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The impact of self-efficacy on students academic performance is a critical issue in the realm of education. Self-efficacy, defined as an individuals belief in their own ability to accomplish tasks and achieve goals, plays a pivotal role in shaping students motivation, persistence, and ultimately, their academic success. However, there is a need for further investigation into the specific ways in which self-efficacy influences studentsacademic performance, as well as the potential moderating factors that may enhance or hinder this relationship. There was therefore need for a study to be conducted to establish the factors that affect their performance in Nyeri County. The study targeted students from public secondary schools in Nyeri County. Krejcie and Morgan (1970) formula was used to calculate the sample size of the students while Purposive sampling was used to select 25 teacher counselors making a total of 409 respondents. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview schedules and document analysis. The quantitative data from the questionnaire was first be subjected to preliminary processing through validation, coding and tabulation in readiness for analysis with the help of the statistical package for social science (SPSS) to analyze data. Descriptive statistics was presented using frequencies and percentages. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was employed to determine relationship that exists between the independent (Self-efficacy) variable and dependent variable (student academic performance). In addition, regression analysis was employed to test the relationships in the study. Qualitative data was transcribed, thematically classified and arranged before they are reported in narrations and quotations according to research objectives. From the study, it was noted that there was a strong and positive correlation between self-efficacy and students’ academic performance in Nyeri County (r = .886; p = .000). This shows that at 95% confidence level, the r value for self-efficacy was .886 showing a strong correlation with self-efficacy. Hence it was concluded that self-efficacy affects students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Nyeri County. The study therefore recommended that Schools should design experiences that enable students to experience success through effort and determination. Teachers can assign tasks that gradually increase in complexity, allowing students to build their skills and self- efficacy. Encourage students to reflect on their achievements and acknowledge how their hard work contributed to their success, reinforcing the connection between effort and positive outcome.
Students can pay with ‘Contactless Payment’ without bearing papers money. The term ‘Contactless Payment’ mentions to a secure method for students to purchase goods or services utilizing their ‘Smart ID Card’. The Smart ID Card will be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or a Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The assumption of the ‘Smart ID Card’ in campuses enhance transactional favor, flexibility and security. The ‘Contactless Payment’ technology works by ‘Tap’ the Smart ID Card on a Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal or QR payment through mobile app and the payment will be made instantly.
The power of trigonometric functions permits us to link them with modular arithmetic, so instead of blocking on the 180 trigonometric cycle, the exdended trigonometric functions give us all possible cycles. So we’ll also see general formulas of a mod b formula.
High-rise buildings have been rapidly increasing worldwide due to insufficient land availability in populated areas and their primary role as essential buildings in modern cities and capitals. However, high-rise buildings are very complicated due to the huge number of structural components and elements unlike low-rise buildings, as well as these high-rise buildings demand high structural stability for safety and design requirements. This paper aims to provide brief information about high-rise buildings regarding the basic definition, safety features, structural stability, and design challenges. The Deltaic region is characterized with a low soil bearing capacity due to the high water table within the soil. Bayelsa State as an example of the States in South-south and the topography is made up of 90% water body and 10% land mass. As noted, Bayelsa State is 90 percent water, and 10 percent land. Sixty percent of the water is saline, while the remaining 40 percent is fresh. Source: The Paradox of Water Crisis and Rural Poverty in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Daniel A. Omoweh p. 201-220, (2009). Key words: Deltaic, High-Rise, Structural Systems, Fire safety and Vertical Circulation.
The anti-skid performance of highway pavement is not only related to driving comfort, but also directly affects the safety of high-speed driving. Road anti-skid performance is directly related to pavement texture topography. Collection and analysis of pavement texture data can effectively predict road anti-skid performance. At present, conventional manual Sand Patch Test (SPT) method has low measurement efficiency and uncontrollable texture information loss. The non-contact road texture detection equipment based on the principle of laser triangulation has been gradually applied in the field of road detection in recent years due to its advantages of fast reading and high preci-sion. Unfortunately, most of these equipment are expensive to acquire and maintain. Hence, this paper proposes a road texture detection method based on photogrammetric three-dimensional reconstruction technology. The method uses a conventional camera device to take photos of the detection area, and the 3D model is reconstructed through the open source algorithm Openmvg. Finally, the mathematical modeling software based on Matlab is used for calculation and analysis. Compared with laser triangulation modeling and handheld 3D imaging modeling methods, the results show that among the three non-contact detection methods, laser triangulation detection has the highest detection accuracy. The photogrammetric detection method is better than the handheld 3D imaging, and the correlation coef-ficient between the Mean Texture Depth (MTD) value based on photogrammetric detection and the manual Sand Patch Test method reaches 0.9083, which can effectively predict the anti-skid performance of the road surface.
The discursive problematization of poor housing quality in public housing estates has become a source of concern to stakeholders and housing scholars. There seems to be a disconnect between improving housing quality and housing transformation in public housing estates. Furthermore, due to poor housing quality in Nigeria, occupants have resorted to improvised and unprofessional ways to ameliorate the deficits in qualitative housing needs without recourse to the impact on the physical environment. This paper therefore sought to examine a distinctive and significant aspect of housing quality by reducing housing transformational activities in public housing estates in Owerri Capital Territory, Imo State, Nigeria. The study relied on data gathered through a questionnaire survey of 309 residents in the study area. The variables in focus were existence of over-head steel stand for water storage tank and source of water supply in the study area. Point bicerial correlation analysis was used to test relationship and the result showed a significant correlation between the two variables of concern, with p < 0.5. The study further reveals that the construction of steel stand for water storage tank indiscriminately within the housing estates portends poor housing quality and could be avoided if there is adequate and efficient source of water supply. It was recommended that the revitalization and supply of frequent pipe-borne water, provision of central high powered solar bore hole as an alternative source of water supply at a various housing estates while ensuring strong mechanism for maintenance and management.
The agricultural growth (AG) in Nigeria exhibited varied trends over 51 years (1970-2021), with fluctuations and periods of decline, notably in 1983-1984 and 1985-1987. Food security (FS) experienced stability and fluctuations, witnessing increases from 1970-1974, 1979-1982, and 1997-2015, while facing a decrease from 1990-1997. Economic policy uncertainty (EPU), measured by government expenditure in agriculture uncertainty (GEAU), interest rate uncertainty (INRU), and exchange rate uncertainty (EXRU), revealed dynamic patterns. GEAU remained stable in 1970-1981, increased from 1981-1985, and fluctuated thereafter. INRU showed sharp increases in the 1970s and 1980s, with notable fluctuations until 2020. EXRU exhibited low stability until 1984, a significant increase in 1985-1987, and subsequent fluctuations. The study recommends that policymakers consider these fluctuations and external factors such as global economic conditions and commodity prices when making decisions. Awareness of the historical trends in agricultural growth, food security, and economic policy uncertainty is crucial for effective policy formulation in Nigeria.
This present generation has witnessed unprecedented advancement in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) so much such that even the small medium enterprises are getting their businesses online. The church which is one of the fulcrums of the society is not also left out in the wake of this technological development. Many churches are more and more getting their activities online to get a wider coverage in order to fulfil their operational mandate of reaching out to the whole world. As part of my contribution to this growing search, my study is aimed at designing a time series model to forecast church growth in terms of attendance and financial income using machine learning. The time series models that will be considered will cut across the Exponential Smoothing Models consisting of Single, Double and Triple Exponential Smoothing, the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), the Seasonal eXogenus ARIMA (SARIMAX) and the Prophet. These models are well established and widely used in predictions. While the Exponential Smoothing Models are good at capturing short term changes in trends and seasonality which are key components in the time series decomposition. The ARIMA, SARIMAX which is an improved version of the ARIMA with eXogenus variables are good at capturing patterns, trends and seasonality of the data using a combination of the past values, differencing and errors.
The study focuses on the spatial analysis and expansion of the University of Port Harcourt using remote sensing and GIS technology. The word expansion is defined in terms of Land utilization, changes in City development which affect composition of Land mass but converse definition was observed at the study area. Rumuoghalu and Rumuosi who share common boundary with the University developed at a faster rate but these village settlements grew without proper control wish interface with the boundary of University of Port Harcourt and became a concern to the Rivers State Government, and said those who bought land owned by the university, would not be given certificate of Occupancy (C of O). The researchers utilized a dataset consisting of Landsat satellite images and a topographic map. The study employed tools such as ArcGIS and MS Word for data analysis and presentation. The researchers performed image analysis using the ENVI 4.5 software package, combined spectral channels to create false color composite and pseudo-neutral color displays. A supervised classification of the imagery was conducted using the minimum distance algorithm based on Gaussian normal distribution. The classified raster image was then vectorized, converted to a vector, and exported as a shapefile to ArcGIS for further analysis. Thematic maps were created for different time periods (1986, 2000, and 2015) based on the segmented maps. Results, in 1986, The overall accuracy of the classification model was calculated to be 82.7143%, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.7682. In 2000, The overall accuracy of the classification model for 2000 was 82.5309%, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.7689. For the 2015 dataset, roadways covered the largest area, followed by light vegetation, built-up areas, thick vegetation, and water bodies. The overall accuracy of the dataset was calculated to be 79.9179%, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.7323. Based on these findings, the study suggested potential insights for future research, including monitoring changes in land cover composition over time, analyzing the factors influencing the dominance of different land cover classes, and using the classification model to track changes in the area.
We hypothesize that Zero Distance is the soul of any Future Quantum Management Theory. Viewed through heuristic lenses of Mathematical sciences and cultural anthropology, Zero Distance reveals its natural complexity and its psycholinguistic interpretative diversity reflecting many Scientific Quantum Management theories. Tools presented in this paper allow exploring the heuristic potential of the Quantum Management Science through scientific meanings of Zero Distance and its relation with Newtonian Management where the past and the future are present in our eyes. In this landscape classifying Quantum Management theories in the realm of Management Sciences is of greatest interest for management scientists.
The experiment was conducted at Haramaya University sheep farm with the aim of assessing effect different level of dietary protein and energy supplements on feed intake and carcass composition of Black Head Somali sheep. Randomized complete block design was employed with 5 treatments and 6 blocks. The average initial weight of experimental sheep was 22.19 ± 0.21 kg. The experimental sheep were fed grass hay as basal diet. The supplement feeds were formulated from groundnut cake, brewery dried grain and wheat bran. Treatment feeds were formulated in such a way that to deliver different level of dietary crude protein and metabolizable energy. The treatment feeds were having, T1 (8.3 MJ ME / Kg DM and 9.1%d CP), T2 (8.6 MJ ME / Kg DM and 11.5%d CP), T3 (9.1MJ ME / Kg DM and 13% CP), T4 (9.55 MJ ME / Kg DM and 15% CP) and T5 (10.2 MJ ME /Kg DM and 17.5% CP). The experimental period lasted for 90 days which was preceded with two weeks of adaptation period. The control treatment was grass hay. Grass hay dry mater intake was higher (P<0.01) for control than the supplemented groups. But total dry matter intake was higher (p< 0.01) for supplemented groups compared to the control. Higher total CP intake (TCPI) and total estimated ME intake (TEMEI) were recorded (P<0.01) with increasing levels of supplementation. Slaughter body weight, empty body weight, hot carcass weight and dressing percentage were higher (p<0.01) for supplemented groups compared to the control group. The group on high level of protein and energy supplementation (T5) had higher (p<0.01) hot carcass weight, empty body weight, rib eye muscle area, lean meat and fat weight compared to the other treatment supplemented group. Bone weight was statistically non significant for all treatments (p>0.05). The financial return obtained from T5 was (3876 birr) higher than the other groups receiving the remaining treatments. Marginal rate of return percentage was increasing at a decreasing rate for all treatments except T4. Treatment carrying the highest level of energy and protein gave the highest return hence further study need to come up with optimum dietary protein and energy level.
This project exertion is on the design and construction of automatic phase selector and changeover switch for 3-phase power supply with generator starter. It delivers a means of exchanging from one phase of AC mains to another in the case of failure in the obtainable phase; it also changeover to generator if there is failure in all the 3 phase of the AC mains. The circuit also senses the reestablishment of any or all the three phases of the mains and changeover without any sign of power outage. In several cases if phase supply voltage is low in any of the load energetic phase and if you demand to run altogether the equipment in appropriate way as necessary then you need be sure about the remains and normal single phase electrical supply. By the use of appropriate TPTD relay logic we can promptly select proper accessible phase and evade the short circuit disorder between the different phases. However fuse of appropriate rating should be used in three phase’s i.e. inputs lines. At that time correct voltage must be existing for driving the load. In the building, to run all the apparatus on the single phase we have to change low voltage phase to the accurate available phase voltage by using electrical element such as Contactors, under voltage, overvoltage protection and TPDT relays.Keywords: Contactors, Automatic Changeover, Timer and Relays, phase selector.
It is very important to know about what’s happening around us in every field of life. Machine Learning made it obviously easy for us to do it without wasting our so much time. Product analysis, Image processing, Pattern recognition, medical diagnosis, and so on are many fields where machine learning is directly employed. Mainly here we are discussing machine learning implications in the field of real estate to predict the prices of house. So, many factors are taken into consideration to predict the house price like, bed rooms, TV lounge, decoration style, balcony, garage, parks, nearly hospitals, and broad roads and so on. We will surely predict house price on the base of different metrics by combining different techniques of machine learning. Combination of OLS Regression, Linear regression, random forest and XGBoost regression will give us a very concise result.
The tomato is a fruit rich in nutrients and very popular in Mali, despite its many benefits, producers were faced with many problems. Samples of tomato fruits were taken in the circle of Kati at October 10, 2022. The main objective of this work was isolated and characterizes lactic acid bacteria in the tomato fruits ability of degrading organophosphorus pesticides (OPP) chlorpyrifos. Besides, the antagonistic activity was determined against the phytopathogenic and spoilage bacteria on tomato fruit. Twenty-three lactic acid bacteria and twenty-one pathogenic bacteria were isolated from tomato fruits of the two varieties Mongal and Cobra. However, the Cobra variety had high bacterial count compared to the Mongal variety. Identification by Gallérie API 20E shows the presence of pathogenic and spoilage bacteria such as Enterobacter cloacae (2) 100% pathogenic bacteria generally isolated in CSF, Pasteurella pneumotropica (T5) 95% Pantaeo ssp (T13), and (T14). Five lactic acid bacteria isolates (BL16, BL4, BL10, BL6, BL5) among the twenty-three lactic acid isolates showed degradation organophosphate pesticide (OPP) Chlorpyrifos. The results showed that certain lactic acid bacteria which have inhibitory activities against phytopathogens; can survive in the presence of OPPs and degrade them significantly in a short time. Among lactic acid bacteria, BL16 and BL5 showed the highest degradation capacity. Moreover, these lactic acid bacteria strains showed excellent growth ability at different NaCl concentration (4% 6% 8% 10%) and at the temperature of 44°C.
This qualitative study aims to generate a comprehensive annotated bibliography and determine the saturated and unsaturated research methodologies of the 274 agricultural graduate theses of the University of Southern Mindanao and Sultan Kudarat State University. Purposive sampling was employed in selecting the research materials in this study. Content analysis and archival research were utilized to extract bibliographic information, research methodological profile, and produce annotation of each thesis. Results revealed the following information: majority of the agricultural theses in the libraries of USM and SKSU were produced by the graduates of these universities as academic requirements under the Master of Science in Agronomy and Master of Agricultural Science and Technology Major in Crop Science, the highest number of theses produced are recorded in the years 1986 for USM and 2000 for SKSU, quantitative is the dominant research methodology, the most utilized design is Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), and the most common research locale are the University of Southern Mindanao Agricultural Research Center (USMARC) for USM and Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU) Tissue Culture Laboratory Center (TCLC) for SKSU. Qualitative is the underexplored Research Methodology on both universities. Keywords: library science, agricultural research, annotated bibliography, research methodology, content analysis, archival research, Philippines.
This article deals with a morphological and pragmatic analysis relating, on the one hand, to the noun paradigm and, on the other hand, to nominalization in French. The corpus planned to carry out this study of the few enunciative dimensions and the syntactic-structural behavior of the name and nominalization in French is preferentially drawn from written media discourse. Certainly, the concept of morphological model or noun paradigm in French is a notion that deserves attention as a process of grammaticalization rich in its forms of occurrence and its employment values in the context of use. Therefore, in addition to the syntactic indices delimiting it, in structural morphology, as “a grammatical word”, it will be a question of the pragmatic scope of “nominal discourse” depending on the context of use. This will involve making manifest the morphological specificities specific to the formal paradigm of the noun in French while highlighting those relating to the syntactic-pragmatic behavior of nominalizations. So what about the constituents of the formal noun paradigm in French? How to proceed to master the structure on the basis of the principle of morphological unity that is the grammatical word? Is it a model or a formal program void of meaning which can integrate fragments (or specific identities) distinguishing it from others according to the rules of arrangement and variation of words at the combinatorial level? What principles and concepts in structural morphology should be used to understand it? Is it possible to carry out a morphological division into identities and units of the grammatical word in light of the formal program of the noun? Could the structural analysis of nominal occurrences be sufficient in itself without evoking significant rhetorical-pragmatic implications in this regard?
This article develops a reflection on the problem of didactic contextualization as it could be carried out through the teaching and learning of writing in a multilingual context. Proposing the adoption of certain perspectives concerning didactic variation in writing in FLE in Moroccan high schools, this article challenges the constants of monolingual didactics that are devoted to writing training sessions in FLE classes. Nevertheless, attempting to reconsider the modalities of acculturation to scriptural practices cannot embody a goal in itself. Proposing the use of interactive and contextualized alternatives such as the technolectal approach and bi-plurilingual practices, is our foreseeable goal to be addressed. To what extent does the mononormed and monolingual didactics of written expression in FLE remain deficient compared to an approach of didactic variation in writing focusing on the promotion of writing and communication skills of learners? Does written language embody a form of specialized language or a scriptural technolect in its own right that must be absolutely codified? What recourse or actions should be taken in a multilingual environment to compensate for the shortcomings identified in written teaching? Does the technolectal approach applied to the practice of writing fall into a form of integrated or convergent didactics? Do the didactic modalities of acculturation to writing in FLE/FLS in Moroccan high schools fuel the structural impact of the linguistic division through the methods of their implementation favor monolingualism and disregard interlectal practices guaranteeing contextualization and innovation? How are technolectal skills useful? Etc. It seems that contributing to the debate around the efficiency of training in promoting editorial-technolectal skills in multilingual contexts can be seen as an objective that our analysis needs to reach. On the one hand, we recommend focusing on the real language and methodological needs of learners in terms of writing in terms of technolecto-scriptural skills. And on the other hand, we will review some functions of scriptural technolects in a didactic context and some perspectives of their didactization within the framework of a sociodidactics of plurilingualism.
Okebule Toyin, Oluwaseyi A. Adeyemo, Abiodun Oguntimilehin, Stephen E. Obamiyi, Opani M.Aweh, Ikpeze Oyinye Florence, Ajayi J. Ojo, Awe A.S, Omoyeni O. Emmanuel
To prevent suicide and heart-related mortality, a wireless gadget that monitors heart disease patients and suicide watch lists is required. This research proposes a portable and wireless system that can track and send heart rate and blood oxygen levels (SP02) to a remote location using GSM technology. The heart rate sensor is made up of a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, which uses optical principles to measure changes in blood volume. A pulse oximetry sensor that detects blood oxygen saturation levels is built into the oximeter monitor. For the convenience of the user, these sensors are incorporated into a small, wearable gadget. The oximeter probe is in direct touch with a patient's body, and the measurements are taken by the microcontroller analog pin zero and calibrated using C++ code that is programmed into the ATMEGA328P microcontroller using an Arduino UNO programmer. The readings are monitored using the Blynk app, which is configured with the sensors to read data and it is connected to a Wi-Fi module. Whenever the sensor detects an increase in analog pin voltage, readings are produced and transmitted in order to understanding the pulse rate and oxygen saturation level which is crucial. The GSM module's telephone number is programmed with a code that allows the patient's position to be requested at any time. The code is sent as a text message to the SIM inside the module, and the location of the patient is returned as a text message to the end user. This wireless system was able to successfully track and send heart rate and blood oxygen level wirelessly.
The trend of the society has moved from the analogue system of achieving and accomplishing business ventures to the electronic system whereby just a touch of a single button, so much can be achieved, transmitted and feedback obtained within seconds. Industries, companies and diverse establishments are realigning to meet up with the demands of the times. Churches being an integral part of the society are not equally left out of this move. With the outbreak and revolution in the Information and Communication Technology world, software like Database Management Systems (DBMS) [1] have launched organizational operations to its peak. Deploying ICT tool like the Mobile App is one area that has been overwhelmingly utilized. With this tool, so much is being accomplished in the area of church growth today thus enabling the rapid fulfilment of the Go Ye Commission into the whole world and proclamation of the gospel of Christ as in-scripted in Mathew Chapter 28 verse 19. The use of ICT for proper evaluation of the components of Church Growth is of essence as it will determine the operational strategies that can be adopted for greater exploits.
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