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The purpose of this research project is to record the genealogy of Louisa Oyee. Louisa was the matriarch in the House of Baxh'ap in the community of Gitwinksihlkw. She was a member of the Nisga'a Nation. Louisa was one of the most important historical figures in this small community. Along with the genealogy, I collected data, photos and stories that tie this family together. As the Nisga'a follow a matrilineal descent, one will see how the House is structured. The genealogies will also show the blood connections to the other Houses that belong to the four communities of the Nisga'a. The final report will be housed with the writer, Simo'ogit Baxh'ap (current holder and future holders of the name), Wilp Wilxo'oskwhl Nisga'a, the Nisga'a Lisims Government, and the Gitwinksihlkw Village Government. Descendents of Louisa Oyee will have permission to view the final project. Access to it from the general public will be limited and only upon request from the writer or Simo'ogit Baxh'ap. --P.ii. ; The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1736496

The purpose of this research project is to record the genealogy of Louisa Oyee. Louisa was the matriarch in the House of Baxh'ap in the community of Gitwinksihlkw. She was a member of the Nisga'a Nation. Louisa was one of the most important historical figures in this small community. Along with the genealogy, I collected data, photos and stories that tie this family together. As the Nisga'a follow a matrilineal descent, one will see how the House is structured. The genealogies will also show the blood connections to the other Houses that belong to the four communities of the Nisga'a. The final report will be housed with the writer, Simo'ogit Baxh'ap (current holder and future holders of the name), Wilp Wilxo'oskwhl Nisga'a, the Nisga'a Lisims Government, and the Gitwinksihlkw Village Government. Descendents of Louisa Oyee will have permission to view the final project. Access to it from the general public will be limited and only upon request from the writer or Simo'ogit Baxh'ap. --P.ii. ; The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1736496

Una tarde montevideana del invierno del 2011, de menguante sol sobre el ventanal de un bar de Pocitos, este cronista encontró por casualidad a Enrique Estrázulas, después de muchos años sin verlo. El escritor miraba la cucharita y su vaso de café cortado. Cuando alzó los ojos un momento hacia la calle, nos saludamos y entré al bar. Quizás, si lo pienso mejor, en poesía nada resulta casual de modo convincente.Por ejemplo, Enrique nunca imaginó que iba a recorrer el mundo gracias a Pepe Corvina, según le confesó a María Esther Gilio en 1995. "Toda la historia vino a partir de un pescador que ví una sola vez en mi vida, en la puerta de mi casa, con una lata herrumbrada en la mano, diciéndole a mi padre y a mi tío: «Este es el mapa del Paraíso Terrenal»". Pero por algo será que después de ese libro consagratorio, el escritor uruguayo nacido en 1942 desplegó una extensa obra en muchas direcciones –además de su labor como diplomático y periodista–. Como poeta, es el autor de El Sótano (1965),Fueye (1968), Caja de tiempo (1971), Confesión de los perros (1975), Poemas de amor -Madrigales, Blasfemias (1979). Como novelista, además de Pepe Corvina (1974), Estrázulas publicó Lucifer ha llorado (1980), El ladrón de música (1982), El amante de paja (1986), Los manuscritos del Caimán (2004), Espérame Manon (2009). Y no faltan dentro de su vasta producción los volúmenes de cuentos como Los viejísimos cielos (1975), Las claraboyas (1975) y Cuentos fantásticos (1984), ni tampoco los ensayos comoLa canción de la mugre (1970), Mientras viva un poeta, un ladrón y una puta - ensayo sobre Carlos de la Púa (1970), El canto de la flor en la boca (1978), ni las obras de teatro como Borges y Perón (1998). Esa misma tarde, invernal pero tibia, Estrázulas aceptó responder por mail algunas inquietudes para Letras Internacionales que probablemente muchos de sus lectores –antiguos, nuevos o futuros–, desearían conocer a modo de puesta al día con un autor de estilo inconfundible, prosa siempre poética, y atmósferas y personajes entrañables. En definitiva, todos buscamos pistas del mapa del Paraíso Terrenal.LETRAS INTERNACIONALES – Me gustaría que compartiera con nuestros lectores algunos recuerdos de su amistad con grandes creadores, como Julio Cortázar y Alfredo Zitarrosa.ENRIQUE ESTRÁZULAS – Mi amistad con Julio Cortázar se inició en París en 1976. Ya lo había conocido en Alemania días atrás. Una mañana sonó el teléfono en mi habitación del hotel Saint Michel y era la voz de Cortázar que me invitaba a almorzar en un restaurant de Saint Germain donde iba frecuentemente. Nos encontrábamos en la esquina de la editorial Gallimard y fuimos hasta ese pequeño local donde se podía conversar tranquilamente con vista a los puentes del Sena. Me pareció que a Cortázar le gustaba la gente, que era un hombre sociable y me contestó lo siguiente "No me gusta para nada la gente. Me gusta conversar con el autor de Pepe Corvina, por ejemplo, pero la gente en general no me atrae y soy muy poco sociable". A continuación hablamos de Onetti, quien era mi íntimo amigo y a quien Julio admiraba sin conocerlo mucho. Me preguntó si era un personaje muy agresivo y solitario y yo le respondí que era esas dos cosas, pero cuando se daba la amistad con él, era un hombre entrañable, humorista y a menudo lleno de ocurrencias. Onetti era un gardeliano enfermizo y yo también. Una de las pasiones de Onetti eran los tangos y el alma de cantores como el que mencioné. No recuerdo que me haya nombrado nunca otro personaje que no fuera El Mago. Cortázar me preguntó por los escritores preferidos de Onetti a nivel latinoamericano y yo le mencioné a Juan Rulfo y a Jorge Luis Borges. Onetti decía que Rulfo era extraordinario, que se podía estar con él una hora sin hablar o hablando constantemente. Rulfo, más tarde fue amigo mío. Hicimos tres giras por Alemania y aunque decía que no, me pareció un viajero incansable. Onetti a Borges no lo cuestionaba políticamente: decía que el escritor podía ser del partido político que quisiera o no ser de ninguno o, por último despreciar la política. Un día que no olvido me dijo "Si querés leer a un escritor perfecto, incluidos los europeos leé a Borges". Cortázar tenía muchas reservas con Borges, dado que el autor de Rayuela era un hombre muy politizado hacia la izquierda. Algunos de sus colegas decían que Cortázar pertenecía a la "izquierda divina". Yo lo admiraba fundamentalmente por sus cuentos y por su condición de buena persona. Con relación a las amistades literarias fui muy amigo de Idea Vilariño, de Mario Vargas Llosa, y como ya lo manifesté, de Borges y Onetti. En aquel momento nacía mi amistad con Julio Cortázar con el que dialogamos muchas horas.LI – ¿Cuál ha sido su evolución desde los tiempos de Pepe Corvina, Las claraboyasy Los viejisimos cielos, hasta la actualidad, mientras se aguarda la publicación de su próxima novela?EE – Desde los tiempos de Pepe Corvina, tuve una convicción no compartida por muchas personas. Yo creía, y creo, que mi segunda novela Lucifer ha llorado es tan importante como Pepe Corvina. No tuvo el éxito de esa famosa narración, pero tuvo una recepción crítica impresionante a la que no acompañaron las ventas del libro. Con relación a Los viejísimos cielos (mi primer libro de cuentos) empezaron mis narraciones cortas y algunas contundentes como "Teatro Vacío". También en el libro Las Claraboyas existen relatos que voces autorizadas han tildado como admirables. Esos relatos son "Ruedas de tren con sueño", "Sirena Varada" y, entre otros, "La verdad está triste". Más tarde seguí mi línea de narrador ( sin abandonar la poesía, porque la lírica está implícita en la narrativa) hasta obtener algunos éxitos como El ladrón de música y El amante de paja. Me gusta, particularmente, mi novela para buenos lectores titulada Espérame, Manón y que el lector común no entendió. Ahora estoy trabajando titánicamente en una novela que tiene la ambición de la aventura y del relato fantástico. Se llama, desde ya, El sueño del ladrón y anda por países exóticos como Islandia, por el Montevideo maravilloso y tétrico del Prado, por una Buenos Aires de diálogo infinito y en busca de algunas facetas desconocidas del universo. Es una novela filosófica. Es también una narración fantástica cuyos personajes, claramente humanos, son fantásticos también. Yo no me propongo nada más que literatura, filosofía y un entresueño universal que sería profano para las mentes comunes. Una de las mentes más dotadas para pensar el infinito y la vida fue mi amigo Alfredo Zitarrosa. Ahora lo quieren convertir en gran poeta.Yo creo con toda sinceridad, que se trató de un gran cantor criollo y un escritor de letras para cantar, no de poemas. Era , indiscutiblemente, en consonancia con nuestra larga amistad, una mente superior. No agrego más.LI – ¿Cuál es su visión de la cultura hoy, desde su sensibilidad como poeta, narrador y hombre atento a todas las expresiones del arte, incluido el arte popular?EE –El panorama actual es gris y confuso. Muchos se han lanzado a buscar la invención de grandes artistas que no son frecuentes. Algunos se han dedicado al descubrimiento de genios que todavía están anclados y no sabemos si algún día levantarán amarras. Hay un fetichismo central que nos dice, polémicamente, que la izquierda es sinónimo de cultura. Lo dudo.Con relación a mis actividades como poeta, y a veces dramaturgo , creo que el próximo año publicaré Cien poemas breves que me parecen sintetizar lo mejor de mi poesía. Escribo teatro desde hace años. Mi primera obra, se llamó Borges y Perón. Se estrenó con éxito en el teatro Cervantes de Buenos Aires en 1997. Posteriormente estrené en Montevideo, la obra El gato y el sacristán con distintas suertes. Otra sobre Onetti y Gardel, aún es un texto sin voz humana, sin estrenar.El arte popular, no existe, para mí, dentro de ese encasillamiento. Si hablamos de lo popular, podríamos hablar de Gardel, pero Gardel no era exactamente "popular" porque siempre lindaba con el arte mayor. Reconozco el arte popular como bueno, pero no soy un especialista. Soy un hombre que oye*Profesor de Cultura y Sociedad ContemporáneaLI – FACS – Universidad ORT Uruguay

Violence in the home is a major scourge in the society that needs unique attention to combat. There is a general saying that "a happy mind gives strength to the whole body" which means a happy woman makes a happy home, while a happy home makes a happy society. To this end, violence as a negative condition to the well-being of women is purely devastating to their happiness especially when it occurs within the home. This paper therefore explored survey design method technique in finding out the socio-cultural factors associated with home violence as experienced by women and its effects in Oye Ekiti, a town in Ekiti State of Nigeria. In a convenient sampling technique, data were collected from 200 married women who responded to questionnaire. Hypotheses were tested using chi-square. Results showed that factors such as level of education, religion belief and income were mostly among others not associated with violence in the home, which means there are more underlying factors to look out for. It was therefore recommended that government should incite stricter laws in addressing home violence cases family courts should also be put in place early warning systems to become aware of the consequences of ill-treatment of women at home. Also, religious organization should be more proactive in the teaching of morals towards curbing home violence.

Despite the fact that the number of Latin American immigrants and persons of Latin decent in the United States has increased significantly in the last two decades, mainstream mass media and academia have often neglected the contributions of these communities to US popular culture, and especially to music. However, this trend seems to be changing in the past few years with the production of documentaries such as Latin Music USA (aired in 2009 on PBS), and the increasing publication of academic books that focus on specific music genres performed by Latinos (eg. Ragland 2009; Rivera, et al. 2009; Washburne 2008). With Oye Como Va!, Deborah Pacini-Hernandez contributes to the literature on Latino music and culture by blending sophisticated and comprehensive socio-cultural analysis of several music genres performed by Latinos such as rock, salsa, meregue, reggaeton, hiphop, and cumbia, along with basic histories of the genres and a tracing of their multiple interconnections. As an anthropologist, Pacini-Hernandez's is primarily concerned with the question of Latino identity formation through popular music performance, recording, marketing, and reception. Since most of this music emerge from the crossroads of transnational flows of music and people from different nations in the Caribbean and the Americas, she provides a comparative and connective history of national and transnational music genres and their transformation in relation to cultural, social, economical, and political processes primarily within the United States, and also the Americas. Thus, the book's main interest groups would be those within academia, especially anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and cultural studies scholars, interested in American and Latino Studies, and those who study mass-mediated popular music in the United States; yet, it is accessible for the general reader.

Nigeria is a huge country. It covers an area of 924 000 km(2) on the west coast of Africa. It has a population of about 110 million, which means that every one in six Africans is a Nigerian. It is a country of diverse ethnicity, with over 200 spoken languages, even though three of those are spoken by about 60% of the population. Administratively, it is divided into 36 states and operates a federal system of government, with constitutional responsibilities allocated to the various tiers of government – central, state and local. There are two main religions, Islam (predominantly in the north) and Christianity (predominantly in the south). However, a large proportion of the people still practise traditional religions exclusively or in addition to either Islam or Christianity.

Malaria fever appears to be one of the leading causes of mortality in Nigeria. Improper health seeking behaviour for effective treatment is still a great concern for health practitioners especially in rural areas. The study examined knowledge of causes of malaria and malaria belief as determinants of health seeking-behaviour in Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti sate, Nigeria. A cross sectional survey research design was used to examine variables of interest in the study. A sample of 187 (86 males, 101 females) community members with mean age of 25.95 years participated in the study. Three hypotheses were tested in the research. Knowledge of causes of malaria has a significant influence on health-seeking behaviour (t = 3.98; df = 185; p 0.05). Gender has no significant influence on health-seeking behaviour (t = 0.51; df = 185; p > .05). It is concluded that knowledge of the transmission of malaria is still vital in seeking for effective treatment measures in rural area like Oye-Ekiti, in Ekiti state. There is a need for a community-based enlightenment on transmission of malaria in this area for effective health seeking-behaviour.

With access to a computer and an Internet connection, anyone can act as a journalist today. More than just acting as journalists however, people are acting as publishers, as curators of the news, as editors and as opinion leaders and they exist in addition to the legacy media organizations that provide news through more traditional mediums. The sheer volume of content now available is un-deniable. The question then is: Should government be involved in funding any of it?

This paper presents a review on reducing corruption in African developing countries, to lessen the discretion of officials, and increase transparency. While it is true that ICT eliminates many opportunities for corruption for those who do not understand the new technology fully, however, it opens up new corruption vistas for those who understand the new systems well enough to manipulate them. Therefore proper safeguards are needed. Putting in place systemic hurdles may prevent people from abusing their power for private gain. While complete eradication of corruption is difficult to achieve, much can be done in reducing its prevalence. ICT can support actors wishing to improve governance capacity and fight corruption, but the surrounding political, social and infrastructural environment will decide if the technology is to be used to its fullest potentials. Automating existing bureaucratic processes that are defective will not yield good results. In this paper, we propose a methodology to combat corruption using information and communication technologies (ICT) that entails process restructuring. Most developing countries are not fully ready to embrace a comprehensive program of e-government, thus transparency is not holistic in all the sectors. Rather than wait for total readiness, an approach of learning by trial and consolidating small gains are recommended. While e-Governance holds great promise in many developing countries however, substantial challenges are to be tackled. Many ICT projects fail because of insufficient planning capacity and political instability.

The role of ICT in the prevention and mitigation efforts for HIV/AIDS cannot be over emphasized. The greatest advantage of ICTs is that they can reach out to remotest areas. So through the innovative use of ICTs youths and even adults can have access to HIV/AIDS programmes that can meet their needs. The paper focuses on the aftermath of ICT literacy on malaria parasite among HIV/AIDS patients. Therefore, to achieve positive results in the fight against HIV/AIDS ICTs should be taken on board. HIV/AIDS information should be found everywhere i.e. radio, cell phone, TV and internet. ICTs make HIV/AIDS information easily accessible, confidential and user friendly. The study has shown the possibility of co-infection of HIV positive or negative patients with malaria and HBsAg. This phenomenon could increase the severity of HIV infection and facilitate the progression of HIV to AIDS. The practices of universal screening of blood should be implemented to improve the safety of blood supply so as to reduce the risk of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). More malaria enlightenment programmes by the Local Community, the government and nongovernmental organization should be implemented.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v1i1.539

The use of ICT in educational settings is a catalyst for change. The paper has sought to explore the role of ICT in education as we progress into the 21st century. The first phase focuses on the conceptual framework of the use of ICT in education. In this model the dependent variable is education and its sub variables are educational level of teachers and students which is directly affected by the independent variables which are the use of ICTs, ICT infrastructure and staff development. The second phase is the pilot study to answer two major questions: (i) Is ICT mandatory or voluntary at your institutions? (ii) What are the greatest barriers to using ICT to you as an academician? The results show that majority of the academic staff (86%) responded that ICT is mandatory. However, the survey revealed that most of the part-time lecturers ticked the use of ICT as voluntary. Some of these part-time lecturers in the cadre of professors, responded to Q32 as (do not fit my program). Actually in their dispensation, lecturing was done using the chalk board only. The research confirms that two major barriers affect the use of ICT; they are lack of time to use ICT the systems and training opportunities. Respondents on these are 38% and 32% respectively. Based on these findings, the paper recommended that, all employed teachers in Federal, State and Private institutions should undertake mandatory training and retraining on ICT programmers. The government should develop ICT policies and guidelines for the application of ICT in education.

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 3(2), 2012 ; This paper examines the role of ICT in education with focus on university undergraduates taking mathematics as a course. The study was conducted at the Federal University of Technology Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. 150 questionnaires were administered to the first year students offering MA112 which was completed and returned in the lecture hall. According to the study ICT usage shows that majority (32.7%) use technology once or more in a day. Again the majority of the respondents (35%) said that the greatest barrier to using ICT is technical. The survey shows that there is significant correlation between the students and the use of ICT in their studies. However difficulties facing ICT usage is highly significant also. This shows that students have negative attitudes towards using ICT in their academic work. This is a foundational problem which cannot be over emphasized. Most of the students have never practice using ICT in their primary and secondary schools. Recommendations were made, that the government should develop ICT policies and guidelines to support all levels of education from primary schools to university. ICT tools should be made more accessible to both academic staff and students. ; http://thesai.org/Downloads/Volume3No2/Paper%2024%20-%20The%20Role%20of%20ICT%20in%20Education%20Focus%20on%20University%20Undergraduates%20taking%20Mathematics%20as%20a%20Course.pdf

The study assesses the relevance of infrastructural absorptive capacity in the foreign direct investment (FDI)-growth argument in ECOWAS. Though foreign aid has received a vast attention in the literature, however, an assessment of how the infrastructural readiness of the host economies drives the effectiveness of aid was vocal in this re-examination. The study assesses this main thrust in ECOWAS Sub-region for the period 1995-2017 using the system GMM estimation approach. The result suggests that FDI promotes growth though growth responded less proportionately to FDI influx. Alternatively, following the interaction of FDI and physical infrastructures, the responsiveness of FDI declined. Specifically, the responsiveness of GDP growth declined from 29.2% to 0.21% for road infrastructures. It hence becomes expedient for African government and policy makers to channel a viable development path towards enhancing transport and road infrastructures in order to attract financing into the space and the livelihood of poor rural population.

Purpose: The article aims at identifying the challenges of e-government amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and proffered recommendations to arrest the identified challenges. This paper also examined e-Governance in selected countries such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Canada and how it has fared including Nigeria revealing its implications for Nigeria as a developing nation. Research Methodology: The article adopts a review study approach in analyzing the subject. Results: Some of the challenges identified by the study include but are not limited to inadequate technical know-how and ICT skills to drive and sustain e-government. Recommendations from the study include, the Ministry of Communications Technology and Digital Economy to build a backbone that will connect all States of the country and the upskilling of the workforce through the Ministry of Labour and Employment amongst others. Limitations: Insufficient quantitative data based on the subject under discourse Contributions: Identified possible areas that the Nigerian government could look into to improve e-government in order to promote inclusivity, awareness, and most importantly reduce the cost of governance.

How risks are regulated can affect domestic outcomes, such as the benefits and costs of protecting consumers, health and environment, and it can also foster or limit opportunities for international trade. A question addressed in this report is whether different approaches to risk regulation lead to different levels of protection.Based on a study commissioned by the European Parliament in 2016, this report offers a descriptive transatlantic comparison of regulatory standards in four key sectors: Food, automobiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals. It shows that EU risk regulation is not always or generally more stringent than US regulation. The reality is a complex mix of parity and particularity between EU and US risk regulation.The reality of transatlantic regulation is not a simple dichotomy of a European approach versus an American approach. It is not EU precaution versus US reaction, or ex-ante versus ex-post legal systems, or civil law versus common law, or uncertainty-based versus evidence-based regulatory systems. Rather, the reality is overall EU-US parity as well as some particular variation in policies on both sides of the Atlantic. This includes both cases of greater European stringency and cases of greater US stringency.On the other hand, regulatory variation can also be the basis for learning to improve future regulatory design, both by comparing outcomes across regulations in different jurisdictions, and by planning adaptive regulation over time. International regulatory cooperation involves collaboration to review existing regulations and design new approaches that improve outcomes for all. The EU and US can learn from this variation, and from evolving understanding, to improve regulatory standards through monitoring, evaluation, impact assessment, and planned adaptive regulation.