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An electrophilic substitution reaction of indole with variety of carbonyl compounds catalyzed by stannous chloride dihydrate in presence of aqueous medium has been investigated. The offered green method provided the target molecules in better yields and less reaction time at room temperature.

To evaluate chemical composition, antibacterial, antioxidant and anticancer activity of Pinus wallichiana essential oil. The oil was extracted by hydro-distillation which was analysed through GC-MS. The antibacterial activity was evaluated by agar well diffusion method and antioxidant activity was evaluated through DPPH assay while as anticancer activity was evaluated through MTT method. Beta-pinene and alpha-pinene were the major constituents present in the oil. This oil showed significant antibacterial, antioxidant and anticancer activity.

The objective of this study was to design a singulation system for proper presentation of rice kernels to be analyzed by vision-based rice inspection systems. In order to achieve this goal, several ideas were examined and the preference of each design over the others was evaluated using the Multi-Criteria-Analysis (MCA) method. The proposed designs included a grooved conveyor belt, dual conveyor singulation device, vibrating tray, circular positioning device, and ejection nozzles. The assessment criteria considered in this research included complexity, fabrication cost, feasibility of implementation, singulation speed, and singulation accuracy. After executing the MCA method, the dual conveyor singulation design was selected as the best design for implementation. A prototype of the selected idea was then constructed and its performance was evaluated practically at different transmission frequencies (TFs) of the conveyor’s variable speed drive and discharge rate (DR) of kernels on the conveyor surface. Results of evaluation showed that in all of the DRs the singulation efficiency increased with transmission frequency. The results also revealed that for all of the evaluated TFs, increasing the discharge rate decreased the singulation efficiency. For all of the evaluated DRs, a somewhat irregular increase was observed in the number of singulated kernels with increasing TF. The highest singulation efficiency was equal to 93.09 % which was obtained at DR of 60 g/min and TF of 60 Hz. The highest number of singulated kernels was equal to 94.75, on the average, which was achieved at DR of 60 g/min and TF of 50 Hz

We are very happy to announce that from 14th March 2014, Dr. Tahmina Monowar has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Medical and Clinical Microbiology, Bacteriology, Parasitology and Immunology. Dr. Tahmina Monowar is currently working as Senior Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, AIMST University, Semeling-Bedong Road, 08100 Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia. The appointment of Dr. Tahmina Monowar 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 1st September 2014, Dr.V.Ananthaswamy has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Applied Differential Equations and Mathematical Modeling. Dr.V.Ananthaswamy currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, The Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The appointment of Dr.V.Ananthaswamy as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of statutory allocation on the development of Niger Delta area. Basically, the study examines the extent to which statutory allocation to different states has improved economic growth of the different states and Niger Delta at large. In particular, the study considered three hypotheses to ascertain the effect of statutory allocation on GDP which is the proxy for economic growth in the three Niger Delta states. The researchers collected data from Federal Ministry of Finance of Nigeria and Canback Global Income Distribution database (C-GIDD). The data collected were subjected to both OLS regression to determine the overall effect on Niger Delta and the three states respectively. Econometric-views software 7.0 is used for the study. The result of the study indicates that there is a significant relationship between statutory allocation and GDP of Niger Delta area. The study also shows that the three hypotheses formulated for the study were significant. The overall impact of the study concludes that statutory allocation to the region impacted the economic growth of Niger Delta positively. The study therefore recommends that statutory allocation to the different states should be channelled to economic friendly projects that will cause efficient growth of those states and the region at large. Keyword: Statutory allocations, GDP, Fiscal Policy, Niger Delta Development

In this paper, an investigation is made regarding the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance of companies. Firstly, it examines the theories which support the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance of companies. To prove this relationship a sample of ten companies listed on the Karachi stock exchange are selected which are making investment in corporate social responsibility. To measure corporate social responsibility, content analysis of annual reports and other corporate documents is used while financial performance is evaluated using accounting based measures i-e ROE (return on equity), ROCE (return on capital employed) and GPS (gross profit to sales ratio) for the periods between 2007 to 2009. There is one year lag between measure of corporate social responsibility and financial performance to analyze the relationship between the two. The company size and risk is used as a control variable. The analysis concludes that better financial performance (past) will lead to engaging in more socially responsible activities and similarly more investment in corporate social responsibility will result in increased subsequent financial performance. However the author failed to find significant relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance. This paper will help in improving the performance management system through understanding the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance of companies although it has the limitation regarding the size of the sample.

The leadership of an organization to adapt changes and in order to survive and grow in new environments ,requires specific features that commonly managers face many problems to respond to them .One of the most important features that can help leaders and managers in responding to these changes, is emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a subject that tries to explain and interpret the place of emotions in human capabilities. Managers with emotional intelligence are effective leaders who reach the goals with maximum productivity and employee’s satisfaction and commitment. Due to the importance of emotional intelligence in management, this article examines the dimensions of emotional intelligence in management, leadership growth and development in working environment and emotional intelligence training in the organization.

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