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In the work present, describes an attempt has been made to study the effect of temperature on plain fatigue behavior of polyester reinforced with woven of fiber glass manufactured as a laminate [0/90]3.Fatigue tests were carried out at constant and variable temperature environment. All fatigue tests were employed at stress ratio R=-1 and under constant fiber volume fraction (VF) of 33%. The results indicated that the tensile and the fatigue strength decreased with increasing temperature up to at 60 ⁰C. The fatigue strength reduction factor (FLRF) at 60 ^oC was (46%) compared to (RT) environment. A nonlinear fatigue damage model was proposed taking into account the effect of temperature sequence and fatigue loading. This model was calibrated against experimental data under different thermal conditions. The final conclusion which derived from this work was the verification of the model results with the experimental ones.

In the world of today when visual and digital have taken over the young minds most of us a teachers of English resort to screening movies based on canonical texts to engage the minds as well as interests of our young students. However, it is a highly complicated and problematic area as most movies based on novels or even dramas as canonical as that of Shakespeare are adaptations. Further, transference from page to screen, from one medium to another, places a lot of aspects of the text at a tangent making it far from a simple practice. The present paper proposes to study the problematic of reading a text in cinema with reference to the movies based on Jane Austen novels. The aim is to show that whether the movie is an adaptation or a faithful rendering of the text, awareness on the part of the teacher and a sensitization of the students to the difference in medium are the pre requisites of this practice.

Organic agriculture is the cultivation of crops without chemical pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or genetically-modified organisms. Organic farmers rely primarily on renewable resources and on-farm inputs such as compost, manure and bio-pesticides. The major objective of the research is to discover the future prospects for organic agricultural products. The non-probability convenience sampling was used for drawing samples from the universe. As per the review of literature and the results of present study, there exists a growing demand for organic agricultural products in India.

The study investigated the health implication of adequate meal for under 5 children and sustainable human resource development in Orashi region of Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design for a population of under 5 children and teachers/minders across private Nursery schools in the study area. Multistage stratified random sampling technique (in five phases) was used in the selection of 240 under 5 children, 72teachers/minders from 24 randomly selected Private Nursery schools and 72 Nutritionists from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Port Harcourt. Three instruments via “Children Adequate Meal Checklist” (CAMC) administered to under 5 children aided by their teachers/minders, “Sustainable Human Resource Development Inventory” (SHRDI) administered to teachers/minders and “Nutritionists Adequate Meal Inventory” (NAMI) administered to Nutritionists were validated by 2 Home Economics experts, with the reliability coefficients of .571, .856 and .684 for the CAMC, SHRDI and NAMI instruments respectively were used. Datacollected was analyzed using frequency count, simple percentage, mean and standard deviation to answer research questions 1, 3, 4 and 6 and multiple linear regression analysis to answer research questions 2 and 5 at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that appropriate feeding pattern with food like: apples, cakes, eggs, milk, vegetables, bread and margarine, rice and tomato sauce, etc. filled with essential nutrients such as calcium, minerals, vitamins, protein, iron, water, fats and oil, and carbohydrates have traits that could lead to thesustainable human resource development of the under 5 children in Orashi region of Rivers State Nigeria. The study recommended amongst others that parents should provide their children with foods rich in calcium, minerals, vitamins, protein, iron, water, fats and oil, and carbohydrates rich foods that aid proper digestion, absorption and utilization, and commensurate growth, productivity and human development. 

The present review deals with the interaction of hepatitis C virus (HCV) with various host factors and the underlying mechanisms involved in liver pathology during HCV infection. The persistence of virus after HCV infection causing chronic hepatitis in high majority of patients was explained in terms of host immune response varying with mutating nature of HCV virus. High scale variability in HCV genome arising of frequent mutation favours HCV to escape immune mediated eradication and to persist in host causing continued liver cell injury. HCV shows pathogenic effect via its role in several metabolic changes and inducing reactive phenomenon including hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress and insulin resistance in HCV infected patients. The structural and non-structural components of HCV virus, particularly, HCV-core, NS3 and NS5A proteins were involved in causing all these reactive state. Moreover, HCV-genotypes showed their varying effect on overall HCV pathogenesis. The HCV core protein from HCV-genotype-3 had close association with causing hepatic steatosis, increasing oxidative stress and inducing insulin resistance in HCV infected patients. All these reactions, ie. hepatic steaotis, oxidative stress and insulin resistance play important role in progression / regression of disease. However, many more studies are still needed to understand it in full measure for developing an effective anti-viral or anti-infection therapy.

Knowledge management is an important issue for business life and one cannot achieve a competitive advantage without completely relying on KM’s innovative work and HRD interventions. HRD includes a wide range of activities that make work possible for business managers that are competing in global work to gain competitive edge. HRD activities make KM work easy and thus knowledge flow becomes mollifying and then use and reuse of knowledge creates value. The value addition brings out organizational effectiveness. The gap has been identified from the study conducted by (Elena, 2013). In the paper researchers main focus was on accessing the HRD efficiencies in Knowledge Management. Researchers left space for future researcher to find the link between HRD interventions and KM. In this study the focus is on two HRD interventions i.e. performance appraisal and training with great emphasis on Knowledge Management. Both are of great importance in an organization and needs continuous feed back and improvement.

The study area is a part of the Mid Ganga Basin that lies in Patna district, Bihar state. It is made up of thick (>300 m) pile of sediments comprising layered sequences of sand, silt and clay deposits. Within the layered sequences, medium to coarse sand beds are embedded which form aquifers. The annual normal rainfall of the area is 1200 mm, 86% of which takes place during monsoon period spanning between June and September. High Arsenic concentrations (> 50 ppb) have been reported from the several blocks of the Patna districts including Maner. The present work deals with the study of hydrogeological aspects arsenic contamination of the Maner Block of the Patna district. The present study is an attempt to decipher relationship between arsenic occurrences and its relation with other major elements present in the area. Relation between different elements is understood by preparing graphs. It is seen that Fe, HCO3 and Arsenic (As) generally indicates the increase of concentrations towards Ganga River. Higher concentrations of arsenic (> 50 ppb) were encountered mainly in the newer alluvium (T0), whereas the Older Alluvium appears to be arsenic free.

A close look at Jean-Paul Sartre’s Humanistic Existentialism reveals an avalanche of implications that clamour for a dismissal of Sartre’s thesis. These implications range from metaphysical implications, to religious, ethical, sociological and other implications. The task of this paper is to critically look at some of these implications and consequences of his Humanistic Existentialism.

The study sought to find out the influence of teachers’ work load on pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in Nandi north sub county, Nandi County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The target population was 172 headteachers and 1302 teachers. The sample size was 17 Head teachers and 93 teachers. The consistency of the study instruments was measured using test- retest reliability whereby the same groups of respondents were used repeatedly to test whether the same results could be obtained. The content validity was ascertained by the researcher in consultation with the supervisors and expert opinion from three lecturers of the School of Education, Kisii University. To select the individual teachers, the researcher used simple random sampling method. Data was collected by use of questionnaire and interview schedules. The questionnaire allowed measurement for or against a particular view point. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage tables) with the help of SPSS. There was high teaching workload which led to tiresome preparation of teachers in discharging their teaching duties hence lowering performance in national examinations. The study indicated that teachers had no enough time for professional development and workload conditions were not favourable hence the academic performance of pupils was affected

Ticks constitute major pests of domestic animals through sucking of blood and transmission of many parasitic diseases. The search for alternative acaricides as ticks develop resistance to the ones in use is an ongoing process. This study was carried out to test potential acaricidal properties of the wormwood (Artemisia alfa) in Olive oil/Trilene formulation against larvae three tick species Boophilus decoralatus, Ripicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus evertsi. The study was carried at the Central Veterinary laboratory, Harare, Zimbabwe, from November to December 2011. The tick larvae were exposed to four concentrations (25, 50, 75, and 100%) of the wormwood leaf extract using the Larval Packet Test (LPT). All leaf extract concentrations induced mortality and mortality increased with concentration. Larvae of Boophilus decolaratus were the most sensitive to the leaf extract with mortalities of 51.7% in 100% leaf extract and larvae of Rhipicephalus evertsi were the least sensitive (40% mortality) at the same concentration. Tick species and leaf extract concentration had significant effect on tick mortality (P<0.05). The study opens a potential weapon to deal with ticks especially for the poor upcoming farmer with limited resources