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Information processing model developed for management and psychological literature were from the basis of four general models, which provide a guiding framework for research. These models were term as rational, limited capacity, expert, and cybernetic models of information processing and behavior. Previous researcher argued that each model provides a different explanation of processing in several theoretical domains and has different methodological implications. However, the findings of the present study advanced and tested using structural equation modelling on the data collected from a sample of 118 Malaysian companies suggest that integrated information processing model is more appropriate in explaining extent of environmental scanning and information processing capacity and having a significant bearing on the quality of the decision made.

Potculture experiment was conducted to study the effect of different sources of phosphorus on soil phosphorus availability, uptake, yield and quality of groundnut. Four organic sources (farmyard manure, poultry manure, vermicompost and sewage sludge) were evaluated in comparison with single super phosphate, all applied on equal P basis @ 34 kg P2O5 ha-1. The six treatments, including a no-P as control were replicated four times in a completely randomized design.The results revealed that the addition of phosphorus markedly increased the phosphorus uptake and there by increased the pod yield. Among the sources poultry manure recorded the highest yield 0.4 g pot-1 and was followed by farmyard manure 37.1 g pot-1. Phosphorus sources significantly increased the oil content but no significant impact among sources. Phosphorus application significantly increased the crude protein percentage. Among sources, crude protein content was higher in poultry manure treatment (12.83). Highest available phosphorus content was recorded in poultry manure treated soil (28.5 kg ha-1) and Farmyard manure was the second best source of available phosphorus.

A numerical method for solving fuzzy Volterra-Fredholm integral equation of the second kind will is introduced. We convert a nonlinear fuzzy Volterra-Fredholm integral equation to a nonlinear system of Volterra-Fredholm integral equation in crisp case. We use Adomian Decomposition Method (ADM) to find the approximate solution of this system and hence obtain an approximation for fuzzy solution of the nonlinear fuzzy Volterra-Fredholm integral equation. Also, some numerical examples are included to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the proposed technique.

This study sets out to examine the stylistic strategies in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. It set out also to look at the concept of ‘style’ as it is employed by George Orwell to drive home his message. This study set out also to examine using the approaches found relevant by the researchers, especially those that found favour within the systemic functional linguistic circle. This study examines as well, style as linguistic choice as employed by George Orwell in the text Animal Farm by making the different characters in the story behaving like human beings who happen to have the same nature as animals. All these will be examined by the researchers

A new heteropolyacid-based cation exchanger [Bismuth(III) tungstomolybdate (BTM)] has been synthesized and characterized using chemical stability, pH titration, distribution studies, thermal stability, FTIR, X-Ray analysis and TGA curve analysis. It exhibits 1.05 meq/g ion exchange capacity for sodium ions. The chemical stability of the material has been tested in acidic, neutral and basic media. Its distribution behaviour for nine metal ions has been studied. Ion exchanger column was used for binary separation and hardness causing metal ions removal.

This paper presents two polyester/vinylester blended nanocomposites in which first, blend filled with nanoclay and the second blend filled with nanoiron particles separately and both were reinforced with aramid fibers. Commercially available nanoclay used as it easily for the composite preparation, whereas nanoiron was synthesized using two compounds Fecl3 6H2o and Fecl24H2o under the presence of ammonium using chemical reduction method. The effects of water immersion on mechanical properties as flexural strength, interlaminar shear strength and impact energy of ironnano and nanoclay filled and unfilled quasi-isotropic aramid fibers reinforced polyester/vinylester blended nanocomposites were investigated. Interlaminar shear strength and flexural strength were obtained with the variation of immersion time (0, 95, 155, 195 and 245 days) and weight percent of filler contents viz. (0, 3, 5, and 6wt. %). Impact energy was measured for dry and wet (after conditioning of 245 days) samples as a function of the variation of filler content. Flexural strength, interlaminar shear strength and impact energy increase with increasing filler content in polymer HFRP (hybrid fiber reinforced Plastics) blended nanocomposites. Immersion in water results in a significant increase of flexural strength, interlaminar shears strength and impact energy, increasing with immersion time. Ironnano particles containing HFRP nanocomposites show higher values of flexural strength, interlaminar shear strength and impact energy than those of nanoclay filled and unfilled HFRP blended nanocomposites as ironnano particle settles around the fibers, thus increasing the toughness.

English has become the common international language in the 21st Century. It is the language most frequently used to communicate by people who are not native speakers of the same language. Consequently, learning and using English is of a great importance nowadays (Wu and Marek, 2010). Language is still taught as a traditional classroom subject, similar to math or geography in countries where there is not population of native or English speakers. Technology, however, offers opportunities for people from other cultures to interact with each other. It can be beneficial to language learners if technology is incorporated into the classroom

The present paper describes the effect of a single and an iterated use of organophosphorous insecticide chlorpyrifos on three species nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria. Treatment levels of 0.5 µg/ml-4.0 µg/ml were applied once or twice with two weeks interval. Graded concentrations higher than 2.5 µg/ml showed affect on the growth of cyanobacteria. Maximum yellowing was seen to be at 4 µg/ml in all three species. The reduction in bili protein started at 2.5 µg/ml concentration of the insecticide. Three algal species showed varying degrees of sensitivity to the insecticide. Calculated no observed effect concentration (NOEC) values after treatments were 0.021, 0.024 and 0.075mg/ml for first application and 0.17 and 0.19 and 0.064mg/ml after second application for Anabaena sp, Nostoc sp and Oscillatoria sp respectively. Normal agricultural use of chlorpyrifos (250gm/1000lit/hectare) in rice fields will likely to be toxic to these ubiquitous nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria. Low dose application 2.5 µg/ml enables growth of more tolerant cyanobacteria as biofertilizer.

Co-curricular activities can form the development of intellectual, emotional, social and moral of the students. Skill of communication skill also can be honed through the involvement of students in co-curricular activities. Therefore, the study is about the influence of co-curricular activities on student’s communication skill. The result of the study is from the analysis of data that was got from reading material like journals of previous researches and books.