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With the aim of contributing to the knowledge of South-India Medieval age brick production, the mineralogy of briquettes excavated from the site of Gangaikondacholapuram (India) has been studied in order to make inferences concerning the clay preparation and firing techniques of that period. In this work, the fired brick finds (GKSB-1 to GKSB-5) were analysed by three distinct techniques namely Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and SEM/EDS to determine their mineralogical, chemical compositions and microstructures respectively. The relative similarity of compositions, the fine, dense and homogeneous microstructures and the presence of high-temperature phases such as pyroxenes, mullite, analcime and wusite in the sample coded GKSB-1, GKSB-3 and GKSB-5 showed the use of high firing temperatures, in the range 900–1000°C. While the presence of kaolinite and halloysite clay minerals in the briquettes GKSB-2 and GKSB-4 suggests the low temperature of firing (? 600°C) and may be related to adobe bricks, all indicate the adoption of non-calcareous clay with specialized brick making techniques by the brick makers of Gangaikondacholapuram in the 11thto 12th millennia CE. Key words: FT-IR, XRD, SEM/EDS, Firing techniques, ancient brick samples.

The main objective of this study is to find out if there is any relationship between Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and organizational performance in Nigerian banks. Relevant literature was reviewed and a model consisting of twenty six variables was conceptualized and tested by means of empirical data collected through a questionnaire survey. A total of two hundred and twenty four (224) copies of a questionnaire were administered, two hundred and eleven (211) copies were duly completed and returned. The result of the descriptive statistics shows that Customer Focused Services, Information and Communication Technology, Complaints Management, High Quality Service, Timeliness in Service Delivery, Security of Money, Friendliness of Employees, Ease of Opening Account, Competitive Charges on Services, Availability of Credit are CRM strategies used in Nigerian banks. It also reveals a difference in the perception of staff and customers. The result of the spearman rank correlation, Mann- Whitney U test and partial correlations provided support for these findings and confirm that there is a positive relationship between customer relationship management and organizational performance (as conceptualized by customer satisfaction, customer retention, increase in number of customers and increased net profit. It was also found that companies image and branch network intervene in the relationship between CRM and organizational performance.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of job satisfaction among university teachers based on gender, age, and sector of university. Questionnaire is used to acquire the required responses from university teachers in order to accomplish the research objectives. Descriptive and inferential statistics, ANOVA analysis, T-test and frequency tables are used to analyse the data. Study found that the level of satisfaction in universities’ teachers is primarily contributed by the administrative factors. Although, the results indicate no statistically significant relationship of gender attribute of demographics with satisfaction of university faculty, however, male are less satisfied as compare to female faculty, which led to the no rejection of Ho1. Ho2 is rejected and significant difference is found between faculty of private and public universities. The inferential statistics conclude a significant relationship between university type and satisfaction. The results of ANOVA reports significant relationship between various age categories and overall level of satisfaction. The results lead to the rejection of null hypothesis Ho3. Job satisfaction level decreases with increase of age. Certain recommendations are given at the end to increase the level of job satisfaction of university faculty.

Women constitute about one half of the global population, but they are placed at various disadvantageous positions due to gender difference and bias. Globally, at least one in three women has experienced some form of gender based abuse during her life time. Of all the forms of violence against women ‘Domestic Violence’ is a serious type but caused silently. Domestic violence is the most serious violation of all basic rights that a woman suffers in her own home at the hands of members within her own family. The manifold problems associated with domestic violence have been systematically exposed by the women’s movement. Indeed a number of recent studies such as the National Family Health Survey and National Crimes Records Bureau have identified the home as the site of violence against women and girl children. Almost every six homes some where in India, a married women between the ages of 15 and 49 have experienced domestic violence at some point in their lives, domestic violence has not only serious consequences for the health and well being of the individual women but it also serves to maintain their subjugation as a class, it is generally denying the woman her rights as an individual. The purpose of domestic law is to prevent such a situation and to restore the women to a position of equality with in marriage so as to give her the time and the space to decide what she wants to do in the rest of her life. No doubt, it is difficult to enable women to break the silence around their violent situations, so there was a dire need to have a law that can address the problem of domestic violence in more holistic manner and can change the lives and realties of women. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 was notified in the Gazette of India on 14-9-2005. This paper is an attempt to have a holistic view of the Domestic violence against women in india and I have made an attempt to analyze the statistical data on domestic violence against women in india.

Our work is a retrospective study of 14 cases of dorsal lunate fracture-dislocations of the carpus, listed in the service of traumatology and orthopedics of the Ibn Sina Hospital between 2010 and 2014. The back lunar dislocation of the carpus , the most common intra-carpal dislocations, interest in most cases of adult male youth, and whose injury was caused in half the time by accident from the public highway.The diagnosis is only radiological because the clinic can not be evocative.Surgical treatment was recommended at the outset in all cases. The dorsal approach was performed in 10 cases, and the volvar approach was used earlier in one case. Patients were reviewed at a mean of 30 months for clinical evaluation of functional results according to the score of Allieu and Witvoet. The results were satisfactory in all cases reviewed, and only three were lost to view. In conclusion and in light of a literature review, we believe that surgery alone provides a satisfactory reduction and repairs bone and ligament injuries, the only guarantee of a favorable outcome to avoid the long term most serious complication: osteoarthritis of the wrist.

We are very happy to announce that from 7th March 2017, Dr. Leelavinothan Pari has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Biochemistry & Biotechnology. Dr. Leelavinothan Pari working as Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608002,Tamil Nadu, India. The appointment of Dr. Leelavinothan Pari as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

We are very happy to announce that from 6th November 2017, Dr. Preeti Nilesh Surkutwar has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Management. Dr. Preeti Nilesh Surkutwar working as Assistant Professor, Sinhgad Institute of Management and Computer Application, India. The appointment of Dr. Preeti Nilesh Surkutwar 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 9th June 2018, Dr. S. Kalaiselvan has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Chemistry. Dr. S. Kalaiselvan working as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. The appointment of Dr S.Kalaiselvan 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 14th April 2017, Dr. S.K. Manju bargavi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Computer Science. Dr. S.K. Manju bargavi working as a Senior Lecturer & Research in Department of Computer Science, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara, North East Africa. The appointment of Dr. S.K. Manju bargavi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

Feed restriction is one of the methods used in commercial treatment in poultry breeding industry to reduce the cost of production. This study was carried out to examine the effect of feed restriction on growth performance characteristics of broiler chickens. A total of sixty Anak broiler chicks were used. The birds were allotted into four dietary treatments in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Each treatment was replicated three times with five birds per replicate. The dietary treatments were identified as T1, T2, T3 (which was commercial diet from Vital feed industry) and T4. The study lasted for a period of 8 weeks which includes 2 weeks of acclimatization prior to the starting of experiment. Birds on T1 were on ad libitum feeding throughout the experimental period, T2 were on 70% ad libitum for the first 21 days followed by ad libitum feeding for the last 21 days, T3 were on 70% ad libitum throughout the experimental period and T4 were on 70% of commercial diet + 30% sun-dried maize sievette throughout the experimental period. Analysis of data showed that the final body weight of T1 and T4 were significantly difference among other treatments (p<0.05). Feed intake values of T1 and T4 were significantly (p<0.05) higher than T2 and T3. Feed efficiency did not differ between treatments. Result on carcass quality revealed that there was a significant difference between the slaughtered weight of T1 and other treatments. But similarities existed between T2 and T4. No significant differences were found between T1, T2 and T4 for the breast, drum stick/thigh, wing and gizzard weight but T3 remains the lowest among the treatments. From the result, birds on T1 had the highest feed intake followed by T4, T2 and T3. T3 had the least net return. Based on this experiment, T4 was found to be of more economic value.