Social Sciences

This paper explores the features of the domestic child workers in Bangladesh and then addresses the responses of the governmental initiatives. It aims at analyzing the situation of domestic child workers and then discussing the current initiatives of the government with its limitations, and finally provides some suggestions for way out. The paper argues that the government responses are very inadequate in the light of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Bangladesh. This way, the paper contributes a dynamic and multi-dimensional understanding of how the government combating domestic child workers’ issue for securing their bright future.

In the present scenario of changing social structures, social values, and globalization, feeling of loneliness is becoming a serious problem among adolescents which may impact their well-being. The present study is evaluated the loneliness of single born male and female among college students. The researcher sample of 60 adolescents was selected from college in chennai city all are eligible participants of 30 males and 30 females. Each participant assessed with Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (1980). The data were analyzed using "t" test. Results revealed that there is a significant different between male and female single born among adolescence.

The purpose of this work is to study the influence of the age, ear side and gender on the distortion product Otoacoustic emission for normal hearing subjects. The decision about whether a Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission is present often depends on a visual assessment of the response along with certain objective criteria, such as DP1 level dB and SNR dB SPL (signal to Noise Ratio). DPOAEs were considered present when the signal was at least 3 dB above the corresponding noise level. In the present study, the overall SNR for each tested ear was more than 3 dB SPL at the overall frequency bands. The findings from this study revealed an age, ear asymmetry and gender effect on the DPOAEs (DP1 level dB) for all subjects groups. Right ears were found to produce higher DPOAEs (DPI level dB) than left ears and The DPOAEs (DP1 level dB) in the females was higher than that in males and also (DPI Level dB) in group I (2-10) years was higher than that in other groups, in group II (11-20) years (DPI Level) was higher than in groups III&IV and in groups III (DPI Level dB) was higher than that in group IV. The results show the minimum and the maximum value of the whole Distortion Product (DP1 Level) recorded for all tested (212) ear was (-3.65dB) and (20.39dB) respectively over frequency bands 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 6.0 and 8.0 kHz.

The present part of the study deals with how to knowledge of IPM (Integrated Pest Management) adopting cotton cultivators in rainfed eco-systems. Under rainfed condition, among cultural practices, more than 80 per cent of respondents had how to do knowledge about applying FYM/compost and applying neem cake. Regarding mechanical practices majority (83%) of respondents had how to do knowledge of fixing light traps and 80 per cent and 74 per cent of the respondents had how to do knowledge of fixing sex pheromone and fixing yellow sticky traps. With regard to biological practices, 87 per cent of respondents had how to do knowledge of tying Trichogramma eggcards, followed by 63 per cent respondents of spraying neem oil. Among chemical practices, more than 60 per cent of respondents had how to do knowledge about applying granular insecticides.

This paper discusses Leadership which is one of the Soft Skills in a graduate’s intrapersonal skills and also Curriculum Management skills on the activities that are conducted during their studies. My interests in the subject shows that the soft skills plays an important role in ensuring the graduate’s employability. The findings also point out the effectiveness of curriculum management in public universities based on the literature presented.

Teenagers in India, like many others on the globe, are likely to be at risk for contracting HIV through unprotected sexual intercourse. Yet the issue of how to help youth avoid risky sexual behavior through family communication / education on HIV/AIDS is still of serious arguments within the society. This paper studies the practice of open family discussion on HIV/AIDS among secondary school students. The research is descriptive using 480 secondary school students selected by multi-stage random sampling. The semi-structured questionnaire is used to collect relevant data. Only 50 (11%) reported family as the first source of information. However, most of the students 360 (79.7%) had open family discussion on HIV/AIDS with their family members. The study reveals there is a gender difference in practice of family discussion. Significantly higher proportion of the female students had family discussion as compare to their male counterparts. The educational status of the parents determines whether a student had family interaction on HIV/AIDS. As in the studied population it is observed that there is considerable level of family discussion this could be considered to encourage further family members.

The participants of all the four groups were compared with respect to their mental health. The result indicated that androgynous women showed better mental health than that of sex-typed women. Women with high sense of efficacy showed better mental health and scored higher in almost all dimensions of mental health than less-efficacious women.

There are seventy Oraon families have been studied for the present paper.. The study area is located West Bengal and Bangladesh Border site. The Sadder Para (Oraon) of the Village Dhuluni is unit of the present study. The segments or hamlet of the village is completely composed with homogenous population. Only Oraons are living in this area and still now practice their traditional way of life with affluence of modernization. They had been living since hundred years. The people of the -study area- said that they came from Bangladesh due the Indigo tax. Their ancestors were come for cutting the jungle. The opinions of the villagers that their ancestors were not able to pay the Indigo tax and the British emperors not agree to release hard taxation on them. So they had come and find new jobs by the moneylenders or Zaminders in this locality.

In the present scenario childhood obesity is a burning problem worldwide. The consequences of childhood obesity dramatically perceived and it leads to severe life threatening illness such as heart diseases, hypertension, behavioral disorder and so on. So the investigator felt need that to identify the childhood obesity among school children. Quantitative approach with descriptive survey research design was adapted and 80 school children studied 9th & 10th standard at Apollo English High School were choose by non probability convenient sampling technique. Data were gathered and analyzed by descriptive & inferential statistics. The study findings revealed that 38.75% of school children had Grade-1 obesity and 11.25% & 3.75% of school children had Grade-II obesity & Grade-III obesity respectively. The investigator found that there were five variables such as father education, father occupation, mother education, monthly income of the family and place of residence had association with obesity.

Health services are seen as one of the most decisive dimension to measure the development of a region. The present study is an empirical approach to measure the health facilities available in the different districts of Assam through some indicators of health services supported by current literature. A composite index called as MPI (Mazziotta-Pareto Index), is used for this purpose. The different indicators considered for health facility development are normalized to eliminate the unit of measurement and its variability. The distributional pattern of the composite index is recognized to ease the classification of the districts based on the health services. Finally, the low development districts of Assam are identified and the responsible indicators of such low level of development are discussed. The Government of Assam has made one year rural posting mandatory for those doctors who want to go for post-graduate studies from the government medical colleges from 2009. This study will provide a quantification of the district level scenario on health conditions before the implementation of such a welcome scheme on public interest. A similar study followed after a gap of few years would reflect the impact of such scheme on health facilities of the state.