bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Os desafios da gestão do curso de Licenciatura em Computação da UFPI face às políticas públicas no campo da formação de professores de Informática
Authors: Lima Francisco Renato , Silva Aline , Aita Keylla Maria Sá Urtiga
Published: November 2019

O papel da Informática na Educação e sua real contribuição para a interdisciplinaridade no ambiente escolar tem sido bastante discutido em nosso país, todavia até o momento não se percebe uma tomada efetiva de decisões, no âmbito das políticas públicas educacionais, que legitimem sua prática. Neste ínterim, profissionais Licenciados em Computação estão sendo disponibilizados ao mercado de trabalho todos os anos. Neste trabalho põe-se em evidência as incertezas com que as atuais políticas públicas tratam a matéria e os desafios para a operacionalização do curso de Licenciatura em Computação (CEAD/UFPI), reconhecendo como principais conflitos: a falta de reconhecimento legal e as deficiências dos alunos em disciplinas base.
Jornal Escolar Utilizando o Linux Educacional - Um Relato de Experiência
Authors: Veras J. , Parreira Júnior Paulo , Costa Heitor
Published: November 2019

Com o surgimento de novas tecnologias, a maneira como o aluno adquire e produz o conhecimento vem se modificando e até a produção do antigo jornal escolar se modificou com estes avanços tecnológicos. Jornalismo e Educação vêm se adaptando e se utilizando de novas ferramentas para aperfeiçoar o processo de comunicação e de ensino-aprendizagem. Durante o processo de letramento os alunos precisam compreender a função social da língua, conhecer e também produzir diversos gêneros textuais, entre eles, o texto noticioso ou jornalístico. Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar o gênero jornalístico aos alunos e incentivar a produção de textos através de um jornal escolar produzido com o suporte de aplicativos do sistema operacional Linux Educacional.
Diskurstheorie der Demokratie und Religion
Authors: Reiß Tim
Published: November 2019

The debate about religion and the public sphere is characterised by a flawed alternative. While liberal opinions tend to regard religious contributions as invalid because they are unable to satisfy the principle of public justification, pro-religion inclusivists call for the principle of public justification to be limited because only in this way can religious contributions be accepted. Based on fundamental assumptions from discourse theory, this study endeavours to demonstrate that it is possible to adopt a standpoint which adheres to the principle of public justification and an epistemic understanding of democratic policy, while at the same time attempting to determine the relationship between religion and the public sphere inclusively. However, in this respect there is one belief that both political liberalism and inclusivists share: religious contributions are fundamentally unable to fulfil the criterion of general acceptability.
Merleau-Ponty’s Melancholy
Authors: Hayes Shannon ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: November 2019

I offer a re-evaluation of Freudian melancholy by reading it in-conjunction with Merleau-Ponty’s analysis of phantom limbs and Marcel Proust’s involuntary memories. As an affective response to loss, melancholy bears a strange, belated temporality (Nachträglichkeit). Through Merleau-Ponty’s analysis of the phantom limb, I emphasize that the melancholic subject remains affectively bound to a past world. While this can be read as problematic insofar as the subject is attuned to both the possibilities that belong to the present and the impossibilities that belong to the past world, I turn to Proust whose writings on involuntary memory indicate a way of taking up these futural (im)possibilities. I focus the discussion on the narrator’s involuntary memory of his grandmother after her death to highlight the creative transformation of his melancholy.
Quel feedback les élèves du primaire en difficulté d’apprentissage reçoivent-ils dans leur bulletin scolaire ? Vers une typologie des commentaires laissés par leurs enseignants
Authors: Colognesi Stéphane , Van Nieuwenhoven Catherine
Published: November 2019

La visée de cette contribution est de rendre compte d’une recherche qui a pour objectif d’apporter un éclairage sur la manière dont les enseignants novices du primaire formulent les commentaires écrits à destination des élèves en difficulté scolaire. Nous cherchons à voir si des enseignants débutants, qui ont suivi une formation actualisée à l’évaluation formative, utilisent aussi le bulletin dans une démarche formative dans laquelle l’apprenant est valorisé et qui s’inscrit dans une optique de régulation des apprentissages. Les commentaires laissés par les enseignants dans 27 bulletins ont été analysés et une typologie est proposée.
Translating Indigeneity at the University of Alberta1
Authors: Malena Anne , Tarif Julie
Published: November 2019

Over the last few years there has been an attempt to redress the asymmetrical relations between Canada’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people, and the non-Indigenous people in Canada. Post-secondary education plays a prominent role in this endeavour and many institutions across Canada are currently working on innovative ways to make their environment more inclusive, or what is called “Indigenizing” the academy. This study focuses on how the University of Alberta (Edmonton) is meeting this challenge and argues that a form of activist translation needs to be an important part of this endeavour in order to redress damages caused by colonialism.
“Qui sont-je?” Multilingual Entanglements in Üstün Bilgen-Reinart’s Porcelain Moon and Pomegranates: A Woman’s Trek through Turkey
Authors: Karpinski Eva C.
Published: November 2019

Hélène Cixous’s question “Who are I?” sets up the scene of this inquiry into the Turkish-Canadian writer Üstün Bilgen-Reinart’s plural self-translations at the crossroads of different cultures she has traversed during her life trajectory from Turkey to Canada and back to Turkey. I read her hybrid translingual family memoir-travel narrative for evidence of productive potentialities of multilingualism in cross-cultural encounters. Woven into the text are complex multilingual entanglements of her many languages, histories, and geographies, as she passes from Turkish to English and French while immersing herself in the stories told in Dene, the language of the Sayisi Dene in northern Manitoba, and collects Kurdish stories from southeastern Anatolia, translated into Turkish. In 1997, with Ila Bussidor, Üstün Bilgen-Reinart co-authoredNight Spirits, an oral history of the forcible relocation and subsequent rebuilding of the Sayisi Dene community. Bilgen-Reinart’s perception of the present-day situation in Turkey, after her thirty-year stay in Canada where she worked as a CBC journalist, is influenced by Indigenous knowledges that she has been exposed to and by her transnational feminist consciousness. Her life writing affords a unique possibility for exploring the intersections of migrant, diasporic, and Indigenous histories through affective theorizing of the wounds of trauma, displacement, and dispossession. Constructing the “I”-witness position vis-à-vis the disastrous social, political, cultural, and ecological consequences of colonialism and globalization, her text explores relational linkages that extend beyond the singular self and create connections between multiple bodies, lives, and their environments. Her practice of drawing complex webs of meaning can be read in terms of decolonial multilingual languaging.
Entrevista a Xavier Agudo
Authors: Blasco Laia , Nalvaiz Ivan
Published: November 2019

Entrevista a Xavier Agudo, un cineasta venezolano ganador del premio y titular de Guiness World Record. Productor principal del internacional CollabFeature grupo y director de la Berlín Ex Film Studio y distribución en línea colectiva Zineloft. Ha dirigido conferencias en talleres de cine en los Países Bajos (Villa Lux,) y la HFF Potsdam. Su trabajo ha sido visto en los festivales internacionales de cine y teatro en Europa, EE.UU., América Latina y Asia.
Prototipo gráfico multiplataforma de sitio web
Authors: Berrocal Muñoz Sergio
Published: November 2019

Rediseño del portal de juegos online juegosjuegos.com para adaptarla a un diseño multiplataforma. Realizado en base a un wireframe para escritorio existente, hubo que crear la versión para smartphone, y realizar prototipos gráficos con la apariencia final de la web para las páginas principales del sitio.
Programación web en la parte de cliente
Authors: Hernandez Sonia
Published: November 2019

En la asignatura de programación web se estudia el lenguaje javascript. Seguidamente, te introduce los conceptos DOM y BOM, donde te explica su forma de trabajar con los diferentes navegadores y te especifica los diferentes elementos que los componen. También te da una breve pincelada de lo que es el JQuery y cómo se trabaja con dicha libería. Esta asignatura está compuesta por 3 pacs y una práctica.
Lower-Limb Factors Associated with Balance and Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Clinical Synthesis
Authors: Neville Christopher , Nguyen Hung , Ross Kim , Wingood Mariana , Peterson Elizabeth Walker , Dewitt James E. , Moore Jonathan , King Michael J. , Atanelov Levan , White Josh , Najafi Bijan
Published: November 2019

Background

Despite sufficient evidence to suggest that lower-limb–related factors may contribute to fall risk in older adults, lower-limb and footwear influences on fall risk have not been systematically summarized for readers and clinicians. The purpose of this study was to systematically review and synethesize the literature related to lower-limb, foot, and footwear factors that may increase the risk of falling among community-dwelling older adults.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and AgeLine. To describe the trajectory toward increasing risk of falls, we examined those articles that linked age-related changes in the lower limb or footwear to prospective falls or linked them to evidenced-based fall risk factors, such as gait and balance impairment.

Results

This systematic review consisted of 81 articles that met the review criteria, and the results reflect a narrative review of the appraised literature for eight pathways of lower-limb–related influences on fall risk in older adults. Six of the eight pathways support a direct link to fall risk. Two other pathways link to the intermediate factors but lack studies that provide evidence of a direct link.

Conclusions

This review provides strong guidance to advance understanding and assist with managing the link between lower-limb factors and falls in older adults. Due to the lack of literature in specific areas, some recommendations were based on observational studies and should be applied with caution until further research can be completed.
Local axonal morphology guides the topography of interneuron myelination in mouse and human neocortex
Authors: Stedehouder Jeffrey , Brizee Demi , Slotman Johan A , Pascual-Garcia Maria , Leyrer Megan L , Bouwen Bibi LJ , Dirven Clemens MF , Gao Zhenyu , Berson David M , Houtsmuller Adriaan B , Kushner Steven A
Published: November 2019

GABAergic fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive (PV) interneurons are frequently myelinated in the cerebral cortex. However, the factors governing the topography of cortical interneuron myelination remain incompletely understood. Here, we report that segmental myelination along neocortical interneuron axons is strongly predicted by the joint combination of interbranch distance and local axon caliber. Enlargement of PV+ interneurons increased axonal myelination, while reduced cell size led to decreased myelination. Next, we considered regular-spiking SOM+ cells, which normally have relatively shorter interbranch distances and thinner axon diameters than PV+ cells, and are rarely myelinated. Consistent with the importance of axonal morphology for guiding interneuron myelination, enlargement of SOM+ cell size dramatically increased the frequency of myelinated axonal segments. Lastly, we confirm that these findings also extend to human neocortex by quantifying interneuron axonal myelination from ex vivo surgical tissue. Together, these findings establish a predictive model of neocortical GABAergic interneuron myelination determined by local axonal morphology.
Excitatory neurons are more disinhibited than inhibitory neurons by chloride dysregulation in the spinal dorsal horn
Authors: Lee Kwan Yeop , Ratté Stéphanie , Prescott Steven A
Published: November 2019

Neuropathic pain is a debilitating condition caused by the abnormal processing of somatosensory input. Synaptic inhibition in the spinal dorsal horn plays a key role in that processing. Mechanical allodynia – the misperception of light touch as painful – occurs when inhibition is compromised. Disinhibition is due primarily to chloride dysregulation caused by hypofunction of the potassium-chloride co-transporter KCC2. Here we show, in rats, that excitatory neurons are disproportionately affected. This is not because chloride is differentially dysregulated in excitatory and inhibitory neurons, but, rather, because excitatory neurons rely more heavily on inhibition to counterbalance strong excitation. Receptive fields in both cell types have a center-surround organization but disinhibition unmasks more excitatory input to excitatory neurons. Differences in intrinsic excitability also affect how chloride dysregulation affects spiking. These results deepen understanding of how excitation and inhibition are normally balanced in the spinal dorsal horn, and how their imbalance disrupts somatosensory processing.
Cerebellar nuclei excitatory neurons regulate developmental scaling of presynaptic Purkinje cell number and organ growth
Authors: Willett Ryan T , Bayin N Sumru , Lee Andrew S , Krishnamurthy Anjana , Wojcinski Alexandre , Lao Zhimin , Stephen Daniel , Rosello-Diez Alberto , Dauber-Decker Katherine L , Orvis Grant D , Wu Zhuhao , Tessier-Lavigne Marc , Joyner Alexandra L
Published: November 2019

For neural systems to function effectively, the numbers of each cell type must be proportioned properly during development. We found that conditional knockout of the mouse homeobox genes En1 and En2 in the excitatory cerebellar nuclei neurons (eCN) leads to reduced postnatal growth of the cerebellar cortex. A subset of medial and intermediate eCN are lost in the mutants, with an associated cell non-autonomous loss of their presynaptic partner Purkinje cells by birth leading to proportional scaling down of neuron production in the postnatal cerebellar cortex. Genetic killing of embryonic eCN throughout the cerebellum also leads to loss of Purkinje cells and reduced postnatal growth but throughout the cerebellar cortex. Thus, the eCN play a key role in scaling the size of the cerebellum by influencing the survival of their Purkinje cell partners, which in turn regulate production of granule cells and interneurons via the amount of sonic hedgehog secreted.
The Guises of and Guidance to Administrative Discretion in the European Court of Justice's Interpretation of EU Immigration Law
Authors: Bornemann Jonas
Published: November 2019

In EU immigration law, national authorities enjoy a degree of discretion on various accounts. However, Union law and the Court of Justice's interpretation thereof impose standards conditioning the exercise of that discretion. This contribution suggests that the acknowledgment of national
administrative discretion by Union law coincides with divergent standards of guidance thereto developed by the Court of Justice. It argues that this may be the result of a deliberate choice. If Member State administrative discretion threatens to compromise the effectiveness of Union law, Luxemburg
may expound stricter standards indicating how discretion must be exercised in a specific situation.
Judicial review of revocation decisions in the context of European banking supervision
Authors: Budinska Barbora
Published: November 2019

The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), a system centralising banking supervision in Europe, is comprised of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national competent authorities (NCAs). The paper focuses on a new phenomenon occurring within the SSM, the so-called Top-Down revocations
which might require the Court of Justice (Court), while reviewing a decision of the ECB, to also incidentally review a decision of an NCA. The paper first shows that such an incidental review creates a tension between, on the one hand, the principle of legality, thus the Court's obligation
to review EU acts and, on the other hand, the principle of EU law autonomy which prohibits situations where EU law depends in its interpretation, validity or application on national law. Second, the paper analyses Court's case law on 'derivative illegality' and argues that the Court's approach
adopted there can be carefully applied to Top-Down revocations. Finally, it argues that the Court can review such revocation decisions in three situations: (1) when the review of the revocation decision suffices to determine the unlawfulness of the national measure; and when the lawfulness
of the national act can be assessed in the light of (2) EU procedural law; and (3) EU substantive law.
Can 'Medical Futility' Conflicts be Mediated?
Authors: Choong Kartina A.
Published: November 2019

Mr Justice Francis ended his judgment in Great Ormond Street Hospital v Yates, Gard and Gard with the recommendation that 'mediation should be attempted in all cases such as this one'. Although this gave the impression that mediation would be unquestionably beneficial in the Gard case
and other 'medical futility' cases where the patient is incompetent, this paper contends that this is not as straightforward as it might at first appear. With the general absence of a middle ground and with the law in such cases frequently on doctors' side, mediation's potential for a satisfactory
resolution of medical futility conflicts is arguably limited.
Low expression or hypermethylation of PLK2 might predict favorable prognosis for patients with glioblastoma multiforme
Authors: Xia Xiangping , Cao Fang , Yuan Xiaolu , Zhang Qiang , Chen Wei , Yu Yunhu , Xiao Hua , Han Chong , Yao Shengtao
Published: November 2019

Background

As the most aggressive brain tumor, patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have a poor prognosis. Our purpose was to explore prognostic value of Polo-like kinase 2 (PLK2) in GBM, a member of the PLKs family.

Methods

The expression profile of PLK2 in GBM was obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas database. The PLK2 expression in GBM was tested. Kaplan–Meier curves were generated to assess the association between PLK2 expression and overall survival (OS) in patients with GBM. Furthermore, to assess its prognostic significance in patients with primary GBM, we constructed univariate and multivariate Cox regression models. The association between PLK2 expression and its methylation was then performed. Differentially expressed genes correlated with PLK2 were identified by Pearson test and functional enrichment analysis was performed.

Results

Overall survival results showed that low PLK2 expression had a favorable prognosis of patients with GBM (P-value = 0.0022). Furthermore, PLK2 (HR = 0.449, 95% CI [0.243–0.830],P-value = 0.011) was positively associated with OS by multivariate Cox regression analysis. In cluster 5, DNA methylated PLK2 had the lowest expression, which implied that PLK2 expression might be affected by its DNA methylation status in GBM. PLK2 in CpG island methylation phenotype (G-CIMP) had lower expression than non G-CIMP group (P= 0.0077). Regression analysis showed that PLK2 expression was negatively correlated with its DNA methylation (P= 0.0062, Pearsonr= −0.3855). Among all differentially expressed genes of GBM, CYGB (r= 0.5551;P< 0.0001), ISLR2 (r= 0.5126;P< 0.0001), RPP25 (r= 0.5333;P< 0.0001) and SOX2 (r= −0.4838;P< 0.0001) were strongly correlated with PLK2. Functional enrichment analysis results showed that these genes were enriched several biological processes or pathways that were associated with GBM.

Conclusion

Polo-like kinase 2 expression is regulated by DNA methylation in GBM, and its low expression or hypermethylation could be considered to predict a favorable prognosis for patients with GBM.
Decrease in walking speed increases hip moment impulse in the frontal plane during the stance phase
Authors: Inai Takuma , Takabayashi Tomoya , Edama Mutsuaki , Kubo Masayoshi
Published: November 2019

Background

Increased daily cumulative hip moment in the frontal plane (i.e., the product of hip moment impulse in the frontal plane during the stance phase and mean steps per day) is a risk factor for progression of hip osteoarthritis. Although hip osteoarthritis generally causes a decrease in the walking speed, its effect on hip moment impulse in the frontal plane is unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between decrease in walking speed and hip moment impulse in the frontal plane.

Methods

We used a public dataset of treadmill walking in 17 older adults (mean (SD) age: 63.2 (8.0) years). The subjects walked on the treadmill for 30 s under five conditions: (1) 40% of comfortable non-dimensional speed (CNDS), (2) 55% CNDS, (3) 70% CNDS, (4) 85% CNDS, and (5) 100% CNDS. The hip moment impulse in the frontal plane non-normalized (or normalized) to step length (Nm s/kg [or Nm s/(kg m)]) for each condition was calculated. Furthermore, the relationship between walking speed and hip moment impulse in the frontal plane non-normalized (or normalized) to step length was examined using regression analysis based on a previous study.

Results

A decrease in non-dimensional speed (i.e., walking speed) significantly increased the non-normalized (or normalized) hip moment impulse in the frontal plane during the stance phase. The relationship between walking speed and non-normalized (or normalized) hip moment impulse in the frontal plane was fitted by a second-order polynomial.

Discussion

This study revealed that a decrease in walking speed increased the non-normalized (or normalized) hip moment impulse in the frontal plane in healthy older adults. This finding is useful for understanding the relationship between walking speed and hip moment impulse in the frontal plane and suggests that a decrease in walking speed may actually increase the daily cumulative hip moment in the frontal plane of patients with hip osteoarthritis.
Malefactivos y benefactivos. Dos construcciones con dativo de afectación en el español de México
Authors:   Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Díaz García Luis Arturo , Ibáñez Cerda Sergio ,   Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Published: November 2019

En términos tipológicos, se puede diferenciar entre las lenguas que tienen un recurso gramatical específico para marcar a los benefactivos y una forma distinta para los malefactivos, y las lenguas que no diferencian estas categorías con una marca específica. El español normalmente es clasificado entre este último tipo de lenguas (Smith, 2005; Radetzky y Smith, 2010: 99), pues, se arguye, cuenta con una construcción de afectación, la de dativo, que semánticamente activa tanto un efecto positivo como negativo. A partir de un análisis semántico-sintáctico de datos de uso del español de México, este estudio muestra que el dativo de afectación se distribuye en dos tipos de construcciones básicas: las agentivas y las eventivas. En términos de frecuencia, las primeras tienden a manifestar una afectación positiva; las segundas muestran, casi categóricamente, un efecto adverso. Esto indica que en español es posible distinguir dos subcategorías de dativo de afectación: el benefactivo y el malefactivo, y que por lo tanto pertenece, al menos parcialmente, a las lenguas que cuentan con un recurso gramatical diferenciador
A Project Report on Downstream Transmission Performance of GPON
Authors: Adhikary Apurba , Podder Etu , Bellal Hossain Md. , Shekhar Mondal Himadri , M. Aslam Uddin K.
Published: November 2019

Aims: This paper presents a Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON) model which includes a power budget analysis, availability analysis and signal performance analysis of the system.

Study Design: A Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON) model.

Place and Duration of Study: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh, between June 2017 and February 2018.

Methodology: The system performance is presented through various parameters such as Q factor, eye diagram.

Results: The proposed models have the nominal downstream bit rate 2Gbit/s with required bandwidth.

Conclusion: The model has very efficient packaging of user traffic, with frame segmentation to allow for higher QoS for delay-sensitive traffic such as voice and video communications.
A Newborn with Athrogryposis Multiplex Congenital (AMC): A Case Report
Authors: Pius Simon , Yusuf Musa Hauwa , Machoko Yenti , Bello Mustapha
Published: November 2019

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is constellation of contractions of multiple joints present at birth with fat or fibrous tissue partially or totally replacing muscles. Aetiological cause is from the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. It affects approximately 1 in 2-3000 live births. All four extremities are involved in50-60% of cases; lower limbs, in 30-40%, and upper limbs, in 10-15% of cases. Our patient is case of Amyoplasia with duodenal atresia. Had surgery and was seen in the clinic on follow up to 3 months. He has remain stable on physiotherapy.
Analytical Approach to Critical Diameters in Raindrop Size Distribution in Durban, South Africa
Authors: Adetan Oluwumi , Oludare Fagbohun Olumuyiwa
Published: November 2019

Adequate information of the raindrop size distribution is very significant for the prediction and evaluation of attenuation signal due to rain. In this study, an analytical approach is adopted to determine the peak diameter  where the specific rain attenuation is maxima in Durban (29º52'S, 30º58'E), South Africa; using the spherical raindrop shape at temperature T = 20ºC. The overall rainfall attenuation is computed by integrating over all the drop sizes and determine the differential change in the attenuation as observed over a fixed diameter interval, (= 0.1 mm). The critical diameters are the range of diameters where the rain attenuation is highly predominant, which constitutes the surface area under the curve and along the abscissa regions. The critical diameters are seen to coalesce around the peak diameter, at which the maximum attenuation occurs. The maximum specific rain attenuation peaks at the diameter It was observed that the peak diameter is frequency dependent while the parameters, µ, the mean and σ the standard deviation which determines the width of the distribution are found to be region-dependent. The peak attenuation for the stratiform rainfall type varies between 0.8 ≤ D ≤ 1.5 mm whereas for the convective rainfall, the specific rain attenuation peaks between 1.4 ≤ D ≤ 2.7 mm at all frequencies. A proper knowledge of the rainfall attenuation characteristics is useful for proper planning and for the purpose of link budget analysis by operators in this particular region.
The Economic and Ecological Effects of Deforestation on the Nigerian Environment
Authors: N. Sambe L. , O. Adeofun C. , Dachung G.
Published: November 2019

The increasing quest for economic development and demographic demand has led to rapid forest decline and degradation of the forests in Nigeria. Forests are lost yearly through the industrial, commercial and other urban-related activities. This is currently impacting on the environment and accelerating degradation and depletion of its forest cover and resources. Deforestation is an ongoing phenomenon in Nigeria and is becoming more pronounced with increasing population and urbanization. The effects of deforestation have led to a decline in forest cover, forest degradation, impoverishment of the soil and general deterioration in environmental conditions. However, the inestimable values of forests in promoting sustainable livelihood, industrial raw materials availability, food security, medicine and health care researches, cannot be over emphasized, hence the need for imbibing strategies for reversing the trend and promoting measures that could enhance sustainable management of Nigerian forests. Thus this review paper provides integrated insight into the strategies viable for reversing the deforestation trend and the effective management of the wide varieties of Nigeria’s natural vegetation
Occurrence of Gas Charged Sediments and Pock Marks in “Semob” Fields Offshore Western Niger Delta: Implications for Offshore Operations
Authors: Chibuzor H. Chuku, , Minapuye I. Odigi, , Richmond U. Ideozu, , Chidi A. Ibe,
Published: November 2019

The safe delivery of operations in offshore province is dependent on the availability of high fidelity information of the geological state of the sea floor. Sediments and sedimentary processes determine the sea bed composition and bathymetry. The study was done in the inner shelf environment of Gulf of Guinea, in Niger Delta. The acoustic equipment used is side scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler and they work with geophysical principles of sea floor sediments acoustic reflectivity and refraction. The acquisition, processing and interpretation of data reveal the existence of gas charged sediments between the sea bed and the lithified layer(strong seismo stratigraphic layer) and the existence of genetically related depressions with surrounding rings of sand called pock marks which vary between 3 m-10 m in diameter on the sea floor. The gas charged sediments thickness ranges from 20 m-25 m. The areas of the ‘Semob’ fields that have gas charged sediments and pock marks are liable to endanger the installation and safety of subsea facilities, offshore operations and sea going vessels. Therefore, are geohazards areas and should be avoided.
National Integration and the Challenge of Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria
Authors: D. Agbaji Dickson , A. Akhabue Glory , O. Charles Rita , E. Duruaku Daniel , E. Egor Fidelis , G. Pepple Uduak , G. Uduma Vivian
Published: November 2019

Nigeria has witnessed crises which have threatened its peace and security since independence. In the last few decades, especially from the usurpation of administrative powers by the military, Nigerian societies have been undergoing difficult times vis-à-vis ethnoreligious conflagrations that impact on the nation’s integration. This is as a result of the nature of interactions among the various amalgamated ethnoreligious and regional groups who pursue their objectives through different means to ensure they achieve their ends. These groups who have applied militant approach in carrying out their primary objectives include the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), the Arewa People’s Congress (APC), Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) as well as the current Boko Haram sect (our focus), the Fulani Herdsmen crisis, the Niger Delta Avengers, and the Indigenous People of Biafra. The study, hence, examines the challenge of the Boko Haram insurgency to national integration in Nigeria. To analyze this heinous phenomenon, the study made use of secondary data which include the review of published textbooks, journals, reports, etc., and the social-structural conflict approach was adopted as the tools of analysis for the study. The paper shows that Boko Haram insurgency has posed a great threat to the integration of the Nigerian state, just as it has undermined Nigeria’s development by causing the loss of human lives and economic resources, dislocation of people, and increased poverty rate. The paper, therefore, recommends the need for a context-specific and multi-layer conflict resolution, management and prevention initiative(s) encapsulating a broad-based local, regional and international collaboration between all concerned stakeholders; reforms in the nation’s educational and infrastructural sectors; and the governments’ need to place as their basic attention the welfare of the citizens through well guided policies so as to increase citizens’ living standards and support human capital development.
Assessment of Off-season Water Supply Situation: The Case of Abetifi in the Kwahu-East District of Ghana
Authors: Adu Kumi John , Obiri Afari Philemon , Nyarko Beatrice
Published: November 2019

The study aims to investigate the characterising features of off-season water supplies in the Kwahu-Abetifi Township, situated in the Kwahu-East District of Ghana.

A descriptive cross-sectional survey was employed for this research.

The study was conducted in the Kwahu East district of Ghana during August 2017 to December 2017.

A stratified sampling technique was employed to select 200 respondents for this study. Respondents were interviewed using prepared and validated questionnaires. Data obtained from the completed questionnaires were analysed by using the statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

The community people including school-going children, covered long distances and stayed in long queues to access water. They, however, spend long time in accessing water for their use in homes during the dry season. Durations respondents (n= 200) used in accessing water and returning to their homes were as follows: Approximately 15 minutes (10%); 20 minutes (16%); 35 minutes (22%); and more than 40 minutes (52%). The accessed water was perceived to be good (68%) and could be used for several domestic purposes including drinking (19%), cooking (47%), bathing and washing (34%). The study underscored the need for the revamp of broken down water supply systems in the study area and expansion of existing ones by Government to ease and improve accessibility for adequate and potable water supplies mainly during the dry season.
Crude Oil Degradation Using Spent Mushroom Compost (SMC) of Pleurotus florida
Authors: O. Stanley H. , N. Maeba S. , K. Gbenekanu D. , J. Ugboma C.
Published: November 2019

This paper investigated the effectiveness of spent mushroom compost (SMC) of Pleurotus florida in the biodegradation of crude oil contaminated soil for a period of 42 days. The crude oil contaminated soil was supplemented with different concentrations of the SMC of P. florida throughout the period of study. Microbiological and physicochemical parameters including Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) content were monitored from the baseline to the 42nd day. Results showed significant decreases in the physicochemical parameters during the study period. The percentage loss of TPH at the end of the investigation was 90.09%. The hydrocarbon utilising bacterial isolates were Bacillus sp, Pseudomonas sp, Flovobacterium sp, Micrococcus sp and Arthrobacter sp. The hydrocarbon utilizing fungal isolates were Penicillium sp, Fusarium sp, Sacchoromyces sp, Microsporum sp, Cryptococcus sp and Mucor sp. This study showed that SMC of Pleurotus florida is an effective nutrient source for biodegradation.
Beyond the Construction, Design and Planning Scenarios of Eco-Buildings
Authors: Cioruța Bogdan , Coman Mirela
Published: November 2019

Lately, even in Romania, the interest in ecological homes has begun to take on proportions. Hugged by curiosity, but especially by reorienting towards a (more) healthier lifestyle, people seek to find out as much detail as possible about them - thus capturing the outline and the present work. Although eco-house construction is simple and eliminates many of the heavy stages of a classical construction, future homeowners omit, due to lack of information, this option, especially in the context in which we do not have a good filter of information about this subject, which will give us the real benefits we have.

Ecologic houses seem to be a trend with strong growth, because the shapes that they can wear are extremely varied. The great variety, low price and promise of ecological housing is likely to convince people to completely change their lifestyle. How well are we prepared for sustainable development? How do we meet the demands of today's society? What does a green house look like, how does it behave in time, and how much does it cost? What are the trends in designing a green house? These are just a few questions that we will answer during the work.
Consumption, "Tourism-Merchandise" and Actor-Network Theory: The Cartography of Controversies and the Case of Telegraph Rock Trail – RJ
Authors: Alves Bárbara Lúcia Guimarães , Tavares Fred , Ferreira Giselle Gama Torres , Guedes da Costa Jefferson Fernando Gonçalves , Tavares Margarete Ribeiro , Carvalho Marlen Maria Cabral
Published: November 2019

The contemporaneity is marked, in part, by the Control Society, characterised, among other aspects, by consumption. In this scene, both the material and the immaterial objects come to have value in the market, so that one of the influential tools in this period is the use of sociotechnical networks, also involving the social behaviours of individuals and their desires of belonging. In this perspective, the research aims at analysing the use of the images inherent to the landscape of the Telegraph Rock Trail - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - transmitted in these networks, as an influencing factor in the increase of the number of visitors in this place, having as background to the control society. The study attentive to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory (ANT), which measures the fact that the "human actor" and "non-human" can transform the society. Thus, Facebook posts were analysed from the Cartography of Controversies, which is the operationalisation of the Actor-Network Theory (ANT). For that, the contents of the publications from the years 2015 to 2017 were analysed, in the page called "Pedra do Telégrafo_RJ", with 41 thousand participants. Clues point out that the use of socio-technical networks, in the scope of consumption may have influenced the process of production of the trail, through its transformation into a product that now has market value, through the logic "tourism-commodity".
Prescription and Prescribing: An Overview of Basic Concepts Mostly Overlooked
Authors: Mohiuddin A. K.
Published: November 2019

While drugs have the capacity to enhance health, they all have the potential to cause harm if prescribed inappropriately. For this reason, it is recommended that healthcare professionals who prescribe medications exercise critical thinking skills to ensure the safe and effective use of therapeutic agents. Pharmacists have crucial role plays in both handling prescription and prescribing.  A rational prescribing is the sole of patient safety, compliance and patient relief. This paper proposes aims that a prescriber should try to achieve, both on first prescribing a drug to maximise effectiveness, minimise risks and costs, and respect the patient's actual need.

Background: Historically, the pharmaceutical and medical professions have devoted considerable time and effort to the development and rational utilisation of safe and effective drugs for the treatment and prevention of illness. Today, that successful effort continues, helping to achieve the highest standards of health in the world for the American people. But in order to gain maximum benefit from the use of drugs while minimising their adverse side effects, prescribers and pharmacists must maintain effective communications not only among themselves, but with their patients as well. The directions for drug use and other information which prescribers indicate on prescription orders and which pharmacists transfer to prescription labels are critical to safe and effective drug therapy. In order to assure that this information is conveyed clearly and effectively to patients, the following guidelines have been developed by the American Pharmaceutical Association and the American Society of Internal Medicine.
Support on Families with Autistic Children: An Exploratory Research
Authors: Nooraini W. A. H. Wan , Lukman Z. M. , Normala R. , Azlini C. , Kamal M. Y.
Published: November 2019

Aim: The aim of this paper is to exploratory research support on Families with Autistic Children. Objective research is needed for identifying helpful resources and helping families with autistic children.

Methods: The approximated number of participants that answered the questionnaire are 406 people and consists of men and women. Process data collection is through the research which circulated to participants consisting of families with autistic children. After the research was ends and data already gathered, the researcher will access data achieved forcleaning data and then data will be analysed.

Results: The results revealed four support resources is a best social support that is spouses (husband/wife), another child, grandparents, and doctors as the percentage of support provided are very high compared to support from other sources. To achieve the objective, researchers have identified the "helpful" and " very helpful" support of the autism family as a result of the research findings. If seen, these four groups have a great influence on the lives of parents while managing their children with autism.

Conclusion: Parents or guardians have identified many positive and supportive aspects that really help them at all levels of support available. To meet the needs of these autism children, parents or guardians need to find the best source of support to produce quality attitudes that are caring, knowledgeable and caring in other communities. Parents or guardians specifically require the support of outsiders as the support is flexible and can find dynamic needs to meet the needs of families with these autism children.
The Impact of Glass Ceiling on Career Development of Executive Level Female Employees in Financial Sector in Kandy District
Authors: Victor Lourdes Dilakshini , Shamila Faizal Antanat
Published: November 2019

In Sri Lanka even though women represent more than half of the population, their labour force participation rate is less than men. Men's participation in the labour force is twice as women's. In recent years women and gender issues have become a major area of concern. Even seminars, workshops and conferences are being held over the world to discuss women issues and women advancement in all spheres of life, still it exists the barriers for women career development.

This study was entirely design by centering the focal problem of impact of glass ceiling on career development. This study also attempts to identify the contribution factors which create the glass ceiling effect on women career development. The study was conducted to find out the impact of glass ceiling on women career development of executive level female employees in Financial Sector in Kandy district and hypotheses were developed to find out whether there is a significant impact of individual, family, organisational and cultural factors on women career development. The data were collected from 144 executive level female respondents out of 157 executive level female employees in Financial Sector at Kandy district with a structured questionnaire. For presenting and analysing the data both descriptive and inferential statistics were used through SPSS 19.0 version and the results were derived.

The major finding of this study revealed that the glass ceiling and women career development has small negative relationship and individual, family and cultural factors have a significant impact on women career development while organisational factors have an insignificant impact on women career development. Further, in this study Adjusted R2 of women career development is 0646. It is explained that 64.6% of women career development is explained by glass ceiling. The conclusion was finally made that there are significant impact of the glass ceiling on women career development of executive level female employees in the financial sector at Kandy district.
Gender Relation between Supervisor and Subordinate Using Statistical Tools
Authors: Ianngi G. Ornguga, , Jonah Nelson , Tersoo V. Iornem, , Teryila Ogojah,
Published: November 2019

This research entitled “Gender Relation between supervisor and subordinate” (A Study of First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Makurdi, Branch). It deals with the important aspects which a Supervisor performs on the Bank and also the Qualities of Gender Relations in the organization. The sample size of 110 was used. The questionnaire and oral interview was used for data collection. Data was presented in tables and a descriptive approach is adopted in analysis using chi square. The findings reviewed that; the bank should ensure access to workplace reporting mechanisms. From the hypothesis we concluded that there exist challenges confronting supervisor and subordinate in first Bank Makurdi branch and that there exist relationship between supervisor and subordinate on first Bank Makurdi branch which shows that female subordinates demonstrate more negative attitudes towards evaluation fairness and that male subordinate with a counterpart female supervisor put more trust in workplace than males with a male supervisor and females with a female supervisor.
Job Satisfaction and its Influence on Teachers’ Performance in Osun State, Nigeria
Authors: Ijiwole A. A. , Olawale O. A. , Adebayo T. O.
Published: November 2019

This study examined the influence of job satisfaction on secondary school teachers’ performance in Osun State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the level of job satisfaction among the secondary school teachers, examined the kind of job satisfaction aspects which teachers are satisfied with in the state and examined the relationship between job satisfaction dimensions and teacher performance.  Purposive sampling technique was used to select 50 Principals and 200 teachers according to their roles and ability to enable the researcher to obtain relevant data on teacher’s wellbeing in Osogbo metropolis. Mean, standard deviation, frequency and correlation were used to analyze data. Result revealed that the level of job satisfaction among the secondary school teachers is below expectation, while working environment was ranked highest among the factors influencing job satisfaction among the secondary school teachers. Study also confirmed that job satisfaction dimensions have significant relationship with teacher performance.  The study therefore recommended that Osun State government should stop epileptic payment of half salary and full salary should be paid promptly to enable them concentrate on their job for effective delivery. Also promotion of secondary school teachers should be fixed for 3 years interval as it is done in the tertiary institutions.
Assessment of Rainfall Scenario in Determining Flood at Terengganu Watershed Malaysia
Authors: Sufiyan Ibrahim , Magaji J. I. , Ogah A. T.
Published: November 2019

The future of climate lies on the hand of individual who is an active member that contributes input in the biosphere. The amount of climate change will largely influence the water flow in the river through the emission of solar radiation, increase in temperature, heat-trapping gases. There is a need to control pollution, flood hazard, check water quality and monitor sediments and water flow in the drainage basin. Soil and Water Assessment Tools SWAT is one of the best methods of the application being used for hydrologic assessment as well as monitoring events that occur in the catchment studies. Mitigation can simply determine how to reduce the human hazard, in controlling the climate change that affects water flow in river Terengganu. The Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) provides the simulated rainfall from 1973 to 2017. The precipitation and other weather parameters were used for the purpose of this study and the resultant effect is the production of predictive flood hazard event within the catchment area of Kuala Terengganu.