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Corruption, Development and Security in Nigeria
Full text linkAlthough corruption has existed in human society for quite a long time, the incidence of corruption and insecurity in Nigeria poses great challenges to governance and has become an issue of public concern; corruption has impacted negatively on national development in Nigeria; despite various policies and programmes adopted by previous governments in the country there is still the prevalence of socio-economic cum political challenges, Nigeria is still bedevilled by the problems of poverty, inequality and insecurity ,deteriorating educational system, high level poverty, poor living conditions and inequality. The paper seeks to assess corruption, development and security in Nigeria, the research specifically examines the impact of Corruption on Developmental and Security; there are various measurements, scales and variety of causes of corruption that are undertaken through various methods. There are several types of corruption being practiced by Nigerians. Findings from the study showed that, corruption serves as the major factor for the retardation of Nigeria socially, economically and politically and has negatively impacted on thecountry’s corporate existence. What distinguished this study from previous ones is that, it examined the current security challenges faced by the country as a result of financial misappropriation. The study argued that financial fraud and insecurity have done more damage to the country than any other phenomena in our national history as a nation and recommends the need by all Nigerians to see the inherent dangers of corruption and do everything within our power and will as a people tobring to an end the scourge of corruption from Nigeria so that we can move forward in terms of development, safety and peace
THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND DEMOCRATIC DIVIDENDS FOR RURAL AREAS: A STUDY OF JIGAWA STATE, 2015-2023
Full text linkThis study appraised the role of the State Legislature in the delivery of dividends of democracy to rural areas in Jigawa State, Nigeria; the study sought to assess the extent to which the State Legislature has effectively translated the principles of democracy into tangible benefits for rural communities to have access to basic services, infrastructure development, and socio - economic well-being; Data was generated through both primary and secondary sources, the research utilized the qualitative and quantitative technique while explanatory and expository approach was used in the analysis of data. The findings revealed that Jigawa State legislature has made strides in the delivery of dividends of democracy to rural areas through efforts to promote economic empowerment in rural areas through initiatives such as agricultural support programs, small business development, and empowerment. The research contributes to the understanding of the dynamics of democracy and development and highlights the importance of effective legislative representation in ensuring that rural communities benefit from the dividends of democracy. The study recommends that for Jigawa State Legislature to succeed in delivering dividends of democracy to the people living in the rural areas, it must improve the allocation of resources towards rural development, strengthen legislative oversight functions by fostering community engagement, promote transparency and accountability in legislative processes in order to ensure meaningful development to the people living in the rural areas
The Impact of Poverty and Insecurity on Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Full text linkNigeria has all it takes to be great in terms of human and natural resources to develop one of the greatest economies of the world yet most of her citizens lives in poverty; this unpleasant development has made her being rated as one of the poorest nations in the world. This study examines the impact of poverty and insecurity on sustainable development in North- Western Nigeria: a case study of Katsina State from 2015 – 2022; the objective of the study is to identify the causes of poverty and insecurity and their impact on the lives of the citizens. The study adopted primary and secondary sources of data collections using questionnaire which was complemented with the secondary source of data by reading text books, journals, dissertations, research projects, conferences, seminar and workshop papers on poverty and insecurity. Data were presented and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics which involved the use of descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, mean and percentage. The findings suggest that the level of poverty in Nigeria is responsible for the insecurity in the country; though poverty is not a sufficient variable in the explanation of the intense nature of insecurity in Nigeria, nonetheless there is a relationship between poverty and insecurity. The study recommends that good governance can guarantee peace and security so government must create a vibrant economy that will provide social, economic and physical infrastructure that will drive industrial growth and development and ensure social security and curb the menace of poverty and insecurity
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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