Computer self-efficacy, anxiety and attitudes towards use of technology among university academicians: a case study of University of Port Harcourt Nigeria

The 21st century also called ICT literacy includes not only the traditional concept of literacy, but it also encompasses the ability to incorporate new technologies into teaching and learning. The paper focus on computer, self-efficacy, anxiety and attitudes towards use of technology, as it influence the behavioral intention of the university academicians to accept and use ICT for teaching and learning. The University of Port Harcourt Nigeria was use as a case study, and 100 questionnaires were administered and collected. The technology usage by the academic staff shows that 74% are willing to use ICT once or more a day. 51% of the respondents said that the use of ICT is voluntary. Three null hypotheses were stated. The findings shows that the Uniport academic staff had medium computer anxiousness, they have moderate computer self efficacy and high attitudes towards use of technology. Therefore, as attitudes towards use of technology increase, computer self efficacy also increase and this cause a gradual decrease in computer anxiety. The most influential construct is attitudes towards use of technology. This was determined by the regression analysis and the hypotheses. The knowledge gained from this study is beneficial to university administrators, academic staff and the Nigerian ICT policy makers

Publicly Funding Journalism in an Age when Everyone is a Journalist

With access to a computer and an Internet connection, anyone can act as a journalist today. More than just acting as journalists however, people are acting as publishers, as curators of the news, as editors and as opinion leaders and they exist in addition to the legacy media organizations that provide news through more traditional mediums. The sheer volume of content now available is un-deniable. The question then is: Should government be involved in funding any of it

Scaling up care for perinatal depression for improved maternal and infant health (SPECTRA)

Evidence indicates that with training, providers of maternal care at primary care levels can offer effective treatment for perinatal depression conditions which impact women’s health and child care. The scaling up care for perinatal depression for improved maternal and infant health (SPECTRA) aim is to reduce the burden of perinatal depression and improve maternal and child health. System-level barriers and facilitators to the delivery of effective intervention for perinatal depression have been identified. The presentation for the West African Health Organization (WAHO) workshop suggests approaches to the dissemination of information through community leaders, service users and caregivers

Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Muyuka: a rural health district in South West Province, Cameroon.

AIM: To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in the population aged 40 years and over in Muyuka, a rural district in the South West Province of Cameroon. METHODS: A multistage cluster random sampling methodology was used to select 20 clusters of 100 people each. In each cluster households were randomly selected and all eligible people had their visual acuity (VA) measured by an ophthalmic nurse. Those with VA <6/18 were examined by an ophthalmologist. RESULTS: 1787 people were examined (response rate 89.3%). The prevalence of binocular blindness was 1.6% (95% CI: 0.8% to 2.4%), 2.2% (1.% to 3.1%) for binocular severe visual impairment, and 6.4% (5.0% to 7.8%) for binocular visual impairment. Cataract was the main cause of blindness (62.1%), severe visual impairment (65.0%), and visual impairment (40.0%). Refractive error was an important cause of severe visual impairment (15.0%) and visual impairment (22.5%). The cataract surgical coverage for people was 55% at the <3/60 level and 33% at the <6/60 level. 64.3% of eyes operated for cataract had poor visual outcome (presenting VA<6/60). CONCLUSIONS: Strategies should be developed to make cataract services affordable and accessible to the population in the rural areas. There is an urgent need to improve the outcome of cataract surgery. Refractive error services should be provided at the community level

On the serial verb construction (SVC) in Iyinno

A derivação SVC tem sido uma questão não resolvida para a linguística africana,o que levou a uma série de postulações e estruturas rígidas de uma teoria gerativa para outra. Taiwo (2009) e Abimbola (2014) deram uma luz de esperança em relação a derivação, propondo que existe uma única estrutura oracional projetada. Essa brilhante proposta levantou questões como roamingfeatures(Angitso, 2013), resultando, consequentemente, na derivação convergente com recursos teta não atribuídos e não valorados. Observando essas inadequações, o presente trabalho propõe uma revisão de Abimola (2014) sobre as bases de resíduo LF de objeto DP compartilhado, selecionados em conjunto a partir do léxico, mas ilegível numa interface PF. Os resíduos LF fornecem a valoração dos roaming features e a atribuição de teta ao objeto resíduo sem desrespeitar a condição de inclusão. Apenas a cópia linearizada do objeto DP é legível na interface P

Influence of Fluid Pressure and Effective Stress on Quartz Cementation in Clastic Reservoirs

It is well established that the development of shallow overpressure within sedimentary basins reduces vertical effective stress (VES) and inhibits mechanical compaction, thus preserving porosity. However, the influence of vertical effective stress on chemical compaction/pressure dissolution and related quartz cementation in sandstones has been under-appreciated in many clastic reservoir studies that have favoured temperature as the key control on quartz cementation. These models suppose that quartz cementation is controlled by temperature-related precipitation kinetics and that the supply of silica is largely irrelevant. However, it is commonly considered that the main source of silica for quartz cement is from intergranular pressure solution, the rate of which is influenced by VES. This study integrates quantitative petrographic data, high spatial resolution oxygen isotope analyses of quartz cement, basin modelling, and a kinetic model for quartz cementation to understand the relevance of VES to quartz cementation by investigating clay-poor sandstones of the Upper Jurassic Fulmar Formation from Clyde, Elgin and Fulmar fields in the UK Central Graben and Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Group from Lake Creek and Rotherwood fields in the Texas Gulf Coast. These sandstones have distinctly different histories of vertical effective stress (VES) and temperature. The study not only shows that most or all the silica for quartz cement can be derived from intergranular pressure dissolution, but that the extent of intergranular pressure dissolution and related quartz cementation correlated strongly with VES and poorly with temperature. Oxygen isotope data obtained from the quartz cements yield temperature ranges for quartz precipitation which are taken to indicate that the rate of quartz cementation is more strongly related to the history of VES rather than the history of temperature. This analysis suggests that it is the vertical effective stress history, rather than the temperature history, that exerts the greatest influence on quartz cementation. This work has significant implications for understanding how overpressure and VES influence porosity preservation in high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) reservoirs, and would also aid the development of better reservoir quality predictive models for prospective HPHT reservoirs

Examining How Physical Activity Patterns Relate To Psychosocial Health Among Children (Ages 4 6 Years) In Canada: National Longitudinal Survey Of Children And Youth (NLSCY) 1996-2008.

Background: Declining rates of total physical activity (PA) among children are disconcerting; however, research on PA and sport participation including potential benefits for psychosocial development is still in the early stages. Objectives: i) To estimate the prevalence and predictors of organized physical activity (OPA) participation among 46-year-olds across Canada from 1996 to 2008, and ii) to evaluate psychosocial outcomes associated with sport/OPA and unorganized physical activity (UPA). Methods: Data from 46-year-olds in the 19962008 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (weighted n= ~5 572 000) were pooled and cross-classified with PA types (inactivity, OPA, UPA, and combined PA). Results: Over half of 46-year-olds (53.4%) were engaged in OPA. Better psychosocial development was generally seen amongst frequent OPA groups, 5- and 6-year-olds, and those with a higher household income. Conclusion: Parental involvement and socioeconomic advantage are central to engagement in (and psychosocial benefit from) OPA participation