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Mass Media and Health Communication Messages: Implications for Rural Development in the 21st Century Nigeria Aondowase, Saawuan; Udoudom, Uduak I.; Pam, Christiana
International Journal of Education, Management, and Technology Vol 1 No 1 (2023): International Journal of Education, Management, and Technology
Publisher : Darul Yasin Al Sys

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58578/ijemt.v1i1.1885

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This paper explores the role of mass media in health communication campaigns for rural development in the 21st century Nigeria. Mass media have been found to be critical components of Nigeria’s rural development because of their role in disseminating health communication messages with the aim of empowering and improving the health knowledge and skills as well as changing health behaviours of rural dwellers to improve their living conditions. The paper meticulously pinpoints the contributions of mass media in health communication; identified some select health communication programmes that succeeded in Nigeria courtesy of mass media amplification role as well as explored the challenges of mass media channels in rural health communication efforts. The paper is anchored on the agenda setting theory. The paper concluded that mass media are catalysts to rural development in Nigeria. The study recommended that communication should be the priority of government and development programme designers because of the pivotal role it plays in combating ignorance and misinformation in public health issues in Nigeria.
Short-Term Forecasting of Electricity Consumption Using Fuzzy Logic Rizaldi, Amri M; Ridwan, Ahmad; Anisa, Yuan; Salam, Rudi; Intyanto, Gramandha Wega; Cotfas, Daniel T; Cuong, Vo Hung; Udoudom, Uduak I.
Journal of Renewable Energy, Electrical, and Computer Engineering Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): September 2023
Publisher : Institute for Research and Community Service (LPPM), Universitas Malikussaleh, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29103/jreece.v3i2.11281

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The high demand for electricity in the production process at PT Semen Padang requires a system that can cope with various kinds of disturbances. The problem is that the need for electrical loads is dynamic, especially in the short term, allowing fluctuations between electrical loads at uncertain times. A short-term electric energy consumption forecasting method is needed to determine load growth and distributed power supply. This research aims to use a fuzzy logic algorithm to perform short-term electrical energy consumption forecasting and compare the forecasting results with the actual load at PT Semen Padang. The results showed that short-term load forecasting for seven days using the fuzzy Mamdani method, namely Smallest of Maximum (SoM), obtained a percentage MAPE value of 8.15%. Meanwhile, the Weight of Average (WoA) Sugeno defuzzification method gets a portion of the MAPE value of 9.51%. The Sugeno method is more accurate than the Mamdani method in short-term electricity load forecasting for PPI Indarung V PT Semen Padang. If based on the time category, then forecasting the electricity load on holidays is better than predicting on weekdays. However, when viewed in terms of per day, in Wednesday has the smallest average MAPE value of 5.05%.