Sports Participation and Social Personality Variable of Students in Secondary Schools in Central Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria

The main thrust of this study was to investigate sports participation and social personality variable of students in secondary schools in Central Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria.  To achieve the purpose of this study, one hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. Literature review was carried out according to the variable of the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of five hundred (500) respondents was randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through the simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The reliability estimate of the instrument was established through the Cronbach Alpha reliability method. Independent t-test analysis was employed to test the hypothesis under study. The hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that, there is a significant difference in the physical variablesof secondary school students who participate and those who do not participate in sports. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that students should endeavour to take home the crusade of sports participation to further foster their interpersonal relationship with others around their neighbourhood and community and again, the physical education teachers who are the custodians of sports in these schools, should make sure that every student takes active part in sports during training sessions

SIMPBOARD –A MONGODB IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIMPLIFIED ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

Information dissemination is a key concern for most tertiary institutions. While information is relevant for the day-to-day running of a tertiary institution, the rightful information, sometimes, is not available for the appropriate decisions to be taken.  The practice, in some institutions, is the use of wooden notice boards for making information available to the academic community.   In many cases, such means of information broadcasting has been found to be inefficient, and largely a component of physical presence.  However, electronic presence is becoming more and more acceptable for spreading information. To this effect, this paper will discuss the design and implementation of a simplified online bulletin board system called SIMPBOARD that can be accessed through the web browser of a computer or smart phone. Furthermore, the system will allow for anywhere access to bulletins, and possible archiving of same, for reference purposes, through the use of Mongo DB with Meteor JS Framework.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i3.3

E-SERVICESCAPE AND CUSTOMER PATRONAGE OF INTERNET BANKING IN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS

This study was geared towards assessing the influence of e-servicescape on customer patronage of internet banking in deposit money banks. Its aim was to examine the influences of website aesthetic appeal, website usability, website security and website interactivity on customer patronage of internet banking services. Cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The sampling technique adopted was purposive sampling, which facilitated data collection from 228 bank customers with internet banking experience through a structured questionnaire. The study adopted multiple linear regression method to statistically test the hypotheses of the study. Consequently, the study found that website usability, website security and website interactivity had significant positive influences on customer patronage of internet banking in deposit money banks, while the effect of website aesthetic appeal was found to be non-significant and negative. Therefore, the study made relevant practical implications and suggestions for further research. Keywords: E-Servicescape, Customer Patronage, Internet Banking, Deposit Money Banks, Website Aesthetic Appeal, Website Interactivit

Cultura organizacional en el sistema de gestión de calidad en las Dependencias de Educación Superior (DES) Valle de México

1 archivo PDF (14 páginas). magyetsEl propósito de esta investigación fue diagnosticar los valores, rituales, héroes, símbolos, estructura y sistemas y competencia que conforman la cultura organizacional, tomando como caso de estudio al personal que interviene en el SGC bajo la norma ISO 9001:2000 de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM), con la finalidad de determinar su adecuación para la operación del sistema. El estudio es descriptivo, de corte transversal, y se encuadra en la propuesta teórica de Maull, Brown y Cliffe. Se aplicó un instrumento de medición a 61 sujetos de cuatro centros universitarios. Los resultados sugieren que la cultura organizacional es adecuada a los requerimientos que indica la norma ISO para la correcta operación del sistema de gestión; asimismo, las evidencias empíricas dan indicios de la aplicabilidad de la base teórica en el contexto local para la explicación del objeto de estudio. ABSTRACT: The intention of this research was to diagnose the elements that conform the organizational culture, such as values, rituals, heroes, symbols, structure and systems and competition, having as a case of study the staff involved in the Quality Management System (SGC) from Norm ISO 9001:2000 of the Mexico State Autonomous University (UAEM), in order to determine the impact of the elements for the good operation of the system. It is a crosssectional study and it is fitted in the theoretical proposal of Maull, Brown and Cliffe. A measuring instrument was applied to 61 subjects of four University Campues. The results suggest that organizational culture is adapted to the requirements to the correct operation for the SGC from the norm ISO, so the empirical evidences give indications of the applicability of the theoretical base in the local context for the explanation of the study object. PALABRAS CLAVE: Calidad, cultura organizacional, educación superior, cultura corporativa. KEYWORDS: Quality, organizational culture, education superior, corporate culture

Female Genital Mutilation and Early Marriage: A Violent on the Health of the Girl-Child in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria

This study investigates the effects of female genital mutilation and early marriage as violence on the health of the girl-child in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey research design was adopted for this study. A sample of two hundred (200) respondents was randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through the simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection. It was constructed by the researchers with the help of some measurement experts that gave its face and content validity. To test the hypotheses and ascertain whether to accept or reject them, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was considered appropriate because of the nature of variables involved. The 0.05 levels of significant were used for the statistical testing of each hypothesis with a critical value and degree of freedom. The result shows that there is significant effect of female genital mutilation and early marriage on the health of the girl-child. Based on these findings some recommendations and suggestions for further studies were made

A Multi-Agent Based Virtual Personal Assistant for E-Health Service

The application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the health sector is increasingly changing today’s health care. A communication agent for a multi-agent system-based virtual personal assistant is an attempt towards improving health care service delivery. We have developed a Multi Agent System and user interface for management of diabetes patients where the patients and medical specialist can interact easily without necessarily visiting the clinic. The application will enable the users to have regular interactions with each other, reduce the cost of going to the clinic, saves patients and medical personnel time. In order to design the application and user interface, we adopted a user centered approach and conducted interviews with the potential users. We also reviewed existing materials for data. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected during the development process. The application and user interface were evaluated by the potential users (patients and medical personnel). The user evaluation of the system shows that the participants were pleased with the application and the user interface. They interacted with the user interface with ease and they encountered little or no difficulty. Keywords: multi-agent, e-health, virtual personal assistant, information and communication technolog

Exercise: A Therapy for Physical and Mental Fitness of School Children

The enhancement and maintenance of physical and mental fitness of the pupils in school is one of the cordial objectives of every good education system. Physical fitness does not only imply the absence of diseases or deformities, but the ability of the pupils to undertake their studies efficiently and effectively each day without undue fatigue imposed by any of the systems of the body and to have reserve energy for other activities at home. Physical and mental fitness cannot be developed and maintained mainly by reading them in books. They are attained through participation in regular graded physical exercises outside the classroom in the open air. This was the primary preoccupation of the classroom teachers in the forties and fifties. Today the story is different. Teachers do no longer pay attention to the development and maintenance of physical and mental fitness of the children. Consequently, the physical and mental fitness of the pupils has dropped tremendously and school administrators are virtually powerless to do anything about it

Panorama de la enseñanza de responsabilidad social empresarial en las instituciones de educación superior en México e Iberoamérica

1 archivo PDF (16 páginas). magyefoEn este artículo se presenta un panorama actualizado sobre la enseñanza de la responsabilidad social en México, así como sus antecedentes en Iberoamérica, a fin de identificar si la enseñanza de la responsabilidad social empresarial constituye realmente una prioridad para las instituciones de educación superior. También se encuentran las principales reflexiones que han guiado a las instituciones de educación superior (IES) a llevar a cabo procesos de formación en responsabilidad social empresarial (RSE). Se destacan las principales definiciones adoptadas, así como algunos de los principales hallazgos que han permitido identificar ciertas “tendencias, iniciativas y acciones de las instituciones” frente al alcance de la RSE. El escrito está organizado en cinco apartados. La primera sección introductoria plantea las principales motivaciones y preguntas que alentaron la formulación del proyecto y que han posibilitado establecer los antecedentes de la RSE. En segundo lugar, se presentan las principales definiciones que han aportado autores y organismos nacionales e internacionales sobre el concepto. En el tercer apartado se muestran los temas e indicadores de la RSE; un cuarto apartado presenta la enseñanza de responsabilidad social en Iberoamérica y se describen las iniciativas llevadas a cabo por universidades en Latinoamérica. En el quinto apartado se presentan las principales IES que han llevado a cabo iniciativas de RSE en México. Finalmente, se presentan algunas reflexiones sobre las principales aportaciones de las IES en materia de enseñanza de la RSE. ABSTRACT: This article presents an updated overview on the teaching of social responsibility in Mexico, and his record in Latin America, to identify other teaching corporate social responsibility, is really a priority for Institutions of higher education, likewise are the main considerations that have guided the higher education Institutions to carry out training processes in corporate social responsibility, in this paper highlights the main definitions adopted this term as well as some major findings that have identified certain “trends, initiatives and actions of institutions” in front of the scope of corporate social responsibility. The paper is organized into five different sections, the first section presents introductory type questions and the main reasons that encouraged the development of the project and have made it possible to establish the background to the corporate social responsibility, the second presents the main definitions that have provided authors and national and international concept, the third section lists the topics and indicators of corporate social responsibility, a fourth section presents the teaching of social responsibility in Latin America and describes the initiatives undertaken by universities around Latin America, in the fifth section presents the main higher education Institutions have undertaken corporate social responsibility initiatives in Mexico, finally have some final thoughts on the main contributions of institutions of higher education in the teaching of corporate social responsibility. PALABRAS CLAVE: Responsabilidad social empresarial, competencias, educación superior. KEYWORDS: Corporate social responsibility, skills, higher education

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