Causes and Effects of Communal and Ethnic Conflicts in Tiv-Land

Communal and ethnic conflicts have been endemic in Tiv-land and these have underdeveloped the area. In order to check the menace of the crises, the paper tried to unravel the causes and effects of the phenomena and as well proffered solutions to their causes so that the Tiv nation can grow and develop. Information for the study were gotten through primary sources via oral interviews, questionnaires, observation; and secondary data (textbooks, government documents and articles). The study discovered that the struggle for farmland and political positions are the major causes of conflicts in Tiv-land. Other causes of conflicts in the area are Iyuhe (envy), Tsav (witchcraft), greed and the struggle for chieftaincy positions, among others. To stem the tide of the conflicts, the paper recommended that: the Tiv Traditional council (T.T.C), rather than the law courts should settle land matters in Tiv-land, parties involved in disputes should embrace dialogue, the second term bid should be prohibited through constitutional review, and that retired public officers should be   encouraged by government to remain in the towns after their retirement

Lower Benue River Basin and Rural Development Authority and Poverty Alleviation

The study is set out to assess how the lower Benue River Basin and Rural Development Authority (LBRBRDA) has achieved in alleviating poverty in its host communities. The objectives of the paper are to assess the impact of LBRBRDA on poverty alleviation, to identify the constraints of the agency on poverty alleviation and to make suggestions for improvement. It was hypothesized that LBRBRDA has not succeeded in alleviating poverty in its host communities.  Primary data obtained through questionnaire and interview, and secondary information gathered from text books, government documents and journals were used for the study. The primary data were presented in tables, frequencies and percentages using chi-square distribution to test the hypotheses. It was revealed that corruption, political interferences, inadequate funding and inadequate consultation with the rural poor in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the agency’s programmes have marred its success in alleviating poverty. It was therefore, recommended that the agency should be adequately funded, corruption should be properly checked through anti-corruption agencies; and that the rural people should be adequately involved in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of poverty alleviation programmes

Lower and Upper Benue River Basin and Rural Development Authorities and Rural Development: A Comparative Study

Successive governments in Nigeria have adopted different strategies and programme to develop the rural areas because majority of people in the country live and find their livelihood in the rural areas. The paper therefore, set out to compare how the Lower and Upper Benue River Basin and Rural Development Authorities have developed their host communities, to identify the constraints of the organisations in developing rural areas; and to proffer recommendations to the constraints of the organisations in developing their host communities. Primary and secondary data were obtained using questionnaire and documents respectively. The primary data were presented using frequencies and percentages. It was revealed that inadequate funding, poor maintenance culture, staff retrenchment and commercialisation of the organisations have negatively affected their efforts in rural development. It was therefore recommended that government should disburse funds adequately and timely to the organisations and more qualified personnel be recruited into the services of the organisations. Above all, the government and host communities of the organisations should support and be committed to the activities of the River Basin Authorities to facilitate their success

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Eesti Arst 2018; 97(9):506–50

I kooliastme õpilaste arusaamad teatrietendusest Vanemuise teatri lastemuusikali „Nukitsamees“ näitel

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Correlation between anthropometrical variables and body surface area

The goal of the present study was to investigate correlation between the body surface area created by various formulas and other anthropometric measurements.The subjects of the present investigation were 17-year-old conscripts of the town of Tartu and Tartu County. In all of them height, weight, 33 anthropometric variables and 12 skinfolds were measured. The measurements were made according to the recommendations of Martin (Knussmann, 1988). The body surface area was calculated by five different formulas. There was significant correlation between the body surface area and the other anthropometric variables

The Proximity of Road Traffic Crash Black Spots to Federal Road Safety Commission Zebra Location/Emergency Health Care Facilities in Federal Capital City, Abuja, Nigeria

This research analyzed the proximity of road traffic crash (RTC) Black Spots to Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) zebra locations/emergency health care facilities to ascertain the rescue of RTC victims in Federal Capita City (FCC). Geographic Information System (GIS) based location model was applied in the street network analysis to identify RTC black spots that are outside the close reach of FRSC rescue points/health facilities in FCC. Distance was used as impedance factor. Spatial query and buffer analysis were employed to determine accident spots that fall between 2 kms of the health facility and zebra point. Remote Sensing and GIS techniques were applied in proximity analysis using location strategies and interconnected features. The results were presented on road network maps. The result suggests that five (5) additional zebra points would be effective in terms of proximity to RTC in the area and would considerably improve spatial coverage for response times. The areas where quick response and medical facilities are insufficient were identified. Optimal locations for siting zebra points that can effectively service RTC black spots were proposed

On anthropometric data of the male student candidates of the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy at the University of Tartu in 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate some anthropometric variables of student candidates of the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu in 2017. All anthropometric measurements were made according to the recommendations of R. Martin [7]. Comparison of the height and weight data of the studied subjects with the height and weight norms of Estonia provided by Kaarma et al. [9] revealed that the entrants were taller in height but with the same average weight. In our study, the somatotypes recommended by Kaarma et al. [9] were used for the first time on entrants to the university. Our study found that male student candidates’ body somatotypes were divided into SD classes as follows: small 8.6%, medium 22.9%, large 18.6%; subtypes of pycnomorphic somatotypes: 7.1% in class I, 1.4% in class II, and 8.6% in class III; leptomorphic somatotypes were divided: 11.4% in class I, none in class II and 31.4% in class III. Based on the recommendations of several authors, we calculated the ideal body weight for all the entrants enrolled in the study. Comparison of the average body weight of entrants with the average weight calculated using the ideal weight method revealed an interesting situation. Namely, the mean values calculated using the Devine (1974) formula did not differ statistically significantly from the mean of the measured weights (t=0.101, p> 0.05). Neither did Devine’s (1974) ideal weight and BMI, Rohrer’s index and ponderal index calculated from it, and the body surface calculated according to the formulas of Dubois and Dubois and Mosteller differ from the actual figures

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