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India has come a long way from being called the ‘land of snake-charmers’ to one of the fastest developing countries of the SAARC region. Having seen the rise and fall of many a kingdoms and being ruled by many, India has soaked up the essence of almost every dynasty resulting in a rich cultural milieu which manages to enthrall everybody. Post independence, India witnessed the drafting of the Constitution which pronounced India as a ‘Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic’ and as a newly emerged welfare state. Since then and after 66 years of Independence, India has been growing steadily though not without challenges. To contextualize this article, we can argue that the health care system of India has been facing many challenges in terms of the perspective of being user friendly and distributed equitably, to favor all the sections of the society equally. Widespread loopholes have been noticed in the delivery of the health care system in India. Availing quality health care has now become the prerogative of only the well to do section of the society, leaving the marginalized section of the society at the mercy of governmental setups which are drowned in their own incompetence and corruption therefore failing to provide quality health care to the society. This paper proposes to take a look at these existent inequalities in the delivery of the health care system. In this effort data has been collected from 6 districts of Karnataka, 3 of which are rural districts and 3 of which are urban. Rural and urban districts are operationally understood as 3 districts each having lowest HDI and 3 districts having the highest recorded human develop index (HDI) of Karnataka respectively. High human development Index (HDI) is being represented by Bangalore, Udupi and Mangalore consisting of 1136 people interviewed in total, whereas low level of HDI is represented by Raichur, Chamarajnagara and Gulbarga, with a total of 1327 respondents.

The thermal performance of tractor radiator is improved with Cu/water when compared with CuO/water nanofluids as workings fluid. The nanomaterial plays a vital role for past two decades in the research areas like thermal management and material science. Miniaturization and increased operating speeds of heat exchangers warranted the need for new and innovative cooling concepts for better performance. The nano materials and its suspension in fluids as particles have been the subject of intensive study worldwide recently since pioneering researchers recently discovered the anomalous thermal behavior of these fluids. For heavy vehicles the engine cooling is an important factor for their performance in the intended application. Here the tractor engine radiator cooling is enhanced by nanofluid mechanism of heat transfer for its improved performance in agricultural work. If the tractor engine cooling is enhanced then using this farm equipment more agricultural field can be ploughed which can be utilized for cultivation within a short period of time. Heat transfer in automobile is achieved through radiators. In this research work an experimental and numerical investigation for the improved heat transfer characteristics of a radiator using Cu/water and CuO/water nanofluid for 0.025, 0.05 and 0.075% volume fraction is done with inlet temp of 50 - 60°C under the turbulent flow regime (8000 ? Re ? 25000). The overall heat transfer coefficient decreases with increase in nanofluid inlet temperature of 50 - 60°C. The experimental results of the heat transfer using the Cu metal particles of nanofluid is compared with Oxide and the numerical values which shows an increase in heat transfer coefficient. The results in this work suggest that the best heat transfer enhancement can be obtained compared with the base fluid and oxide form by using a system with Cu/water nanofluid-cooled radiators. The nanofluids showed better heat transfer characteristics as a new alternative coolant for the radiator.

No story is ever told as if it is the only one; the subtext changes as time passes by. It can have a number of meanings, explanations, understandings, and interpretations according to its context and readers. Consequently, appreciation of any literary work may have its own evolution in course of time. The possible plurality of meaning leads into the maze of meaninglessness of meanings. This indeterminacy of meaning requires deconstruction of the text and its structure and reconstruction of it to find an appropriate meaning. The works of very many authors apparently seem to be in the same meaningless level. It is the researcher’s task to find meaning to this meaninglessness of meanings. The works of Bertolt Brecht, the German playwright are not an exception to this task. His complex artistic works require deep study and careful analysis to arrive at new understanding. In short, they require complex seeing. Brecht’s plays grapple with some of the intense situations of life as lived in different societies. Some of his leading concerns are issues derived from religion, war, capitalism, motherhood and rebellion. This article investigates the theme of religion in the selected plays with the tool which Brecht himself has expected from his audience - complex seeing.

Recently, the issue of machine condition monitoring became global due to the potential advantages to be obtained from decreased maintenance costs, improved productivity and increased machine availability. Vibration technique in a machine condition monitoring provides useful reliable information, bringing significant cost benefits to industry. By comparing the signals of a machine running in normal and faulty conditions, detection of fault like journal-bearing defect is possible. This paper deal a new method of engine journal-bearing fault diagnosis based on Power Spectral Density (PSD) of vibration signals in combination with Support Vector Machine (SVM). The frequency domain vibration signals of an internal combustion engine (IC engine) with three main journal-bearing conditions were gained, corresponding to, (i) normal, (ii) corrosion and (iii) excessive wear. The features of PSD values of vibration signals were extracted using statistical and vibration parameters. The extracted features were used as inputs to the SVM for three-class identification. The roles of PSD technique and SVM classifier were investigated. Results showed that the accuracy rate of fault diagnosis of the IC engine main journal-bearing was 100%. The results demonstrate that the proposed method has the potential for fault diagnosis of main journal-bearing of IC engine.

Fish farming can provide employment for women thus helping to alleviate poverty among women and improve the standard of living. Proceeds from fish sales can provide funds for women and contribute to the development of the society. Fish farmers are known to be confronted with difficulties when establishing commercial fish ponds. This research is intended to cover both Northern and Southern Nigeria. One hundred and thirty questionnaires were distributed randomly in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria to ascertain the constraints to fish farming among women in Nigeria. Ninety questionnaires were retrieved from females. Analysis of results indicated that female respondents were interested in fish farming but they lacked financial capacity to establish fish farms. Education was also identified as another constraint. About 56% of the respondents had basic education therefore were uniformed about fish culture in ponds. Fish farming was identified as a means of providing employment for the women folk and enhancing development among women.

This study seeks to investigate the conversion patterns among mualafs in Malaysia. Its focus is to find out the demographic information of mualafs and to identify the popular conversion patterns among mualafs in Malaysia. Three (3) conversion patterns i.e. intellectual, mystical and affectional are being investigated in this study. Data collection was done at PUSBA, Kedah whereby mualafs from all states were gathered. A total of 42 responses were collected from these mualafs using a census study method. This study found that majority of the respondents were Sabahan and came from other races such as Iban, Asli, Myanmar, Kadazan and Thai. More than half of the respondents were unemployed but most of the mualafs had an adequate academic level. Results showed that majority of the mualafs were influenced by someone who are close to them which is linked to the affectional conversion pattern. It is hoped that this study will provide insights to JAKIM in terms of conversion patterns among the mualafs in Malaysia.

Anticorrosion activity of Pluchea dioscoridis (L) extract (PDE) as a corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1M HCl has been investigated using mass loss, potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The mass loss results show that PDE is an excellent corrosion inhibitor. The inhibition efficiency increases with increasing the temperature from 25 to 45oC, reaching a maximum value of 82 % at the highest concentration of 300 ppm at the temperature of 45oC. Polarization measurements demonstrate that the PDE acts as a mixed type inhibitor. Nyquist plot illustrates that on increasing PDE concentration, the charge transfer increases and the double layer capacitance decreases. The adsorption of PDE on mild steel obeys Temkin adsorption isotherm. SEM studies confirm the adsorption of PDE on mild steel surface.

Abstract Single crystals of pure and potassium chloride (KCl) doped zinc (tris) thiourea sulphate (ZTS) were grown from aqueous solution by slow evaporation method. The unit cell parameters and crystal structure were determined by powder X – ray diffraction. The chemical compositions of the crystals were determined by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis. The cut off wavelength of the grown crystals was determined by UV-visible absorption spectra. The second harmonic generation of crystals was confirmed by Kurtz powder method using Nd: YAG laser. The dielectric response of the grown crystal was varied with varying frequencies. Microhardness test was also carried out on the samples to study the mechanical stability of the grown crystals.

It is very hard job to understand the customer’s psychology and very challenging to measure the satisfaction level of the consumers. This study in reference to the customer satisfaction regarding Interest free banking system in Pakistan will give an insight into the various factors of customer satisfaction such as quality products and services, customer relationship and economic benefits to clients. Though some deviation was found in satisfaction level of customers related to services and products offered by Interest free banks in Pakistan but insufficient knowledge about Interest free banking system is the major weakness at the end of customers. Purpose of this conceptual study is to review the different angels of customers’ satisfaction and depict the various features of Interest (Riba) free banking system to satisfy and retain the existing customers as well as develop future prospective marketing strategies including expansion of innovative and diversified products and services to establish new clientage market.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of financial determinants on firm growth. The impact of financial determinants: profitability, leverage, innovation and leverage on firm growth are studied. Firm size and firm age are also included to investigate how such variables effect firm growth. Data was collected for a sample of 373 non-financial companies listed at Karachi Stock Exchange for a period of six years from 2006 to 2011. Fixed effect model for panel data was applied for analysis and results. The results of this research show that financial determinants of profitability, leverage and innovation have a positive and significant impact on firm growth in Pakistani context. Firm size also have a significant positive effect. However, there is negative relationship of firm age on firm growth. Liquidity has a positive relationship with growth, yet its impact was non-significant. More comprehensive, detailed and extended analysis in future studies will definitely be helpful in gaining a profound understanding of different aspects of the growth of the firms, and hence in formulating better policies for economic development at micro and macro level.