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[The Education Effects in Personal Finance Management ]]>
<![CDATA[Doda, Sanie]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This research tries to identify the importance of the education in the well-managment of the personal finances. To improve yourinputs, it means to start a way toward a financiar fredoom. This doesn’t mean obligatorly to have a luxiory life, but to adaptefficient supplies to achive a given confort, assuring a more successful future. The education is one of the more importantelements, which push the development of the country. This is one of the basic reasons, why one of the strategic goals it is theliberalization of the teaching\education. The education is a potential variable, which has a large impact to take personalfinanciar decisions and in the managerial capability of the money, where the whole society aims a high financial turn into theinvestment into the high school\universities. It exists an unique connection between the education and the education’s resultsand these results into personal finances and the economical welfare, in general.]]>
<![CDATA[Global Marketing of Agricultural and Mineral Products, Pre-Requisite for Africa’s Economic Development ]]>
<![CDATA[Ibidunni, O.S.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The study was on global marketing of agricultural and mineral products for economic development of African countries. Exportactivities of the fifty-three member countries of the Continent, with particular focus on the five North African countries makingup Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) were investigated. Relevant literatures, with theories, were explored to substantiate the study.Qualitative method of research was adopted using secondary data. Africa: intra-regional export trade statistics by countrieswere sourced; for 2006 to 2008. Measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis; and the relationship inbetweenthem were highlighted to bring out the required results needed from the study. Data were expressed in United State ofAmerica, (US$) billion dollars. Findings revealed that Africa was so endowed with abundant natural resources, expanse ofuncultivated fertile land, skilled and unskilled labour, water and unexplored mineral deposits. Products from agriculture andminerals are mostly for subsistence while the exportable ones are not being produced mechanically. It was recommended thatAfrica should move beyond international marketing as global marketing guarantees abundant production of quality products forexports, the regional economic communities should be united in their regional policies and programmes to foster specializationand optimal productivity of the representative country’s products.]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis of the Offences Committed by Youths in Selected Remand Homes in South West Nigeria, Implication for School Administrators ]]>
<![CDATA[Adegun, O. A.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study analysed the offences committed by youths who are in remand homes in the South West zone Prison arrangementin Nigeria and its implication for school administrators. The analyses are based on the type of offence, the seriousness thesociety attached to the prevalence of the offences and the causes of the offences. The South-West Prison arrangement forjuvenile offenders in Nigeria is made up of Ilorin as the headquarters and all the other remand homes in the six states of theSouth West. The prevalence of serious offences among the youths in the Nigerian society today appears to be embarrassingto parents and educators that solutions via researches are urgently needed. The sample for the study consisted of all theinmates in the remand homes in Akure (Ondo State), Abeokuta (Ogun State) and Ilorin (Kwara State). All inmates in theremand homes were selected because their number was few. The total number according to the inmates superintendent was100 and their ages spread between 10 to 18 years. The Expo-facto research design was used for the study. The researchinstrument were structured interview and a recording profoma which were applied to gather data using person to personcontact with researcher and inmate superintendent six research questions were raised for the study. Simple percentagescores, frequency counts, pictograms and charts was used to analyse the questions. The result from the descriptive analysesshowed that youths commit such offences as stealing, loitering around, burglary and violent behaviour among others. It wasdiscovered that stealing is the commonest offence committed by youths. Broken homes, poverty, peer influence and lack ofproper monitoring are the causes of these offences. It was recommended that youths should be well catered for and properlymonitored by the parents, teachers and the school. Schools should also make efforts to offer support programmes that cancater for the needs of youths in their custody. The school system should inculcate right, morals and valves in the young ones.]]>
<![CDATA[A Synopsis of Factors of Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents in Lagos, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Atubi, Augustus .O.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The purpose of this study is to examine the factors of injuries from road traffic accidents in Lagos State, Nigeria and to suggestpreventive and corrective safety measures towards reducing the traffic accidents in the study area. The reported number ofinjuries from road traffic accidents in the 20 Local Government Areas of Lagos State from 1970-2001 were compared using theAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA). The result showed that for the two factors, Local Government Areas and years, the f-calculatedof 21.34 and 9.77 respectively were higher than the f-tabular of 1.57 and 1.46 respectively at 0.05 level of significance. It thenimplies that the means for each of the factors, reported number of injuries across the 20 Local Government Areas in LagosState and across different years, 1970-2001, were significantly different. The result of the multiple regression analysis was0.61. This implies that the proportion of variation in the dependent variables (i.e. length of roads, presence of road safety corpsand population) was 61%. The F-ratio of 14.34 was higher than table value of 2.92 at 0.05 level of confidence. This shows thatat least one of the independent variable had significant influence on the dependent variable. Based on the findings,recommendations were proffered.]]>
<![CDATA[Constructivists’ Didactics in Teaching Technology Education in Ethiopian Technology Universty- Practices and Challenges (The Case of Adama Science and Technology University) ]]>
<![CDATA[Engdasew, Ziyn]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The present study has been intended to assess the applicability of didactics of constructivism in the instructional process oftechnology education and identifying the prominent constraints that hinder the implementation of constructivist didactics intechnological education classes. A descriptive survey research methodology was designed in order to attain the purpose.Simple random sampling and availability sampling techniques were utilized to select sample from the study site. Accordingly,42 teachers and 147 students were selected from four technology education departments. The data were collected throughquestionnaire and observations. The analysis of quantitative data was made by descriptive statistics like frequency counts,percentage, t-test, and Ch-squire test.The result of the study revealed that most of technology education instructors neitherundertake prior skill analysis nor attempted to integrate prior knowledge and skill lessons in their daily class lesson. Moreover,technology instructors are not enthusiastic to engage students to discover a new skill and apply in to practice. Diverse and goalfree evaluation techniques were not employed to assess the skill mastery level of students. Furthermore, the research hasshown that in availability of facilities, and diversity of student interest and lack of teachers training in modern techno- pedagogyfound to be the major challenges in the practicality of constructivist didactics in technology education. Thus, it can beconcluded that the major challenges in the utilisation of constructivist approach in teaching technology education are shortageof the required facilities and trainings. Therefore, it was recommended that the university should have to fulfil the requiredfacilities and design specific and peculiar professional development programmes in order to acquaint instructors with moderninstructional skills and techniques of technology education.]]>
<![CDATA[An Investigation of the Performance of Cooperative Thrift and Credit Societies In Financing Small-Scale Businesses in Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Aribaba, Foluso Olugbenga]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study investigated the performance of Cooperative Thrift and Credit Societies in financing small-scale businesses andidentified the problems confronting CTCS in providing finances to small-scale businesses. This was with a view to providinginformation on the role of CTCS in the development and growth of small-scale businesses.Primary data involving theadministration of questionnaire was utilized for the study. The instrument elicited information on the socio-demographicbackground of the cooperative leaders and small-scale entrepreneurs, the sources of funds to CTCS, sources of financeavailable to small-scale businesses and problems encountered by the CTCS in financing small-scale business. Data collectedwere analysed using descriptive statistics.The result of the study showed that CTCS has performed creditably well in providingfunds to small-scale businesses. On the problems facing the CTCS in financing small-scale businesses of its members:inadequate fund (69.2%) and poor loan recovery (52.5%) were identified as the recurrent, while economic downturn (25.0%);bad leadership (15.8%); misappropriation of small-scale business capital (12.5%); poor accounting system (8.3%) and poorstate of infrastructure (4.2%) are regarded as other problems facing the CTCS in financing small-scale businesses. The studyconcluded that in general, membership of CTCS by entrepreneurs had a positive impact on the growth and development ofsmall-scale businesses in Nigeria.]]>
<![CDATA[Fier By-Pass and its Role in the Socio-Economic Development of Fier Region ]]>
<![CDATA[Çinaj, Nevila]]>;
<![CDATA[Dhimitri, Jostina]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[During the last decade, a growth has been noticed in the investments for the improvement and transformation of the roadinfrastructure. The realization of these investments according to the National Plan for Transportation is carried to support thesocio-economic developments in the country. The main purpose of this plan is the growth of the efficiency of the transportationsector, which supports and prompts the growth of the other sectors in economy. The far-reaching plans aim to make a betteruse of the farming & cattle growth, especially of the development of a decent sector for the economy, the services sector. Thissector is of a far greater importance when it comes to the tourism and its diversity in the country. Various studies have shownthat transportation infrastructure doesn’t bring a new economic growth, but it simply pushes the redistribution of this growth thatwill happen somewhere else. This is the reason why the highways are designed for those areas where there is a potential foreconomic growth in the future. As a result, the truth is that the highway need is due to economic growth and not vice versa.Toverify this fact was considered the case of Fier By-pass, part of the north-south corridor (highway). Giving high consideration totime and space element, the working aims to show how this investment will affect the socio-economic development of the Fierregion. This analysis is also based on the weak socio-economic indexes of this region during the transition period. To draw theconclusions, the working project uses SOWT analysis. This shows briefly the advantages and disadvantages of Fieri By-passand what options and threats will be offered from this new transportation segment for Fieri region.]]>
<![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse as a Cause of Poor Academic Performance among Social Science Students of the University of Calabar, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Ukwayi, Joseph K.]]>;
<![CDATA[Lucy , Ambekeh U.]]>;
<![CDATA[Chibuzo, C. Uwanede]]>;
<![CDATA[Undelikwo, Veronica. A.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[Alcohol abuse cut-short the academic vision of colleges and universities and may undermine their aspiration of molding futurecitizens. In Nigeria, alcohol consumption has found its way among undergraduate students, who are normally seen in bars andrestaurants including other secluded areas some metres away from the school consuming alcohol. The study examined theeffects of alcohol abuse on the academic performance of Social Science Students of the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Datawas obtained through the administration of 120 copies of questionnaires to students of the faculty of Social Sciences ofUniversity of Calabar, Nigeria. The Participants were approached at their lecture rooms and popular hang-outs within thefaculty. Their ages ranged from 15 to 35 years and above. The result revealed that majority of the participants were within theage group of 15 – 35 years, which indeed is the age of risky behaviour characterized by substances use and abuse. For fun,stay wake (not to sleep during lectures and to read at night) and for courage (to be able to approach lecturers and make apublic address) were identified as the primary reasons for the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The study further indicatedthat alcohol abuse had significant influence on students’ academic performance (F = 70.115, p<0.01), and that a unit increasein alcohol abuse would result in 61% of social science students performing poorly in their examinations. The studyrecommends daily counseling as a way to reduce this phenomenon and improve students’ performance in tertiary institutions,as well as advising students to take alcohol lightly while in school.]]>
<![CDATA[Corruption as a Social Problem and its Implication on Nigerian Society: A Review of Anticorrupt Policies ]]>
<![CDATA[Bassey, Antigha Okon]]>;
<![CDATA[Abia, Raphael Pius]]>;
<![CDATA[Frank, Attah]]>;
<![CDATA[Bassey, Umo Antigha]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This paper examines corruption as one of the major social problems in Nigerian society. Though corruption in society isdiscussed generally, emphasis is placed on official corruption. The analysis was based on secondary data obtained from text,newspapers and archival materials. The scope of the paper covers; conceptual analysis, review of anti-corruption policies; acritique of corruption control efforts in Nigeria; prospect of eradicating corruption in Nigeria, recommendations and conclusion.This paper presents a critical analysis of government policies on corruption control, the effects of which are not felt by ordinaryNigerians, suffering from the consequences of corruption and the problems such policies faced. The paper provided possiblerecommendations for the elimination of corruption which include among others: professionalization of public service and theremoval of bureaucratic conditions which promotes corruption.]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis about Albanian Politics and Constitutional Changes of 2008 ]]>
<![CDATA[Zotaj, Elda]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013 ]]>
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<![CDATA[In some Eastern Europe ex-communist countries, the political transition is still an unfinished process. There are many reasonsand causes that have contributed to the unsuccessful set out and within the timeframes of this process. In this way oftransformation, institutional democratization and the establishment of independent institutions had result a real challenge forthese countries. In the context of the whole, Albania is a special case regarding the conflict of the political actors reflected thisin slowing the institutional processes of country democratization. The main purpose of this paper is to examine the impact ithas had the politics and political class in the direction of institutional democratization process and the creation of independentinstitutions. The main argument of this paper is that the political class of these 20 years of transition is not yet completely welldetached from the totalitarian party-state system legacy, which is reflected in the not yet realization of independent and solidinstitutions of the Albanian state.]]>
