Candidate Selection and Assessment of The Benefits of Velocity Strings On The Dunbar Field

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Exploring the Impact of Learning Technologies in Teaching Interaction Design: A Case Study at First Technical University, Nigeria

Teaching interaction design poses unique challenges as it requires discussing design principles for interactive products. Conventional methods like static slides and lectures often fail to effectively engage learners, leading to reduced satisfaction and limited active participation. To address this issue, an action research study was conducted at First Technical University, Nigeria, to investigate the impact of incorporating learning technologies in teaching interaction design. The study involved 21 purposively selected 200 level students from the Computer Science and Software Engineering departments who willingly participated to compare their previous instruction in interaction design.The study aimed to adapt the current learning approach by emphasizing technology-enhanced methods such as flipped classrooms and online teaching. By integrating technology-equipped pedagogy, the research aimed to enhance learners' engagement and interest in the subject.The findings reveal that the integration of learning technologies in teaching interaction design has a significant impact on student engagement and understanding. The gradual inclusion of various technologies transformed students from passive learners to active participants who freely expressed their ideas, engaged in critical discussions, and applied design principles in practical contexts. The results also highlight the importance of aligning pedagogy with learners' needs and cultural context. By creating a less formal learning environment that encourages open expression of ideas and active participation in discussions, the use of learning technologies not only enhances the application of design principles but also fosters the development of students' personalities and soft skills. Notably, communication skills, leadership abilities, teamwork, and project management skills exhibited significant improvement throughout the study cycles. Keywords: Interaction design, Learning technologies, Pedagogy, Engagement, Design principles DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-21-05 Publication date:July 31st 202

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Masteroppgave Interiørarkitektur og møbeldesign, Avdeling Desig

An afrocentric critique of the discourse of good governance and its limitations as a means of addressing development challenges in Nigeria

The current study is an African-centred critique of the idea of ‘good governance’; which since the 1990s, has been a prescription of the international development institutions for all development challenges facing developing countries. Despite almost two decades of implementation of good governance reforms in Nigeria, poverty, corruption and underdevelopment persist. The analysis showed that the limited involvement of local people in the design of donor-sponsored good governance reforms mainly produced a universal, donor-conceptualized good governance agenda, which did not fully capture local issues. Given this, the main objective of the current study was to develop a cultural, context-specific governance model that shares local citizens’ understanding of governance, as well as, addresses challenges of governance at local levels in Nigeria. However, given the diversity of cultures in Nigeria and the uniqueness of each of them, this study only focused on Southwest Nigeria. Afrocentricity is the theoretical framework for this study. Mainstream development theories have mainly guided the development efforts of African countries but these theories are based on the experience of the European countries and primarily seek their interests. Given the failure of Eurocentric development theories in Nigeria, this study deemed it fit to adopt a theoretical framework that is based on African experience and that seeks African interests. Afrocentricity is the only theory in which the centrality of African interests, principles, and perceptions predominate (Pellebon 2007: 174). In terms of methodology, this study adopted the case study design. The study also used both the qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. But the study was largely qualitative because it relied on participants’ interpretations. The inclusion of quantitative data was for purposes of expanding and complementing the interpretive information. The study is significant because the findings provide agency to indigenous people in Nigeria by the voicing their perception of governance. The study also identified context-specific issues affecting governance in Nigeria, which were not captured in the donor’s universal good governance agenda. The study proposed how the principles that have enabled the effectiveness of traditional governance systems could be incorporated into formal governance to achieve better government performance. Most importantly, this study offers context-specific and people-centred recommendations to address Nigeria’s governance and development challenges. This study’s Afrocentric approach to the understanding of good governance is an epistemological rupture against the Eurocentric idea of good governance.Development StudiesPhD (Philosophy

Mechanical analysis of a growing carbon nanotube forest

Carbon nanotube forests are vertically oriented and entangled tubes that grow normal to a given substrate. The excellent thermal, mechanical, and electronic properties of individual carbon nanotubes motivates their study. Herein, two and three dimensional finite element models are developed to perform a mechanical analysis and parametric growth studies of actively growing carbon nanotube forests. Nanotube growth rate distribution, orientation angle, and diameter are varied to examine their effects on the resulting forest morphology. Individual carbon nanotubes are modeled as linear frame elements interconnected at adjacent nodes. The van der Waals interaction between carbon nanotubes is modeled as bar elements. The fastest-growing carbon nanotube in the forest are restricted by surrounding tubes, thereby generating a compressive force that is transmitted to the base of the carbon nanotube. The slowest growing carbon nanotube transmits tensile forces. The simulated forest morphology exhibits a strong consistency with observed carbon nanotube forests whilst maintaining mechanical phenomena like buckling, translation and rotation as seen in electron micrographs. This modeling approach is a paradigm shift in the study of carbon nanotube forest growth mechanics and establishes a framework for further thermal and electrical analyses

Militarisation of Oil and Environmental Politics in Nigeria: Armed Resistance, State Responses and Peace Prospects in the Niger Delta Region

The contradictions inherent in interests of stakeholders in oil politics have escalated to armed confrontations in the oil-producing Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Years of unrealised development aspirations of the Niger Delta people and environmental crisis in relation to oil spillage and gas flaring have encouraged resistance against the oil industries and the state in the region. The manner of this resistance and state responses have undergone the process of militarisation in the last decades. The paper, which is qualitative in nature and thus drawing much from secondary data establishes that a series of political solutions, including support for zoning of Nigerian Presidency to the Niger Delta, and policy initiatives such as the amnesty programme for militants have helped to subdue the crisis. However, oil and environmental politics remains militarised for the state and resistant groups in the Niger Delta. Consequently, this article seeks to examine the nature and context of the socio-political crisis in the Niger Delta and the challenges and prospects for sustainable peace in the region. 

Patentability of inventions under the Nigeria’s patents and designs act: an examination

The nature of invention, the reason(s) for protecting invention and the requirements for the patentability of invention under the Nigerian Patents and Designs Act are the main thrust of this paper. It is now trite that the global standard or criterion for granting a patent is that the invention must be patentable. The paper therefore examines the criteria for patenting inventions, that is, such invention must be novel; it must results from inventive activity and must not be obvious to a person knowledgeable in the art or field of study. In respect of plant or animal varieties, or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals (other than microbiological processes and their products) patent is denied. The paper analyses this position and concludes that there is the need to ensure that invention and innovation is not stultified by refusing to patent an invention just because it is biological. The Nigerian Patent Registry refuses patent applications for Software or Computer-implemented inventions this paper argues that this provision of law should be changed in line with the rapid development in the field of computer technology. The paper concludes by making recommendations to improve the current legal situation in Nigeria.Keywords: Intellectual property, patent, inventions, patentabilit

Maximizing the Potentials of the Internet in Enhancing the Conduct of Computer-Based Tests for University Admission in a South-West Nigerian University

The internet presents numerous opportunities for universities to reach a wide audience with timely and relevant information. This study examines the potential impact of the internet on reaching university admission candidates, identifying application challenges, and assessing the conduct of Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) tests in a South-West Nigeria University. The population for the study comprised applicants who took the Post-UTME test at the Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo. The study utilized internet adverts and surveys to disseminate information and gather feedback from participants. Results showed that the majority of applicants were reached through internet digital adverts with no difficulties encountered during the application process. The university\u27s Facebook page had the highest views and engagements from admission seekers. The conduct of the Post-UTME test was commended by most applicants. The study concluded that the Internet can facilitate increased participation and easy assessment of Post-UTME tests in the university. It recommends that universities should explore the potential benefits of internet adverts and surveys in disseminating admission-related information, extracting feedback from stakeholders, and sensitizing the public about university programs

LE STYLE EN TRADUCTION: UN APERÇU CONCEPTUEL

De nombreuses théorisations et de théoristes qui ont contribué aux approches du style, se présentent complémentaires sur leurs conceptions de style ou leurs approches d’étude de style ; néanmoins peu d’attention a été accordée à cette étude (du style) dans le contexte traductionnel. Certes, ce travail de recherche trace donc la conception de style et les approches conventionnelles qui guident l’étude de style en traduction littéraire en vue de mettre en évidence la valeur du style en traduction. En reconsidérant l’antiquité de style, de monisme jusqu’au pluralisme et de la cohérence à la déviation, cette théorisation a mis l’emphase sur l’avancement d’étude de style vers l’identité et l’identification, tout en soulignant que le style en traduction est « l’esprit et le feu du texte » (Boase-Beier, 2011) 1

Improving long-term production data analysis using analogs to pressure transient analysis techniques

In practice today, pressure transient analysis (PTA) and production data analysis (PDA) are done separately and differently by different interpreters in different companies using different analysis techniques, different interpreter-dependent inputs, on pressure and production rate data from the same well, with different software packages. This has led to different analyses outputs and characterizations of the same reservoir. To avoid inconsistent results from different interpretations, this study presents a new way to integrate PTA and PDA on a single diagnostic plot to account for and see the early time and mid-time responses (from the transient tests) and late time (boundary affected/PSS) responses achievable with production analysis, on the same plot; thereby unifying short and long-term analyses and improving the reservoir characterization. The rate normalized pressure (RNP) technique was combined with conventional pressure buildup PTA technique. Data processing algorithms were formulated to improve plot presentation and a stepwise analysis procedure is presented to apply the new technique. The new technique is simple to use and the same conventional interpretation techniques as PTA apply. We have applied the technique to a simulated well case and two field cases. Finally, this new technique represents improvements over previous PDA methods and can help give a long term dynamic description of the well’s drainage area