This study examined quality implementation of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) and entrepreneurial skill acquisition for technology and economic development in Nigeria. It looked at standard of admissions policy, quality of personnel and standard of facilities. Three research hypotheses guided the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised heads of department, units’ heads, senior non-academic staff, 300 and 200 levels students of 2016/2017 academic session from TVE department in two institutions. A sample of 135 respondents out of a population of 562 was drawn from University of Calabar (UNICAL) and Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) for the study. Of this number, 125 representing 92.59% return rate was achieved. Census technique was used to select the staff, while purposive sampling was adopted in choosing 300 and 200 levels students in the 2016/2017 academic sessions. On the other hand, systematic sampling was adopted in selecting 300 and 200 levels students that actually responded to the instrument. A validated researcher- made four point rating scale questionnaire captioned “Quality Implementation of Technical and Vocational Education and Entrepreneurial Skill Acquisition for Technology and Economic Development Questionnaire” (QITVEESATEDQ) was used for data collection. A reliability estimate of 0.71 was achieved for the instrument using Cronbach reliability coefficient after a pilot test was carried out. Data collected was analyzed using linear regression statistical tool and all hypotheses were tested at .05 significant level. Findings revealed that admissions policy, quality of personnel and standard of facilities in TVE departments significantly influence the acquisition of entrepreneurial skill for technology and economic development. It was therefore recommended among others that only merit should be the basis for granting admissions into TVE programs if it must lead to the acquisition of adequate entrepreneurial skill for technology and economic development.

Recruitment is a function of human resource management by which an organization can attract the potential candidates and select the most appropriate employees for the organization. Now-a-days the people are extensively adaptive to the technology and that’s why e-recruitment has become a popular practice followed by the organization for hiring employees. This is an exploratory research with the aim of identifying how e-recruitment and internet is influencing the overall recruitment process of an organization in context of Multinational companies of Bangladesh. In this study, multinational organizations of Bangladesh have been taken as population according to their participation in e-recruitment activities. The sample was drawn from the renowned companies and data were collected from various levels of respondents in context of the job seekers. Statistical analysis has been used to prove that there is a significant statistical analysis of how e-recruitment is practiced and the relationship between e-recruitment and overall recruitment process. It also concluded that there is a moderate relationship between these two variables and the job seekers feel convenient to search potential jobs for their prosperous career. So it is recommended that the organization should continue to use e-recruitment and online sources for hiring candidates so that they can match with the global business world.

Corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheet as an alternative to conventional roofing material was initiated under the integrated conservation development program (ICDP) of Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in the year 2004. The program was aimed at reducing community pressure on natural resources to enhance conservation of biodiversity and keystone fauna and flora species through protection of wild habitat. It has benefited 628 inhabitants of Merak and Sakteng which were identified as the least developed among 15 Gewogs (Blocks) under Trashigang Dzongkhag (District). Data were collected through semi structured questionnaires to study the impact of the program to policy and natural habitat management. Amongst the two types of conventional roofing materials available in the locality, Shingles (79%) were in extensive use in comparison to Bamboo mat (21%) attributing to its durability. However, people prefer to use CGI sheet (100%) roofing which is economical, durable and effective in comparison to Shingle and Bamboo mat roofing, where incidences of water seepage to the room is frequent and requires replacing after 5.6 and 1.7 years respectively incurring higher maintenance costs. Replacing conventional roofing with CGI sheet has a long-term positive impact to conservation of forest and wild habitat. It is estimated that under ideal conditions approximately 5521 healthy matured Fir trees (>4'1''girth) and 1.68 million Bamboos were saved from felling since the initial supply of CGI sheet. However, effective roofing has led to the construction of the illegal permanent concrete huts in the Tsamdro (pastureland) and changes in the architectural designs of their native houses. The need of proper drainage system was also observed as important to reduce the gully erosion from CGI sheet roof run-off.

Objective: S. boulardii seem to be an assuring biotherapeutic agent for the amelioration of the course of diarrhoea in children when used therapeutically. S. boulardii mediates responses resembling the protective effects of the normal healthy gut flora. Our objective was to access the safety and efficacy of S. boulardii on childhood diarrhea.

Methodology: Total 210 patients were enrolled out of which 184 patients completed the study S. boulardii sachets (5 million CFU~282.5mg) were given to the patients enrolled in the study. Efficacy and safety assessment was made by quantitating the Frequency, Intensity and Consistency of stools.

Results: Stool frequency decreased from 9.005 to 2.7 at the end of 5 days. Severity scale was extrapolated which interestingly showed zero patients with severe diarrhoea. There was a reduction in the duration of diarrhoea along with stool consistency where in majority patients with watery stool came down to 2 from 136.

Conclusions: Saccharomyces boulardii is safe and efficacious in the treatment of diarrhoea in Indian children

This study aimed to analyse the ability of critical thinking to solve sequences and series problem through Problem-based Learning (PBL) with Islamic Nuance. Research instruments operative included instructional instruments (lesson plan and students’ work sheet); learning achievement test, questionnaire; critical thinking assessment sheet, and documentation. The lesson plan and students’ work sheet validation results evinced values of 3.73 and 3.74. The research generated the data concerning students’ activity during instructional process from the first to third meeting respectively as follows; 60%, which meant good category, 80%, indicating very good category, and 83.33%, evincing very good category. The minimum criterion of learning achievement was achieved because more than 80% of students gained score of at least 60, that was 27 students (90%) passed and 3 students (10%) below passing criteria. From the data analysis, it found that students' critical thinking ability in solving Sequences and Series problem through PBL was very satisfactory.

Working standards for compact lamps is very important to some inspection organizations in Egypt.  We prepare the working standard lamp of high power compact lamp .These lamps provide the realization of luminous flux scale in the photometry laboratory in national institute for standard (NIS).  We choose three types of lamps in our study.  The lamp types are compact florescent lamp at nominal watt (WL1) 85watt, (WL2) at nominal Watt 105 Watt with ballast and (WL3) at nominal Watt 105watt without ballast.  The spectral power distributions of all the standard lamps and test lamps are measured.  The results of experimentally obtained values of luminous flux of each lamp type at the calibration values of supply voltage at 220 volts are illustrated.

The concept of public administration can be defined differently in terms of scope and function, yet generally indicates states’ public policies and the actors of these policies. The extent of the states’ active role in planning and implementation processes of these policies varies according to their ideology in political and economic terms. Nonetheless, regardless of the ideology, it is seen that globalisation and process of change worldwide have led to partial or rooted reform movements in public administration systems. This process is called a transition from traditional public administration to new public administration, and it is based on neoliberal policies. In this new order where states are embracing a more passive role, Turkish public administration experiences this change due to the impact of several factors. The approach followed involves, particularly, coexistence of global and local, and increasing value of privatisations and global actors within the system. A clear reflection of this is seen through principles and strategies embraced within provincial and regional development policies.

Saltwater intrusion into the coastal aquifer has long been recognized as a major threat to groundwater quality around the world. Groundwater evaluation of salt water intrusions in Igbokoda coastal area, southwestern Nigeria was carried out employing combined Horizontal Profiling and Vertical electrical sounding. Two traverses each with two sounding points were occupied. The result from the survey revealed 4 to 5 major layers comprising the unconsolidated silty sand and sandy clay (overburden), clayey zone, consolidated sand zone, partly intruded salt water intruded sandy clay zone and salt water intruded clay zone. The curves were the complex types KQH, KHA, QH and HKH curves. The overburden has resistivity that ranged from 253 to 1316.7Ω-m, thickness that ranged from 0.2 m to 7m. The clayey zone had resistivity of 846.0 Ω-m and thickness of 4m. The consolidated sand zone had resistivity that ranged from 2848.7 to 2865.7Ω-m and thickness that ranged between 4 and 21m. The partly intruded salt water zone is characterized by resistivity that varies between 18.4Ω-m and 93.0Ω-m and thickness of about 7-25m. The salt water intruded zone is characterized by resistivity that ranges between 4.1Ω-m and 9.7Ω-m and thickness of 4-48m. The partly-salt water intruded zones and salt water intruded zone were characterized with low resistivity while the high resistivity zones of consolidated sand layer constitute fresh water bearing zone that could serve as boreholes in the study area.