Self-reported Psychosexual lifestyles of University Students in South-Western Nigeria: Implication for Professional Counselling

Human sexuality is generally described as the sum total of manner through which people experience and articulate their sexual sensation. It encompasses physiological make-up as well as socio-cultural, psychological and spiritual aspects of life.Considerable researches have been conducted on human sexuality among university students but this paper measures twelve psychosexual constructs among six hundred and eight university students (376 males and 232 females) randomly selected from three universities in South-western, Nigeria. Snell (1997) Multidimensional Sexuality Questionnaire (MSQ), consisting of 12 different psychological constructs related to sexual relationships was used to gather data. One research question and one research hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive statistics of frequency count, mean and t-test statistic were employed to analyze the data. The findings indicated that the participants reported higher mean score of 18.37 for psychosexual constructs of sexual esteem and the lowest mean rating of 10.76 for sexual depression,. Further analysis showed that there were no significant differences on sexual esteem and depression of the participants on gender basis. It is recommended that counsellors should broaden sexual recovery psychotherapeutic intervention programmes that will further enhance psychosexual lifestyles of university student

Potensi Mineral Kasiterit Indonesia sebagai Bahan Baku Pembuatan Senyawa Kimia Timah (Tin Chemical)

Indonesia mempunyai potensi mineral kasiterit yang cukup besar dan sampai saat ini belum dimanfaatkan secara maksimal. Kasiterit adalah mineral utama timah dengan rumus SnO2, berbentuk kristal dengan permukaan mengkilap sehingga tampak seperti batu perhiasan. Kasiterit merupakan mineral utama penghasil logam timah. Kasiterit di temukan dalam 2 jenis lapisan yaitu lapisan atau retakan di batuan granit atau batuan disekitarnya dan lapisan sedimen aluvial bersama-sama dengan mineral berat lainnya dalam bentuk pasir. Sifat fisik dan kimia dari kasiterit pada berbagai Negara akan berbeda tergantung ditemukannya kasiterit tersebut. Indonesia memiliki cadangan kasiterit berlimpah yang banyak ditemukan pada dataran dan sepanjang aliran di kepulauan Bangka, Belitung, Singkep dan Kundur. Kasiterit Indonesia mempunyai karakteristik yang cukup kompleks dibandingkan kasiterit di negara sekitanya seperti China, Brazil, Bolivia, Rusia, Peru, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand. Kasiterit Indonesia banyak berasosiasi dengan mineral lainnya diantaranya ilmenit, pasir kwarsa, zirkon, rutil, pirit, kalsit, lantanum dan monasit. Adanya mineral ikutan lainnya dalam kasiterit menjadi permasalahan apabila akan digunakan untuk bahan baku pembuatan senyawa kimia timah. Beberapa teknik pengolahan sudah dilakukan baik secara fisika maupun kimia untuk meningkatkan kemurnian kasiterit. Pada penelitian sebelumnya diperoleh data komposisi kimia kasiterit Indonesia sebagai berikut: 0,45% Si, 0,63% Ca, 1,45% Ti, 1,16% Fe, 57,82% Sn, 3,43% La, 0,63% Ce. Pada makalah ini akan dipaparkan secara detail potensi mineral kasiterit Indonesia sebagai bahan baku pembuatan senyawa kimia timah (tin chemical

ANALYSIS OF PARENT – TEENAGER’S COMMUNICATION ON SEX EDUCATION AMONG SELECTED PARENTS IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE

The study examined the impact of parents – teenagers’ communication on sex education. Three research questions were generated for this study. The study utilized a purposive sampling technique to select 246 parents in Abeokuta Metropolis. Results indicated that 59.8% of parents disagreed to discussing sex education with their children until they are fully matured, 76.8% of the parents wait for the right mood of their teenagers before giving them sex education and 63.7% of the parents reported that their teenage child find them boring whenever they want to give them sex education. It was recommended that parents should endeavour to be a friend to their children even before their teen years so as to enable an effective parent – teenagers’ communication.   &nbsp

Geophysical assessment of subsurface conditions at proposed building sites: implications for foundation failure and building collapse

Building collapse has been a recurrent environmental hazard in Nigeria in the last two decades. This is a corollary of inadequate foundation investigation prior to construction, poor government policies, and general lack of awareness on the importance of geophysical and geotechnical investigations. In this study, geological mapping and detailed geophysical investigation using Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) and Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) were carried out to understand the suitability of proposed building sites at the main campus of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria for construction. Both Wenner array and dipole-dipole were used for profiling and Schlumberger for sounding. Four transverses and VES were used in each of the three areas investigated. Our results show that the subsurface of the study areas is underlain by Precambrian basement rock of Nigeria. Rocks in the study area include banded gneiss, porphyroblastic gneiss, biotite-hornblende granite and quartzite schist. The sounding stations across the three areas and 2D resistivity imaging revealed three principal geoelectric layers, the topsoil, the weathered layer and the fractured/fresh basement with varied resistivity values for each layers. At the VES stations, the three geoelectric layers have resistivity values of 62 to 1182 Ωm, 3.2 to 1360Ωm and 87 to 4680 Ωm. On the 2D resistivity imaging profiles, the resistivity of the three layers varies from 2 to 1182 Ωm, 30to 1360 Ωm, and 40 to 2904 Ωm for the topsoil, the weathered basement, and fractured/fresh bedrock. Our work demonstrates that some of the proposed sites are structurally incompetent for engineering or foundation purposes. Excavation of the topsoil and reinforcement are required to sustain the proposed structures

Design and Development of a Wear Testing Machine for Manufacturing Laboratories

Wear of parts during manufacturing processes is inevitable but controllable. Therefore, the critical study of wear in engineering components is vital because failure of components due to wear has resulted in loss of a great deal of fortune. This study was therefore an attempt to design and fabricate a wear testing machine, evaluate the performance of the machine and compare data obtained with existing ones. Materials for the various parts were carefully selected based on desirable properties and availability. Design calculations were made for the main shaft, compression spring, belt, pulley and electric motor. The post fabrication test was carried out on the machine to evaluate the performance of the machine and results gotten reported

Abundances of Nitrates and Coliform with Regards to Water Quality. In Some Parts of lbadan, Southwest, Nigeria.

Water pollution has been reported throughout the world and Nigeria is not an exception. A very wide range of pollutants have been recognized, including Nitrogen species and bacteria. Nitrate (NO.) is the main form of Nitrogen which occurs in water and is becoming increasingly widespread because of agriculture activities, the disposal of sewage and wastes. This study thus focused on the assessment of the water samples in Ibadan, .Southwest, Nigeria based on these two pollutants (NO,) and. Colform) and possibility of natural denitrification in the study area. The surface and groundwater in Ibadan h:w e been polluted by municipal, industrial wastewater, agricultural activities among others. 1 he nitrate and coliform concentrations at thirty sampling points with in Tbadan ranged from 5.89 to 250mg/l and 74-IOOOcfu/ lOOmg/1 respectively. The concentration of nitrate and califom1 exceeded the WHO limit of I Omg/1 and Ocfu/ lOOmg!r'in 93% and 1OQ% of the sampled locations respectively. High nitrate and califom1 ·levels were observed in water from wells from the undeveloped part of the smdv area. The decrease in nitrate concentration viz a viz an increase in both HCO,- and pH along the groundwater flow direction confirmed the possibility of nitrate removal or natural denitrification in the study area