Archives-J 

Educational blogs are used to allow educators to interact with students from any location. Teachers sharing ideas through blogs is a promising way to communicate teaching ideas and allows multicultural teaching methods to be disseminated. The blogs that tell the educator how to use technology within the classroom are informative as many teachers would have no idea about such teaching methods. Research based blogs allow users to see different educational topics discussed in more depth. This paper provides an overview of the impact blogs are having in an educational context.

Engineering has played a critical role in increasing the health, technology and quality of life of humans in the last 50 years. For efficient and effective practice of engineering, people who aspire to be engineers should be groomed in an environment where quality is assured. In Ghana, the need to train more engineers and governments policy of increasing student’s intake by about 10% each year has raised the number of student’s enrolment in all the engineering disciplines to higher levels. Over the past twenty five years, the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), with its strategic location, industrial environment, good academic facilities and capable staff has been an excellent place for training graduates of proven ability in the engineering disciplines. UMaT has produced a high caliber of engineering graduate in the mining and its allied disciplines. Student enrolment in the University has seen a gradual increase from the early 1990’s to date. With increasing students’ intake and the slow level of infrastructural development, lecture theatres cannot cater for combined classes for courses being undertaken by students. This has resulted in pressure on academic facilities such as lecture rooms, laboratories, libraries and computers. This also implies an additional work for technicians, laboratory assistant and lecturers handling such students. It is important that government and stake holders in the tertiary education restructure and provide more funding for engineering education. The study looks at the challenges of increasing student intake in the engineering discipline and effort to be made in solving these problems. To provide an in-depth analysis to the issue at stake, available literatures were examined, available facilities were assessed and a general interaction with stakeholders including students, laboratory technicians, lecturers and administrators were employed.

Basically a society cannot be silent towards a crime which threatens its entity but, instead it should apply all its efforts in order to challenge control and campaign any criminal behaviour so as to achieve individual and social order. Such issue, for sure, will require targeted and proactive planning and policy making, since one cannot arbitrarily fight against social anomalies. How should we proceed with such planning and policy making? What programs one must follow to contain these wrong doings? Who will administer and carry out such Tasks? The answers for these questions are given in the meaning of the criminal policy. barristers have different meanings for this term . Still one cannot find a cut and dried answer for it since they are ambiguous. When we study the development process of this term as from the beginning we will find out that such policy starts from narrowly defined concept and ends to an absolute broad sense .In each of these processes one should observe such behaviors which destroy social norms. These behavior starts from attempting a crime and ends with committing or consummation a criminal wrongdoing. Agents and administrator charged with controlling and containing anti – social behaviours start with government– oriented attitude and ends to society – oriented tasks. Finally they include words such as preventing from criminal offense and advising the wrongdoers. In This article we will try to study such term in all aspects.

Corporate governance is leadership that has the rules, processes, or laws by which businesses are operated, regulated, and controlled, the internal factors are defined by the officers, stockholders or constitution of a corporation, as well as to external forces such as consumer groups, clients, and government regulations. A corporate governance perspective committed to ethical behaviours in business is very essential for business growth, the organization ethical operations and culture has been on the periphery of corporate governance and board leadership, linked mainly to corporate reputation. However, in today’s globalized and interconnected world, investors and other stakeholders have come to recognize that environmental, social, and governance based on the ethical responsibilities of a company as integral to its performance and long-term sustainability. Internal control procedures and policies implemented by an entity's board of directors must be in line with the values of the organization, audit committee, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance of the entity in achieving its objectives related to reliable financial reporting, operating efficiency, and compliance with laws and regulations. Internal auditors in an organization should be able to test the design and implementation of the entity's internal control procedures and the reliability of its financial reporting. The global financial crisis has heightened the need for corporate boards of directors to provide well informed strategic direction and engage in oversight that stretches beyond short-term financial performance. Doing so prepares companies to more comprehensively address risks, by anticipating potentially adverse impacts on people and the environment and managing tangible and reputational risks. It can also generate wealth by creating shareholder value through an increase in business opportunities and broader access to markets. In recent years, corporate governance based on the ethical values has received increased attention because of high-profile scandals involving abuse of corporate power and, in some cases, alleged criminal activity by corporate officers. An integral part of an effective corporate governance regime includes provisions for civil or criminal prosecution of individuals who conduct unethical or illegal acts in the name of the enterprise.

In an automobile, the wheel plays important role. Through reverse engineering process, better alloy wheel disc designs are possible by capturing the physical dimensions of the existing wheel. The objective of the present work is to recommend better material and optimal geometric shape for the wheel disc. The wheel disc is modeled in CATIA and imported to ANSYS. Analysis is done for different models. Analysis results suggest that modified model with smaller radial slots with magnesium zk60 material gives better life. The wheel disc 1.153kg lighter than that in the original design. This design is still in safe condition.

Trypsin protease inhibitor have been identified and purified from extracts of Mucuna Pruriens. Mucuna Pruriens seed sample were purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation, Saphadex G-75 gel filtration chromatography technique including analysis of trypsin inhibitors by dot-blot method, and electrophoretic analysis and visualization of protease inhibitor bands by gel X-ray film contact print method. Saphadex G-75 gel filtration chromatography identified a small molecular weight trypsin inhibitory fraction. In the present paper we described, a simple and inexpensive procedure to detect protease inhibitors of seed by the gel-x-ray film contact print technique.

Professional competency has a momentous effect on teaching of English language. The study has been conducted on developing a model of teaching English language in societal perspective. The model has been developed keeping in view effect of professional competency of teacher, use of language laboratory, quality of teaching practice, academic assessment of students, counseling and guidance of students, and teaching in social context of English language . The objectives of the study were: 1) to explore the effect of professional competency of teacher, use of language laboratory, quality of teaching practice, academic assessment of students, counseling and guidance of students on teaching of English language in social perspective 2) to develop a model of teaching English language in social perspective .The research was beneficial for the English language teachers. The study was important for developing English language curricula. The study was useful for research scholars of English language. The study was of great importance in managing English language centers. The study was descriptive in nature. The relevant data was being analyzed keeping in view the objectives of the study.

A field experiment was conducted at Jammu during 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 to evaluate the effect of two establishment methods (conventional sowing and zero tillage) in wheat (Triticum aestivum ) and four establishment methods (conventional transplanting of 25 days seedling, dry seeding @ 40 Kg/ha, wet seeding after puddling @ 40 kg/ha and SRI methods) and 4 sowing schedules (15th May, 25th May, 5th June and 15th June) in rice (Oryza sativa) under rice-wheat cropping system. Rice establishment methods and sowing schedules had significant impact on growth, yield attributes and yield of rice. Both the direct seeded methods of rice, being at par, recorded significantly higher mean grain yield and other growth parameters of rice as compared to conventional transplanting or SRI method. Similarly, 15th June rice sowing schedule resulted in marked increased in all the growth parameters, yield attributes and grain yield of rice as compared with other sowing schedules. However, both the establishment methods of wheat failed to cause any significant effect on growth and yield of succeeding wheat crop. Establishment methods of wheat and rice as well as sowing schedules of hybrid rice did not cause marked effect on soil physico-chemical parameters as well as available nutrient (N, P and K) content after completion of rice-wheat cycle. However, bulk density of soil at 0-15 and 15-30 cm depths was observed considerably higher with zero tilled wheat, while the minimum in system of rice intensification (SRI) method. Higher net returns and benefit cost ratio were recorded when wheat was established through zero tillage and rice through wet seeded sown on 15th of June in rice-wheat cropping system.

To find the effect of Nitrogen and phosphors on growth and yield of Lentil investigation was conducted at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and technology of Kashmir, Shalimar at Pulse Research Sub Station (Habak) Srinagar during rabi 2010-11 the experiment consist of two factors viz four Nitrogen levels (N0 ,N15, N30 and N45) and four phosphorus levels (P0,P25,P50 and P75) was laid out in a randomized block design replicated thrice. The study relieved that point height and dry matters accumulation showed significant and consistent increased at all growth stages up to 45 kg Nha -1 where as LAI and numbers of branches per plant increased significantly with Nitrogen application up to 30 kg Nha-1.The Phosphorous application significantly increased growth characters viz , plant height number of nodules LAI and No of branch plants and dry matters accumulation up to 50 kg P205,ha-1 . The interaction affect of seed yield between N&P was significant where highest with treatment combination of 30 kg N+50kg P205 ha-1 and 45 kg N+50kg P2o5 ha- 1 respectively. Proved beneficial for highest seed yield of Lentil under temprate condition of kashmir.

Social helpers can play an important role in empowering vulnerable groups. One of these vulnerable groups is women with addicted husband that encounter with the crisis of addiction of their husband in life. Undoubtedly, one of the practices in the field of empowering them is enhancement of their resiliency. Recognition of effective factors on the resiliency can be helpful in direction of empowering them in next steps. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of the role of family function on the resiliency of women with addicted husband. In viewpoint of data collection, the method of current research is descriptive research (non-experimental) from field study branch and in viewpoint of the relationship among research variables this study is a type of correlation. Statistical population of the current research was women with addicted husband in Tehran that 350 of them were selected based on Cochran’s formula and were studied using a simple random method. In order to collect data and required information in this study, standard family assessment device (FAD) and Conner and Davidson’s standard resiliency questionnaire (2003) were used. Data were tested using SPSS software and correlation and multivariable regression tests. The results showed that there is a significant positive correlation between family function and the resiliency of women with addicted husband (r=+0.343, P<0.01), between problem solving and the resiliency of women with addicted husband (r=+0.343, P<0.01), between communications function and the resiliency of women with addicted husband (r=+0.624, P<0.01), between role and responsibility and the resiliency of women with addicted husband (r=+0.414, P<0.01), between blended emotions and the resiliency of women with addicted husband (r=+0.375, P<0.01), between behavioral control and the resiliency of women with addicted husband (r=+0.675, P<0.01). Also, the results of multivariable regression showed that all of components of family function are as a predictor of the resiliency of women with addicted husband (P<0.01). The results of this research can be helpful for social helpers, policymakers and programmers in order to programming in direction of empowering vulnerable groups such as women with addicted husband.