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The effect of compost and earthworm production on soil properties, growth and dry-matter yield of maize in crude oil degraded soil was studied. The treatment consisted of 250g crude oil degraded soil (DS) and 50g each of four different compost materials mixed differently with 250g of degraded soil, and the compost were cassava peels (CP), cassava peels + poultry manure (PC), cassava peels + pig manure (GC) and cassava peels + pig manure + poultry manure (PGC) and 10 pieces of sub-adult earthworms (Eudrilus eugenae) were inoculated to each of the experimental pot after 11 days. The five treatments were replicated four times, data generated were subjected to analysis of variance test and treatment means were separated using least significant difference (LSD=0.05). The results of the study indicated significant differences between the treatments in soil and agronomic parameters assessed. The application of compost and earthworm activities increased the plant height, leaf area, and number of leaves at 4 weeks after planting (WAP) and 6 WAP, and dry matter yield of maize. The shoot and root dry matter yield was observed to increase in the order PC>PGC>GC>CP>DS. Earthworm activities in the study measured by the number survived and biomass weight showed CP and GC as the best culture for earthworm production in oil degraded soil. The degraded soil (DS) did not record any earthworm survival at harvest. The result of the soil analysis indicated less change in the textural class of the soil, and all the chemical parameters tested were enhanced by the compost and earthworm activities. Based on the results of growth rate and yield components of maize as well as soil chemical properties, the PC and PGC cultures having performed competitively better than the other treatments can be considered useful and adequate with the help of earthworm in reclaiming an oil degraded soil for crop production in a tropical environment.

Information revolution implies the use of technology especially electronic devices in communication, information, knowledge and skills. Today, in electronic era information technology is sharing and interchanging information such as knowledge, mental skills, motor skills and attitude through the use of mass media, especially electronics. In the broadest sense information technology refers to both the hardware and software that are used to store, dissemination and manipulate of information. Information technology comprises computers, networks, satellite communications, robotics videotext, cable television, electronic mail, electronic games and automated office equipments. Information technology mainly includes computer, internet and multimedia. The main objective of the study is to find out the level of academic creativity and achievement of adolescents not using information technology. Also, another objective is to study the effect of use of information technology on creativity and information technology of adolescents. Descriptive survey method has used in the research. Baquer Mehdi’s verbal test of creative thinking (TCW) has used to measure the creativity of adolescents. It provides three factor scores-fluency, flexibility and originality. Final results of the students are collected for measuring Academic Achievement. A sample consist 200 adolescents of two streams (science and arts) of graduation class which has selected by Purposive Sampling Method from Mathura. To interpret & analysis the data statistical techniques Mean, Standard Deviation, t/ CR test, ANOVA were used. The study of interactional effect of all three independent variables - AXBXC i.e. stream * sex x use of information technology results in the rejection of null hypothesis and it was found that all the three variables combinedly effect the creativity and academic achievement of adolescents. On the basis of the findings given above it may be concluded that the use of information technology effect the creativity and academic achievement of Adolescents.

Today, with advances in information and communication technologies and the emergence of information management system, using of these technologies in organizations is inevitable. Therefore, only managers who can invest in areas related to information technology and management system of information will be successful in enterprise management system. However, it is an important discussion that how these investments should be performed or how much it is invested? Moreover, managers must be aware of the effectiveness of using information technology and information management systems. Actually, Information Technology impacts necessary indicators for the success of today’s organization. Therefore, this study investigates the application of IT systems (IT) and management information systems (MIS) on effectiveness of these systems based on users’ view. Among the key indicators of information technology system, some indicators are selected as follows: increasing the speed of work performance, increasing accuracy of work performance, timely retrieval of information, more storage and faster access to information. In addition, the effect of these indices on providing good services in the financial reporting is investigated.

The objective of this research was to explore the effect of Pakistani Television dramas on consumer behavior of Pakistani females and to derive a model for this effect. In order to accomplish this objective survey was conducted using convenience sampling, with a sample size of 250 females. Data was collected through questionnaire consisting of fifteen questions on a likert scale. Results show that Pakistani Television dramas affect consumer behavior of females in Pakistan. There are four factors behind this effect i.e. product liking, influence of dramas on society, viewers trust and trendsetting.

Fish is a vital source of high-quality protein, providing approximately16% of the animal protein consumed by the world’s population (FAO 1997). It is a particularly important protein source in regions where livestock is relatively scarce. Fish supplies less than 10% of animal protein consumed in North America and Europe, but 17% in Africa, 26% in Asia and 22% in China (FAO, 2000). The FAO estimates that about one billion people world-wide rely on fish as their primary source of animal protein (FAO, 2000).

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions about employing GeoGebra in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The study comprises four respondents who are currently enrolled in a mathematics education course at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The findings indicate a similar opinion among the respondents according to their experience, with regard to GeoGebra. All respondents agree that the software employs straightforward and comprehensible instructions in addition to offering accurate and simple information. They also agree that the software is user friendly. The respondents on the whole have positive opinions regarding the idea of employing GeoGebra in the teaching of mathematics.

The aim of the present study is the development of an ecofriendly approach to treat sewage or industrial waste containing metal contaminants. The approach utilized cyanobacterial strain “Anabaena variabilis”, raised using exposure to externally applied electricity. Experimental algal cells were used to test for Copper sorption experiments, which were carried out as a function of pH, initial amount of biosorbtant and contact time. At pH 6 the maximum Cu sorption efficiency of live 1g (20.55%), 3g (34.28%) and 5g (51.43%) test sample were observed after 24 hours. Further studies showed a sharp increase in Cu sorption at the end of 4^th day incubation. At the end of 4^th day uptake of copper ions were found to be maximum for 1g (39.74%), 3g (55.47%) and 5g (71.62%) of test cells. Such findings show the possibility of manipulating or over expressing existing resistance mechanisms and the use of such organisms to remove harmful metals from the environment.

Malaria is one of the most severe problems faced by the world even today. The objective of the present report was to make a comparative epidemiological study for the year 2009 and 2010 of malaria endemic blocks of Lakhimpur district of Assam, India to assess the malaria situation. The data have been collected from all block PHC’s under Lakhimpur district. Form the report of malaria cases for 2000-2011, Plasmodium vivax was the predominant parasite species except 2011 where Plasmodium falciparum was the majority parasite. Comparatively we got lowest API and SFR for the year 2010 than 2009. Amongst PHC’s, we saw that the Boginadi PHC, which is a tribal dominated and share border with Arunachal Pradesh, was worse affected by malaria incidence. It was observed that PHC’s sharing interstate border had many more cases compared to those having sharing inter district border. Also we got high malaria cases in foothill/forest fringe areas, where health infrastructure/health awareness is weak and transmission of the disease is high.

DMFC has tremendous potential in serving as a source of clean and renewable energy. Different catalyst combinations are prepared and characterized in DMFC at various operating conditions. The characteristic curves are plotted. Effect of prepared catalyst in DMFC performance is analyzed at load and no load conditions. Demerits of Platinum catalyst is minimized to a great extent by the specially designed catalyst combinations. Based on the DMFC performance, the best catalyst combination (Pt-Ru/C) is identified and analysed in different operating conditions.

Steel tie rods are being used in load carrying components such as steering systems, suspension bridges, spokes of automotive vehicles, etc.. In steel tie rods, the bearing capacity is determined by steel tie rod body strength and also the strength of the threaded connection, which can resist force. The past literature reviewed that work has been done related to triangular and trapezoidal threads and also studied failure analysis of threads. In this paper focus to analyze the failures of different threaded shapes like acme, buttress and modified square. The material has taken for this project is mild steel is2062. The tensile rupture experiments were done to test maximum allowable axial working loads for different numbers of turns of engaged threads. By carrying out these experiments, Found that Maximum and Minimum Displacement at Ultimate Load in Tensile Test. For validating the design, the models were drawn in Catia V5 and analysis was carried using ANSYS 14.0 to find out the axial displacement, von misses stresses, and sliding distance. After careful analysis, concluded that the minimum number of turns of thread engagement to avoid the breakdown of thread connection in the tie rod.