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Teachers’ professional training and socialization was strict and disciplined already at the beginning of the 19th century in Finland. A teacher’s job was not just to teach in the classroom; the requirements insisted that after the school day the teachers continued their work by offering activities to the villagers. The purpose of this research is to show how the prospective teachers of the Finnish early primary school were socialized for this demanding job in the college of Tornio. The teacher college of Tornio was founded in 1921 and its purpose was to educate women from northern Finland. This research answers the following questions: 1) What kind of free time activities did the teaching staff offer for the teacher students? 2) What kind of behavioral expectations were leveled at the students’ free time activities? This research is mainly based on the archive sources, which were carefully studied using the pedagogical history method. The ideals and values of the Finnish culture have always reverberated to teacher education.

The notion of idiosyncrasy evolves around an author’s style of expressing concepts and ideas. Scrutinizing the idiosyncratic thoughts and concepts is indeed a significant consideration of analysing a work of art and literature. Every writer shows his or her uniqueness through the style he or she adapts while using a particular language which is common to many writers. Authors strive to imprint their identity through this style. For this, they try to exploit the common properties of the language and reshape it to suit their purpose. Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel (fable) where a variety of linguistic features are deployed in a significant way to suit the purpose of the text. It bears witness to the varied styles of Golding’s idiosyncrasy.

Human resources nowadays is one of the key factors in the issues raised from information security. Consequently, there has been a shift in information security from mere concentration on technology to human resources. An effective issue in this field is security culture which is influenced by several factors. The main purpose of the present study is to survey the relationship between knowledge management and security culture in Iran Telecommunication Center. Sample group size was determined using Morgan Jersey’s Table (n = 114). Furthermore, a questionnaire was used for data gathering. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire was determined using content validity and Cronbach Alpha respectively. The relationship between security culture and knowledge management was examined by path analysis in AMOS. The results confirmed significant relationship among generation, utilization, and dissemination of knowledge and relationship between security behavior and information security culture.

This study used descriptive survey design using both qualitative and quantitative approaches because it intended to avail useful detailed information on impacts of natural resource conflicts on agricultural activities of the Arror community in Baringo North Sub-County. The study was carried out in Baringo North Sub County, Baringo County. The sub-county has been a setting of numerous resources use conflicts. Baringo North Sub-County has a total population of 93,789 but only 19,734 household heads were targeted, 14 local administrations (chiefs), 1 National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) representative. The research instruments that were employed in collection of data in this study were structured questionnaires and interview schedules. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics; frequencies and percentages. The results revealed that conflict on resources have affected agricultural activities. Some of these conflicts include cattle rustling, water related conflicts, and land based conflicts and human wildlife conflict. These conflicts have resulted to burning of plants, closure of Agro vet shops and eventually reduced agricultural production. In the case of cattle rustling, there is restricted movement of animals hence only a few of the cows can be reared. Animals are therefore sold at a loss due to cattle rustling. Further, conflict on water resources has made the respondents to buy water as well as dig boreholes that are costly. As evidenced in the findings, natural resource conflicts have a negative effect on agricultural activities. It leads to reduced agricultural production and restricted movement of animals.

The main objective of this research is to determine the impact of corporate social responsibility on financial performance of the company, considering the role of mediation of corporate governance in companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange. This research is an applied research in terms of purpose and also is a descriptive survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the research is the managers and experts of the companies accepted in the Tehran Stock Exchange who were members of the Stock Exchange during the years 2014 and 2015. By systematic deletion, 120 individuals are selected as samples. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and PPL software. The hypotheses were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results of the research showed corporate governance in relation to social responsibility on the financial performance of companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange plays a mediating role.

Nanotechnology is rapidly growing science of producing and utilizing nano-sized particles that measure in nanometers. Now-a-day we are using nanoproducts in various field. Of these silver nanoparticles are playing a major role in the field of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. But it has toxic effect in biological systems, because of active oxygen production. They can also easily pass the cell membranes, blood-brain barrier as well as blood- testis barrier. In this study we try to investigate the effect of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on the sperms quality in rats. In this study 75 male rats (body weight 150±20 gram, 4week year old) were used which were divided into 5 groups (1 control group and 4 experimental groups), with 15 rats in each group. Different dosages of Ag NPs (25, 50, 100, 200 mg/kg) were administered to the experimental rats in a period of spermatogenesis (35 days). After this time interval they were killed by spinal cord severing method, their epididymides were separated and in order to analyze the mobility of the sperms, a homogenous solution was prepared in the ham's medium. Moreover in order to study the morphology of sperms we used the Giemsa stained samples. Finally statistical data was analyzed by T-Test and SPSS software. Results showed by (p<0/05) administration of silver nanoparticle has a significant effect on the reduction of sperm mobility and its natural morphology (p<0/05). The results showed that Ag NPs decreased sperm mobility and worse natural morphology, so can affect fertility potential of lab animals.

The Malaysian housing industry landscape is evolving and increasing in complexity, with increasing demand, growing competition and frequent reports of abandoned projects, poor quality and delayed delivery. Confronted with these issues, the industry has never been in a greater need to provide answers to the perennial questions; Are house buyers really satisfied? And do the private developers build to satisfy their house buyers? By looking at key facts and trends, this paper examines the latest developments in the housing delivery systems in Malaysia and the multiple concepts associated with customer satisfaction. It explores the current issues faced by housing developers and house buyers in the Malaysian housing industry.

This purpose of this paper is to study the impact of macroeconomics variables to Mudharabah Investment Deposits in Malaysia. It intends to examine the relationship and the significance influence between Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Rate of Return (ROR), Inflation Rate (INF) and Investment Deposits in Malaysia. Analysis was done using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Pearson Correlation used in determining the relationship between the variables while three difference regression model (enter, forward, backward) used to determine the significance influence between the variables. The data gathered from Monthly Statistical Bulletin, Bank Negara Malaysia from 2003 until 2011. ROR showed there is significant strong positive relationship with Mudharabah Investment Deposit in Malaysia. It was found that by using three difference regression models, only one predictor namely Rate of Return (ROR) had significant influence with Mudharabah Investment Deposits while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Inflation Rate (INF) had no significant influence with Mudharabah Investment Deposits.

In the present paper, MHD flow past an impulsively started vertical plate with variable temperature and constant mass diffusion in the presence of Hall current is studied. The fluid considered is an electrically conducting, absorbing-emitting radiation but a non-scattering medium. The Laplace transform technique has been used to find the solutions for the velocity profile and Skin friction. The velocity profile and Skin friction have been studied for different parameters like Schmidt number, Hall parameter, Magnetic parameter, Mass Grashof number, Thermal Grashof number, Prandtl number, and Time. The effect of parameters is shown graphically and the values of the skin-friction for different parameters have been tabulated.

In this work, the Fourier transform Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectra of 2-Methylidene -4-oxo-4-[(2, 4, 5-trichlorophenyl) amino] butanoic acid were recorded. The structural and spectroscopic analyses of the above compound were made by using B3LYP/ DGDZVP2 and DGTZVP basis sets. The detailed interpretation of the vibrational spectra has been carried out with the aid of VEDA program. The observed and calculated frequencies are found to be in good agreement. NMR spectra have been recorded and analysed. To investigate microscopic second order non linear optical behavior of the title compound, the electric dipole moment ?, the polarizability ? and hyper polarizability ? were computed. According to our calculation, the title compound exhibiting non-zero ? total value revealing microscopic second order NLO behavior. The value of HOMO-LUMO, Mulliken and natural charges have been calculated and analyzed. The natural bond orbital analysis confirms the occurrences of intra-molecular charge transfer interaction. Electrostatic potential surface has been plotted for predicting the structural activity relationship. Global reactivity descriptors and Fukui functions have been calculated for predicting the chemical reactivity and the stability of the chemical system. To test the biological activity of the title compound docking studies have been carried out.