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Ritualism as a Means of Healthcare, Cultural Revival and Leadership Uprighting in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony
Published In: GJHSS Part: C: Sociology & Sociology of culture Volume: 15 Issue: 1
World War II has brought many ethnic groups together through migrations inherent in the said war. This is the case of white Mexicans and Indians who have formed a hybrid American society. Has this creation been desired for better results? This article highlights the profitability of the cultural differences between the two peoples in the novel Ceremony (1977) by Marmon Silko. The emphasi...
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Authors Larry AminRead Journal Click Here
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Importance of Oil to the Global Community
Published In: GJHSS Part: F: Political Science Volume: 15 Issue: 1
Oil is a very critical and essential product to the international community to such an extent that it benefits the globe especially in terms of reserves and production at totally different levels. While the reserves are beneficial to the Southern developing nations of the world, the Northern developed countries are appreciably put at a serious disadvantage in areas that relate to reserve...
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Authors Goke Lalude, Ph.DRead Journal Click Here
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The Wolf and the Bloodied Knife: The Self –Destructive Quest for Survival in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Published In: GJHSS Part: H: Interdisciplinary Volume: 15 Issue: 1
This work examines the circumstance within the Niger Delta, tracing the origins of the crises which currently engulfs the region. Its causes and acknowledging the injustice meted out to the region. It also shows how the activities of groups and individuals have further exacerbated the conditions of its inhabitants as some of the activities being engaged in make it almost impossible to co...
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Authors Dr. Dinebari K BadeyRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 39 to 44
Evidence of Academic Self Efficacy, Perceived Teacher Support, Age and Gender as Predictors of School Burnout
Published In: GJHSS Part: A: Arts and Humanities Volume: 15 Issue: 2
School burnout is an increasing area of research in the adolescent education literature. The present study extended the literature by focusing on personal variables that can serve as a protective factor against school burnout among students in a rural public university where basic amenities and facilities are lacking. Therefore, the study investigated academic self-efficacy, perceived te...
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Authors Uchenna C. OnuohaRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 11 to 17
Correlations between a New Daily Global Indicator of Human Behavior, Threshold Seismicity, and Solar Activity: Congruence of Energy and Implications
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 15 Issue: 1
We correlated the daily average energy per earthquake for global seismicity within successive 1 M increments (<1.0 to >6.0 M), solar activity as defined by Solar Flux Units (SFU) and a new indices for Reports of Human Conflict Behavior for the years 2009 through 2013 (1,826 days). Events associated with intent (e.g. mobilization) and preparation for confrontation were positively correlat...
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Authors David Vares, Michael A. PersingerRead Journal Click Here
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An Investigation into the Errors Committed by First Year Undergraduates in the Department of English at Jahangirnagar University
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 2
English has currently been spoken all over the world, which substantially influences its development. In Bangladesh, English is taught at all levels of education. Moreover, it has become a notion that if a person does have a good command of English, that person is going to get a very good job. To learn English, a learner has to go under a complex process of committing errors. This paper ...
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Authors Md. Didar Hossain and Md. Tareque UddinRead Journal Click Here
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Climate Change and the Law: Cushioning the Effects of Climate Change- In Niger Delta
Published In: GJHSS Part: B: Geography, Geo-Sciences Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume: 15 Issue: 1
Climate change has been defined as any natural or induced change in climate, either globally or in a particular area. However, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change gives its own definition as a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate...
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Authors Dr. C. T. Emejuru, Mrs. M. O. IzziRead Journal Click Here
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Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of the AvatimeAmu (Rice) Festival in Volta Region, Ghana
Published In: GJHSS Part: C: Sociology & Sociology of culture Volume: 15 Issue: 1
This article seeks to evaluate and document the Ava time Amu (Brown Rice) Festival; one of the renowned cultural and artistic festivals in the Volta Region of Ghana. An attempt to bring to light the relevance of the festival towards sustainable tourism development is made. African traditional festivals are relevant mostly in their aesthetic arts and African art is great art, worthy of a ...
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Authors Franklin BormannRead Journal Click Here
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A Critical Analysis of the Insitutional Outcomes of Nigerias Economic Diplomacy
Published In: GJHSS Part: F: Political Science Volume: 15 Issue: 1
Economic Diplomacy was used as a an instrument of foreign policy execution in Nigeria with the aim of achieving national development. This study, while using the political economy approach therefore, investigated the institutional outcomes of this instrument in areas of debt management, Gross Domestic Product (GDP employment, and external reserves. Secondary sources of data which include...
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Authors Fasunwon Adebayo FolorunsoRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 25 to 32
CAT Field-Test Item Calibration Sample Size: How Large is Large under the Rasch Model?
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 1
This study was conducted in an attempt to provide guidelines for practitioners regarding the optimal minimum calibration sample size for pretest item estimation in the computerized adaptive test (CAT) under WINSTEPS when the fixed-person-parameter estimation method is applied to derive pretest item parameter estimates. The field-testing design discussed in this study is a form of seeding...
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Media Entertainment and Commercialization of the Body
Published In: GJHSS Part: A: Arts and Humanities Volume: 15 Issue: 2
The desire to accumulate material resources and to have good life-chance is rooted deeply in the sensibilities of human society. Every individual strives to ensure that he meets not only his essential needs of today and future but also accumulate well enough to gain social standing and be able to bequeath wealthy heritage to his children. This tendency predisposes man to looking for econ...
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Authors Abiodun Omotayo Oladejo, Destiny Eze AgwanwoRead Journal Click Here
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The Poetics of Traditional Ghanaian Beads
Published In: GJHSS Part: H: Interdisciplinary Volume: 15 Issue: 2
The use of beads in Ghana is a site for a robust cultural meaning-making. Beads have been very popular in the past and are growing stronger in popularity with modernity to the extent that their modern meanings seem to be eclipsing the traditional ones. This paper takes us back to their traditional meanings by examining closely their relationship with the wearer. Using qualitative instrum...
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Authors Vesta E. Adu Gyamfi, Dr. Peter Arthur, Dr. Kwabena AsubontengRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 39 to 52
Gender Relation and Economic Resources
Published In: GJHSS Part: E: Economics Volume: 15 Issue: 1
The study was conducted to explore the gender relation in regarding their access on economic resources. The study was conducted among the 390 respondents of five ethnic groups of Kathmandu valley, Nepal in 2014. Study was based on the descriptive design. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select the respondents. Structured self-reported questionnaires were administered in fi...
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Authors Anita ShresthaRead Journal Click Here
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Dance, A Sociological Tool in A Childs Moral Development: Dancing Monster and UzoasAparadigm
Published In: GJHSS Part: A: Arts and Humanities Volume: 15 Issue: 2
The use of dance in contemporary society has seriously gone beyond mere movement of the body and entertainment. Before now, parents and teachers in secondary and primary schools see the essence of dance as a mere form of recreation, relaxation and body flexibility amongst the pupils, thereby de-emphasizing the socio-communitive purpose of dance. However, from the scholarly research point...
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Authors Akas, Nicholas ChielotamRead Journal Click Here
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