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Palmyra Fiber as Additional Materials on Solid Concrete Brick of Aggregate
Published by Universitas Nusa Cendana
ISSN : 20399340     EISSN : 20392117     DOI : 10.36941/mjss
Core Subject : Economy, Science, Engineering,
Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Economics, Econometrics & Finance Materials Science & Nanotechnology
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%.
Arjuna Subject : Teknik (semua kategori) - Bangunan dan Konstruksi
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Opportunities and Barriers to Disabled Students in Higher Education: An Explorative Study of Visually Impaired Students of Aligarh Muslim University India Abdullah; Abdul Waheed
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023): January 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0008

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The aims of the present study to investigates the opportunities and barriers that visually impaired students face in higher education at Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.). For this study, 20 students, including 15 (75%) males and 5 (25%) females, were interviewed based on the availability of visually impaired students. The result of this study reveals that the visually impaired students experienced three major types of barriers in the university, i.e., barriers in infrastructural accessibilities, barriers in accessing study materials, and in classroom learning. Received: 17 October 2022 / Accepted: 30 December 2022 / Published: 5 January 2023
A Study on the Elasticity of Time in a Perceived Polychronic Culture Kenneth Amoah; Esther Gyamfi; Ronald Osei Mensah
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): March 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0009

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This study sought to measure polychronicity in the Ghanaian public sector. A qualitative approach was applied to the data collection. An improved polychronic attitude scale was used as the overall measure of monochronic/polychronic tendencies. This scale had been developed, tested and modified for the management setting to be utilized in measuring departmental or organizational polychronicity. A convenience selection of 30 participants from the Takoradi Technical University was done, and those selected were interviewed, using a semi-structured interview guide. Creswell and Poth’s (2018) Analysis Spiral Plan used was to handle the data, and the findings showed a disposition towards monochronic behavior. There was evidence of generally positive results when the impact of the polychronicity of the participants was evaluated, although participants exhibiting monochronic tendencies benefited the most. All the participants, irrespective of their polychronicity inclination, demonstrated that their time use preference helped them get work done. Again, their communication context aided them to achieve their communication objective. Also, the managements of public sector organizations, knowing the monochronic tendencies of their administators should strategize and implement policies such as polychronic superiors being tolerant with their surbordinates who are likely to be monochronic in their approach to work. In addtition, the institution should device and adopt a means of communication which is low context in nature to correspond with the monochronic tendencies of the workers. Received: 25 November 2022 / Accepted: 30 December 2022 / Published: 6 March 2023
The Impact of District Assembly Common Fund on Socio-Economic Activities in the New Juaben Municipality Bismark Okrah; Ronald Osei Mensah; Charles Quansah
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): March 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0010

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This paper's value is in determining how the district assembly common money affects socioeconomic activity in NJM. The study, which focused on five thematic areas—instruction, health, poverty eradication, social facilities, and infrastructural development—obtained quantitative and qualitative data using questionnaires, interview guides, and observation. The sample size was thirty-two (32) and included every member of the NJM Assembly. According to the report, society has benefited from a number of advancements in the areas of health care delivery, poverty reduction, social amenities, and infrastructure development. Researchers suggest, based on their findings, that a program be funded by DACF with the goal of cooperating with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to create a rural environment that is conducive to agricultural development. Last but not least, the management of the fund should be governed by tight rules. The impoverished should be the objective, not the wealthy. Received: 11 December 2022 / Accepted: 21 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023
Understanding the Public Sphere and Women’s Question in Colonial Assam: A Study in its Initial Phases Sonali Borah; Pallabi Hazarika
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): March 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0011

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Before the advent of the British, the public sphere did not evolve much in India to channelizing the grievances and thoughts of the masses at large. Any discussion related to the state, administration, or any area was confined mostly to the royal court. All the Hindu and Muslim rulers considered themselves supreme and they never sought public opinion. The rational public discussion and places such as coffee houses and salons as suggested by the Habermas as in Western Europe were almost extinct here. As far as the Assam was concerned the growth of almost 170 years of Assamese print media is also linked with the rise of sub-regional nationalism. Most of the public debates were taking place in the print media. So, print media have become an important aspect of the public sphere. The periodicals, starting from Orunudoi onwards had been publishing important topics of society, and women issues were continuously being discussed there. So, analysing the 19th century is important to understand the questions that started on women’s behalf to improve their position in the society. Received: 5 January 2023 / Accepted: 28 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023
Sexual Assault and Trauma as Reflected in Amadu Maddy’s “No Past No Present No Future” and Zakes Mda’s “The Madonna of Excelsior” Abera Kassaw; Melakneh Mengistu
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): March 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0012

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Violence such as rape has been and continues to be the major problem in Africa. It is because defective family dynamic, sexualized racism, rape myths, patriarchal dominance, low legal system response to victims’ cases etc. often exert ever more significant obstacles in bringing a paradigm shift in people’s understanding towards victim reaction to sexual assault. Thus, it is vital to create a more trauma informed society and legal system in order to reduce the rate of sexual assault and to develop more effective criminal justice system responses to sexual assault cases. To this end, literary texts can play a paramount role since it can be used as a signpost to display victims’ reaction to sexual assault. Therefore, the main objective of this article was to undertake a critical examination of the traumatic impacts of sexual assault reflected in Amadu’s Novel “No Past No Present No Future” and Mda’s novel “The Madonna of Excelsior”, hoping to send signals to researchers to see the immense contribution which literary works can have to bring a paradigm shift in people’s understanding towards the drastic emotional, and psychological damages of rape. A trauma theory dominantly informed by Freud, and Van der Kolk and Greenberg was applied to analyze and discuss the causes of sexual assault and its resultant impact towards the victim characters in the novels under study. The study findings revealed that betrayal and negative heterosexual encounters as the causes of trauma and eventual PTSD in Amadu’s novel: “No Past No Present No Future”. In addition, the study has also found that homosexuality has been presented as the haven for the traumatized character to come at peace with his present condition leaving his traumatic experience behind. On the other hand, sexualized racism, racial injustice, and poverty caused sexual victimization of the major character in the Mda’s novel “The Madonna of Excelsior”. In addition, the study also found that rape exposed the victim character to experience trauma, which was very hard to bear, and its impact cut through the victim character’s life with emotional and psychological scars left behind. Furthermore, the study revealed that the victim character became prone to having flashback to memories which is a strong sign that PTSD develops in the novel “The Madonna of Excelsior”. Based on these findings, using literary texts which specifically focus on the consequences of sexual assault to educate society about victims’ reaction to rape is inexorably advisable and researchers in psychology can hopefully use the implications in this study to explore further the role of literature in reducing violence including rape and creating a health community life. Received: 8 January 2023 / Accepted: 19 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023
The EU as an Actor of Normative Power in the Western Balkans After 2018: The Case of Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia Klodiana Beshku
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): March 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0013

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This article aims to examine the capacity of the European Union (EU) to continue to promote its normative power through the implementation of its Enlargement policy in the region of the Western Balkans. First, it examines the EU strategy towards the Western Balkans regarding its Enlargement Policy and the repercussion on the Western Balkans' perception of the European Union, which here is used as one of the denominators for the EU as a normative power. Then, using the Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia cases, the article determines whether the EU continues to be considered a normative factor in the Western Balkans. Finally, it explores how the more inclusive Enlargement Policy followed by a harshened Conditionality has affected the future of the Western Balkans Region in the EU. Furthermore, this analysis sheds light on how the EU’s strategic vision has altered regarding the Region of the WB and how this vision meets the WB's expectations. Following such an examination, both sides of the story are scrutinized in a comparative approach to establish if the EU remains a normative power for the Western Balkan countries, even after a long period of EU integration stagnation. Received: 26 January 2023 / Accepted: 28 February 2023 / Published: 06 March 2023
Putting Education Back at the Center: Some Reflections and Proposals on the Italian Situation Emanuela Susca
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023): May 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0014

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In this article, I address issues of inequality in Italy and, in particular, the role that education can play in fighting inequality. Moving beyond the nevertheless real problem of the scarcity of funds allocated by the Italian governments to education, I focus on the objectives that should inform spending criteria, thus emphasizing the importance of truly inclusive education, achievable through an ambitious path of comprehensive and incisive reforms. A country that does not excel in the civic sense and that for some scholars is even becoming less civilized, Italy should put education back at the center not only as a matter of social justice, but also to avert decline and improve the quality of its democratic coexistence. Received: 22 February 2023 / Accepted: 27 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023
Assessment of Community Participation in Heritage Management in Algeria: Case of Safeguarded Sectors (Analysis Through Legislation Documents) Sabiha Timhadjelt; Soumia Bouzaher; Sarra Kachef
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023): May 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0015

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Heritage management in Algeria is a process governed by legal texts that date from the end of the 20th century. In the light of the international issues at stake in community-based management, it appears essential that heritage management in Algeria should be directed to participatory approaches with a vision of socio-cultural development and sustainability. This paper aims to investigate and assess community participation in the legislation regulating heritage management, specifically safeguarded areas and their permanent plans for safeguarding and enhancing safeguarded areas (PPSMVSS).To achieve this, a documentary research was carried out on several laws and executive decrees since Algeria's independence until 1998, when the current law No. 98-04 was promulgated. The findings reveal that local actors such as associations and the local population are poorly involved in participation and decision-making. The management of safeguarded areas in Algeria is a government-led process in in which the main actors are the relevant government and its institutions. Received: 13 February 2023 / Accepted: 23 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023
Fiscal Policy Option for Abatement of Free Rider Society: The Role of Institutional Quality in Nigeria Silva Opuala Charles; Jonah O. Orji
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023): May 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0016

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The government revenue downward trend across the globe has a serious implication on provision of public good. And the consequences of free riding manifested by tax evasion impedes social progress. In this study, we examined the Fiscal Policy Option for Abatement of Free Rider Society: The Role of Institutional Quality with special focus on Nigerian economy. We deployed Quantile Regression Technique to assess the median impact of free-riding using government expenditure on economic and social services; comprised of: defense, health, road and construction, and education. Our finding shows that expenditure on defense reduces free riding when strategically managed but encourages free riding in the long run. Same result is shown with the government expenditure on health. Whereas, expenditure on education as well as road and construction discourages free riding. Also, the moderating role of institutional quality specifically, control of corruption decreases free riding and improve tax revenue generation. Growth of free riders in any society which comes in the form of tax evasion is effectively controlled by expenditure techniques of government guided by quality of institutions. The study recommended that: A special purpose vehicle from Federal Inland Revenue Service should be created as a ‘fiscal control unit’, to monitor electronic cash registers to be connected in hospitals, public schools and social services related departments in order to curb tax leakages due to free riders. Also, government should strengthen the campaign in favour of control of corruption as well as building strong institutions; rather than building strong private individuals who posed as sacred cow in punishment for tax evasion. Received: 29 February 2023 / Accepted: 23 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023
Knowledge on Sexual Reproductive Health and Risk Behaviours of Adolescents in Abeokuta South Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria Adijat Motunrayo Ariyo; Ojurabayo Motunrayo Sotayo; Temitayo Kofoworola Olurin; Oose Matthew; Tolu Eni-Olorunda; O. O Onabanjo
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023): May 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36941/mjss-2023-0017

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This study assessed sexual risk behaviour and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in Abeokuta South Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 411 adolescents for the study. Data were analyzed using mean, frequency counts, percentages, and chi-square test. The findings show that the source of information on sexual and reproductive health was the mother (90.0%) with majority of respondents having high knowledge on the discourse. Only few of the respondents (18.0%) had ever had sexual intercourse while majority (82.0%) never had sexual intercourse. Of the 18% who had ever had sex, 9% were willing while others were either coerced, forced, or tricked. The mean age of respondents and partners at first sexual intercourse was 15 and 16 years respectively. Sexual risk behaviours among adolescents having multiple sex partners (96.0%) and unprotected sex without condom (95.0%). Respondents have high knowledge on sexual and reproductive health (SRH). However, knowledge of SRH is not associated with respondents gender. There is a significant association (p<0.05) between respondents’ gender and their sexual risk behaviour (p=0.022). Adolescents engage in sexual risks behaviours despite their knowledge on SRH. The study has implication for policy. Received: 15 February 2023 / Accepted: 25 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023

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