Palmyra Fiber as Additional Materials on Solid Concrete Brick of Aggregate
The use of waste as an additional material on the building work was increasingly actively developed, such as straw, styrofoam, bagasse, cow manure. The key drivers of the use of waste is the potential for waste is increasing, due to the depletion of non-renewable resources. Papyrus rod diameter 60 cm, length 30 meters, has a volume of 5,652m3 as well as the edges of the Rods that can be used for construction with a thickness of 3 cm has a volume 0,942m3, Pith and fiber volume content of the stem 4,71m3/rod, then in one rod, there are 2 to 3 bunches each fruit bunches yield as much as 20 to 30 items for one harvest, by weight of fruit fiber 101.2 gram / fruit, Fiber characteristics are round and smooth is expected to reduce cracks in solid concrete brick and also can reduce the use of sand. This study aims to determine the compressive strength of the composition of the additional material of Rods fiber content and Fiber of palmyra fruit with a percentage 3%, 6% and 9%, mixing ratio; 1 cement and 5 sand in the manufacture of solid concrete brick. Rods fiber content used the average Ø1,031mm with a tensile strength of single fiber 39,305N / cm and fruit fiber to an average value Ø0,40mm with a tensile strength of single fiber 33,691N / cm. Making test specimen with a length of 20cm, width 10cm and thick 8cm. The test results of compressive strength after 14 days with the lowest value at 3% of additional material combination of fiber content of 6% fiber stem and fruit by 70,384Kg/cm²with a water content of 15,254% In weight position 2,935Kg as well as the highest value on the combination of additional material 0% rods fiber content and 3% fruit fiber by 98,821Kg/cm² with a water content of 15,031% In weight position 3,058Kg. While N (without additional material) with a compressive strength below the average id 63,704Kg/cm2 with water content of 10,167 in weight position 3,072Kg. Research result of solid concrete brick with additional material of rods fiber content and palmyra fruit fiber was included on the type B70, the average value of the compressive strength of 78.57 Kg / cm² (SNI-03-1348-1989) with a water content of <25%.
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<![CDATA[Drugs Consumer Protection in a Global Age ]]>
<![CDATA[Csorba, Luiela-Magdalena]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The United States food and drug laws provide the highest level of consumer protection in the world. But, instead of thehuge number of legal measures taken by governments to eradicate this scourge, drugs consumer protection remains a fieldwhich still have a lot of unsolve problems, all around the world: in Europe, Asia, Afrika and so on.]]>
<![CDATA[Unemployment and Nigerian Economic Growth (1985-2009) ]]>
<![CDATA[Njoku, Asoluka C.]]>;
<![CDATA[Ihugba, Okezie A.]]>
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<![CDATA[It is an established economic reality that the size of the workforce directly impacts on a country’s GDP (growth). Notonly does the work force produce manufactured goods or services or agricultural produce in direct proportion, but also brings inits wake increasing purchasing power, which in turn, fuels economic growth. This paper looks at the relationship betweenunemployment and growth in Nigeria (1985-2009). One major findings of the study is that the economy grew by 55.5 percentbetween 1991 and 2006; and the population increased by 36.4 percent. All things been equal, this should have resulted to adecrease in the rate of unemployment but rather, unemployment increased by 74.8 percent. The study also found out that theaverage contribution of the oil sector to the GDP between 1991 and 2006 is 30.5 percent while agriculture that is the mainsource of gainful employment in the country contributed 36.7 percent just a difference of 6.1 percent from that of oil that employsless than 10 percent of the labour force. The study recommends that the agricultural sector as a medium of reducingunemployment in Nigeria should be harnessed and advises that Government and all relevant stakeholders continue in theirquest towards reducing unemployment, as well as give their support in ensuring that the agricultural sector is not downtroddenbut embraced in this task.]]>
<![CDATA[Steno-Entrepreneurship Skill Retrainings: A Veritable Tool as Emerging Reality in Quality Business Education for Developing Nation ]]>
<![CDATA[Ozuruoke, A. A]]>;
<![CDATA[Onwuchekwa, C.A]]>;
<![CDATA[Ogolo, F. I]]>;
<![CDATA[Eniang, O.U]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[This paper opines that entrepreneurship Skill be combined with Stenographic Skill to have a common name STENOENTREPRENEURfor quality education that inculcate two viable skills into one for Business Educators and be offered at regularworkshops at given intervals. This can keep the undertaker at a more advantageous position for effective role performance in adeveloping nation where unemployment is a societal problem as in Nigeria today. It agitates here as presented in a twelve slidespower point. It explains what is meant by steno- entrepreneurship and spelt out the qualities and functions expected of suchpersonnel. Motivating factors and strategies for inculcating such desired skill were fully presented. This paper further agitatesthat multinational companies, banks and financial houses which records have shown their high profit margin over others bemade to aid a developing nation like Nigeria to finance such steno- entrepreneurship skill acquisition programme. The paper alsoaffirmed that such resources can be tapped to enhance the teaching and learning quality education programmes in stenoentrepreneurshipskill as solution to challenges for effective and efficient education and for developing nations.]]>
<![CDATA[Climate Change: The Biggest Challenge in 21st Century ]]>
<![CDATA[Iqbal, Badar Alam]]>;
<![CDATA[Ghauri, Farha Naaz]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[Climate change is the biggest challenge for the mankind in the present century. The world is speeding towards aclimate catastrophe. Our foot is stuck on the accelerator and we are heading towards an abyss. It has far reaching effects,consequences and implication for entire globe in general and developing countries in particular. If sincere efforts are not madeon war footing, then the life would become hell on this planet. These days, seasons are changing, temperature is rising of bothearth and seawater and there is no end to it. The globe is entering in era wherein the environment would get intertwined in aspiral of decline and degradation affecting the availability and access to water, food, and energy in a big way. According to astudy, world over people would consume 10 per cent more water per year than nature could replenish. Increase in globalwarming has been melting glaciers and receding snowlines. Accordingly, seventy rivers have stopped flowing into the sea andas a result, aquifers are depleting. Our foot is stuck on the accelerator and we are heading towards an abyss. It has far reachingeffects, consequences and implication for entire globe in general and developing countries in particular. If sincere efforts are notmade on war footing, then the life would become hell on this planet. These days, seasons are changing, temperature is rising ofboth earth and seawater and there is no end to it. Hence, it is high time that globe as a whole must come forward to formulate acollective strategy for meeting or facing the biggest challenge of 21st century. Both developed and developing nations are sailingin the same boat. Both must take lesson from Japanese disaster. Hence, it is high time that globe as a whole must come forwardto formulate a collective strategy for meeting or facing the biggest challenge of 21st century.]]>
<![CDATA[Science Teaching and Learning: Qualitative and Functional Chemistry Education, Does Gender and Age Affect Academic Achievement ]]>
<![CDATA[Ejimaji, Emmanuel Uwiekadom]]>;
<![CDATA[Emekene, Clement Omanufoghor]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[One of the key points in Late President Yar’adua’s 7- point agenda is the accomplishment of qualitative and functionalEducation. This can be monitored through assessing academic achievement of students. Chemistry Education occupies acentral position to all disciplines. This study examined the correlates between age and gender on academic achievement(CGPA) of Chemistry students. The study used thirty six (36) females and forty (40) males giving a total of sample seventy eight(76). Scatter – plot, mean and standard deviation were used for the descriptive statistics while univariate analysis of variance(ANOVA) and multiple regression were used for inferential statistics. T-test was used to test the null hypothesis formulated(P<0.05). Result revealed a linear relationship between, age-CGPA and gender-CGPA.A low positive correlation coefficientswas obtained for ages and gender (r=0.006 and 0.105) which were not significant. The predictor variables jointly accounted for1.1% of the variance, age was the better predictor. The null hypothesis tested was accepted implying no significant difference inacademic achievements of students. It was suggested that some more variables be included so as to determine significantcorrelation of students’ academic achievement of Chemistry students.]]>
<![CDATA[Security Surveillance Architecture: The Wireless Mesh Network Approach ]]>
<![CDATA[Ogunyinka , O.I.]]>;
<![CDATA[Soyemi, J.]]>;
<![CDATA[Soyemi, O. B.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The state of security in the country had been created a lot of panic in many areas to the extent that individuals nowsend a lot to protect their lives and properties. This state had not justified to a large extent the huge amount the government hadspent, presently spending and had budgeted to spend in the present year on providing adequate security for her citizenry. Evenat the state level we hear and see several donations running into millions of naira made by state governors to the police forcejust to increase the level of security in the state. However, all these had been geared towards improving the physical capability ofthe police force and other security agents rather than improving the technological infrastructure through the use of InformationTechnology to create a nationwide video-surveillance security system. A Security Surveillance Architecture will be proposed inthis paper, and it is believed that it will go a long way in alleviating the security problems of our nation.]]>
<![CDATA[Challenges of Energy Saving Crisis as a Panacea to Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) ]]>
<![CDATA[Orie, Chukwulenwenwa John]]>;
<![CDATA[Nwatu, Queendalline Ijeoma]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[Modern HEVs make use of efficiency-improving technologies energy such as regenerative braking, which convertsthe vehicle's kinetic energy into battery-replenishing electric energy, rather than wasting it as heat energy as conventional brakesdo. Some varieties of HEVs use their internal combustion engine to generate electricity by spinning an electrical generator (thiscombination is known as a motor-generator), to either recharge their batteries or to directly power the electric drive motors. ManyHEVs reduce idle emissions by shutting down the ICE at idle and restarting it when needed; this is known as a start-stop system.A hybrid-electric produces less emissions from its ICE than a comparably-sized gasoline car, since an HEV's gasoline engine isusually smaller than a comparably-sized pure gasoline-burning vehicle (natural gas and propane fuels produce lower emissions)and if not used to directly drive the car, can be geared to run at maximum efficiency, further improving fuel economy.]]>
<![CDATA[Database Management (DBM) in a Changing Environment ]]>
<![CDATA[Olowu, ThankGod C.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The views of this paper expressed the management of the database system that enhances the importance usage ofcomputer network to ascertain the task. This describes a serious research to enabling profound solutions on the solvedkeywords. Universal Database is a relational database management system that supports a variety of client and server platformsand communications protocols. Database management is made up of several administration tools such as the control center andthe command center, which simplify the task of managing your environments and data. The basic elements used by universaldatabase objects, data integrity, system catalog tables, directories, storage objects, recovery objects, and configuration files.Database provides several system management facilities to help manage very large data-base and large networks. Thosefacilities includes being able to perform many administration management tasks while users are still connected to the database,allowing client code to be shared to simplify configuration, and a governor to assist you define how applications behave.Database management program files are physically stored in one location on a particular machine, and created instant pointback to the location, and can have several related database located within a single instance.]]>
<![CDATA[Links and Experience Between Institutions, Industries and Local Community ]]>
<![CDATA[Olanrele, Olanike Funmi]]>;
<![CDATA[Ronke, Awodoyin Iyabo]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The desire of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to emerge from her current position to a position of greater height withother developed countries prompted her to adopt education as an instrument per excellence for development. But due toenormous demand of educational institutions which exceed government budget allocation for educational sector, governmentsees it wise to involve the community and others in the establishment of schools. Federal republic of Nigeria through herNational Policy on Education (2004:22) state that ‘government welcomes the participation of voluntary agencies, communities,private individuals, and public organization in the establishment of schools…’ This formed the basis for this paper and thus itexamined historical background of knowledge industries; links between school and community; the conditions for successfultransfer between institutions industries and local community, and benefits to the institutions and community.]]>
<![CDATA[Malnutrition During Pregnancy Among Child Bearing Mothers in Mbaitolu of Imo State, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Opara, Jacinta A.]]>;
<![CDATA[Ebuoluwa, Adebola Helen]]>;
<![CDATA[Oguzor, Nkasiobi Silas]]>;
<![CDATA[Sodienye, A. Abere]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 6 (2011): November 2011 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study examines consequences of malnutrition during pregnancy among child bearing mothers in Mbaitolu LocalGovernment Area of Imo State, Nigeria. The study also identifies the cause of consequences among child bearing mothers. Thepopulation of the study comprised 200 child bearing mothers who registered with the Primary Health Centres. The wholepopulation was used as sample. Hence, there was no sampling technique used. A questionnaire was used for data collection.Data collected were analyzed applying frequency counts and mean statistic. Findings revealed that abortion and prematuredelivery can be as a result of malnutrition. The finding of the study also revealed that malnutrition in pregnancy result in offspringwith low birth weight and high risk of prenatal mortality. The study of the finding further showed that socio economic factors,cultural beliefs are some of the causes of malnutrition in pregnant mothers. Based on the findings the followingrecommendations were made. That adult educators, midwifes, medical doctors should assist in educating the child bearingmothers on how to eat balanced diet. This will help to reduce problems of malnutrition in childbearing mothers.]]>
