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It is important to make structure safe and secure for inhabitants till its useful life. Being part of construction designing it becomes upmost important to design structure safe and stable. A complete structure consisting of various element like beam, column, foundation as well as slabs one such member slab commonly considered as plate has studied over here for the change in behaviour with respect to thickness. Initially a plate is analyse using classical cosine series expansion method manually, it results is check with computational model analysis so as to find out % error. As the error is in permissible limit so further analysis work is done computationally using STAAD-PRO V8i software for 7 cases with a thickness of 5mm to 250mm of plate. On the basis of analysis related to bending moment, shear stresses, deflections, principal stresses comparative observation tables are prepare. Result shows that in thin plate forces are carried in the form of principal stresses and deflections are high. While in thick plate moment and shear stresses are predominant but deflection is very less. This study shows where to concentrate while designing the plate for practical purpose.

The real sector of any economy is very critical to its growth and development and the beneficial effect of foreign private capital on a host country has remained an issue of discussion. The general notion is that it helps to accelerate growth and development in such a country impacting positively and significantly in those sectors they are channelled into. It is against this background that this paper empirically examined the impact of foreign private capital on three important subsectors of the Nigeria economy (Agriculture, Industry and Building and Construction) from 1987 to 2008. Findings from the study revealed that foreign private capital have not had a significant positive impact on the Nigerian economy vis-à-vis the agricultural, industrial and building and construction sectors and even when it existed, the impact had been non-significant. Therefore, the study recommends re-evaluations of government policies on foreign direct investment in Nigeria. This requires an appropriate mix of proactive government policies to direct foreign private capital inflows to priority sectors of the economy such as agriculture, industrial and building and construction as there are crucial to its sustained growth and development.

The topical route of administration is more effective route as compared to the oral route in the treatment of fungal infections of nail. The formulation objective was to provide a sustained release of antifungal drug over extended period of time, so as to reduce frequency of administration, improve clinical efficacy and improve patient compliance. The purpose of the present study was to formulate Fluconazole nail lacquer containing two different penetration enhancers, for the treatment of onychomycosis and to find out which concentration of penetration enhancers gave better release of the drug. The formulation showed good non-volatile content, gloss, smoothness of flow, drug release, drug content estimation and antifungal activity. The in-vitro studies were carried out in Franz diffusion cell using phosphate buffer(pH 7.4) as medium. Whereas the permeation studies were carried out using hooves membrane. The percentage cumulative drug released was determined by UV spectrophotometer. The formulation containing ethyl cellulose (10%w/v) and Thioglycolic acid(3%v/v) and Dimethyl sulfoxide(3%v/v)showed highest release of drug. FTIR studies revealed that drug and excipients are compatible. Stability studies was done as per ICH guidelines for 1 month, which revealed no significant change with respect to the evaluations conducted before stability charging. The sensitivity of Fluconazole against Candida albicans was determined by measuring zone of inhibition by comparing with the standard drug for onychomycosis treatment.

The Grüneisen parameter (Ý) is of considerable importance to Earth scientists because it sets limitations on the thermoelastic properties of the lower mantle and core. The Grüneisen parameter is directly related to the equation of state (EOS), yet it is often the case that both the form of ??and the EOS are chosen independently of each other and somewhat arbitrarily. In this paper the volume dependence of Gruneisen parameter has been calculated by using three different phenomenological isothermal EOS viz. Brennan Stacey EOS, Shanker EOS and Vinet EOS for five different bulk metallic glasses viz. Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5, Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni9Be22.5C1, Zr40Nb8Cu12Fe8Be24, (Zr0.59Ti0.06Cu0.22Ni0.13)85.7Al14.3 and Pd39Ni10Cu30P21. For calculation of Gruneisen parameter we have consider Barton – Stacey relation.On analysis of of result thus obtained shows that Shanker EOS is best EOS for calculating Gruneisen parameter both under high as well as low compression ranges.

Teachers’ professional training and socialization was strict and disciplined already at the beginning of the 19th century in Finland. A teacher’s job was not just to teach in the classroom; the requirements insisted that after the school day the teachers continued their work by offering activities to the villagers. The purpose of this research is to show how the prospective teachers of the Finnish early primary school were socialized for this demanding job in the college of Tornio. The teacher college of Tornio was founded in 1921 and its purpose was to educate women from northern Finland. This research answers the following questions: 1) What kind of free time activities did the teaching staff offer for the teacher students? 2) What kind of behavioral expectations were leveled at the students’ free time activities? This research is mainly based on the archive sources, which were carefully studied using the pedagogical history method. The ideals and values of the Finnish culture have always reverberated to teacher education.

The notion of idiosyncrasy evolves around an author’s style of expressing concepts and ideas. Scrutinizing the idiosyncratic thoughts and concepts is indeed a significant consideration of analysing a work of art and literature. Every writer shows his or her uniqueness through the style he or she adapts while using a particular language which is common to many writers. Authors strive to imprint their identity through this style. For this, they try to exploit the common properties of the language and reshape it to suit their purpose. Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel (fable) where a variety of linguistic features are deployed in a significant way to suit the purpose of the text. It bears witness to the varied styles of Golding’s idiosyncrasy.

Human resources nowadays is one of the key factors in the issues raised from information security. Consequently, there has been a shift in information security from mere concentration on technology to human resources. An effective issue in this field is security culture which is influenced by several factors. The main purpose of the present study is to survey the relationship between knowledge management and security culture in Iran Telecommunication Center. Sample group size was determined using Morgan Jersey’s Table (n = 114). Furthermore, a questionnaire was used for data gathering. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire was determined using content validity and Cronbach Alpha respectively. The relationship between security culture and knowledge management was examined by path analysis in AMOS. The results confirmed significant relationship among generation, utilization, and dissemination of knowledge and relationship between security behavior and information security culture.

This study used descriptive survey design using both qualitative and quantitative approaches because it intended to avail useful detailed information on impacts of natural resource conflicts on agricultural activities of the Arror community in Baringo North Sub-County. The study was carried out in Baringo North Sub County, Baringo County. The sub-county has been a setting of numerous resources use conflicts. Baringo North Sub-County has a total population of 93,789 but only 19,734 household heads were targeted, 14 local administrations (chiefs), 1 National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) representative. The research instruments that were employed in collection of data in this study were structured questionnaires and interview schedules. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics; frequencies and percentages. The results revealed that conflict on resources have affected agricultural activities. Some of these conflicts include cattle rustling, water related conflicts, and land based conflicts and human wildlife conflict. These conflicts have resulted to burning of plants, closure of Agro vet shops and eventually reduced agricultural production. In the case of cattle rustling, there is restricted movement of animals hence only a few of the cows can be reared. Animals are therefore sold at a loss due to cattle rustling. Further, conflict on water resources has made the respondents to buy water as well as dig boreholes that are costly. As evidenced in the findings, natural resource conflicts have a negative effect on agricultural activities. It leads to reduced agricultural production and restricted movement of animals.

The main objective of this research is to determine the impact of corporate social responsibility on financial performance of the company, considering the role of mediation of corporate governance in companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange. This research is an applied research in terms of purpose and also is a descriptive survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the research is the managers and experts of the companies accepted in the Tehran Stock Exchange who were members of the Stock Exchange during the years 2014 and 2015. By systematic deletion, 120 individuals are selected as samples. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and PPL software. The hypotheses were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results of the research showed corporate governance in relation to social responsibility on the financial performance of companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange plays a mediating role.

Nanotechnology is rapidly growing science of producing and utilizing nano-sized particles that measure in nanometers. Now-a-day we are using nanoproducts in various field. Of these silver nanoparticles are playing a major role in the field of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. But it has toxic effect in biological systems, because of active oxygen production. They can also easily pass the cell membranes, blood-brain barrier as well as blood- testis barrier. In this study we try to investigate the effect of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on the sperms quality in rats. In this study 75 male rats (body weight 150±20 gram, 4week year old) were used which were divided into 5 groups (1 control group and 4 experimental groups), with 15 rats in each group. Different dosages of Ag NPs (25, 50, 100, 200 mg/kg) were administered to the experimental rats in a period of spermatogenesis (35 days). After this time interval they were killed by spinal cord severing method, their epididymides were separated and in order to analyze the mobility of the sperms, a homogenous solution was prepared in the ham's medium. Moreover in order to study the morphology of sperms we used the Giemsa stained samples. Finally statistical data was analyzed by T-Test and SPSS software. Results showed by (p<0/05) administration of silver nanoparticle has a significant effect on the reduction of sperm mobility and its natural morphology (p<0/05). The results showed that Ag NPs decreased sperm mobility and worse natural morphology, so can affect fertility potential of lab animals.