Archives-July 2016

The Right to information Act, 2005 which came fully into effect on 12 October, 2005 and this is one of the most significant legislation enacted by the Parliament of India. This Act enables the establishment of an unprecedented regime of right to information for the citizens of the country. It overrides the ‘Official Secrets Act’ and similar laws/rules. It strikes at the heart of the paradigm long practiced by Government officials and public functionaries that ‘confidentiality is the rule and disclosure is an exception’. The Act seeks to establish that “transparency is the norm and secrecy is an exception” in the working of every public authority. It aims to ensure maximum openness and transparency in the machinery and functioning of Government at all levels: Central, State and Local. This article is to study on the awareness of RTI Act through media

In developing country like India, energy is most important to economical development of country thus energy sector plays an important role to increase in energy dependence and investment made on it. As we all know the compressed air generation consumes energy. Normally the compressed air system is an overlooked area in most of the industry but compressed air system is a costly source of energy about 7 to 10 times more expensive than electricity. Better methodology for design of energy efficient compressed air system, better maintaince practices and through energy efficiency measures can save the significant amount of energy of any industry. In this paper we have discussed the methodology for design of compressed air system for energy efficient compressed air system for industry. This paper also gives the comparative study of existing compressed air system of one industry with new optimized designed compressed air system for same industry using their specification.

In this project water samples were collected from, two villages in Ernakulam District of Kerala State in India, namely Cherukadappuram and Nettoor. The water samples included river water, bore well water and well water from Cherukadapuram. The water samples from Nettoor included pond water and well water. The analysis of the water quality parameter of different water samples were found to be similar in case of Dissolved Oxygen while it was highly varying in other parameters of study. Pond water sample collected from Nettoor has a salinity of 63.93 PPT Dissolved chloride ions was found to be 34.84 mg/l . It has comparatively high amount of sulphate and nitrite. Therefore among the collected samples pond water sample collected from Nettoor was the most polluted one. In the study, river water sample collected from Cherukadapuram is also polluted . The salinity was found to be 130.32PPT .The dissolved chloride ions were estimated to be 71.02mg/l. It contains highest amount of sulphate as well as nitrite. Bore well water is mainly used for house hold purposes. The sample had a pH of 7.15 and normal salinity. But the sulphate content is high with low nitrite content. So it is not suggested for consumption without proper treatment. The well water samples collected from Cherukadapuram and Nettoor is found to be less polluted. Sulphate and nitrite are absent in both the water samples.

In this research work, effect of outer jacket insulation on energy equivalent of bomb calorimeter has been analyzed. Energy equivalent shows the sum of the heat capacities of the components in the calorimeter, especially the bomb, the bucket and the water in the bucket. Energy equivalents are determined at regular intervals by experimenting with a sample of a standard material with a known heat of combustion. Emphasis is being placed on minimizing thermal losses between bomb calorimeter and surrounding. For that some Saw dust are introduced in the outer jacket of the present calorimeter which was previously designed only for filling with water (water jacket). For assessing the effect and significance of these selected insulations on energy equivalent of bomb calorimeter, experiments and calculation have been done with same fuel (Benzoic Acid). In other words, we want to prove that when heat transfer between system and surrounding is less, energy equivalent of bomb calorimeter would be lesser. Experiments were carried out on bomb calorimeter with four types of jackets which are filled with water (Thermal conductivity – 0.56), glass wool (Thermal conductivity – 0.04), and saw dust (Thermal conductivity – 0.08). Some modification work on existing bomb calorimeter had to be done so that selected insulations can be installed as desired in the apparatus for experiments.

The launch of Free Primary Education (FPE) in Kenya in 2003 resulted to high enrolment of pupils in primary schools. However only a small proportion of those pupils who completed standard eight enrolled in form one due to lack of school fees which was a burden to many parents. In January 2008 the Government of Kenya declared Tuition Free Secondary Education (TFSE) in all public secondary schools in the country in order to cope with the high number of pupils completing standard eight. As expected, this led to a large number of students enrolling for secondary education. Despite the government input, reports from many parts of the country revealed that shortage of school facilities, instructional materials, teacher staffing and head teachers with good administrative skills among other challenges made it difficult to achieve the objectives of TFSE that is increased level of student enrolment, progression from one class to next and completion. The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions on the influence of school facilities on implementation of TFSE in public secondary schools in Wareng Sub-County, Kenya. The study used descriptive survey research design. The target population was 34 head teachers and 452 teachers. A sample of 195 respondents was drawn consisting of 14 head teachers and 181 teachers. Stratified proportionate random sampling technique was used to select head teachers while random sampling was used to select teachers from the schools whose head teachers were selected. The study established that more students were able to attend school as a result of tuition free secondary education though this stressed the available resources in schools. The study therefore recommends sourcing for more funds to cater for more school facilities. It is hoped that the findings of this study will help the Ministry of Education, the County Government and communities around the schools to deploy appropriate resources and policy programs to be used to ensure successful implementation of TFSE.

The purpose of this study, the effectiveness of therapy play on social skills development in the district of Qasr-e Shirin was in the sixth grade students. Quasi-experimental methods, experimental and control groups, and using pre-test - post-test. The subjects, who were 40 in the sixth grade students, multi-stage cluster sampling from three schools of Qasr-e Shirin district, was selected in 2015, and in the experimental group and control group. Measuring devices in this study were social skills Gresham & Elliot, form teacher. The study design was conducted 12 sessions on experimental group, but the control group received no intervention, and one month later, the test was performed on both groups. Data were analyzed using independent t test, the results showed that, post_ the growth of social skills, including cooperation, self-discipline and assertiveness were made. The results showed that the functional role of therapy play is the development of social skills of students. The results of usability, and effectiveness of therapy play, social skills training and development of students, confirms.

In order to evaluate induction of tolerance to salt stress CP73-21 sugarcane commercial cultivar in tissue culture conditions an experiment was conducted in 2014-2015 year, in tissue culture laboratory of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz. 6 treatments for callus induction (2,4-D at levels: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 3.5 mg/l) were investigated in a randomized complete block design with four replications. The highest callus value (67.5%) was obtained from treated with 3 mg/l. The effect of different levels of salinity 0, 33, 66, 99 and 132 mM were investigated to tolerance of callus in completely randomized design. After 8 weeks, the callus value reduction by 33, 66, 99 and 132 treatments in compare to control were obtained 31, 33, 22 and 26%, respectively.

This study was performed to evaluation of inoculated sulfur with Thiobacillus sp on some growth traits of marigold under salinity condition. Experimental design was split split plot with 3 replications. First factor was sulfur (200 and 400 kg/ha) also second and third factor included bacteria (inoculated and no inoculated) and salinity stress (0, 15, 35 and 55 mm/L), respectively. After the experiment, some morphological characters and morphological of marigold were evaluated such as height, yield of fresh and dried flowers, number of flowers per plant, grain yield, petals, seed weight. Totally, result showed that 400kg/ha had best effect on studied characteristics, It was also found that with increased stress levels from 0 to 16 dS, the height, fresh yield of flowers, yield of flower dry weight, number of flowers per plant, grain yield, petals and seed weight, showed 45, 65, 64, 20, 78, 17 and 39 percent of reduction, respectively. On the other hand, it was determined that the use of bacteria and sulfur can reduce the effects of stress.

This study was performed to evaluation of biosorption technology application for remove heavy metal (Cadmium) in wastewater. At this study, Saccharomyces cerevisiae was applied for biosorption of Cadmium element from industrial wastewater. Effect of Two factors were studied on value of absorption included biomass concentration (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 g/l) and contact time (15, 30, 60 and 120 min). pH value and temperature were fixed at 6 and 25?C in experiment period, respectively. it was determined that Cadmium absorption rate decreased with increasing concentration of biomass adsorbent. Also, Absorption was increased with increasing of time and using of 30, 60 and 120 minutes increased absorption 1.28, 1.85 and 2.61 fold in compare to 15 minute.

This study was performed to evaluation of Water Stress and Organic matter simultaneously on some morphological characteristics of German chamomile under two mineral and biological N fertilizer treatments. Experiment done as RCBD Experimental design in split split design with 3 factors and 3 replications. First factor included organic fertilizer (application and no application), second factor was biologic nitrogen (application and no application) and third factor included drought stress (80%FC and 50%FC). At the end of study some properties were evaluated such as: Height, Stem diameter, Branch stem number, Flower number, Dry yield of flower and Essential oil%. Using organic matter led to increasing 22, 25, 28, 18, 4 and 9 percent of Height, Stem diameter, Branch stem number, Flower number, Dry yield of flower and Essential oil% respectively. Application of biologic fertilizer had significant on all characteristics, significant reductions were observed by application of drought stress, So Height, Stem diameter, Branch stem number, Flower number, Dry yield of flower and Essential oil% were decreased 22, 23, 35, 50, 60 and 4% in compare to control.