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[Relative Effectiveness of Classroom Interaction Techniques on Senior Secondary Students’ Silence and Confusion in Government Classrooms in Port Harcourt Metropolis ]]>
<![CDATA[Onwioduokit, F.A.]]>;
<![CDATA[Chika, Oranu Philomena]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 4 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study sought to identify the relative effectiveness of classroom interaction techniques on senior secondarystudents’ silence and confusion in Government classroom in Port Harcourt Local Government, Rivers State, Nigeria. Tworesearch questions guided the study; two hypotheses were tested and analyzed using chi square statistics. The population ismade up of 580 students and six teachers. Students in SS1 and SS11 in three public schools constituted the sample. Fourclassrooms were used; two SS1 classes and two SS11 classes respectively. Three teachers taught SS1 classes and threeteachers taught SS11 classes using a techniques( Flanders, IRE, and Teaching Cycles). Twelve lessons were recorded on acassette, transcribed and coded. Flanders category was the observational instrument. Test- retest method was used to establishthe reliability of the instrument at 0.87 co- efficient. The result showed that students’ silence and confusion is not contingent onclass level. Silence and confusion are part of the continuum in every classroom. Re-conceptualizing silence and confusion in theclassrooms could go a long way in enhancing student participation and engagement.]]>
<![CDATA[Synchronized Multimedia on Motivation and Academic Performance of Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Nkweke, Obinna C]]>;
<![CDATA[Dirisu, Chimezie N.G]]>;
<![CDATA[Ndubuisi, Umesi]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 4 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[Multimedia [MM] materials and equipment are instructional materials which teachers and trainers use as alternativemeans of communication to transmit curriculum content to the learner. MM combines two or more different types of instructionalmaterials at the same time in a presentation. They have synchronization potentials and can be effectively used to facilitateteaching and learning process, arouse learners’ interest, support and reinforce students learning, influence better academicperformance in learners, aid mastery learning, among other things. This paper presents the results of research studies carriedout to determine the effect of synchronized MM use on motivation and academic performance of students in Biology. Pearsonproduct correlational analysis indicated lack of correlation between use of synchronize MM and students’ motivation while t-testindicates significant difference between biology students who were taught with synchronized MM (mean score, 51) and thecontrol group (mean score, 23). The control group who were taught the same Biology devoid of synchronized MM packageperformed poorly. We recommend that there is need for government to provide multimedia in secondary school and the biologyteachers to make transition to use modern MM devices and adopt different approaches for biology instruction and laboratoryactivities rather than the traditional or conventional talk-chalk method.]]>
<![CDATA[Integrating Self-Paced E-Learning with Conventional Classroom Learning in Nigeria Educational System ]]>
<![CDATA[Soyemi, J]]>;
<![CDATA[Ogunyinka, O. I]]>;
<![CDATA[Soyemi, O. B]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 4 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and its rapid growth are changing the way peopleuse, develop, process and disseminate information and instruction {technology}. There is no doubt that ICT use in the classroomincrease student’s motivation to learn, engage in learning and give independence in learning. Evidence shows that there is acorrelation between using ICT in schools and students academic achievement across a range of courses. Student arecomfortable and fulfilled in an ICT environment and using this as a bench mark, [integrating it with a self-paced student centeredlearning] in conjunction with the conventional classroom learning will go a long way to improve learning thereby increasingacademic performance of the students at large. This paper explores the potential of self-paced e-learning alongside withconventional classroom learning and the positive impact the integration of the two can have on student’s academic performancewhen incorporated into the Nigeria Educational system.]]>
<![CDATA[Legal Education and Human Rights in a Global Age ]]>
<![CDATA[Anumba, Florence N.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 4 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The development of the concept of justice is connected with the development of theories of law, jurisprudence andpolitics. But, in the beginning was the philosophy of the existence of man, the philosophy was the survival of the fittest. Then,no other right seemed to belong to man except that of the defence of his life. The Greek period and the emergence of civilsociety paved way for legal era. Various instruments of history brought nations under one umbrella, hence myriad of worldconferences on education have followed since the 50s, such that education has in the contemporary times become the mostcrucial asset of every society. On its part, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 stipulated the right of everycitizen of the world to education. A day like this, in 1990, a world conference on Education For All (EFA) was held in Jomtiem,Thailand. Contemporary societies acknowledge education as the key to acquiring the desired potentials necessary for individualwell-being and national development. Legal education mould character and serves as a veritable tool for social regulation. Thispaper dwells on the education based on law which encompasses the rights of citizens protected by law.]]>
<![CDATA[Political and Cultural Development in Albania Under Globalization Influences ]]>
<![CDATA[Dumi, Alba]]>;
<![CDATA[Rapushi, Bledar]]>;
<![CDATA[Kuka, Lidra]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 5 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The cultural development and Balkan universalism tries to arrive to an ideal of a borderless world of tolerance. Globalizationwill construct a unique culture identity that will represent the human gender. Another variant of this way of thinking is that Globalizationwill construct an environment in which culturally self-defining communities will coexist in an harmonious way. The Socio Evolutionism inBalkan countries approach of global transition (having Spencer, {Spencer ideas of globalization countries, year 2002} as its mainexponent and representative) occurred from mid nineteenth to mid twentieth century. During those times, socio evolutionism became theway in which human progress was normally conceptualized. Spencer ideas were not friendly with the concept of the State. This conceptis very wide when the Globalization is one impact that is now present for developing on Balkan areas. On matters of publicadministration, the Albania Government's strategy focused on addressing two inter-related sets of interventions: (a) strengthening publicfinancial management, including the management of both public expenditures and revenues; and (b) strengthening human resourcemanagement. The Albania Government worked with donors on the public financial management agenda by strengthening core publicfinancial management units (Ministry of Finance, Supreme Audit Institute, Procurement Directorate within the Office of the PrimeMinister) as well as the financial management units within each line agency (e.g., budget departments within line Ministries). On mattersrelating to public sector human resource management, the reform strategy envisaged addressing this issue in two major stages: civilservice reform and broader public sector human resource management reform. During the stage, the reforms aimed to create themanagerial and professional nucleus required to lead any serious efforts to improve the accountability and performance of publicinstitutions.]]>
<![CDATA[Globalization and Economic Welfare: The Presence of an Unfair Gap Between Skilled Workers ]]>
<![CDATA[Kondoh, Kenji]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 5 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[By focusing on the unfair gap between skilled workers of uniform quality, where unionized older workers are employedpermanently with higher wages, but younger workers fail to occupy permanent positions and are employed as uncertain temporary staffon lower wages, we investigate the effects of the two types of globalization caused by the increasing immigration of foreign unskilledworkers and trade liberalization. Under certain conditions, the immigration of unskilled workers might expand the income gap betweenthe two types of skilled workers, but it would have a positive effect on national welfare. Thus, with adequate income re-distributionpolicies by the government, immigration could be a welfare-improving policy. In contrast, although trade liberalization may reduce thewage gap between the two types of skilled workers, every worker may lose out, and the welfare-improving possibility of tradeliberalization may be relatively small. We also suggest that every worker may gain from an increase in the legal minimum wage.]]>
<![CDATA[Growth, FDI, Imports, and their Impact on Carbon Dioxide Emissions in GCC Countries: An Empirical Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Kari, Fatimah]]>;
<![CDATA[Saddam, Ahmed]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 5 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The Gulf Cooperation Council countries are among the top 25 countries in terms of their contribution to increasing the level ofcarbon dioxide emissions more than the average world. Furthermore, these countries emit from 45% to 50% of the total emissions ofArab countries, because of the significant role of extractive sectors, as major sources of income in these economies. This studyexamines the most important factors pertaining to the increasing carbon dioxide emissions in GCC countries over the period 1998-2008.In this paper, the research objective is to determine how much the FDI inflows, economic growth, and commodity imports influenced theincreasing level of emissions during the period of study, and which variable has most effect? For this purpose, an empirical model will beestimated in order to obtain the impact of the said variables of the six member countries – United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia,Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait. The model of carbon dioxide emissions as a function of FDI inflows, per capita GDP growth rate, andcommodity imports will be examined simultaneously within the panel data technique using ordinary least squares OLS.]]>
<![CDATA[Determinants of the Intention to Use Internet Banking ]]>
<![CDATA[Hacini, Ishaq]]>;
<![CDATA[Dahou, Khadra B.]]>;
<![CDATA[Bendiabdellah, Abdeslam]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 5 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The rapid development of internet and electronic business has stimulated the banking sector towards offering its services online.This paper examines the determinants of the individual’s intention to use internet banking. While there has been considerableresearch on the technology acceptance model (TAM) that predicts whether individuals will accept to use information system, theresearch variables are developed based on an extended ( TAM ), by incorporating two additional variables “ perceived trust “ and “perceived self-efficacyâ€.The data was collected from 332 persons in Algeria through questionnaire. The hypotheses were tested usingmultiple linear regression to determine the effect of the variables on the intention to use internet banking. The results revealed that “perceived usefulness “, perceived ease to use “ and “ perceived trust “ have positive significant effect, while “ perceived self-efficacy “have no effect on the Algerians’ intention to use internet banking. They revealed also that “perceived trust†has more influence on theintention to use internet banking than the other variables. A number of recommendations]]>
<![CDATA[Logistic as a Factor to Improve the Integrated Transport and Environmentally Acceptable ]]>
<![CDATA[Vyshka, Eli]]>;
<![CDATA[Hajderi, Asllan]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 5 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The work presented takes in consideration the impact of policies (master) to the state in management of existing infrastructureand the combination of types of transport with the aim of making the environmentally friendly transportation with the climate andresources. The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of transport modeling methodology and results provided to traffic. Thetool used for this project was the city of Tirana, calibrated according to the base year 2007. The model was developed for conductingregional transportation analysis. Material argues that spatial distribution of social networking in combination with the establishment ofhousing choices will be a major factor in increasing the distinct travel miles. The conceptual framework for the day-to-day dynamics isbased on the rhythmic patterns for the need of accumulation and their satisfaction through activities and long-terms projects. Model,through cargo transport (number of vehicles is expected to grow about 9 times) of data on population (which is expected to grow by57%), economic development and travel behavior predicts the development of traffic conditions in the future (which yields 37%higher). These projections are a tool to be used by planners to identify types of transport investments that will be more effective inreducing congestion, improving travel times, as well as meeting the objectives of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP).]]>
<![CDATA[The Lawmaker Role on Concentrations Control: An Analysis of Albanian Market ]]>
<![CDATA[Moçka, Ervis]]>;
<![CDATA[Mehilli, Terida]]>;
<![CDATA[Demo, Ervin]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 5 (2012): Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[This paper' search aims to illustrate: the effectiveness of the legislature on market regulation with objective the economicefficiency' and the context within the “Authority of Competition" implements competition policy. The lawmaker role' on Concentrationscontrol is illustrated through both theoretical and empirical methods of economics and law.The economic analysis shows that, theAlbanian market is a market of small size and there is a risk of the concentration of the market since the demand is limited and operateonly a limited number of companies. We realized that in matters of concentrations with the old Regulation. 4068 of 1989, Albanian lawprovided for only the prohibition of a concentration that creates or strengthens a dominant position, but didn't provided for the abuse thatoccur by this position, as provided by European legislation. In addition, the same regulation didn't give to the Competition Authority thepossibility to take account of technical progress, as the Community Law. In 2008, the Albanian authority, review the provisions of Lawno. 9121 of 28 July 2003 "On Protection of Competition" in order to meet requirements to European competition law under the Europeanintegration process. At the end, the results of the paper, on the effective' market situation in Albania, will be exposed according toeconomic analysis of law.]]>
