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Recent Submissions
Fluid Mechanics 1
(Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 2015-04-15) School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Department of Mechnical Engineering.
Orthoptics
(Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 2012) School of Health Technology, Department of Optometry.
Implementation of e-procurement in mitigating corrupt practices in construction project delivery in River State
(Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 2024-04) Godson, Kelechi
This research focused on implementation of e-procurement in mitigating corrupt practices in construction project delivery in Rivers State. Specifically, the study examined the factors precipitating corrupt practices in construction project delivery, identify eprocurement tools and techniques used in mitigating corrupt practices in the delivery of construction projects, and as well as measures used in mitigating corrupt practices in construction project delivery. The study is guided by Transaction Cost Theory, eTechnology Perspective Theory, Institutional Theory. The research design method adopted for the study is a survey study. The instrument for data collection and measurement were well structured standardized questionnaire modeled in Likert five point scales were used in eliciting responses from various professionals in both private and public sectors in the construction industry in Rivers State and the sample size for this study is 156. Factor analysis, mean item score(MIS), and relative importance index were used in analyzing the major issues in the study with the aid of statistical tools in SPSS version 25.0 and Microsoft excel programmed software. The findings from this study shows that there are factors precipitating corrupt practices in construction project delivery such as close relationship, absent of project anti-corruption system, monopoly, inappropriate political interference, personal greed, subjecting workers to job insecurity, inadequate sanction etc. The findings of the study further revealed that there are Eprocurement tools and techniques used in mitigating corrupt practices in the delivery of construction projects such as internet based tools, enterprise resource planning, e-sourcing tools, e-awarding tools, e-tendering tool etc. and also the result show that there are measures used in mitigating corrupt practices in construction project delivery. The study recommend that government as a matter of policy, should be organizing periodic awareness and reorientation workshops and seminars via professional associations platforms through a web based portals, for both public and private sectors and enlightened them of the danger of factors precipitating corrupt practices in construction project delivery. Furthermore, there is the need to implement all the e-procurement tools and techniques in both public and private companies to ensure transparency, accountability and competitive tendering process electronically during procurement processes which in turn hamper corruption.
Implementation of experimental design in evaluating the mechanical properties of ceramic composites
(Worldwide Open Access Publisher, 2022) Asotah, Wisdom; Onuoha, Chukwudike; Medupin, Olawale; Elakhame, Zeberu
The influence of independent variables (firing temperature and residue content) on mechanical properties – hardness, compressive strength, flexural strength, compression modulus and energy at the break – of ceramic composites was investigated through experimental design. Microstructural evaluation using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and mineralogical identification using x-ray diffraction (XRD) was also accomplished to understand the structure-property relationship. In analysing the observed data, variance analysis was employed to determine the statistical significance of the factors on the responses and regression equations showing correlations were developed. The observed data were shown to accept the null hypothesis for hardness, compression modulus and compressive strength, while flexural strength and energy at break rejected the null hypothesis judging by the p-value. The flexural strength showed a good correlation, but the influence of firing temperature and residue was minimal. However, both factors' square was shown to influence the flexural strength considerably. The study presents a systematic way to understand causal
relationships, ensuring that product specifications and quality are met.
Entrepreneurial Dev
(Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 2012) School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Department of Mechnical Engineering.