30 research outputs found
Employee assistance program: measurements of effectiveness, 1991
No full textThis study examined the effectiveness of XZY County's Employee Assistance Program (EAP), utilizing survey research techniques. The sample consisted of the entire population of XZY County's 22 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Coordinators. Six perceptional factors were measured: EAP effectiveness, level of managerial commitment to EAP, rating EAP services, management action towards EAP, knowledge of the extent of employee problems, and the impact of the HMO insurance coverage on EAP effectiveness. Research findings indicated that the EAP functioned ineffectively. The level of managerial commitment was found to be inadequate. Employee performance on return to work after use of EAP's services were found to be moderately satisfactory. One of the most significant implications was that the present HMO insurance coverage were inadequate for EAP effectiveness
A quality improvement project: evaluation of digital and visual aid birth control education amongst young adult women between the ages of 18-30 years old
No full textPurpose of Project: The purpose of this project was to increase contraceptive use knowledge and comprehension amongst young adult women 18-30 years of age.
Methodology: This quality improvement project was conducted in East Orange, NJ, and included implementing new visual aid tools into practice to improve contraceptive understanding and awareness among millennial-aged women. A three-month retrospective and prospective chart review were managed and included evaluations on age, race/ethnicity, education level, and relationship status.
Results: A total of 40 pre-and post-surveys were distributed. A total of 20 pre-and post-surveys were returned finished, reviewed, and used for data analysis. Although an increase in knowledge, use of birth control, and comfortability with birth control were seen. No statistical significance was found when analyzing knowledge increase on contraception amongst young adult women after applying Bedsider digital and visual aid tools, p=0.625, p= 0.250, p=1.00.
Implications for Practice: Lack of access, health literacy, awareness, and lack of comprehensive education have been obstacles to providing adequate birth control information and understanding on national, state, and local levels. This quality improvement project serves as a link to bridge the gap and supplement current standard birth control education as a means of improving the standard of care provided for all contraceptive visits worldwide.D.N.P.Includes bibliographical reference
Female Perpetrators of Ritually Motivated Pedicide and Mutilation of Children
No full textRitually motivated pedicide is among contemporary Africa’s most severe crimes against children. Most of these crimes involve brutal acts of violence or mutilation of the victim. While men are most often the perpetrators of violent crimes, ritually motivated pedicide and mutilation equally attract women. The role of women in these crimes is not restricted to the less violent aspects of the crimes; instead, they also extend to the most brutal elements, often involving mutilation, decapitation or outright murder of the victim. This article explored the involvement of women in these crimes that target children for mutilation and pedicide. The article draws on case examples of incidents involving brutality and murder of children by women selected from academic reports and reports by media and non-governmental organisations to demonstrate the nature of involvement in these crimes. The article demonstrates that women also engage in the most serious roles with or without the company of men in ritually motivated pedicide and mutilation. These include mutilation and violent murder of children who are used for rituals. The author argues that the high degree of violence in ritually motivated mutilation and pedicide means that these crimes against children deviate from the established female patterns of aggression that are typically less violent
Divergent imaginings: Transitioning to decarbonised mobility in ‘post-coalonial’ County Durham
No full textWhat happens when the various parties involved in constructing decarbonised futures’ infrastructure diverge in their imaginaries? Much of the published research on the sociotechnical imaginaries relating to electric vehicles (EVs) describes the creation of the future of decarbonised transport as a process mired in conflict, with various interested parties represented as strenuously disagreeing in their assessment of the most efficacious solution. The aim of the article is to offer an alternative account, based upon data gathered through participant observation, interviews, and grey literature. It describes the sort of personal transportation futures currently being imagined in the United Kingdom. The focus is specifically on the installation of electric vehicle charge points. The author contrasts Whitehall’s national vision for this infrastructure with the ‘post-coalonial’ vision of officers of Durham County Council in North East England have articulated an alternative, a ‘post-coalonial’ vision, and finds that the vision of both the British civil service and Government of the United Kingdom focused on private ownership and commuting, while Durham County Council envisioned publicly accessible charge points that enabled various types of different journeys. Despite the striking differences the conclusion is that contrary to the findings of previous studies the existence of these divergent infrastructural imaginaries led not to conflict but to co-existence
Effect of Chemical Impurities on Centrifugal Machine Performance: Implications for Compressor Sizing in A CO 2 Transport Pipeline [QUERY]
No full text© 2017 The Author(s). Several research studies have been published on CO 2 pipeline transportation. Most of them focus on developing hydraulic models of entire CO 2 pipeline networks. From these studies, a lot of original knowledge has been produced to understand the behaviour of CO 2 pipeline networks under dense phase or supercritical conditions. The globalized modelling approach used in these studies are generally sufficient for carrying out an overall design and operation of an entire CO 2 pipeline network. However, such models are too insufficiently detailed for use in optimizing the performance of a compressor in a CO 2 transport pipeline. This is because in hydraulic models, compression is simulated with adiabatic or polytropic equations which do not account for the geometry and internal fluid flow processes within the compressor. Moreover, in energy requirement calculations involving these equations, compressor efficiency is assumed to be fixed, where as in reality, it varies with change in the purity of the CO 2 stream being compressed. Given that compressors consume most of the energy needed to operate an entire CO 2 pipeline network, it is vital that a detailed analysis of the effect of impurities on machine performance is done as a prerequisite for developing an optimal procedure for compressor sizing and selection. To this end, a quasi-dimensional model based on the laws of conservation was developed and validated for a detailed investigation of the effect of various impurities on the performance of a centrifugal machine handling supercritical carbon dioxide. Results of the study confirm that the power requirement of a compressor is affected by the impurities and provides an insight into the relationship between compressor size, work input and the pressure required to maintain the CO 2 stream flowing in a transport pipeline network in supercritical state
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Towards Reforming the Legal Framework for Secured Transactions in Nigeria ::Perspectives from the United States and Canada /
No full textThis book offers a valuable guide to one of the most challenging areas of commercial law, now frequently referred to as secured transactions, with a focus on Nigerian, Canadian and United States perspectives. A debtor's ability to provide collateral influences not only the cost of the money borrowed, but also in many cases, whether secured lenders are willing to offer credit at all. The book proposes that increasing access to, and indeed, lowering the cost of credit could tremendously boost economic development, while at the same time arguing that this would best be achieved if the legal framework for secured transactions in Nigeria, and of course, any other country with similar experiences, were designed to allow the use of personal property and fixtures to secure credit. Similarly, the creation, priority, perfection, and enforcement of security interests in personal property should be simplified and supported by a framework that ensures that neither the interests of secured lenders nor debtors are hampered, so as to guarantee the continuous availability of affordable credit as well as debtors' willingness to borrow and do business. The book further argues that in addition to the obvious preference for real property over personal property by secured lenders due to the unreformed secured-transactions legal framework in Nigeria, its compartmentalized nature has also resulted in unpredictability in commerce and the concomitant effects of poor access to credit. Through the comparative research conducted in this book utilizing the UCC Article 9 and Ontario PPSA as benchmarks, the author provides reformers with a repository of tested secured-transactions law solutions, which law reformers in the Commonwealth countries in Africa and beyond, as well as the business community will find valuable in dealing with issues that stem from secured transactions.
Participation in the governance of the green energy in South Africa
No full textSouth Africa’s bold steps and commitments to the green growth strategy are borne out of the
need to link together development, economic growth and environmental damage.
Environmental hardship has led to a decline in agricultural production and food insecurity,
political quagmire by countries over carbon emissions, as well as threats to lives in forms of
skin diseases and respiratory problems. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon dioxide
(CO2) are associated to unclean energy usage worldwide, contributing to environmental
damage and climate change. Again, South Africa is faced with electricity crises for nearly a
decade. To surmount the twin challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security,
this Southern Africa country adopted a green economy strategy, of which green (renewable)
energy is the thrust of the approach. It has proposed a green energy policy, which has
generated controversy and contestations from the members of the public and stakeholders
alike. The controversy generated by the policy is inextricable linked to lack of participation
by the relevant stakeholders in crafting the proposed clean energy policy.
The purpose of this research is to investigate factors leading to lack of inclusivity and
participation in the proposed implementation of a green energy strategy in South Africa.
Following literature review, background studies, as well analyses of qualitative in-depth
interviews, the study identified key findings that speak to the reasons for lack of inclusivity
and participation in the governance of the green energy in South Africa. The major finding is
that there is a huge communication gap between the decision makers and other relevant
stakeholders in the country. Key recommendations have been made by the author for
consideration by policy actors on the green energy sector, with social dialogue, robust
communication and collective concrete actions as its focus.
Key Words: development, environment, sustainability, participation, green energ
Determinants of capital structure of Nigerian non -- financial firms.
No full textThe research report presents empirical findings on the determinants of capital structure of selected sample population of non-financial firms of Nigeria. The study was based on quantitative research orientation, and descriptive research design. Secondary data was obtained from 2000-2012 Standard and Poor (S&P) Nigeria Stock Exchange's twenty seven non-financial firms as sample population for the study. ... Major research findings of the study revealed the impact of liquidity in the leverage of Nigerian non-financial firms as a result of institutional factors such as size, return, growth, tangibility, liquidity and dividend on firms' impact and methods of financing. Also, the visibility of static Trade-off Theory as more constant in determining the wave of capital structures of Nigerian non-financial firms. The study concludes by reiterating that even though the selected firms used for the study is not a reflection of all the non-financial firms in Nigeria, however, it asserts that most Nigerian's non-financial firms experience high leverage and dividend payments to investors (foreign and local) as well as experience low liquidity, which needs to be minimized of avoided. In sum, further empirical research is required, especially with the most recent data of S&P and Fitch's (2014) global ratings of Nigeria's economic performance as the leading economy in Africa (Chima, 2014). --Leaf iii.The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b197640
The role of music in leadership: a case study of the governance of Imo State from 2011-2019
No full textIt is almost resulting to overemphasis to state that music is as old as man, since it is close to impossible to picture a particular time when nature did not furnish man and his society with music. It is equally safe to opine that ever since the need arose for humanity to exist in society as against isolationism, leadership has been present in various shades and with varying degrees of opposition and acceptance. In all civilizations and societies past and present, there has always been a both covert and overt relationship of interdependency between music and leadership since the duo have a common objective which is to better humanity and make the human society efficient, safe and productive. In line with the facts above, this article unveiled the numerous roles which music has played in leadership and vice versa, using their relationship as seen in the governance of Imo State from 2011-2019 as case study. The method used, involved both personal observations of the author as an active member of this society, analysis of the works of some socio-political commentators, analysis of the activities, associations and alliances forged by some political and economic leaders of this society under study, presentation, interpretation and analysis of some musical tracks which have had swaying effects on the trajectory of leadership and the reactions of the masses to these songs. The study discovered that aside the entertainment function of music in this society, it was a strong determinant factor for the ways by which leaders related with the masses and vice versa and was also very instrumental in determining the level of acceptance which the masses conferred on their leaders. The author concluded this study by recommending that political and economic leaders should build on this relationship and partner with musicians to chart a path for functional, efficient and more rewarding humanity.
Keywords: Music, Musician, Leadership, Governance, Imo Stat
