Christianity, Misogyny and Women

Misogynistic tendencies are not strange, rather this attitude pervades various strata of our existence. They are vocally audible and visibly present within the political, economic, social, cultural and religious spheres of our societies. Misogyny is an extreme hatred against women by men, and women against women. The purview of this paper is to explore misogyny in Christianity, analyze the origin and extent of misogyny within Christianity and how it has affected the position of women within the church. This paper discovered that misogyny in Christianity is traced to its roots, during the period of the early church fathers and that misogyny has affected negatively the ecclesiastical positions assigned to women in most churches. Misogyny has negative implications for Christian ethics which focuses on love, not hatred. The paper adopts the historical and survey methods of data collection and used the qualitative methods to analyze the data collected. One of the recommendations made in this paper is that churches and religious organizations must shun misogynistic attitude as it is against Christian ethics and teachings. The APA style of documentation is applied to this work

Using amplify-and-forward relay for coverage extension in indoor environments

Cooperative communication is a promising method for increasing the capacity and extending the coverage between a base station (BS) and a mobile user (MU) by using relays to exploit cooperative diversity. However, the existing literature mainly focuses on theoretical performance evaluation without experimental validation and, thus, fails to address the effects on real-world radio signal propagation. This research, therefore, aims to develop a prototype amplify-and-forward (AF) relay using software-defined radio (SDR) to evaluate the real-world performance of such a relay in improving coverage. The proposed relay is developed using the LabVIEW software and programmed on a National Instruments-Universal Software Radio Peripheral 2922 (NI-USRP 2922) SDR platform. The major merit of this entire communication setup is less expensive as the system uses a reprogrammable hardware. The measurements are performed indoors, and the signal strength or received power at the MU in cases with and without the relay is recorded. The results show that the received power performance and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the user improve significantly when the AF relay is deployed compared to when direct link point-to-point transmission without the relay is used

DISTRIBUTION OF HEAVY METALS IN COCOA BEAN AND SOILS ALONG TOPOSEQUENCE OF COCOA PLANTATIONS

This study was conducted in April, 2018 to evaluate the relationships between Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in cocoa beanand in soils along a toposequence of cocoa-growing areas of Abia State, Nigeria. Twelve composite soil samplesand 10 plant tissues (leaves and cocoa pods) were randomly collected from twelve (12) different cocoaplantations along a toposequence (crests, upper, middle, lower and bottom) for laboratory analyses. Theconcentrations of Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in both plant tissues and soils were determined. Results showed that the soilswere sandy clay loam, strongly acidic, low in organic matter and sufficient in the four heavy metals contents. Thecontent of coca-cola extractable Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in soils, cocoa bean and leaf varied significantly along the soiltoposequence. The bioavailability of the metals in soils and in plant tissues were in the order: Cu>Zn>Fe>Mn,while, the comparative abundance of the four metals followed the order: cocoa bean > leaves > soil. Significantpositive relationships were also established between the metals in cacao tissues and corresponding levels ofbioavailability in soils. This suggests that, the primary source of the heavy metals in cocoa beans could be linkedto its primary uptake from the soils and secondary from the leaf sprayed with metals containing pesticides. Thisresult can possibly be used as predictive parameter for evaluating Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn levels in cacao bean andcocoa products

Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials: Rules and Guide in the Organization of Law Materials

A law library, like every other library exists to meet the requirements of acquisition, storing, processing and disseminating of legal materials to carter for the needs of Lawyers and the legal public. Typically a law student / lawyer is bookish – no profession depends on books more than lawyers. He is from the beginning taught the art of legal research which means finding the law especially for justice administration and legal research. The symbiotic relationship between a lawyer and his books makes it indispensable that law materials be organized in a logical and practical manner.   It is not uncommon to see a lawyer with his wig and gown, dash into the library to check on the correct citation of a case on his way to court. Collection development and organization of these legal materials therefore become an urgent necessity. Keywords: Moys, Classification, Legal Materials, Rules, Guide, Organisatio

Charging management protocol for near field communication charging

The current multiplicity of mobile communication devices has provided an impetus for the research into new mechanisms to supplement battery charge. Wireless charging is a solution that serves to eliminate the cable requirements of typical battery charging implementations. Numerous wireless charging implementations are based on inductive coupling, similar to existing non-radiative short range communication systems. This study proposes incorporating a charge management protocol into the existing Near Field Communication Interface and Protocol-1 (NFCIP-1) specification to achieve NFC-enabled wireless charging. To this end, the original NFCIP-1 protocol has been modified through a time-sharing arrangement to support a charging task within the protocol cycle. Simulations of the modified protocol cycle were implemented using an appropriate battery model and charging algorithm. Numerical results show that the modified protocol is able to charge the target battery with minimum communication overhead. Satisfactory performance is also observed for charging up to 2 target devices in a single session

Sociology of Landscape: Agricultural, Soil and Water Conservation in Calabar, Cross River State

The magnitude of challenges created on the human environment in different parts of the earth surface today, is alarming. This has resulted to various environmental threats across the universe which are quite visible and have a roused the concern of sociologists-worldwide. This is seen in the scale of wildlife destruction, soil erosion, deforestation, air, water, and land pollution, increased temperature levels among others. Globally, we are confronted with massive human starvation, extinction of plants and animal species, dwindling biodiversity, drought and desertification, global warming, emission of carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels, depletion of the protective ozone layer by lethal chemicals and concomitant bombardment of the earth’s environment by cancer-causing ultra violent radiation. Man’s attempt to convert the environment for his development had produced the highlighted and if mans activities on the environment are not controlled it would seriously rendered the world landscape uninhabitable. This paper seeks to explore the various ways in which man’s activities in the environment pose a threat to Agricultural soil and water conservation. It also highlights strategies to achieve sustainable environmental landscape balance

A Quality Improvement Project for opioid Use Disorder at a Psychiatric Hospital in Western Massachusetts

Abstract Background: Opioid abuse is a challenging health care concern, and has been identified as a national public health issue. The prevalence of illicit fentanyl and prescription pain medication in our society are related to a multitude of factors which have impacted many lives and triggered a national epidemic despite experts\u27 preventative measures and treatment recommendations. Purpose: A quality improvement (QI) project was designed to enhance the assessment of patients suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD) with evidence-based screening tools to prevent opioid abuse among adult patients in a chronic care psychiatric hospital. Methods: The QI project integrated an educational intervention to an interdisciplinary team comprising of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, mental health counselors, and social workers. The project’s purpose was to improve the process of opioid abuse evaluation for clients with co-occurring mental illness and OUD at an inpatient psychiatric hospital. The DNP project included screening scales to identify and monitor six clients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for behavior change. A pre-intervention questionnaire and a post-test questionnaire were initiated at the beginning prior to and following the presentation of education intervention, respectively, to measure the knowledge gained. Results and Conclusion: The clinician participants reported enhanced knowledge in assessment, identification, and referral of clients with OUD to specialty treatment services. Additionally, the client participants demonstrated increased knowledge of opioid abuse risk and the need to continue MAT after discharge. Keywords: Opioid use disorder and co-occurring mental illness, medicated-assisted treatment, opioid abuse prevention, opioid abuse assessment scale, transtheoretical model of behavior change

The role of multinational corporations in Nigeria : a case study

Multinational corporations in Nigeria are as old as Nigeria itself. This section has been recognized as an important area of economic activity which is capable of having both positive as well as negative economic implications regarding employment, technology transfer, international capital investments and other sociocultural issues in Nigeria. In Nigeria multinationals corporations (MNC) have virtually dominated such industries as cement, beer brewing, tobacco products, soap and cosmetics, chemicals, pharmaceutical, machinery, electric equipment and assembly activities ie. motor vehicle and bicycle. However, much as the host country is aware of the inherent danger posed by direct investment by transnational corporations, the Nigerian government has done very little to protect itself and its economy. Nigeria still allows foreign corporations so much leeway in granting them tax breaks and other concessions, encouraging more investments without proper policy direction. Although, the benefits of multinational corporations to Nigeria are undisputable, the negative impact are so alarming and threating that it is necessary to review current policies to protect Nigerian economy from the vagaries of multinational corporations. Thus, the purpose of this project is to examine the contending contributions of MNC. and the disadvantages or critical perspective in Nigeria. It is hoped that through this investigation, knowledge that is useful for policy decision making will be gained and made available to all nations and particularly developing countries. Secondly, it is the object of this study to provide a basis for understanding MNC, and allows for long term projections of future growth and structures

A Multilayer Secured Messaging Protocol for REST-based Services

The lack of descriptive language and security guidelines poses a big challenge to implementing security in Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture. There is over reliance on Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS), which in recent times has proven to be fallible. Some recent attacks against SSL/TLS include: POODLE, BREACH, CRIME, BEAST, FREAK etc. A secure messaging protocol is implemented in this work. The protocol is further compiled into a reusable library which can be called by other REST services. Using Feature Driven Development (FDD) software methodology, a two layer security protocol was developed. The first layer is a well hardened SSL/TLS configuration. The second layer is a well-designed end-to-end protocol that handles authentication, authorization, encryption and message integrity as well as timing and replay attack prevention. The end-to-end protocol uses HMAC-512 and a hybrid encryption system using the AES and RSA algorithms. The protocol was then compiled to a reusable library using C# language. Two different tests were carried out on this protocol: Penetration test and SSL/TLS configuration test. The Penetration Test was carried out using the Open Web Application Security Project Zed Attack Proxy (OWASP ZAP) application and Fiddler Web Debugger. The SSL/TLS test sought to test the SSL/TLS layer of the protocol for known vulnerabilities using a popular SSL/TLS test tool known as SSL Lab. The raw and scaled scores obtained from SSL Lab were 95% and 93% respectively. The results of Implementation test show that the protocol is implementable. The protocol is also resistant to such attacks as: Unauthorized, Timing and Replay attacks as shown by the result of the penetration test. The grade obtained from the SSL/TLS test is “A+”. The result also shows that the implementation is not vulnerable to currently known SSL attacks. The library can be reused by .NET applications and the implementation steps can also be followed by other REST services developers using other platforms

Evaluation of growth performance and haematological response of broiler chicks to raw and boiled Garcinia kola seed diet

This study was set to evaluate the effect of raw and boiled (1000C) Garcinia kola seed diet on growth performance and haematological response of broiler chicks. A total 18 broiler chicks assigned into three treatment groups of six birds each were used for this study. Treatment one (control) received 0% inclusion of Garcinia kola seed. Treatment group two received 10% boiled Garcinia kola seed, while group three received 10% raw Garcinia kola seed in addition to basal feed (Vital starter and finisher rations).The growth performance indices of feed consumption, live body mass were taken on weekly basis whereas uncoagulated blood samples were collected 24 hours after administering the last treatment to the groups. The haematological indices of erythrocytic function were determined. The result obtained showed a significant (P0.05) affected by heat treatment at 1000C. This finding lends credence to the popular report in literature that heat treatment above 800C is one of the methods of removing or deactivating anti nutritional factors present in plant food for animal nutrition