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Karad Tahasil is the part of Satara district of Maharashtra state, India. Geographically it lies in between N 72022’01” latitude and E 17037’29” longitude. It occupies in and around total an area of 42.0 sq. Kilometers. Receiving an annual rainfall of about 700 -800 mm. It is surrounded by two major rivers (Krishna and Koyana), on it built number of small dams. Also present number of water canal network for agriculture. Most of the land is irrigated surrounded by trees. The water canal are the rich source of food includes fishes, crabs, prawns, mollusc and aquatic plants so birds gets plenty of food, shelter/ hiding place and breeding grounds. The water canals are surveyed to document avian diversity. Total 84- species of birds recorded from the study site during year 2011- 12. Among these 24- birds are migratory and 60- are native birds of 12- Orders and 21- Families. Results revealed that smaller wetlands are very important in conservation of Biodiversity especially for water birds. The preliminary survey of Avifauna will help in facilitate conservation strategy and management plan as these are the key components of ecosystem.

Chitosan is a natural carbohydrate biopolymer derived by deacetylation (DA) of chitin, a major component of the shells of crustacea such as crab, shrimp, and crawfish. Like cellulose, chitosan is a fiber. However, unlike plant fiber, chitosan possesses unique properties that may be enhanced by forming it in thin film or membrane structure. The chitosan films have enormous surface area per unit volume (high aspect ratio), which provide remarkable capacity for attachment or release of functional groups, absorbed molecules, ions and particles of many kinds. This work deals with formation of chitosan membranes (films) to study the selective adsorption property of heavy metal ions present in leather tanning effluents. Chitosan was prepared from the chitin by deacetylation process. The degree of deacetylation was determined and molecular weight was calculated. The chitin and chitosan were characterized with FTIR. The synthesized chitosan was fabricated into membranes, whose surfaces were analyzed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical spectroscopy. The SEM images show the porous nature of the membrane indicates the possibility of metal ion adsorption. The complete absorption spectra of chitosan membranes show the absorption peak around 330nm specify the selective adsorption nature of the carcinogenic and dangerous species of the effluent (Cr-VI) by the chitosan membranes. Heavy metal adsorption property of the chitosan depends on time of adsorption, thickness and area of the membrane. The linear variation of absorbance with time indicates the fast absorption rate of the metal ion by the chitosan membranes. The mechanism of the selective adsorption is due to physic-sorption process.

The objective of this paper is to investigate the role of self-efficacy as a moderator between individual’s absorptive capacity and knowledge acquisition behaviour among engineers in the electrical and electronic (E&E) sector in Malaysia. The study utilized survey method to collect the data. There were 305 responses for the survey. Partial least square (PLS) properties of structural equation modelling (SEM) were used to measure the interaction between absorptive capacity and self-efficacy and its effect knowledge acquisition. The study found no support for self-efficacy as a moderator between the two variables.

Introduction: Coordination and team work between periodontists and orthodontists plays vital role to boost clinical outcomes of mutual therapies concerning interdisciplinary. Furthermore, imprints on orthodontic therapy by reduction in usual treatment time and resisting anchorage loss Methods: Teamwork of orthodontia and periodontia specialties can create imprints to improve periodontal health as a result of orthodontic treatment. However, equal and reciprocal important that maintenance of periodontal health boosts orthodontic treatment success. Hence, it clears that, interdisciplinary approaches of periodontology and orthodontia plays major role in existing treatment alternatives like periodontal accelerated osteogenic orthodontics (PAOO). Results: PAOO technique may defined as modified decortication with bone grafting augmentations to facilitate faster orthodontic treatment outcome than conventional approaches with least trauma to root and underlying and associate structures. This technique utilizes natural bone remodeling process i.e.( transient nature of demineralization-remineralisation process in healthy tissues). Implications of PAOO technique in healthy hard and soft (bone and periodontium) tissue leads to supplementary advantages like reduced orthodontic treatment time, increased bone volume and post-orthodontic stability. Conclusion: Pedestal of existing literature, our aim is to present a comprehensive knowledge and idea of PAOO technique for clinician and readers.

The present paper emphasizes the need to promote specific skill development programmes of a higher order with a Public Private partnership between the Government and Industry, various educational institutions, NGO’s etc. Further, as preliminary steps are being taken by the Government under the name of Skill Development Initiative, the Corporate houses & industrial associations can play a vital role under the umbrella of the new CSR law to make the ‘Make in India’ mission a ground reality. The paper also goes on to critically assess the ongoing programmes implemented by the Central Government as well as the State Governments including both the Public and Private sectors, to nurture the talent of youth so that they can become employable and also understand various aspects of industrial activity required for setting up their own businesses. For this purpose relevant data have been collected from secondary sources and analysed to draw a meaningful conclusion. In addition various strategies and interactive approaches to skill development and knowledge attainment have been proposed that may be used to enhance employee learning for narrowing down the skill-gap in India.

Soft skills were essentials for students to enhance them to their career in future. Soft skills has been practiced since school days and being polished at higher level in higher learning institutions. The continuous of activities in high school and public universities were crucial to ensure the development of soft skills among students. Hence, this research are done to see the continuous of supply for soft skills activities between secondary schools and public universities. It is hoped that this article will supply awareness on the importance of continuity of the soft skills activities in high schools and public universities in order to ensure the development of the soft skills practiced among students.

The handloom industry in Andhra Pradesh is famous for its age old weaving craft next to agriculture. Located in Andhra Pradesh Prakasham district, Chirala mandal is famous for its specialized weaving craft. Considering entire district of Prakasham 95% of total textile production comes from Chirala mandal alone stretching from Eepurupalem - Vetapalem - Pandilla palli, a stretch of 16 Kms length. In Chirala mandal itself some 300 varieties of fabrics were produced. Some of the world famous Tie and Die products are taken birth in Chirala. Chirala is known as second Mumbai. However it is observed that this traditional cottage industry is losing its attractive occupational status forcing the weavers to migrate to other occupations out of desperation. In the year 2007 around 15,000 weaver families have already migrated to other occupations, but even of course the weaver families are still continuing to hope for a bright future on day or the other. The income from these highly skilled weaver products are not able to produce an honorable living by solely depending upon this occupation resulting in migration to other occupations. The present study is under taken to understand the grievances of the weavers and also the weavers shifted to other professions.

The paper attempts at introducing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) as an advanced analytical technique in the area of social and behavioural research. Although other multivariate analytical techniques are equally being employed by the social and behavioural scientist, SEM provides a more holistic analysis and handles complex models. A literature review was conducted and consequently, the procedure, merits and demerits of SEM were revealed. It was concluded that the SEM is superior to other multivariate analytical techniques such as Analysis of Variance, Multivariate Analysis of Variance, Factor Analysis and Regressions.

Study on the relationship between alkaloid yield and it’s components will improve the efficiency of breeding programs to select the appropriate mutant with higher economy to fulfill the world demand for vincristine and vinblastine, with a view of it’s clinical importance. The comparative study on the morphometric variations on the mutants of C. roseus revealed that plant height and pollen diameter is positively correlated with each other through character correlation. The relative importance of each agronomical component in determining alkaloid yield in mutants of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. is achieved by partitioning into direct and indirect effects through path co-efficient analysis. The number of leaves and dry matter yield has direct effect on alkaloid yield with increased number of follicle/ plant. The increment in number of leaves/ plant resulted in increase dry matter yield with higher alkaloid yield. The vindoline, catharanthine and vincristine have direct effect but vinblastine pose indirect effect on alkaloid yield.

Nowadays, the most important resource for organizations is human resource. Employing, maintaining and supporting employees are the key task or organizations’ leaders. So providing their job satisfaction helps managers to get organizational goals and objectives. The purpose of writing this paper is to survey the relationship between spiritual leadership and employees’ job satisfaction. To measure the research variable two separated questionnaires were designed and after providing their validity and reliability distributed among 234 people of Behnoosh Company. The results of using Spearman test show that there are positive and meaningful relationship between spiritual leadership and its dimensions with job satisfaction; meanwhile commitment was the most important criterion. No relationship between employees’ demographic characteristics and their job satisfaction was found by applying Chi-square test. Finally the results of Binomial test illustrated all variables apart from “altruism” were placed in appropriate levels.