168 research outputs found
Students Talk About Their HIV/AIDS Education Courses: A Case Of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The objective of this research was to explore how Ethiopian high school students experienced the HIV/AIDS education programs offered in their schools. The project also examined gender differences in the way HIV/AIDS education was perceived and the implications for the instructional design of the programs. A total of 15 high school students (eight females and seven males between the ages of 13 and 18) in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, were recruited through purposeful sampling. Data were collected using two focus groups with each group comprising one gender. This separation of genders was ideal to enable participants to express their thoughts freely and to observe possible gender divergences. Findings: All participants agreed that school-based HIV/AIDS education was essential but that unfortunately, most of the programs that students attended were neither interesting nor beneficial. Gender differences were observed with females asking for in-school AIDS education to completely modify its focus and males feeling that the education’s current strategies should simply be improved. The implications of these results are discussed along with recommendations for further research
KIOSK BANKING AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL DWELLERS IN KWANDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
The general objective of the study was to ascertain the contributions of kiosk banking to socio-economic development of rural dwellers in Kwande Local Government Area. Specifically, the study sought to establish services offered by kiosk banking to rural dwellers in the study area and to also determine the effect such services have on socio-economic development of the rural dwellers. The study used a cross sectional survey design while 321 samples were obtained through convenient sampling technique. Questionnaires were used for data collection while percentages, chi-square and Cramer’s V were adopted for data analysis. The study found that most (61.1%) rural dwellers had access to kiosk banking services. These services include: cash withdrawals (67.8%) cash deposits (15.8) Point of Sale (POS) channel (87.8%). Furthermore, kiosk banking was found to have significant relationship to living standard of the rural dwellers as X2 = 30.708>p=0.002. However, it was found that the relationship was weak with Cramer’s V value of 0.229. Findings also showed low ratings regarding kiosk banking services in regards to the cost of transport (44.9%), service charge (59.2%) and information cost (85.7%). The study concluded that kiosk banking had a significant effect on socio-economic development of rural dwellers. The major challenges of kiosk banking were found to be high withdrawal charges (25.2%) and insufficient funds for huge withdrawals (21.8%). The study recommended for monitoring of charges and improvement in availability of funds to kiosk bankers so as to boost socio-economic activities in rural settlements. It was also recommended that banks should scale up kiosk banking services to encourage more participation and more financial inclusion
KIOSK BANKING AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL DWELLERS IN KWANDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
The general objective of the study was to ascertain the contributions of kiosk banking to socio-economic development of rural dwellers in Kwande Local Government Area. Specifically, the study sought to establish services offered by kiosk banking to rural dwellers in the study area and to also determine the effect such services have on socio-economic development of the rural dwellers. The study used a cross sectional survey design while 321 samples were obtained through convenient sampling technique. Questionnaires were used for data collection while percentages, chi-square and Cramer’s V were adopted for data analysis. The study found that most (61.1%) rural dwellers had access to kiosk banking services. These services include: cash withdrawals (67.8%) cash deposits (15.8) Point of Sale (POS) channel (87.8%). Furthermore, kiosk banking was found to have significant relationship to living standard of the rural dwellers as X2 = 30.708>p=0.002. However, it was found that the relationship was weak with Cramer’s V value of 0.229. Findings also showed low ratings regarding kiosk banking services in regards to the cost of transport (44.9%), service charge (59.2%) and information cost (85.7%). The study concluded that kiosk banking had a significant effect on socio-economic development of rural dwellers. The major challenges of kiosk banking were found to be high withdrawal charges (25.2%) and insufficient funds for huge withdrawals (21.8%). The study recommended for monitoring of charges and improvement in availability of funds to kiosk bankers so as to boost socio-economic activities in rural settlements. It was also recommended that banks should scale up kiosk banking services to encourage more participation and more financial inclusion
Full Length Research Paper Seed germination and in vitro plant regeneration of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth
Parkia biglobosa is an important leguminous forest species which is being threatened of going into extinction in Senegal. To preserve this genetic resource of great economic value, studies on germination were carried out and in vitro conservation option through tissue culture technique wasadopted. 100% of germination rate was recorded 2 days after 5 - 6 h of concentrated H2SO4 treatments and incubation in a growth chamber at 27±1°C. To improve and raise in vitro vegetative multiplication capacities, different concentrations of growth regulators were added alone or in combination in a MS basal medium. Multiplication rate of 3.08 and 3.29 were obtained, respectively, for apex and cotyledonary nodes in a MS medium supplemented with BAP 0.5 mg.L-1 + TIBA 0.1 mg.L-1. For axillary explants, a rate of 3.58 was recorded for the hormonal combination which consisted of BAP 0.5 mg.L-1 + TIBA 0.5 mg.L-1 + AgNO3 0.5 mg.L-1. 41.66% of apex and 58.33% of cotyledonary explants were rooted after 24 h of induction treatment with IBA 2.5mg.L-1 whereas 41.66% of axillary bud explants developed roots after 48 h of induction with NAA 1mg.L-1. During acclimatization achievement, survival rates wererespectively 80% for apex and cotyledonary explants and 86.66% for axillary explants
Etude des comportements rheologiques des melanges de farine ble/sorgho sans tanins issue de trois nouvelles varietes cultivees au Senegal et mise au point de pains a base de farines composees (ble/sorgho)
Cette étude a été réalisée à partir de différents mélanges de farine sans tannin issus de trois variétés de sorgho (621A, 621B, 622B) et de blé. Ces trois variétés de sorgho ont été homologuées par l’Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA). Les paramètres tels que l’indice de Zeleny, le temps de chute de Hagberg et la force boulangère des différents mélanges de farine de blé avec 20 % et 30 % d’incorporation de farine de sorgho ont été déterminées au niveau de l’Unité de Biochimie Industrielle de la faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux (Belgique). L’étude a montré qu’une substitution de la farine de blé par de la farine de sorgho entraine une diminution de l’indice de Zeleny, de l’activité amylasique, de la force de la farine, de l’extensibilité et une augmentation du temps de chute et de l’équilibre entre la ténacité et l’extensibilité. Des tests de panification à base de farines composées incorporant 20 % des farines issues des différentes variétés de sorgho ont été effectués aussi au niveau de la boulangerie pilote de l’Institut de Technologie Alimentaire de Dakar. Les pains obtenus ont présenté un bon volume, une bonne texture de la mie, de la croute et un bon goût comparable au pain 100 % blé.Mots clés : Sorgho, tannin, variétés, farines composée
Coherent transport in a two-electron quantum dot molecule
We investigate the dynamics of two interacting electrons confined to a pair
of coupled quantum dots driven by an external AC field. By numerically
integrating the two-electron Schroedinger equation in time, we find that for
certain values of the strength and frequency of the AC field we can cause the
electrons to be localised within the same dot, in spite of the Coulomb
repulsion between them. Reducing the system to an effective two-site model of
Hubbard type and applying Floquet theory leads to a detailed understanding of
this effect. This demonstrates the possibility of using appropriate AC fields
to manipulate entangled states in mesoscopic devices on extremely short
timescales, which is an essential component of practical schemes for quantum
information processing.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures; the section dealing with the perturbative
treatment of the Floquet states has been substantially expanded to make it
easier to follo
Fortification des farines tropicales par l’introduction de proteines vegetales et de champignons comestibles
La fortification des aliments de base des populations constitue un moyen efficace pour contribuer à la lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire. Le présent travail a consisté à incorporer les champignons comestibles, Pleurotus florida et la pâte de niébé dans la farine de mil. Pour y parvenir, les champignons sont produits sur des substrats à base de son de riz et de paille d’arachide. La méthode d’incorporation utilisée pour assurer le mélange est la cuisson-extrusion du type mono vis. Les farines obtenues avec ou sans ajout des champignons sont caractérisées sur le plan nutritionnel. Les résultats obtenus ont montré que les teneurs en protéines des farines varient de 13,27 % à 18,48 %, celles en minéraux de 4,68 % à 8,98 %, le fer de 92,28 % à 101,89 %, le magnésium de 3,10 % à 3,32 %, le zinc et la matière grasse de 10,75 % à 11,90 %. Au vu des résultats obtenus, la meilleure farine serait la farine composée qui présente une teneur en protéines comprise entre 15 et 22,6 %, valeur recommandée par le Codex Alimentarius pour ce type de complément alimentaire destiné aux enfants. Dans ce mélange, après extrusion, tous les minéraux ont augmenté de 5,76 mg/100g pour le fer, 101,89 mg/100g pour le magnésium, et de 3,32 mg/100g pour le zinc. Parallèlement, le taux de matière grasse est de 11,90 %, inférieur à la valeur normale (15,5 %) fixée par le Codex Alimentarius.Mots clés : Champignons comestibles, farine fortifiés, farine de mil, niéb
Recurrence of fidelity in near integrable systems
Within the framework of simple perturbation theory, recurrence time of
quantum fidelity is related to the period of the classical motion. This
indicates the possibility of recurrence in near integrable systems. We have
studied such possibility in detail with the kicked rotor as an example. In
accordance with the correspondence principle, recurrence is observed when the
underlying classical dynamics is well approximated by the harmonic oscillator.
Quantum revivals of fidelity is noted in the interior of resonances, while
classical-quantum correspondence of fidelity is seen to be very short for
states initially in the rotational KAM region.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figure
Nonperturbative Coherent Population Trapping: An Analytic Model
Coherent population trapping is shown to occur in a driven symmetric
double-well potential in the strong-field regime. The system parameters have
been chosen to reproduce the transition of the
inversion mode of the ammonia molecule. For a molecule initially prepared in
its lower doublet we find that, under certain circumstances, the level
remains unpopulated, and this occurs in spite of the fact that the laser field
is resonant with the transition and intense enough
so as to strongly mix the and ground states. This
counterintuitive result constitutes a coherent population trapping phenomenon
of nonperturbative origin which cannot be accounted for with the usual models.
We propose an analytic nonperturbative model which accounts correctly for the
observed phenomenon.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
High-order Harmonic Generation and Dynamic Localization in a driven two-level system, a non-perturbative solution using the Floquet-Green formalism
We apply the Floquet-Green operator formalism to the case of a
harmonically-driven two-level system. We derive exact expressions for the
quasi-energies and the components of the Floquet eigenstates with the use of
continued fractions. We study the avoided crossings structure of the
quasi-energies as a function of the strength of the driving field and give an
interpretation in terms of resonant multi-photon processes. From the Floquet
eigenstates we obtain the time-evolution operator. Using this operator we study
Dynamic Localization and High-order Harmonic Generation in the non-perturbative
regime
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