Research Review

An Investigative Study of Students’ Readiness for Digital Classroom Learning in Post Covid-19 Pandemic in Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Kaduna, Nigeria

2022-11-16T07:36:03+00:00

The study attempts to “Investigates Students’ Readiness for Digital Classroom Learning in Air Force Institute of Technology Kaduna, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. One hundred and seventy five (175) undergraduate students were randomly selected and served as a sample size. A structured questionnaire titled Digital Classroom Readiness questionnaire (DCRQ) was constructed. It is in-line with modified likert scale and was used for data collection. The questionnaire was divided in to two parts, part one was made purposely to assess the demographic data of the respondents while part two consist of thirty questions and was also sub-divided in to four parts in which each sub-part has ten questions. The instrument was tested and validated using Cronbach’s Alpha correlation co-efficient test and yielded a reliability co-efficient of 0.79 which indicated the validity and reliability of the instrument. The instrument was administered using Google Form. A total respond of one hundred and seventy five (175) were collected from undergraduate students at different level. The collected data was extracted, cleared and transferred to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 2.0 for proper analysis. Descriptive statistics was used in analyzing respondent’s demographic data while mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The findings of the study shows that, students are ready for digital classroom learning; It also reveals that, students’ have basic ICTs skills needed for digital classroom learning; Furthermore, the study highlighted that, learners face some challenges while engaged in digital classroom learning. The researcher recommend that, the school should encourage students’ to improve in their ICT skills; Relevant ICTs infrastructure/equipment should be provided to the school and seminar, short courses and workshops should be organize to train lecturers/instructors on digital classroom learning.

Critical Factors Influencing Success Of Hiv Positive Survivors

2022-11-24T00:02:27+00:00

Healthcare projects aim to improve access to healthcare, strengthening human resources, and empowering vulnerable groups. Current study attempts and investigates the major factors causing achieving the success of projects health specifically in Rwanda, by identifying if Clearly defined Mission and Goals; Experienced Project Managers and Competence; Stakeholders Involvement and Efficiency Resources influence project success of HIV positive survivors in Rwanda from different perspectives, and determine the level of importance of the identified success factors in HIV Positive projects in Rwanda. The research topic is projected to cover the period from April 2016 to March 2018. Systems theory and theory of Management by Objectives was useful in this study because, Project management utilizes the systems approach for the management and for having functional personnel assigned to a specific project and will show how the important staffs are given the objectives to achieve in any project. The researcher conducted descriptive research for the purpose of using specific methods like observational method, case study method, and survey method. The population of HIV Positive project will be obtained from the grouping of project owners, project staff and beneficiaries of HIV positive survivors in SURF Rwanda all totaling 1190. The selected sample size for this study was 240 respondents. The sampling techniques used are a universal and purposive sampling technique. Data gathering technique that was used for this research was conducted through questionnaires along with data collection, direct observation and reviewing documents and archival records. The Quantitative data was analyzed using computer software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0 to enable mathematical computations since analysis of data manually would be tedious and would lead to errors. The analyzed data was presented using frequencies, percentages, correlation and mean. In reporting the study findings, the highest percentage and mean was considered. According to the findings from the table By answering the first question, results from the table no.23 indicate that beta =0.478 (47.8 %), its t value = 8.088 > 1.96, where p or Sig. value=0.000, being less than 0.05, hence significant. The researcher concluded by saying that clearly defined goals influence at significant level the success of HIV positive survivors’ project in SURF Rwanda. By answering the second question, results from the table no.24 indicate that beta =0.172 (17.2%), its t value = 2.575 > 1.96, where p or Sig. value=0.011, being less than 0.05, hence significant. The researcher concluded by saying that Experienced Project Managers influence at significant level the success of HIV positive survivors’ project in SURF Rwanda.

TRANSFER OF RIGHTS TO TRANSMIGRATION LAND WHOSE EXISTENCE IS UNKNOWN TO THE SUBJECT OF RIGHTS BASED ON A COURT DECISION OF PERMANENT LEGAL FORCE

2023-02-02T00:42:06+00:00

Transmigration is an important part of the development of rural areas in Indonesia. Limited economic access and location resulted in transmigrants feeling uncomfortable to cultivate their land and choosing to return to their hometowns. Transmigrants who are in Sorong Regency who are still surviving and have purchased certificates belonging to other transmigrants who are no longer at the transmigration site or have returned to their home areas, find it difficult to transfer rights to the land at the National Land Agency Office in Sorong Regency, and to provide legal certainty between the subject of rights and land objects, registration of land rights transfer is carried out based on court decisions with legal force remain. The purpose of this study is to determine the obstacles that occur in the transfer of land rights based on court decisions with permanent legal force, the method used is an empirical legal research method. This research uses a statute approach and a case approach which is carried out by examining all laws and regulations related to this research. Land registration law in Indonesia only guarantees legal certainty over physical and juridical data recorded in certificates as evidence of property rights, while court decisions with permanent legal force (inkrahct van gewijsde) are only material evidence or confirm the party entitled to the land object.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURES AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED INDUSTRIAL GOODS FIRMS IN NIGERIA

2023-06-24T16:06:04+00:00

This study examined the effect of environmental protection expenditures on the financial performance of industrial goods firms in Nigeria. Firms financial performance was measured with return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS). Data were sourced from the annual reports and sustainability reports of the selected industrial goods firms for periods of 2011 to 2020. Data for environmental protection expenses (EPE) were obtained through a content analysis approach while data for ROA and ROE were computed with the accounting figures derived from the firms’ annual reports. Panel Regression analysis was employed in analyzing the data collected. Results from the analysis revealed that EPE exerted negative but insignificant effect on ROA and EPS while on the other hand EPE exerted positive but insignificant effect on ROE. The implication of the findings is that the level of environmental protection expenditure practices and disclosures of industrial goods firms in Nigeria is poor and has not significantly supported the firms’ performance. The study recommends among other things that corporate firms in general and industrial good firms in particular should take the issue of environmental information disclosures serious, so as to enhance the confidence of the public on the operations of the firms, which will consequently translate to better performance of the firms; and that the legislative arm of the government should tighten the legislation on environmental information disclosures of corporate entities in Nigeria by making it compulsory with specific indices.

Black Emasculated Patriarchy

2022-12-13T10:50:33+00:00

This article posits that the shift from industrial capitalism to postindustrial capitalism in the West has led to what Mocombe deems emasculated and feminine patriarchy, the assumption of patriarchal norms by the state, its ideological apparatuses, queers, and women (given the feminization and queerification of the postindustrial workplace) from individual men whose masculinity is no longer associated with being producer and provider as it was under industrial capitalism; instead, they have been interpellated and embourgeoised, like their female counterparts, to define their masculinity as sensitive entrepreneurs, consumers, and or service workers. Black men in this social structure are, paradoxically, emasculated and hyper-masculinized. The former, given their poverty and under-education in the postindustrial social structure they are unable to assume the service-worker, consumer, and entrepreneur emasculated identity required to recursively organize and reproduce their being-in-the-world; the latter, the entertainment industry and athletic domain have become the spheres they are relegated to where their hyper-masculinity is overemphasized as means to the emasculated identity.

Techno-Economic Analysis on the Production of 100,000 Metric Tonnes of Bio-Diesel from Neem Oil via a Transesterification Process

2023-08-22T16:12:43+00:00

The biodiesel industry has been rapidly expanding in recent years due to the need for a sustainable and renewable source of energy. Fatty-acid methyl esters (FAME) can be produced from a variety of feedstocks, including plant oils, animal fats, pyrolysis oil and waste cooking oil. One such feedstock is Neem oil, derived from the Neem tree. Neem oil has several advantages as a biodiesel feedstock, including its availability, low cost, and high oil content. This research provides a comprehensive techno-economic evaluation of the process design for 1000 metric tonne per annum biodiesel synthesis from Neem oil implemented on Aspen HYSYS V11.0. The process design includes the removal of oil from neem seeds, the transesterification of the oil to produce biodiesel, and the purification of the biodiesel. For this paper, we used MATLAB, version R2021a, a commercial optimization software suite, to optimize the process on MATLAB Optimization Toolbox. When the molar ratio is optimized (minimized) to 4.0001, the highest yield of biodiesel is determined to be 62.58%. The economic analysis includes the capital and operating costs of the process, as well as the revenue generated from the sale of biodiesel. Capital and operating expenses, as well as revenue from biodiesel sales, are all factored into the economic analysis of the process design. The total equipment, investment cost, and annual revenue are found to be $ 592,325.00, $ 31,849,313.94, and $ 95,000,000.00 respectively. This design is highly profitable, with a payback time of 0.34 years.

A, Treatment with Rosemarinus officinalis leaves and Saussurea lappa roots extracts ameliorate hepatorenal and cardiac cisplatin toxicity in Ehrlich ascitic-bearing mice

2022-12-07T12:22:48+00:00

Abstract

Medicinal plants have important role in cancer treatments and protect the vital organs from the adverse effect of chemotherapy treatments. This study was conducted to investigate the ameliorating effects of Rosemarinus officinalis leaves (ROLE) and Saussurea lappa roots (SLRE) extracts along with cisplatin (Cis) on hepato-renal and cardiac-toxicities induced in Ehrlich-bearing mice. Forty female Swiss albino mice were divided into 4 groups (n=10) as follows; the first group (Gp1) was served as control. Gp2-Gp4 were inoculated with 1 x 10⁶ EAC-cells/mouse. Gp2 was left without any treatment as EAC-bearing mice, and Gp3 had injected with Cis (2 mg/Kg) starting from day 3 to day7. Gp4 had injected with Cis as in Gp3, and then administered with ROLE/ SLRE from day 3 to day 13. At day 14, blood samples were collected and heart tissue homogenate was prepared for biochemical analysis. Serum hepatic enzymes; alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ɤ-glutamyltransferase (ɤ GGT), bilirubin, creatinine and urea levels were significantly increased in EAC-bearing mice, however, the treatment of EAC-bearing mice with Cis/ROLE/SLRE decreased the mentioned biochemical parameters. The contents of troponin (TnI) and creatine-phosphokinase (CPK) in the heart tissue of EAC-bearing mice were also increased; however, the treatment with Cis/ROLE/SLRE exhibited a marked ameliorative effect on both Tn1 and CPK. These results suggested that administration of ROLE/SLRE along with Cis mitigated the toxicity in EAC-bearing mice

IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (2004 – 2022)

2023-01-16T15:26:36+00:00

Arguments against and in favor of the impact monetary policy of Central Bank of Nigeria have on economic growth in Nigeria is inconclusive with mixed outcomes. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of monetary policy on the economic growth in Nigeria between 2004 and 2022. The study employed ex-post facto design with time series data covering the period of 19 years. Econometric technique of Auto-regressive distributed lag was used to analyzed the study data. Findings of the study revealed that the entire explanatory variables in the study namely; MPR, MS, and LNR at level equation and period of lag one were statistically significant. In terms of the magnitude, finding of the study revealed that the ARDL coefficients of MPR, MS and LNR are 1861.613, 5.091207 and -3778.871. This suggests that both MPR and MS have positive impact on economic growth while LNR has negative impact on economic growth. More so, one percent increase in MPR and MS leads to approximately, 186,161 and 509 percent increase in economic growth. In the same vein, one percent increase in LNR will effect -3778 percent decrease in economic growth. As manifested from the findings of this study, the following recommendations are suggested: that monetary policy authority should ensure that status quo should be maintained on both MPR and MS while adjustment should be made on lending rate (LNR) by reducing the rate to encourage investors to borrow for the purpose of investment and subsequently, economic growth.

Blended Learning Practices Based on The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

2023-09-04T08:35:05+00:00

Nowadays, teaching emphasizes "student-centered" and returns the learning autonomy to students, and improve students' multiple intelligences in an enriched and effective classroom. The emergence and fast development of the blended learning with digital technologies have made a great breakthrough in the teaching methodology. This study suggests some blended learning practices in and outside of the classroom on encouraging teachers to utilize digital platforms and social media in their teaching, and help to improve multiple intelligences for their students. Based on the practices in blended learning, this study also reveals that under the guidance of the theory of multiple intelligences, teaching with digital technology and tools can help to develop students' diversified intelligences, and make the learning experiences more effective.

Evaluation of Hydrologic Data for Irrigation System Design: A Case Study

2023-08-19T18:30:56+00:00

The scope and the efficient operation of an irrigation system, depends on systematic collection, collation, and analysis of the hydrological/meteorological data of the project area. Relying on existing rainfall records, the peak rainfall, mean rainfall, rainfall frequency and effective monthly rainfall were established. Atayi stream discharge characteristic curve was used to determine the stream stage-discharge relationship while the instantaneous rate of discharge of the stream was determined using float. The generated data were plotted on hydrographs to obtain 2.64m³/s. The high-level volume discharge and the low-level flow per annum were found to be 29.08m³ and 18.33m³ respectively. For the crop evapotranspiration, the Penman open water evaporation was deployed using climatic data for Igwu scheme as collected by Umudike Research Institute, Umuahia to obtain 1871 mm per annum compared to 2200mm by Piche or Pan evaporation. The site hydrologic data collected and analyzed supports the adequacy of basic hydrologic factors for irrigated paddy rice cultivation in the study area.