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Put your money in trust, not trust in money’ attracts the small investors who are risk neutral or risk averse. Small investors prefer some kind of collective investment vehicle which can pool their managerial resources, invest it in securities and distribute returns among them on cooperative principles. This led to the growth of mutual fund industry in developed and developing capital market. The mutual fund industry in India, which is a little over three decades old, has undergone a sea change since the introduction of mutual fund regulations in 1993.This research paper covers various aspects of mutual funds industry in India, Starting with the basic concept of mutual fund, it throws light on the growth of Indian mutual fund industry and its present status, the different types of mutual funds based on structure, investment and special schemes, performance, problems and future of mutual funds industry in India.

Street delicacies are ready-to-eat foods prepared and sold by vendors and hawkers in streets and public places. Consumption of street delicacies contaminated with microorganisms are suspected to be a factor in outbreaks of some public health diseases. The microbial quality of some street delicacies in some parts of the Eastern and Volta regions of Ghana were evaluated. The parameters examined were the total viable count, total coliform count, pH, moisture and as well as their elemental composition. The moisture content for the samples in the various localities was in the range of 0.67 % to 1.90%. The samples tested contained the elements, Fe, Mg, K, Na, Zn and Mn in different concentrations. Microbial analysis indicates that, total viable counts were relatively low and were within acceptable limits (0-4.59 log10cfu/g), however coliform counts (3.20±0.02 log10cfu/g) for snail kebab in Kpong were above the acceptable limits. The organisms isolated and identified from the delicacies includes Salmonella sp., C. freundii, E. coli, and S. aureus. Street foods can be sources of food pathogens, therefore public health authorities must educate food vendors on food handling and hygiene, environmental hygiene as well as hand-washing practices.

New flame retardant compounds containing either phosphate groups or phosphate boron derivatives were prepared and the structures were proved by Infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The new back coating system containing the new flame retardant compounds improved the flammability and thermal stability of cotton and blend textile samples. The toxicity of gas products evolved during the combustion of cotton and blend textile samples were evaluated according to ASTM 1678 and NFPA 269 standards. The new back coating system succeeded in reducing the toxicity effect of burned textile on the surrounding environment especially human been.

Abstract Information assurance (IA) projects are essential components of the information technology industry and often fail due to budget overruns, missed deadlines, and lack of performance by the project teams. The purpose of this phenomenological research was to explore the strategies necessary to improve IA project team performance. Lewin’s situational leadership theory was used as the conceptual framework for this research. Interviews were conducted with 20 IA professionals located in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The data were transcribed, coded, and clustered for the identification of common patterns based on the Moustakas’ modified van Kaam analysis. The major themes that emerged from the interview data included the importance of: communication and teamwork, technical knowledge, training, hiring of skilled resources, and balanced project teams. An organization-wide internal training program emerged as an overarching best practice to improve the leadership strategies within the IA sector. The research results may help improve project success and contribute in some small way to the growth of the IA industry.

This paper focused on the recovery of uranium from solutions. The adsorption of uranium(VI) from standard uranium solution using activated carbon AC and AC impregnated by trioctyl phosphine oxide (TOPO) was studied using a batch system. The parameters that affect the uranium(VI) adsorption, such as contact time, solution pH, initial uranium(VI) concentration, concentration of TOPO, amount of AC and modified AC, and temperature were investigated and optimized conditions determined (0.03g of AC and modified AC contact with 20ml of standard uranium solution (100 mg/l) at pH4 and room temperature for 45min. ). The maximum loading of uranium ions on AC and TOPO/AC are 23 mg/g (230 mg/l) and 57.6 mg/g (576 mg/l), respectively. Uranium (VI) could be conveniently recovered by elution by H2SO4 this allows recycling of adsorbent. And it’s analyzed by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Both the kinetic and the sorption isotherm modeling have been applied upon the obtained data. Thus, it was found that the uranium sorption obeys a pseudo-second order reaction while the Freundlich sorption isotherm model is most suitable to describe the studied sorption reaction.

The concept of preschool is not a new phenomenon in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to examine factors influencing children’s language development in preschools in Mathare Slum area in Nairobi. The study focused on four factors: learning facilities, teachers’ level of education, children absenteeism and strategies used by teachers to enhance children’s language development. Mixed method approach was used. Target population was 25 childhood preschools and 25 teachers. Systematic random and purposive sampling methods were used to select 8 preschools and 8 teachers. Data collection instruments were observation schedule and questionnaire. Data analysis was done through coding and categorizing to create themes; as well as frequencies and percentages. The findings showed that quality of preschools was inadequate in terms of learning facilities and teachers’ level of education. In addition, the findings of the study showed that some parents brought their children to school when they were busy, meaning, they did not value education. In addition, the findings revealed among others that teachers employed a number of strategies to enhance children’s language development although it was evident that teachers were limited in English proficiency. The study recommends that preschool teachers be given training in English proficiency for teaching children.

This manuscript deals with the Frattini Subgroups and some results based on frattini subgroups. In this paper we define the Frattini subgroup and then discuss some of its properties.We denote it by . We define nS, aS, aPNS, cS , aCS group. In this we show that nS group is a cS group and if any group G is an nS(cS) group then Fr(G)=E. thus we show that any normal subgroup of an nS-group is again an nS group and direct Product of two nS group is again an nS group. In this we show that if any nilpotent group G is nS then it is elementary abelian group.

The focus of this paper is to explore different types of matrix operations of fuzzy neutrosophic soft sets and composition method to construct the decision making for medical diagnosis.

This work presents an experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer characteristics for horizontal circular pipe of 500mm long fitted with ribs having middle arm with cross section of 5mm width ,5mm length, pitch=80mm, with air as the working fluid. Reynolds number ranged( Re=24253, 26119 and 27984). The steel pipe(ASM4120) was subjected to two constant surface temperatures (673Ko and 973Ko). The experimental data obtained were compared with plain (without ribs). Based on the same coolant flow, the pipe with ribs was found to possess the highest performance factors for turbulent flow. The results show a good agreement between theoretical and experimental bulk temperature by factor 0.9%, 1% for inner wall temperature and 0.8% for average Nusselt number. Using ribs improved the heat transfer in a circular tube. All studies where carried out using workbench program FlUENT14.5 by using K-? model.

First principles calculations based on Density Functional Theory were carried out to study hydrogen storage capacity of sodium doped graphene. The pure graphene exhibits low hydrogen storage capacity hence we modified graphene by doping of sodium. Sodium occupies the empty (hollow) position on graphene with average carbon sodium bond-length of 2.64 Å. This investigation predicts that positively charged sodium atom on graphene physisorbed maximum six hydrogen molecules with the average adsorption energy 0.20 eV/H2 amounting gravimetric density of 9.2 wt%. Mulliken population analysis shows that the charge transfer from sodium to graphene is responsible for higher hydrogen uptake than the pure graphene sheet.