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The tourism as a Scanner industry and incomet generation has an important role in many economic, social and cultural aspects. Today, many counties are based in economic structures from tourism development supporting, and develop their economies by reliance to it. The aim of this study is to assess tourism Socio-cultural and environmental effects of Tang Ganje recreational camps. Data were collected by interview and questions of the people then were analyzed using SWOT model. So development of tourism can have widespread effects on the indigenous people lives, and through the influence on all aspects of indigenous life, and develop their economic and socio-cultural condition. According to the findings of sample groups showed that tourism in all its dimensions has more positive effects and creating appropriate infrastructure for the organizations can help attract more tourists to the area. It also became clear that the development of this industry in the region could cause economic growth; reduce migration to urban areas and increasing the welfare of the indigenous people. Key words: Tourism, sustainable development, evaluation, village, Tang Ganjei, SWOT

Gate valve are traditionally used for controlling the discharge in pipes. The valve is operated by rotating the wheel provided on the top a rod which is also connected to circular disc on other side of it. Every single rotation of wheel produces specific linear movement of disc which in turn tends to change the area of flow. It is expected that for same disc position, the discharge should be same, but the analysis showed that the discharge varied considerably. Further analysis repeated that it is happening on account of the fluctuating separation zones formed on either side of the disc. To address this issue, it is proposed to use a flexible membrane pipe inside the gate valve. This membrane will not allow the separation zone to form, as its shape will automatically change depending upon the disc position and intensity of discharge. It is similar to that of venturimeter with dynamically changing convergent and divergent cones. With this new adaption an experimental setup is fabricated with 1 inch pipe. Thus results have shown excellent improvement in the relationship between disc position and discharge. Further it is calibrated with respect to rotation angle of wheel. The experimental study has shown that the new gate valve can also be used as flow measuring device. The paper describes the journey of gate valve from flow control device to flow measuring device.

The study was carried out selecting a random sample of 120 postgraduate scholars studying in first and second year M.Sc. (Agri.) at B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand. The study reveals that a great majority (89.17 per cent) of the postgraduate scholars studying in higher agriculture education had above average level of overall employability. The level of employability was observed significantly higher among those postgraduate scholars, who had better academic performance, highly educated father and mother, higher degree of library exposure and increased level of job preference.

Small-scale industries occupy a place of strategic importance in Indian economy in view of its considerable contribution to employment, production and exports. However, since 1991, small-scale industries in India find themselves in an intensely competitive environment due to globalization, domestic economic liberalization and dilution of sector specific protective measures. Therefore, the present study analyzes the impact of globalization on Indian Small Scale Industries. The main theme of the paper is to evaluate the performance in terms of units, employment, output and exports of SSI, before and after liberalization and to know the impact of Globalization on the performance of SSI. The period of the study is 1973-2010 and based on secondary information.

Sustainable development is the major discussion on the world center stage today. For instance, UNESCO declared 2005-2015 as the world decade of education for sustainable development.  In addition, an intrinsic part of the United Nations millennium goals is to ensure environmental sustainability and one of the targets is integrate the principles of sustainable development into the policy of every country around the world. Nigeria as a country is not left out in the comity of nations in various use and applications of chemicals in almost all facet of life which usually have health and safety implications. The chemical and its ancillary industries contribute up to 80% of the waste released into the air water and land every day.  The practice of sustainable chemistry also known as green chemistry is the only antidote to address the myriads of problems threatening the future shape of our environment. The effect of greenhouse emissions of CO₂ arising from the intensive burning of fuels in the various automobiles on the roads, the accumulation and non biodegradable nature of the various fertilizers and pesticide in use for agriculture, the direct discharge, dumping of toxic chemicals and wastes into the ecosystem and the food chain, and the non regulatory nature on the use of the various chemicals in our research, teaching and industrial laboratories.

Indian medicinal plants used in the Ayurveda traditional system to treat diabetes are a valuable source of novel anti diabetic agents. Alpha amylase inhibitors offer an effective strategy to lower the level of postprandial hyperglycemia via control of starch breakdown. Aloe vera has been considered as hypoglycemic agent. In the study, we compared the alpha amylase inhibitory activity of flavonoids and alkaloids extracted from Aloe vera leaves in two districts of Rajasthan- Jaipur and Bharatpur which sears approximately similar climatic conditions. Alpha amylase inhibitory activities were evaluated by both qualitative and quantitative assays. Results showed that Flavonoids have very high anti diabetic potential in both districts than alkaloid extracts. IC50 value of flavonoids in Bharatpur district is the lowest value i.e. 0.003 mg/ml while it is the highest value of alkaloids in Bharatpur district. In both districts results showed few variations due to climatic and some other effects.

Ferroresonance is a nonlinear oscillatory phenomenon that occurs under certain conditions. This investigation use an indicator of ferroresonance based on voltage for damping of dangerous overvoltages in coupling capacitor voltage transformers (CCVT). This paper investigates ferroresonance voltage for determination technical requirements of the ferroresonance suppression circuit (FSC) for detection and suppression of ferroresonance. In this technique, by using a back-to-back gated thyristor circuit, a damping resistance is switched to secondary side of the system transformer during dangerous oscillations. The control technique proposed in this paper is a “novel but classic” technique. The prediction of ferroresonance is achieved by detailed modeling using a digital computer transient analysis program such as the EMTP.

This work highlights the interactions between fungus-growing termites (Isoptera, Termitidae), and mound building components. As major eco-engineers in tropical ecosystems, termites create biogenic structures with galleries, sheeting’s, fungus-comb chambers where the exosymbiotic interaction between termites and the fungus is well documented. Odontotermes spp. a fungus cultivator build mounds of different dimension that strongly influence the physical and chemical properties of soils there by clay mineralogy and SOM gets altered. In dry land ecosystems, termite mounds are often hotspots of primary production.

Currently, Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology in Thailand has focused on information and communication technology (ICT) to provide innovation solutions for socio-economic growth. The best concept for ICT Reform is that the Thai government should not dominate the role of providing ICT services, but they should be run more efficiently by private companies. Rather, the role of the government should be to be responsible for planning, structuring and regulation, whilst the private sector may be responsible for management, investment, construction and finance. The transfer of responsibility to the private sector and the introduction of competition should be accomplished through some transparent arrangements including management contracts, capital leases, concessions, sale of assets and rights to operate (Best Practices for Telecommunications Reform, 2002). However, there exist difficulties when the government has to formulate the ICT policy. The policymakers are often unfamiliar with the technologies that they are harnessing for the national development. This article explores the national ICT development models employed in different countries which exhibit some similarities and differences. In overall, the ICT policy is not only the direction about developing the ICT industry or sector of the economy but also encompasses the use of ICTs to engender economic, social, and political growth.

This paper discusses public policy making in Tanzania. Using documentary analysis, it attempts to find out whether the problems that were observed by Goran Hyden in1984 have so far been solved by policy makers. A point of reference is made to the fact that Hyden’s observation was made during the time in which Tanzania was under state controlled economy. With the country’s adoption of liberalization policies which Ndumbaro (1994) describes as the era of power shift in policy making from the state to donors, it is imperative to see whether this has affected policy making in the country. The paper concludes that although donors’ influence in policy making has continued to increase, there is no significant improvement in addressing policy-making problems that were noted by Hyden. Most of the policies continue to be made without adequate information, in which also the past does not seem to be of great use in shaping new policies. As a result, policy makers continue to be driven by a desire to do everything at the same time, which in turn increases the burden to policy implementers.