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The fundamental uses of technology range widely, from the processing of natural resources for development to the creation of state infrastructures. These uses have made it a well sought after instrument. This work thus examines Africa’s road map for technology acquisition with a view to looking at the way forward. The work notes that Africa is the most affected by the shortage of technology. It accentuates the point that the struggle by African states for technology acquisition is dominated by two approaches, namely; technology transfer and partnership.

Background: This study investigated the extent of problems of strategic plans development for secondary schools’ improvement in Anambra State, Nigeria for quality education provision.
Method: The study used a descriptive survey design paradigm. Respondents comprised 217 principals. There was no sampling. All the principals were used. Data were collected using ‘Schools’ Strategic Plan Development Problems Questionnaire’ (SSPDPQ).

In Brazil, a study conducted with elderly enrolled in the Family Health Unit showed that 52% had depressive symptoms, of which 48% had mild to moderate depression and 4% severe depression. From the perspective of the presence of depressive symptoms, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of elderly indicative of depression, living in the countryside.

Using the basic principles of Marxist economics, this paper portrays how financialisation of capital and international capital mobility have come about, over the last thirty years, for capital to make super profits. The paper also explains how in the process these two phenomena have worsened the plight of labour.

Over the last decade, fast food restaurant in Malaysia has witnessed immense growth and it is now catering to almost 100 million profits. In order to sustain customer loyalty, fast food restaurants are striving to achieve high customers’ satisfaction through improved of facilities and better price. This study investigated the impact of physical environment and price perception on customer’s loyalty in fast food restaurant of Malaysia.

Santay Tleubayeva, Pralieva, S. Z., Yespergenova, L. R., Selezneva, I. V. and Barysheva, S. K.

The mudstone of Badong formation (T2b) is taken as the research object about its shear creep properties with shear creep test. Relation between shear creep, shear creep rate and different normal stresses are firstly concerned. Besides, the fast-shear and shear creep tests determine its long-term strength and shear strength indicators C, φ. Moreover, linear fit relationship τ=A+Bσ (A,B are constants) is obtained which subjects to Mohr-Coulomb criterion.

Self-compacting, or “self-consolidating” concrete (SCC) was first developed in Japan in the early nineties. Substantial research was carried out with regard to the properties of SCC. Because of the well-controlled conditions, the introduction of SCC in the precast concrete industry was successful. With regard to the application in situ, the development is slower, because of the sensitivity of the product. In this paper the mechanical properties of SCC in comparison to conventional concrete are discussed.

This paper presents numerical investigations on forced convection in  mini-channels with realistic cross-sectional shapes. The numerical study is based on Finite Difference solution of the governing equations, incorporating  actual irregular cross-sectional profile of fabricated channel in the flow domain, using image processing. Numerical studies have been performed using  ANSYS Fluent 13.0 to obtain the temperature distributions and calculate heat  transfer parameters in water flow through mini-channel.

We are witnessing an enormous growth in the use of software in business, manufacturing, administration, defense, medical and research. Software is not only significant in technical systems but also has become an important factor in lots of other disciplines. This has motivated the software community to search for flexible, timely, cost-efficient, trustworthy and dependable software development methodology.