Effect of total electrolyte concentration and sodium adsorption ratio on physical properties of salt affected soils in purna valley, Maharashtra, India
The present investigation was carried out in the Purna valley of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra to study the effect of sodium adsorption ratio with total electrolyte concentration and on physical properties of salt affected soils in Purna valley of Maharashtra. The sampling was done in the month of October, 2013. The soil samples were taken from two sites; at the depth of 0-20 cm (surface soil) and 20- 40 cm (sub-surface soil) respectively. For equilibration of soil samples the synthetic waters were prepared with 4 levels of total electrolyte concentrations (TEC) i.e.10, 20,40,80 meL-1 with three levels of SAR viz., 5, 10 and 15 mmol1/2L-1/2. With SAR, MWD decreases due to the increase in dispersion. In case of COLE and VSP with increasing SAR they used to increase but with TEC they inversely related. Total electrolyte concentration and SAR significantly affect the MWD.
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Effect of training Fordyce Happiness on Increase students' self-efficacy
From the perspective of social-cognitive theorists, those who stress the efficient, Likelihood their impairment Against Stress and poor social functioning is less. Well as those in different situations Such as social interaction and academic performance have a strong sense of efficacy are less affected by anxiety and stress. This study examined the Effect of training Fordyce Happiness on Increase students' self-efficacy. This study used a quasi-experimental research. The population of all high school students in the first term is Harsin in iran were studying in the academic year 88-87. A sample of 40 of them were selected and divided into control and experimental groups. The experimental group received 12 sessions of two hours training happiness. The tools used in this study include: 1- Cherer efficacy Questionnaire (GSE). 2- Program of Training Fordyce Happiness. T test was used for data analysis. T test on the difference between pre-test and post-test scores Showed that Fordyce Happiness Training was increased the efficacy in significance level of 0/05.
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Effect of women's employment and the economy, on family
This study aimed to investigate the effect on women's employment and the economy on women and families, is in the city of Kermanshah in 2015. The method used in this study is survey method. The study population includes women working in Kermanshah, in 2015 that 380 women, according to Cochran's sampling method, as the population sample is chosen, the selected sample was based on random sampling. Using pre-tested questionnaire, collect required information, and to analyze the data, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used. The findings of the study showed a significant relationship between the variables education, careers, the earnings of women with respect to the upbringing of children, to participate in the decision-making of family affairs, psychological security of women, and to a large extent have traditional culture , and patriarchal views of their influence.
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Effects of Performance Appraisal on Employee Performance in Kenyan Commercial Banks - A Case Study of National Bank of Kenya
Performance appraisal (PA) is regarded as an effective tool of Human Resources Management used to measure the frameworks set by any organization to its employees by tracking individual contribution and performance against organizational goals. For organizations to achieve a competitive edge, a good performance Appraisal system must be put in place. This study was carried out to ascertain effects of Performance Appraisal on employee performance in National Bank of Kenya. The specific objective of the study were to determine the Communication, Administrative, Employee Development and Employee Behavior effects of Performance Appraisal on employee performance at National Bank of Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research design as it intended to gather quantifiable information to be used for statistical inference through data analysis. This was because this method clearly shows effects of Performance Appraisal on the overall employee performance. The target population in this research comprised of 103 employees of National Bank of Kenya limited 5 Branches in Mombasa County. The sampling technique adopted in this research was stratified Random Sampling and a sample size of 56 employees was selected for the study. The main instrument of data collection used in this study was questionnaire which was administered to management staff, clerks and Direct Sales Representatives. The study used descriptive analysis which involved a process of transforming and presenting a mass of raw data into tables, charts, with frequency distribution and percentages. The collected data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program version 21.Correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to determine the relationship between dependent variable and the independent variables. Descriptive statistics were represented by use of frequencies, measure of central tendencies (the mean, medium and mode) and also measure of dispersions (standard deviation, range and variance).Inferential data analysis was done by using the Pearson Correlation Coefficient which tested the hypotheses, regression analysis and multiple regression analysis. The research study found out that there was a positive and significant relationship between Communication and Employee Performance with a p-value of 0.001 which is below the required value of 0.05 level of significance. There was also a significant and positive relationship between Employee Behavior and employee Performance with a p-value of 0.016 which is less than 0.05 significance level. However an insignificant relationship existed between Administration and employee Performance with a p-value of 0.169 which is above the value of 0.05. Similarly the relationship between Development and Employee Performance and was insignificant with a p-value of 0.669 which is greater than 0.05 significant values. This indicated that performance appraisal according to this study has a great effect on employee performance in Kenyan commercial banks. The study further recommended that all institutions in the banking sector should embrace performance appraisal practice in this study as it greatly influences performance of employees.
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Effects of Stress in Employee Performance at Hotel Accord Puducherry
EFFECTS OF STRESS IN EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT HOTEL ACCORD PUDUCHERRY In recent years the rise in stress has seen across all spheres of life, particularly in the Workplace. Stress in organizations is a widespread phenomenon with far-reaching practical and economic consequences. Various studies have been conducted to examine the relationship between job stress and job performance. Job performance can be viewed as an activity in which an individual is able to accomplish the task assigned to him/her successfully, subject to the normal constraints of reasonable utilization of the available resources. In carrying out the study, convenience sampling technique was used to select 80 employees of the HOTEL ACCORD who have worked at least 3 years. Relevant data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The researcher found by using appropriate statistical tools to test the hypothesis. Based on these findings, strategies are suggested to reduce the level of stress among employees in the research area.
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Efficient & Secure Mining for Vertical Distributed Database
This Privacy preserving is most popular study for the research field. Privacy means gives the protection to the private information at preserving time. In Market place, discovery of frequent item sets using association rules mining is one of most important tasks in mining. Association rules is very helpful for finding frequent item sets to predicate about which item sets purchased together in a market and generate qualitative information that is useful for decision making. For distributed environment, database may be distributed as horizontally, vertically or mixed in computer network. The main problem in secure mining with the help of association rules is that transactions are distributed as vertically and the various sites want to find frequent item sets by participating themselves without discovering their individual data. The proposed method will find frequent item sets for vertical distributed database with the help of data miner using encryption based technique. Each sites prepare matrix with the local frequent item sets as per minimum support and encrypted it than send to other sites. The Scalar product with Boolean matrix is used for finding frequent item sets with secure computation between multiple sites without disclosing private input which improved efficiency and privacy of system.
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Elucidating frontier molecular orbitals, NLO, toxicity risks and pharmacokinetic properties of five-membered heterocyclics : In silico approach
In silico studies have been helpful in identifying the potential lead molecules with reduced cost. The chemical structure of a drug determines its physicochemical properties, and further determinates its absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity properties and ultimately affect the pharmacological activity. Medical chemists can regulate the pharmacological activity of drug molecule by modifying their structure. Unsaturated(contain two double or triple bonds), partially unsaturated(contain at least one double or triple bond) and saturated(contain no double bond or triple bonds) ring systems are important components of a drug. In this study, a serious of 27 five-membered heterocyclics were subjected to frontier molecular orbital(FMO) analysis and nonlinear optical(NLO) property identification by using density functional theory(DFT) calculations. DFT based global reactivity descriptor calculations have emerged as powerful tools for studying the reactivity, selectivity and stability of chemical and biological systems. Molecular orbital analysis exhibits relatively high(low) energy gap of the studied molecules, indicating that it would be kinetically stable(unstable). Pharmacokinetic properties and toxicity risks were studied using various programs like OSIRIS and Molsoft. In addition, we also verified the drug score, which combines drug likeness, cLogP, LogS, molecular weight(MW), and toxicity risks in one value and this may be used to judge the compounds overall potential to qualify for a drug.
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Environmental risk assessment of a tropical landfill: a case study of Aladinma landfill, Imo state, eastern Niger delta basin, southeastern Nigeria
Environmental risk assessment of Aladinma Landfill in Owerri metropolis of Imo State, Eastern Niger Delta Basin, Southeastern Nigeria was investigated by analyzing the soil and ambient air quality within the landfill as well as nearby surface and groundwater resources using standard soil equipment, Growcon digital gas monitors, standard plate count and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AA S) . The results of the soil analysis shows that the soil samples obtained at depths of 1.0m and 2.5m within the landfill are acidic (pH range: 5.40- 6.30). The mean concentrations of Cd2+ and Pb2+ in the soil at the depth of 1.0m are 466.67 and 412mg/kg respectively while the mean values at 2.5m depth are 406.67 and 406mg/kg respectively; these values are not in conformity with PCD soil standard. Except for Na+ , Cu2+ and PO43- , all other measured chemical parameters in the soil decreases with increase in depth. The ambient air quality analysis within the landfill shows that the mean concentrations of NO2 and SO2 are 0.33 and 15.33 ppm respectively and these values do not conform with United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) 2004 ambient air quality standard. Other measured gaseous emissions were in conformity with USEPA (2004) air quality standard. The investigation also show that about 1,500 persons who live 100m away from the landfill are at very high risk to the effects of air pollution from the landfill while about 12,000 persons who live 5km from it are at low risk. The chemical analysis of groundwater within 4km from the landfill indicates that they are acidic (pH range: 6.30- 6.45). Although the pH of the closest surface water (Otamiri River) located at a distance of about 8km from the landfill conformed with World Health Organization(WHO) 2006 drinking water standard, the microbial assay did not conform with the standard. Other measured chemical parameters in the groundwater and surface water were in conformity with WHO (2006) standard. The acidic nature of the soil within the landfill as well as the groundwater resources near it is attributed to the high concentrations of SO2and NO2 at the landfill while the high concentrations of Cd2+ and Pb2+ in the soil at the depths of 1.0 and 2.5m are mainly from the electronic waste which constitute about 6% of the wastes in the landfill. The pH of the soil can be corrected using lime while that of the groundwater can be corrected using sodium bicarbonate ( Na2CO3); the high levels of SO2 and NO2 can be minimized by installing scrubbers at the landfill. The direct health impacts such as respiratory sickness arising from gaseous emissions (SO2, NO2, CH4,CO ) at the landfill can be reduced by relocating people who live very close to the landfill and preventing scavengers who do brisk business at the landfill. The gases can also be processed and treated to produce electricity, heat, fuels and various chemical components. However, the long term solution to the risk offered by the landfill is its replacement by a sanitary landfill.
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Enzyme Measurements Increases Understanding of Effects of Land Management Practices
A Hanslope Soil health was investigated from context of enzyme activities namely: cellulose, phosphomonoesterase and urease to enhance the understanding of the following land management practices: grassland under permanent pasture on 5 y ley to stocking, another sown with red clover a y before stocking, the other fertilized with N-fertilizer a y to stocking; the last on barley; with pristine deciduous woodland as control. The highest cellulose activity was detected in deciduous woodland, 172.3 ± 106 µg glucose g-1 d-1 over the summer. Cellulase activity was positively dependent on soil microbial C (R2 = 0.64). Grassland under permanent pasture treated with N-fertilizer a y before stocking had the highest urease activity, 77 ± 57.8 µg NH4-N g-1 h-1 over winter in both buffered and non buffered measurement techniques. There was no significant differences in phosphomonoesterase activity between land management. Soil enzyme measurements is a major component of soil health. It defines biological productivity, promote environmental quality and maintains plant and animal health. Soil health is fundamental for agricultural sustainability. Amongst the soil biological properties, enzymes show extraordinary specificity in catalyzing biological reactions as revealed in this study. Regional information are solicited for global network.
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Evaluation of pump storage power plant for Iranian power grid
Gradual development in power systems has caused so many problems in control and optimum using of electrical storage systems. Storing of electrical energy has made new capabilities in improving the current control methods. Quick access to these kinds of energies lets us direct control for supplying the consumers in electrical grid network. These methods are powerful to control and solve the current economical and technical problems of the compound and large power systems. On the other hand, using the various methods of direct energy storage can produce suitable capacity to store the electrical energy for the power industry. Among all of the energy storage systems, pumped storage power plants when they committed, because of their special characteristics, have a unique situation. In this paper, the feasibility assessment of the usage of pumped storage power plants for the Iranian grid has been discussed by WASP-IV program.
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