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[Comparative Study of Data Mining and Statistical Learning Techniques for Prediction of Cancer Survivability ]]>
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<![CDATA[Pandya, Shardul]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[Huge efforts are being made by computer scientists and statisticians to design and implement algorithmsand techniques for efficient storage, management, processing, and analysis of biological databases. Thedata mining and statistical learning techniques are commonly used to discover consistent and usefulpatterns in a biological dataset. These techniques are used in a computational biology and bioinformaticsfields. Computational biology and bioinformatics seeks to solve biological problems by combining aspectsof biology, computer science, mathematics, and other disciplines (Adams, Matheson & Pruim, 2008). Themain focus of this study was to expand understanding of how biologists, medical practitioners andscientists would benefit from data mining and statistical learning techniques in prediction of breast cancersurvivability and prognosis using R statistical computing tool and Weka machine learning tool (freelyavailable open source software applications). Six data mining and statistical learning techniques wereapplied to breast cancer datasets for survival analysis. The results were mixed as to which algorithm is themost optimal model, and it appeared that the performance of each algorithm depends on the size, highdimensionality of data representation and cleanliness of the dataset.]]>
<![CDATA[Enhancing Quality Education in Nigerian Unity Schools Through Effective Supervision in a Changing Environment ]]>
<![CDATA[Briggs, Francis]]>
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<![CDATA[It is the desire for the Federal Ministry of Education to improve the quality of teaching and learning in theUnity Schools. Supervision (internal and external) is an important component for quality education. Thispaper discussed the strategies for enhancing effective supervision, such as good leaders occupying principalposition, effective communication and improved curriculum. It also stated the problem associated witheffective supervision in achieving quality, which includes inadequate provision of infrastructure (buildings,learning and teaching materials), irregular training and re-training for staff and students, supervisorsfinding fault in the supervisee, partial or non implementation of proffered solutions by the government.The paper equally highlighted the usefulness of supervision and also made suggestions on how supervisioncould be improved to enhance quality education in a changing environment.]]>
<![CDATA[Changes in the Structure of Educational System in the Function of Millennium Tendencies ]]>
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<![CDATA[Jovanović, Ksenija]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[Education in future implies a reconstruction in the education system. This practically meansimplementation of reform of the entire educational system and development of conception of thepermanent education accorded with social needs and changes. The presented work here is an integral partof a broader set up and realized preliminary project on „Redefinition of Education Structure of Republic ofSerbia“ forwarded to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia in 2010. The preliminary projectguided by Ph.D. Miroslav Kuкa and Ph.D. Vuкosava Zivкović was realized in the team work and incoordination of work of the central and regional working groups in Serbia and the surrounding countrieshaving 80 collaborators in total working on the project. Model of our structure of the education systemextends the period of compulsory education up to 10 years of age (till the first grade of high school which isthe same for all regarding the curriculum) and is based on differentiation of the education levels (frompreschool to high school) in cycles, which, on their part, are defined by aims and tasks. Short-term, middletermand long-term aims have been clearly defined and concise division of competence and the follow-upmethods of successfulness of its implementation has been made within the proposal of our model]]>
<![CDATA[Competency Strategies in Alleviating Poverty for Sustainable Development in the Teaching and Learning of Home Economics Education ]]>
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<![CDATA[Omoregbe, I.I]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study looked at poverty scenario in Edo State and how Home Economics graduate from theuniversities can use their competency to alleviate poverty for sustainable development. A self developedquestionnaire of 4 point instrument was used for data collection from150 respondents from 25 shops in 2zones i .e commercial and residential areas in Edo State. The data collected was subjected to frequencydistribution count and percentage rating analysis. The findings shows that majority of the home economicsgraduate from our universities exhibited low competencies of less than 15.0% in business managementfeasibility, business risk management, business finance management, and creativity ability in alleviatingpoverty in their chosen business ventures: the reasons being that they were all involved in buying andselling cake items for baking, interior decoration items, provision and toiletries among others. Findingsfurther revealed that all the studied respondents were highly constrained by lack of competency strategies;solutions were thus proffered and established for sustainable development.]]>
<![CDATA[Colonialism and Education: English Language Education in Sri Lanka ]]>
<![CDATA[Fernando, Marie Clare]]>
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<![CDATA[The English Language was introduced to Sri Lanka by the British colonial rulers at the beginning of the 19thcentury. Since then the existence of the people of Sri Lanka changed significantly together with the valuesand attitudes towards life. Independence gained in the 20th century did not have a speedy recovery on thedamages done to the thinking patterns of the people; making the languages people used as a wedge. Themuch debated ‘Sinhala Only’ policy in 1952 paved the way for the Sinhala educated mass to come to theadministrative strata of the country in the post colonial times. Yet, English was not dethroned; it enjoyedthe prestige it used to have. The intension of this paper is to discuss the efforts taken to remove the colonialmind set from the people of Sri Lanka while opening doors for globalization through English Languageeducation. The variety of English called Sri Lankan English emerged clandestinely; even the users of thisvariety of English were unaware of its existence. The new found identity can be the stepping stone inplacing English language at its right place, and acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary to competewith the global standards.]]>
<![CDATA[Effect of Self–Regulated Learning Strategies on Secondary School Students’ Performance in Home Economics Education ]]>
<![CDATA[Ihensekhien, Isoken]]>;
<![CDATA[Salami, L. I]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study investigated if using self-regulated learning strategies could promote students learningperformance in Home Economics. A quasi-experimental design was used to examine the effectiveness of ateaching intervention in achieving the goals of learning using experiment group (N = 51) and controlgroup (N = 54). A pre-test was administered to both groups to determine their entry characteristic; astandardized aptitude test was also administered to both groups to determine their intelligent quotient(I.Q).At the end of the treatment which lasted for eight weeks, a post-test was given to both groups, todetermine the effect of treatment. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The studyrevealed that the experimental group scored significantly higher on measures reflecting self-regulatedlearning process in their learning experience than the control group, (Mean= 28.80 experimental) (Mean =26.52 control). There was no significant difference in performance in academic ability of student with lowand high IQ exposed to self-regulated learning ( P = .336). The study revealed that there was a significanteffect of treatment (method) on students' achievement in Home Economics, with no significant difference inthe performance of students; The study thus recommended among others that teachers should encouragethe use of self-regulated learning method by student in studying Home Economics with better achievement.]]>
<![CDATA[Analysis of the Frequency of Academic Staff and Students` Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ]]>
<![CDATA[Mbaba, A.E.]]>;
<![CDATA[Shema, I.M.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The paper analyze the frequency of academic staff and students use of information and communicationtechnology {Ict} in Katsina State College of Education, it explore the ability of staff and students incomputer application 114academic staff and 1995 students were engaged in the study. A survey researchdesign was used; the data collected was analyzed using percentage to present the responses. 4 point Likertscalewas used, while a mean of 2.50 was adopted to determine the higher and lower participation in theuse of ICT and ability in computer application. The finding show that the use of ICT in the College is high[m=2.78 higher than m=2.50]. The study also indicated that the academic staff are more competent in theuse of wide range of computer applications than students [m=3.08and 2.56 respectively] the study revealsthat the staff and students actually engaged in the use of ICT almost on a daily basis for both schoollearning and individual use. The researchers therefore recommend that this study should be carried out inall the tertiary institutions in Nigeria to clarify the uncertainty of the frequency of ICT use in Nigeriaschools.]]>
<![CDATA[Handling Perishable Food Stuff for Quality Assurance and its Effect on Quality and Price a Study of Yanlemo Market, Kumbotso L.G.A of Kano State ]]>
<![CDATA[Lawan, Hadiza]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[The purpose of this research work is to find out how perishable food stuffs are handled in Yanlemo marketand its effect on quality and price of commodity. Questionnaires were administered to 50 randomlysampled traders about handling of perishable stuff during transportation, cleanliness, display, storage, howit affects quality and price and the problems associated with the its handling. The study revealed that thereis little or no knowledge on proper handling since 75% of the respondents are within the range of nonformal to O’level of education. More than 75% displayed their items outside shops which attract dust, air,sunlight, flies and other climatic conditions. While they realized that quality of their item is the main factorthat stimulate customers and that poor handling depreciate the value of the item, 40% of the respondentssuggested that for effective quality assurance in the business of perishable items cooperative efforts of 40%and Government role of 30% should be involved.]]>
<![CDATA[Schools’ Records: A Deficiency Analysis of English Language Exercises in Public Schools ]]>
<![CDATA[Gladday, Ataisi Emiya]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[This paper examines students’ records of English language exercises in public schools in Rivers State,Nigeria. Students’ record shows classroom practices or interaction between teachers and students as itrelates to the implementation of the national policy on education. Students and teachers in publicsecondary school constitute the population of this study. Data for the study was got through contentanalysis of 30 English language notes from 30 students in five secondary schools in Rivers State. Structuredinterview was also used to elicit data from 15 English language teachers and 72 students in publicsecondary schools to corroborate the students’ record. Simple frequency and percentage are used for dataanalysis. Based on the findings, the paper reveals amongst others that students’ lacks as a result of thequality of language instruction is majorly responsible for students’ proneness to examination malpracticesand mass failure in English language in NECO and WAEC. The paper recommends the provision of anoptimal learning environment for language learning as well as the use of a good supervisory technique toensure instructional quality in language arts in public schools in Rivers State.]]>
<![CDATA[Girl-Child Education: A Challenge for Sustainable Development in Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Atama, Grace C.]]>
<![CDATA[ Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 14 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue ]]>
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<![CDATA[Girl-child education is crucial for sustainable development. When you educate the woman, you educate anation. Children look up more to their mothers as role models than to their fathers and it is true thatwomen have primary influence on their children. Therefore, uneducated women are likely to bring uppoorly mannered or uneducated children. Communities that do not give adequate attention to educate thegirl-child are usually characterized with mass illiterates, ill equipped to deal with life situations aroundthem as their knowledge will be very limited thereby working against sustainable development. It is, anestablished fact that behind every successful man, there is a woman who should also have some attainedlevel of education. This paper therefore sees the girl-child education very important for attainingsustainable development. The paper begins with an introductory highlight, the concepts of the girl-child,and education were briefly discussed, the importance/benefit of girl-child education were examined. Thechallenges and strategies for improvement were forwarded and conclusion given.]]>
