bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
L'apport de la littérature à la composition d’un « monde commun »: « Die Wand » de Marlen Haushofer et « Minotaurus » de Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Authors: Choné Aurélie
Published: April 2023

Dans le contexte actuel de la crise écologique et de la pandémie de Covid-19, alors qu’il est nécessaire de "repenser les rapports entre humains et non-humains" (Philippe Descola), cet article propose une relecture comparée de deux œuvres issues de la littérature de langue allemande, parues à douze ans d’intervalle, en pleine guerre froide, Die Wand (1963) de l’auteure autrichienne Marlen Haushofer, et Minotaurus: Eine Ballade (1985) de l’écrivain suisse Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Je m’intéresserai dans ces récits à ce qui fait et défait les collectifs, à ce que Marielle Macé a appelé la "grammaire des attachements". Comment s’exprime par les mots, notamment les pronoms personnels, le travail qui consiste à se nouer les uns aux autres, et ces liens se nouent-ils de façon juste ? Les deux ouvrages étudiés parviennent-ils à définir un "nous", à faire émerger une communauté des organismes vivants, humains et non-humains ? L’article s’interrogera sur l’apport de la littérature à la "composition d’un monde commun" (Bruno Latour), en se demandant si les scenarii proposés dans les deux œuvres rendent possible un "espoir actif" (Joanna Macy), et ce qu’ils nous apprennent sur l’histoire de l’idée de nature à l’heure des grands bouleversements écologiques.
"Le Jardin d’Allah": Ecological Sensibilities in the Francophone Caribbean
Authors: Lanza Chiara
Published: April 2023

When gardening and Caribbean islands are mentioned, one cannot but think of Jamaica Kincaid and of the way in which she has articulated the complex relationship between colonialism and gardens, between people and notions such as place and situatedness. The very idea of nature in the Caribbean is strongly connoted, bearing the brunt of age-old associations with exoticism, mystery, unpredictability, or even madness. The symbolic meanings gardens take on in this region are therefore numerous and multifaceted, and if some have been lengthily discussed, others might still be worth exploring. Such is the case of backyards and vegetable gardens in Maryse Condé’s En Attendant la Montée des Eaux: in a violence-torn, poverty-afflicted, and politically unstable Haiti, the orphaned Movar makes people’s lives more bearable by recreating beauty around them, and by giving order to their unruly surroundings. His actions are more than a simple imposition of man over nature, they are also a metaphoric restoration of a lost balance, long forgotten because of other men’s blind exploitation of both human and natural resources in an environment rendered all the more fragile by its fluctuating weather patterns. This paper presents some considerations on Caribbean soil ecologies, with a particular focus on Guadeloupe and Haiti, and on the ways in which the gardener-garden relationship might contribute to restoring damaged ecosystems. Through the character of Movar and the Jardin d’Allah he tends to, concepts such as care time, reciprocal gardening and plant agency are explored. The precarious contexts in which acts of gardening take place allow for the words of Maryse Condé to be read as a paradigm for finding rootedness and balance in a politically, socially, and ecologically suffering world. Finally, Movar’s story is translated on a global scale, as an effective model of social sustainability and responsibility.
Gardening the Symbiocene: Andrea Zanzotto’s and Daria Menicanti’s Poetic Hospitability
Authors: Ferrando Serena
Published: April 2023

This essay explores the weaving together of vegetal and elemental narratives through the poetry of Andrea Zanzotto and Daria Menicanti and shows how their experience of the landscape is punctuated by cross-species encounters, a radical openness to the world, the belief in the common roots of all life, and the embrace of vulnerability in interactions with others. Starting from the premise that these poets comprehend that an emphasis on verbality reflects the anthropic desire to translate life into a one-species code and constitutes an impediment to universal and meaningful communication, this essay argues that Zanzotto’s and Menicanti’s embrace of the nonverbality of plant communication becomes key in the process of meaning-making. A narration of and with plants is the antidote to what they understand as the ultimate malady of language that prevents it from grasping and conveying the richness of the world after it has supplanted the nonhuman domain. Through a close reading of four poems that illustrates how the poets embrace the eloquent silences, gaps, hesitations, and overabundance of meaning of the vegetal realm, this essay foregrounds the boundary-breaking quality of Zanzotto’s and Menicanti’s poetry as a space for rich human-nonhuman exchanges. Ultimately, this essay argues that by declining to place themselves above plants and exert power over them, Zanzotto and Menicanti usher in the Symbiocene, the era characterized by multispecies coexistence, mutual support, and interdependence. Their poetry creates spaces where the human can lean into the more-than-human and, for one brief instant, get a taste of existing in harmony with the life that pulsates all around.
The Dirt Witches’ Counter-narrative: A Response to Murray Bail’s "Eucalyptus"
Authors: Gibson Prudence
Published: April 2023

Murray Bail’s 1998 novel Eucalyptus is an exposition of land ownership, plant classification and human-land relations, using a fairy tale structure. Bail uses parodic excess to deftly undermine settler preoccupations and European traditions that have historically been transposed onto the Australian bush. However, upon a second reading twenty-four years after the first, this author detected an absence of decolonial context in the book, relative to the time of publication, and an unintended reinforcement of misogyny that requires fresh interrogation. This author’s own work as a member of a Dirt Witch collective presents as a dovetailed creative object—an urban forest artwork 2021—and allows a witchy reading of Bail’s 1998 book and more contemporary attempts to redress colonial failures. It also allows an interrogation of the way the novel re-stereotypes Australian women on the land, re-oppresses both land and women and reinforces the very misogyny it was purported to expose.
“I am not by any stretch a gardener, just curious”: Feminist Gentrifier Memoirs and an Ethics of Urban Gardening
Authors: Sulimma Maria
Published: April 2023

Even though the texts that this article refers to as “feminist gentrifier memoirs” are not exclusively examples of garden writing, their feminist writers’ gardening practices feature prominently to explore their conflicted position in a gentrifying neighborhood and the networks of care that form out of neighborly interactions over the garden. Drawing on urban studies in the social sciences and humanities, literary studies, and environmental humanities, the article turns to Anne Elizabeth Moore’s Gentrifier (2021) and Vikki Warner’s Tenemental (2018) as prominent engagements with the complex emotions caused by their writers’ white privilege, homeownership, and complicity in processes of displacement and real estate speculation. These texts employ modes and affordances of garden writing, feminist memoir, urban memoir, and gentrification fiction. The article further considers the ways they are influenced by the activism of community gardening and benefit from sustainability measures of cities, including urban farms and gardens (summarized under the keywords green or environmental gentrification).
Poem
Authors: Newell Mary
Published: April 2023

Poem.
Book Review of "Art and Posthumanism Essays, Encounters, Conversations"
Authors: Granger Caroline
Published: April 2023

Book review of Art and Posthumanism Essays, Encounters, Conversations.
Rezension von "Die Pflanzenwelt im Fokus der Environmental Humanities. Le végétal au défi des Humanités environnementales"
Authors: Hecht Stefan
Published: April 2023

Rezension von Die Pflanzenwelt im Fokus der Environmental Humanities. Le végétal au défi des Humanités environnementales.
Review Essay. Creativity and Resistance in the Age of Waste
Authors: Phillips Pamela
Published: April 2023

Review essay.
Review Essay. Energy in Crisis: New Perspectives on Petrocultures
Authors: Ritson Katie
Published: April 2023

Review essay.
Book Review of "Game: Animals, Video Games, and Humanity"
Authors: Caracciolo Marco
Published: April 2023

Book review of Game: Animals, Video Games, and Humanity.
Multispecies Care in the Urban Gardening Practices in Finland
Authors: Bankovska Agnese
Published: April 2023

No abstract.
The Administrator as a Stressor: A Study of the Administrative/Supervisory Behaviour of College Principals in Imo State, Nigeria.
Authors: Nwachukwu Gloria Ogochukwu.
Published: April 2023

This study focused on the relationship between the administrative behavior of college principals in Imo State, Nigeria and Teachers’ stress. This investigation was necessitated by the fact that high level of job stress has been linked to low level of productivity, and high death rate among college teachers in Imo State. In carrying out the investigation, a survey design was used for the study. The population of the study was made up of teachers in Imo State while 61 teachers constitute the sample size for the study. Structured questionnaire was used for collection of data for the analysis while the statistical methods adopted for the study were mean, standard deviation, simple percentages and t-test. The 0.05 level of level of significance was used for retaining or rejecting the three hypotheses formulated for the study. Findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between principal’s administrative behaviour and teachers’ stress. Based on the above findings, the study recommends that school administrators such as the principals should take into cognizance their behavioral patterns and styles of leadership that would enhance staff morale and job satisfaction, thereby reducing teachers’ stress and improving good health.
Tax Determinants and Sustainable Economic Growth of MSMEs in South – South, Nigeria
Authors: Appah Ebimobowei , Duoduo Godspower
Published: April 2023

This study investigated the influence of tax determinants on sustainable economic growth of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in South-South, Nigeria. A cross sectional survey design was conducted on a sample of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in South-South, Nigeria. The study anchored on the fiscal exchange theory. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale. The sample was 535 owners of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) taxpayers were purposively selected. The data collected was presented with the use of descriptive statistics, while bivariate and multivariate analysis was used in the estimation of the regression model developed for the study. The results suggested that tax knowledge positively and significantly influenced sustainable economic growth among MSMEs in south-south Nigeria; tax compliance cost positively and significantly influenced sustainable economic growth among MSMEs in south-south Nigeria; tax awareness has no positive and significant impact on sustainable economic growth among MSMEs in south-south Nigeria; taxpayers’ perception on accountability positively but not significantly influenced sustainable economic growth among MSMEs in south-south Nigeria and tax rate positively and significantly influenced sustainable economic growth among MSMEs in south-south Nigeria. On the basis of the findings, the study concluded that tax determinants influence the level of sustainable economic growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in South-South Nigeria. The study recommended amongst others that government should continuously invest on tax education both at the basic and secondary levels of education. This can be done by putting in place tax clubs in different schools so that as learners get to the taxpaying brackets they are fully aware of tax responsibilities as well as improve tax information thereby simplifying tax procedures for higher revenue generation for sustainable economic growth.
Disability Statute and Amenability in Nigeria: Reinforcing Enforcement and Compliance with Guidance Counselling Enlightenment
Authors: Agbakuribe Bamidele Chika , Oriaku Innocent
Published: April 2023

Disability is usually delineated as a condition capable of divesting one’s potential to carry out substantial meaningful life activities following medical or physical susceptibilities. Although it might be construed as a corporeal condition which could either culminate into death or may have persisted for an elongated duration, it is hardly detachable from societal and environmental margins. Research unremittingly demonstrate that numerous Nigerians are affected by disability and the latter is commonly addressed with the charity model. Amid welfare prototype reinforcing stigma and discrimination that emit limited social, educational and occupational access for the cluster, poor governmental attention and social discrimination continue to sabotage disability rights statutes in the country. As these circumstances persist in leaving disabled Nigerians hopeless and hapless, this study aimed to find out why the extant Disability Act is not duly implemented and what could be done to remedy the situation. Doctrinal and Traditional review methods were adopted for this work in order to explore divergent disabilities that impact the lives of disabled people and how the society has contributed to such. Apart from the observation that enforcement could bring about a proper fulfilment of the legislation, it was also noted that no matter how negligible, innumerable incarcerations, pecuniary-penalisations and reparations would not be fair amid social ignorance. A key recommendation was then made that guidance counsellors should be profoundly involved in Nigeria’s disability consciousness enlightenments for a positive social change.
Psychological Challenges and School Adjustments of Undergraduates with Physical Disabilities in Rivers State Owned Universities
Authors: Adiela Obraori N. P.
Published: April 2023

This paper examined the psychological challenges and school adjustment of undergraduates with physical disabilities in Rivers State owned universities which are Rivers State University, Port Harcourt and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni. The paper adopted a correlational research design and was guided by three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses. The aim of the paper was to determine the relationship between psychological challenges and school adjustment of undergraduates with physical disabilities in Rivers State owned universities. The population comprised of twenty-five (25) undergraduates with physical or mobility impairment. Hence, the population and the sample size are the same, the sampling technique adopted was the census sampling technique or block sampling technique. The instrument of data collection was a self-developed questionnaire which was validated by three experts in Special Education, Psychology as well as Measurement and Evaluation. The reliability of the instrument was obtained using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and a co-efficient of 0.85 obtained. The research questions were answered and hypotheses tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The results on the test on hypotheses revealed that there is significant negative relationship between anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and scholastic adjustment of undergraduates with physical disabilities in Rivers State owned universities. The paper recommended among others that the university administration should give more time to undergraduates with physical disabilities to complete and turn in assignments and examination because of the strain their disability puts on them.
Large Class Size: Its Implications on Students and Teachers of Higher Institutions in Nigeria
Authors: Gbenga Oteniya Mojeed , Surajo Aminu , Ibrahim Yakubu
Published: April 2023

Emergence of COVID-19 across the world is more than enough for us to start pondering on how to address the issue of large class size in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Large class size is a common phenomenon in our higher institutions especially for core courses which every student in the department or faculty must offers. Over 1,000 students usually converge in a small lecture hall with capacity of 300 students and this inadequacy has been giving lecturers tough time during their lectures. Lecturers who are not that audible find it very much difficult to pass messages effectively to the students and this has been contributing to falling standard of education in Nigeria. More so, students who are supposed to get the best out of brilliant lecturers are denied of this opportunity, why? Because the classroom size is not bigger enough to accommodate students, therefore, discouraging them from attending classes on a regular basis and also making lecturers inactive in the lectures’ halls. The researchers who have been working assiduously to ensure that the problems encountered by students as a result of class size have not done enough to provide lasting solutions to these problems, making the problems persist. Paradigm shift is one of the ways suggested by the researcher to tackle the problems of large class size in our tertiary institutions. The transnational ways of team teaching, group discussion are no longer effective for large class size as the population of Nigeria keeps increasing and the researcher believes it has become paramount importance to devise ways of overcoming difficulties encountered by the students and lecturers in a large class size. Division of large class size into half to encourage group work among the students and introduction of a blend of learning instructional methods are inevitable at this junction. Introduction of these two things in our tertiary institutions will go a very long way in addressing the issues of large class size. The researcher recommends that, government should employ more lecturers to increase performance of lecturers teaching core courses in our tertiary institutions after the division of large class size into small groups, government should build more lectures’ halls to encourage blend of learning methods for overcrowded classes.
Service Delivery by Bureaucrats in Accident and Emergency Units of Selected Hopitals in Ekiti State
Authors: Feyisara Olaitan Enice
Published: April 2023

Service to the public should be satisfactorily done to fulfil public needs. It should be delivered in an effective predictable and customer-friendly manner. Bureaucratic procedures are particularly in separation and division of labour, adhering to formal rules and regulations. It has been observed that compliance with formal rules often put off innovative ideas and introduces avenue for the failure of healthcare employees. The capability of hospitals in providing adequate healthcare depends on how effective it can handle emergency health issues. Bureaucratic tendencies in the healthcare system have been a cog in the wheel of speedy care of patients. The cost and volume of bureaucratic directives has reduced the confidence of patients in public hospitals. The study, therefore, investigates patient’s delight and satisfaction with the service provided in the Accident and Emergency unit in some selected hospitals in Ekiti State. The paper employs both primary and secondary sources. The study got its Primary data through structured in-depth interview with the medical staff, administrative staff and patients of the selected hospitals on bureaucratic procedures adopted in the management of patients in their Accident and Emergency (A & E) unit of the hospitals. The secondary data was from government publications, journals and articles. Data from the interview will be qualitatively analyzed using content and discursive analysis to understand the trend of bureaucratic procedures and quality of healthcare services in Ekiti State. The paper therefore recommends that Emotional intelligence training should be given to all healthcare employees. This will entail awareness and understanding of emotions and applying them to behaviour and decision making in the hospitals, Government partnership and collaboration with foreign organizations should be encouraged in order to improve on the quality of service given in the A&E unit of Nigeria Hospitals.
E-payment Administration and the Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Nigeria: An Evaluation of Cashless Policy
Authors: Obi Yves Mary Virginia
Published: April 2023

Nigerian payment systems are cash based although the use of electronic payment system such as online banking services, automated teller machine services and the mobile banking services started gradually in 2011 with the introduction of cashless policy, which became operational in 2023. This study examined the impact of the cashless policy of the government on the performance of small-scale enterprises in Southeast – Nigeria. It explored the availability of required e-payment facilities, the effectiveness of e-payment administration, and the impact of cashless policy on the performance of SMEs in the region. Descriptive survey design and researcher’s designed questionnaire were adopted to generate data from 500 respondents that were randomly chosen from five states in southeast Nigeria, while statistics of percentages, and SPSS tools were used to analysis the data. Results of the analysis reveal inadequate supply of e-payment facilities and lack of IT skills for managing e-payment transactions among majority of the respondents. In addition, it revealed the ineffectiveness of e-payment system in the management of SMEs with significant negative impact on the performances of SMEs in southeast Nigeria. Among others, the paper recommends awareness creation and sensitization about the cashless economy, and adequate provision or the modernisation of e-payment facilities to ensure the effectiveness of the policy.
Cross Promotions and Brand Loyalty: International Fast-food Brands in Nairobi, Kenya
Authors: Katemi Valarie , Arasa Robert , Nganu Margaret
Published: April 2023

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of cross promotions on brand loyalty of International Fast-Food brands in Nairobi, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey methodology. The target population for the study encompassed 24 customer relations managers from the 24-registered fast-food brands in Kenya. The study utilized purposive sampling technique in an effort to identify the most suited respondents for the study. A structured questionnaire was utilized as the data collection tool. The questionnaire was divided into two parts containing the demographic data relating the respondent’s background in the first part and the second part covering consumer’s sales promotion techniques on brand loyalty. Questionnaire items were structured with a 5-point Likert scale. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used in the analysis of the data. Linear regression analysis method was used to assess the associations between cross sales promotions techniques and brand loyalty. The study established cross-promotion registered a positive influence of brand loyalty of international fast-food brands. Cross-promotion strategy was found to account for 70% (β=0.400). The study concluded that cross promotion produces new value-added synergetic product which results into increased frequency of repeat purchase. The study recommends the need to enhance effectiveness of the cross-promotion strategy by identifying deficiencies among the strategy’s activities such as inter-brand online advertisement, new value-added synergetic product, role model advertisement sponsorship of the fast-food brand, social responsibility partnership strategy with global entities such as UNEP, UNICEF motivates customers’ referral.
Effects of Change Management on Firm Performance: A Case Study of Mira Purification LTD Abuja
Authors: Mmeje U.D. , Onibon M.T.G. , Rauf R. I.
Published: April 2023

This study examined the effect between change management process and performance in mira purification ltd Abuja of the beverage sector. The data used in this study were collected from mainly primary source. The main research instrument was structured questionnaire and the research questions were asked to guide the respondents in order to elicit information on the subject matter. The study had a population of 110 made up of owners, employees of private firms, technical engineers, unions and association and journalists. Simple random sampling was used to administer copies of questionnaire on the respondents. The study adopted the use of descriptive statistics to analyze the demographic characteristics of the respondents while inferential statistics of simple linear regression was used to test the hypotheses in line with the objective of the study. The study found out that there is a significant and positive relationship between change management process (CMP) and Performance (PF) in mira purification ltd aspect of the beverage sector. It was recommended that based on the study examined, the management of mira purification ltd should build a solid scope and concept of the change, analyze the current and future state of the change and develop a possible and desired result that will enhance the performance of the organization in terms of project outcome. The study will advise the management to critically look at the planning of change as a clear step towards analysis, measurement and possible avoidance of resistance that is likely to occur in the course of a change to make implementation and deployment efficient for the organization. The study concludes that the activities of identification of change can influence the project outcome of the organizations performance in the beverage sector as there is a direct and positive significance and that is potent tool for managing change as it relates to performance. It will be important to say that company should invest in expert and role models to manage change management process so that improvement, participation, effectiveness, adherence and speedy execution of change can be achieved in the beverage sector.
Innovative Marketing Skills and Business Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Authors: Ekong Justina Ekom , Mfon Abasiama Asuquo , Ibok Nkanikpo Ibok
Published: April 2023

This study was carried out to examine the effect of innovative marketing skills and business performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Anchored on the disruptive innovation theory, the study adopted the survey research design as its approach. The population for the study was 576 SMEs in Akwa Ibom State as obtained from the Ministry of Industry and the Association of Entrepreneurs and Artisan in Akwa Ibom State. The Taro Yamene’s formula was used in determining the sample size of 236. Data were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. Four hypotheses were raised, analyzed and tested statistically using the simple regression analytical tool. The results of the analysis showed statistically significant and positive effects of the independent variables (improved product quality, attractive pricing patterns, creative promotional strategy, and distribution network) on business performance of SMEs in Akwa Ibom State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that owners of small and medium scale enterprises in Akwa Ibom State should offer products whose quality satisfies various needs of the consumer, engage a strong market orientation through the adoption of attractive pricing strategies (such as, conducting market research, and understanding their unique selling proposition) and adopt integrated marketing communication in the promotion of their products. SMEs owners should clearly define their target customer service level and how to reach them. Finally, they should analyze what competitors are doing in order to improve upon those activities.
Climate-Induced Insecurities and The ECOWAS Initiatives: Implications for Regional Goals 1991-2021
Authors: Okpata Emmanuel Chiaka , Ota Ejitu N.
Published: April 2023

ECOWAS is a regional organization established in West Africa on May 28, 1975 with the objective of encouraging regional integration and economic cooperation to ensure mutual growth and development among member states. Since its inception, it has involved in humanitarian interventions in some of its crises-ridden member states. However, the sustenance of the success has recently met with serious challenges through the evolution of climate-induced insecurities in the region. Studies indicate that the turbulent nature of such security challenges caused by climate change seems to be overwhelming the ECOWAS. The fact is that the evolving climate-induced conflicts in West Africa largely relate to quest for survival requiring more of econometric and meteorological actions than political solutions to which the ECOWAS, apparently lacks the technical know-how to combat. It is against the backcloth of the stated problematic that this paper sets focus on climate-induced insecurities and ECOWAS initiatives by evaluating the current implications of the weather-related conflicts for West African regional cooperation and integration. Nevertheless, the main idea inherent in the evaluation tends to posit that although the regional organ faces tremendous and unprecedented challenges posed by these climatic insecurities against its original goals, reluctance on the part of the governments of the member-states to adhere to the fundamental principles of the region, further implies that there is little hopes for impactful regional cooperation, integration and development if the outlined plans are not vigorously pursued to achieve the anticipated prospects which is the only way forward. The paper adopted the qualitative and historical analytical research methods.
Uniform Debate Among Student- Teachers in The Colleges of Education in Ghana: A Case of Bagabaga and Tamale Colleges of Education in The Northern Region of Ghana
Authors: Anaba Mavis Abaane , Clottey Sheila Naa Tetteorkor , Saviour Amuzu , Danso Daniel Kwabena
Published: April 2023

The study aimed at examining the factors that affect student-teachers wearing of school uniforms in the Colleges of Education with focus on selected Colleges of Education in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study employed a case study design. The study’s population was level 100, 200, 300 student- teachers of Bagabaga College of Education and Tamale College of Education with an estimated student population of about 3,800. Out of the population, random sampling technique was used to sample 200 student- teachers from the two colleges. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument to collect data on the research question and supported by observation. The findings from the study showed that student- teachers agreed to some of the factors that inﬂuence the disinterest in wearing school uniforms among colleges of education students, inter alia, uniforms promote tagging and labelling, uniforms promote misidentification and impersonation, uniforms do not improve performance, uniforms may emphasize the existence of inequalities, uniform wearing is uncomfortable, Uniform is unstylish, Uniform do not respect culture, Uniform promotes conformity. Furthermore, student teachers agreed to the fact that uniform promotes standard, unity, make student- teachers from all social and economic background the same and also do away with bulling and gang activities in the colleges of education. Based on the findings, it was recommended that there should be orientation for student- teachers to educate them on the uniform policy at the colleges of education each academic year and to let the student- teachers know that school uniform is not meant to belittle them as tertiary students. College management should be flexible in the implementation of the uniform policies at the colleges of education. If a uniform policy is implemented, the effectiveness of such policy should be evaluated.
Exploring the Socio-Cultural Effects of Poor Parenting: An Appraisal of Ahmed Yerima’s No Pennies for Mama
Authors: Oliogu Tunde Obado
Published: April 2023

Parenting is a cardinal part of social orientation and it plays a very critical role in a child’s developments and the character and traits that he forms during this process. Parenting is a guiding compass to engineer what the child eventually turns out to be in society and how he contributes to the society that he is in. This study examines the socio-cultural effects of the lack of proper parenting, using the drama, No Pennies for Mama by Ahmed Yerima. Through the lens of this drama, we are able to see these socio-cultural effects on the victims of lack of proper parenting. This study uses the content analysis methods of gathering and analyzing data. It finds that the effect of poor patenting has a dastardly devastating impact on both the child, his or her family and the society These children who are victims of poor parenting grow up with values that are both culturally and socially anomalous causing pain to both themselves, their families and society. This study recommends that would-be parents should learn the art and science of parenting before embarking on its journey, learning what works and what does not work. Dramatists should write more drama that emphasize the detrimental effects of poor parenting and they should be performed to audiences in as many cities as possible, so that people can learn to take parenting as seriously as it should be taken.
Influence of Some Demographic Variables On Adherence to Counselling Services On Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission Among HIV Positive Pregnant Women in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Authors: Ibimiluyi Francis Olu , Ajileye Omowumi Tolulope , Osakinle E. O.
Published: April 2023

The study accessed the HIV counselling services that are available at the Ekiti state antenatal clinics and adherence of the HIV positive pregnant women to the counselling services received. It particularly looked into the influence of demographic variables on the adherence to counselling services on mother to child HIV transmission among positive pregnant women in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population for the study comprises of all HIV positive pregnant women in Ekiti State with sample of 110 of HIV positive pregnant women selected from a tertiary hospital using multistage sampling techniques. A self-designed questionnaire and an adopted instrument were used to elicit information from both the clients and the social workers at the clinic. The instruments were subjected to face and content validity. A pilot study was conducted to determine the reliability of the instruments. This was determined using test-retest method and reliability co-efficient of 0.85, found significant at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed descriptively using frequency count, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation matrix, and multiple regression. The findings show that there are enough counselling services in Ekiti State Antenatal Clinics and the counsellors are discharging their duties but more still need to be done in other to create more awareness of the preventive measure to HIV and awareness of the counselling services that are available. Also, the adherence to counselling services received by HIV positive pregnant women in Ekiti State is influenced by the education level of the pregnant women, occupation, marital status, and religion affinities. It is recommended that government should not relent in their effort to eradicate HIV and also counselling intervention should be more intensified in the hospitals. It is concluded that that there is HIV counselling in Ekiti State ante-natal clinic and the HIV positive pregnant women have moderate adherence level to the counselling services which is influenced by their level of education, occupation, marital status, and religion affinities.
Automated sprayer for processing agricultural crops
Authors:   Physical and Mathematical Lyceum of the Education Department of the city of Kostanay, Demina N.F. , Nemtsov A.A. ,   Physical and Mathematical Lyceum of the Education Department of the city of Kostanay
Published: April 2023

In order to successfully conduct agricultural work and obtain a competitive harvest, it is mandatory to carry out spraying operations of crops that require highly qualified personnel, expensive equipment and suitable weather conditions. The use of tractors for spraying fields is the most common solution available at the moment, has disadvantages: high cost, risk of damage to the crop by "hitting", "hooking" or otherwise; environmental damage; due to exhaust gases, the demolition of the solution increases with increasing speed. Using a device designed specifically for spraying equipment is an ideal solution. The purpose of the article is to develop a working model of an automated sprayer for processing agricultural crops. The methods used are: technical justification of a controlled device for processing agricultural crops. Calculation of functional capabilities, algorithms of operation of the proposed automated device: selection of the type of sprayer, engine, chassis, controller, battery, as well as justification of the possibilities of using alternative energy sources (wind energy, solar energy); development of a 3D model of an automation device for anti-weed processing of agricultural crops, printing of parts, assembly of mechanical and electronic parts. Making a prototype using 3D printing; development of the wiring diagram of electronics, software (firmware of the microcontroller; application that controls the settings), testing of the prototype, assembly of the current model; rationale for the optimal use of Arduino and Raspberry Pi boards in this device in a pair: Raspberry Pi will allow you to control processes on the Arduino and easily interact with the Internet when the Arduino itself will perform simple operations such as interacting with electronics and reading sensor readings. The manufactured operating model showed compliance with the goals, a high degree of controllability, environmental friendliness, reduction of energy consumed, labor resources and can be used to scale this device. The developed model of the automation device for anti-weed treatment of agricultural crops can be used not only in agricultural pollination, but also as a mechanism for studying soil parameters: humidity, mineralogical composition and chemical content in the ground, using electronic sensors, as well as an automated mobile platform for any purpose requiring accurate navigation through the territory.
Carrying out the demercurization of heavy metals (mercury) using the Denite immobilizer and its effect on the soil
Authors:   Innovation University of Eurasia, Sviderskii A.K. , Diusenalin B.K. ,   Innovation University of Eurasia, Tymkiva G.V. ,   Innovation University of Eurasia
Published: April 2023

On the territory of the Northern industrial zone of Pavlodar in the area of the industrial wastewater reservoir «Bylkyldak» in some areas of the earth there is soil contamination with mercury, exceeding the MPC for mercury (2.1 mg/kg) by 500 times. The total mass of mercury dispersed in the surface layer of soils is 2.8 tons. The mass of contaminated soil is approximately 208,000 tons. Pollution of the territory is historical. The purpose of the article is to determine the efficiency of chemical binding (immobilization) of mercury in the soil with the Japanese drug Denite® in real field conditions of the territory of mercury contamination in the Northern industrial zone of Pavlodar using an experimental study; to determine the stability of insoluble mercury compounds formed by the preparation at extreme winter and summer temperatures and seasonal fluctuations in open ground. Soil samples were taken for the study at 11 points in the centers of mercury pollution. Laboratory studies were carried out in an accredited analytical laboratory of the Testing Center of JSC Caustic. Soil samples were treated with Denite®, the preparations obtained were stabilized, and water extracts were prepared. The content of mercury in soils, extracts from them, and plants was determined by the atomic absorption method on a RA-915+ spectrometer equipped with RP-91 and RP-91S attachments. As a result of research, the effectiveness of Denite® in the chemical binding of mercury in the soil has been proven and its optimal dosages have been determined. As a result of the positive tests of the technology of chemical immobilization of mercury, the prospect of a practical solution to the issue of demercurization of mercury-contaminated soil on the territory of the Northern industrial zone appeared.
Mathematical modeling of experimental data in the design of formulas for dairy products
Authors:   Innovative University of Eurasia, Temerbayeva M.V.
Published: April 2023

mathematical modeling methods. The author analyzed the problems in the field of food technology and concluded that mathematical modeling is used in the following areas: clarification of technological process modes, designing recipes and assessing the quality of finished products, as well as predicting the shelf life of new products when they are put into production. The use of dihydroquercetin as a drug that prevents the oxidation of milk fat in the design of dairy products is substantiated. Mathematical modeling was carried out on the basis of experimental and analytical material obtained in laboratory and production conditions. Based on the maximum value of the objective functions, the optimal normalized mixtures and the maximum allowable concentration of dihydroquercetin were selected. The analysis of the received mathematical dependences and models is carried out, the system of linear equations is made. Purpose: to study the effect of natural bioflavonoid antioxidant on the oxidative processes of milk fat and the viability of lactic acid cultures and their associations by mathematical modeling in order to use it in the technology of a new product; conduct an analysis of mathematical dependencies and models, compose a system of linear equations. Methods: the article uses the method of mathematical analysis and the matrix method. Results and their significance: a mathematical model was developed for the dependence of the viability of probiotic cultures on the mass fraction of dihydroquercetin when designing recipes for a creamy-protein curd product, a matrix of the chemical composition of dairy ingredients was presented, and a system of linear equations for basic recipes was compiled. In the course of the study, the spatial configurations of dihydroquercetin, as well as its effect on the oxidative processes of milk fat, were studied. Mathematical modeling of experimental data on the study of the effect of dihydroquercetin on the viability of microorganisms with probiotic properties was carried out. The normalization of the complex of obtained results on the study of the influence of the mass fraction of dihydroquercetin on the fermentation process was studied. Controlled factors characterizing the process of fermentation of model media with dihydroquercetin have been determined. A rationing of the dihydroquercetin complex of more than 0.50% was established; the target function decreases to its minimum value of 0.53 with a mass fraction of dihydroquercetin of 1.00%.
Fermented milk and vegetable "Products for live"
Authors:   Innovative University of Eurasia, Nazarenko T.A.
Published: April 2023

In the dairy market of Kazakhstan, the demand for mass-produced dairy products is decreasing and expanding to innovative fermented milk products for functional nutrition. The main feature of the new technology is multicomponent formulations, which include the main raw materials and biocorrectors, ensuring their high biological and nutritional value. New dessert products are prepared on a dairy or protein basis using vegetable ingredients, fermented with strains of dry starter cultures of direct application or immobilized starter culture Bifimm probio. The purpose is to apply immobilized living cells of pure cultures of lacto- and bifidobacteria as a biocatalyst for the fermentation of dairy-vegetable media. During the study, the method of immobilization of microbial cells in biopolymer gels was used. The most effective method is the inclusion of cells in an aqueous solution of biopolymers with a concentration of 25 %. For immobilization, pure cultures of lactic acid and bifidobacteria were selected in the gel as part of the concentrates "BK-Altai-LS Bifi", "Poleznaya Partiya", "Genesis", "Narine", "Bio-yogurt Vivo", and the main prescription ingredients were selected: milk with a mass fraction of fat of 1 %, 2.5 %, 3.2 %, natural grain additives, jams, juices, nuts. Formulations, technological schemes and production methods, prototypes were developed, quality and safety indicators were determined. Studies have shown the effectiveness of immobilized starter cultures in the formation of fermented dessert products. Out of 20 prototypes with the best indicators, 5 samples were selected, in which the optimal ratio of milk, probio Bifimm starter cultures and biocorrectors averaged 70:20:10. The quality and safety analysis showed that new fermented milk products using immobilized starter cultures have a positive effect of more than -70 % compared to direct-use starter cultures, have functional properties and can be used for healthy nutrition in Kazakhstan.
The model of formation of cognitive independence of students when using electronic textbooks in teaching
Authors:   Innovative University of Eurasia, Prokopets E.V.
Published: April 2023

Main problem: the article is devoted to the description of the model of formation of cognitive independence of students, based on the use of electronic textbooks in teaching. The most important pedagogical, methodological aspects that the proposed model should reflect are described in detail. The problem under study depends entirely on the construction and implementation of a model of the pedagogical process based on the use of electronic textbooks, as well as on the construction and implementation of a model for the formation of cognitive independence of students. Based on the considered models, the strategy of the teacher's activity in teaching students through the use of electronic textbooks is determined, which most favorably and effectively affects the formation of cognitive independence in students. Purpose: to describe the technologies of constructing a model for the formation of cognitive independence of students through the use of electronic textbooks and its practical application in the educational process on the basis of the proposed strategy of the teacher's activity. Methods: the methods of analysis, synthesis and deduction were used in the article. The analysis of John Dewey's didactic concept and the requirements and principles of constructing a model of the pedagogical process formed on its basis was carried out on the basis of a descriptive and analytical method. Results and their significance: the practical result of the models proposed by the author is a set of organizational and pedagogical conditions, the observance of which contributes to the more intensive development of students' cognitive independence in the learning process through the use of electronic textbooks. The model proposed by the author will contribute to a more effective formation of students' cognitive independence in the process of acquiring knowledge through the use of electronic textbooks.