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The determination of a company’s capital structure constitutes a difficult decision, one that involves several and antagonistic factors, such as risk and profitability. That decision becomes even more difficult, in times when the economic environment in which the company operates presents a high degree of instability. Therefore, the choice among the ideal proportion of debt and equity can affect the value of the company, as much as the return rates can. This study analyses how far the capital structure (cs) affects the Profitability (p) of corporate firms in India. The study tries to establish the hypothesized relationship as to how far the cs affect the business revenue of firms and what the interrelationship is between cs and Profitability. This study is carried out after categorizing the selected firms into three categories based on two attributes, viz. business revenue and asset size. First, firms are grouped into low, medium and high based on business revenue. Second, firms are classified into small, medium and large based on asset size to establish the hypothesized relationship that cs has significant impact on Profitability of Manufacturing firms in India. Regression Analysis in addition to descriptive statistics such as Mean, Standard Deviation, and Ratios has been used. The study proves that there has been a strong one-to-one relationship between Capital Structure variables and Profitability variables, Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) and the Capital Structure has significant influence on Profitability, and increase in use of debt fund in Capital Structure tends to minimize the net profit of the Manufacturing firms listed in Bombay Stock Exchange in India.

The aim of this research is to study the relationship between the six virtues in positive psychology and the big five personality traits among the students at Tehran Universities. So, 317 students (179female, 138 male) were selected by random multiple cluster sampling. The tools used in study were the VIA and NEO-FFI. Data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and stepwise regression method. The results indicated that there is a correlation between the six virtues and the personality traits. There was a significant relationship between the scale of Agreeableness with Humanity, Conscientiousness with Courage and humanity, and between extraversion with courage. Also, the scale of courage had a negative significant Relationship with Neuroticism. There was no significant relationship between Wisdom and the five personality traits. The results of Regression analysis indicated that among the five traits, extroversion could explain 0/176 and Conscientiousness 0/184 of the variance of Courage.

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The optimized molecular structure and corresponding vibrational assignments of 2,4-Difluoroanisole (24DFA) have been investigated using density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP with 6-311+G** basis sets. The Fourier transform infrared and Fourier transform Raman spectra of title molecules were recorded. A detailed interpretation of the FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of 24DFA are reported on the basis of the calculated potential energy distribution. The theoretically calculated harmonic frequencies are scaled by common scale factor. The observed and the calculated frequencies are found to be in good agreement. Frontier Molecular Orbitals (FMOs) have been constructed at B3LYP/6-311+G** level to understand the electronic properties. The first hyperpolarizability (?0) of this noval molecular system and related properties (?, ?0, and ??) of 24DFA are calculated using B3LYP/6-311+G** method on the finite-field approach. Finally the calculations results were applied to simulated infrared and Raman spectra of the title compound which show good agreement with observed spectra. The chemical parameters were calculated from the HOMO and LUMO values. Electronic excitation energies, oscillator strength and nature of the respective excited states were calculated by the closed-shell singlet calculation method were also calculated for the molecule.

We are very happy to announce that from 24th December 2013, Mr. Dwijendra Parashar has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Analog and Digital Communication Engineering and Control Systems. Mr. Dwijendra Parashar is currently working as Senior Lecturer in Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, M.I.T. Engineering College, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The appointment of Mr. Dwijendra Parashar as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 23rdApril 2016, Mr. Kiran Christopher has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Kiran Christopher Working as Assistant Professor in Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Arakkunnam, Ernakulam, Kerala. The appointment of Mr. Kiran Christopher as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

We are very happy to announce that from 7th March 2016, Mr. Muhammad Irfan Qadir has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Mass Communication. The appointment of Mr. Muhammad Irfan Qadir as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

We are very happy to announce that from 10th June 2016, Mr. Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Physical and Health Education, Haematology. Mr. Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi working as Med.Lab.Scientist in Diagnostic Lab. Unit, University Health Services Department, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. The appointment of Mr. Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

We are very happy to announce that from 23rd February 2016, Mr. Shree Prasad Devkota has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Education. Mr. Shree Prasad Devkota working in Executive Director & Chairperson in Sustainable Development and Empowerment Forum in Nepal. The appointment of Mr. Shree Prasad Devkota as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

The adsorption and inhibition efficiency effect of antipyrine derivatives on the c-steel alloy in 1M HCl were investigated using electrochemical techniques (potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and electrochemical frequency modulation (EFM)). The inhibition efficiency of the inhibitors increased with increasing the concentration of the derivatives and increased also with increasing the temperature. Polarization curves revealed that these compounds are chemical type inhibitors. The adsorption of these compounds follows Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Some thermodynamic parameters of activation and adsorption processes were also determined and discussed.