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This paper empirically illustrates the extent of Job involvement of women employees working the banking sector of India. A sample of 267 women employees from diverse cadres of hierarchy of public and private banking sectors was used for the study. The study classifies the degree of involvement of women employees based on the four sub dimension of Job involvement viz. Response towards work, Expressions of being job involved, Sense of duty towards work and feelings about unfinished task and absenteeism. Regression analysis is used to comparatively highlight the difference that exists between the four sub dimensions of job involvement of the employees.

Natural environmental conditions of Iran and its geographical location that falls in the arid belt in one hand, and overuse of non renewable resources in the other hand, cause series of problems and conditions that brings the country into a rapid deterioration. the two main factors of degrdation are natural factors and human factors. Of major natural factors, three factors are notable: climatic, geomorphologic and morphologic. In this study to evaluate the desertification condition regarding to local conditions of the study area, two processes of water and wind erosion were selected and assessment of desertification condition was conducted Based on these processes, wheightening indicators and MEDALUS model. The results showed that Qs and NQts all responsible for much of sentiment delivery and erosion and as a result, desertification severity of these two geological units considered as severe and very severe.

Video restoration or old film restoration is challenging but sometimes necessary process. Line scratches in old videos appearas thin bright or dark lines which are roughly vertical and straight. We propose, Frame – By – Frame line scratch detection algorithm to detect scratches from old films. For false detection temporal algorithm is used. Some assumptions and hypothesis from old scratch removal strategies are eliminated from Frame-By-Frame line scratch detection algorithm so that variety of line scratches can be detected. Contrario methodology and local statistical estimation is used in combinatorial way for robustness. Using these technologies over detection and confusion creating areas are greatly reduced. Vertical structure in video can cause false detection but temporal filtering algorithm eliminates false detection by considering and analyzing unity of underlying scenes. We contribute for removal of scratches using pixel filling technique. This concept of detecting and eliminating line scratch from video contribute fine methods for video restoration.

A hydrocarbon well log (Onyia well), obtained from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Was analyzed. The equipment used –Shale shakers log chart, detectors etc and parameters-rate of penetration (ROP), weight on bits (WOB) and strokes per minute (SPM). All provided evidences of the benefits of mudlogging as an exploration tool. The shows, stains and fluorescence obtained from the lithological analyses of zones of interest, from the Mudlog, ie 7100-8,300ft of well, after through examination indicated that the lithologies reached. and in some cases the availability of hydrocarbon in the reached zones.

The primary objective was to evaluate if batch staining of malaria blood films results in false positive smears. False positive smears (>1%) may cause a serious underestimate of a drug’s or vaccine’s protective efficacy, as well as affect evaluation of diagnostics, estimates of malaria prevalence, and clinical management. Thick blood films may float from a glass slide during staining and adhere to other films if batch staining is used resulting in false positive readings. Venous blood in EDTA anticoagulant from malaria positive samples of ? 20 parasites per high power field and a true negative sample was utilized to make thick and thin smears. Two true negative smears were stained with Giemsa stain with eight positive smears in batch in Coplin jars for 10 minutes or overnight. Two control negatives were stained alone with the same batch of stain. Blinded microscopists read these slides using a rereading paradigm. Thick film loss was graded by gross appearance ranging from 0 (none) to 4+ (> ¾ loss). A total of 602 slides were evaluated in this study, of which 392 were true positives (65%) and 210 (35%) were true negatives. Of the true negatives, 110 were batch stained with true positives, and 100 were true negative controls stained alone. Of the initial readings, 11-20% were reported falsely positive. “Fishing” or cross-contamination was infrequently noted by one of the microscopists, but was uniformly present in these smears on reexamination. Of the true positive smears (high density), 1-3% were read falsely negative. On reexamination of these slides, the cause was found to be reporting of results from very poor quality smears. Thick film loss was clearly more severe for the positive slides with 10 minute versus overnight drying (means score 0.97 vs 1.97, p <0.001).

In this study, comparison between two controllers i.e. PID controller and fuzzy logic controller is done for the proposed dc-dc closed loop boost converter. The simulation, modeling and stability analysis of DC-DC Boost converter for Solar Electric system is done using space averaging technique in order to study its time domain, frequency domain and pole-zero domain analysis. A feedback controller for DC-DC boost converter is Designed to obtain constant output voltage of 24 V.A fuzzy logic controller is later used to control the output voltage of the boost converter. Simulation results show that fuzzy logic controlled boost converter has fast transient response, better steady-state response, and the proposed converter is less sensitive to load changes as compared to that of PID controller.

The aim of this paper is to examine the issue convergence of per capita income of North Africa countries to the per capita income level of countries in Southern Europe. We have applied tests of sigma-convergence and polynomial beta-convergence of Chatterji to assess convergence. We have applied the multiple endogenous breaks test advocated by Bai & Perron (2003) in order to evaluate the sigma-convergence hypothesis. According to our results, the process of sigma-convergence is not uniform over time. There exists a movement of convergence of per capita income of NA countries towards the income level of countries of Southern Europe during the period 1980-1984. The estimate of convergence clubs can refine the results for countries that have started catching up. This test rejects the hypothesis of beta-convergence on the whole period (1980-2007). If the model is estimated for each country, then there is a movement of beta-convergence only for Tunisia and Morocco on the period 1985-2000.On the other sub-periods, the assumption of divergence is accepted. The per capita income level of countries of Southern Europe does not seem to be a target toward which converge the countries of the NA region in the long term.

The performance of a computer system is heavily dependent on the characteristics of it’s interconnect architecture. A poorly designed system bus can throttle the transfer of instructions and data between memory and processor, or between peripheral devices and memory. This communication bottleneck is the focus of attention among many microprocessor and system manufacturers have adopted a number of bus standards. Hence memory access time has been a bottleneck which limits system performance. Memory controller (MC) is designed to tackle this problem. The Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) specification defines an on chip communications standard for designing high-performance embedded microcontrollers. This paper focuses on how to build an AMBA Advanced High performance Bus (AHB) based memory controller that can work efficiently in multi- master and multi- slave communication model.

Hair loss (technically known as alopecia) is a loss of hair from the head or body. Baldness can refer to general hair loss or male pattern baldness specifically. Some types of baldness can be caused by Alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder. Eclipta alba (Asteraceae), Bacopa monnieri (Plantaginaceae), Trigonella foenugraecum (Fabaceae) are well known Ayurvedic herbs with purported claims of hair growth promotion. Hair formulation of Eclipta alba 10% w/v, Bacopa monnieri 10 % w/v, Trigonella foenugraecum 5 % w/v concentration in the form of herbal oil were studied and showed excellent hair growth activity with standard (2% minoxidil ethanolic solution) in wister albino rats. Hair growth initiation time was significantly reduced to half on treatment with the oil, as compared to control animals. The time required for complete hair growth was also significantly reduced. Quantitative analysis of hair growth after treatment with oil exhibited greater number of hair follicles in anagenic phase i.e. 82 which were higher as compared to control (52). The results of treatment with oil were better than the positive control minoxidil 2% treatment. It holds the promise of potent herbal alternative for minoxidil.

Teaching grammar has always been an area of concern for the practitioners and EFL/ESL teachers. While it seems more commitment has been given to this task, yet there is still room for more attention to innovative methods of grammar instruction which can help learners practice grammar through working on a combination of meaning and form which makes grammar learning more meaningful. The idea of teaching grammar as "Dictogloss Method" comes from a paper by Ruth Wajnryb (1990) in which learners use their grammar resources to reconstruct a text and become aware of their shortcomings and needs through learning-based procedure in which noticing, hypothesis-testing and metatalk are involved. This research is an attempt to find out if teaching grammar through Dictogloss method will significantly help Iranian EFL learners develop their grammatical competence. This study was based on a quasi-experimental research strategy with a pre-test post-test control group design. Eighty intermediate EFL students studying English at Sana'ato Ma'adan Language Institute (Isfahan) with the age range of 16-18, participated in this study. The performance of the learners who were exposed to Dictogloss method in the experimental group was compared with that of control group which did not undergo such a procedure. The analysis of the data indicated that utilizing Dictogloss method in experimental group helped the participants improve their grammatical competence upon verb tense usages significantly. In addition, the results suggested that Dictogloss can provide learners with opportunities to use their productive grammar in the task of text creation and meaningful communication.