Archives-January 2016

The study highlights the role of District Teacher Educators (DTEs) in the evaluation of primary teachers. The objectives of the study focus on the effective evaluation of primary teachers through the nine indicators discussed in the MVF (Mentoring Visit Form) form. The population of the study comprised all the primary teachers and District Teacher Educators in two districts (Vehari & Pakpattan) of Punjab province. The research was survey descriptive in nature. A questionnaire was used for the collection of data. Statistical techniques of mean score and standard deviation were used for the description of data. The study concluded that teachers maintain their diaries properly and make reflections on the written works of students in the form of feedback. The results of Mentoring Visit Form of DTEs tell us that majority of the teachers used activity based teaching in the classroom. DTEs make us known that majority of the primary teacher keep discipline in the classroom.

Thermophoresis and radiative heat transfer on the unsteady boundary layer flow of a Casson fluid past an exponentially porous stretching sheet under the influence of a magnetic field in the presence of heat source/sink and chemical reaction is analysed. The governing partial differential equations of the flow are transformed into non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity variables which are then solved numerically employing shooting technique along with Runge-Kutta iterative scheme. The graphical results reveal that the suction and magnetic field decelerate the velocity while the Casson parameter shows an opposite trend. The thermal boundary layer thickness is increased by the Casson parameter and heat source parameter. The rate of heat transfer is enhanced by thermal radiation parameter. The thermophoresis parameter along with Schmidt number is found to reduce the concentration predominantly.

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of statutory allocation on the development of Niger Delta area. Basically, the study examines the extent to which statutory allocation to different states has improved economic growth of the different states and Niger Delta at large. In particular, the study considered three hypotheses to ascertain the effect of statutory allocation on GDP which is the proxy for economic growth in the three Niger Delta states. The researchers collected data from Federal Ministry of Finance of Nigeria and Canback Global Income Distribution database (C-GIDD). The data collected were subjected to both OLS regression to determine the overall effect on Niger Delta and the three states respectively. Econometric-views software 7.0 is used for the study. The result of the study indicates that there is a significant relationship between statutory allocation and GDP of Niger Delta area. The study also shows that the three hypotheses formulated for the study were significant. The overall impact of the study concludes that statutory allocation to the region impacted the economic growth of Niger Delta positively. The study therefore recommends that statutory allocation to the different states should be channelled to economic friendly projects that will cause efficient growth of those states and the region at large. Keyword: Statutory allocations, GDP, Fiscal Policy, Niger Delta Development

We are very happy to announce that from 2nd January 2016, Dr. Meera Srivastava has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Zoology. Dr. Meera Srivastava working as Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Goverment Dungar College, Bikaner. The appointment of Dr. Meera Srivastava 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 11th January 2016, Dr. Mahboobeh Khaleghi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on English. The appointment of Dr. Mahboobeh Khaleghi 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 22nd January 2016, Dr. Dibya Prakash Rai has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Physics. Dr. Dibya Prakash Rai working as Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram, India. The appointment of Dr. Dibya Prakash Rai 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 30th January 2016, Dr. Chandrakant Muktaram Bharambe has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Zoology. Dr. Chandrakant Muktaram Bharambe working as Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Vidnyan Mahavidyalaya, Malkapur, Dist-Buldana, Maharashtra, India . The appointment of Dr. Chandrakant Muktaram Bharambe 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.

Discourse analysis is a rapidly growing and evolving field. Current research in this field now flows from numerous academic disciplines that are very different from one another. Included, of course, are the disciplines in which models for understanding and methods for analyzing discourse first developed, such as linguistics, anthropology, and philosophy. But also included are disciplines that have applied – and thus often extended – such models and methods to problems within their own academic domains, such as communication, cognitive psychology, social psychology, and artificial intelligence. Given this disciplinary diversity, it is no surprise that the terms “discourse” and “discourse analysis” have different meanings to scholars in different fields. For many, particularly linguists, “discourse” has generally been defined as anything “beyond the sentence.” For others (for example Fasold 1990: 65), the study of discourse is the study of language use. These definitions have in common a focus on specific instances or spates of language. But critical theorists and those influenced by them can speak, for example, of “discourse of power” and “discourses of racism,” where the term “discourses” not only becomes a count noun, but further refers to a broad conglomeration of linguistic and nonlinguistic social practices and ideological assumptions that together construct power or racism. The main objective of this paper is first to give a brief historical account of several of the main lines of development of these different perspectives. Then we will look more closely at the presuppositions about the nature of discursive and communicative research which underlie these different approaches. Finally we will discuss some of the problematical areas which remain in the intersection of discourse analysis and intercultural communication.

New transition metal [V(V), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Pd(II) and Cd(II)] complexes of (EPMPB) have been investigated in solution using Potentiometric and spectrophotometric methods. The composition of the complexes was determined to be 1:1 and/or 1:2 (M: L), the optimum conditions favouring the formation of the coloured complexes were studied extensively; protonation constants and their stability constants of the complexes were calculated. The stability constants of the formed complexes increase in the order Pd (II) > V (V) > Cu (II) > Co (II) > Ni (II) > Cd (II). Adherence to Beer's law was observed for the µgmL-1 concentration range form 0.31- 3.49 and 1.06 - 4.25(?gml-1) for Cu(II) ion and Pd(II) ions, respectively, Molar absorptive was 6,899 and 10,788 L mol-1 cm-1 for Cu(II) and Pd(II) ions, respectively.

This paper reports the design, implementation and testing of an indirect solar potato dryer. Indirect solar drying is the new technique of product drying. It is very efficient method than the direct type of solar drying. In this method the atmospheric air is heated in flat plate collector. This hot air then flow in the drying cabinet or drying chamber where potatoes slides are stored. Therefore moisture from the potatoes slides may lost by convection and diffusion. This method of drying is used to avoid direct exposing to the solar radiation. This method mainly reduces the disadvantages of direct solar drying. The experimental set up used for testing the performance of an indirect solar food dryer and determining the influence of various drying methods on the drying behavior of fresh potatoes slides. Evaluation of the dryer was centered on the moisture content reduction and temperature variations. 2 kg of fresh potatoes slides was used for evaluation. Temperatures of the drying chamber (drying cabinet), solar collector and ambient air were taken daily using digital sensors on an hourly basis from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Moisture content was taken at the beginning and at the end of each drying day. The test results gave temperature above 65 oC in the flat plate collector (solar collector), 50 oC in the drying cabinet, and the moisture content of 2 kg of fresh potatoes slides reduced to about 66.1 % in five days of drying.