Archives-December 2014

Foreign exchange rate is considered as one of the key economic indicator influencing economy health of a country. The movement in FER affects the foreign direct investment, foreign institutional investment, gold price, export and import (balance of payment), forex reserve, commodity prices, corporate performance, stock market, financial institutions trading in currency market, etc. Movements in exchange rates thus have important implications on business cycle, capital flows and are therefore crucial to understanding financial developments and changes in economic policy. The deteriorating foreign exchange rate in India was responsible for increase in fiscal deficit, gold prices, petrol & diesel prices in India. Timely forecasts of foreign exchange rates can therefore provide valuable information to decision makers, investors, policy makers, corporate and traders. Little literature is available about the possibility of accurately predicting foreign exchange rates. This has encouraged the researchers to take up the present study. Exponential Moving Average Crossover Model (EMACO) to forecast the foreign exchange rate in India. Three currencies have been selected for the purpose of study and study period was from 1970 to 2012 (43 years). The study concluded that the EMACO Model helps in forecasting the foreign exchange rate more accurately than their corresponding techniques. The comparison of outcome of forecasting and real-time foreign exchange rate signifies that it is possible to predict the foreign exchange more accurately by adopting Exponential Moving Average Crossover Model.

The subject of human resource is an important factor to improve manager’s characteristic as world-class talent and devolution and empowerment of employees. In the twenty-first century the significance of human intellectual capital in most necessary than other capital in an organization. Humans determine the value of organization due to their skill and specialization. They play a vital role in an organization along with its physical properties and in investment. Managers spend a lot of money for educating and training their workers and employees in order to increase the efficiency of the organizations managers function is the key to success and to achieve this objective, they must review and evaluate human resource data. Managers without proper information cannot function and take proper decisions. Human resource accounting while accounting principles in an organization is to conduct basic research to the extent of the human resource accounting information which affect the employees personal performance in human resource accounting analysis, criteria and valuation of cost and manpower is the main resource in each company. Human resource accounting is main part of the social accounting and aims to provide information and evaluation of managers decision-making. This article shows the important role of human resource accounting of managers decision-makings in organizations and studies how managers can put the human resource value in balance sheet by different models and collecting primary data in making questionnaires of some selected company and contribution of managers of organization and how much human resource accounting affect on managers decision-makings.

The present study deals with the comparative study of the quality requirements for the drugs that are injected into the body; during their production and for finished drugs. The concept of total quality control test refers to the process of striving to produce a quality product by a series of measures, requiring an organized effort in order to eliminate errors at every stage in the production. Product testing during the production is done in order to check the conformance of the final product with the standards as specified in the official book of drugs (pharmacopoeias) specific to each country. The test parameters have been discussed and taken from the official book of drugs issued by the respective authorities for India, US and UK. However, the parameters and standards differ from each other to some extent. Hence, an attempt is made to bring out the harmonized standards for a product so that it satisfies the quality requirements for many regions. The parameters as per the standards were compared and certain similarities and differences were observed. It was noted that except for a few parameters, the quality control tests were broadly similar.

A b-vertex coloring of a graph[15] G is a proper vertex coloring of G such that each color class contains a vertex that has at least one vertex in every other color class in its neighborhood. The b-chromatic number of a graph G is the largest integer?(G) for which G has a b-vertex coloring with?(G) colors. This concept was introduced in [2] by Irving and Manlove by a certain partial ordering on all proper colorings in contrast to chromatic number ? (G),namely? (G) is the minimum of colors used among all minimal elements of this partial ordering, while ?(G) is the maximum of colors used among all minimal elements of the same partial ordering. The b-chromatic number has been considered with respect to subgraphs in [10,11], while the b-chromatic number under graph operations was considered in [15] for the Cartesian product and in [8] for the other three standard products. Operations on graphs produce new ones from older ones. Here the paper deals with the b-chromatic number of adding parallel chords in Cycle, Union of Path with Cycle and its complement, deletion and addition of vertices and edges in a Cycle.

In this paper, we design a cloud computing supported logistics tracking information management system to support whole-ranged and real-time logistics tracking services. The logistics cloud provides customers with a way to tap into - anywhere, anytime - the power needed to more efficiently run their businesses. The logistics cloud helps in making efficient and easy processes of global supply chains. The information about shipments with suppliers, transportation providers, and end users is quicker using the cloud. One of the greatest advantages of the logistics cloud is that there is a complete balance of sharing the resources among all the business companies.

This study is an effort to explore Iranian EFL teachers’ perceptions about integrating Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) tools in teaching and learning English and reasons they choose or avoid utilizing such tools in the classroom. 100 male and female English teachers with BA, MA, or PhD degree participated in this survey. A questionnaire was used for the purpose of the study. The findings reveal that the majority of teachers were positive towards computer mediated teaching. They asserted that CMC tools are time, energy, and money saving; interesting for the students; reduces cultural barriers by facilitating exposure to the authentic materials; enables teachers to encourage students beyond the limit of time and space; and enables learners to learn at their own pace. The results of the correlational analysis shows that the better teachers were at working with computers the more they showed positive attitudes towards applying technology in their teaching practice.

The world of education is always changing, in line with the times and the demands of the country's needs . Therefore, the education system needs someone thought leaders in achieving the dream and vision. In educational institutions, the role of the principal is very important in any leadership style can influence and improve the level of change and reform in schools. Effective leaders are leaders who have specific characteristics such as intelligence, honesty and integrity, leadership motivation, self-confidence and creativity. A principal who play an active role as a leader should use the latest approaches to advance the institution he led. One approach that can be used is the charismatic leadership or charismatic leader. Library-based research paper, data was collected using textbooks, journal articles and internet search. In addition, the information valid and reliable used to fulfill the purpose of this paper. This paper was written to study the transformation of the School Management Approach against Charismatic Leadership Styles. It will also touch on the findings obtained from several researchers on topics related to this paper. Charismatic leadership approaches should be emphasized in school management

Concern of environmental pollution and energy crisis all over the world have caused the research attention on reduction of diesel engine exhaust emissions and saving of energy simultaneously. An experimental study has been carried out for combined effect of Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system and varying inlet air pressure on performance and emission of diesel engine. As we know that the diesel engine are known for their high NOx formation and Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) is being used widely to reduce and control the oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emission from diesel engines.

Seafood is divinely rich by virtue of its high nutritional value. With the increasing knowledge of bio-functional properties associated with marine foods, utilization of the marine derivatives has been accelerated which will also prevent pollution in coastal areas. The objective of the study was to process chitosan by deacetylating chitin of crab and prawn shells. The degree of deacetylation was determined by FTIR. The fresh chitosan has been analyzed for its antioxidant and antimicrobial property that helps to determine the health benefits of the derived product. The chitosan was also incorporated in a food product to develop value added products and the shelf life of the products was evaluated. The antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of the chitosan was directly propositional to the concentration used. Value added product was prepared i.e. Cereal bar, Beetroot Squash, Orange Squash and Ice cream with three variations. 5% chitosan from crab and prawn was added in two variations and compared with the control one. The sensory evaluation was done with semi- trained panel members. The proximate analysis and quality indices was done with standard methods. The shelf life of the product was determined by the total aerobic microbial count in the period of 15 days. There was increase in the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity level in the chitosan as concentration was increased. The sensory acceptability was good in Crab based chitosan when compared with other variations. Similarly proximate and quality enhancement was observed in prawn based chitosan products than the other variations. The shelf life of the product was also increased. Hence, chitosan can be encouraged in value addition, since it acts as a functional compound and does not interferes with the sensorial factors. It also helps to improve the shelf life of the product.

Soluble and conducting block copolymer (PANI-PEO) nanocomposite was prepared by oxidative polymerization of aniline in non acid media and in different weight percentages in the presence of ecologic catalyst layered called (Maghnite-H+) and reactive polymer stabilizer such as poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO2000, Mn = 2000).The morphology, structure, solubility and electrical properties of PANI-PEO copolymer nanocomposite was characterized by FTIR,Uv-vis,1H-NMR spectroscopy, dynamic scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).It was found that structue, solubility an conductivity of resulting PANI-PEO nanocomposite depended on the amount of catalyst, molecular weight and functionality of the reactive stabilizer (PEO) and molar ratio of monomers (PANI-PEO). The formation of the hydrogen bonding between PANI and PEO copolymer was predicted by the FT-IR spectra. DSC analysis showed only one (Tg=16°C) for the blend copolymer implying compatibility of the two components