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[Market Research Applicability Among Nigerian Estate Surveyors and Valuers in Project Appraisal ]]>
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<![CDATA[Otegbulu, A. C.]]>;
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<![CDATA[Osagie, J. U.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
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<![CDATA[An investigation into market research applicability among Estate surveyors and Valuers examined the competence with whichprofessionals carry out market research while on project appraisal. Structured questionnaires were analyzed using appropriate inferentialand descriptive statistical tools. The study revealed Estate Surveyors and Valuers carry out market research in feasibility studiesshabbily and without the required competence. The study also revealed that Estate Surveyors and Valuers spend little or no time incarrying out market research compared to the onerous task required in market research. This by implication obviously affects even themost viable investment decision. It recommended the need for the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers to providestandardized methodological framework within the context of project appraisal for market research and to actively play a supervisory roleto ensure Estate Surveyors and Valuers adhere to minimum practice standards.]]>
<![CDATA[Inter Religious Tolerance Among the People of Elbasan ]]>
<![CDATA[Çeçi, Nuredin]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
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<![CDATA[A special place in this article is given to the description of inter religious tolerance, as one of the most important cultural valuesamong Albanians. Also this article aims to highlight that complexity of factors, which with their actions have conditioned the birth andexistence of the religious tolerance; not only in the city of Elbasan but also in its surrounding areas. Furthermore this article aims to showthrough facts and their interpretation the main characteristics of such an environment, in comparison to other Albanian territories.]]>
<![CDATA[Analysis of Housing Condition and Neighbourhood Quality of Residential Core of Akure, Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Owoeye, J.O]]>;
<![CDATA[Omole, F.K]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The hearts of many cities in Nigeria are like island of poverty in seas of relative affluence, which does not require anyprofessional skill in environmental studies to note the difference between residential environment and the overall physical structure of thecentral parts of big cities and their suburbs. Well-designed and relatively well-maintained buildings in the suburbs and other parts ofthese cities are inhabited by the affluent, the middle-class and the privileged. But the cores are where the majority of the urbanites live,under sub-humane conditions in unkempt environments. However, the examination of some of the variables that determine urbanhousing and neighbourhood quality as it relates to the city of Akure is the major thrust of this paper. The study sampled fiveneighborhoods in the core of the city in order to examine the problems using questionnaire administration, housing demographic andfacility survey as well as physical observation as instruments for data collection. The results were analyzed with the aid of multiple linearregression models. It is observed from the research findings that poor housing system, lack of neighborhood facilities and insufficienthousehold services contribute 52.3% significant impacts to the poor quality of the environment in the city´s center. It is howeversuggested that extensive urban renewal programm in the form of provision of basic services be carried out in the area, which should besupported with improved sanitation strategies for sustainable management of the area.]]>
<![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 ]]>
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<![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 ]]>
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<![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 ]]>
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<![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 ]]>
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<![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 ]]>
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<![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 ]]>
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<![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 ]]>
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<![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.]]>
