Wednesday, July 15, 2009

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE RE BRANDING NIGERIA PROJECT.+

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE RE BRANDING NIGERIA PROJECT.+

To ensure that the quest for a total overhauling of the nation’s polity and life style is not a whole nightmare, the place of women as one of the three cardinal managers of the home (the micro society) should not be overlooked. Looking at the role of women in the home (management), one can at the same time extend this God-given gift and ability of theirs to as well the larger society. It is pertinent to know that women are gifted with the ability of controlling both their husbands and their children. Women direct and redirect the functions and styles of performance of their wards in the family. They also have the innate ability to lure their husbands into action when they feel so reluctant over certain beneficial issues in the family. They have the capability to use their sweet persuasive lips to convince their husbands and wards to follow certain paths to action. Using these attributes, they can help in achieving the goals of the re branding Nigeria project.

They have the necessary potentials needed for this fight. They are powerful when it comes to execution of plans. These set of people (the women) excel whenever they are entrusted with responsibilities. Thank God that the initiator of the project is also a woman, Professor Dora Akunyili. That tells us the extent they can reach if given the opportunity to manage issues. The fight for gender equality in the world today should be for and by everyone.

Mothers are encouraged to play their roles in the family by inculcating in their wards those good moral teachings that will help the family inparticular and our society in general. They should not relent in doing this because their absence in the society today will be greatly felt. The society cannot do without them. Our possibility of achieving this project rebranding Nigeria, depends on them. They have been tested and trusted and found fit to handle critical issues such as this project. It is even suggestible that all the sectors of our economy be entrusted in their hands to manage. It will be to our utmost surprise seeing them handling these sectors better than expected.Apart from their positive financial contributions to the growth of the family,they shouldn't be so far from home that their God-given fuctions of home management become a story.They should draw closer to the home so as to help in re-examining the styles of performance of the duties of their wards at home and as well extend such gestures in championing the management of the problems of the entire society.Women are problem solvers.In order to participate fully in the Nigerian polity, they should be allowed formal education.The government can help liberate them from ignorance and exploitation by men by passing a law that promotes gender equality.Their functions should not be limited to only domestic.It has to be widened to accommodate even this rebranding Nigeria project campaigns which the federal government of Nigeriai is after this time.

THE RELEVANCE OF STATISTICS TO PHYSICS.

THE RELEVANCE OF STATISTICS TO PHYSICS.
Physics is a science that studies the properties of matter and the energy they possess. It is a holistic discipline that makes use of other materials different from those in the purview and scope of the course. Statistics on the other hand is a science that undertakes the study of the methods of data collection, arrangement, distribution and use. The science of statistics amply makes use of scientific methods just as physics. Therefore in lieu of these both physics and statistics are clearly related but one single fact is that statistics can do without physics but physics can not do without statistics. This goes to tell us that the knowledge of statistics is very important in the study of physics.
The relevance of statistics to physics can be seen in the following passages:

USE OF STATISTICAL TOOLS OF ANALYSIS IN PHYSICS
As a science statistics has its tool of analysis they include the following:
I. Tabulation: This is a systematic arrangement of data in a tabular form. Here a table is arranged to represent the various experimental data according to the frequency of occurrence. In practical physics, the student represent the result of his experiment on a table with various parameter and physical properties represented in the amount with a clear indication of the units of measurement. Hence this a short form of communication of scientific knowledge that physicist makes use of.
II. Tools use in measuring statistical central tendency (Mean, mode, median, range, quartiles): There tools are primarily used by statisticians in measuring central tendencies which includes the frequency of occurrence of a certain parameter (mode). These tools are used in physics especially when determining the variation of physical properties or quantity over a certain range taking in account the accompanying variation of other parameters. They are also employed in physics in determining the arte of change of a physical property when another related property is varied or keep constant.
III. Measures of Dispersion:(Variance, standard deviation, mean deviation etc) These tools are used in physics to know the various factors that affect the distribution of certain physical properties such as energy, mass, temperature etc in a physical system. When such is determined, the knowledge of these factors is used in propounding laws and principles.


THE BRANCH (STATISTICAL PHYSICS / MECHANICS)

The relevance of statistics of physics led the architects of physics to the development of a distinct area of physics called statistical mechanics. This as the name implies is an interdisciplinary branch of physics which undertakes the study of the variations in thermodynamics properties such as thermodynamic probability of the distribution of properties such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy etc.

THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.

The uncertainty principle in physics has to do with quantum mechanics. The major aspect of quantum mechanics deals with measurements and accuracy. In this field, there is no limit to accuracy of measurements. By theory, the continuous refinement of measuring instruments and the procedure of the measurement, the accuracy could be improved to any degree so as to give approximate or exact values. This led to the deterministic view of nature. Here, the statistical science of probability is important for the understanding of this very aspect of physics. The uncertainty principle states that it is impossible to determine simultaneously the exact position of an object and its corresponding momentum. The knowledge is important in quantum mechanics. It is applied in the interpretation of the wave function (the probability). Statistical mechanics reveals that the square of the wave function represents the probability density that is the probability of finding a particle at a certain position and time. Statistics is relevant to physics in great deal.