This paper examines pre-Kanuri Borno societies focusing more on the „So‟ that were not given much relevance historically. It is in this view that the paper attempts to examine the place of the pre-Kanuri inhabitants of Borno in the history of the area and bring to the fore their contributions to human civilization, particularly in the Chad Basin Area before the arrival of the Sayfawa into Borno. It appears like the history of Borno started only with the coming of the Sayfawa into the area as documented in most reference materials. The „So‟ were the most notable pre-Kanuri inhabitants of Borno. Perhaps there were many ethnic groups who probably dispersed to other locations in the Benue Valley, Bauchi Plateau and some parts of Hausa land. These groups of people left some imprints in terms of civilization that we are able to understand through archaeological and ethnographical researches. The Method that was adopted in writing this paper is documentary analysis, using a multidisciplinary approach that cut across history, ethnography, archaeology and oral tradition. Data collected were critically analysed and interpreted. Findings revealed that the area was well inhabited long before the arrival of the Sayfawa, although, little was known about the pre-Kanuri inhabitants due to lack of enough sources to contend with. In conclusion, the area is noted for a civilization that flourished for thousands of years. As such, there is the need for more research on the area to reveal more on the pre-Kanuri Sayfawa people.

The ontological study of visual verbs mainly focuses on the meaning and grammar of visual verbs, while the grammar study focuses on the grammar of patterns, syntactic functions, grammaticalization, pragmatics and collocation. The cognitive research of visual verbs mainly includes categorization, life meaning, and metaphor and so on. The semantic research of visual verbs mainly includes polysemy and its meaning evolution, word-formation semantics, lexical semantics, syntactic semantics, and semantic field.

The Arab Spring has been shaped by successive episodes of the revolutions of freedom, the largest geopolitical movement that has rocked the Arab world and the Middle East since the 1960s, which witnessed the eruption of the socalled national revolution that sanctified the Arab exodus from the yoke of old colonialism and their aspiration to independence, freedom, dignity and national sovereignty, like other nations. This study aimed at determines the role played by the Jordanian society during the Syrian crisis in all fields, and to identify the impact of the Syrian crisis on Jordanian society (education, and health). In order to achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire was designed as a main tool for collecting data. It included (54) items divided into four variables (educatione and health). The sample comprised of (177) individual's that selected randomly from all employees of the Jordanian Refugee Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Interior. After the distribution of the questionnaire and data collection, the SPSS software was used to answer the study questions through the use of descriptive analysis. The study found that there is great impact of Syrian asylum on Jordanian society in all aspects, the threats facing Jordan, due to Syrian asylum, are not only linked to direct security and military threats Syrian refugees have exhausted economic infrastructure and resources in Jordan, and Jordan faces significant challenges to its economic resources under Syrian asylum. In the light of the results the study recommended that the Syrian crisis, its continuation and its impact on Jordan require a new course through the holistic approach to transform the Syrian refugee crisis into a development opportunity that positively reflected on host communities and refugees.

This study examines the instrumentality of English in writing good research papers. Writing is an interesting intellectual process. Research papers cover a wide range of topics. Poor mastery of English in English-speaking non-native regions is evident in research papers, and this is unacceptable. The study hinges on an integrative theoretical underpinning which explores insights from contemporary English grammar and principles of writing. Data are generated from research papers across academic disciplines. They are analyzed in terms of the conventions of English (grammar and vocabulary) and principles of writing that the writers have either articulated or violated. This study concludes that effective use of English in research papers presupposes use of correct spellings, appropriate vocabulary, grammatical constructions, progressive paragraphs, accurate transitional expressions, creative description of phenomena and proposition-reporting verbs.

This article examines how Habermas‘s theory of communicative action provides insights for mediation processes and conflict resolution in general. It lays its assumptions that people in society are in relationship and that presuppositions of argumentation proposed by Habermas can assist direct focus on fundamental elements of conflict resolution. Kenya in the wake of the violently disputed presidential elections of 2007 is undergoing a transition period where both the perpetrators and the victims of the violence are seeking justice and reparation respectively. Inherent in the process is the emerging debate on reconciliation and retribution. The failure of International Criminal Court (ICC) to successfully prosecute the six suspects who had been indicted to face charges of criminal culpability in the post-election violence builds a case for alternative conflict resolution approaches. The paper adopts a methodology that discusses the mediation process through conceptual metaphors used in reference to ICC. A closer interpretation of the metaphors can assist the parties to prepare a resolution process that derives from Habermas ideas of the ‗conditions of communication‘. This paper proposes the use of these ideas to constrain abuses of their authority, and ultimately offer mediators a new opportunity to help re-establish positive relationships thereby contributing to the post-election violence transition debate in the postelection violent Kenyan society.

Metaphor, as a common linguistic phenomenon, has been the focus for most linguists. In recent decades, as metaphor highly concentrated on the political discourse development, more and more linguists have begun to emphasize on metaphorical use in politics. However, scholars pay less attention to Chinese political discourse metaphors. Critical metaphor analysis is a new metaphor research method proposed by Charteris-Black in 2004 with the intention to reveal the hidden ideology, attitude and beliefs concealed in discourses. The paper attempts to conduct Critical Metaphor Analysis approach to the analysis of Chinese Government Work Report. With collecting the data of Chinese Government Work Report in 2018 from official website, the paper aims to analyze its potential metaphorical functions and reveal the hidden ideology of the Chinese government work report. Meanwhile, the present paper is supposed to provide a new perspective to the theoretical research in the area of CMA. Besides, it is expected that the research will help government promote its political ideology and help the populace understand better the policies of our government.

Jatropha oil is considered one of the most important vegetable oil can use as biodiesel. This study was studied the genetic variations of Egyptian Jatropha curcas. Analysis of the five SSR loci with the ten of genotypes detected a total of 10 bands or alleles with 60 % polymorphism. The results showed that genotypes having the allele with the JCDS10 SSR locus (116bp) were 42 times more likely to have a high (above 10%) oleic acid content compared with these without this allele. The same results were obtained with the SSR loci JMDB57 and JCPS20 (alleles 82bp and 108bp) and increased odds to 3.8 and 3.6, respectively). While, allele at the JEM100 (140bp) SSR locus was showed negatively correlated with oleic acid content and exhibits a decreased odds (0.035) of having high (above 10%) oleic acid content. On other hand, Oleic acid content might be independent from the alleles at JCKASII SSR locus (OR=1.0). Moreover, the G9 oil specification was matched with European’s standard. The Values of Oil density, Viscosity and Iodine Value were 0.85 gm/cc, 34 cp and 96.5 mg. I2. g-1, respectively. Altogether, we can conculcated that the 5 SSR loci can use for study the genetic variations of Egyptian Jatropha curcas on a molecular basis. In addition, genotype 9 could be useful parental line for developing mapping population to map EST-SSRs (transcribed regions).

The purpose of this study was to analyze the performance of organic vegetable farming in Central Java Province. This study took samples in Batang Regency and Semarang Regency with purposive sampling. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that some respondents perceived that the institutional performance of organic vegetable farming was still low. This shows that there are still opportunities to improve the development of organic vegetable farming in terms of institutional performance. Therefore an effort is needed to increase the institutional capacity of organic vegetable farming in the research area.

Since long there has been persistent controversy among Prosthodontists regarding the Camper’s line or Ala-tragus line which helps in establishing the occlusal plane in edentulous patients. Which posterior part of the tragus of ear has to be taken into consideration? It is the superior border of tragus or middle or Inferior border of tragus. Some authors postulate the usage of superior border whereas some postulate the usage of inferior border and very few postulate the usage of inferior border. To solve this controversy the present study was undertaken and we did cephalometric tracing on dentulous patients with different types of malocclusions and applied our results in the edentulous patients. Different Angle’s molar relation Class II, Class II and Class III were considered in the study there lateral cephalograms were obtained on which cephalometric tracings were performed and the parallelism of campers line was checked with the occlusal plane with all the three points i.e Superior, middle and Inferior border of tragus of ear. Result revealed that the line drawn from the inferior border was much more parallel to the occlusal plane of dentulous patient than the middle and superior borders.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of executive character, the implementation of Good Corporate Governance principles to tax avoidance. This research is a quantitative research with a causal approach, using secondary data where multiple regression analysis method used for testing. Independent variables in this study are an executive character, as measured by the risk of the company, which will determine whether the executive character risk taker or risk averse. Principles of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) is proxied by an independent commissioner, institutional ownership and audit committee. Tax avoidance while the dependent variable was measured by Effective Tax Rate (ETR). The results showed that the character of executive branch significant effect on tax avoidance. While the independent commissioner, institutional ownership, and audit committee have no significant effect on tax avoidance.

Child abuse and neglect is defined as attitudes and behaviours performed by caregivers or other adults that cause physical or psychological harm; emotional, sexual or mental developmental delay to the child. Child abuse is an important social issue whose significance is increasing day by day from both medical and social aspects. In addition, protective and preventive attempts should be individually, socially and universally be planned, organized and urgently applied. Doctors and dentists should especially be educated in order to diagnose this devastating problem and all health professionals, and parents should be informed about this medicolegal issue. The awareness, experience, and motivation of the physician are extremely significant for diagnosis. Medicine, law and like social workers must work cooperatively for the evaluation of child abuse.

Etoposide (ETZ) is a standard drug used in treatment of several malignancies. However, it is associated with increased risk of spleen damage and secondary acute myeloid leukaemia. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is an ancient safe remedy used in management of minor health issues due to being rich in active constituents. Therefore, we hypothesize that ginger oil can ameliorate ETZ-induced oxidative stress and DNA damage in spleen tissues and leukocytes. To achieve our aim, ginger oil (75&150 mg/kg b.w.) was administered three times to male albino rats an hour prior to ETZ oral administration (1mg/kg b.w.) for 3 weeks. Results showed that ETZ induced marked biochemical alterations in the oxidative status of spleen tissues. The elevated lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide levels were statistically countered. However, the glutathione, superoxide dismutase and catalase enzymes were reduced. Moreover, the DNA single strand breaks as evaluated by comet assay in blood leucocytes also showed significant changes. The administration of ginger oil caused significant improvement of oxidative stress status and DNA damage. In conclusion, our results suggest that ginger oil could be used as a herbal remedy for reducing ETZ-induced adverse effects in male albino rats.

The research analyzed lexical aspects which have correlation among the elements in cohesion discourse systematically in the texts of Melayu Deli Folklores. Its objective was to identify and to describe the type of lexical cohesion devices in the texts of the tales, “Hikayat Putri Hijau”, ”Dongeng Batu Belah Batu Betangkup” and “Panglima Nayan”. The analysis was focused on the types of lexical cohesion such as repetition, synonym, antonym, collocation, meronym, and hyponym. The background of the research was LSF (Systemic Functional Linguistics) with the study on the theory of cohesion discourse which states that social context can interpret language structure. The research used library research, descriptive qualitative approach, and primary and secondary data. The result of the research showed that there were the aspects of lexical cohesion such as repetition, synonym, antonym, collocation, meronym, and hyponym, and the most dominant aspect.

One cannot hold a company directly liable for any criminal act until one identifies the very ego and center of the personality of the company. This paper is, therefore, concerned with the examination of the provisions made under our laws and the laws of other jurisdictions together with case laws for easy identification of those organs of the company which control the affairs of the company. The author adopted historical, expository, analytical and comparative methods in conducting this research. Part of the findings of this paper is that the de facto control of the management of the affairs of a company resides with the board of directors while de jure control is with the general meeting. The paper, recommends that Sections 246 and 255 of CAMA be amended to accommodate the right caliber of men on the board.

The research discusses the profile of Indung in Sundanese society, namely Sunan Ambu, Dewi Sri, and Ronggeng. It is conducted as an effort to unravel the existence of woman as indung or mother that has been influencing many aspects of life of Sundanese society. All those three actors have very dominant role both in social and internal aspect. The figure purpose of the research is to identify the process of value change in a series of time, particularly the change in their function caused by the particular circumstances during the past colonial era. The research employs descriptive-analytical methodology with qualitative approach, and focuses its analysis on process, event and authenticity. The findings of the research suggests that either the of Sunan Ambu, Dewi Sri or Ronggeng, have a multi-dimensional character: namely (1) as a woman who is responsible for human kind‟s life sustainability, (2) as a mother or indung, (3) as a protector and life-giver, the character of which are deeply embedded in those three figures. Those characters are manifestation of”the existence and identity of Sundanese woman” that always inspire the true meaning of life for the human kind.