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The study investigated time management practices and job effectiveness among university lecturers in Rivers State. A 29 item questionnaire was designed, validated and administered on a sample of 150 lecturers drawn from a population of 260 (57.6%) Lecturers from Faculty of Educations University of Port Harcourt and Faculty of Education Ignatius Ajuru University Rivers State. The result of the data analysis revealed that university lecturers indicated minimal level of time management practice which reflected in ranking their priorities daily; establishing time frame to achieve personal career goals; limiting the amount of time spent on TV and internet; completing important task when energetic and working on the most important task before the less important one. They equally indicated high level of job effectiveness which reflected in prompt planning of lectures, being regular in class, timely completion of course outline, timely assessment of students and grading of their scores, available for consultation, attending academic conferences and timely met requirements for their next promotion. The result also revealed a significant positive relationship between time management practice and job effectiveness. The study recommended among others that planning of schedules, prioritization of activities, resistance to unrewarding activities, avoiding time wasting habits etc were important time management techniques that needed to be imbibed by lecturers for individual and organizational goal attainment.

A total of 14 different Petroleum samples comprising of 4 crude oil blends, 7 refined products and 3 wastes from the Tema oil refinery were analyzed for 27 elements using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). Based on the results obtained and analytical procedure used in this work, pattern of occurrence of the metal contaminants in the petroleum products and waste suggest they are native to the crude oil and its origin as no external contamination was established. It was observed from the study and previous ones that the Brass and Bonny crude oil from Nigeria have low metal contents. However, despite the low concentrations, trace amounts of these metals could be deleterious in the refinery as they can cause corrosion, catalytic poisoning, and affect the quality of refined products. They could also contribute to environmental pollution as results of combustion of fuel products and hence should be reduced or removed.

Trismus is a common presentation by the patient in routine dental practice. This condition causes difficulty in opening mouth which in turn impairs eating, interferes with oral hygiene, restricts access for dental procedures, and may adversely affect speech and facial appearance. Trismus has number of potential causes and is important to recognize the underlying cause for effective management of this condition. This article is mainly for those dentists who feel trismus as one of the most difficult problem during day to day practice.

First study of new locality the Mount Arbel National Park and Nature Reserve with charophyte algae in the Lower Galilee region of Israel has been implemented for revealing of algal diversity and ecological assessment of the water object environment by bio-indication methods. Altogether twenty nine species of algae including one of them macro-algae Chara vulgaris L. were revealed in the Arbel stream. Chara was found in massive growth in the middle part of studied stream. Bio-indication and chemical variables characterize the charophyte site environment as mesotrophic to eutrophic with prevailing of benthic type of organisms of autotrophic type of nutrition, which are mostly attached of substrate and preferred slow streaming water with temperate temperature, low salinity, low alkalinity, and low to middle organic pollution, Class II-III of water quality. Seasonality of algal community and water quality showed of organic and other contaminants pollution during winter rainy period as a result of grazing impact. Charophyte community is sharp limited in its development as a result of periodical desiccation of the stream. We found unique property of Chara vulgaris to renewing after two years desiccation. We can recommend the Arbel Biblical stream for monitoring of natural aquatic object in the Lower Galilee, and Chara vulgaris as climatic indicator of surviving under future climate change.

The present study is a critical criminological introductory note that tries to correlates broader socio-economical processes and the peculiarities of political and social life in modern Jordan with the law and the practice of its function. Instead of reproducing orientalist stereotypical analyses, we use honor and crime as instrumental concepts that reveal the full patriarchal structure of the given society that converses with power in a capitalistic state.

In this article we express the wigner distribution function in convenient differential forms. In addition We find the temporal evolution of the distribution function for charged particles in an external magnetic field . As a special case we report the wigner function for uniform magnetic field.

Novels, in contemporary literature, have given us a new perspective. This is, especially, due to the presence of female writers using new story writing and narrative techniques in creating the settings. Among these is the novel under study, written by an Iranian novelist, which tends to introduce and present Iranian women’s problems and challenges. This study is, in effect, carried out on a Persian contemporary novel entitled Adat Mikonim (We’ll Get Used to It), written by Zoya Pirzad. The main character of the story is a middle-aged woman from a middle class family who is living with her daughter as well as her mother. The novel depicts the obstacles the woman faces communicating with as well as being understood by her daughter and mother.Following Hodge and Kress' (1993), the present study is carried out within the Critical Discourse framework to analyze the text. The book contains 31 chapters, out of which the first16 chapters were selected. The texts were analyzed with regard to the following properties: grammar (regarding two properties: syntagmatic models and transformations), and vocabulary (i.e., adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, with their ideological significance) The study is an attempt to depict linguistically the identity, wishes and outlooks of three women belonging to three generations, their similarities as well as differences.

The development of the kidney begins on the 4th week with three slightly overlapping kidney systems during intrauterine life in humans. The series are pronephros, mesonephros, and metanephros. During day 22 of human gestation, there is the formation of pronephros in the cervical region of the embryo. The mesonephros is developed after the pronephros is developed. Mesonephric duct develops an out pouching, the ureteric bud near its attachment to the cloaca during the fifth week of gestation. Congenital anomalies may arise from the failure of the ureteric bud to develop or malrotation.

Leaf-spot on Litchi chinensis sonn. of family sapindaceae is common disease caused by the pathogens Pestalotipsis spp. and gives different symptoms on leaves i.e. red patches, pore, outgrowth or elevation of tissues, black a white dots, construction, loss of apex, Dwarfism, lost half porton etc., While during the transportation of fruits external layer i.e epicarp and Mesocarp infected by several members of Mucoracae Dube (1979&'83) and causes 7.3-10%Loss in fruits during transportation (rise in temperature).

2, 2-dihydroxy biphenyl-thiourea-formaldehyde (2, 2-DHBTF) terpolymer resin was synthesized by an eco-friendly technique in dimethyl formamide medium. The resin was characterized by elemental analysis, UV-Visible, FTIR, 1H NMR, 13C-NMR and viscometric measurement. The surface morphology of the terpolymer resin was established by scanning Electron Microscopy. The number average molecular weight was determined by non-aqueous conductometric titration. One of the important applications of these types of polymer is their capability to act as chelating ion-exchanger. The chelation ion-exchange properties of the terpolymer showed a powerful adsorption towards specific metal ions like Fe3+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and Zn2+ . A batch equilibrium method was adopted to study the selectivity of the metal ion uptake involving the measurement of the distribution of the given metal ion between the polymer sample and a solution containing the metal ion over a wide range of concentrations and pH of different electrolytes.