Redesigning a Multicultural Website to Promote Immigrant’s Integration in Finland

The topic of this Bachelor’s thesis is redesigning a multicultural website to promote immigrant’s integration in Finland. By redesigning the website immigrants will have the opportunity to get essential information’s that will enhance their integration into the Finnish society. This information variety includes institutions made for immigrants, social amenities, and the legislations concerning immigrants in the Finnish society. There are different tools used in reconstructing the website but the evident ones are Photoshop, hypertext markup language and dreamweaver and pictures.. The hypertext markup language represents the text on the website after it is redesigned. The pictures were part of the website design process. The theoretical aspect of this thesis work includes electronic media and immigrant’s integration, cultural perspective and website and internet. Process evaluation was used in evaluating this thesis work. The process evaluation looks at how the final product, which is the website was realized. The outcome of the project includes production of more contents pages. The website is more informative than the previous website. The new website has welcome notes from 12 different languages aimed at attracting people from different ethnic background. There is also information on the basics of the public services in the Finnish society. The association will gain more from the renewed website because it tells more about the association services and its future plans. In addition, web visitors will access the basic social amenities within the society

Invasive bacterial infections in Gambians with sickle cell anaemia in an era of widespread Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination

Background: There is relatively little data on the aetiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of SCA patients admitted to the Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia during a five-year period when there was high coverage of Hib and Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination. We evaluated 161 admissions of 126 patients between April 2010 and April 2015. Results: Pathogenic bacteria were identified in blood cultures from 11 of the 131 admissions that had cultures taken (8.4%, 95% CI 4.5-14.1%). The most frequent isolate was Salmonella Typhimurium (6/11; 54.5%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus (2/11; 18.2%) and other enteric Gram-negative pathogens (2/11; 18.2%) and there was one case of H. influenzae non-type b bacteraemia (1/11; 9.1%). There were no episodes of bacteraemia caused by S. pneumoniae or Hib. Conclusions: The low prevalence of S. pneumoniae and Hib, and the predominance of non-typhoidal Salmonella as a cause of bacteraemia suggest the need to reconsider optimal antimicrobial prophylaxis and the empirical treatment regimens for patients with SCA

Influence of Learning Strategies on Learners' Academic Outcome in Economics in Ilorin-West, Kwara State

The study examined the influence of learning strategies on learners' academic outcome in Economics in Ilorin-west, Kwara State. Correlational survey research design was employed in the study. The population of the study comprised all senior secondary school two (SS 2) students in Ilorin-west Local Government Area of Kwara State. Specifically, the study targeted Senior Secondary School two (SSS 2) Economics students in the study area. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 240 respondents from twelve randomly selected secondary schools in the study area. Learning Strategies and Academic Outcome Questionnaire developed by the researchers was used to obtain information on the various variables of the study. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha while the Economics Performance Test (EAT) was established using split-half method of testing reliability. The instruments yielded reliability coefficient values of 0.74, 0.77 and 0.75 for meta-cognitive learning strategy, cognitive learning strategy and academic outcome respectively. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and Multiple Regression Analysis. The study showed that the level of academic outcome of learners in Economics in Ilorin-west, Kwara State was above average with a mean score of 59.23% and that there was significant relationship among cognitive learning strategy, metacognitive learning strategy and academic outcome of learners in Economics in Ilorin-west, Kwara State. It was therefore recommended that teachers and parents should ensure that students are encourages to reflect on materials learnt as well as to put it into practice for better comprehension and retention

Effects of Sowing Date on Yield and Yield Parameters of Some Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Cultivar Under Rainfed Condition in Ogbomoso, Nigeria

The study examined the variation in number of flowers, number of nodules, number of pods and seed yield of some groundnut cultivar as affected by planting date in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria under rainfed condition. This is necessary to determine when moisture availability will be at optimum starting from the onset of rainfall, to avert loss which could arise from improper timing of planting. Teaching and Research Farm of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso with average annual rainfall of 1000 mm and temperature ranging from 28 to 33 ºC was used for the experiment. A 4 by 4 factorial experiment with four varieties of groundnut (three improved varieties Samnut-10, Samnut-23, Samnut-22 and Kampala (local variety)) and four planting dates of a week interval (29th April, 6th May, 13th May and 20th May, 2016) were tried without chemical amendment. All the parameters evaluated were affected by the planting date.  Samnut-23 and Samnut-10 planted on 29th April produced the highest mean number of flowers (15.67) and number of nodules (116.00) respectively which were significantly higher than others. Cultivar type did not have significant influence (p≤0.05) on the growth parameters. However, number of pods and seed yield was influenced by the cultivar. The highest number of pods (103.00) from this study was produced by Samnut-23 planted on 29th April. It was observed that the high number of pods produced by Samnut-23 did not translate to seed yield because Kampala produced the highest seed yield (73.51 g/plot) which was significantly higher than yield from other cultivars tried. Groundnut cultivars responded differently to planting date tried, with best planting period being early month of May. It was observed that all the cultivars produced their least seed yield when planted towards the end of month of May, therefore, should be discouraged for the tried cultivars at the trial location. KEYWORDS: Sowing date, Rainfed, Pod, Seed yield and Groundnut Production DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/9-18-06 Publication date:September 30th 201

A Survey for Biting Flies in three Local Government Areas of Taraba State, Nigeria

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of biting flies from Gashaka, Ibi and Karim Lamido Local Government Areas (LGA) of Taraba State between July and August, 2010 using biconical traps, and identify them using morphological characteristics. Of the 908 biting flies collected from the traps 37.9% (344/908) were Tabanus, 25.9% (235/908) were Haematopota, 24.5% (223/908) were Chrysops, and 11.7% (106/908) were Glossina. Based on the LGAs sampled, the distribution of the flies in Gashaka, Ibi, and Karim Lamido (K/Lamido) were 44.6% (419/908), 21.9% (199/908), and 33.5% (290/908) respectively (p<0.05). An infection rate of 1.89% (2/106) was observed among the tsetse flies trapped. Two species of tsetse flies were identified as Glossina palpalis representing 67.9% (72/106) and Glossina tachinoides 32.1% (34/106). In conclusion, Tabanids had the highest distribution while Glossina had the lowest distribution across the three (3) LGAs of the State.Keywords: Biconical traps, Biting Flies, Survey, Taraba State

Infrastructural Development, a Panacea to Poverty Alleviation

Infrastructural development is a key driver for economic development and progress in a country and a critical enabler for productivity and sustainable economic growth. The paper identified infrastructure as a major factor that determines the people’s wellbeing and by extension their level of prosperity or poverty. It also identified the following; education, transportation, health, clean water and sanitation, social service and electricity supply as critical components of infrastructure. This paper reviewed the status of these critical infrastructure in Nigeria and the level of the effectiveness of past poverty alleviation programmes in Nigeria. A survey method was used. It was found that the past poverty alleviation programmes of government had been unsuccessful because of many factors, among these were, the lack of continuity of programmes and the low level of infrastructure addition and the deterioration of the existing ones. It was found that Nigeria suffers high degree of infrastructural deficit caused by poor funding, mismanagement of available funds, poor infrastructural maintenance management and corruption. All these continued to perpetuate poverty. Recommendations to use infrastructure as a panacea to alleviate poverty were liste

Viscous Dissipation Effect On The MHD Flow Of A Third Grade Fluid Down: an Inclined Plane With Ohmic Heating

The thin film flow and heat transfer problem of a third grade fluid down an inclined plane is investigated. The fluid is incompressible and electrically conducting in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. The non-linear equation governing the flow and heat transfer are solved for the velocity and temperature profile by employing the regular perturbation technique as well as homotopy perturbation method and the results are presented graphically. The effect of magnetic parameter and Brinkman number are analyzed for velocity and temperature profile. It is noticed that increase in magnetic parameter reduced the velocity of the fluid and increases the temperature profile. Also, increase in Brinkman number increases the temperature profile. Keywords: Third grade fluid, Brinkman number, Perturbation method, Homotopy perturbation method, Magnetohydrodynamics

MHD Flow of A Third Grade Fluid with Heat Transfer And Slip Boundary Condition Down An Inclined Plane

In this work, we consider the combine effects of slip boundary ohmic heating on MHD flow of a third grade fluid down an inclined plane. The couple non-linear ordinary differential equations arising from the model were solved using both the regular and homotopy perturbation. Effects of the various thermo physical parameters are studied and depicted graphically. Keywords: Slip boundary, MHD, Third grade fluid, Ohmic heating, inclined plane

Investigating Digital Marketing Technologies Usage Extent In The Nigerian Telecommunications Industry: A Study from the Consumers Perspective

Digital communication technologies have become an important part of our daily lives with billions of users on the Internet and social media. This study examined the types of digital marketing technologies available in the telecommunications industry in Nigeria, and determined the extent of usage of the technologies. The study employed a survey method. The Cochran formula was used to calculate an ideal sample size since the total population size of online consumers is infinite. Based on this calculation 500 respondents were surveyed due to the researcher convenience, cost and accessibility to the respondents. Data were collected using both primary and secondary sources. An online well-structured designed questionnaire (Google survey) was attached via online platforms. The questionnaire elicited information on telecommunications service consumers characteristics, consumers knowledge on different digital marketing tools, and the extent of use of the digital marketing technologies among telecommunications consumers in Nigeria. The results showed that social media marketing 142 (29.3%) was the most commonly used digital marketing technology by telecommunications service consumer