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NGUYEN BINH KHIEM'S THOUGHT AND THE BUILDING OF ECOLOGICAL ETHICS IN THE CURRENT PERIOD
Authors: Nhu Nguyen Thi
Published: August 2021

Ecological disasters have affected all countries and regions around the world. It hinders the process of social modernization, and threatens the survival of all mankind. In that context, the building of ecological ethics becomes one of the urgent and practical needs to contribute to environmental protection, ensuring sustainable development. Researching the history of Vietnamese thoughts in the 15th - 16th centuries reveal that Nguyen Binh Khiem is one of the typical thinkers whose moral philosophy is not only valuable for that historical period, but there are still many values for all areas of today's social life, including the area of ecological ethics. In this article, the author focuses on analyzing his three typical thoughts, including: thought on loving peace; thought on nature, thought on the relationship between man and nature; the philosophy of living in harmony with nature, thereby drawing the value of these thoughts for the issue of ecological ethics building in the current period.

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PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS: A CASE STUDY OF MATHARE SLUMS, NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
Authors: Makokha Zephaniah Navangi , Mukadi Enos Barasa , Bisonga Robert Mwebi
Published: August 2021

Large population of youths in informal settlement in Kenya are involved in a number of social vices. These vices may include but not limited to robbery with violence, early marriages, dropping out of school and joining outlawed gangs. Youth involvement in social vices presents great concern to parents, government and non-governmental organizations. With increased prevalence of social vices in informal settlements in Kenya, this study was motivated to investigate the influence of psychosocial factors on drug abuse among the youths in Mathare informal settlements of Nairobi County, Kenya. This study sought to determine the effect of stress level as a psychosocial factor on drug abuse among the youths in Mathare informal settlement. The unit of analysis were persons of both genders falling between 18 years and 35 years of age. The target population was 17,894 youths of which a sample of 391 respondents was selected using proportionate stratified random sampling method. Data was collected using structured questionnaires and analysed using the linear regression analysis where hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of significance. The Content Validity Index (CVI) was utilized for the purposes of validity. The validity of the instruments was checked by the researcher who also sought the opinion of experts from the School of Education in Laikipia University. The reliability coefficients for questionnaire were estimated through Cronbach’s alpha. The resultant alpha for youth questionnaire was r= .827. The questionnaires were considered reliable after yielding a reliability coefficient alpha of at least 0.70. Both the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics was used by the study. The descriptive statistics that were used included the mean, standard deviations and frequency distributions. From the data analysis it was evident that stress level contributes to 2.8% of drug abuse cases among youth in Mathare informal settlements. The study recommends that county Government of Nairobi to economically empower the community of people with emphasis on the youths. This will help them think beyond immediate daily survival and assert greater control over their resources and life choices, especially decisions in investment in health, housing and education.

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UTILIZING TELEPSYCHOLOGY AT SCHOOL: NEW CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS
Authors: Giaouri Stergiani
Published: August 2021

Today, the development of telepsychology and the use of technology as a means of service and ongoing care was considered as a potentially feasible and effective alternative or as a complement to the psychological services provided by experts in various fields or in emergency situations. The following text presents the theoretical and empirical data on the forms and main types of telepsychology and then highlights the benefits and potential challenges of providing distance mental health services in the field of education and in different population groups. This trend creates new conditions and gives another impetus to the future, development and evolution of school psychology in Greece. In particular, the effort to connect theory, research and practical application at many levels, alternatively or complementarily through the use of new technologies marks this dynamic process of change focusing on the multifaceted needs, rights and care of members of the educational community.

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HO CHI MINH'S THOUGHT ON EDUCATION AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM TODAY
Authors: Tham Cao Thi Hong
Published: August 2021

Ho Chi Minh is not only a National Liberation Hero, a great man of culture, but also a teacher who used to be teacher Nguyen Tat Thanh at Duc Thanh School (1910), and Mr. Vuong in the cadres training class in Guangzhou ( 1925-1927), a literacy teacher for cadres in Pac Bo (1941), and later, he also directly taught illiteracy eradication classes, popular education classes. Ho Chi Minh's thought on education originated from that and forever became a precious heritage of the nation. In the scope of this article, the author focuses on analyzing the comprehensively educational ideology for the entire population, the educational method is learning with practice, theory associated with practice, taking learners as the center towards developing learners' competencies; thus, grasping the significance for the current educational management.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER INFLUENCE AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR OF IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA
Authors: Chigbu Eberechukwu Francisca , Nwobi Ngozika Lovina , Nwanna Uju Christiana , Etele Anulika Valentina
Published: August 2021

This study examined the relationship between peer influence and sexual behaviour of in-school adolescents in South East Zone of Nigeria. The population of this study comprised 137, 095 in-school adolescents in senior secondary II in public secondary schools. The sample of the study was 1200 senior secondary II in-school adolescents. Three research questions and one hypothesis were formulated for the study and the study adopted correlation survey design. Two instruments, namely: Peer Influence Questionnaire (PIQ) with reliability coefficient of 0.76 and Sexual Behaviour Questionnaire (SBQ) with reliability coefficient of 0.78 were developed by the researcher and used for data collection in the study. The research questions in the study were answered using mean, standard deviation, simple regression analysis while t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result obtained indicated what constitutes peer influence for in-school adolescents as making friends on Facebook and doing homework with friends of opposite sex, among others; In-school adolescents’ sexual behaviour in South East Nigeria are attraction to their opposite sex and enjoying sexual intercourse under the influence of alcohol, among others. There exists a direct positive relationship between peer influence and sexual behaviour of adolescents, and a weak contribution of peer influence on sexual behaviour of in-school adolescents. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended among others, that more counsellors should be employed, retained and empowered to help in-school adolescents regulate their engagement with peers and sexual behaviour.

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THE PERSPECTIVE ON HUMANS IN EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
Authors: Dung Le Anh
Published: August 2021

Eastern philosophy appeared very early in history with two typical philosophies, India and China. These are the two countries with the earliest and most influential culture and ideology in the region. Studying the entire Eastern philosophical thoughts, we can easily see that the problem of man stands out. During the process of formation and development, Chinese philosophy has taken people and human-related issues as the object of study. Theories on humans are very rich and diverse in order to clarify the human issues in many different aspects. Therefore, the article focuses on analyzing the human perspective in some basic theories to clarify the content of human theory: from the origin of formation, human nature, human’s inherent character to the development of human personality to adapt to the social community in which people live in Eastern philosophy.

 

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THE ISSUE OF TRUTH IN MARXIST COGNITIVE THEORY
Authors: Van Nguyen Thi
Published: August 2021

Truth is an issue that has been mentioned a lot in the history of philosophy. However, before Marx's philosophy was born, no school of philosophy had a complete and correct conception of truth. In this article, the author analyzes the point of view of Marxism - Leninism on the issue of truth.
 

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The Nexus Between Monetary Policy and Economic Growth in Pakistan: Empirical Evidence Based on Bound Test Approach
Authors: Hassan Mahmood Ul , Ali Hina , Rahman Saeed Ur , Parveen Sabiha
Published: August 2021

The objective of this research is to examine the monetary policy's impact on economic growth. Variables of study are Gross domestic product, Inflation, rate of interest, Exchange rate, Money supply, Investment, and Consumer Price Index and time series data is collected from. Gross domestic product is a dependent variable and all other variables are independent and have a great effect on the explanatory variable. In this study, the Augmented dicky fuller test is used to check out the stationarity of our selected variables and after that autoregressive distributed lag model co-integration technique is applied to estimate the parameters of the model. The result shows that inflation, interest rate, and consumer price index show a negative impact on gross domestic product. While other variables such as exchange rate, money supply, and investment show a positive impact on GDP. The study recommended that the desired level of output and employment can be attained by adopting sufficient strategies that reduce inflation in the economy.
URGENSI AKHLAK PADA MASA PANDEMI
Authors: Bujangga Hendriyanto
Published: August 2021

Pandemi Corona Virus Desease (covid-19) memberikan tanggung jawab kepada orang tua menjadi pendidik utama bagi anak. Orang tua bertugas sebagai pendamping anak dalam mengerjakan tugas dan pendidikan akhlak yaitu dengan cara membantu anak mengerjakan tugas, belajar dari lingkungan sekitar, dan memberikan pengetahuan kepada anak mengenai pendidikan akhlak. urgensinya peran keluarga dalam mendidik anak, Ibn Qoyyim mengatakan, bahwa kerusakan anak sebagian dipicu oleh orang tua, yakni ketidak pedulian mereka, mereka tidak mengajarkan kewajiban-kewajiban dan sunah-sunah agama kepada anak-anak, mereka menelantarkan anak-anak sejak masih kecil sehingga anak-anak tidak memetik manfaat dari mereka sendiri, juga tidak memberi manfaat bagi orang tua kala menginjak usia senja pendidikan akhlak telah berpijak pada nilai-nilai yang memiliki kejelasan dan tahan lama serta memberikan kestabilan. Ahmad Amin menegaskan bahwa nilai-nilai yang memberikan pengaruh kuat terhadap pembentukan budaya (culture) tersebut adalah nilai-nilai agama selanjutnya dilengkapi dengan nilai yang berasal dari pemikiran (filsafat) manusia (etika), adat kebiasaan yang baik (‘uruf) dan hasil perenungan spiritual. Setiap keluarga memiliki cara yang berbeda dalam memberikan pendampingan pendidikan akhlak terhadap anak. Ada yang memberikan kebebasan terlebih dahulu kepada anak untuk bermain kemudian melanjutkan belajar, memberikan jadwal anak belajar sesuai jam belajar di sekolah, mengerjakan tugas terlebih dahulu kemudian diperbolehkan untuk bermain, memberikan kesempatan kepada anak untuk mempersiapkan alat dan bahan yang akan digunakan untuk mengerjakan tugas hingga proses merapikan setelah selesai belajar, serta melaksanakan pembelajaran di rumah dengan prinsip learning by doing.
Grit on Students in Indonesia
Authors: Wahidah Fatin Rohmah Nur , Herdian Herdian
Published: August 2021

Grit becomes an aspect that is no less important for students. In Indonesia, the study of grit began to be widely conducted in the field of education. Studies on grit still need to be developed to enrich the literature and discussion, especially the great benefits for students. This research aims to describe about grit students in Indonesia and to enrich the findings and literature about it. This research used quantitative approach. Participants in this study were Indonesian students, aged 16-23 years (418 high school students and 408 college students). The instrument used the Grit Scale for Children and Adult (GSCA) from Sturman and Zappala-Piemme (2017) consisting of 12 items (a = 0.744). Data analysis uses SPSS 26 to help to perform a descriptive analysis of demographics and t-tests. The results of this study showed the level of a grit of students in Indonesia is in the moderate category. This study also showed no significant grit differences neither based on gender nor by grade level of students.
RP English Vowel and Consonant Changes in the Brummies' English Accent
Authors: Mohamed Hemaidia , Amina Abdelhadi
Published: August 2021

This study aims to investigate consonant and vowel changes in the Brummie accent as compared with the ones in the standard variety of English through a comparative descriptive study. The investigation is based on an audio recording conversation and an extract of a TV show film; in addition to a questionnaire administered to 40 second year students of Master degree of linguistics from the English section of Ibn Khaldoun University, after they have been exposed to both the audio recording and the film extract. This is to gather information about their attitudes towards the aforementioned changes’ effects. Thefindings of the current study reveal the existence of great alterations in the articulation of vowel and consonant sounds in Brummie accent, which may differ from the norms that govern the standard variety of English. The outcomes of the audio recording and video extract as well as the gathered data from students’ questionnaire point out negative effects on learners’ clear perception of Brummie accent, which will undoubtedly lead to their fear of confronting serious communication problems when talking with UK citizens.
STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Chepkwei Ambrose
Published: August 2021

Introduction: Strategy implementation entails one of the most misunderstood business concepts, while it is important for all persons at all levels of the organization to comprehend what strategy implementation is especially in the hospitality industry. Strategy is about long-term goals of the organization while its foundation is strategy orientation envision in the future of hospitality industry. The hospitality industry globally symbolizes one of the most dynamic and successful industries in the United States of America, as well as in all countries of the world. Certain countries including United States of America.

Purpose: The objective of the study was to establish strategy implementation in hospitality industry with a global perspective.

Methodology: The study was established through a thorough review of literature available in (journals, conference presented papers, and academic websites) in respect to strategy implementation in hospitality industry in various countries of the world. The study randomly surveyed the available research on strategy implementation in (10) countries within (3) continents of the world.

Findings: Several firms in the hospitality industry have recognize strategy implementation, however, there has been some evidence on the effective strategy implementation especially in developed economies including United States and European countries.

Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The driving force for strategy implementation is the interest to grow the industry in a competitive global environment. Strategy Implementation assist managers in the hospitality industry to achieve competitive advantage. The hospitality industry is still new yet growing very fast in other parts of the world and strategy implementation is of essence as a practice of strategic management.

Strategy implementations is a concept that is still misunderstood in many organizations including those in the hospitality industry. Therefore, there is need for all people within the organization to comprehend all aspects of strategy implementation and the impact on business performance thereof.
TRANSVERSALIDADE NO ENSINO DA SAÚDE POR PROFESSORES DO ENSINO MÉDIO
Authors: Raquel Sousa Catiane , Pereira de Araújo Carlos Átila , Almira Bulcão Loureiro Maria , do Espirito Santo de Castro Mendes Silvana , Cristiane Ferreira Brandão Soares Nivia , De Oliveira Sousa Joyce Caroline
Published: August 2021

Os temas transversais de saúde são um desafio desde 1971 com a instituição dos PCN’s e tornou-se mais evidente após 2006 com a consolidação no ensino fundamental, porém no ensino médio não houve esse  processo, apesar da implementação do PSE, em que há a figura do profissional de saúde associado a temas de saúde na escola. Os professores de ensino médio não dispõem de formação suficiente para abordagem de temas transversais de saúde, tratando-os de forma pessoal e pouco didática, ainda que haja muitas tentativas de fazê-lo. A metodologia ativa do ensino de temas transversais devem permear entre os adolescentes a necessidade do cuidado individual e coletivo. Atualmente os temas mais abordados são de interesse pontual, não há uma sistemática de ensino em temas transversais no ensino médio; os temas são: higiene pessoal, drogas, sexo e sexualidade, questões sociais e virologia, promoção da saúde e prevenção de doenças são temas que são trabalhados por profissionais de saúde e não fazem parte da rotina do professor.
Өнердің егде жастағы адамдардың қартаю құбылысына бейімделуіне әсері
Authors: Тауенов Қанатбек , Әбішев Майдан , Еспенова Толқын
Published: August 2021

Өнердің жас ұрпақты тәрбиелеуге әсері тек өнертану ғылыми тұрғысынан ғана емес, сонымен бірге гуманитарлық ғылымдар тұрғысынан да қарастырылады, өйткені адам осы өнердің жаратушысы. Оның гүлденуі мен дамуы қоғамның білімділігіне және ең бастысы жоғары мәдениетіне байланысты. Осы тұрғыдан алғанда, халықтың көркем мәдениеті және осы шығармалар негізінде немесе солардың әсерімен түсірілген кинемотографияның шедеврлері – елдің болашағын тәрбиелеудің қуатты құралы.
Егде жастағы адамдар қоғамның белсенді тобы ретінде өмірлік тәжірибесінің арқасында қоғам эволюциясы үшін не қажет екенін жетік түсінеді. Сапалы зерттеу жүргізу мақсатында геронтология, әлеуметтік бейімделу және өнертану мәселелері бойынша ғылыми мақалалар іріктеліп, талданды. Мақалада ұсынылған мысалдар қазіргі заманғы көркем әдебиет пен киноматографияның келбетін ашады және бұл аға буын өкілдеріне деген құрметті қалыптастыруға ықпал етеді.
Жас ұрпақтың даналыққа, білімге, рухани мәдениетке құрметпен қарауы мемлекеттің өркендеуінің негізі болып табылады. Мемлекет – оның халқы, тілі, дәстүрлері. Ұлттың мәдени кодын жаңғырту және сақтау кез келген посткеңестік мемлекеттің негізгі басымдығы. Сыншылар мен сарапшылар жоғары бағалаған кейбір шығармаларды талдау осы шығармалармен танысқан жастардың көзқарастары мен сенімдеріне әсер еткен оң мысалдар ретінде негізге алынды.
Көркем әдебиет пен киноматография призмасы арқылы тәрбиелеу үдерісінің тиімділігі отандық және шетелдік ғалымдар еңбектерінде атап өтілді. Олардың қарт адамдардың кәрілікке бейімделудегі және жас ұрпақмен қарым-қатынас орнату қиыншылықтарын анықтауға қосқан үлесі өнердің қоғаммен байланысын зерттейтін әлеуметтанушылар мен өнертанушылардың барлық зерттеулерінің негізі болып табылады.
Көптен күткен Тәуелсіздік ата-бабаларымыздың біртұтас Тәуелсіз мемлекет туралы арманын орындауға апарар жол. Оның болашақ тағдыры жас ұрпақтың қолында, ол осы туды биік ұстап, оны мүлдем жаңа әлемде мақтанышпен алып жүреді. Ата-бабалар дәстүрін құрметтейтін, қоғамның қарт мүшелеріне құрметпен қарайтын, елдің материалдық және рухани мәдениетімен таныс және оны мемлекеттіліктің негізі деп санайтын жастарға елдің болашағын сеніп тапсыру басымдыққа айналуы керек.
Design of MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer for Automotive Airbag Application
Authors: Komalakumari  , S Adithya , G N Brunda , J Chaithra , E Lohith
Published: August 2021

The objective of this paper is to bring out the responsiveness of the capacitive accelerometer with changes in the input acceleration. The performance analysis of the device is done using COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS .It is analysed that when the capacitance reaches a threshold value, amplifying the electric signal the air bag could be initiated.3D capacitive accelerometers which are less prone to noise and temperature variations. They reduce the severity of the accident by sensing the sudden increase in negative acceleration and deployment of the airbags. The dependency between the acceleration and the capacitance has been analysed. The sensitivity of the device with respect to forces in real time accident conditions is observed.
EVALUATION OF VIABLE OPERATING STRATEGIES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT BETWEEN FUNAAB CAMPUS AND CAMP TERMINUS IN ABEOKUTA
Authors: ODUNFA S. O. , ADEKUNLE A. A. , OLATUNJI S. I.
Published: August 2021

Transportation is a live wire for national development regardless of a nation industrial capacity, population or technological development. It gives expressions to policy initiative in areas like health, education, employment, etc., and in the absence of it, these facilities would be inaccessible. Viable operating strategies for public transport between Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State Nigeria Campus and Camp Terminus in Abeokuta were evolved. Traffic study was conducted for seven (7) days to determine traffic volume and peak periods (morning and evening) along the route. Questionnaires were administered to the road users to obtain factors (availability of vehicles, travel time from Camp Terminus to FUNAAB, road condition, operational cost, comfortability of the vehicle) needed to generate operating strategies. These factors were subjected to statistical analysis. The traffic volume revealed that Private cab had the highest traffic flow for a.m. peak period (8: 00 – 9: 00 am) from Mondays to Thursdays while Public cab had the highest on Fridays to Sundays, and at the pm peak period (4:00 – 5:00 pm), Public cabs had the highest traffic volume on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays while the Private cabs had the highest on the rest days of the week. The analysis of the sampled population showed that public cab had the least total time travel (36.1 minutes) followed by mini- bus (37.8 minutes) while the school bus had the highest (43.7 minutes) and this justified the reason why 40% of the population choose to travel by public cab, 33% by mini– bus  and 27% by the school bus. However, for the viability of the operating strategies, more public cab and min-buses should be provided to ply the road because of their lesser travel time, also provision of more school buses because of the large number of passengers they carry per trip should be provided.
VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF CASSAVA PRODUCTS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: ELEGBEDE V. A. , DIPEOLU A. O. , SHITTU A. M.
Published: August 2021

This study investigated the value chain analysis of cassava products in Ogun State Nigeria. Multistage was used to select 180 cassava processors and marketers. Socio-economic data were obtained from respondents with the use of pre-tested questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, budgetary technique and Analysis of variance (ANOVA). The study revealed that majority (84.3% and 52.8%) of Cassava peel processors and marketers were female. In addition, 60.2% of the processors have secondary education while 51.4% of the marketers also have secondary education. The value chain activities carried out by the processors were, Gari; harvesting, transportation, peeling, fetching, grating mill, sieving, toasting/drying and packaging. Fufu; harvesting, transportation, peeling, fetching, soaking, sieving and packaging. Lafun; harvesting, transportation, peeling, washing, fetching, soaking, slicing, grating mill, sieving, drying and packaging. The marketing activities includes; transportation, bagging and storage (Elegbede, et al., 2018) while marketers transported, packaged and put products in storage for future sales. The mean gross margin for gari, fufu and lafun processors and marketers along the chain were N35876.13, N120463.61 and N48098.72 respectively per annum while net farm income was estimated as N35477.85, N115259.44 and N48098.72. Also, the marketing margin for gari, fufu and lafun was estimated as N25273.07, N2982.65 and N21453.49 respectively per annum while the net marketing margin per annum was estimated as N18766.84, N22489.30 and N16203.81 respectively. Conversely, the marketing efficiency for the cassava products and by-products was estimated as 74.26%, 75.44% and 75.53% respectively for gari, fufu and lafu with lafu having the highest marketing efficiency when compared with the other cassava products (gari and fufu). From the results of the net farm income and marketing margin, it was discovered that fufu is more profitable along the cassava product value chain when compared to the other products (gari and lafu). This study therefore recommends that processing and marketing of lafun and fufu is efficient and their trade is profitable. Also, cassava processors and marketers should form cooperative groups to increase access to credit for higher output and trade of products.
THE ROLE OF THE NIGERIAN SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS IN THE 2019 ELECTIONS: A STUDY OF FOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN OGUN STATE
Authors: ABDUSSOBUR S. , YAGBOYAJU D. A.
Published: August 2021

The 2019 general elections are the sixth set of elections in Nigeria's twenty years of uninterrupted democratic experiment. Studies have concentrated on the roles of the Nigerian Army and Police in the security aspects of elections in the country with little attention paid to the impact of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in electoral security. This study investigates the significance of NSCDC in electoral security. Selected study area consists of the four Local Government Areas (LGAs) which make up Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun State. This is a strategic state in view of its international boundaries with Republic of Benin, and the history of cross border criminal acts. Data are drawn from primary and secondary sources, while the interpretative method of analysis is adopted. The study established that the Corps was very suited for election duties due to its more civil disposition and a more positive integrity and credibility perception. The study therefore recommends that the NSCDC should be legally empowered to play more active roles in election security and strengthened in terms of manpower and equipment in order to enhance its roles during elections.
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS ON EXPORT OF SOME SELECTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN EMERGING AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Authors: OLUBIYI E. A. , KOLADE F. , DAIRO D. A.
Published: August 2021

This study investigates the effect of exchange rate movement on export of five selected agricultural products, in five emerging countries in Africa. Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method was employed to analyse the data spanning 1995 to 2015. It was found that, in the short run, exchange rate has a mixed effect on the product across countries, that is, in some products and countries, exchange rate affects export positively, while in some countries and product exchange rate movement has a negative effect on export.  Further, exchange rate does not have long run effect on sugar and fruits and nuts in most of the countries.  Consequently, it is recommended that government, in countries where exchange rate depreciation increases export, should maintain depreciation. Further, there should be provision of adequate infrastructure that will enhance agricultural production.   In the same vein, interest rate on loans given to farmers should be minimal, so as to encourage borrowing to finance agricultural production.  This recommendation is mostly relevant to countries where interest rate affects export negatively.
PREDICTING STUDENTS«¤?? ENROLLMENT USING GENERALIZED FEED-FORWARD NEURAL NETWORK
Authors: RUFAI F. A. , FOLORUNSO O. , USMAN O. L.
Published: August 2021

An important obligation of educational planning is the projection of students«¤?? enrollment which forms the basis for many of the investment decisions. Enrollment projection provides information for decision making and budget planning hence, it is important to the development of higher education. As many factors have impacts on the enrollment number, and for the above reasons, students«¤?? population and enrollment number should be considered as a chaotic system. In this research, a Generalized Feed-Forward Neural Network (GFFNN) for students«¤?? enrollment prediction was proposed. The architecture of the proposed model was in-line with eight steps involved in developing a neural network model for predicting a chaotic system. The data used was obtained from Academic Planning and Quality Control Unit of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State Nigeria. The results from the study showed that the mean absolute percent error of GFFNN has an average of 0.0101% unlike linear regression and autoregression models that were compared with it, with an average of 0.0570% and 0.0725% respectively. The proposed methodology is expected to assist the school management to adequately plan for the future needs of the students in the provision of facilities.ª¤?
FOUR NEW EARTHWORM GENERA (ANNELIDA: OLIGOCHAETA) FROM NIGERIA
Authors: ALADESIDA A. A. , OWA S. O.
Published: August 2021

The taxonomy of earthworms in Nigeria has been mainly on the family Eudrilidae. The present work describes four new earthworm genera belonging to earthworm families other than the Eudrilidae. Earthworm samples were collected using the digging and hand-sorting method. The earthworms are preserved in formoacetic alcohol. The four taxa described here include Imekodrilus hexagastricus (family Moniligastridae), Adodrilus stephana (family Megascolecidae), Parnematogenia eyinwaensis and Ekitidrilus alabataensis(family Ocnerodrilidae). Imekodrilus hexagastricus from Imeko, Ogun State has six gizzards, characteristic of members of the family Moniligastridae. The genus Adodrilus is compared with 3 earthworm genera, Diporochaeta, Plutellus and Perionyx. The genus and species lacks gizzards. The calciferous glands (a pair) are present, with left and right united in segment X. Four individuals of P. eyinwaensis were collected from Eyinwa, Odogbolu Local Government Area of OgunState. The species is here described as having same position and number of calciferous glands, testes and male pores as the genus Nematogenia. Also described here is E. alabataensis, which was collected from both Ado-Ekiti and Alabata, south west Nigeria. These four genera and species are here presented as new taxa of earthworms from southwest Nigeria.ª¤?
ESTIMATION OF SOURCE PARAMETERS IN IBADAN, SOUTH â€“ WESTERN NIGERIA USING DIGITIZED AEROMAGNETIC DATA
Authors: ALABI A A , OLOWOFELA O
Published: August 2021

Airborne magnetic data covering geographical latitudes of 7000â€ŸN to 7030â€ŸN and longitudes of 3 30â€²E to 4 00â€²E within Ibadan area were obtained from Nigeria Geology Survey Agency. The data were ana-lyzed to map the sub surface structure and the source parameters were deduced from the quantitative and qualitative interpretation of magnetic data. The upward continuation technique was used to de-emphasize short â€“ wavelength anomaly while the depth to magnetic sources in the area was deter-mined using local wavenumber technique, the analytic signal was also employed to obtain the depths of the magnetic basement. Analysis involving the local wavenumber, upward continuation and appar-ent magnetic susceptibility techniques significantly improves the interpretation of magnetic data in terms of delineating the geological structure, source parameter and magnetic susceptibility within Iba-dan area.. These depth ranges from 0.607km to 2.48km. The apparent susceptibility map at the cut-off wavelength of 50 m ranges from -0.00012 to 0.00079 which agree with the susceptibility value of some rock types; granite gneiss, migmatite biotite gneiss, biotite muscovite granite, hornblende granite, quartz and schists. The result of the local wavenumber suggests variation along the profiles in the surface of magnetic basement across the study area.
PARAMETER VARIATION FOR LINEAR EQUATION SOLVER USING GENETIC ALGORITHM
Authors: IKOTUN A M , AKINWALE A T , AROGUNDADE O T
Published: August 2021

Genetic Algorithm has been successfully applied for solving systems of Linear Equations; however the effects of varying the various Genetic Algorithms parameters on the GA systems of Linear Equations solver have not been investigated. Varying the GA parameters produces new and exciting information on the behaviour of the GA Linear Equation solver. In this paper,  a general introduction on the Genetic Algorithm, its application on finding solutions to the Systems of Linear equation as well as the effects of varying the Population size and Number of Generation is presented. The genetic algorithm simultaneous linear equation solver program was run several times using different sets of simultaneous linear equation while varying the population sizes as well as the number of generations in order to observe their effects on the solution generation. It was observed that small population size does not produce perfect solutions as fast as when large population size is used and small or large number of generations did not really have much impact on the attainment of perfect solution as much as population size.
A SURVIVABLE DISTRIBUTED DATABASE AGAINST BYZANTINE FAILURE
Authors: ABORISADE D O , SODIYA A S , ODUMOSU A A , ALOWOSILE O Y , ADEDEJI A A
Published: August 2021

Distributed Database Systems have been very useful technologies in making a wide range of information available to users across the World. However, there are now growing security concerns, arising from the use of distributed systems, particularly the ones attached to critical systems. More than ever before, data in distributed databases are more susceptible to attacks, failures or accidents owing to advanced knowledge explosions in network and database technologies. The imperfection of the existing security mechanisms coupled with the heightened and growing concerns for intrusion, attack, compromise or even failure owing to Byzantine failure are also contributing factors. The importance of  survivable distributed databases in the face of byzantine failure, to other emerging technologies is the motivation for this research. Furthermore, It has been observed that most of the existing works on distributed database only dwelled on maintaining data integrity and availability in the face of attack. There exist few on availability or survibability of distributed databases owing to internal factors such as internal sabotage or storage defects. In this paper, an architecture for entrenching survivability of Distributed Databases occasioned by Byzantine failures is proposed. The proposed architecture concept is based on re-creating data on failing database server based on a set  threshold value.The proposed architecture is tested and found to be capable of improving probability of survivability in distributed database where it is implemented to  99.6%  from 99.2%.
RSA ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM AUGUMENTED WITH BIT-STUFFING TECHNIQUE FOR DATA SECURITY
Authors: IBHARALU F T. , FALOWO M. O. , AKINWALE A. T.
Published: August 2021

Data transmission through the internet applications is growing very fast, and this continuous growth demands for new network bandwidth and data security. Encryption plays a major role in security of information systems and internet based applications. In this study, the RSA algorithm was modified with bit-stuffing technique to improve the protection and security of confidential data while in transits or in storage. Our modified algorithm, RSA Bit-stuffed, was implemented and compared with the modified Ron Divest Code4 and the modified RSA in MATLAB using time complexity and avalanche effect as performance metrics. The experimental results showed that our augmented bit-insertion technique increased the time complexity against different attacks, boost the randomness of encrypted messages, and also improve security of encryption keys with bit-length lower than that of the standard RSA.
PERFORMANCE OF MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION AND AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE MODELS IN PREDICTING ANNUAL TEMPERATURES OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: JIBRIL I. , MUSA J. J. , DADA P. O.O. , IGBADUN H. E. , MOHAMMED J. M. , MUSTAPHA H. I.
Published: August 2021

The performance of Autoregressive Moving Average and Multiple Linear Regression Models in predicting minimum and maximum temperatures of Ogun State is herein reported. Maximum and Minimum temperatures data covering a period of 29 years (1982 -2009) obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Abeokuta office, Nigeria, were used for the analyses. The data were first processed and aggregated into annual time series. Mann-Kendal non-parametric test and spectral analysis were carried out to detect whether there is trend, seasonal pattern, and either short or long memory in the time series. Mann-Kendal Z-values obtained are –0.47 and –2.03 for minimum and maximum temperatures respectively, indicating no trend, though the plot shows a slight change. The Lo’s R/S Q(N,q) values for minimum and maximum temperatures are 3.67 and 4.43, which are not within the range 0.809 and 1.862, thus signifying presence of long memory. The data was divided into two and the first 20 years data was used for model development, while the remaining was used for validation. Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) model of order (5, 3) and Autoregressive (AR) model of order 2 are found best for predicting minimum and maximum temperatures respectively. Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) model with 4 features (moving average, exponential moving average, rate of change and oscillator) were fitted for both temperatures. The ARMA and AR models were found to perform better with Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) values of -2.89 and -1.37 for minimum and maximum temperatures, compared with the Multiple Linear Regression Models with MAPE values of 141 and 876 respectively. Results of ARMA model can be relied on in generating forecast of temperature of the study area because of their minimal error values. However, it is recommended other climatic elements that were not captured in this paper due to unavailability of information be considered too in order to see which model is best for them.
CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF 1014 MILD AND 304 STAINLESS STEELS IN ACIDIC MEDIA
Authors: ADEGBENRO OMOTOSO , AIYEDUN PETER O. , ADETUNJI OLAYIDE R. , AROWOLO TOYIN A. , OWOEYE FEMI T.
Published: August 2021

Corrosion is a degradation of metallic materials under the action of the environment which requires oxygen and moisture to occur. This research work determined the corrosion performance of 1014 low carbon and 304 austenitic stainless steels in different concentration of acidic media. Corrosion tests were carried out using gravimetric technique. One hundred and eighty samples of the metals were prepared and immersed in containers of sulphuric acid (H2SO4), hydrochloric acid (HCl) and nitric acid (HNO3) at 1, 2 & 3 M. The samples were then removed every three days for a period of 15 days to measure the weight loss. These were used to calculate the corrosion rates. The chemical analysis was determined using an Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX).  Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was used to determine the texture of the samples. The results showed that the corroded samples had pitting corrosion damage and cracks propagated generally on the sample surfaces. The corrosion rates of the samples increased with increase in molarities of the reagents, Stainless steel samples had the least corroded surfaces. The study concluded that the higher the level of concentration of acidic media (1 to 3 M), the higher the corrosion rates of samples in increasing order of HNO3, HCl and H2SO4 especially for mild steel sample (4.35 to 17.90, 0.21 to 2.90 and 10.37 to 0.64 mm/y) after 360 hours of immersion respectively.
COMPARISON OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT PREDICTION MODELS FOR TWO-LANE HIGHWAY INTEGRATING TRAFFIC AND PAVEMENT CONDITION PARAMETERS
Authors: POPOOLA O. M. , ABIOLA O. S. , ODUNFA S. O. , ISMAILA S. O.
Published: August 2021

In Nigeria, literature on the integration of traffic of pavement condition and traffic characteristics in predicting road traffic accident frequency on 2-lane highways are scanty, hence this article to fill the gap. A comparison of road traffic accident frequency prediction models on IIesha-Akure-Owo road based on the data observed between 2012 and 2014 is presented. Negative Binomial (NB), Ordered Logistic (OL) and Zero Inflated Negative Binomial (ZINB) models were used to model the frequency of road traffic accident occurrence using road traffic accident data from the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and pavement conditions parameters from pavement evaluation unit of the Federal Ministry of Works, Kaduna. The explanatory variables were: annual average daily traffic (aadt), shoulder factor (sf), rut depth (rd), pavement condition index (pci), and international roughness index (iri). The explanatory variables that were statistically significant for the three models are aadt, sf and iri with the estimated coefficients having the expected signs. The number of road traffic accident on the road increases with the traffic volume and the international roughness index while it decreases with shoulder factor. The systematic variation explained by the models amounts to 87.7, 78.1 and 74.4% for NB, ZINB and OL respectively. The research findings suggest the accident prediction models that should be integrated into pavement rehabilitation.

 

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CLASSIFICATION MODEL FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS
Authors: AWOYELU I. O. , AGBOOLA I. A.
Published: August 2021

Learning disability is a general term that describes specific kinds of learning problems.  Although, Learning Disability cannot be cured medically, there exist several methods for detecting learning disabilities in a child. Existing methods of classification of learning disabilities in children are binary classification – either a child is normal or learning disabled. The focus of this paper is to extend the binary classification to multi-label classification of learning disabilities. This paper formulated and simulated a classification model for learning disabilities in primary school pupils. Information containing the symptoms of learning disabilities in pupils were elicited by administering five hundred (500) questionnaire to teachers of Primary One to Four pupils in fifteen government owned elementary schools within Ife Central Local Government Area, Ile-Ife of Osun State. The classification model was formulated using Principal Component Analysis, rule based system and back propagation algorithm. The formulated model was simulated using Waikatto Environment for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA) version 3.7.2. The performance of the model was evaluated using precision and accuracy. The classification model of primary one, primary two, primary three and primary four yielded precision rate of 95%, 91.18%, 93.10% and 93.60% respectively while the accuracy results were 95.00%, 91.18%, 93.10% and 93.60% respectively. The results obtained showed that the developed model proved to be accurate and precise in classifying pupils with learning disabilities in primary schools. The model can be adopted for the management of pupils with learning disabilities.
STOCK PRICE TREND PREDICTION USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE AND CORAL REEF OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM
Authors: DEJI-OLARERIN A. , FOLORUNSO O. , VINCENT O. R. , OLAYIWOLA O. M.
Published: August 2021

Due to non-linearity and non-stationary characteristics of stock market time series data, prior approaches have not been adequate enough for predicting stock market prices. Support vector machines are classifier that have been reported in the literature as having good recognition accuracy and have been applied in the area of predicting financial stock market prices and was found efficient. It is however noted that the performance of the SVM is affected by the values of the hyper-parameters used by the SVM. There is the need to find a way for searching for the best hyper-parameters that optimizes the performance of an SVM model. Coral Reef Optimization (CRO) is one of many nature-inspired algorithms used extensively to solve optimization problems. It is very effective in solving optimization problems because it is able to achieve global optimization. This paper’s contribution is the development of Coral Reef search algorithms for the improvement of the hyper-parameters of the SVM used for stock price trend prediction. The Algorithm is validated using stock data of two banks. The results obtained out-performed un-optimized SVM, and have the same performance as that of SVM optimized with the FireFly optimization algorithm.
Pemanfaatan E-Government Berbasis Aplikasi Untuk Meningkatkan Kualitas Pelayanan Publikdi Kota Kendari
Authors: Sri Nani Waode , Syaiful Zainal Andi , Sari Darwan
Published: August 2021

Aplikasi Layanan Integrasi Kendari (LAIKA) merupakan produk e-government yang mendukung kinerja pelayanan publik berbasis teknologi. Program ini telah berjalan di sejumlah kantor pemerintahan di kota Kendari. Penelitian ini memberi gambaran secara umum mengenai kualitas pelayanan publik di kantor Kelurahan Kandai yang  telah menggunakan aplikasi LAIKA . Pendekatan penelitian dilakukan secara deskriptif kualitatif. Prosedur pengambilan data melalui observasi, wawancara, dan studi dokumen.  Pada kajian ini ditemukan, bahwa kualitas pelayanan publik berbasis aplikasi LAIKA belum berjalan dengan baik. Pengukuran kualitas didasarkan pada tiga indikator yaitu transparansi, partisipasi dan efisiensi. Pada aspek transparansi, belum terlihat adanya kejelasan informasi berkaitan dengan pelayanan publik. Sementara pada aspek partisipasi publik, ditemukan bahwa keterlibatan masyarakat belum optimal dalam memanfaatkan aplikasi ini. Selanjutnya pelayanan publik menjadi lebih mudah, dimana bisa dilakukan langsung dari rumah namun kenyataannya belum terwujud.