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%.
Articles
76 Documents
Search results for
, issue
"Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012"
:
76 Documents
clear
<![CDATA[A Sociological Analysis of the Space of Popular Music Production in Iran ]]>
<![CDATA[Samim, Reza]]>;
<![CDATA[Ghasemi, Vahid]]>;
<![CDATA[Fatemi, Sasan]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[Different research and theoretical approaches have been adopted in the study of the space of music production. In thepresent study, which relies on the ethnographic/sociological research approach in the study of cultural producers, because of theimpossibility of conducting a structural research on the space of popular music production in Iran due to lack of reliable statistics on thespace of production, We have tried to analyze this space with the aid of a sociological conceptualization at a micro level, using the datacollected from two interviews with the official and unofficial producers of popular music in Tehran. In order to collect qualitative data toanswer the question as to whether the action among the producers of popular music in Iran, as the main constructors of the space ofmusic production, is an ideological action, the focus group technique has been used. The data was collected through five sessions ofdiscussion with two eight-member groups, and was analyzed using the reflective analysis method. The data analysis shows that sincethe producers of the discussed genres, as the actors of this space, are ideological, the space of production of popular music in Iran is acontroversial space where no hybrid of cognitive music is possible. From the viewpoint of the authors of the present article the hybrid ofcognitive music seems to be the only way to overcome the cultural dismorphy existing in the space of music production in Iran.]]>
<![CDATA[Students’ Perception of the Relative Causes of Human Trafficking In Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Oluniyi, Oyeleke]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[The problem of human trafficking is a social problem among youth in some parts of Nigeria and many factors have beenadduced as the probable causes. The paper seeks to validate some of the proposed causes. A survey design using ex-post factomethod was employed to carry out the study. A cross section of six hundred undergraduate students randomly selected from threeuniversities in southwestern Nigeria was used as the study sample. A self-constructed, validated questionnaire was administered andanlysed using simple percentage to determine the relative causes and degree of effect of each of the causes identified.]]>
<![CDATA[Genetic Diversity Among Puntius Sophore Complex Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism ]]>
<![CDATA[Balaraj, Smitha]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of genomic DNA was employed to characterize species ofPuntius sophore complex, a benthopelagic freshwater fish species. Samples of five species of Puntius viz, Puntius sophore, Puntiusamphibius, Puntius chola, Puntius bimaculatus and Puntius dorsalis from the east flowing Tamiraparani and Kuzhithurai and west flowingTamiraparani river basins (Western Ghats) were analyzed. The restriction enzyme employed (Hind III) generated species-specific DNApatterns for each of the five species. DNA exhibited considerable polymorphism among species. All samples showed relatively highvalues of diversity. The relation between species is discussed.]]>
<![CDATA[A Communicative Approach to Meaning Discrimination in Bilingual Passive Dictionaries ]]>
<![CDATA[Gharaei, Zohreh]]>;
<![CDATA[Moinzadeh, Ahmad]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[Advances made in the area of linguistics and lexicography have affected the way bilingual dictionaries are perceived. Bilingualdictionaries, as important devices in intercultural and interlingual communications, are not regarded as mere reference tools containing alist of items with their corresponding translation equivalents. Nowadays, the role of the user in lexicographic communication has beenhighlighted and every decision made in the process of dictionary making is based on the purpose the dictionary is going to serve and theintended users' needs and expectations. The present article aims at studying the issue of sense discrimination in bilingual passivedictionaries from a communicative perspective. In so doing, meaning discrimination and its importance is discussed. Then, the factorsinfluencing the application of meaning discrimination strategies are introduced. In addition to equivalent relation which is a factor alreadydiscussed by the scholars of the field, part of speech is introduced by the researchers as the second factor contributing to meaningdiscrimination. It is concluded that the entries having more complicated equivalent relations need more meaning discriminatorystrategies. Besides, verbs, due to the role they have in comprehension and due to their polysemous nature, call for more meaningdiscriminatory strategies.]]>
<![CDATA[Translation of Movie Titles from English into Persian: Strategies and Effects ]]>
<![CDATA[Lotfollahi, Bahareh]]>;
<![CDATA[Moinzadeh, Ahmad]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[Movies are one of the most popular and influential mass media in the world. Movie titles are the inseparable parts of themovies. Translation of movie titles is a demanding job which needs much effort. Iran has long been a market for western movies whichare rapidly being translated from English into persian. It seems that translation of movie titles from English into persian has not receivedmuch attention. Therefore, the present study made an attempt to investigate the translation of Hollywood movie titles of 2010 fromEnglish into Persian in order to analyze the kind of translation strategies and procedures which were used and to show how thesestrategies changed the effect each title creates. It was shown that the most frequently used translation strategies were literal translationand transliteration which could change the effect of the main titles.]]>
<![CDATA[Impact of Rocky Topography on Settlement Pattern and Housing Development in Idanre, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Omole, F.K]]>;
<![CDATA[Owoeye, J.O]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[The pattern of development of urban land-use in relation to topography varies from rural to urban. What distinguishes Idanrecommunity from other Yoruba settlements is the rocky topographical nature that surrounds and abounds within the community. In thispaper, the effect of rock outcrops that surround the community and the effects on its development were investigated. The studyemployed both historical and descriptive analysis to gather relevant data about the origin and locational structure of the town. Therewere 3,620 existing buildings in the area according to the building demographic survey carried out. The seven quarters in the town weresub-divided into twenty-two sectors from which 10.0% of the total buildings in all the sectors were picked as sample size forquestionnaire administration. Our findings in the study show both positive and negative impacts that the rocky topography has on thecommunity. The essential aspect of the discoveries were some viable potentials and topographical features of the town which need to beadequately harnessed and made used off for the benefit of the community and the state at large.]]>
<![CDATA[Brian Moore’s Fergus: A Baudrillardian Reading ]]>
<![CDATA[Salehnia, Atefeh]]>;
<![CDATA[Pirnajmuddin, Hossein]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[Postmodern literature is founded upon the assumption that the symbolic order of the pre-capitalist era has been transformedby mass media and information technologies into a society inundated with decontextualized signs. Fragmentation of authentic meanings,eclipse of real objects by ‘hyperreality’ and dissolution of subjectivity, identity and religion are grounded, according to Jean Baudrillard, inthe contemporary ‘semiurgic’ culture. The present paper aims at examining the applicability of Baudrillard’s ideas concerning thedominant cultural atmosphere in the postmodern era to Brian Moore’s Fergus (1970). In Moore’s novel a consumerist society isdelineated in which the infinitely reproduced objects and commodities threaten the individuality and identity of modern man. Besides, thenovel depicts a world in which the ‘auratic’ value of art, human relations and religion are replaced by their simulated counterparts.]]>
<![CDATA[Performance of Rental Values of Residential Properties in Selected areas in Akure, Nigeria between 2001 and 2011 ]]>
<![CDATA[Amietsenwu, Bello Victoria]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[The paper examined changes in rental values of residential properties in two neighbourhoods (Oke – Ijebu and Apatapiti) inAkure from 2001 to 2011. The intent is to provide a measure of the performance of this sector in the past years. Questionnaires wereadministered on 14 registered Estate Surveyors and Valuers practicing in Akure out of which 11 were returned and good for analysis.The returned questionnaires were analysed using the Trend Analysis and regression model for the computation of growth rate. Thefindings indicated that rental value of 3 Bedroom flat and tenement accommodation have been on the increase since 2001 to 2011especially with Apatapiti neighbourhood having higher rental values than Oke – Ijebu. The result also showed the growth rates of 3bedroom flat and tenement accommodation in Oke Ijebu to be 38.44% and 43.07% respectively as against 23.15% and 34.98% for 3bedroom and tenement accommodation in Apatapiti area. It is therefore, recommended that the federal government should build morehostels in the Federal University of Technology Akure which is close to Apatapiti one of the study areas. This gesture will help to lessenthe burden on accommodation especially in Apatapiti thereby, reducing the undue advantage taken by landlords in increasing rents.]]>
<![CDATA[Gibran’s Opus The Prophet: Valuable Lessons for Better Life ]]>
<![CDATA[Hassan, Abul Mobrur Mohammad Hamed]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[The Lebanese American Writer Khalil/Kahlil Gibran, who contributed to both Arabic and American literature was a literaryartist, philosopher, theologian, painter, sculptor and visual artist. His masterpiece, The Prophet, was acclaimed worldwide. Having beentranslated in more than twenty languages the book quenched the thirst for knowledge of millions of the knowledge seekers of the world.This book composed of 26 poetic essays was first published in 1923. This, the author's magnum opus, became especially popular duringthe 1960s with the American counterculture and New Age movements. Since it, The Prophet has never been out of print and remainsworld-renowned to this day.The book was the bestselling book of the twentieth century in the United States, second only to the Bible. Histhought provoking sayings in this outstanding piece of literature make us think about our life afresh. He strove to resolve cultural andhuman conflict transcending the barriers of East and West as few have done before. He became not only Gibran of Lebanon, but Gibranof America, indeed Gibran the voice of global consciousness: a voice which increasingly demands to be heard in the continuing Age ofAnxiety. This article draws a short biographical sketch of Gibran, deals with some inherent quality of the writings of Gibran andelucidates a few poetic essays of The Prophet so that the readers can have a glimpse of the great writer Kahlil Gibran.]]>
<![CDATA[Identification of Health and Safety Performance Improvement Indicators for Small and Medium Construction Enterprises: A Delphi Consensus Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Agumba, Justus N.]]>;
<![CDATA[Haupt, Theo C.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Richtmann Publishing ]]>
Show Abstract
|
Download Original
|
Original Source
|
Check in Google Scholar
<![CDATA[This study sought to identify and validate a comprehensive set of health and safety (H&S) leading indicator metrics that willenable small and medium construction enterprises (SMEs) personnel to monitor the level of H&S performance in their projects. TheDelphi approach was used where the opinion of H&S experts, academics and industry practitioners were canvassed on 64 potentialindicator metrics, categorized in 10 elements or leading indicators that will enable H&S performance improvement e.g. reduction inaccidents, injuries, diseases but to name a few. The experts rated each indicator metric on a 10-point Likert scale of impact, where 1= nomajor impact or 10% impact and 10 = major impact or 100% impact. Consensus was reached on 32 indicator metrics after foursuccessive rounds of Delphi if the indicators attracted final scores of, percentage median impact of 90% to 100% which is 9.00 to 10.00median rating and over 50% of respondents rating the indicator metrics in the band of 9.00 to 10.00 or 90% to 100% impact to improveH&S performance. The experts had the opportunity to reconsider their scores informed by the group median score in rounds 2, 3 and 4.The limitation of the study was the reliance of a structured questionnaire in the first round as experts were not allowed to add any newindicators, until the fourth round. This study contributes to the H&S body of knowledge where no consensus has been reached pertainingto the indicator metrics that have major impact to improve H&S performance at project level of construction SMEs in South Africa.]]>
