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In the society of ours, is it true really that computers and information technology have contributed immensely to the way we learn? After observing and reading various educational paraphernalia and scanning the environment research has shown that the educational systems have greatly been impacted by computers and information technology. With the growth of technology, the ways we learn have been improved tremendously. Innovative technologies have contributed to the innovation of learning in the education arena and outside. The traditional ways of conveying instructions to learners have been augmented with the use of computers information technologies. The educational system of our institutions is mandated today to using computer technologies to teach. All subjects, be it History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Aviation, Real Estate, Economics, Political Science, Engineering, Business and the subject of Computer Science itself are being taught with the usage of computer technologies. It has come to past that traditional mode of conveying instructions and teaching are now opaque or in the dark perspectives. By using computers and information technologies in educating the populace, they allow us to convey instructions and ideas to people. It is found that globalization of technology entities comprising the learning processes is the configuration of computers in the facts. In education, computers are now being used to project information to people in the classrooms, churches, conference halls, homes, on the street and anywhere or any place education takes place. One can learn anywhere or anyplace, therefore the use of technology is a vigorous way of making things simple, ease and readily available.
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The identification of new oil fields onshore Trinidad and Tobago has become almost impossible. Therefore the possibility of producing by-passed hydrocarbon accumulation from the matured Catshill field was determined through a holistic field development plan using waterflooding. The field development plan involved detailed reservoir characterization study. There were two phases of development plans considered. (1) Injecting water above the bubble point for a new field development (2) Injecting water below the bubble point using existing field data. Effective use of petrel aided the building of all geological maps of the area. Maps generated in Petrel were exported to Computer Modelling Group (CMG) for detailed reservoir simulation study. The estimated oil in place was 27.541MMSTB. Primary production yielded 27.2% recovery factor which was less than half of the oil in place. Implementation of water injection above the bubble point pressure yielded 49.8% recovery factor when produced for 10 years. By injecting water below the bubble point pressure using staggered line drive pattern, the recovery factor was 39.4%. It can be concluded that developing a field using waterflooding is best when pressure is high. However, there could still be significant recovery (39.4%) when field is matured. Economically, production will not be profitable if the oil price goes below 46 US$/bbl.
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are now being presented as a resolution for the problem of dependence of fossil fuels, increasing emissions, and other environmental issues. The study explores the neighborhood attitudes toward green mobility and the objective of this paper is to investigate and examine neighborhood perceptions and understand their knowledge towards the electric vehicle. The research paper goal necessitated the attitudes of the underserved community towards green mobility. Following the literature review research phase, the researcher conducted a number of semi-structured interviews survey with the Edmonton Height underserved community. In summary, the analysis examined residents perceptions and attitudes toward EVs and EV policy, in order to better understand perceived barriers to EV ownership and identify what sort of public policies would residents realize presumably to assist them to opt for electron volt for his or her next vehicle. The data analysis indicates the respondent's attitudes to EVS & EV policy to consider purchasing or leasing a plug-in electric vehicle shows that 50% of the respondents favored lower purchase price while 25% indicated that being able to drive 200 miles on a fully charged battery and 15% indicated that having access to plug in-vehicle charging stations of their workplace. The paper concludes that the respondents biggest concerns toward owning a plug-in electric vehicle is that there are too few if any, public charging stations where they travel, and also the issue of government policies should make it easier to own plug-in vehicles.
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An effective means of incorporating the time dilation effect into relativity theory is to assume that the unit of time is directly proportional to γ (u) = (1-u2/c2)-0.5 on an object such as a light source that has been accelerated to speed u relative to the laboratory. In recent work it has been shown that a similar theoretical approach can be applied to other physical quantities such as length and inertial mass, and as a result, to all other mechanical properties in the mks system. This concept of uniform scaling can also be applied successfully for gravitational interactions. The question as to how the units of electromagnetic quantities such as electric charge and magnetic induction change with both acceleration and varying position in a gravitational field is therefore of considerable interest. Since the unit of electric charge can be chosen independently of the value of the permittivity of free space ε0, it is shown that all electromagnetic quantities can also be assigned units directly in the mks system, thereby making it a trivial matter to deduce their kinetic and gravitational scaling behavior. For example, the unit of electric charge can be 1 J as long as ε0 has units of 1 N. A table is given that makes a comprehensive comparison of the standard units in the Giorgi system with those in two such direct mks schemes. A simple procedure is also described for changing the numerical values of the units in a systematic manner by dividing the various electromagnetic quantities into five distinct classes. This allows one to equate the value of ε0 to 1/4π, for example, similarly as for the Gaussian system of units, while still retaining the same formulas as in the Giorgi system.
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History of the ground water reveals that, compare to surface water safest water on the crust is ground water but due to changes in the waste management pollution has been entered into the ground and contaminated the liquid state of the crust. In the present work, an effort has been made to evaluate the geochemical parameters of the ground water indices for suitability of ground water for drinking and irrigational needs. Total fifty samples from different location and random sampling is considered as the best technique of selecting a representative sample. All the ground water samples are alkaline in nature and within the permissible limit of WHO and BIS guidelines. In the present study period, the occurrence of major cations and anions showing in the following category. Na+>Ca2+>K=>Mg2+ = F->HCO3 >CO3->Cl-. Gibbs graph represents the two types of ratios between the TDS with Na++K+/Na++K++Ca2+ and Cl-/Cl-+HCO3- cations and anion respectively. Precaution to taken before using for drinking purposes, but after proper treatment can be used for drinking as per WHO.
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A good number of structural failures can been traced to the quality of blocks used as walling materials (which provide lateral stability) in the construction of these structures. Some elastic properties which have been neglected to an extent with regards to block moulding technology were considered in this work. Blocks were produced with readily available and affordable laterite (in some locations) and fractionally substituted with river sand to reduce the effect of rising cost of river sand and also embrace the various advantages of laterite. The consequence of this substitution (10% - 40%) was considered on these elastic properties as well as the water absorption rate and the results show that inclusion of sand in the mix improved the elastic properties but reduced the durability assessed by the water absorption rate. The use of laterite in producing building blocks provides good thermal insulating and water resistance qualities as well as natural beauty and even resistance to termites, bacteria and fungi. This is beneficial in tropical regions
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This study investigated the Effect of using Fabricated Motor – Generator device to teach Energy Concepts on Basic Science Students’ Achievement and Retention in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study employed quasi-experimental research design. The population for the study was 3741 JS2 students in North Senatorial District, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised 113 JSII students randomly sampled from two intact classes selected from public coeducational schools in North Senatorial District, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The instrument used for data collection was the Energy Achievement test (EAT). The reliability coefficient of the (EAT) was 0.86. Means and Standard Deviations were used to answer research questions while the Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at a significance level of 0.05. The findings of this study reveal that the use of the fabricated Motor-Generator to teach Energy Concepts in Basic Science enhanced students’ achievement and retention than the conventional method. Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations were made: Basic science teachers should be adequately trained on using the fabricated Motor-Generator device in the teaching through workshops and seminars. Curriculum planners like NERDC should incorporate the use of the fabricated Motor-Generator device to teach Energy concepts in Basic science.