Archives-June 2012

This paper focussed on Federal character principle which was introduced into the Nigeria political and administrative system because of the multi-ethnic nature of the Nigeria Federation, so as to promote fair-ness among different ethnic nationalities in the equitable distribution of resources like employment, appointment, and election to any public position to promote national loyalty and encourage national development. A review of the contributions of federal character to national development in Nigeria since its inception in 1979 till date entails that the desired objective have not been achieved. It then becomes clear that federal character is now more of a curse than a blessing to Nigeria and Nigerians because; it has damage the principle of excellence, it discourages determination and zeal for national development, it undermines standard and professionalism, it encouraged liquidation of many industries, it invaded the integrity and standard of public bureaucracy and its purely an elites policy. Based on the above findings, some recommendations were made as prerequisite to national development in Nigeria.

This paper mainly focuses on computerization of ration shops providing Customer Card or Ration Card having the Biometric Identification. Currently the Ration shops are manually operated like billing, weighting systems which are inaccurate, makes a way for causes for mischiefs and cheating activities. To avoid these problems all the ration shops are to be computerized and all the customer’s cards are provided with a digital card with Biometric Identification. By means of implementing the computerized billing and the digital weighting machine to be interfaced to the computer system. The finger print of the customer is used as the biometric Identification, in order to avoid the unauthorized accessibility upon the ration shop. By implementing the system ration shop process become simple and stack details are accurate and easily calculated in terms of grams. The chance for cheating and inaccurate quantity of supply are rare, so the customers can get accurate amount of products. The stack and overall calculations of the ration shop is made fast and simple.

Substituted 4-hydroxy -2H,5H pyrano (3,2-C) chromene – 2,5 – dione (I) have been prepared by 4-Hydroxy coumarin when treated with phosphorus oxychloride and zinc chloride. (I) on reaction with acetic acid and phosphorous oxychloride to give 3- acetyl 4-hydroxy -2H,5H pyrano (3,2-C) chromene – 2,5 – dione (II). Which on heating with ethyl acetate and pulverized sodium metal for several hours afforded 4-hydroxy-3-(3-oxobutanoyl)2H,5H pyrano(3,2-c)chromene-2,5-dione (III) . (III) when treated with ethanol and phenyl hydrazine afforded to give 4-hydroxy-3-(5-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyrano[3,2-c]chromene-2,5-dione (IV). Several of similar derivatives were also synthesized. The structures of the synthesised compounds have been assigned on the basis of elemental analyses, IR, NMR and mass spectral studies.

This study focused on investigating the relationship between making requests on one hand, and economic status, level of education and formality of context on the other. It examined the differences in the realization of requests in one area of Iran, i.e. Shahrekord, to account for pragmatic variations based on these three variables. To this end, sixty young couples based on their education and economic status were selected and surveyed in six different situations: 1) indoors, alone; 2) indoors, close family gatherings; 3) indoors, formal gatherings; 4) outdoors, with their relatives; 5) outdoors, being with a stranger; 6) outdoors, formal situations. A discourse completion test (DCT) was used as an elicitation device and a Chi-square was run to analyze the data. The results showed the preference order for the type of request used as direct, conventional indirect and non-conventional indirect. It was also found that as the degree of formality of context increases, the use of mitigation devices tends to increase as well.

Good quality single crystals of glycine sodium nitrate a new semiorganic nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal has been successfully grown from aqueous solution by slow evaporation method. The structural characterization of the grown crystals was carried out by X-ray diffraction. The grown crystals were subjected to FTIR for vibrational assignments. The optical properties were studied for the SHG efficiency. It is found that the cutoff wavelength lies in the UV region. The mechanical response of the crystal has been studied using Vickers microhardness technique.

We are very happy to announce that from 19th June 2012, Dr. K. Baskar has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Agriculture and Pest. Dr. K. Baskar is currently working with Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai-34, Tamil Nadu, India. The appointment of Dr. K. Baskar 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 chiefeditor@elixirjournal.org. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 19th June 2012, Dr. Anukrati Sharma has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Economics and Management. Dr. Anukrati Sharma is currently associated with Biff & Bright College of Technical Education, Jaipur (Raj. ) India. The appointment of Dr. Anukrati Sharma 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 chiefeditor@elixirjournal.org. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 30th June 2012, Prof. Kumassah Eliot Kosi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Science. Prof. Kumassah Eliot Kosi is currently working at Department of Science, Jasikan College of Education, P.O Box 14, Jasikan, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa. The appointment of Prof. Kumassah Eliot Kosi 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 chiefeditor@elixirjournal.org. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 16th June 2012, Prof.Bensafi Abd-El-Hamid has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Physical Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Prof.Bensafi Abd-El-Hamid is currently associated with Department of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Abou Bekr Belkaid University of Tlemcen, P.O. Box 119, Chetouane, 13000 Tlemcen, Algeria. The appointment of Prof. Bensafi Abd-El-Hamid 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 chiefeditor@elixirjournal.org. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 7th June 2012, Prof. Raka Kamal has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Botany and Biotechnology. Prof. Raka Kamal is currently associated with Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India. The appointment of Prof. Raka Kamal 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 chiefeditor@elixirjournal.org. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief