Abstract: This study examined the prediction of self-efficacy and self-esteem on exercise identity of the post graduate students of university of Ibadan, Oyo state. The population comprised all post graduate students of university of Ibadan. Six faculties were sampled using fishbowl with replacement sapling techniques, and a total of 300 respondents were randomly selected to participate in the study. The socio-demographic characteristic of the respondents showed that 62(20.7%) were within the range of 20-24 years, 157(52.3%)were within 25-29 years, 54(18.0%) were within 30-34 years, 20(6.7%)were within 35-39, years and 7(0.3%) were within 40 and above .237(79%) were singles, 62(20.7%) were married and 1(0.3%) was divorced. 248(82%) were Christians, 48(16%) were Muslims and 4(1.3%) were traditional. 119(39.7%) stayed in school halls while 181(60.3%) stayed outside campus. A standardized questionnaire of self efficacy and a modified standardized questionnaire of self esteem were used to generate data. Descriptive statistic of frequency counts , percentages, mean, standard deviation were used to analyzed demographics data while inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and multiple regression were used to test the formulated hypotheses at a =0.05 alpha level. Three research hypotheses were raised to guide the study, the result indicated that the attitude and exercise behavior of the post graduate students of university of Ibadan determines their exercise identity, but poor self-efficacy and self esteem contributed to the low status of exercise identity of many post-graduate students of university of Ibadan. The findings revealed that self-efficacy has a positive prediction on exercise identity of the postgraduate students of university of Ibadan(r=0.511, p< 0.05), self-esteem has effective impact on achievement of exercise identity of the post-graduate students of university of Ibadan (r=0.318, p<0.05). It is therefore recommended that; workshop and

Abstract: All over the world particularly in the developing nations including Nigeria more than half of the population are suffering from a situation in which one problem causes another, this problems include ignorance, poverty, malnutrition, disease and early death. Approximately, one third of a life is spent as a result of a struggle for food. A conservative estimate places the daily toll from kwashiorkor at 10,000. A figure indicates that between 800 million and one billion persons suffer from some degree of Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) alone. The resultant effect of protein deficiency kwashiorkor which leads illness, stunted growth, among others. Kwashiorkor and its effect could be mitigated in West African and Nigeria through insect’s consumption. Insects are the most successful, biologically, of all the groups of arthropods, and they abound in great numbers in Nigeria because of the large forest and grass land areas, fresh water and wide coastal regions which supports the existence of insects. Insects supply high quality protein which are requiring in children nutrition and they are abundant, cheap, easy to harvest, and are available throughout the year. Therefore, this paper, after reviewing the availability and the nutritional values inherent in insects, recommend that insects be produced and consumed to ameliorate the deleterious consequences of kwashiorkor in Nigeria, and indeed in the developing nations.

As the basis of language learning, vocabulary has been the focus of college English vocabulary teaching and learning for a long time. Because a host of teachers and students are still prone to utilize traditional vocabulary memorizing methods, English vocabulary teaching and learning is still a field which is worthy of innovation. Associative memorizing method is an innovative method of English vocabulary acquisition. This paper will deeply analyze the application effects of associative memorizing method from the aspects of English vocabulary teaching and learning, hoping to give some helps and inspirations in English vocabulary teaching and learning.

Abstract: The prime aim of the investigation was to compare Mental Toughness of Physical Education Teacher Trainees and Assam Police Trainees (AP). To obtain the data researchers selected total sixty four (64) subjects ,thirty two (n1=32) male Physical education Teacher trainees from Centre for Studies in Physical Education and sports, Dibrugarh University and thirty two (n2=32) male Assam Police trainees from 2nd Assam Police Battalion Camp, Makum, Tinsukia, Assam, India between the 19-22 years age. The study was delimited to assessment of Mental Toughness by using questionnaire mental toughness by Dr. Alan Goldberg (1998). The Independent t-test was applied to assess the differences between the groups. The level of significance was set at 0.05 of confidence. Results revealed statistically significant differences between the two groups of overall mental toughness (t0.05 (62) = 7.55 > 1.67) and also significant difference was found sub-variable i.e. Motivation (6.26>1.67), ability to handle the pressure (33>1.67), concentration (8.44>1.67), confidence (8.05>1.67) and Rebound ability (3.28>1.67).

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of Plyometric and weight training on selected physiological variable of football players. Total Sixty (60) male football players were selected as subject randomly who participated in the national level competition from Manipur University, Canchipur. They were divided into three equal groups and designated as experimental group (I), experimental group (II) and control group (III). Plyometric training was given to experimental group (I), Weight training was given to experimental group (II) and even though, the control group was allowed to attain their daily physical activity programme, they were not allowed to participate in the experimental treatment. The groups were administered initial tests on physiological variable. After the initial test, the Plyometric and Weight training were administered to the two experimental groups, where no special training was administered to the control group. The training was administered for the period of twelve (12) weeks, four (4) days in a week in progressive manner. To find out the significance of difference between pre and post –test means‘t’ test was employed. The level of significant was set at 0.05 levels. To find out the significance of mean difference among pre – test, post- test and adjusted means and analysis of variance techniques were employed.

This paper unfolds male stereotypical authoritative nature under the lens of reader response theory by Rosenblatt i.e. reader and text in The Bull and She Devil. This paper argues that a text has different meanings to different readers. Therefore, the theme of jealousy and anger is due to male authoritative nature and feelings of comparison in the selected short story. Based on the idea of transaction among the reader, text, author and social context by Rosenblatt, this paper highlights that the husband is a merciless creature toward his wife, relatives and the bull. As anger is due to male stereotypical authoritative nature, it causes jealousy and the end of his life. Ironically, he blames the destructive influence of his wife instead blaming his own negative approach.

Metacognitive awareness can improve students‟ writing proficiency. Engaging and supporting students in the writing process can increase their metacognitive awareness. One of the major factors that impede the smooth acquisition of writing intelligibility by EFL learners is the transfer of L1 linguistic elements into L2, motivation is another alarming factor that affects Arab EFL learners‟ performance and anxiety is another predicament to students‟ performance in writing. The aim of the study is to verify the relationship between metacognitive strategies and other external factors L1 transfer, motivation, and anxiety. The researcher used descriptive statistic methods and the correlation coefficient between Metacognitive Strategies and others factor. Questionnaire technique is used as a method of data collection; the study group was formed from secondary school students Al-Mazar, Irbid. Data were generated through distributing the questionnaire from twenty-two students selected purposively from Irbid secondary school, Jordan. Only students from experimental group were eligible for answering the questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using SPSS program. The results showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between metacognitive strategies and motivation, L1 transfer and anxiety. Metacognitive strategies played an important role to enhance the writing performance among students, whereas the majority reported that they enjoy the writing actives during the class by using metacognitive strategies.

As the quest to counteract the undesirable effects of electric load which create power factors less than unity increases, a novel mid-point converter system is presented. This is a phase-controlled ac to dc converter where the conducting and switching method is on one-to-one basis, unlike the full-bridge converter whose switching goes in pairs. Using the fourier series, the generalized power factor of this system of converter was calculated. From this general power factors, the power factor of the mid-point converter with any number of phases and pulse numbers can be calculated.

Once prescribed, within a hospital structure, the drug will follow a complex circuit, involving many intermediates, human and technical, and leading to the drug administration and its monitoring. From the point of view of pharmaceutical practice, the circuit is of course made of an important logistic part but also of a clinical part often underestimated but nevertheless essential to the safety of the patients during their stay in the hospital. In order to be able to combine the logistic and clinical aspect of the pharmaceutical activity in a hospital environment, it is essential to adopt an appropriate dispensing mode that allows to better secure the patient's medication management. The purpose of this article is to describe the practice of the nominative dispensing in hospital and to share the experience of introduction of this practice at the pharmacy of the Moroccan Institute of Oncology

Despite their well-known harmfulness to human health, pesticides persist largely used for plant cultivation. These molecules are highly resistant to degradation by plant metabolism, while their presence, even as traces is dangerous at phytosanitary quality and environment impact. Now, due to regulations and quality standards, food industries seek to control these contamination risks and conduct research on technologies able to efficiently eliminate pesticide residue traces. Since the mechanisms of eradicating molecules are classified in three ways of evaporation, dissolution, and thermal degradation; the decontamination process should depend on three important factors: i/ the nature of the products (composition and technological/structural aptitude), ii/ the nature of the pesticides (volatility, solubility, and thermal stability), and iii/ the type of the disinfection process. The instant treatment operations have the particularity of 1/ weak thermal degradation because of HTST (high-temperature/short-time) nature; 2/ frail solubilizing by using the steam instead of liquid soaking as heating fluid, and 3/ favorable elimination of vapor molecules through the instant autovaporization. Therefore, the present study aims at the application of the multi-flash autovaporization MFA technology in the treatment of tetrachloro-m-xylene, aldrin, γ-chlordane and dieldrin pesticide residues in the case of rapeseed oil (brute). This resulted in drop-down levels of 45.2%; 30.6%; 32.2%; and 29.2%, respectively for the initial concentrations of 5, 4.51, 1.98 and 3.98 (10-2 mg/kg of oil), respectively. Far from a real optimization of the operation, 51-cycle MFA at a heating temperature of 50 °C reduced the total pesticide concentration from 15.39 to 9.99 (10-2 mg/kg oil) .

Hyperuricemia is commonly seen in subjects with cardiovascular disease and it one of the risk factor for morbidity and mortality with cardiovascular diseases. Uric acid is a product of synthesis from nucleic acids, amino acids, and Kreb's Cycle. Uric acid is biologically active and can stimulate oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunctions, inflammation, and vasoconstriction. The present study tries to evaluate the levels of uric acid in patients suffering from an acute ischemic stroke in comparison with normal subjects. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Departments of General Medicine and Biochemistry Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Naganoor, Karimnagar. A total of 80 subjects were included in the study. They were divided into two groups. Group I [cases] (n=40) consisted of patients reporting to the Emergency Department within 24 hours of onset of symptoms of stroke. The Group II [controls] (n=40) were the age and sex-matched patients attending the General Medicine OPD with minor complaints. Results: The mean age of Group I (n=40) was 61.42 ± 2.99 years and Group II was (n=40) 48.9 ± 4.53 years. The numbers of the male in Group I were 29 and female were 11 and in control, Group was 20 male and female each. The blood urea Group I was 38.7 ± 5.59 mg/dl and in Group II 30.12 ± 8.86 the p values were not found to be significant. The serum creatinine was 1.13 ± 6.61 in group I and in Group II was 0.91± 0.17 mg/dl and the p values were found to be significant. The uric acid levels were 7.32 ± 2.25 mg/dl in group II and 4.95 ± 1.5 mg/dl in Group I the values were found to be significant. Conclusion: Within the limitations of the present study it can be concluded that serum uric acid levels are significantly associated with ischemic stroke in this group of the population. The other important factors for the risk of ischemic strokes include Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus. There is growing evidence that uric acid may play a key role in the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases

Features of Military English Science and Technology (MEST) have been introduced, and accordingly its translation principles are put forward. At the same time, difficulties in the translation of MEST are analyzed, that is, a large number of professional terms, abbreviations and old words with new meanings making it difficult for translators and interpreters to understand. Meanwhile, MEST are not open to the public, which also reduces translators‘ chances to learn professional materials, resulting in underdeveloped translation studies. To be engaged in translation and related research on MEST, translators must have excellent English language skills, extensive scientific knowledge and solid Chinese language skills to ensure the accuracy of information transmission and to enhance the readability of the translation.

The study investigated the extent of fulfillment of employment responsibilities between the management and employees of PHCN, areas of employment responsibilities, with a view to ascertaining how this influenced the job performance of employees of PHCN, Ibadan Zone. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. A total of 40 management staff and 240 employees were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data for the study were collected using two instruments namely “Employment Responsibilities Inventory” (ERI), and Employees’ Job Performance Scale” (EJPS). The reliability of the instruments was confirmed with the Cronbach Alpha and Split-half results yielded ERI = 0.82 and 0.76 and EJPS = 0.88 and 0.83 respectively. The data collected were analysed using simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test statistical analysis. The results showed that provision of safe working environment (X=3,12, S.D = 0.69) and pay increase to maintain standards of living (X=2.99, S.D. = 0.77) were the major responsibilities required by the employees from their management. It was showed that 61.3% of the employees reported that their management rarely discharged their employment responsibilities to the workers. Also, it was revealed that there was a significant effect of employment responsibilities on employees’ job performance (t-test = 128.9, p < 0.05). It thus concluded that poor fulfillment of employment responsibilities has greatly affected the productivity of employees of PHCN, Ibadan Zone.

This study seeks to examine the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) volatility in Nigeria. Using annual time series data from 1980 to 2016, the study adopted the Exponential GARCH model, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation technique and the Error Correction Mechanism. The major findings of the study reveal that there is a negative correlation between Nigeria’s past and future REER, which further implies that negative shock has less effects on exchange rate volatility when compared with a positive shock. It also found that exchange rate has a very significant effect on FDI in Nigeria while there also exists a long-run relationship between them. The study therefore advocates for a strong foreign exchange policies by the CBN to attract FDI. It also suggests that CBN should be keen on monitoring the financial news in the economy as it could heighten exchange rate and financial market volatilities; which may not be good for the economy’s overall growth and development in the long-run.

Naso-Orbito-Ethmoidal fractures can occur in single entity or in conjunction with other craniofacial fractures. Most often they are associated with frontal Le Fort II or Le Fort III fractures. It involves nasal bones including bony septum, the frontal process of the maxilla and nasal–orbital–ethmoid complex bilaterally. Open and Closed reduction are the two ways of management which are adapted by surgeons according to the situation and severity. This article describes a case report of 21-year male patient with history of road traffic accident who is diagnosed with naso-orbito-ethmoid fracture and was treated with open reduction and internal fixation