Pagmamahal sa Bayan sa Mundong VUCA

In this lecture, Dr. Amante asks the question: how do you teach students about patriotism during VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) times? She provides educators steps on how to navigate and process times of crisis with students. Speaker: Helen earned her doctoral degree in Leadership Studies major in Organizational Development at the Ateneo de Manila University. She has been in basic education teaching for more than thirty years and has handled administrative posts in academic affairs, student affairs and campus ministry. She has years of experience in textbook production both as textbook series head and writer. She has designed computer-assisted modules for use of children in the classroom. She has been an awardee of the annual teacher awards for excellence at the Ateneo- Basic Education. Her research interests include leadership in education, organizational behavior, pedagogy in different learning areas, women leadership and peace education. She is an active member of Peace Education Network of the Philippines (PENPHIL) and the present President of the Philippine Leadership Society (PHIL-LEADS).https://archium.ateneo.edu/magisterial-lectures/1013/thumbnail.jp

Motivating factors for male and female librarians in four Nigerian Federal Universities

This study was conducted to assess the levels of motivation of 14 motivating factors on academic librarians in four Nigerian Federal Universities based on gender and years of service. The population comprised of 66 librarians from the universities of Abeokuta, Calabar, Ibadan, and Uyo. An 18-item structured questionnaire, with section A soliciting for respondents’ biodata and section B soliciting for respondents’ opinion regarding how much they were motivated by each of the 14 motivating factors, was adopted for data collection. Data were subjected to Analysis of Variance and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. With regards to gender, results indicated that male librarians were similarly motivated by each of the 14 factors while the female librarians were significantly motivated by Professional development/Growth and Promotion. For years of service, the librarians who have worked for 1 – 10 years and 21 years and above were similarly motivated by all the factors while Training, Professional development/Growth, Conducive environment, Job security, Promotion, and Career advancement significantly motivated those who have worked for 11 – 20 years. It is concluded that the female librarians were better focused on the factors that motivate them than the males; their primary motivator was promotion. Motivation of librarians also varied with years of service

Effect of Formative Classroom Assessment on Students’ Academic Achievement in Junior Secondary School Basic Science in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria

The research investigated the effect of formative classroom assessment on students’ achievement in junior secondary school Basic science in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The study adopted a pre-test, post–test experimental design. The population of the study comprised all the public Junior Secondary School two (JSS II) students out of which 80 students were purposively sampled and used for the study. Basic Science Achievement Test (BSAT) was used for the pre-test and post–test. The instrument was content validated by Basic science teachers who are experts in the subject. The reliability of the BSAT was determined by the test-retest method yielding a reliability co-efficient of 0.70. Data collected were analysed using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test at 0.05 level of significant. The Findings revealed that formative classroom assessment had effect on the students’ academic achievement in favour of the experimental group; formative classroom assessment was also found to improve the students’ academic achievement as observed in the difference between pre-test and post-test in favour of the post-test; and no significant difference in the scores of male and female exposed to the formative classroom assessment. It was recommended that teaching and learning at the junior secondary school should be improved by regular formative classroom assessment with adequate feedback and remediation for learners to improve their academic achievement. Keywords: Assessment, Formative assessment, Classroom, Academic achievement DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-15-22 Publication date:May 31st 201

Macrophage anti-inflammatory behaviour in a multiphase model of atherosclerotic plaque development

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease characterised by the formation of plaques, which are deposits of lipids and cholesterol-laden macrophages that form in the artery wall. The inflammation is often non-resolving, due in large part to changes in normal macrophage anti-inflammatory behaviour that are induced by the toxic plaque microenvironment. These changes include higher death rates, defective efferocytic uptake of dead cells, and reduced rates of emigration. We develop a free boundary multiphase model for early atherosclerotic plaques, and we use it to investigate the effects of impaired macrophage anti-inflammatory behaviour on plaque structure and growth. We find that high rates of cell death relative to efferocytic uptake results in a plaque populated mostly by dead cells. We also find that emigration can potentially slow or halt plaque growth by allowing material to exit the plaque, but this is contingent on the availability of live macrophage foam cells in the deep plaque. Finally, we introduce an additional bead species to model macrophage tagging via microspheres, and we use the extended model to explore how high rates of cell death and low rates of efferocytosis and emigration prevent the clearance of macrophages from the plaque

The Challenges of Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights across the Economic Community of West African States: The Nigerian Experience

Intellectual property rights are those rights that protect the result of creativity, inventiveness and the result of the human intellect. Generally speaking intellectual property is broadly divided into industrial property and copyrights. The first include such intangible but significant properties such as patents, trademarks, industrial designs, trade names as well as goodwill, which are often referred to as incorporeal hereditaments. The second is a separate and distinct head of law (ownership right) known as copyright. There are challenges of enforcing intellectual property rights in West African States and these have its attendant devastating effect on the economy in the region. It is obvious that consequent upon the emergence of industrialization in West Africa many people have resorted to infringing works of other people in order to reap where they did not sow thereby depriving the owners of such work of their labour, time and expense. It is for this reason that the law frowns at it by seeing that the owners of these work are not unjustifiable expropriated or reaped by people who are not the producers of such labour. This has rooted deep in our society today thereby reducing the pace of development in West Africa. In this paper we shall substantially highlight the meaning of the concept of intellectual property rights; the meaning of intellectual property, the nature and scope of intellectual property  and the challenges of enforcing intellectual property rights in West Africa and recommendations on ways to tackle these challenges. Keywords: Intellectual property rights, challenges, recommendations.

AVAILABILITY AND REMOTE ACCESSIBILITY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY SERVICES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the state of operations of academic library services in the Nigerian Federal Universities by assessing the existence of functional library websites and remote availability and remote access to library services during the COVID-19 lockdown. All the academic libraries in the 43 Federal Universities form the population of the study. A purposive sampling technique was used to sample all the 43 academic libraries. Results indicated that 10 (23.3%) of the libraries had no functional websites while 33 (76.7%) of the libraries had websites and subscribed to various e-resources some of which were library Internet Protocol (IP) restricted. With regard to the availability and remote access to information resources, 17 (39.5%) of the libraries had websites but had no online information services available and none remotely accessible to users from remote locations. Three (7.0%) of the libraries had very few digital resources, and they are remotely inaccessible. Only 13 (30.2%) of the libraries provided tangible information sources that were available online and remotely accessible during the lockdown. It was concluded that many academic libraries in Nigeria failed to provide remote library and information services during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, and this would force users to access other unverifiable sources of information

Drug Plant Seed Viability Preservation by Cryoconservation

The article considers the possibility of cryopreservation of seeds of several species of drug plants in Central Kazakhstan – Tanacetum ulutavicum, Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia, Rhaponticum carthamoides. To increase the amount of viable seeds after liquid nitrogen freezing, we used different defrosting temperatures, deposited seeds with different moisture contents and used different containers for cryopreservation. Recommendations, concerning conditions of cryopreservation of seeds of these drug plant species were developed, basing on the obtained results

Investigating midwives' barriers and facilitators to multiple health promotion practice behaviours: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework

Background In addition to their more traditional clinical role, midwives are expected to perform various health promotion practice behaviours (HePPBes) such as informing pregnant women about the benefits of physical activity during pregnancy and asking women about their alcohol consumption. There is evidence to suggest several barriers exist to performing HePPBes. The aim of the study was to investigate the barriers and facilitators midwives perceive to undertaking HePPBes. Methods The research compromised of two studies. Study 1: midwives based in a community setting (N = 11) took part in semi-structured interviews underpinned by the theoretical domains framework (TDF). Interviews were analysed using a direct content analysis approach to identify important barriers or facilitators to undertaking HePPBes. Study 2: midwives (N = 505) completed an online questionnaire assessing views on their HePPBes including free text responses (n = 61) which were coded into TDF domains. Study 2 confirmed and supplemented the barriers and facilitators identified in study 1. Results Midwives’ perceived a multitude of barriers and facilitators to carrying out HePPBes. Key barriers were requirements to perform an increasing amount of HePPBes on top of existing clinical work load, midwives’ cognitive resources, the quality of relationships with pregnant women, a lack of continuity of care and difficulty accessing appropriate training. Key facilitators included midwives’ motivation to support pregnant women to address their health. Study 1 highlighted strategies that midwives use to overcome the barriers they face in carrying out their HePPBes. Conclusions Despite high levels of motivation to carry out their health promotion practice, midwives perceive numerous barriers to carrying out these tasks in a timely and effective manner. Interventions that support midwives by addressing key barriers and facilitators to help pregnant women address their health behaviours are urgently needed