRACT ON STAPHYLOCOC...

» Abstact The main focus of this study was to determine the antibacterial effect of Neem tree (Azadirachtaindica) leaf extract on Staphylococcus aureus. The Neem tree leaf extract was tested in terms of the different levels of concentration with (a) 25% concentration, (b) 50% concentration, (c) 75% concentration, (d) 100% concentration on Staphylococcus aureus. It specifically compared the signif...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 7,302 engagements |

20. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CLEOME VISCOSA

» ABSTRACT Cleome viscosa Linn (Capparaceae) commonly known as “wild or dog mustard” is an annual sticky herb found as a common weed all over the plains of India and through the trophics of the world. The whole plant and its parts (Leaves, pods and roots) are widely used in traditional and folkloric systems of medicine. Cleome viscosa were extracted with and all these extract were screened fo...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 5,819 engagements |

21. THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DIARRHOEA AMONG CHILDREN

» ABSTRACT This project took a look on the causes and effects of diarrhea among children in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The research was carried out alone with other academic working in the school. The method used to collect data is questionnaire method, oral interview among NCE graduates in Ovia North East. Results showed that effect of diarrhea leads to fever among ch...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,628 engagements |

22. THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA AMONG CHILDREN

» ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of malaria among children in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Research questions were formulated using the questionnaire as research instrument. One hundred and fifty respondents were used as sample study to determine the prevalence of malaria in the area. Result showed that lack of awareness and poverty leads to the spr...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,539 engagements |

23. THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AMONG CHILDREN

» BSTRACT This project work was designed to find out the effect of communicable diseases among children in Benin City poor. Communicable diseases are very common among poor resident. Communicable diseases could be contacted and have effects in primary school pupils, which may include deformity and poor academic performance. Immunization can be used to control the spread of communicable disease...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 9,185 engagements |

24. CAUSES AND EFFECT OF MALARIA AMONG CHILDREN

» ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the causes and effect of malaria among children in Benin City. Research questions were formulated using the questionnaire as research instrument. One hundred and fifty respondents were used as sample study to determine the prevalence of malaria in the area. Result showed that lack of awareness and poverty leads to the spread of malaria among ch...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 50 pages | 7,679 engagements |

25. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF COCONUT WATER EXTRACT

» ABSTRACT Medicinal plants are the local heritage with global importance plants and plant based medicaments are the basis of many of the modern pharmaceuticals we use today for our various ailments. The research investigated the photochemical screening of coconut water. Coconut water was obtained fresh from coconut fruit and photochemical analysis was carried out according to standard procedures. T...Continue Reading »

Item Type: Project Material | 47 pages | 9,204 engagements |

What's your project topic?

Items In Project Materials Listing | Final Year Research Project Topics & Materials In PDF & Doc | iproject