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Communication and Effective Utilization of Human Resource in Tertiary Institutions
This paper examined communication and effective utilization of human resource in tertiary institutions. A research question was posed to guide the study and a hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance. The sample randomly selected consists of 1376 academic and senior non – academic staff of tertiary institutions. Communication and Effective Human Resource Utilization Questionnaire (CAEHRUQ) was the main instrument employed in obtaining data. The means, percentage method and 2 – test were the statistical tools used to answer the research questions and test the hypothesis. The findings showed that from the perspectives of both academic and senior non – academic staff effective communication flow between management employees is important for the overall success and promotion of mutual co-operation , keep channels of communication open in the institutions, creases productivity, as well as improves staff human relations and enhances effective utilization of human resource in tertiary institutions. Recommendations were proposed that there should be adequate feedback to the various elements in the tertiary institutions to employees on their performance, faculties and departments on their achievements to top management regarding achievement of target and the difficulties encountered. This will improve teaching and learning in tertiary institutions
Can eccentric binary millisecond pulsars form by accretion induced collapse of white dwarfs?
Binary radio pulsars are generally believed to have been spun up to
millisecond periods (i.e. recycling) via mass accretion from their donor stars,
and they are the descendants of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. However,
some studies indicate that the formation of pulsars from the accretion-induced
collapse (AIC) of accreting white dwarfs (WDs) cannot be excluded. In this
work, we use a population synthesis code to examine if the AIC channel can
produce eccentric binary millisecond pulsars (BMSPs) in the Galaxy. Our
simulated results indicate that, only when the natal MSPs receive a relatively
strong kick (\ga100\rm km\,s^{-1}), can the AIC channel produce
eccentric () BMSPs in the Galaxy, most of which are accompanied by a
Helium star. Such a kick seems to be highly unlikely in the conventional AIC
process, hence the probability of forming eccentric BMSPs via the AIC channel
can be ruled out. Even if a high kick is allowed, the AIC channel cannot
produce eccentric BMSPs with an orbital period of \ga 20 days. Therefore, we
propose that the peculiar BMSP PSR J1903+0327 cannot be formed by the AIC
channel. However, the AIC evolutionary channel may produce some fraction of
isolated millisecond pulsars, and even sub-millisecond pulsars if they really
exist.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
The reliability of the AIC method in Cosmological Model Selection
The Akaike information criterion (AIC) has been used as a statistical
criterion to compare the appropriateness of different dark energy candidate
models underlying a particular data set. Under suitable conditions, the AIC is
an indirect estimate of the Kullback-Leibler divergence D(T//A) of a candidate
model A with respect to the truth T. Thus, a dark energy model with a smaller
AIC is ranked as a better model, since it has a smaller Kullback-Leibler
discrepancy with T. In this paper, we explore the impact of statistical errors
in estimating the AIC during model comparison. Using a parametric bootstrap
technique, we study the distribution of AIC differences between a set of
candidate models due to different realizations of noise in the data and show
that the shape and spread of this distribution can be quite varied. We also
study the rate of success of the AIC procedure for different values of a
threshold parameter popularly used in the literature. For plausible choices of
true dark energy models, our studies suggest that investigating such
distributions of AIC differences in addition to the threshold is useful in
correctly interpreting comparisons of dark energy models using the AIC
technique.Comment: Figures and further discussions of the results were added, and the
version matches the version published in MNRA
Computational information for the logistic map at the chaos threshold
We study the logistic map on the unit square at the
chaos threshold. By using the methods of symbolic dynamics, the information
content of an orbit of a dynamical system is defined as the Algorithmic
Information Content (AIC) of a symbolic sequence. We give results for the
behaviour of the AIC for the logistic map. Since the AIC is not a computable
function we use, as approximation of the AIC, a notion of information content
given by the length of the string after it has been compressed by a compression
algorithm, and in particular we introduce a new compression algorithm called
CASToRe. The information content is then used to characterise the chaotic
behaviour.Comment: 23 pages, 3 figures, changed conten
Gas turbulence modulation in a two-fluid model for gas-solid flows
Recent rapid progress in the theoretical and experimental study of turbulence modulation has led to greater understanding of the physics of particle-gas turbulence interactions. A new two-fluid model incorporating these advances for relatively dilute gas-solid flows containing high-inertia particles is established. The effect of aerodynamic forces upon the particulate stresses is considered in this kinetic theory-based model, and the influence of the particles on the turbulent gas is addressed: the work associated with drag forces contributes to the gas turbulent energy, and the space occupied by particles restricts the turbulent length scale. The interparticle length scale, which is usually ignored, has been incorporated into a new model for determining the turbulent length scale. This model also considers the transport effect on the turbulent length scale. Simulation results for fully developed steady flows in vertical pipes are compared with a wide range of published experimental data and, generally, good agreement is shown. This comprehensive and validated model accounts for many of the interphase interactions that have been shown to be important
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