...Investigation into Biometric Technologies and the Development of a Fingerprint Recognition Application Student Name: Robert Heaney ST No: 10550804. Supervisor: Jonathan G. Wallace . . . . . . . . . . Note: Incomplete, this document is currently in draft Abstract This preliminary document covers the presentation phase of a final year BSc (Hons) computing science project aiming to investigate biometric technologies and develop a fingerprint recognition application to allow logging of student attendance at lectures. The introduction offers some background to the project and establishes the aims and objectives of the project overall. Following on from the introduction, the literature review presents a critique of research material that provides the basis for the project. This material includes a number of texts, journals and research papers as well as additional information sourced from the Web. As drawn from the literature, the subject areas covered include; history and background to modern biometrics; technological, social, organisational and environmental influences; key technologies in the market today; design issues, including security, performance and testing. In chapter 3, attention turns to requirements analysis for the development of a fingerprint recognition system. The process follows a requirements engineering approach to development by formally establishing user requirements and allowing continuous requirements assessment...
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...CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background to the Study Health is central to the development of any human society, thus an adequate healthy society can improve the social status of the people (Akanbi, 2014). Though healthcare is a vital service, however, it is often treated from symptoms rather than the causes of the poor health. WHO (1948) affirms that, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not mere absence of disease and infirmity. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. In recent years, much evidence has been accumulated which shows just how important the planning of physical, social, and economic environment in which we live and work is to our health. Conversely, physical planning systems are the methods used by the public sector to influence the distribution of activities in spaces of various scales (Andreas and Bas, 2002). Also, it is a process intended to promote sustainable development and is defined as goingbeyond traditional land use planning to bring together and integrate policies for the development and use of land with other policies and programmes which influence the nature of places and how they function.In the developing countries, a substantial and growing population lives in or around metropolitan areas and megacities (Adesina,2007). The urban sector of any country is never static. It changes with time, in fact as the days and years go by, the urban landscape is altered...
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...NIGER STATE MEDIA CORPORATION RADIO NIGER BOOSTER STATION BIDA BY MUSA ALHAJI HARUNA MAT.NO.U09/FAN/PHY/016 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, FACULTY OF APPLIED AND NATURAL SCIENCES IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA UNIVERSITY P.M.B 11 LAPAI, NIGER STATE Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied and Natural Science, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, P.M.B.11, Lapai, Niger State. The Industrial Placement Officer, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Through, The Head of Department, Physics, Faculty of Applied and Natural Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai Dear Sir, REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEEME (SIWES). In compliance with the directive of the authority of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, to prepare and present a detailed report on student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) from June to December. Having done this as a prerequisite for the award of Bachelor of Science in Physics, I hereby submit a detailed report of the training for proper confirmation. Yours faithfully Musa Alhaji Haruna DEDICATION This technical report is dedicated to Almighty Allah who enable me to complete this training programmed successfully and to the entire member of my family, most especially my father Alhaji Musa and my beloved mother Hajiya Fatima for their immeasurable and immense...
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...school, but for financial constraints and cultural affinities the other girl is not given the opportunity to complete her secondary education. While the other one had the privilege to attend the educational status she desired despite marriage. Unfortunately for Aisha, she marries against her will and gets pregnant which eventually leads to her death. This story tries to depict the situation boys and girls are faced with when it approaches the choice of marriage and education as well as the roles some parents play when it comes to this delicate aspect of the life’s of their children. CHARACTERS Aisha : The Hausa young girl who dropped out for Marriage. Udoo : Aisha’s friend Mama Udoo : Udoo’s Mother Papa Udoo : Udoo’s Father Alhaji Audu : Aisha’s Uncle Mama Aisha : Aisha’s Mother Gema : Udoo’s husband Terfa : Aisha’s husband Sammy : Terfa’s friend Mama Ichan : Udoo’s Neighbor Female Patients : pregnant women attending clinic in the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Gynecology Clinic Section. Doctor : A medical Doctor working in the Aminu Kano Teaching hospital. Nurses : two nurses working in the hospital SCENE ONE (Students are heard charting on their way back from school, discussing differently what transpired in the school that afternoon, as they appeared on stage, a narrator...
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...Perfectly Competitive Markets A firm’s decision about how much to produce or what price to charge depends on how competitive the market structure is. If the Dangote cement raise their prices by 5%, there will be a small reduction in the quantity of cements demanded. If the conoil gas station raises its gasoline prices by 5%, there will be a huge reduction in the gas demanded. In a very competitive market like the local gasoline market, a single station has very little choice in what price to charge. If the station is busy there is no reason to lower the price, but if it raises its price by 10 cents a gallon, it will have almost no customers. We will study the extreme case of perfect competition, where firms are “price takers.” In a perfectly competitive market, (i) there are many buyers and sellers, so each buyer or seller is a price taker, (ii) all sellers supply the same, identical product. This is the model of supply and demand. If a seller could influence the price, it would not be acting according to a supply curve. In the long run, we also require that (iii) firms can freely enter or exit the market. Revenue of a Competitive Firm For a competitive firm, the price it receives does not depend on the quantity it chooses to sell. Marginal revenue equals the price of its output. For example, if the price is $6, then the total revenue of selling 10 units is $60 and the total revenue of selling 11 units is $66. Marginal revenue, ªTR/ªQ = (66-60)/(11-10)...
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...International Journal of Politics and Good Governance Volume 4, No. 4.2 Quarter II 2013 ISSN: 0976 – 1195 DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS OF GODFATHERISM IN NIGERIA: THE EFFECTS AND WAY FORWARD Alabi Abdullahi Department of Social Sciences and Global Studies (Political Science Unit), Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, Nigeria Sakariyau, Rauf Tunde Department of Political Science, Centre for Distance Learning, University of Abuja, Nigeria ABSTRACT Political godfatherism is one of the factors that embedded democratic setting in Nigeria since first republic. In view of this, this research work is primarily designed to examine democracy and politics of godfatherism in Nigeria with emphasis on its effects and way forward. The study adopts primary and secondary data to analyze some critical issues, like political violence, vote buying, disenfranchisement and some other political and socio-cultural factors that embedded democratic setting in Nigeria since 1999 till current political dispensation engaged by godfathers and godsons. The study further explores the relationship between godfathers and godsons with a particular attention to who become the next strongmen in the area of politics and who retains the status quo. This study examines some key concepts, such as democracy, political violence and political godfatherism. Finally, the study concludes with recommendations in order to ensure good governance and political stability in Nigeria. INTRODUCTION Democracy in Nigeria has had a...
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...This article was downloaded by: [Verschuren, Frank] On: 11 April 2010 Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 921228644] Publisher Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 3741 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713433220 Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Niger-Delta (Nigeria) Abdul Razaq Kilani To cite this Article Kilani, Abdul Razaq(2000) 'Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Niger-Delta (Nigeria)', Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 20: 1, 129 — 136 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/13602000050008942 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602000050008942 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld.com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher...
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...African Personality Opposing Colonialism Mykell Trunnell May 1, 2012 A number of individuals came to prominence in as political activists in the early twentieth century. In Nigeria, Herbert Macaulay founded the Nigerian National Democratic Party in about 1923, which advocated an independent Lagos government, higher education with compulsory primary education attendance, and the Africanization of the civil service, and non-discrimination in the development of private economic enterprise. Macaulay was one of the first leaders of the Nigerian opposition to British colonial rule. He formed the NNDP as a result of a new constitution being formed in 1922 providing limited franchise elections in Lagos and Calabar. He worked as a private surveyor and a journalist and in eventually became the editor in chief of a political newspaper, the Lagos Daily News. Herbert Macaulay was arrested twice for writing articles criticizing the Colonial Government. Macaulay opposed almost every attempt by the Crown to increase their hold on Lagos and the surrounding region in Nigeria. As a result of his anti-colonialism works, he became well known in the local political movement in Lagos and was sent to England by the King of Lagos, Oba Esugbayi Eleko, as a representative in a land dispute. While in London, Macaulay attempted to assert the authority of Oba Esugbayi Eleko. While this did not persuade the Crown to return lands to Oba Esugbayi Eleko, the British did appoint Macaulay as a representative...
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...which Ishmael is captured by village leaders and was stuck between life and death. Luckily they found his rap cassette and the chief watched as he made Ishmael dance and mime the songs “O.P.P” and “I Need Love.” The chief of the village explained to everyone that is was all a misunderstanding and that Ishmael and his friends were just children looking for safety (p. 68). Western American culture also helped Ishmael and his friends cope with the war and survive as a child soldier. When Ishmael was a soldier he said that the children watched movies such as Rambo to help them feel at ease so that they could raid villages. Upon raiding one of the villages, Ishmael’s friend was nicknamed “Little Rambo” for the stealth murders he committed. “Alhaji grabbed the guard’s mouth and sliced his neck with his bayonet” (p. 143). There are other things such as rap music which...
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...BUSINESS STRATEGY (PM1006) DANGOTE GROUP OF COMPANIES This assignment will focus on Dangote group of company, which produce various goods and services/products in Nigeria. Which includes salt, rice, cement, noodles oil and gas,pasta,flour,etc.The name Dangote group of company was laid down in the late 1970s.it started with ALCO international limited. But subsequently the Dangote group of company was incorporated in 1980s into the company and allied matters act. by ALhaji Alake dangote, who is currently the chairman and CEO of the company. when the company was formed, It only focused on cement manufacturing, but with time diversified into many other manufacturing services. “DANGOTE cement Emerges Nigeria Biggest Quoted Company.” By okey Nwankwo. The e-newsletter of the Dangote group.( 2011)Today Dangote group of company has grown to be one of the biggest companies in Africa, because it has its branch almost in all Africa countries, the company grew because of its excellent and quality of its goods and services to its customers. the company has it’s headquarter located in Lagos Nigeria. Dangote is a graduate of business studies from the Al Zahra University Cairo Egypt. Aliko ventured into business in 1977, when the only thing he could produce then was sugar, rice, and cement. But with time and determination he ventured into other business services like salt, noodles, water, telecom, oil and gas, and so many other businesses as well. (DANGOTE,2011)....
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...The Many Feathers in the New Ata Gala’s Okebe (Crown) Igala kingdom was founded in the 9th century, the founder Abutu Eje came down from Kwararafa. Abutu Eje meaning Abutu the leopard, was a prince of Kwararafa kingdom who was denied the right to ascend his father’s throne left his father’s kingdom out of anger from the injustice done him to settled first in Otutubatu-Amagade along River Benue in where is known today as Ife-Abejukolo before moving to Idah with some of his children and followers to establish what is known today as ATA’GALA throne (the seat of power). The kingdom stretched from Idah in present Kogi State to the North in Bida in Niger state and to the south Onitsha, Oko all in Anambra State, Asaba in Delta State and some part of Edo State. Okene,Lokoja,Koton-Karfe and Toto, Nasarawa, Karshi, Abaji in the present Federal Capital Territory including the entire Idoma land and Agatu and beyond. The feathers here represent the number of challenges awaiting the new Ata to address very quickly and treated as urgent matters. The new ATA, His Royal Majesty Idakwo Ameh Oboni was born in 1949; he was barely seven (7) years of age when his own father Ata Ameh Oboni died in 1956, Ata Dr. Aliyu Obaje succeeded Ameh Oboni as Ata from 1956 to 2012 spending more than half a century on throne. During the reign of the immediate past Ata Dr. Aliyu Obaje, the predecessor of Ata Idakwo Ameh Oboni, Igala nation witnessed tremendous developments; peace, no war in Igala land, no epidemic...
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...Bolewa A Ward Potiskum, Potiskum Local Government Area, Yobe State [hereinafter referred to as ‘THE PURCHASER’ which expression shall include his Heirs, Personal Representatives & Assigns] of the other part. WHEREAS 1] The Vendor is the owner of all that developed residential house measuring 450sqm, covered by Customary Right of Occupancy No. 002023 dated 19/3/2008 issued by Potiskum Local Government Counsel in favor of the vendor. The house is hereinafter referred to as ‘’THE PROPERTY’’. 2] The property is fenced containing a four bedroom flat, a fish pond, a single room and a gate, lying and situate at Malo Garba Street, Tudun Wada layout Potiskum, Yobe State. 3} The Purchaser, under power of attorney donated him by the heirs of late Alhaji Malinta Mohammed dated 24|11|2014 is willing to purchase the property for the sole benefit of the heirs named in the power of attorney. 3] Now the vendor desires to sell the property to the purchaser for a consideration of Two Million and Three Hundred Thousand Naira [#2,300,000:00] only free from any encumbrance. NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS;- a] The property is free from any encumbrance, b] The vendor has a good title to transfer in the property, c] The vendor undertakes to assist the purchaser or sign any document that may be brought by the purchaser to perfect the purchaser’s title over the property. c] The vendor further undertakes to indemnify the purchaser to the cost of the property, if it is later discovered that the vendor...
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...CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Terrorist attacks are on the rise in Nigeria, which are the increased activities of Boko Haram over the past year. Bombings, kidnappings, and other violent activities of Boko Haram prevent many Nigerians from feeling safe. Boko Haram is a well-known agent of destruction in Nigeria. Even a casual observer who doesn’t live in Nigeria has likely heard of Boko Haram’s recent 2014 kidnappings of hundreds of children—mostly girls—from schools and villages in northern Nigeria. On the night of 14-15 April 2014, about 276 Chibok school girls were kidnapped by the Boko Haram. These girls were between 17 to 18 years according to a source. They were secondary school students at Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria. Only God knows the nature of what is in-between the legs of the female students at the moment. In the northern part of the country, students cannot complete their studies because of the looming threat of kidnapping and murder. More than any other issue in Nigeria today, the greatest concern has been the security condition of the country. Almost on a daily basis, there are accounts of several security threats arising from armed robberies, assassinations, armed militancy and banditry, kidnapping, bombings and of recent, the blood-let from a religious sect called the Jaamatus Alhus Sunnah Lid Daawatis Wal Jiliad (otherwise called Boko Harm) who say they are opposed to Western education and are ready to attack every vestige of...
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...1) Nigeria as a British colony After the British government assumed direct control of the Royal Niger Company’s territories, the northern areas were renamed the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria, and the land in the Niger delta and along the lower reaches of the river was added to the Niger Coast Protectorate, which was renamed the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. 2) Jalingo Jalingo is a city in north-eastern Nigeria. It is the capital city of Taraba State and has an estimated population of 118,000. 3) London Olympic games Nigeria participated in the 2012 London Olympic Games without winning any medal – gold, silver or bronze. Nigeria’s performance at the Games represents the new depths of the country’s overall rating in virtually all spheres of human endeavor. Whether it is in sports, education, health, housing, technology, politics, diplomacy, we are currently occupying very lowly positions. 4) Patience in Germany: Sources reported that Patience had been receiving treatment in a German hospital for about four days. The news medium reports that Patience was airlifted to the hospital by an air ambulance last week under emergency medical conditions. 5) Symbolism of Coat of Arms Elements. The red eagle depicts Nigeria’s strength. The black shield signifies the fortuitous qualities of the land in agricultural, mineral and solid resources. The Y-shaped silver coloured wavy band in the middle of the black shield represents the two major rivers in the country, River...
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...Saving Mr Ugwu The short story „Saving Mr. Ugwu“ is written by Lin Anderson in 2012. The main character is Mr. Ugwu, a black man, but he feels like he is a white western man. The main plot is about him and the changes in his life. The story deals with equality and different cultures. Mr. Ugwu is the main character and the story is from a third person narrator, with focus on Mr. Ugwu. He is a black guy, but he feels as a white man. He and his family live in the bush in Nigeria. He belongs to the Christian Igbos, this one of the biggest tribes in Nigeria. His family moved from the biggest city Lagos, what also was the capital in Nigeria until 1991, to the bush in Nigeria, because of Mr. Ugwu’s job. Mr. Ugwu doesn’t think well about the bush, but he reminds himself every time that the company has been good to him, so he would do whatever it takes to keep his job. He doesn’t feels that the bush is his home, and he wants to go back to Lagos. Every time it rains he feels a bit like he is “home”, he probably thinks about Lagos. Mr. Ugwu is not really happy with his life, “he becomes angry. Angry at the Hausa, angry at his wife, angry at his Baturi neighbour, all of whom treat him like a dog.” In this quote from the text can you see that Mr. Ugwu isn’t really happy with his life, although he have a good position in his job, and earned good money even though that he wasn’t white. An important thing in the story is the setting, specially the garden at the Ugwu family’s house. In the...
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