Community-Driven Development (CDD) is a development approach which gives control of development d... more Community-Driven Development (CDD) is a development approach which gives control of development decisions and resources to community groups. Community-based Organisations (CBOs) are the driving force of this development approach. This paper compares the mode of operation of CBOs in two geographically contrasting areas of Ondo State, Nigeria. Akure South Local Government Area (LGA), an urban hinterland, was compared with Ilaje LGA, a rural coastland. Stratified sampling was employed to gather data from 46 CBOs in the study areas with the aid of a questionnaire which was administered to elicit information from executive members of the CBOs. Data processing involved uni-variate analysis resulting in tables and charts to arrive at various conclusions. Findings revealed among others that there was a high level of dependence by CBOs in the rural coastland on the government for external funding while in contrast there was greater diversification in fund sourcing in the urban hinterland. Re...
We present a fundamental study of the opto-electrical response of poly (N-vinylcabazole) (PVK) po... more We present a fundamental study of the opto-electrical response of poly (N-vinylcabazole) (PVK) polyaniline (PANI) blend thin film as measured by the sheet resistance and some morphological features due to thermal annealing. The optical absorbance and the sheet resistance were not significantly affected by annealing at temperatures of 100°C, 160°C and 210°C. A weak characteristic absorption peak that was found to exist in the 635 – 680 nm range in PANI disappeared after blending. In the visible range, the transmittance of the blend was found to be significantly higher than that of PANI alone. The average particle size of the blend was about 34% less than that of PANI indicating an improved miscibility due to the presence of PVK. The observed morphological features of the blend suggest improved intermolecular reassembly and alignment of the polymer chains due to blending with possible implications on the interfacial charge transfer efficiency.
Community-Driven Development (CDD) is a development approach which gives control of development d... more Community-Driven Development (CDD) is a development approach which gives control of development decisions and resources to community groups. Community-based Organisations (CBOs) are the driving force of this development approach. This paper compares the mode of operation of CBOs in two geographically contrasting areas of Ondo State, Nigeria. Akure South Local Government Area (LGA), an urban hinterland, was compared with Ilaje LGA, a rural coastland. Stratified sampling was employed to gather data from 46 CBOs in the study areas with the aid of a questionnaire which was administered to elicit information from executive members of the CBOs. Data processing involved uni-variate analysis resulting in tables and charts to arrive at various conclusions. Findings revealed among others that there was a high level of dependence by CBOs in the rural coastland on the government for external funding while in contrast there was greater diversification in fund sourcing in the urban hinterland. Re...
We present a fundamental study of the opto-electrical response of poly (N-vinylcabazole) (PVK) po... more We present a fundamental study of the opto-electrical response of poly (N-vinylcabazole) (PVK) polyaniline (PANI) blend thin film as measured by the sheet resistance and some morphological features due to thermal annealing. The optical absorbance and the sheet resistance were not significantly affected by annealing at temperatures of 100°C, 160°C and 210°C. A weak characteristic absorption peak that was found to exist in the 635 – 680 nm range in PANI disappeared after blending. In the visible range, the transmittance of the blend was found to be significantly higher than that of PANI alone. The average particle size of the blend was about 34% less than that of PANI indicating an improved miscibility due to the presence of PVK. The observed morphological features of the blend suggest improved intermolecular reassembly and alignment of the polymer chains due to blending with possible implications on the interfacial charge transfer efficiency.
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