factors influencing utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission (pmtct) services among pregnant women attending ante-natal clinic in university of calabar teaching hospital (ucth)

revealed that the socio-economic factors influencing utilization of PMTCT services among pregnant women were: stigmatization and discrimination by healthcare personnel; dependence of women on their husbands to make healthcare decisions; distance to PMTCT facilities....

http://www.scharticles.com/factors-influencing-utilization-of-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-pmtct-services-among-pregnant-women-attending-ante-natal/

factors affecting attitude to work of secondary school teachers in ogbaru local gourmet area of anambra state

Teachers are not to be blamed if they develop non-challant attitude towards their duty. Frustrations neglect of teachers and lack of incentive to teachers could certainly cause them develop negative attitude and lack dedication to work...

http://www.scharticles.com/factors-affecting-attitude-to-work-of-secondary-school-teachers/

Godfatherism and political conflict in nigeria an opinion survey of voters in oredo local government area, edo state

Every politician wants to become a political godfather. Godfather, is as old as politics itself. Godfather is even in the church, in the case of Christendom, the godfather assists the godson to attain the level of a responsible person in the society...

http://www.scharticles.com/godfatherism-and-political-conflict-in-nigeria/

Globalization and Economic Development in Nigeria: An Assessment

Rout and Anthony Giddens (2009) accept that the ideal that globalization is changing the way we have and in a very profound manner. But they went further to argue that globalization is more than just economic and its risk affects every aspect of life, including policies, technology and culture. Giddens never tries to describe the vastness of globalization permeates ideas, notion and functions of risk tradition, family and democracy...

http://www.scharticles.com/globalization-and-economic-development-in-nigeria/

A Study of the Problems of Divorce and Its Effect on the Education of the Child: (A Case Study of Some Selected Schools in Oredo Local Government Area)

In approaching marriage and causes of divorce scientifically, it is necessary to write about the social change on marital stability in our society. Marital stability refers to what constitutes stable relationship between husband, wife and children in a harmonious relationship that is within nuclear family. There are certain factors in our tradition and modern society which militate against marital stability...

http://www.scharticles.com/a-study-of-the-problems-of-divorce-and-its-effect-on-the-education-of-the-child/

Design and Implementation of a Prototype of Student Evaluation System

Study is to develop an automated student performance evaluation system that will be able to eliminate the problems associated with the conventional system for evaluating and computing grade point average (gpa) of students.

http://www.scharticles.com/design-implementation-prototype-student-evaluation-system/

Analysis of Palm Oil Marketing By Processors in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State

Palm oil marketing in Nigeria has always been concerned with all stages of operation that aid movement of the produce from producer to the final consumers. These include assemblage, storage, transportation, grading and financial (Nwauwa, 2012). Marketing of palm oil in Nigeria takes place in homes, road sides, local/periodic market centres and stalls. These can be both wholesale and retail types in both rural and urban markets. Palm oil is a very lucrative business.

http://www.scharticles.com/analysis-palm-oil-marketing-processors/

Comparative Study of Radio Programme Preferences among rural and Urban Residents

Radio broadcasting has become one of the major sources of information in the world today. There are different varieties of programmes or activities that go on the waves from radio stations such as talk shows, music, drama, news announcement, education among others that provide useful information to the listener

http://www.scharticles.com/comparative-study-radio-programme-preferences-among-rural-urban-residents-introduction/

Method of Tertiary Recovery In The Oil Industry

This seminar research focuses on the methods involved in tertiary recovery in the oil industry. A technique used to extract the remaining oil from previously drilled and less desirable reservoir where primary and secondary extraction methods are no longer effective is known as tertiary recovery. The various processes employed to achieve enhanced oil recovery (EOR) includes, chemical flooding, gas injection,

http://www.scharticles.com/method-tertiary-recovery-oil-industry/

Effective Communication as a Strategy for Enhancing Organization Performance: A Case study of Nigeria Brewery Plc.

Communication has crucial impacts within or among work groups in that organization. Communication can be a channel to flow information, resources, and even policies. Given the importance of effective communication on organization performance, further research is needed to explore this topic as it relates to the organization behaviour field. To this end, this study assesses the impacts of organizational communication on organization performance.

http://www.scharticles.com/communication-as-a-strategy-for-enhancing-organization-performance/

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of FRSC Media Campaigns on Reducing Road Accidents

Road crashes are public enemy number one. In Nigeria, many people continued to be victims and causalities of Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) because only a few understand the first principles of road safety. Of course, human behavioural errors, both in traffic and off road are the primary causes of road traffic accidents...

http://www.scharticles.com/evaluation-effectiveness-frsc-media-campaigns-reducing-road-accidents/

Oil Prices Shock on Macroeconomic Volatility (General Price Level) In Nigeria’s Economy

Nigeria benefited from the two oil price hikes in the 1970s, receiving windfall profits like the Middle Eastern oil producers did. The huge oil revenues notwithstanding, Nigeria has accumulated foreign debt like other non-oil exporters, and it suffered prolonged economic stagnation in the...

http://www.scharticles.com/oil-prices-shock-macroeconomic-volatility/

Child Adoption, Cause, Implications and Public Perception (A Study of the Undergraduate Students of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki)

The care of a child is a continuous process which begins at the pre-natal stage and lingers through the period of post-natal toddlers, pre-school, primary and secondary school age and adolescence to youth. It is indeed a labourous adventure which requires hard work. These fundamental treats of love, care and supports are denied some children who for one reason or the other are
parentless. In this regard, adoption remains the only alternative. Adoption is a process whereby a person assumed the parenting for another and in so doing permanently transfers all right and responsibilities from the original parent....

http://www.scharticles.com/child-adoption-cause-implications-and-public-perception/

Examining The Impact or Effect of Poor Housing Among the People of Egu –Ugwu Agbaja Unuphu Community Abakaliki L.G.A Ebonyi State.

housing general refers to the social problem of incurring that members of the social have a home to live in as one of the fundamental needs of mankind whether it is a house or a kind of dueling, loading or shelter. housing is a fundamental need of mankind besides air, water, food and clothing. as a prerequisite to the survival of man it only second to food (Omodu, 2005). in the medieval; times care provided shelters for primitive people against harsh weather conditions...

http://www.scharticles.com/examining-the-impact-or-effect-of-poor-housing/

Concept of Happiness in St. Augustine

What is happiness? What does it mean to be happy? And in what does happiness consist? These and other like questions are what I set out to investigate in this work. This investigation is proper especially at this moment when there is an obvious misinformation about the concept of happiness. People no longer understand what it means to be happy and the difference between happiness and pleasure. The fact we shall gather through this discursive investigation and exegesis...

http://www.scharticles.com/concept-happiness-st-augustine/

Nigeria Police and Mockery of Common Good

Mind cast on some capitalist societies shows that sometimes, pursuit of personal interest overrides and militates against the realization of common good. Ipso facto, Nigerian society has not been an exception to this. Yet, the fact still remains that it is in working together for the common good or welfare that one achieves one’s private good, and not the reverse...

http://www.scharticles.com/nigeria-police-mockery-common-good/

Notion of Freedom in Jean Paul Sartre

Sartre in his philosophy advocates for freedom. He holds that man is absolutely and necessarily free. Man is the creator of himself and man is condemned to be free, condemned because he finds himself thrown into the world yet free because as soon as he is conscious of himself, he is responsible for everything he does. We will equally notice the influence of Sartre’s predecessors in Sartre’s philosophical thought great philosophers like Nietzsche, kierkegaard, Heidegger, Husserl etc. really had a remarkable influence on Sartre...

http://www.scharticles.com/notion-freedom-jean-paul-sartre/

Investigating Synergistic Effect of Ginger and Garlic on the Organoleptic and Shelf-Life Properties of Nunu (cow milk).

Milk is a complex biological fluid and by its nature, a good growth medium for many microorganisms (Rogelj, 2003). Bacterial contamination of raw milk can originate from different sources: air, milking equipment, feed, soil, faeces and grass (Coorevits et al., 2008). The number and types of micro-organisms in milk immediately after milking are affected by factors such as animal and equipment cleanliness, season, feed and animal health (Rogelj, 2003)..

http://www.scharticles.com/investigating-synergistic-effect-of-ginger-and-garlic-on-the-organoleptic-and-shelf-life-properties-of-nunu-cow-milk/

Knowledge of Pain Management among Oncology Nurses

Nursing certification is a process in which a non-governmental Agency validates the registered nurses’ qualifications and expert knowledge of practice in a specialized area of nursing. Oncology certified nurses have met or exceeded requirement for practice in cancer care and have demonstrated their knowledge by passing a standardized exam in Oncology nursing, developed by the Oncology nursing certification corporation (ONCC)...

http://www.scharticles.com/knowledge-pain-management-among-oncology-nurses/

Genetic Characterization of Abakaliki Rice Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Maker (RAPD)

Rice is a cereal given containing high content of carbohydrate (i.e. it is an energy given food). It is a staple food that is commonly consumed in half of the world population. Rice is a nutritional crop contain one-fourth of the calories consumed by humans (Smith and Bruce D, 1998)

http://www.scharticles.com/characterizing-some-selected-abakaliki-rice-genetically-using-rapd/

Effect of ethylacetate seed-extract of Dacryodes edulis on doxorubicin induced renal tissue damage in albino rats

This research has demonstrated the potency of ethylacetate seed-extract of D. edulis in ameliorating the nephrotoxic effect of doxorubicin and restoring the renal architecture of albino rats induced with doxorubicin. This may be may be suggested to be used in the treatment of renal tissue damage induced by such nephrotoxic medicine like doxorubicin.

http://www.scharticles.com/effect-of-ethylacetate-seed-extract-of-dacryodes-edulis-on-doxorubicin-induced-renal-tissue-damage-in-albino-rats/

Biafra Agitation: Any Justification

In the year 1999, an Igbo man then not known by many, by the name Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, suddenly appeared and re-declared the Eastern region of Nigeria the Sovereign State of Biafra to be. Of course, there were different reactions from different quarters, especially considering...

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A Study of the Negative Impact of Technological Development on the Secretary in a Modern Office ( A Case Study of Some Selected Banks in Umuahia, Abia State)

A secretary may be viewed as a person who has acquired the basic knowledge of secretarial skill of shorthand, typewriting and sufficient knowledge and practical experience in office routine. Depending on the objectives of the organizations a secretary meant all things to all people.

http://www.scharticles.com/a-study-of-the-negative-impact-of-technological-development-on-the-secretary-in-a-modern-office/

Phytoplankton, Macrobenthos and Fish Composition of Ehoma Lake, Afikpo

Among the most important living organisms in the aquatic ecosystem is phytoplankton and macrobenthos. Phytoplankton, the primary producer, plays an important role in the material circulation and energy flow in the aquatic ecosystem...

http://www.scharticles.com/phytoplankton-macrobenthos-fish-composition-ehoma-lake-afikpo/

Meaning of Human Existence in Soren Kierkegaard

What forms the corpus of this work eventually stems from what Kierkegaard applied in his effort to ascribe meaning to human existence via individuality. This implies his idea of the individual and the modes of the individual’s existence...

http://www.scharticles.com/meaning-human-existence-soren-kierkegaard/

Doctrine of Freedom and Responsibility in Jean Paul Sartre- The Fundamental Principles in an Authentic Existence

In his philosophy, Sartre advocates for freedom. He maintains absolute freedom for man. He says that man creates himself and that man is condemned to be free. He goes as far as what may be considered as complete atheism and amoralism, and as such says that there is no God. Everything is permissible...

http://www.scharticles.com/doctrine-freedom-responsibility-jean-paul-sartre-fundamental-principles-authentic-existence/

Comparative Analysis Of Machiavelli Principle And Nigerian Society

However, Machiavelli’s chief point was that the ruler chooses only those means that could guarantee that the end be in fact achieved. The ruler should therefore extricate anything that would make him despicable so as to win the favour of the people. Such things as greediness, infringement on others’ rights, appearing fickle, frivolous, cowardly irresolute and so on, should be avoided...

http://www.scharticles.com/comparative-analysis-machiavelli-principle-nigerian-society/

Machiavellianism and Democracy (Nigeria as a Case Study)

The Machiavellian principle in its nature considers the end of actions and not the means used. This poses a state of the survival of the fittest. This situation to a great extent negates the principle of democracy and scuttles its growth. Democracy as we know is praised for its space for freedom, equality, justice and fairness. For any democratic institution to flourish all traces of Machiavellism should be eschewed,

http://www.scharticles.com/machiavellianism-democracy/

Friendship in Aristotle Vis-À-Vis Modern Day Conception of Friendship

As regards friendship, there are different conceptions as there are scholars who philosophize on that. Each expresses his or her own notion of friendship. Though there are different notions among scholars about friendship, most of the differences perhaps are as a result of cultural differences and background...

http://www.scharticles.com/friendship-aristotle-vis-vis-modern-day-conception-friendship/

Traditional and Modern Communication Media a Comparative Study in Afikpo South Local Government Area, of Ebonyi State

The role of communication in the society is indispensable and concerted effort must be made to achieve effective information dissemination, this is to ensure that citizens and the public are adequately informed. This is because an informed individual, groups or society is an enlightened society..

http://www.scharticles.com/traditional-and-modern-communication-media-a-comparative-study/

Agricultural Finance Development Problems and Prospects: Role of Central Bank of Nigeria Plc

The agricultural sector forms the background of Nigeria economy despite concerted effort in industrisation. Agriculture occupies the pride place as the source of livelihood for over 70 percent of the population. It is recognized as a pre-requisite to economic development. With large scale dependence on agriculture for food, raw-material for industries...

http://www.scharticles.com/agricultural-finance-development-problems-and-prospects-role-of-central-bank-of-nigeria/

A Critique of Popper’s Strategy for the Growth of Science

Perhaps, one of the finest and most fascinating phenomena that have ever greeted the human history was the overture of the modern scientific culture and its unmitigated growth and development. The ascendance of this strand of cultural emancipation and spectacular civilization did not just take place ‘at the drop of a hat or two from the leaning tower of Pisa.’ It was rather subversive and gradual, yet impressive...

http://www.scharticles.com/critique-poppers-strategy-growth-science/