Twenty years of fisheries development in Nigeria

The paper traced the historical development of fisheries development in Nigeria. The paper was further discussed under the following sub-headings:- Ten years development plan 1945-1954, First National Development Plan 1962-1968, Second National Development Plan 1970-1974, Third and fourth National Development Plans. Several of the government programmes rolled out to enhance fisheries development are discussed, such as National accelerated fish production programme, operation feed the nation, the Green Revolution and structural adjustment Era. The paper confirmed that the past twenty years have witnessed phenomenal growth in Fisheries Development in Nigeria. However, decline has been noticed in the area of local fish production. This, has been due to a number of factors some of which are: prohibitive price of spare parts and fishing inputs, the increasing price of automatic gas oil

Fast word-level power models for synthesis of FPGA-based arithmetic

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PEMILIHAN PRESIDEN DAN PENCIPTAAN MEKANISME CHECKS AND BALANCES: MENUJU PENCIPTAAN SISTEM PRESIDENSIAL MURNI

The attempt to question the legitimacy of President Abdurrahman Wahid has led to reemergence of the idea of having a direct election for the filling the President post, instead of having an indirect election, namely through the People\u27s Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat or MPR). This article rejects the idea of engaging in a constitutional reform on a reactive for a short terms interest. If we are committed to have a direct election for recruiting president, we have to do it thoroughly and comprehensively based on a well-chosen design. For that purpose, this article outlines some mechanisms for direct election for the president. We have to decide which mechanism fit to Indonesian political life. More whichever mechanism we choose it has to fit with the idea of establishing check and balances. Kata-kata kunci: pemilihan presiden, sistem presidensial murmmekanisme checks and balance

Twenty two years of IDD elimination efforts in Sudan: An alternative approach for national USI legislation is needed

The aims of this paper are (1) to review the progress made in Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) control in Sudan since 1989, and (2) to propose an alternative approach for national USI legislation in Sudan. Although three federal ministerial decrees requiring salt manufactures to fortify all edible salt with Iodine and three states have laws prohibit selling of non-iodized salt in their jurisdictions. But none of these decrees and laws implementation was enforced. Utilization of existing National Standardization and Metrology Law (2008), National Public Health Law (2008), and Food Inspection Law (1973) provide legal frame for this alternative approach. Collaboration between MOH and SSMO to issue a national compulsory salt specification and develop monitoring and surveillance systems is highly recommended Keywords: Sudan, Universal Salt Iodization, Iodine Deficiency Disorders, USI legislation

HUBUNGAN PERSEPSI MAHASISWA DENGAN KETERAMPILAN DOSEN DALAM MENGELOLA KELAS DAN HASIL BELAJAR

Hubungan Persepsi Mahasiswa dengan Keterampilan Dosen Dalam Mengelola Kelas dan Hasil Belajar. Penelitian ini mengkaji tentang hubungan antara persepsi mahasiswa dengan keterampilan dosen dalam mengelola kelas dan hasil belajar mahasiswa angkatan 2018. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui ada atau tidaknya hubungan antara persepsi mahasiswa dengan keterampilan dosen dalam mengelola kelas dan hasil belajar mahasiswa angkatan 2018 Jenis penelitian bersifat kuantitatif dengan desain survey. Data primer dari kuesioner dengan jumlah sampel 54 orang, data dianalisis menggunakan Chi Square. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara persepsi mahasiswa dengan keterampilan dosen dalam mengelola kelas dan hasil belajar mahasiswa angkatan 2018

Production and Characterization of Twelve Different Biochars and Evaluating Their Effects on Soil Health and Plant Growth

Biochar has been a topic of growing interest in the scientific community. It is a product derived from carbon rich organic materials through the process of pyrolysis. It has received wide attention as a means to improve soil fertility and crop productivity, absorb pollutants in soil, and sequester carbon to mitigate climate change. Recent research on biochar explores its impacts on the environment with particular focus on use as a soil amendment in agriculture. Biochar produced from different biomass and under different production process effects the environmental and agronomic impacts of its application in different ways. This means biochar can be designed to achieve desired goals. Therefore, the advanced understanding of biochar is of utmost importance. This research was aimed to produce and characterize twelve biochars from feedstocks consisting of invasive plant species along with native plants and agricultural residues made at two different production temperatures. Furthermore, this study explored the potential of these biochars as amendments to remove pesticide from soil, thus reducing further groundwater pollution. The effects of the biochars on plant growth, soil microbial population and soil enzyme activities were also investigated. Laboratory studies were conducted to characterize the biochars and also to evaluate their effect on pesticide retention. Garden potted study was done to observe how these biochars influenced plant growth as well as soil microbial and enzyme activities. Results indicated that the production temperatures and type of feedstocks greatly influenced the physicochemical properties of the biochars which subsequently affected their performance. It was found that the type of feedstocks had greater effects on biochar performance than the selected production temperatures. The knowledge from the study will be beneficial to determine the integration of these biochars as an approach towards sustainable agricultural practice and in climate mitigation

Applying Deep Learning to the Ice Cream Vendor Problem: An Extension of the Newsvendor Problem

The Newsvendor problem is a classical supply chain problem used to develop strategies for inventory optimization. The goal of the newsvendor problem is to predict the optimal order quantity of a product to meet an uncertain demand in the future, given that the demand distribution itself is known. The Ice Cream Vendor Problem extends the classical newsvendor problem to an uncertain demand with unknown distribution, albeit a distribution that is known to depend on exogenous features. The goal is thus to estimate the order quantity that minimizes the total cost when demand does not follow any known statistical distribution. The problem is formulated as a mathematical programming problem and solved using a Deep Neural network approach. The feature-dependent demand data used to train and test the deep neural network is produced by a discrete event simulation based on actual daily temperature data, among other features

A Tahlili Study Was Conducted on The Hadith Regarding The Guardianship of A Widow in Marriage

In marriage, one of the individuals entitled to represent and administer the rights of a person is the Wali. In the case of a widow's marriage, the role of the guardian is crucial to ensure that the widow's rights are recognized and fulfilled. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods with a sociological approach to examine the guardianship rights of widows. The field data is compared with the findings of hadiths that discuss the widow's guardianship using the tahlily method to analyze the hadith maānil. The research concludes that the traditions that explain the guardianship of a widow allow widows to choose their partners, but do not deny their guardianship rights. The relevant traditions clarify that widows have the authority to choose their partners even if their guardians do not approve of it, but the Prophet advised widows to respect the existence of their guardians even though they have been granted full rightsIn marriage, one of the individuals entitled to represent and administer the rights of a person is the Wali. In the case of a widow's marriage, the role of the guardian is crucial to ensure that the widow's rights are recognized and fulfilled. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods with a sociological approach to examine the guardianship rights of widows. The field data is compared with the findings of hadiths that discuss the widow's guardianship using the tahlily method to analyze the hadith maānil. The research concludes that the traditions that explain the guardianship of a widow allow widows to choose their partners, but do not deny their guardianship rights. The relevant traditions clarify that widows have the authority to choose their partners even if their guardians do not approve of it, but the Prophet advised widows to respect the existence of their guardians even though they have been granted full right