Aggregating interesting spatio-temporal events of daily life in a diary used to be favorite pastime for many individuals. However, crescive use of social media through portable digital devices is replacing traditional diary writing. Thanks to ubiquity of smartphones, people can now add multiple media types in order to record joyful moments and even

This study empirically examines the perceptions of bank customers in Côte d’Ivoire on the viability of Islamic banking in the country. Specifically, the study investigates the level of awareness of the bank customer respondents about Islamic banking as well as the factors that motivate their patronage. A sample of 274 respondents residing in Abi

Crimes pose a threat to any society. Considering its implication for the socio-economic activities and development of any country, the cost of crime is therefore burdensome not only to the government but also to the citizen. Controlling criminal activities is therefore imperative to prevent the many resulting negative consequences. Effective contro

There is an increasing interest in tribology community for developing high performance composite coating to meet severe tribological conditions of advanced mechanical system which requires high operating temperature and long life. In the present work, powder preplacement and tungsten inert gas (TIG) torch melting techniques have been employed to ge

The alarming rate of aviation offences such as the offence of aircraft hijacking in the 21st century warrants the need to adopt various preventive and suppressive measures to prevent these offences. The current method to prevent and suppress these offences is to subject every passenger to screening of their body and baggage through the imaging tech

Introduction: Disasters kill thousands of people and damage huge numbers of habitat and properties each year, which gives a big impact to the community involved. Therefore, the fundamental of disaster management is important for emergency nurses as frontline, where its understanding will reduce the impact of disaster and its aftermath. Objective: T

In recent years, the growth in the use of recombinant proteins has grown tremendously. With the aid of the advances in DNA recombinant biotechnology, molecular farming in plants has been applied to meet this increasing demand where plants have emerged as one of the most promising general production platforms for recombinant proteins. Hevea brasilie

Tungsten inert gas (TIG) melting process is increasingly find successful application in many aspects of engineering part components. In this study, TIG melting of Fe-based coating has been successfully developed by precoated iron, carbon and silicon (Fe-C-Si) powders on commercial purity titanium (CP-titanium) surface under three different glazing

This study was based on the overriding concern for appraising the appropriateness of access to finance and microenterprises development as the latest poverty alleviation strategy in Nigeria. It is quite likely that poverty in Nigeria may be linked to the financial exclusion of the poor. This frustrates their entrepreneurial activities in the sense

The current changes in business settings have directed companies to conduct businesses at the international level which requires the use of financial instruments. The-mandatory MFRS 7, an adoption of IFRS 7 standard has been implemented for entities to disclose their involvement with financial instruments. Thus, the aimed of this study is to invest