31 research outputs found
Network Function Virtualization Technology Adoption Strategies
No full textNetwork function virtualization (NFV) is a novel system adopted by service providers and organizations, which has become a critical organizational success factor. Chief information officers (CIOs) aim to adopt NFV to consolidate and optimize network processes unavailable in conventional methods. Grounded in the diffusion of innovation theory (DOI), the purpose of this multiple case research study was to explore strategies chief information officers utilized to adopt NFV technology. Participants include two CIOs, one chief security information officer (CSIO), one chief technical officer (CTO), and two senior information technology (IT) executives. Data were collected through semi-structured telephone interviews and eight organizational documents. Through thematic analysis, four significant themes became apparent: organizational awareness, no hindrances to NFV technology adoption, documentation and implementation plan, and operational costs and efficiency. A key recommendation is for CIOs, CSIOs, CTOs, and senior IT managers to adopt the capability to document globally accepted processes and procedures for seamless adoption of NFV technology. The implications for positive social change include the potential to reduce energy consumption, preserving natural resources, and reducing environmental pollution due to the emission of dangerous gases that cause environmental degradation
An Ethnographic Reading of Nigerian Migrant Autobiographical Poetry in English
No full textLiterature, poetry in particular, has generally been marginalised in discourses on social history. While literature is seen by many critics, particularly social scientists and historians, as essentially fictitious and literary autobiographies as self-aggrandising, poetry, as a sub-genre of literature, is scarcely discussed as autobiography. Very few works have considered the possibilities of Nigerian poetry as auto/biography. Using ethnography of communication and postcolonial theoretical perspectives, this study, examines two purposively selected collections of Nigerian migrant poetry to establish their qualities as autobiographies. It also discusses the ethnographic qualities of Nigerian migrant autobiographical poetry and underscores its quality as not a mere self-aggrandising narration but a blend of self and the culture/society within which the self-narration is constructed.Keywords: Nigerian migrant poetry, ethnoautobiography, social history, self-writing, cultural constructio
Biblical Names in Selected Plays of Wole Soyinka: A lexico-semantic Study
No full textThis study interrogates the use of biblical names as charactonyms in selected plays of Wole Soyinka, the first Nobel laureate in Africa, with the aim of unearthing their morphological process and sociolinguistic imports in relation to the Holy Bible. The primary data from which extracts were made to illustrate the discussion were four drama texts: The Strong Breed (1963), The Road (1965), Death and the King’s Horseman (1975), King Baabu (2002)- all tragedies, by the same author. The theoretical frameworks adopted were Yule’s (1985) morphological taxonomy and Said’s (1978) postcolonialism. Ten names inundated with biblical elements were purposively selected across-the-board and analysed using the theoretical frameworks. Findings indicated that Soyinka inundated his works with analogy (60%) by deploying six names (Ifada, Sunma, Samson, Simon Pilkings, Olunde, Joseph) patterned after the Holy Bible to illustrate didactic lesson and messianic scapegoatism theme(s). Furthermore, the study revealed that the playwright deployed clipping (20%) through the names Maariya and Tikim, to indicate popular culture among African youth. Finally, the playwright uses biblical names in his works to blend his Christian and traditional background, and as a means of taking indirect swipe at the issue of African complex dispositions to the colonial encounter and its legacies. The work is a contribution to onomastic scholarship in relation to the Holy Bible and African-contact literary texts
Nomes bíblicos em peças selecionadas de Wole Soyinka: um estudo sociolinguístico
No full textThis study interrogates the use of biblical names as charactonyms in selected plays of Wole Soyinka, the first Nobel laureate in Africa, with the aim of unearthing their morphological process and sociolinguistic imports in relation to the Holy Bible. The primary data from which extracts were made to illustrate the discussion were four drama texts: The Strong Breed (1963), The Road (1965), Death and the King’s Horseman (1975), King Baabu (2002)- all tragedies, by the same author. The theoretical frameworks adopted were Yule’s (1985) morphological taxonomy and Said’s (1978) postcolonialism. Ten names inundated with biblical elements were purposively selected across-the-board and analysed using the theoretical frameworks. Findings indicated that Soyinka inundated his works with analogy (60%) by deploying six names (Ifada, Sunma, Samson, Simon Pilkings, Olunde, Joseph) patterned after the Holy Bible to illustrate didactic lesson and messianic scapegoatism theme(s). Furthermore, the study revealed that the playwright deployed clipping (20%) through the names Maariya and Tikim, to indicate popular culture among African youth. Finally, the playwright uses biblical names in his works to blend his Christian and traditional background, and as a means of taking indirect swipe at the issue of African complex dispositions to the colonial encounter and its legacies. The work is a contribution to onomastic scholarship in relation to the Holy Bible and African-contact literary texts.Este estudo analisa o uso de nomes bíblicos como nomes de personagens em peças selecionadas de Wole Soyinka, o primeiro Prêmio Nobel na África, com o objetivo de revelar seu processo morfológico e suas implicações sociolinguísticas em relação à Bíblia Sagrada. Os principais dados para ilustrar a análise foram extraídos de quatro textos dramáticos: The Strong Breed (1963), The Road (1965), Death and the King’s Horseman (1975) King Baabu (2002)-todas tragédias,do mesmo autor. A fundamentação teórica adotada baseia-se na taxonomia morfológica de Yule’s (1985) e no Pós-Colonialismo de Said. Para est estudos dez nomes repletos de elementos bíblico foram selecionados e analisados usando a fundamentação teórica mencionada. Os resultados indicaram que Soyinka inundou suas obras com analogia(60%)ao empregar seis nomes (Ifada, Sunma, Samson, Simon Pilkings, Olunde, Joseph) padronizados de acordo com a Bíblia Sagrada para ilustrar lições didáticas e tema(s) de bode expiatório messiânico. Além disso,o estudo revelou que o dramaturgo utilizou truncamentos de nomes (20%)v como Maariya e Tikim, para indicar a cultura popular entre os jovens africanos. Por fim,o dramaturgo usa nomes bíblicos em suas obras para misturar sua formação cristã com sua formação tradicional, e evidenciar de forma indireta a questão das complexas atitudes africanas perante o encontro colonial e seus legados. A obra é uma contribuição à pesquisa onomástica relativa à Bíblia Sagrada e aos textos literários sobre os contatos africanos, à taxonomia morfológica deYule(1985)e ao pós-colonialismo de Said(1978)
‘Third-Worlding’ the Colonial Metropolis: Post-Colonial Travelogue, Identity and a Tale of Two Cities in Odia Ofeimun’s London Letter and Other Poems
No full textCritics assume that all autobiographical writings are essentially subject-oriented, and therefore, unsuitable as a source of social history. Because of this critical perspec tive, travelogues are regarded as subjective and self-aggrandising. However, colonialist travelogues once served Euro-America as a source of construction of the history of their colonies and mapping of their cultural landscapes. It was employed at the time as instruments of cultural prejudice and colonial agenda. Using historico-biographical reading method, this paper examines the social awareness dimension of contemporary and post-colonial travelogues and how they have served and still serve as instruments of social and cultural critique through its interrogation of the geo-cultural spaces of the colonial metropolis. This is to underline the fact that travelogues, like other autobiographical writings, combine both the functions of self understanding and social criticism. By exploring how post-colonial travelogues are potent instruments for decentering the colonial metropole and redefining both the post -colonial ‗Self‘ and the post-colony in Odia Ofeimun‘s poetic travelogue, London Letter and Other Poems, this paper shows that travelogues are socially constituted and culturally constructed as a form of social history
Marketing an Academic Program: A Myth Maybe?
No full textUndergraduate students choose on an area of concentration or the major. There are a lot of factors that influence this decision including the following: risk, expected earnings level, family background, instructors, friends, probability of success, future career prospects etc. Business students likewise are faced with this decision and will be influenced by various variables in making a decision on the area to major in. Our research focuses on business students of Thompson Rivers University who are in their early part of their studies. We have analyzed the reasons for students choosing their major and have presented our recommendations paying particular attention to the differences between domestic and international students.Not peer reviewe
Marketing an Academic Program: A Myth Maybe?
No full textUndergraduate students choose on an area of concentration or the major. There are a lot of factors
that influence this decision including the following: risk, expected earnings level, family
background, instructors, friends, probability of success, future career prospects etc. Business
students likewise are faced with this decision and will be influenced by various variables in making
a decision on the area to major in.
Our research focuses on business students of Thompson Rivers University who are in their
early part of their studies. We have analyzed the reasons for students choosing their major and have
presented our recommendations paying particular attention to the differences between domestic
and international students.Not peer reviewe
ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTION OF UNDERUTILIZED POULTRY SPECIES IN IWO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (ADP) ZONE OF OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
No full textThe widening supply-demand gap of poultry products in Nigeria calls for urgent attention toward improving the production and productivity of poultry with a special interest in underutilized poultry species. This study was carried out to examine the level of production of underutilized poultry species and the factors influencing it in the Iwo ADP Zone of Osun State. A multistage sampling procedure was adopted to select 150 poultry farmers for the study. Data were obtained through physical interview of the farmers, then analysed using descriptive statistics and ordinary least square (OLS) regression. Results showed higher percentage of males in poultry production and mean age of the poultry farmers was 49.19±12.40 years with a mean length of experience in poultry keeping of 11.0±7.4 years and mean flock size of 68± 17. It was deduced from the study that majority (77.3%) of the poultry farmers had no or limited access to extension services. As determinants of the rearing of underutilized poultry species in the study area, results of multiple linear regressions showed the coefficients of the age of poultry farmers, and length of poultry farming experience was positive and statistically significant (P< 0.01). Household size was also positive and statistically significant (P< 0.05). Based on the findings, the study, therefore recommends the need for an enlightenment campaign and awareness on the importance of rearing underutilized poultry species and strengthening the livestock extension services for effective and result-oriented service delivery to the poultry farmers
The Effect of Fermentation Time on the Proximate Composition of Maize Grains (Zea mayz)
No full textAbstract: The proximate composition was carried out by standard methods. The values are all in percentages. The moisture content increased by, 2.50, 5.50, 1.50, and 3.50 on day 1, 2, 3, and 4 of fermentation respectively. In the same order, the ash content increased by 2.50, 6.50, 1.00 and 6.50. Crude protein decreased by 0.88, 0.30, 0.18, and 0.61, on day 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. The crude fiber decreased by 0.50, 0.50, 1.50 and 1.00 on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th day of fermentation respectively. Crude fat on the other hand increased by 1.50, 1.00, 2.50, and 2.50 respectively. And, finally the carbohydrate decreased by 5.12, 12.19, 3.33 and 10.89 in that order.
Keywords: Composition, Fermentation, Food, Maize, Nutrient, Proximate, Time.
Title: The Effect of Fermentation Time on the Proximate Composition of Maize Grains (Zea mayz)
Author: Ambugus Peter, Shittu K. J, Afuwai Winnifred Godiya, Oyekunle Oluwole Adegboyega, Salawu Akinbobola Oluwatosin, Aliyu A, Akyengo Ovye, Danlami A. Danzarami, Uwaiya Emmanuel, Amaya Habila, Augustine Anteyi, Obasi Okeh Queendaline
International Journal of Novel Research in Life Sciences
ISSN 2394-966X
Vol. 10, Issue 2, March 2023 - April 2023
Page No: 38-42
Novelty Journals
Website: www.noveltyjournals.com
Published Date: 06-April-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7805243
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