An Assessment of the Performance of State Institutions in Environmental Protection in Taraba State, Nigeria

This study examined the performance of State institutions in environmental protection in Taraba State with a view to ascertaining their capacity for environmental protection or otherwise and the challenges undermining their efforts. The study is anchored on the theory of Environmentally Responsible Behaviour (ERB). The study adopted survey research design using field observation and interview schedule. Yearly allocations to the two institutions were compiled from the yearly budget documents of the state. The study findings reveal that the state generate the highest revenue of ₦2billion in 2017 which is about 25% and ₦1billion in 2018, 15.17% of the IGR. These were the pick period of the trade in African Rosewood logs in the state. The huge revenue gave legitimacy to the logging activities and explains why the activity persisted despite the existing forest regulations and efforts to stop it. Despite the huge revenue, findings revealed that it was only in the years 2000, 2013, and 2014 that the Ministry of Environment received up to 4% of the state budgetary allocation. The lowest allocation was in 2002 (0.12%), 2016 (0.15%) and 2007 (0.18%). Findings also reveal huge gap between the budgetary allocation and the actual amount released or expended in the sector. The low budgetary allocation reveals low level of attention paid to environmental issues over the years. The findings of the study reveal that it is only in the area of revenue generation that the state institutions performed relatively well. In terms of staffing, capacity building, infrastructures and equipment, improvement in environmental legislation and enforcement of environmental regulation, the state institutions did not fare well. Based on the findings, the study recommended more political commitment, increase funding, employment of more technically skilled staff and establishment of data bank for environmental inventories in the state.

IMPLEMENTASI MANAJEMEN BAKAT SEBAGAI SUMBER KEUNGGULAN KOMPETITIF PERUSAHAAN

Organizations confront problems in personnel management in this dynamic and competitive business environment. For businesses functioning at a global level, personnel management has become increasingly crucial. The demand for key roles for skilled staff is strong since the organization is to direct them and to lead the organization to the highest level of success. This is why the organization strives for the best staff. The fundamental aim of any corporate strategy is to make the activities that can lead to success more effective and efficiently. When the business builds an excellent team that is comprised of competent staff, talent management is highly crucial.

POWER AND FORCE LIMITING TECHNIQUE AT COLLABORATIVE WORKPLACE

Nowadays, the automotive industry still incorporates collaborative robots and their applications into the less traditional processes to automate them. The purpose is to make up for the skill gap, retain skilled staff, attract the younger generation, and increase quality. The paper brings a short overview of the automated collaborative workplace, including the PFL technique description and possibilities. Also, human-robot collaboration (HRC) is elaborated together with the example of such an automated workplace (with dual-arm robotic system participation). The specific contact (transient, quasi-static) between the human body and robotic system is described to fulfill the HRC and PFL technique. It also summarizes and explains ISO / TS 15066 details to apply this technique at automated assembly process example.

STEM STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT TO FOSTER INTERNATIONAL MARKETING THROUGH DIGITAL CONTENT

This article aims to find the opportunities how to facilitate the interaction among students, university staff and future students in order to attract more and better students in the field of STEM by sharing students’ digital content on social media. As a potential student group – generation Z are already technology geeks, spend a lot of time on social media, know about the newest technologies and know how to use them it’s crucial to provide content that can impress them as future STEM students with technologies, opportunities, skilled staff and successful alumni. This paper includes the transformation and adjustment of the main aim for each stage, functions, digital content categories and subcategories, as well the interaction level among students, university staff and future students.

Analysis of the Workforce in Macroregion Two and Macroregion Four

he economic development that preceded the economic crisis of 2008 has caused a lack of staff on the labor market, in particular of specialists in certain key areas, in all developed countries. The acute shortage of skilled staff at European level is also found among Romania, where companies play an important role in defining society at local and regional level. Romania has about 19 million people, of whom only 5 million are full-time employees, and the labor market estimates a shortage of more than 1 million employees in 2021, according to a study by audit and consulting firm PwC. In this respect, it was considered appropriate to analyze two development macroregions in Romania, which register smallest, respectively the and largest population in terms of national level. The general objective of the research is to identify the macroregion that has a greater potential for making private and even public investments. In this way, the method of multicriteria analysis at the level of applied methodology was used, so that current and future entrepreneurs can observe a clear delimitation of the two opposite areas of the country, regarding the existing potential on the labor market. Being positioned in opposite parts of the country, Macroregion Two and Macroregion Four each have certain specific economic characteristics, which can lead to a sustainable maroregional strategy for on the stability and prosperity of the labor market.

Anaesthetic Considerations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopies

Gastrointestinal endoscopy has become fundamental procedure for diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal tract diseases. Generally, the gastrointestinal endoscopy is minimally invasive procedure. However, it can cause considerable amount of discomfort and pain which make the procedure unsafe, complicated and refusal of follow up procedures if done without safe sedation. The sedation is required to alleviate anxiety, provide analgesia, amnesia and to improve endoscopic performance specifically in therapeutic procedures. The safe administration of sedative and analgesic medications, irrespective of the regimen used, requires knowledge of the individual needs of patients. The combination of benzodiazepines and opioids is now the most widely used sedation regimen for sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures. Generally, sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy is considered safe, however, it has the potential for serious complications. Therefore, endoscopist should assess the patients properly before the endoscopy as well as should be aware of all possible complications and the risk factors. Furthermore, skilled staff and emergency equipment should be available in endoscopy suit. This chapter discuss in details all the aspects of safe procedural sedation during GI endoscopies.

DEVELOPMENT OF CONTENTS FOR MASTER’S PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL DISCIPLINE

The master’s educations is one of the novelties actively developing in the last decade. During the current period, the certain experience has been gained in masters’ training whose skill level shall be higher than bachelor’s and specialist’s one. In parallel with practical work, the researches on issues of the masters’ education are developing. Several directions of this research are presented in this article. This article is dedicated to psychological and pedagogical education. The article gives description for master’s education «Technology of inclusive education», it gives examples of the work programs developed in accordance with requirements of the educational standards for their studying results. The topic of work programs reflects the needs for competence-based development of modern professional in psychological and pedagogical educational profile. The article gives the general characteristics of specialists studying the master’s education programs. It justifies the need for psychological and pedagogical master’s educational profile selected by the author and her colleagues. Its relevancy is based on development of the inclusive education in this country and around the world, on the demand for the high-skilled staff to work under the circumstances of inclusion. The article justifies the relevancy of development of contents for educational program in connection of its result orientation. The article promoting the experience of the particular educational institution might be interesting to educational organization implementing the programs of psychological and pedagogical direction.

“Innovative” Materials in the Conservation of Uyghur Manuscripts from the Collection of the Asian Museum in the early 20 century

The major part of Old Uyghur manuscript and block printed fragments preserved nowadays in the Serindia collection of the IOM, RAS require conservation and preservations procedures. Discovered during various archaeological and research expeditions to Eastern Turkestan, as also purchased from the local people of Turfan oasis, these fragments were in urgent need of conservation at the moment they were transferred to the Asiatic Museum. As conservation laboratory and skilled staff were absent at that time the conservation procedures were conducted by the researchers of the materials. The article deals with the analysis of one of the methods used for preserving fragments which was used at the beginning of the 20thc.

Treatment of child offenders under the Child Rights Law of Lagos State in some selected custodial institutions

The main objective of this study was to assess the care of children and child offenders in particular under the Child Rights Law (CRL) of Lagos State in some selected custodial institutions. The study adopted a triangulation approach to collect both primary and secondary data from four purposefully selected Special Correctional Centres between 7th July and 30th September, 2013. Social welfare officers in charge of these custodial institutions were interrogated. Findings revealed that only two Special Children’s Centres had child offenders. Other results include poor living conditions, inadequate recreational facilities, regular visits from parents/guardians and formal and informal education as stipulated in section 52 and 224 (1) of CRL respectively. Major challenges were poor data base, poor security of the premises, shortage of skilled staff and lack of funds and awareness of the services of custodial institutions. Organisation of awareness campaigns, recruitment and capacity building for staff, improvement of living conditions to meet the CRL standard, among others, are recommended.