Showing papers on "Sustenance published in 2015"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an analytical framework and a series of case studies to illuminate impediments posed to sustainability by contrasting biophysical constraints and human perspectives on what should be sustained.
Abstract: Meeting human needs while sustaining the planet’s life support systems is the fundamental challenge of our time. What role sustenance of biodiversity and contrasting ecosystem services should play in achieving a sustainable future varies along philosophical, cultural, institutional, societal, and governmental divisions. Contrasting biophysical constraints and perspectives on human well-being arise both within and across countries that span the tropics and temperate zone. Direct sustenance of livelihoods from ecosystem services in East Africa contrasts with the complex and diverse relationships with the land in Mexico and the highly monetary-based economy of the United States. Lack of understanding of the contrasting contexts in which decision-making about trade-offs occurs creates impediments to collective global efforts to sustain the Earth’s life support systems. While theoretical notions of the goals of sustainability science seek a unified path forward, realities on the ground present challenges. This Special Feature seeks to provide both an analytical framework and a series of case studies to illuminate impediments posed to sustainability by contrasting biophysical constraints and human perspectives on what should be sustained. The contributors aim to clarify the trade-offs posed to human welfare in sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services and the challenges in managing for a sustainable future in which human well-being is not compromised as compared to today. Our goal is to provide novel insights on how sustainability can be achieved internationally through exploration of constraints, trade-offs, and human values examined at multiple scales, and across geographic regions from a range of cultural perspectives.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify important factors those which constrain implementation and sustenance of lean strategies in aviation sector and ways to avoid slow attrition within annals of lean within aviation sector.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify important factors those which constrain implementation and sustenance of lean strategies in aviation sector and ways to avoid slow attrition within annals of lean. Design/methodology/approach – This research is exploratory in nature and survey methodology is used for assessing the post lean management implementation environment. The focus of study is cross-sectional, within aircraft industry based on the information collected through survey and a case study. Findings – The reasons for the weak sustenance of lean initiative have been identified. The measures as undertaken in the case study implied a successful turnaround of specific department. Comparison with automobile industry indicates suggestions and pitfalls to be avoided with suitable illustration. Research limitations/implications – The target of the study is the aircraft manufacturer and hence it has the limitation in terms of the scope. However, overall results are encouraging with the survey gen...
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TL;DR: Discovery of this manuscript reveals that Abu Zayd al-Balkhi should be credited with differentiating OCD from other forms of mental illnesses nearly a millennium earlier than is currently claimed by anthologies documenting the history of mental illness.
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TL;DR: In this article, the formation and the sustenance of industrial clusters has been investigated by examining the experience of some of the prominent and successful clusters, their formation and sustenance in the three countries.
Abstract: Clusters have several advantages. These include a high degree of networking which stimulates productivity, ability to diversify and to acquire the capacity to new products when the demand for existing products falls. The policy makers are searching ways to create new clusters. With an even more globalized world and increased competition the appeal of clusters has become stronger and more urgent. Yet, the formation and the sustenance of the clusters has somehow remained a mystery. There has been a limited research carried out in this direction. No doubt it is a complex area and no figurative results can be highlighted to show as to how the development of industrial clusters has taken place. The authors go about seeking answers to these questions by examining the experience of some of the prominent and successful clusters, their formation and sustenance in the three countries. The study further investigates various initiatives, the role and the results thereof in development of clusters.
28 citations
TL;DR: This article reviews contemporary literature on home care of the seriously ill child with complex care needs and the sick child/parent dyad to reveal three major themes, namely the increasing acuity of child illness, the evolving role of the parent as care provider, and the health professional as care providers.
Abstract: This article reviews contemporary literature on home care of the seriously ill child with complex care needs and the sick child/parent dyad. The literature search revealed three major themes, namely the increasing acuity of child illness, the evolving role of the parent as care provider, and the health professional as care provider. While there is much known about the complexity of care of children and the role of family in that care, little is known about what families require in terms of support and sustenance during the long years of care provision.
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TL;DR: In his recent book, Gawande states, “Medicine’s focus is narrow, medical professionals concentrate on repair of health, not sustenance of the soul.”
Abstract: In his recent book, Gawande ([1][1]) states, “Medicine’s focus is narrow. Medical professionals concentrate on repair of health, not sustenance of the soul … For more than half a century, we have treated the trials of sickness, aging and mortality as medical concerns … That experiment has
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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The role of agency in the construction and sustenance of the cultural practices of the firm, and the microfoundations of meaning in organizational practice have been explored by cultural theorists as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Cultural approaches to understanding the modern organization date back to the Human Relations studies of the 1920s. To understand the phenomenology of the modern firm, cultural theorists have explored the roles of power and meaning in the social construction of rational, and just, organizational practices. Neoinstitutionalists have recently turned their attention to how organizational practices travel across time and space, the role of agency in the construction and sustenance of the cultural practices of the firm, and the microfoundations of meaning in organizational practice.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of changing population age structure on economic growth in China and India was examined and the significance of harnessing the demographic dividend for the sustenance of growth and development was emphasized.
Abstract: This paper examines the impact of changing population age structure on economic growth in China and India. The paper present various theoretical perspectives and supporting evidence to emphasis the significance of harnessing the demographic dividend for the sustenance of growth and development. The analysis informs that, unlike China, India's savings and growth potential, as well as the magnitude and timing of its first demographic dividend, is adversely affected by the slow pace of fertility decline.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize two issues within theistic metaphysics, namely the metaphysics of creaturely properties and the nature of unshareable properties, or tropes.
Abstract: I aim to synthesize two issues within theistic metaphysics. The first concerns the metaphysics of creaturely properties and, more specifically, the nature of unshareable properties, or tropes. The second concerns the metaphysics of providence and, more specifically, the way in which God sustains creatures, or sustenance. I propose that creaturely properties, understood as what I call modifier tropes, are identical with divine acts of sustenance, understood as acts of property-conferral. I argue that this theistic conferralism is attractive because it integrates trope theory and the doctrine of sustenance in a mutually enhancing way. Taking modifier tropes to be divine acts mitigates certain weaknesses of trope theory and safeguards divine sustenance from the threat of both deism and occasionalism.
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TL;DR: The authors examined the bodily practices and material substances that shaped the Inca king's physical person during his lifetime, as well as after his death, and found that the royal body was made conspicuous through a series of ritual and symbolic actions devised to display the king's faculty to infuse vital force to all living creatures under his rule.
Abstract: The worship of dead Inca kings, because it aimed at preserving the deceased's bodily integrity, reveals constituent aspects of royal personhood. Underpinning these practices was the conception that the dead's agency was conveyed through corporeal substances, which therefore required constant acts of sustenance. This paper examines the bodily practices and material substances that shaped the king's physical person during his lifetime, as well as after his death. These data show that the royal body was made conspicuous through a series of ritual and symbolic actions devised to display the king's faculty to infuse vital force to all living creatures under his rule he thus stood as the source of prosperity for his subjects with which he was engaged in reciprocal obligations of life sustenance. I argue that these “embodied technologies of power” shaped a system of representations that legitimated the king's appropriation of state resources.
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TL;DR: In this article, a model has been worked out for a future sustainable and competitive HETI in the country, and partnership with TEC, followed by some realistic recommendations for consideration, both in the present and the future.
Abstract: This article has taken a step towards providing a critical discourse approach on the future of sustainable growth for HETIs in Sierra Leone. The system, as it is at the moment, needs a complete review and overhaul in order to move forward in competing with HETIs on a global scale. The government on its own cannot continue take up the burden of a 100% funding for HETIs in the country (with increase population growth rate) when the situation across the region, and the world is such that HETIs are making strides towards self-sufficiency/sustenance through high quality teaching and learning, and more importantly, competitive research ventures. A model has been worked out for a future sustainable and competitive HETIs in the country, and partnership with TEC, followed by some realistic recommendations for consideration, both in the present and the future.
31 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how knowledge-intensive born global firms operating in international markets develop and maintain long-term relationships with their customers that insulate them from external influences.
Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine how knowledge-intensive born global firms operating in international markets develop and maintain long-term relationships with their customers that insu ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the causes of students' low enrolment in technical colleges and suggested how sustenance of students interest in prevocational education in junior secondary schools can help to curtail this trend.
Abstract: The future of Nigeria as a nation depends on her youths who are currently undergoing training in schools. They need all forms of assistance to increase and sustain their interest in prevocational education towards fostering enrolment into technical colleges. Despite the vital role Technical, vocational education and training programmes are observed to be playing all over the world in addressing youth unemployment, poverty and skill development, they still remain greatly detested by Nigerian parents and students as seen in the low enrolment into technical colleges. This may be as a result of the poor societal perception and attitude of the programmes as education for the low achievers, never-to-do-wells and those who cannot cope with the sciences and social sciences. This paper therefore, examined the causes of students’ low enrolment in technical colleges and suggested how sustenance of students’ interest in prevocational education in junior secondary schools can help to curtail this trend. It is recommended among others that: the government should re-address the issue of funding and providing enabling facilities to ease learning-by-doing in prevocational education towards fostering enrolment in technical colleges.
TL;DR: It is axiomatic to posit that there is a linkage between youth and national integration; therefore, the role of youth on national development cannot be over emphasised as mentioned in this paper. But, the transition of society from one generation to another is critical to the formative and developmental aspiration of such society.
Abstract: It is axiomatic to posit that there is a linkage between youth and national integration. This intercourse is not only symbiotically connected; but, one depends on the other for its sustenance. Therefore, the role of youth on national development cannot be over emphasised. The wheel of development of any country lies on the shoulder of how productive and creative the youthful populations are. The youth in any society are the engine of growth and development; because, they provide the labour force for production of goods and service to take effect. And also, are the critical masses of people, whose action and inaction can develop or destroy the hegemonies/fabrics of their society. For example according to the 2006 census, the youthful population constituted over 70% of the population. So, therefore, this quantum of population is a great asset for the Nigerian state if they are harnessed and utilized in the right direction. Interestingly, the transition of society from one generation to another is critical to the formative and developmental aspiration of such society. That, is why society that prepare their youth for the sake of future aspiration will not only secure her future development; but, will prepare her next set of leaders with the challenges of national reconciliation and development. So, therefore, the role of youth on national development is sacrosanct to the whole developmental aspiration of any society. The youth are the cornerstone to societal rejuvenation. Societies are not only recreated through the youthful population, but, youth are often referring to as leaders of tomorrow. As the most active segment of any society, youths are the major determiners of peace and stability of a nation (Ozohu-Sulaiman, 2006). Conversely, the degree of disorderliness and instability in society is also determined in part by youths. Peace is a precursor of development. The absence of peace means that no meaningful development can take place. The National Youths Policy affirms that the extent of the youth's “responsible conduct and roles in society is positively correlated with the development of their country”. (FGN, 2001:1)
TL;DR: This essay explores the sustenance of the Five Tribes and considers how changing from a diet of fresh flora and fauna to caloriedense, fatty, and carbohydrateladen meals may have contributed to their declining health.
Abstract: In response to white settlers’ demands for tribal lands in the southeast, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The “Five Tribes”—Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Muscogees (Creeks), and Seminoles—were then forced to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Natives had access to a vast array of fruits, vegetables, and game meats, and until the Civil War, their health problems appeared to be maladies such as wounds, parasites, contagious diseases, and illnesses associated with unsanitary conditions. Around the mid1860s, natives’ diets began changing in two ways: either they included an overabundance of wheat flour, sugar, salt, and lard that resulted in dietrelated ailments such as diabetes, obesity, and tooth decay; or the amount of food was inadequate, and natives suffered from malnutrition. Using testimonies of early explorers and elderly residents of 1930s Oklahoma who recalled their days in the Territory, this essay explores the sustenance of the Five Tribes and considers how changing from a diet of fresh flora and fauna to caloriedense, fatty, and carbohydrateladen meals may have contributed to their declining health.
01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: From the consumer's point of view, food is at the same time among the most trivial and the most complex of all product groups as discussed by the authors, and food is a mundane and a functional product.
Abstract: From the consumer's point of view, food is at the same time among the most trivial and the most complex of all product groups. Food is at the same time a mundane and a functional product. Sometimes we eat for sustenance, for example, while sitting behind our desks when typing reports, and at other times having an elaborate dinner is a pleasurable situation and helps us to strengthen family and friendship bonds.
08 Nov 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make an effort to understand the views and values of the present and past that appear consistently divergent, and recognise the growing initiatives that call for knowledge to be freely shared through means of open licensing.
Abstract: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) appear to be vital for the sustenance of our present society. Not only do they seem to protect the original works of creators but they also fight infringement, a major problem in today’s world. But do we really need to fear the use of our works by others? Is it right to consider knowledge as a commodity and seek recognition for it? Ancient Indian scriptures appear to suggest that people of the Indian sub-continent did not uphold the concept of ownership of bases of knowledge and believed that knowledge was to be passed down without reservations: A Parampara (tradition ) of the Guru ( the erudite teacher) and Sishya (the understudy). This article is an effort to understand the views and values of the present and past that appear consistently divergent. In this paper we also recognise the growing initiatives that call for knowledge to be freely shared through means of open licensing. In fact these initiatives across the world are indicative of a rising movement with high potential for change in people’s perspectives for a better world where knowledge is free. This paper in this context is our humble attempt to reconnect with the values of the past.
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20 Aug 2015
TL;DR: The Transversal Ecocritical Praxis Project as discussed by the authors explores the role of women and gender equality in creating a sustainable eco-theory in the context of ecology and sustainability.
Abstract: Introduction: Continuing the Transversal Ecocritical Praxis Project Chapter One: The Question of Aesthetic Praxis: If Literature and Art are Propaganda, What is Ecocritical Analysis? Chapter Two: Back to Concerns about the Future: Susan Fenimore Cooper and Rural Hours Chapter Three: Pessimism, Optimism, Human Inertia and Anthropogenic Climate Change Chapter Four: Directing the Weather, Producing the Climate Chapter Five: Buying Agriculture, Selling Starvation and the Failure of Business-as-usual in a Dystopic Future Chapter Six: Viewing the Far Fields through an Ecofeminist Subsistence Perspective in an Age of Land Grabs Chapter Seven: From Consumables to Sustenance through an Ecofeminist Sufficiency Reorientation Chapter Eight: Listening for a Way out Through a Deep Yearning for a Resounding Relationship Chapter Nine: The Role of Women and Gender Equality in Creating Ecotopia Afterword: Directions for Future Research Appendix: Framing the Subject: An Interview by the editors of Frame Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
TL;DR: This article conducted a qualitative study of former parole agents to understand how they experience their work and found that parole agents recognized and held a fundamental tension between casework and law enforcement, were regularly exposed to intense affective experiences that influenced their practices, developed characteristic ways of managing the anxieties and stressors in their work, and found organizational dynamics to be sources of strain and sustenance.
Abstract: The maintenance of public “safety and security” drives the functioning of correctional systems, yet rarely addressed are the ways the individuals who work in such systems maintain their own psychological safety and security. In the tradition of practice-informed research, the author designed and implemented an exploratory, qualitative research study of former parole agents (N = 23) that aimed to understand how they experience their work. Findings suggest that parole agents recognized and held a fundamental tension between casework and law enforcement, were regularly exposed to intense affective experiences that influenced their practices, developed characteristic ways of managing the anxieties and stressors in their work, and found organizational dynamics to be sources of strain and sustenance. This article provides an overview of the study design and findings, as well as their implications for social work practice and practice informed research.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the importance of total quality management in libraries and highlight the need for libraries to exhibit that they are valuable to the continued survival and sustenance of their organizations.
Abstract: The paper highlights about the importance of total quality management in libraries. It is an view that the condition which challenged in libraries of Total Quality Management are very much prevalent here. It is not; however, clear if library managers are effecting the necessary changes to satisfy their clients. In the face of these challenges it is now time for libraries to exhibit that they are valuable to the continued survival and sustenance of their organizations. This can be done best by activity management. Components of TQM are employee involvement and training, problem solving teams, statistical methods, long term goals and thinking and recognition that the system, not people produces inefficiencies. It is a systematic process, which focuses on understanding customer needs and improving customer services.
12 Feb 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the imprint trends and status of deforestation across the Nigerian nation with particular reference to Enugu State was examined and it was found out that forest resources of Enugu state are under pressure from urbanisation, infrastructure development, residential construction, population growth, and expansion of agricultural crop cultivation.
Abstract: In recent time, concern on the trends and status of forest and associated deforestation activities in developing countries like Nigeria, Enugu State inclusive, has increased. This concern has prompted a range of researches into the causes and the effects of deforestation by different authors as well as the investigation of the possible economic contributions of this sector to the national growth and development indices. This paper examines the imprint trends and status of deforestation across the Nigerian nation with particular reference to Enugu State. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis in this research paper. We found out that forest resources of Enugu State are under pressure from urbanisation, infrastructure development, residential construction, population growth, and expansion of agricultural crop cultivation. Evidence of these pressures is the growing degradation of both community and state forest within the country especially in the study area, Enugu State. Therefore, notwithstanding the economic contributions of deforestation through income and employment generation to the state and national GDP, we recommend that there is need for the sustenance of the community and state forests. This is required so that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and non-wood forest products (NWFPs) which are needed in promoting rural welfare, income and employment generation, urban and rural livelihood sustenance, poverty reduction and sustainable forest management in the state and the country at large can be retained.
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25 Feb 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors have collected the articles comprising the field of fine arts, terrorism, economy, media and trends of regional history during medieval period in relation with society and culture of India from ancient to modern times.
Abstract: The book ‘ON INDIAN HISTORY – Some Essays’ deals with the different cultural trends and traditions prevailing in the Indian society. Our objective is to present a comprehensive cultural picture of India in its varied dimensions and perspectives. We have collected the articles comprising the field of fine arts, terrorism, economy, media and trends of regional history during medieval period in relation with society and culture of India from ancient to modern times. The article ‘Inheritance Codes and the Sustenance of Patriarchy’ describes the power and critical analysis of patriarchal system of Indian society. The article ‘Tagore’s Perspectives to Problem of Evil’ related to Tagore’s life philosophy is worth reading. On Law Relating to Fraud and Forgery in Banks and Financial Institutions – A Review is the example of recent trends of financial bungling in our society. This book attempts to highlight not only the trends but the other aspects of the Indian society also.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative survey has been carried out with various participants experienced in the field of higher education institutions and universities and acquire a thorough understanding of the problem of efficient governance in universities.
Abstract: The study vitally examines the development and sustenance of efficient governance in universities and the level to which efficient governance has contributed for the management in the universities. The specific objectives of the study were to; identify obstacles in implementing measures of efficient governance, identify and portray the steps taken in the development and sustenance of efficient governance. Under this backdrop, this paper is an attempt to identify and study the existing practices for the development and sustenance of efficient governance in universities and to broaden the horizons of existing knowledge about the practices of governance in university system. A qualitative research methodology has been utilized for gathering data for the present study. A qualitative survey has been carried out with various participants experienced in the field of higher education institutions and universities. Face-to-face questions were asked regarding development and sustenance of efficient governance in universities and acquire a thorough understanding of the problem. Questions were asked from the administrators like vice-chancellors, members of various boards and committees, registrars, deans, heads of teaching departments, other academic staff and also the students. The qualitative data was organized into separate categories and on the basis of which a perception has been developed about the development and sustenance of governance in a university system with the help of appropriate decision-making. The qualitative data gathered assume that the universities are governed by various committees and boards. Other findings were indicative of having various obstacles in universities which are restraining efficient governance. The conclusion suggested that performance of universities has been seen as an important factor so that their functioning is justified. The suggestions also indicate that higher education institutions like universities need improvement in governance so as to reduce the challenges posed by upcoming knowledge economy.
13 Feb 2015
13 Apr 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argued that Nigeria has not experienced development as much as South Korea because of her primary dependence on crude oil for economic sustenance and explained how an innovation-driven economic development model can help to mitigate corruption and facilitate competitiveness in Nigeria.
Abstract: Purpose
The objective of this chapter is to explain how an innovation-driven economic development model can help to mitigate corruption and facilitate competitiveness in Nigeria.
Methodology/approach
With the use of descriptive narratives, Nigeria was examined in comparison with other countries such as South Korea. The chapter argues that Nigeria has not experienced development as much as South Korea because of her primary dependence on crude oil for economic sustenance.
Findings
Evidence from the statistics showed that innovation-driven economies are more competitive and less corrupt compared to natural resource-driven economies such as Nigeria. Nigeria has performed poorly in terms of competitiveness, transparency, and governance owing to her dependence on natural resources as a major means for economic sustenance.
Originality/value
Helps to explain why an innovation-driven economic development model is the solution to mitigating corruption and facilitating competitiveness in Nigeria.
01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The working lives of early modern seafarers were embedded in a thick web of legal regulation, often across multiple jurisdictions, and at the same time their activities contributed to the shape and development of that framework as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The working lives of early modern seafarers were embedded in a thick web of legal regulation, often across multiple jurisdictions, and at the same time their activities contributed to the shape and development of that framework. Contracts and wage agreements, recognised rights to treatment, protection, sustenance and remuneration, and the policies of governments all structured the labouring conditions of sailors, and the words and actions of seafarers aboard ship led to, and were reinterpreted in, lawsuits ashore. How we perceive seafarers’ legal world is therefore critical to how we understand their social relations, both aboard ship and elsewhere, and their role in the growth of imperial power and maritime trade which characterised the early modern period.
01 Nov 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest an understanding of the characteristics of the Malay cultural landscape through Pantun, woodcarving and old literature in the process of understanding the authentic values of Malay culture.
Abstract: Background: The Malays traditionally and especially before the arrival of Islam were animistic in their belief. Their lives were closely inter-twinned with nature for sustenance as well as for the spiritual and emotional comfort. They respect the natural world of the seen as well as the unseen. With the advent of Islam most of the animistic beliefs of the Malays have been discarded. However, the awe that the Malays have toward the forest or the river, the sea or the mountain is still a reminiscence of their ancestral beliefs. These beliefs have helped them survive the hostile environment they had evolved from and acquire a great deal of knowledge and understanding about their natural surrounding which has been handed down from generation to generation. Objectives: This paper suggests an understanding of the characteristics of the Malay cultural landscape through pantun, woodcarving and old literature Results: The Malay Pantun, Malay Woodcarvings and the literature in Bustan Al-Salatin are analyzed in the process of understanding an authentic values of the Malay cultural landscape. Conclusion: The Malay cultural landscape is unique and always been used by the traditional community and an inspiration for art and crafts. It is indeed, a recorded evident for the current generation to understand our heritage and cultural values.
TL;DR: In this paper, an overview of development of indigenous technology in Nigeria through promotion of engineering based SMEs as a capacity building strategy for sustainable development and poverty alleviation is presented, and it is concluded that in order to achieve meaningful economic development and sustenance in developing nations like Nigeria, application of the indigenous technology through promoting of engineering-based SMEs should be considered, also increase awareness among the public, policy maker and industrialist on the pivotal role of science and technology plays in national development.
Abstract: Existence of small and medium scale businesses are essential to the growth and sustenance of any economy. SMEs serve as propellant to the development of large existing industries. Nevertheless, the rate of failure of SMEs globally is alarming. Notable in Nigeria as a case, the economy is suffering from structural defects and remains a consumer economy as a result of failure of indigenous engineering personnel to understand and take the lead role to process and utilize abundant natural resources for industrial development of the country. This paper presents an overview of development of indigenous technology in Nigeria through promotion of engineering based SMEs as a capacity building strategy for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. It is concluded that in order to achieve meaningful economic development and sustenance in developing nations like Nigeria, application of indigenous technology through promotion of engineering based SMEs should be considered. Also increase awareness among the public, policy maker and industrialist on the pivotal role of science and technology plays in national development.
TL;DR: For centuries, innovation was a political and contested concept and linguistic weapon used against one's enemy as mentioned in this paper, and opponents of innovation used arguments from ethos and pathos to give power and sustenance to their criticisms and to challenge the innovators.
Abstract: For centuries, innovation was a political and contested concept and linguistic weapon used against one's enemy. To support their case, opponents of innovation made use of arguments from ethos and pathos to give power and sustenance to their criticisms and to challenge the innovators. However, since the nineteenth century the arguments have changed completely. Innovation gradually got rehabilitated. This article looks at one type of rehabilitation: the semantic rehabilitation. People started to reread history and to redescribe what innovation is. What was bad innovation became good innovation because of long-lasting and beneficial effects, so it was believed.