This research proposed to implement the bandwidth allocation controlling algorithm at the network for bandwidth management. Moreover, to control the network traffic and bandwidth allocation per host basis. In a local area network, a static bandwidth allocation (STA) is commonly used, the proposed new mechanism can help to maintain fair bandwidth allocation, maximize bandwidth utilization and provide dynamic allocation of bandwidth. The Normal Interval Address Prediction (NIAP) statistical method is applied to estimate future bandwidth usage per host with certain level of confidence. The results show that NIAP method can help in achieving fair bandwidth allocation per host, and with maximum bandwidth utilization in a shared network link. The results of the evaluation also show that bandwidth is allocated dynamically per host.

This study aims to determine an appropriate spatial interpolation method in the mapping of various physical and hydraulic properties of soils. For this purpose, the Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW), Global Polynomial Interpolation (GPI), Local Polynomial Interpolation (LPI), Radial Basis Functions (RBF) and kriging spatial interpolation methods were used. \nThe method that produced the lowest root mean square error for each variable was deemed to be the best method for that variable. The best methods were determined to be RBF for infiltration, IDW for hydraulic conductivity at 0-30 cm depth, GPI for hydraulic conductivity at 30-60 cm depth, LPI for soil field capacity and soil wilting point, LPI for soil bulk density at 0-30 cm depth and RBF for soil bulk density at 30-60 cm depth. Thus, the most appropriate spatial interpolation methods were determined in mapping of the soil parameters mentioned.

This paper analyzed the impact of domestic violence on HIV vulnerability using the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data. Fuzzy set method was used to construct indices of HIV vulnerability and its correlates were determined by Tobit regression. It was found that among the selected HIV vulnerability attributes, the number of other wives contributed the most (10.30 percent) to HIV vulnerability indices, while North Central and South-South zones had the highest average HIV vulnerability of 0.0669 and 0.0633, respectively. At the state level, Niger, Enugu and Nasarawa states recorded the highest average HIV vulnerability indices of 0.0889, 0.0879 and 0.0864. respectively. Also, the most reported domestic violence against women were violation of women’s right to ask for the use of condom in sexual relationships (68.32 percent) and lack of power to refuse sex (44.92 percent). The Tobit regression showed that HIV vulnerability was significantly promoted (p<0.05) by majority of the included domestic violence variables in addition to husbands’ smoking habit, consumption of alcohol, number of wives, and ignorance about HIV. Access to media (newspaper, radio and television) and wife’s years of education significantly reduced HIV vulnerability (p<0.05). It was inter alia noted that within some socio-cultural norms, programmes and policies to advocate for enforcement of women’s rights in sexual and marital issues are needed.

An ideal I is a family of subsets of positive integers N which is closed under\ntaking finite unions and subsets of its elements. A sequence (xk) of real numbers is said\nto be lacunary I-convergent to a real number `, if for each \" > 0 the set\n8<\n:r 2 N :\nX\nk2Jr\n|xk − `| \"\n9=\n;\nbelongs to I. The aim of this paper is to study the notion of lacunary I-convergence in\nprobabilistic normed spaces as a variant of the notion of ideal convergence. Also lacunary\nI-limit points and lacunary I-cluster points have been defined and the relation between\nthem has been established. Furthermore, lacunary-Cauchy and lacunary I-Cauchy sequences\nare introduced and studied. Finally, we provided example which shows that our\nmethod of convergence in probabilistic normed spaces is more general.