Abstract In coming up with a study on the e-media operation control System, a research was set up, phases in five distinct groups. The major drive of the research was the inefficiency of the patriot newsprint on the market compared to the other established media organizations due to delays in the internal operations of the production of the newsprint caused by long article movement channels and also much use of manual processes on the production process before print. To tackle this problem, t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to come up with a system that will assist the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare (MPSLSW) to develop efficiencies in delivering child welfare, preventive protection, and response to violence, abuse and exploitation against children. It provides a platform for ensuring systematic handling of child protection cases amongst multiple stakeholders in Zimbabwe. The research was carried out so as to understand the problems that are being en...
ABSTRACT Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most cultured fish species in tropical and subtropical countries. Desirable characteristics of farmed Nile tilapia include tolerance to a variety of aquaculture environments and consumption of a wide range of natural food organisms. In developing countries including Tanzania, Nile tilapia is cultured under semiintensive system. Under this system, supplementary feeding is imperative for optimum growth. However, commercial feeds are very expe...
ABSTRACT The study’s main aim was to determine community participation in Mali-mbichi MVIWATA supported project in Morogoro District. The specific objectives of the study were to assess interventions done by MVIWATA in Mali-mbichi project, to assess community participation in Mali-mbichi project cycle and to determine factors affecting community participation in Mali-mbichi project. The study was conducted in two villages (Tandai and Kalundwa) in Kinole ward as the sole beneficiaries of the...
ABSTRACT The importance of spices and herbs as dietary supplements and alternative medicines to Zimbabwean society has increased in recent times. The popularity of these substances has come largely as a result of the dire economic situation prevalent in Zimbabwe which has engendered the dramatic collapse of the country„s healthcare system. In spite of the numerous therapeutic claims that have been associated with spices and herbs sold openly in the streets, they pose a genuine threat to the...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted at one of the estates in Kilimanjaro Plantation to assess the performance of the drip irrigation system on coffee yield. Climatic, plant and soil factors were used for the calculation of monthly crop water and irrigation requirements and results compared with actual performance of the irrigation system. Further evaluation of the system performance was carried out using catch cans. The experiment was carried out on a 3-year-old coffee cultivar N39 at 3m spacin...
ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays L.) is grown in different parts of the world, where it is a staple crop and many people rely on it as a primary source of nutrition. Salt stress is an external abiotic constraint that reduces maize ability to convert energy to biomass when it is in high concentrations. We conducted an experiment to investigate the effect of sodium chloride concentration on morphology of seedlings of maize varieties Agri Seeds R201, SC 513 and SC 403. The practical importance of the st...
ABSTRACT This research is aimed at development of a Service Procurement Decision Support System that is meant to assist the ICT department in procurement decision making processes. The researcher had proposed the idea of introducing a new system after discovering problems that were being experienced as a result of manual processes, some of the problems include; delays in procurement decision making, corruption as some procurement members can choose their relatives or friends and also lack of ...
ABSTRACT Escherichia coli is a common gastrointestinal enterobacteriaceae that contaminates food resulting in food poisoning. Due to prolonged exposure to antibiotic therapy in their livestock hosts, E. coli continue to develop antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Most E. coli strains are commensal but may attain virulence genes through horizontal gene transfer. A cross sectional observational study was carried out to determine the total E. coli count in polony, beef burgers and traditionally ferm...
Maintenance is very important to preserve and enhance the life span of buildings. In many developing countries including Nigeria, very little seems to be done in carrying out planned maintenance of public buildings. In Nigeria, it has become quite distressful to see the way in which many public buildings are allowed to fall into a bad state of disrepair due to lack of maintenance. Many state governments claim that it is due to lack of funds, but what is the aim of expending huge sums of money...
ABSTRACT The deplorable state of buildings in tertiary institutions across the country due to non-strategic maintenance processes poses a threat to the delivery of qualitative tertiary education in Nigeria. Although building maintenance activities can be executed using insourcing or/and outsourcing practice(s), each of the sourcing practices has its merits and demerits. Policy makers in tertiary institutions are therefore saddled with the responsibility of deploying building maintenance prac...
ABSTRACT Environmental issues related to heavy metals and their biological effects continously heightens investigation into the risk associated with their presence and accumulation in aquatic ecosystems globally. This study investigated the mobilization, partitioning, bioavailability and risk associated with the heavy metal levels in the Lagos Lagoon between September 2013 and February 2015. It entailed the division of the lagoon into five zones and sampling carried out on a seasonal basis. ...
ABSTRACT The research investigated the state of maintenance management of public hospital buildings in South-west, Nigeria, and in the process, identified factors militating against their effective contribution to health care delivery. A total of 552 questionnaires comprising 206 for maintenance staff and 346 for users of public hospital buildings were collected and used for study. The survey covered 46 public hospitals representing 40% of the total number of existing public hospitals in Sout...
ABSTRACT Following the growing consensus within and outside the building industry that corruption and other unethical practices are endemic in the building industry, coupled with scarce empirical academic research on professional ethics in the Nigerian building industry, there is need to examine the ethical behaviour and ideology of the professionals involved in the procurement chain. Consequently, the study sets out to unravel the ethical. behaviour of the Nigerian building industry professi...
ABSTRACT Finger millet is chief food crop for millions of people in the world. It is ranked third in cereal production in semi-arid regions after sorghum and pearl millet. It is generally grown all over the world especially the developing countries with stable yield and strong adaptability to a number of agro-ecological environments. Despite its importance, finger millet increase in production is limited by abiotic stresses especially drought and salinity which affects the plant in the field ...