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Corporate Governance is the key to the global integrity of corporate institutions especially financial institutions and other sectors. In Nigeria, especially in the financial institutions, there is quest for good relevance of corporate governance and this is strengthened by the desire to draw investments and support economic growth, which constitute a good reward to both local and international investors. Incidentally, Nigerian financial institutions have suffered a lot of deterioration in their asset portfolios, largely due to distorted credit management and this has led to crisis in the institution and ultimately to the merging of Banks. This study sought to: (i) examine the impact of corporate governance on return on assets of some selected commercial banks in Nigeria. (ii) determine the impact of corporate governance on return on equity of some selected commercial banks in Nigeria. The study made use of cross sectional data for 10-years which were collated from Central Bank of Nigeria – Statistical bulletin for the period, 2003-2012. Two major objectives were formed and tested and results revealed that in the first objective the adjusted R-squared estimate is 86% and statistically significant at 5% significant level, which implies that the estimated model has high goodness of fit. For the second objective, the adjusted R-squared estimate is 58% and statistically significant at 5% significant level, which implies that the estimated model has high goodness of fit The study recommends, among others that central Bank should issue efficient monetary policies that would intensify transparency, integrity and curtail insider abuses on customers account in the Banking institutions. Above all, this study has contributed to knowledge by providing vital information on corporate governance on five of the commercial Banks in Nigeria.

Work-family role conflict has become an important issue in the determination of organizational commitment among female bankers in Nigeria. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of women engaged in the workforce and increase in the time demands on the part of the workforce, leaving less time available for them to be with their families. This study centered on striking a balance between work and family responsibilities among women in the banking industry in Nigeria with a view to promoting gender equality and women empowerment which is one of the core goals of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Subjects for this study were three hundred and sixty –one female bankers aged between 23 and 52. Three hypotheses were tested and the findings of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between work-family role conflict and organizational commitment. The result also revealed that married women will significantly experience more work-family role conflict than single women. Furthermore, the result also showed that women who have spent a long duration will experience work-family role conflict than women who have spent a short duration. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that there is a need for the government, the regulatory authorities of the banking sector, and the professional bodies to review the status, power and responsibilities of these women.

The present study aimed to explore knowledge and various myths related to Diabetes mellitus and antidiabetic drugs in our population. A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted at the weekly diabetic clinic of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro over one year period. A sample of 560 subjects was studied including both diabetics and non-diabetics. A pre-structured proforma was used to gather information. The questions regarding myths and knowledge about diabetes mellitus and antidiabetic drugs were asked. The data was analyzed using the Statistix (USA version 8.1.) computer software statistical package. The continuous and categorical variables were analyzed using student`s t - test and Chi-square respectively. Regarding the antidiabetic drug therapy, a highly aberrant behavior of diabetics was noted. Only 42.2% of the diabetics were taking antidiabetic drugs regularly, rest were using drugs as on-off or on-demand therapy. The myths were noted as; Diabetics can take honey as it alleviates the blood sugar, herbal agents completely cure diabetes mellitus and diabetes is a disease of urine. The most dangerous myths were noted for the insulin therapy. Many diabetics responded that the insulin is a poison, which once started cannot be stopped. The insulin is used for those who are near to die and is not good for health. The myths and lack of proper knowledge of Diabetes mellitus are prevalent among population which could be associated with poor health seeking behavior; and increased morbidity and mortality.

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In this chapter, a Mathematical model is proposed to the study of depletion of a uniformly distributed forest biomass caused by different levels of industrialization and population in two adjoining regions of the habitat. Industrialization dependent, constant, instantaneous, and periodic emissions of pollutant into the environment are taken into consideration. Criteria for local stability, instability, and global stability of non-negative equilibrium are obtained in the absence of diffusion and in presence of diffusion. A model of a single species population living in two patch habitats with migration between them across a barrier was proposed by Freedman and Waltman [5]. The model was extended in [17,19] to include the case where animal species leaving one habitat does not necessarily reach the other habitat, the existence of a positive equilibrium as a function of barrier strengths was examined. Also Freedman [7] studied a single species diffusion model by assuming that the habitat consists of two patches and has shown that there exists a positive, monotonic, continuous non uniform steady state solution that is linearly asymptotically stable under both reservoir and no-flux boundary conditions.

Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET) is the self organizing collection of mobile nodes. The Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol was designed to improve scalability of Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs). OLSR protocol implements Multipoint Relay (MPR) nodes as a flooding mechanism for distributing control information. Nevertheless, OLSR was designed without security measures. There-fore, a misbehaving node can affect the topology map acquisition process by interrupting the flooding of control information or disturbing the MPR selection process.

We are very happy to announce that from 28th February 2013, Mr. Amir Samimi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on corrosion in oil and gas industry, Environment Engineering, Chemical Engineering. Mr. Amir Samimi is currently working as Young Researchers and Elit Club, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. The appointment of Mr. Amir Samimi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to chiefeditor@elixirjournal.org. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 10th May 2013, Mr. Moshtak Abdulatheem Jwad Wtwt has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Internal Medicine. Mr. Moshtak Abdulatheem Jwad Wtwt is currently working as College of Medicine, Babylon University, Babylon, Iraq. The appointment of Mr. Moshtak Abdulatheem Jwad Wtwt as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 28th March 2015, Mr.Sunny Narayan has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Noise and Harness and Vibrations. Mr.Sunny Narayan currently working as Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indus International University, India. The appointment of Mr.Sunny Narayan as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

Moore's Law has been greatly depended upon for the development of Electronic computers as they have also been regarded as traditional computers which cannot meet the high speed and bandwidth demands of the future. This led to the emergence of researchers in the field of computer engineering that began to work towards optical computing systems. Therefore, this paper seeks to examine optical computing as one of the major trends in Information Technology (IT) industry in the perspectives of its pros and cons towards recommendations that will further improve IT industry.