Review of sheep mortality in the Ethiopian highlands, 1982-86

Analyses the frequency and causes of deaths observed during 1982-86 in sheep flocks around Debre Berhan, Ethiopia. Includes data on annual crude death rates, causes of mortality, frequency, age at death, and seasonal crude death rates

Field and laboratory studies of causes of sheep mortality in the Ethiopian highlands, 1986/87

Reports the major specific causes of sheep mortality in the Debre Berhan area between July 1986 and June 1987. Includes data on seasonal crude death rates, causes of mortality, frequency and age at death

The role of microfinance in poverty alleviation: empirical evidence from South-West Nigeria

Microfinance programme has been generally regarded as a development strategy that can enhance the economic performance of the poor.The government of Nigeria has made concerted efforts to alleviate poverty in the country. One of such efforts is Poverty alleviation through Microfinance loan but poverty still remains pervasive and widespread in the country especially in the rural communities. This study examines the role of microfinance vis-à-vis poverty reduction particularly in the South- West Zone of Nigeria.Data were collected through survey questionnaire in the study area.Descriptive Statistics together with Binary Logit Regression Model were employed to analyse the data collected. The result of the analyses revealed that microfinance loan made significant impact on the loan beneficiaries in the study area which lead to poverty reduction.The government is advised to provide more enabling environment to make Microfinance operations more effective in the country particularly in the rural areas. Microfinance Institutions are implored to create more awareness on their operations and make less stringent conditions for the loan accessibility

What impact does microfinance loan have on incomes of the rural poor in Nigeria?

The problem of poverty has attracted specific programmes within the circle of Government administrations particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. One of such programmes is the development strategy tool of provision of microcredit to the poor through Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Although the issue of the influence of Microfinance loan on poverty reduction has been discussed by some scholars, little efforts have been made to assess the impact of MFIs at the grassroots particularly on those who live in the rural areas.This paper therefore intends to fill the gap in literature by examining the impact of microfinance loan on poverty reduction through the dimension of rural poor income. To achieve this objective, the study adopted multi-stage random sampling technique to collect primary data through the structured questionnaire. A total sample of 1,134 microfinance loan beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries were used as respondents from three states in South- West Nigeria. Descriptive Statistics and Multiple Regression Model were explored to describe the characteristics of the sample for the study and evaluate the impact.The results revealed that microfinance has negligible income effects on the rural poor in Nigeria.To this end, the Government is advised to provide necessary amenities that will encourage MFIs to establish branches in the rural areas; and implement more supportive services like education and training on entrepreneurship and health facilities. MFIs should engage cheap labour available in the rural areas and train them for effective performance and easy penetration to the rural poor.

Developed Model to Control Congestion on Converge Network

Congestion control techniques like Active Queue Management (AQM), Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Carrier Detection (CSMA/CD) have not proven to be very efficient in the presence of overwhelming complex converge network. Thus, vast packets in a complex converged network leads to collisions, network degradation and high degree of packet loss. Bandwidth utilization factor has a high effect on the network such that controlling the level of utilization via the management of the number of users and the amount of packets on the network rendered the latency very insignificant. As a consequence of this, high throughput and very minimal packet loss was achieved in the experiment. This was confirmed analytically by varying the utilization factor between 40% and 90% while keeping other parameters in the experiment constan

Evaluation of the strength of some potential local irrigation canal lining materials from moisture - density relationship

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PENGARUH AIRLINE QUALITY TERHADAP CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PELANGGAN BATIK AIR DI SURABAYA

Abstrak – Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh Airline Quality terhadap Customer Satisfaction pelanggan Batik Air di Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan purposive sampling, dimana sampel berupa responden yang pernah membeli dan menggunakan layanan penerbangan Batik Air sebanyak minimal 2 kali dalam 1 tahun terakhir, melakukan pembelian dan pemesanan sendiri tiket penerbangan Batik Air, mengetahui skema kompensasi Batik Air, mengetahui lokasi kantor Batik Air di Surabaya, berdomisili di Surabaya, serta pendidikan minimal SMA atau sederajat. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kausal. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Sumber data yang digunakan adalah data primer yaitu dengan menyebarkan kuesioner. Responden dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 380 orang yang terdiri dari 184 konsumen laki-laki dan 196 konsumen perempuan. Dalam penelitian ini data diolah menggunakan model SEM (Strctural Equation Modeling) melalui software AMOS 22 untuk pengujian measurement model dan structural model. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Airline Tangibles, Terminal Tangibles, Personnel Quality, Empathy dan Airline Image berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Customer Satisfaction. Kata kunci: Satisfaction, Service Quality, Airline Industry, Batik Air. Abstract – This study aimed to examine the effect of the Airline Quality Customer Satisfaction Batik Air customers in Surabaya. This study using purposive sampling approach, in which a sample of respondents who have bought and used the services of low Batik Air of at least 2 times in the last 1 year, make a purchase and booking their own airline tickets Batik Air, determine the compensation scheme Batik Air, know the location of the office Batik Air in Surabaya, located in Surabaya, as well as at least high school education or equivalent. This type of research is causal research. The study uses a quantitative approach. Source data used are primary data is by distributing questionnaires. Respondents in this research were 380 people consisting of 184 consumers male and 196 female consumers. In this study, the data was processed using SEM models (Structural Equation Modeling) through AMOS 22 software for testing measurement models and structural models. The results of this study indicate that the Airline Tangibles, Terminal Tangibles, Personnel Quality, Empathy and Airline Image have significant effect on Customer Satisfaction. Keywords: Satisfaction, Service quality, Airline industry, Batik Ai