Higher College of Technology

About: Higher College of Technology is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Higher education & Tourism. The organization has 369 authors who have published 379 publications receiving 729 citations.

EFL teacher research engagement: Towards a research-pedagogy nexus

Abstract: Research has shown a wide range of benefits from teacher research engagement in the advancement of pedagogy, teacher’s personal growth and their professional development. Focusing on an Omani Engli...

The hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Mesoproterozoic–Paleozoic intracratonic Voltaian Basin, West African Craton, Ghana

Abstract: Neoproterozoic sedimentary basins are increasingly gaining hydrocarbon exploration attention globally following results of significant discoveries in these basins as a result of long, consistent and focused research and exploration efforts. The hydrocarbon prospectivity of the unexplored Mesoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic Voltaian basin is reviewed relative to global Neoproterozoic basins. Like the Voltaian basin of Ghana, global Neoproterozoic basins have experienced similar geological event of glaciation with accompanying deposition of marginal–shallow marine carbonates and associated siliciclastic argillaceous sediments. These carbonates and argillaceous sediments coupled with deep anoxic depositional environments, favored the preservation of organic matter in these sediments and carbonates globally making them source rocks and in some cases the reservoir rocks as well, to hydrocarbon occurrence. The hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Voltaian is highly probable with Neoproterozoic basins of similar geologic analogies, Amadeus basin, Illizi basin, the Tindouf and Taoudeni basins of the WAC, having proven and active petroleum systems with some listed as world class oil/gas producing basins together with other Neoproterozoic basins like South Salt Oman basin, Barnett shales and giant gas reserves of southwestern Sichuan basin of China.

An Advanced Public Transport with Tracking the Vehicle and Sending the Location Using GSM and GPS during Pandemic Situations

Abstract: This is the first time; the entire world is under lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. During these time, the people are afraid to go crowed places such as bus stop. But most people prefer to use public transport instead of driving their vehicles due to diverse benefits. Through their mobile phones, if the people are aware of the timings of their route bus they can come to the bus stop on time in order to avoid the waiting. Therefore, this paper concentrates on the improvement of public transport for making the usage of this type of transport convenient and safe. To achieve the aim of this paper, a GPS (Global Positioning System) and a GSM (Global system for mobile communication) concepts are employed. Moreover, to complete the design successfully, the SIM808 board is used in order to track the location of the vehicle remotely as it contains a GPS module, and for sending short SMS messages including the latitude and longitude GSM modem is attached. The location can be tracked by the assistance of Google map. SIM808 module is controlled by an Arduino microcontroller.