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Reticulocytosis is an important previously unappreciated surrogate marker of recent Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte parasitation. Evidence from studies in murine and primate models show increased prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum parasitisation of reticulocytes. The increase in reticulocyte infection has been attributed to compensatory reticulocytosis and increased parasite densities. However, the prevalence of P. falciparum parasitisation of reticulocytes in human populations in holoendemic areas of malaria is unknown. Therefore, the current study examined the prevalence of P. falciparum parasitation of reticulocytes and its association with clinical, parasitological and haematological outcomes in children (n=164) and adults (n=41) with acute P. falciparum malaria and healthy malaria-negative controls (children, n=132 and adults, n=60) from a holoendemic area of malaria of western Kenya. Malaria diagnosis and species identification was performed using Giemsa-stained thick and thin blood smears while reticulocyte parasitation was determined using New Methylene Blue- Giemsa counter-stained thin blood films. Results of this study showed that children with malaria presented with increased numbers of infected reticulocytes compared to adults with malaria (p=0.006; Mann-Whitney U test). In addition, children with malaria presented with higher reticulocyte counts compared to those without malaria (p<0.0001; Mann-Whitney U test).

The paper considered the construction of a family of BIBDs using potential Lotto Designs (LDs) earlier derived from qualifying parent BIBDs. We utilized Li’s condition, to determine the qualification of a parent BIBD as LD constrained on and then considered the case since is the smallest number of tickets that can guarantee a win in a lottery. The BIBD was used as the parent BIBD for the procedure. This BIBD yielded three potential LDs each of which was completely generated using a Microsoft Office Access database computer program and their properties were studied. The three LDs, after their complete generation, yielded the and BIBDs. These BIBDs follow the generalization where are the parameters of the BIBD. A MATLAB program was used to generate a family of the BIBDs for with these new set of parameters. All the BIBDs in this family are unreduced designs.

Estimating the annual volume of the aquifer basin is of the main issues in designing the aquifer projects. Since the aquifer basin of central Iran covers half of country and a great number of the aquifer basins are situated in the arid and semi arid regions of the hydrometric stations, their watering figures are estimated by experimental models. The general structure of these models in some cases brings about considerable differences in the estimated and observed figures resulted from an incorrect selection of a model. This study has made use of 9 experimental formulas of Justin, Lisi, the world Meteorology Organization ratio, Agricultural Research Association of India, ICAR, Khosla, Turc, the Irrigation Department of India, and Inglis and De Souza for calculating the annual runoff in the water basin of Iran. Therefore for selecting the basins with the least annual natural and artificial Debi changes, the equal aquifer basins with an area less than 300 square kilometer which had no stank and vast agricultural lands which had little to middle degree of penetrability were firstly chosen. In selecting and determining the basin border two soft wares, Google earth, and ArcGIS were used, then the geological, climatological, and land applicability maps of the studied basin were prepared and their hydro climatologic statistics in the common 30-year-old time limit (1976- 2005) were extracted. At the end, the annual runoff altitude of the selected stations was determined using the aforementioned 9 ratios and these outcomes were compared with the observed data of the stations using four methods MAPE, RMSE, t distribution, and the unilateral analysis variance. The results show the superiority of Khosla to the other methods in the arid and semi arid regions. The estimated data in both arid and semi arid climates were studied separately, in both cases Khosla was selected as the most appropriate method.

The present study is an in depth empirical study of dowry-related offences. It makes a critical analysis of judicial activism-a new development- in liberating women. The specific objective of this paper was to study the socio-educational profile of victims of dowry offences and relate it to the socio-cultural practice of dowry. It also makes an analysis of the laws related to dowry and their effectiveness. The findings of the study show that section 498-A and section 304-B have provided teeth to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, but Article 51-A of the constitution remains ineffective because the socio-cultural norms related to the practice of dowry have remained unchanged and therefore, the practice of giving and receiving dowry continues as such. Even otherwise law abiding citizens are giving and receiving dowry. Adequate social awareness and education is necessary, along with legal punishment, to do away with this evil practice.

We are very happy to announce that from 15th June 2017, Dr. Asoke Kumar Saha has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Psychology. Dr. Asoke Kumar Saha working as Chairman and Professor at the Department of Psychology, Jagannath University. The appointment of Dr. Asoke Kumar Saha as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has introduced the MCA21 e-Governance programme with a view to providing all services relating to ROC offices on-line in e-Governance mode.MCA21 replaces the erstwhile practices broadly consisting of physically filing of documents, incorporation of companies and inspection of documents with the Registrar of Companies. This project is the first of its kind and is intended to create a health business eco system conducive to foreign investment thereby boosting the Indian economy. This paper investigate whether the goals of the project i.e to improve the service standards to all the stakeholders have been achieved or not ?what are the new amendments in MCA project and how it is beneficial to all the stakeholder?. The analysis shows that among other e-governance programmes MCA 21 is the one which have a positive impact on the user and day by day its importance is increasing .It does not include other offices like Liquidators , CLB(Company Law Board)/Tribunals and Courts. Many up gradations were done in MCA 21 project like –XBRL,NEFT but still there is a need for increasing the awareness about use of online procedures relating to MCA and improvement in website facility during peak season.

The study focused on the economic assessment of marketing of Non-Wood Forest Products in Ibadan metropolis with a view to identify the socio-economic characteristics of marketers of NWFPs, to identify various NWFPs marketed by the people, to estimate costs and returns from marketing of NWFPs and to identify factors influencing the marketing of NWFPs in the study area. The data for the study were collected through the use of structured questionnaires randomly administered to one hundred and twenty (120) marketers of various NWFPs in eight (8) selected markets. The result from the study revealed that women were mainly involved in the marketing of NWFPs (85%) being their primary occupation with a higher percentage of the marketers earning above N20, 000 monthly. Profit margin analysis showed that the business is both feasible and viable with the marketing efficiency and rate of return on investment between 1.18-1.90 and 28%-75% respectively. However, marketing of NWFPs in the study area was confronted with some challenges including transportation, perishability, seasonality, poor storage facility, price fluctuation, poor processing facility and poor market structure.

Customer seeks satisfaction not on individual basis but on societal basis, consumer behavior is much more influenced by brand tribe to which he/she belongs. Similarly, since 1990s topic of loyalty has gained escalating importance especially in marketing activities and management applications. The importance of loyalty is emerging from decisions of customers regarding goods and services. Firms that are successful in generating customer loyalty have competitive advantage among their rivals. Likewise fresh research has drawn attention that brand tribalism (group of people around a brand with shared passion and emotion) affects the consumer behavior. Therefore, this research study aims to analyze the influences of Brand tribalism on loyalty through customer satisfaction and to examine the ultimate effect on word-of-mouth recommendation behavior and brand repurchase intentions. Customer loyalty is universally important for all the firms however the advancement in this area varies among different economies. Loyalty, a major theme in marketing research, has become an essential concern for managers, and a strategic obsession for many. This increasing concern has mainly been due to intense competition. Brand tribalism and its impact on customer loyalty have not been researched in domestic context of Pakistan, especially in the automobile sector, so in this study investigation is applied to five leading car brands of Pakistan. It is found that satisfaction is influenced by brand tribalism and it has quite noteworthy and significant impact on the customer loyalty. In addition brand tribalism is another important source of generating word of mouth recommendations by the loyal customer and he/she has the repurchase intentions too.

The purpose of this study to show the effects of Hematocrit (Red blood cells), height of stenosis, porous parameter and velocity of blood on wall shear stress of the flow of blood through tapered artery. The study reveals that wall shear stress reduces for increasing Hematocrit percentage. It is also observed that wall shear stress increases as stenosis height and porous parameter increase whereas it decreases with the increasing values of velocity of blood and slope of tapered artery.

This paper is a report on the findings of a study conducted on seventh-grade science course. Experimental techniques were used to examine the resulting of utilizing visual cues in a web-based learning environment. Findings indicate that there were no statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) between the mean scores of the science achievement test of the first experimental group (which uses the web site with visual cues associated with hyperlinks) and the second experimental group (which uses the web site without visual cues associated with hyperlinks). However, there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the pre and post applications of the science achievement test of the first experimental group in favor of the post application. Also, there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the pre and the post applications of the science achievement test of the second experimental group in favor of the post application.