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[Use of Mobile Technologies in Tourism: Natural Health Resorts Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Brumen, Boštjan]]>;
<![CDATA[Planinc, Peter]]>;
<![CDATA[Å pindler, Tomi]]>;
<![CDATA[Gorenak, Mitja]]>;
<![CDATA[Štuhec, Tanja Lešnik]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2020-0036
<![CDATA[Mobile technologies have drastically changed the way people do everyday activities. Tasks previously reserved for desktop environments have moved to mobile devices, and nowadays, half of the internet traffic is stemming from mobile devices. The tourism industry is no exempt from the shift from desktop to mobile. In our research, we check to what extent natural health resorts have adapted and integrated mobile solutions to their websites. We collected data about the friendliness of selected websites using automated online tools and carried out a heuristic evaluation. The results were statistically analyzed and compared. Only roughly half of natural health resorts have optimized their websites for mobile devices. There are no statistically significant differences when comparing purely technical aspects. However, an in-depth heuristic evaluation has shown that some web sites are significantly more mobile-friendly than others and offer better technical conditions for enhanced user experience. Our study is the first technical and contentual evaluation of website mobile devices' friendliness in the natural health resort sector. It warns management, their marketing consultants, and web site developers about the opportunities they are missing by not supporting mobile users sufficiently. Further, it outlines deficiencies and provides suggestions and instructions for optimizing websites to enhance user-friendliness on mobile devices.]]>
<![CDATA[Covid-19: A Reason behind Digital Education in Pakistan ]]>
<![CDATA[Akram, Madieha]]>;
<![CDATA[Anjum, Faiza]]>;
<![CDATA[Batool, Zahira]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2020-0037
<![CDATA[Covid-19 is new virus that is spreading rapidly in all over the world. It is a communicable disease. World Health Organization announced social distancing to control the spread of that virus. All institutions are closed in Pakistan. Education was also effecting with this shutdown. A number of educational institutions have started digital education. Education is an important institution of socialization. Traditional education is not possible because of Covid-19. Digital education is taking its place according to the situation. An online survey was conducted to understand the acceptance level of online education in Lahore, Pakistan. A number of 240 students who were attending online classes solved the questionnaire. A software “Statistical package of social sciences†was used to see the distribution of the respondents. A statistical analysis showed that majority of the respondents is accepting online education according to the condition. It is suggested that Government should spread awareness regarding online education to make it more successful because it is the need of the time.]]>
<![CDATA[PT Pelindo Marine Service: An Alternative Strategy for Maintenance of the Indonesian Navy’s Warships ]]>
<![CDATA[Sarjito, Aris]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2020-0038
<![CDATA[The sea defense strategy, and concepts related to maritime strategy, relating to the overall strategy for achieving victory at sea. In securing the sea, the navy is very dependent on the main weapons system, especially warships. The Indonesian Navy in carrying out its duties rests on the strength of the IFWS (Integrated Fleet Weapons System): Warship, Aircraft, Marines, and Base. The four components of the IFWS are always maintained in combat readiness. One of the ship maintenance facilities in Surabaya that has the potential to be able to carry out maintenance of Navy ships is PT Pelindo Marine Service in Surabaya. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach. Logistics management theory and SWOT analysis are used by researchers as an analysis tool. The results of this study are the logistics management of PT PMS has ability to maintain Navy ships to support sea defense. Constraints faced by PT PMS include: (1) High sedimentation; (2) Inlet flow is crowded, narrow and shallow; and (4) Small dock capacity. The strategies developed by PT PMS to overcome obstacles in the maintenance of the navy’s ships: (1) Implement efficiency in HR, methods, budgets, and infrastructure to maximize profits; (2) Cooperation with similar companies; (3) Investing: dredging, increasing the capacity of the dockyard, and firefighting equipment, and damage control (controlling losses) so it does not get worse than expected.]]>
<![CDATA[Academic Staff Perception of the Extent of Politicizing Administration of Universities: Implications for National Development ]]>
<![CDATA[Edet, Aniefiok Oswald]]>;
<![CDATA[Asuquo, Michael Ekpenyong]]>;
<![CDATA[Okon, James Ekpenyong]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2020-0039
<![CDATA[The aim of this study was to examine academic staff perception of the extent of politicizing administration of universities: Implications for National Development. The study adopted survey research design. The study was guided by two research questions and two research hypotheses. The population of the study was made up of all academic staff in the University of Calabar and Cross River University of Technology, all in Cross River State, Nigeria. Out of the sample size of 430 academic staff used for the study, 250 were males while 180 were females. The instrument for data collection was entitled: “Academic Staff Perception of the Extent of Politicizing Administration of Universities Questionnaire (ASPEPAUQ).†Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions. While independent t-test was used to test the two hypotheses formulated for the study. From the result of the study, academic staff members were positive in their perception of the extent of politicizing administration of universities. Male and female academic staff did not differ significantly in their rating of the extent of politicizing administration of universities. It was also found that provision of adequate funds, provision of adequate facilities, proper management of available resources, discouragement of ethnicity and improvement in staff physical/social environment were rated as the vital roles of universities administrators in the administration of universities for national development. It was concluded that due process in practice should be maintained and improved upon by the respective universities administrators to ensure equity and for national development to abound.]]>
<![CDATA[The Determinants of Well-Being During a Time of Economic Growth: The Case of Selected European Union Member States ]]>
<![CDATA[Debono, Nathaniel]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The primary aim of this study is to analyse any changes in the role of well-being determinants which may have occurred over a period of economic growth in the European Union. To this end, this study revolves around testing the hypothesis that non-income determinants of well-being, such as attendance to religious events and involvement in sports, amass greater importance during a period of economic growth, potentially at the expense of income. This hypothesis is tested using the latest two European Quality of Life Surveys, published by Eurofound for 2011 and 2016. Using microdata only from the ten European countries whose real GDP per capita increased by at least ten per cent between the two waves of the survey, a well-being function is specified for each year, based on well-known findings from the well-being literature. Given the ordered nature of the dependent variable, an ordered logit model is employed and interpreted in terms of average marginal effects. Among other results, findings point towards a decline in the importance of income and greater roles for housing quality and frequent participation in sports and in religious activities during this period of economic growth. These findings should inform and guide policy makers in putting in place policies to facilitate well-being improvements in the European Union and beyond.]]>
<![CDATA[Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Possess a Motivation of Favouritism towards Advantaged Groups? ]]>
<![CDATA[AkdoÄŸan, Nuri]]>;
<![CDATA[Alparslan, Kenan]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2020-0041
<![CDATA[There are several studies suggesting that disadvantaged groups display positive attitudes towards advantaged groups. System Justification Theorists have conceptualised that attitudes as out-group favouritism, whereas Social Identity Theorists have described it as the attitude of members identifying with the advantaged group, reflecting in-group favouritism. As the level of participants’ identification with both groups is not measured in those studies, it is not clear enough which theory they support. This study, conducted with 145 people living in Turkey and define themselves as Kurdish, aims to examine the attitudes of the participants towards the disadvantaged Kurdish in-group and the advantaged Turkish out-group in terms of the participant’s level of identification with both groups and the identity management strategies (individual mobility, social competition, superordinate re-categorisation) followed by the participants. For this purpose, the participants dividing into three clusters depending on their level of identification with both groups were compared in terms of their intergroup attitudes and the strategies they followed. The results indicated that the participants who identified with the Turkish group on a higher level had favouritism towards Turks and followed the individual mobility and superordinate re-categorisation strategies. On the other hand, the participants who identified with the Kurdish group on a higher level had favouritism towards Kurds and followed the social competition strategy. These results support Social Identity Theory, suggesting that disadvantaged group members’ positive attitudes towards advantaged groups reflect in-group favouritism, not out-group favouritism. This is because they identify themselves through advantaged groups as a result of certain strategies.]]>
<![CDATA[Effect of Child Labour on Children’s Education in Katsina State, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Abdu, A.]]>;
<![CDATA[Rabiu, I.]]>;
<![CDATA[Usman, A. L.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[Child Labour has become devilishly ubiquitous with negative implications on Nigerian child’s development. Unfortunately, most researches concentrated on child labour issues at national level while little exists in literature at state level particularly Katsina. The study investigated effect of child labour on children’s education in Katsina State using descriptive survey design. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 216 child labourers from three senatorial districts of Katsina States. Structured interview schedule was used to collect data on respondents’ socio-economic characteristics, involvement in child labour, causes and effect. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analysing data. Level of child labour in the State was high. Poverty, lack of uniform, books and problem of transportation fare were push factors. Majority perceived effect of child labour on education to be unfavourable. Being too fatigued for school work and to read, constrained enrolment in school, inability to recall learned experience and dropped out, lack of appraisal ability and disruption of school attendance were major effects. Significant correlation existed between level of involvement in child labour, causes and perceived effects on education. Family type and mother’s occupation showed significant relationship with effect. Causes of child labour involvement were major determinants of effect. Result provided support to show that level of child labour involvement was worrisomely high. Total free and compulsory primary and secondary education in the state should be taken serious and sanctions mated to parents who may attempt to deny their children schooling opportunity.]]>
<![CDATA[Population Control and Family Life Education in South-South, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Ushie, Doris Emmanuel]]>;
<![CDATA[Edinyang, Sunday David]]>;
<![CDATA[Igwe, Austin Robert]]>;
<![CDATA[Ukam, Joy Anthony]]>;
<![CDATA[Ejoh, Abigail Ojong]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2020-0043
<![CDATA[The purpose of this paper was to explore the importance of family life education in South-South Nigeria as regards population growth. An initiative has delved into the philosophical conceptions of schooling and the population in family life. It also presents an overview of the positive effects of education in family life. Today, population growth in South-South Nigeria presents many problems, including; poverty and unemployment. The paper accounts for ways in which family life education will play a significant role in improving the population's management. Finally, the article suggests that Growth and Development in adolescence is an integral component of family life education. Strengthened educational efforts should be undertaken in areas such as self-understanding, guardian relationships, jobs, obligations, feelings, stress management, dating, romance, maturity development, and enhancements to sexuality.]]>
<![CDATA[Factor Analysis of Social Support for Hepatitis-C Patients in Punjab ]]>
<![CDATA[Manj, Yasir Nawaz]]>;
<![CDATA[Sher, Falak]]>;
<![CDATA[Rehman, Amjid]]>;
<![CDATA[Khalid, Qaisar]]>;
<![CDATA[Sohail, Malik Muhammad]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This exploratory study aimed to highlight the significance of social support for hepatic patients to cope with their ailments. For this purpose, the study developed and tested social support model for hepatitis C patients. The researchers used quantitative research design to conduct this study. A cross sectional survey was conducted in five district headquarters hospitals of the Punjab. Total 500 hepatic patients were interviewed in the hospitals. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that there were three constructs of social support namely; need for social support, available social support and instrumental social support. According to the results, hepatic patients felt that they need social support in order to cope with outcomes of this disease. The study suggested that socio-emotional care must be considered while treating hepatitis-C patients. Such care helped them to cope with the challenges faced by them during the treatment of this disease.]]>
<![CDATA[Study and Development of the Process of Converting the Postal Jacket to Deteriorate for Apply to Products ]]>
<![CDATA[Poti, Teerapong]]>;
<![CDATA[Seviset, Somchai]]>;
<![CDATA[Ekawutwongsa, Songwut]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to evaluate the conversion of deteriorated postal jacket materials into an applied product. Postal jackets are used by the Thailand Post Co., Ltd, and can be converted into a solid sheet material. In this study, a conceptual framework was used to design a product, enlisting senior experts in materials and production to evaluate 3 design drafts to create a suitable prototype. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and summarize the obtained data. The results found that an office furniture set design, utilizing the design concept of a flying envelope, a symbol (brand) and a horizon, was deemed a unique decoration for the office of Thailand Post Co., Ltd. This product design had the highest overall suitability ( = 4.71, S.D.= 0.21), with user and executive satisfaction rating the designs aesthetics highest ( = 4.31, S.D. =0.76), followed by structure, function, and identity, respectively.]]>
