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[Non-Conformist Heroine: The Assertive Female in Alobwed ‘Epie’s The Lady With A Beard ]]>
<![CDATA[Lum, Mary Louisa]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[Postcolonial discourse has, for the past decade, been a major area of focus for scholarship in the academia. The issues ofalterity, identity, subeltanism, violation, religion, and culture which find expression in post-colonial studies has been debated from multipleperspective by scholars representing different and varied interests. This suggest therefore that within the framework of Postcolonial studiesthe creation of meaning goes along with a vision that maintains that postcolonial societies are caught in complex situations that resist anysingle interpretation. These complexities are experienced both at the individual and the societal levels. The expectations, roles and theissues attached to gender; the assumptions, the constraints, and the benefits of defined gender binarism in postcolonial societies createavenues for the interpretation and the creation of meaning in a postcolonial text. The Lady With A Beard by Cameroonian novelist andscholar, Alowbwed ‘Epie, is one of such postcolonial texts that open-up new avenues of discourse on the question gender.]]>
<![CDATA[Dynamic Organicism and the Traditional Imagination in Alobwed’Epie the Lady With a Beard ]]>
<![CDATA[Ewane, George Ngide]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This paper sets out to examine the concept of dynamic organicism in the Bakossi traditional society as imaginatively revealedin Alobwed’Epie’s The Lady With A Beard. Dynamic organicism refers to an energetic and driving force instrumental in growth orchange; a universal literary phenomenon whereby the writer transcends the ordinary view of things, sees reality beyond the corporal frame ofexistence and through the imagination seeks an ideal and works towards changing the corrupt order of the universe by reinstating orderand moving it backwards to its natural state of felicity. The paper thus reads Alobwed ‘Epie’s The Lady With A Beard in the light ofromantic organicism. Emade suffers isolation because she realises that there exist reparations for her attempted breaking of the organicunit. Alobwed ‘Epie intimates that Emade’s ‘uppishness’ (sic) is the cause of her problems. It is only by reconciling with her communityand tradition that she will be able to live a peaceful life.]]>
<![CDATA[Clients’ Perception of the Reliability of Property Investment Valuation in Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Ayedun, C.A.]]>;
<![CDATA[Oloyede, S.A.]]>;
<![CDATA[Iroham, O.C.]]>;
<![CDATA[Oluwunmi, A.O.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The question of overvaluation and under valuation has been a subject of intense debate in the valuation industry for more thantwo decades now. However, the discussion started taking prominent position in Nigeria in the late 1990s. The effect of unreliablevaluation in any economy cannot just be over emphasised as valuation estimates given by valuer during valuation exercises are verygermane to the decision to be taking by clients seeking for the valuer’s advice. This paper set out to ascertain the perception of clients to thereliability of valuation figures emanating from Nigerian valuers. Twenty four commercial banks and fifty property companies wererandomly chosen sampled in Lagos State. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistic. The study revealed that clients wereof the opinion that valuation figures from Nigerian valuers were inaccurate and unreliable based on their experiences. The study concludedthat Nigerians valuers needed to be more thorough and painstaking in their valuation assignments so as to make valuation estimatesemanating from them more accurate and reliable.]]>
<![CDATA[Students’ Self-Perceived Multiple Intelligences and their Parents’ Education ]]>
<![CDATA[Shahzada, Gulap]]>;
<![CDATA[Ghazi, Safdar Rehman]]>;
<![CDATA[Khan, Habib Nawaz]]>;
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<![CDATA[Shah, Tahir]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study aimed at to investigate the relationship between parent’s education and students’ self perceived multiple intelligences.All Students of 1st years in district Bannu constituted population of the study. Using multistage random sampling 379 male and 335female all together 714 students were selected as a sample of the study. A significant correlation was found between Students’ self-perceivedverbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, musical intelligence and their parents’ education, and nonsignificant correlation was found betweenstudents’ self-perceived bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic intelligence and their parents’ education. There was anegative correlation between students’ self-perceived bodily/kinesthetic intelligence and their parents’ education. On the basis of the findingsit was recommended that children may be provided various opportunities so they may develop properly their multiple intelligences.Government may make such policies regarding education where education of every citizen is guaranteed.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effects of Classroom Interaction on Students’ Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level ]]>
<![CDATA[Hussain, Liaqat]]>;
<![CDATA[Jamil, Asif]]>;
<![CDATA[Ameen, Iqbal]]>;
<![CDATA[Bakhsh, Khuda]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This research study focused on investigating “The effects of classroom interaction on students’ academic achievement atsecondary school levelâ€. The main objective of the study was to see the students’ academic achievement with and without classroominteraction. The study was significant because it tells about the effects of classroom interaction at the secondary school level. The populationof the study was all the secondary level school students. 60 students studying in Class 9th of University WENSAM School and Collegewere taken as the sample of the study. The study was experimental, and pre-test, post-test were used for the collection of data. Theexperimental group was taught by the classroom interaction and the control group without classroom interaction method. Mean Standarddeviation, variance and the difference between means t-statistics were used for the analysis of data. The result showed that experimentalgroup performed significantly better than the control group on the post-test. It is recommended that teachers should adopt interactivelearning style in their classrooms because it actively engages students in the learning process. Teachers may be provided support so that theymay implement various interactive activities in the classrooms.]]>
<![CDATA[Effect of Word of Mouth on Consumer Buying Behavior ]]>
<![CDATA[Aslam, Saad]]>;
<![CDATA[Jadoon, Ehtisham]]>;
<![CDATA[Zaman, Khalid]]>;
<![CDATA[Gondal, Shehryar]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The objective of this study is to examine the negative and positive affect of word of mouth marketing on consumer buyingbehaviour. The study is based on primary data collected from one hundred households and university students from the area of Rawalpindiand Islamabad cities of Pakistan. The data is analyzed using the techniques of frequency distribution and ranking. The result reveals thatconsumers tend to rely on word of mouth for the purchase of everyday items as well as long-term goods. The people that seem to have aninfluence on the decision of the consumers the most are closed family, friends and acquaintances. Results further show that a bitterexperience of a product/place can create problems for the company as it is a major factor of negative word of mouth. Viral Marketing isgaining rapid popularity among consumers as it’s depicts in the results. Finally, a negative word of mouth travels faster than positivecomments.]]>
<![CDATA[The Legacy of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in the Field of Education ]]>
<![CDATA[Ali, Fayyaz]]>;
<![CDATA[Shahzada, Gulap]]>;
<![CDATA[Faqir, Khan]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[It is beyond any doubt that education has been the dire need of any society. Education is a life-long process. It continues fromthe cradle to the grave. It equips people with knowledge and skills to enable them to live a prosperous and happy life. Education serves assupra structure of a country. The development of country depends upon the standard and quality of education in the country. Education isa mean through which a man knows himself and his position and duties in this world. It helps individual in self-realization and is aprocess of exploring of individual’s potentiality and tries to enable the individual using his power in positive manner (Khalid, 1998). Thearrival of Syed Ahmad Khan on the India educational scene is perhaps the most outstanding event in the 19th century in the history ofMuslim education. This paper will analyze the views, educational philosophy and contribution of Sir Syed in the field of education and theout put of Aligarh Movement initiated by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.]]>
<![CDATA[Integrating Cooperative Learning into Organizational Behavior Lessons ]]>
<![CDATA[Tuan, Luu Trong]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study sought to investigate student diversities in terms of learning styles and academic competence, and the extent to whichstudents change as regards participation, interaction and achievement through Cooperative Learning activities embracing their diversities.77 first-year students from the two Organizational Behavior (OB) classes, one treated as the experimental group (EG) and the other asthe control group (CG), at the School of Business Administration of the International University (IU), a member university of VietnamNational University of Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCMC) were invited to participate in the study. The findings substantiated thatVietnamese learners are open to change and teachers should create effective activities for learners to immerse themselves in talkingcooperatively instead of talking individualistically in the classrooms.]]>
<![CDATA[Socio-Economic Factors as a Cause of Children Dropout at Primary Level ]]>
<![CDATA[Ghazi, Safdar Rehman]]>;
<![CDATA[Ali, Riasat]]>;
<![CDATA[Shahzad, Saqib]]>;
<![CDATA[Shahzada, Gulap]]>;
<![CDATA[Nawaz, Karim]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[Pakistan’s commitment to universal primary education by 2015 under EFA Framework appears elusive on currentperformance, as participation is low and drop-out rates continue to be high (Govt. of Pakistan, 2009). From the review of literature,social and economic factors were found as two main causes of children dropout; problem under study was to know about socio-economicfactors as a cause of children dropout at primary level. For the purpose, forty dropout children and their parents were interviewed usingstructured interview sheet of ten statements; five for social factors and five for economic factors. The collected data was tabulated, analyzedand interpreted in the light of the objectives of the study. Percentage was used to analyze the data as a statistical tool. Parents and childrenfrequency of responses with percentage on selected socio-economic factors was presented in tabular form. It was concluded that the parents’illiteracy and their consideration of education unfruitful for their children, their engagement in earnings, financial problems of the children,considering education as economic burden, engaging children in earning, and parents’ poor economic condition were the major areas whichcaused of their children dropout, and these areas provided sufficient basis for the recommendations of this study accordingly.]]>
<![CDATA[Develop the Enabling Environment for Innovative Entrepreneurship ]]>
<![CDATA[Dumi, Alba]]>;
<![CDATA[Maliqi, Gelina]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011 ]]>
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<![CDATA[E-Learning is gaining significant interest in distance education, including university and other. It also get a special importancein terms of exchanges of experiences between different institutions within and outside the country. Despite the distance people already havethe opportunity to learn from others, or used in any other time and place that they are. These advantages are powered by technologicaldevelopments, developments that require a generation as qualified to be adopted in time with the rapid technologicevolutions.The advantages of using e-learning are related to the degree of qualification of the generation which live in an era of rapid technologicalchange. Despite the rapid technological development in many countries there are benefits from the use of e-learning or there are benefits thatare not at levels as it’s required .E-learning will be consider as one of the new business that requires the implementation of a moderninfrastructure for the needs of customers .In determination of the needs customers there is always a question, which is necessary byenterprises in the e-learning to identify the application, create and determine its size.]]>
