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The Objectives of this study were to determine the general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining abilities and heterosis of some cotton genotypes for yield, its components and fiber traits using line × tester mating design. Thirteen parents (ten lines and three testers) alongwith their thirty F1 crosses were studied in randomized complete block Design (RCBD) with three replications during 2016 at Sakha Agriculture Research Station, Kafr El- Sheikh Governorate, Egypt. Based on line x tester analysis, the variances due to genotypes, parents, crosses and parent vs cross exhibited significant differences (P<0.01) for most yield, yield component and fiber traits. The variances due to GCA of lines and testers, and SCA of line x tester interactions were highly significant for most studied traits, indicating the importance of both additive and non-additive gene actions in controlling these traits. The proportional contribution of line × tester was higher than individual contribution of lines and testers for most studied traits. The estimates of GCA and SCA effects revealed that the parents and some crosses were having desirable and significantly GCA and SCA effects, respectively. High mean performances and desirable GCA effects values were observed of lines Pima S6, Suvin, G.90, Aust. 12 and tester C.B.58 for most investigated traits, hence these parents can be used for generating superior cotton hybrids Significant correlation coefficients (P<0.05 or P<0.01) in positive direction were obtained between all possible pairs of F1 hybrids mean, SCA and heterosis. The best values of mean performances, SCA effects and heterosis were found in the combinations Suvin x G.86 and Aus.12 x C.B.58 for most yield and yield components, and the G.90 x C.B.58 and G.95 x G.86 for fiber traits. These crosses are considered the promising crossed to be used in breeding programs for produce hybrid cotton and improvement for these traits in Egypt.

In wireless sensor network Localisation is described as a crucial service and energy demanding process in sensor network. GPS-equipped node where used for localisation process, in order to reduce the cost and increase the life time of the network, the mobile beacon localization is considered to eliminate GPS nodes. A localization error control scheme, namely "Spider Web", based on which the mobile beacon trajectories along a predefined spider web intersection path. The accuracy of the localization of nodes, time consumption of mobile beacon is efficient and localization error ratio is controlled. Based on the results, the spider web algorithm is efficient in localization accuracy and time, energy, consumption of mobile beacon, throughput and packet delivery ratio than Z-power algorithm.

OFDM systems are widely used in both wired and wireless communication systems. Fast Fourier Transform is one of the key processing in the implementation of OFDM systems such as wireless broadband, and ultra wideband systems. In most researches, the implementation of Fast Fourier Transform is focused on reducing the difficulties in multipliers, memory unit and control circuits involved in the FFT process. Modification in the architecture for pipelined FFT processor is proposed, to reduce the register size required for FFT processor. In OFDM, this FFT process is used at the receiver side of the system. The single-path delay-feedback architecture is used to exploit the spatial regularity in signal flow graph of the algorithm.

This quantitative descriptive study aimed to identify the influence of coaching relationship on the coaching communication by the perception of polytechnic lecturers. A total of 411 lecturers randomly selected from the five polytechnics which successfully obtained an overall excellent performance including academic standards and quality management through the recognition of the polytechnic ratings. Data for this survey were collected through a questionnaire which was adapted from an instrument used by Heslin, VandeWalle, and Latham (2006), and Gregory and Levy (2010). The results of multiple regression analysis showed that coaching relationship had positive and significant influence on coaching communication. In term of the implications, this study showed the role of the middle manager is extremely important in creating the coaching relationship in order to improve coaching communication performance.

The west is China's more backward areas, the vast land, backward economy, education shortage. National energetical implementation of the western development, not only refers to the western economy development, the more refers to the big western manpower resource development, the western education big development. After entering WTO, the western education big development should be even more forward-looking view of the world, from the development of the west education. English as a platform of communication with the world, of course, in the western education development occupies important position. How to combine the western actual situation to learn English, to teach English, in English, this paper is to explore the key. Distance education learners were aged between 20 to 45 years old, therefore we can say remote education learners the majority is adult students. Adult students often have and adolescent their students' different learning characteristic, for instance, in psychological level, adult understanding ability is stronger, learn to compare self-discipline; But its physiological conditions gradually increases with age, such as listening, memory decline, imitate ability, all these have a negative effect on English learning. So how to make these students learning benefit, output greater than the input? The author thinks that structure - of communicative teaching method and its application are student’s best medicine.

Over 70% of the photovoltaic (PV) systems are designed with transformers which are galvanic isolations. However, such inverters are big, heavy and expensive with low efficiency. In this work, a transformer-less PV system is introduced. It is smaller, lighter, and cheaper with higher efficiency as compared to the transformer of the same rating. The proposed inverter employs push pull circuit, an H bridge circuit, the oscillating circuit, an automatic changeover dual battery bank and an RF remote control circuit unit. The switching technique of the proposed inverter consists of a pulse width modulation system along with grid synchronization condition. As the suggested method is entirely transformer-less, there is a reduction in transformer loss which tremendously reduces the total harmonic distortion (THD) to even less than1% with an assumption of; inductor is ideal without any internal resistance, the switches and diodes are ideal with the dead line between the switches are neglected. A filtering capacitor provides a nearly constant output current which stabilizes the system rapidly and reduces harmonics generated by the switching circuit. Overall performance of the proposed inverter was simulated with PROTEUS and validated with MATLAB which produced a pure sinusoidal waveform as the output voltage. The proposed inverter minimizes size and increases the inverter efficiency to 90% which can be used in our homes, offices and schools for lightening and charging.

The investigation was carried out to determine the possible bioactive components of the leaves and fruits of Daturastramonium and D. metelby Antimicrobial activity and GC-MS. The chemical compositions of the methanol extract of the D. stramonium and D. metelwere investigated using Hewlett-Packard Gas chromatography–Mass spectrometry, while the mass spectra of the compounds found in the extract was matched with the Wiley and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) library or with the published mass spectra. Maximum activity was observed in methanolic extracts of fruits of D. metel against mycoplasma at 200mg/ml and minimum against Pseudomonas chrysogenumat 50mg/ml.

Water in India is primarily a state subject. Water is the main part of our life. It is a fact that if water is used there will be waste. So the waste water generation will never stop. In construction industry concrete being the most widely construction material used, uses most of the water. In construction industry water is used for mixing, aggregate washing, curing of concrete and for washing concrete related mechanical machines. Also water is used for domestic purposes. So as said above when we use water, waste water is produced. And due to this waste water there is a great environmental impact.The present work deals with the results of experimental investigations on waste water used in concrete. Effect of these different types of waste water on various strengths of concrete are studied. Various strengths considered for investigation are compressive strength, flexural strength, split tensile. Cube of size 150 mm for compressive strength, beams of size 100 mm X 150 mm X 700 mm for flexural strength, Cylinder dia 150 mm and 300 mm length for Split tensile strength were cast. Results were observe and comparison of results of concrete with that of water showed the significant improvements in the results of various strengths like as compressive strength, flexure strength and splitting strength with different types of waste water.

The ligand 2,5-bis(phenylcarbamoyl)terephthalicacid (bpctpa) was synthesized and characterized. Novel co-ordination polymers were prepared by using ligand (bpctpa) and transition metal ions viz. Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II). The co-ordination polymers and parent ligand were characterized by elemental analysis, spectral studies, thermogravimetry, number-average molecular weights ( ), diffuse reflectance spectral studies and magnetic susceptibilities. The biological activity of all the samples has also been monitored against plant pathogens.

The present work deals with the results of experimental investigations on effect of sugar powder on setting time and compressive strength of cement and concrete. Effect of sugar on compressive strength of cement and concrete by using different brands of cement are studied. Sugar powder content is 0, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2 % by weight of cement. Cube of size 70 mm X 70 mm X 70 mm for compressive strength test of cement. And cube of size 150 mm X 150 mm X 150 mm for compressive strength test of concrete were cast. All the specimens were water cured and testing is done for 3 days, 7 days and 28 days. Results were observe and comparison of results of compressive strength of cement and concrete with sugar powder with that of normal cement and concrete showed the significant improvements in the results of compressive strength.

Bacterial communities exist everywhere in the universe so in the caves. The ever increasing human activities inside any cave, in the form of ecotourism exert a major impact on its native microbial communities, which often stops its growth and pollutes the whole ecosystem. The situation is often found to be responsible for producing some human pathogenic bacteria inside it, which might pose a threat of infection to the other tourist. Kotumsar cave is a well known tourist pulling limestone cave of central India. In the present study the soil bacterial communities earlier isolated and characterized from different microhabitats of Kotumsar cave have been further confirmed by molecular identifications by applying 16S rDNA analysis and serotyping. All bacterial strains were also assayed for antibiotic resistance. Among the tested strains, support the PIB-win results and also shows the maximum resistance (about 69.23%) to Vancomycin and Polymyxin B.

This work focused onan integrated approach of solutions to improve the combustion of Jatropha oil in an indirect injection Diesel engine (Lister type). The improvements were assessed using combustion parameters, especially cyclic dispersion.The Jatropha oil was preheated to 100°C and the Diesel engine has receivedchanges in fuel injection timing and injection pressure variation. The overall engine performance (specific fuel consumption, thermal efficiency and exhaust gas temperatures), cyclic dispersion, ignition delays obtained with Jatropha oil and Diesel fuel were compared. The results show that for the performance, the injection timing of 20 Crank Angle (CA) Before Top Dead Center (BTDC) and the injection pressure of 170 bars are the settings adapted for both fuels to the different engine loads. The results also show that cyclic dispersion could be used as a very good tool for assessment of adequateoperating conditions of this type of engine, even at low loads. The cyclic dispersion is low with coefficients of variation of the indicated mean effective pressure (COVIMEP) whose values are less than 10%. The lowest values of the COVIMEP are obtained when the injection settings are 20 CA BTDC and 170 bars.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of teachers’ Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme in Dire-Dawa Administrative Region, Ethiopia. The specific objectives of the research were to explore the status of schools’ CPD implementation as per the national framework, identify the success areas of the schools in implementing the CPD, identify the gaps of schools in implementing the CPD, explore the challenges the schools face in implementing CPD and to suggest some possible solutions/strategies for effective implementation of the programme. The study design used was descriptive survey. A total of 20 schools (18 primary and 2secondary) and 213 teachers (144 urban and 99 rural) were taken as participants of the study using questionnaire. For observation three schools which are serving as cluster resource centers were used. Regional education bureau CPD focal person was used as interviewees. The data were analyzed using number, percentage, and mean for quantitative ones and narration for qualitative ones. The data witness that many efforts have been made by the different stakeholders of teachers’ CPD such as Ministry of Education, Regional Education Bureaus, School principals and teachers themselves. On the other hand, the efforts made were not consistent, specific CPD budget was not there. Cluster Resource Centers were not functional, CPD practices were tried in both primary and secondary schools but the practice by the secondary school teachers is very minimal, principals and supervisors were not practicing their own CPD. The major challenges or gaps identified include low commitment of teachers to perform CPD activities, lack of commitment of mentors to support teachers, failure of Cluster Resource Centers to function, lack of commitment of supervisors and principals to do their CPD and become models for their teachers, lack of ownership of CPD to follow up regularly and assess its status. finally, to implement teachers’ CPD as per Ministry of Education (MoE) guideline, there should be ownership at the different level of the Education system, the Regional Education Bureaus should organize the Cluster Resource Centers and make them functional and should have regular communication and support for the schools, supervisors and principals shall be models to their teachers in doing their own CPD were recommended.

The heterogeneous catalytic activity of synthetic phosphate for conjugate addition was studied. This catalyst was prepared by calcination a mixture of fluorapatite and sodium nitrate. The conjugate addition between p-methoxychalcone and thiophenol has been used as model reaction. A central composite design was successfully employed for experimental design and analysis of the results. The combined effect of reaction time (X1), solvent volume (X2), catalyst weight (X3) and impregnation ratio (X4) on the reaction yield (Y) was studied and optimized using response surface methodology.

Lack of appropriate technology, difficulty of measuring bed load and unclear boundary between bed load and suspended load induce experts to determine a part of suspended load as bed load. This ratio in many rivers with different conditions has the same coefficient and sometimes in a river, different experts estimate various ratios. In this study, two reach of Taleghan and Jajroud rivers was selected to determine the ratio, while stream flow was simulated by HEC-RAS software in both reaches. Bed load was calculated by Meyer-Peter-Muller, Casey, Schoklitch and Van Rijn equations, and Einstein, Chang-Simons-Richardsin, Begnold and Toffalati equations were used to estimate suspended load. After validation of equations, results showed that in both rivers, Schoklitch equation provides the best estimation for bed load. For suspended load, the Einstein and the Bagnold equations provided the best estimation for Jajroud and Taleghan rivers, respectively. R and Re tests and selecting of best equations for estimation of bed and suspended loads showed that bed load to suspended load ratio was about 3.76 and 0.14 in Jajroud and Taleghan rivers, respectively.

Traumatic shoulder dislocation in Child is a very rare injury. The treatment and the recurrence rate are differents then adult. We report a case of shoulder dislocation in a 9 years old judoka.

Study the tensile strength and hardness of poly vinyl chloride as a matrix and subsidized fiber (short fiber glass - glass fibers are woven mat - fibers, nylon-6) and attended samples fractures different size. (21% - 23% - 25% - 27% - 29% ).A comparison was made of the results of the tensile tests and hardness of materials composite as tests were conducted at room temperature . ( 23+2 c).Results from the volumetric fraction lead to increased resistance to tensile and hardness values. Results of the materials [pvc + f (w .r+N-6)] had its highest value of the tensile strength and material [pvc+ fg(w.r)], had its highest value of hardness.

This work has been done with using of polyproplyen (pp) as a matrix, which reinforced with fibers glass (glass fiber short , glass fiber woving roving , and glass fiber short +, glass fiber woving roving ). The research also studies the Mechanical properties (Creep- Impact ) of the Samples with the same volume fraction (30%) and comparing the results.These tests are carried out on samples under the influence of normal conditions room temperature (23+3oC) and after immersion of all samples in the chemical solutions (KOH-HCL- NaCO3). The normality for all these chemical solutions is 0.5. The results showed when time immersion increase these properties are decreased, which indicates the negative effects of these chemical solutions on the mechanical properties. Tests showed that the results of the values of each of the creep resistance and impact increases after immersion in chemical solutions, and that the solution KOH is more influential. Results show that samples of blend reinforced [PP + f.g (w.r+r)] possess better creep resistance, and sample of [PP+f.g (w-r)] possess better impact resistance at all conditions tests (room temperature and after immersion in chemical solutions).

The purpose of this paper reviews the role of brand personality on consumer behavior and branding challenges in Asia are listed. A utility customer in choosing a product brand is authentic. A brand value of "name, term, design, symbol or combination of these elements are Which determines the identity of a service organization and distinguishing it from other competitors are. And by reason, logic, senses and emotions are judged by customers. Brand is a mental and spiritual movement in the minds of consumers, customers, shareholders, employees and users are. Brands are social in nature and it is a successful brand Sense of belonging and ownership to the community that people have And they know it them selves.In many markets, a product creates a brand identity for the mandatory and They will link to a particular group of society, Update the information in today's world and with every move and decision the It is being evaluated by the organization.

The case of prohibition of transaction for real or legal persons is a common case in notary public’s offices. Notary public’s offices avoid doing their routine duties in creating documents when they encounter personal names that their legal actions are banned by judicial authorities and related circulars have been announced. Studying the legal basis of individuals’ transaction restrictions, the limitation of basic conditions of transaction correctness, the position of legislator’s Injunctions to stop transactions and similar issues, bring this point to mind that doing transactions and transferring properties in these situations is correct, and such injunctions cannot form a reason to nullify the transaction.

The purpose of the present paper is to deal with the economic effects of gasoline subsidy on government expenditures in Iran's. To do so, we have used time series data for the period 1971-2004 and concentrated on the ordinary least square (OLS) method to estimate the relevant regression models. The results show that there has been a positive and significance relation between gasoline subsidy and government expenditures during the period under consideration .In order to alleviate the burden of gasoline subsidy on government budget, it is suggested that government emphasize on policies to reduce the gasoline subsidy which is mainly benefited the upper income bracket of the countries and move towards the guided subsidies. Also the economic liberalization and promotion of private sector introduced in Iran 4th economic plan needs more reliable support from all policy makers of the country.

In the economics of Iran according to the mixture of the incomes of the country, tax can be considered as a kind of assured income. Whereas the important part of tax revenues in Iran depends directly and non-directly on oil revenues, this important matter has severely damaged the tax incomes against fluctuated oil revenues. Being lower 20 percent share of direct incomes to general budget can be assessed as an increased share of oil from the incomes of government. The results of this research present that the extent of the oil revenues of the country has negative effect on tax revenues during research ages. The result is that for revising the structure of country tax system, this matter should be considered in execution process and how to use of expertise people power and revision in this case must be done?in order that tax system be efficient in national economy.

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a common bacillary infection in our population but primary tuberculous liver abscess in a non-immunocompromised patient is an extremely rare occurrence. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature to this day to our knowledge. Its management often requires medical treatment or in combination with percutaneous drainage, but it may take on a surgical appearance. We report here a new case of an isolated tuberculous liver abscess extended to the chest wall in a 32 years old female which was successfully managed with surgical approach and anti tubercular therapy. This location presents a considerable diagnosis challenge. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of liver cystic lesions, especially in a high tuberculosis prevalence country.

The hepatic localization of hydatid cysts classically occupies the first place in adults and alone accounts for approximately 2/3 of all hydatid localizations Hepatic hydatidosis is a reputedly benign disease, but can become serious at because of its complications. The most common complication is fistulization of the cyst in the bile ducts which constitutes a turning point in the evolution of the disease and which risks involving the life-threatening Our case is about a rupture of KHF in the bile ducts complicated by cholangitis in a patient admitted for treatment of severe sepsis on cholangitis

The Buschke-Löwenstein tumor (TBL) or giant acuminate condyloma (GAG) is a pseudo-epitheliomatous proliferation belonging to the group of verrucous carcinomas. Its first description dates back to 1896. It was in 1925 that Buschke and Löwenstein made it a characteristic entity. It is of viral origin (HPV), of sexual transmission reaching mainly the ano-genital zones. It is characterized by its degenerative potential and its recurrence after treatment. TBL is a relatively rare condition and always preceded by condylomata acuminata, its annual incidence appears to be 0.1% among the sexually active adult population. It occurs at any age after puberty and predominates between the 4th and 6th decades. The infection can reach both sexes, it is frequently seen in the male sex. The development, persistence and recurrence of condylomas largely reflect the immune status of the host. Immunosuppression, chronic inflammation, lack of hygiene and HIV infection appear to be risk factors for this condition. The implication of the papillomavirus and in particular of its serotypes HPV 6 and 11 is accepted in the genesis of the TBL. Its prevention is imperative based on the treatment of condylomata acuminata and the fight against sexually transmitted diseases. The treatment must be early, it is essentially surgical requiring a wide excision. We report the case of a 55-year-old patient with a history of sexual vagrancy and repeated urethritis who consults for a penile tumor that has been evolving for 8 years. The clinical examination noted several infiltrated tumor lesions, cauliflower papillomatous lesions of the root and ventral surface of the penis, fetid and painless. The ganglionic areas were free. HIV, syphilitic and hepatitis B and C serology were negative. Treatment consisted of surgical excision with skin covering adjacent to the skin. The histological examination of the excision piece revealed an important papillomatous hyperplasia of the epidermis and some koilocytes in favor of a giant condyloma. After 2 years of retreat, we did not find any recurrence.

The urachal cyst result of the persistence of the middle part of the urachus and obliteration of the cephalic and caudal ends. Its diagnosis is often difficult because of the variability of the clinical signs. Ultrasound and computed tomography scan can establish the diagnosis in the majority of the cases. The objective of our work is to develop this disease, rare in adults, focusing on its epidemiology, diagnostic and therapeutic.

This paper is concerned with the global asymptotic stability analysis problem for a general class of uncertain stochastic neural networks with mixed time-delays. The mixed time-delays under consideration comprise both the discrete time-varying delays and unbounded distributed delays. The main purpose of this paper is by using Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, the well-known Leibniz-Newton formula and the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, and then to establish easy to test sufficient stability conditions under which the addressed neural network is globally, robustly, asymptotically stable in the mean square for all admissible parameter uncertainties. The proposed criteria can be checked effectively by the Matlab LMI toolbox. Finally a simple example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed criteria.

By using Mawhin continuation theorem and comparison theorem, the sufficient conditions ensuring the existence of exponential periodic attractor and exponential convergence of a class of functional differential equation with time varying delays are established. The results are very different from some previously known results [1,19,28]. Finally, applications and an example are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the results.

Abacavir (ABC) {(1S,4R)-4-[2-amino-6-(cyclopropylamino)-9H-purin-9-yl] cyclopent-2-en-1-yl} methanol, is an antiretroviral medication which is used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. It belongs from nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) a sub class of RTIs, which interrupt the virus to make copy of it. In this paper we reported the results of a systematic experimental IR and Raman study of Avacavir. Additionally the equilibrium geometry, harmonic vibrational frequency Raman and IR intensities were calculated using density function theory. Finally complete vibrational assignment of Abacavir is given for the observed Raman and Infrared spectra. The experimental and theoretical results are found to be in excellent agreement with each other. We believe that the results obtained herein will prove to be an excellent starting point for studying the detailed potential surface of the molecule which is needed to understand the drug receptor interactions.

Epivir is an anti HIV agent belonging to the class of nucleosides reverse transcriptase inhibitors. These drugs interrupt the virus to make copy of it. A systematic quantum chemical study and vibrational spectra of Epivir has been reported. Structure and spectral characteristic of Epivir have been studied using vibrational spectroscopy and quantum chemical methods. Density function theory calculations of optimized geometry and vibrational spectra have been carried out by Gaussian03, using 6-311G basis set and B3PW91 functional. Based on these results we have discussed the correlation between these vibrational modes and crystalline structure of Epivir. A complete analysis of experimental IR and Raman spectra has been reported on the basis of wave number of the vibrational bands. The IR and the Raman spectra of the molecule based on DFT calculations shows reasonable agreement with the experimental results. The calculated HOMO, LUMO shows that the charge transfer takes place within the molecule.

This survey achieved in the city of Kindu and his/her/its peripheries have for objective to contribute to the knowledge of the Non Woody Forest products of plant origin, exploited in the biotopes surrounding the city of Kindu, the Nyoka locality, the Bilundu village and the Muyengo village in order to bring the actors to an exploitation responsible for these very important natural resources for their survival. In a specific manner it is about identifying the Non Woody Forest products exploited in the forests of Kindu and his/her/its vicinity and determined their biotopes of exploitation. For what is the collection of the data on the land, the used methodology had been based on the approach ethnoécologique, while leading an investigation on the Non Woody Forest products of the forests of Kindu and his/her/its vicinity. The investigation had concerned the exploiting permanent residents of the city of Kindu (Kindu city, Katako village, Shenge village, District Lwama), of the Bilundu village on the Kibombo road, the Nyoka village and the Muyengo village on the Kalima road. We had pulled at least 25 at random% of the households producers and to manage them the questionnaire elaborated to this effect. This collection of data was achieved as organizing some interviews to the course of which us had filled the cards. Therefore, the unit of sampling is the household of operators and consumers to the level of the survey sites and, our sample was of 697 individuals. The results showed that the species the more exploited like wild food plant in the biotopes of the Nyoka locality is Amaranthus viridis (LINNE), either 31%, followed of Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, either 25% or Xanthosoma sagittifolium, 19%. In the biotopes of the Muyengo village, it is the species Amaranthus viridis that is the more harvested (34%), followed of Colocasia antiquorum (19%) and of Xanthosoma sagittifolium (11%). One also found that in the biotopes of the Bilundu village, one harvests the species more Dioscorea prehensilis (30%), followed of the species Amaranthus viridis (15%) and of the species Pteridium aquilinum (12,4%). Among the wild food plants harvested in the different biotopes of the city of Kindu, the species Amaranthus viridis is the more exploited, either 26%, followed of Xanthosoma sagittifolium, 16% and of the species Colocasia antiquorum and Talinum triangularis (11% for every case). In the Nyoka locality, 40% of forest operators harvest the PFNL of plant origin in the forest, 28% find them in fallows and 19% in the fields. In Muyengo, 38% in the forest, 29% in the fallows and 20% in the fields. In the Bilundu village, 37% of forest operators tell to find the Non Woody Forest products of plant origin in the forest, 23% in the savanna and 20% recover them in fallows. And for the city of Kindu, 37% of operators harvest these resources in the forest, 23% in the savannas and 20% in the fallows.

This study aims at analyzing the social and economic impact the exploitation, use and the commerce of Non-Timber Forest Products in the habitats surrounding Kindu city, Nyoka locality, Bilundu and Muyengo villages in order to call on actors for responsible exploitation of these natural resources for their survival and to identify major constraints on the development of the NTFP sector in these areas. The methodology to collect collection was based on the ethnoecologic approach. We surveyed permanent operators and sellers in Kindu (Kindu city, Katako village, Shenge village, Lwama district), Bilundu village on Kibombo road, Nyoka and Muyengo villages on Kalima road. To get more information about socioeconomic aspects of the exploitation of NTFP of plant origin in the survey zone, we identified transformers and merchants in the four survey sites (at random at least 25% of household producers and sellers) for ten months, (between July 2018 and May 2019). Data collection consisted of interviews. The unit of sampling is operators and sellers’ household. We sampled 697 individuals. The results show that: ? 48.4% forest operators in Kindu city exploit NTFP for home consumption and 28% prefer to sellt. In Nyoka locality, 44.3% commercialize NTFP they exploit and 36.3% exploit them for both home and commerce consumption. In Bilundu village, 63% products are more destined to commerce and 21% exploit them home consumption. Operators in Muyengo sell 52% products, and consume 33% in their homes; ? In Kindu, 44% operators allocate their income to their children’s education, 27% to their families’ healthcare, and 21% to food needs. In Nyoka, 73% operators use their income to meet food needs in their households, 13% for their children’s education and 11% for building. In Bilundu, 67.3% allocate their income to food in their homes, 22.2 % to their children’s education. Likewise, in Muyengo village 77% operators allocate their income to food, and 10% to their children’s education; ? 38% operators interviewed in Nyoka village said scarceness of some species impacts on the reduction of production of NTFP in their area, 31% point at progressive remoteness of the collection zone, 13% raise the issue of age to cover longer distances. In village Muyengo, 35% operators say there is decrease of these resources in the area because of progressive remoteness of collection zones, 33% complain about lack customers and 19% remark rarity of some species. In Bilundu village, progressive remoteness of the collection zones constitutes the first major reason of the decrease of production (54%), followed by rarity of some species (27%) and lack of transportation means towards the centers (12%). In Kindu, remoteness of the collection zones is the major cause of the decrease of production, followed by rarity of some plant species in the biotopes (21%) and lack of transportation means (12%).

The authors examined computer-mediated-communication technologies, perceived social support, perceived cultural distance, and socio-cultural adjustment in 80 international undergraduate students. Findings revealed that computer-mediated-communication technologies not elated to socio-cultural adjustment. Perceived social support and perceived cultural distance were positively related to socio-cultural adjustment in international students.

Globalization has forced organization to change their operating strategies and adopt to the business environment in order to stay relevant. All organizations have moved to considering their service delivery as the new measure of organizational performance. More attention is thus shifting to factors that affect service delivery of various organizations as a whole or their core departments. This calls on the standards regulating agencies and more so the departments concerned with this to be at their utmost performance thus at their best service delivery. The most notable of these organizations is Kebs within the Kenyan context. The market surveillance department has the most important role in ensuring compliance to the standards. However, the performance of this department is not yet at par with the required standards under a global economy. Studies have thus been conducted to determine the reasons for this poor performance. Most of these studies fall short by giving mere symptoms of the problem but not the root cause which is strategic management. The main objective of the study was therefore to determine the effect of strategic management practices on service delivery by the surveillance department of Kebs this was supported by specific objectives which were to determine the effects of strategic formulation on service delivery by the surveillance departments of Kenya bureau of standards; to determine the effects of strategic planning on service delivery by the surveillance departments of Kenya bureau of standards; to determine the effects of strategy implementation on service delivery by the surveillance departments of Kenya bureau of standards and to determine the effects of strategic evaluation on service delivery by the surveillance departments of Kenya bureau of standards. The study was carried out in kebs as it is the main standards regulatory agency in the country and has all the elements in the other agencies thus the findings can be inferred to the others as well. The data for the study was collected from managers of KEBS ranging from junior management, middle level employees to senior management. The study used a sample based on the 10% of the target population therefore using 60 targeted respondents from whom responses was collected using Likert scale questionnaires. These were then sorted for consistency and accuracy leading to the use of 49 questionnaires which were coded and analyzed using mean and standard deviation followed by a simple regression analysis from which the findings of the study were drawn. The study found that there is a direct relationship between strategic management and service delivery. The highest contributor to this is strategic monitoring and evaluation followed by planning and implementation. It is thus surprising that the study found out that monitoring and evaluation was the weakest of the three strategic management variables. As a result, recommendation is made to have more emphasis on monitoring and evaluation, have stronger implementation as well as more attention on the weak areas of planning especially internal analysis and external analysis and involvement of junior employees in the process.

This study will reveal whether the mathematics teachers are aware of the reason why the concerned students have difficulty in learning mathematics and what measures they take if they are aware. In this context, the response to intervention (RTI) model, which is assumed to be effective for the students who need special education to gain and develop basic mathematical thinking skills, was applied and the views of the mathematics teachers on the extent of effect of this model. Student monitoring and structured interview forms constitute the data collection tools of the study. Findings show that the teachers are not aware of the reason why students who need special education have difficulty in learning mathematics. Teachers stated that the interventions under RTI increased the mathematics performances of students and that RTI offered new opportunities to students and was effective in increasing their academic achievement as they cannot show adequate attention to them in crowded classes. A RTI model approach is recommended to mathematics teachers for the students who need special education.

The experiment was carried out during the period from 2011,2012 and 2013 to compare the morphology of five gladiolus flowers genotypes with respect to plant height, length and breadth of leaf, number of leaves per plant, length of flowers, breadth of flower, weight of flower, weight of single stick, length of spike, length of rachis, flowers per plant, days to reach 50% spike initiation, number of corm and cormel per plant, breadth of corm and weight of cormel per plant. The results indicated the significant variation amongst the gladiolus genotypes with respect to studied morphological characteristics as well as with yield, yield attributes and plant height. The plant height was higher (70.15cm) and lower (55.52cm) in (SKG14) yellow and(SKG18) orange /(SKG24)red respectively due to genotype. The lengths of leaves were almost same but higher with(SKG14) yellow and(SKG20) violet (50.20/51.10 cm) than the(SKG10) white and(SKG18) orange ones where the smallest length was recorded for(SKG24) red (40.36cm) one. Almost same trends were recorded for breadth of leaves with the exception of few. The average number of leaves was highest for(SKG10) white (14.10) followed by(SKG24) red, (SKG20) violet, (SKG18) orange and (SKG14)yellow respectively. Most of the parameters of flower characteristics did not maintain regular trend and correlation when considered in terms of sequences starting from white to red as shown in the table 1, 2 and 3. The recorded results clearly indicate that the(SKG10) white genotype has the best planting materials which may be planted for luxuriant growth of plants and production of excellent flowers.

Spontaneous ruptures of the quadriceps tendon are infrequent injuries, it is seen primarily in patients with predisposing diseases such as gout, rheumatoid arthritis and chronic renal failure. A 32-year-old man had a history of end stage renal disease and received regular hemodialysis treatment for more than 5 years. He was admitted in our service for total functional impotence of the right lower limb with knee pain after a common fall two months ago. The radiogram showed a ‘’patella baja” with suprapatellar calcifications. The ultrasound and MRI showed an aspect of rupture of the quadriceps tendon in its proximal end with retraction of 3 cm. Quadriceps tendon repair was performed with a lengthening plasty, and the result was satisfactory after a serial rehabilitation program. The diagnosis of quadriceps tendon ruptures needs more attention in patients with predisposing diseases. They should not be unknown because the treatment of neglected lesions is more difficult. We insist on the early surgical repair associated with early rehabilitation that can guarantee recovery of good active extension.

External auditory canal cholesteatoma is a very rare entity, representing 0.1 to 0.5% of the otological pathology, carrying the same characteristics as that the middle ear cholesteatoma. Its location may be associated to other affections due to the large variety of differential diagnosis, benign or malignant cases which are far more frequent than the cholesteatoma. The diagnosis is mainly clinical, the therapeutic management consists on a surgical procedure which depends on the stage of the disease. Known for its slow evolution, and the risk of recurrence, the external auditory canal cholesteatoma requires a clinical and radiological surveillance that can extend over several years. Our work focuses on the study of diagnostic modalities and therapeutic management through two hospitalized cases treated in the ENT and CCF department of Rabat Specialty Hospital.

Disorder of urea and electrolytes is a potential health hazard. However, the determination of these parameters in human blood was neglected by laboratories in many hospitals. Here, standard methods and procedures adopted by World Health Organization (WHO) were used to determine percentage disorders from the amount of urea and electrolytes obtained in human blood of patients attending department of chemical pathology, Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital, Shika, Zaria. Out of one hundred and thirty (130) blood samples, 48(36.92%) were significantly positive. It was found that disorders increased with age, with percentage disorders of 30.76% among those aged 35-54 years. The disorder has no any gender difference but it varies significantly among patients with kidney and heart problems (29.92%). The determination for amount of urea and electrolytes in human blood using the standard methods adopted by WHO is therefore necessary for early diagnosis.

One hundred and twenty samples of drinking water sourced from wells and boreholes from eight local governments that constituted Kaduna south senatorial district of Kaduna state, Nigeria were randomly collected and subjected to Arsenic elucidation using standard laboratory methods. The wells have the following mean results 0.33, 0.35, 0.36, 0.37, 0.28, 0.33, 0.34 and 0.35 mg/L while the result obtained from the boreholes were as follows 0.11, 0.11, 0.17, 0.13, 0.13, 0.16, 0.12 and 0.20 mg/L both from Jeba, Jemaa, Kachia, Kagarko, Kauru, Kaura, Sanga and Zangon Kataf local governments respectively. Both results were found to be above the Maximum Contamination Level of 0.01 mg/L set by World Health Organization (WHO) and agreed by Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) therefore, the two sources were found to be contaminated with abnormal concentration of arsenic and consumers are vulnerable to severe health hazards. The high arsenic concentrations was attributed to both natural and anthropogenic processes such, as erosion, present of rocks in the area, undersurface weathering, toxic chemicals, improper waste and sewage disposal, wastes from industries, agricultural activities and vehicular emissions.

In many modern computer applications such as Market Analysis, Critical Care, Speech Recognition, Physical Plant Monitoring, Sleep Stage Classification, Biological Population Tracking, data is captured over the course of time, constituting a Time-Series. Time-Series data often contain temporal information dependencies that cause two otherwise identical points of time to belong to different classes or predict different behavior. This inherent characteristic increases the difficulty of processing such data. Deep Machine Learning (DML) techniques possess the inherent ability for analyzing and making predictions about such data. By its nature, DML requires extensive provision of resources key amongst which is the model computation time. Several optimization algorithms have been invented in the recent past and compare differently in terms of their resource needs. The most popular class of optimization algorithms is based on the classical stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm due to its ability to converge within reasonable time bounds. This paper is part of a larger project investigating optimization procedures for deep learning tasks based on the SGD. Specifically, we report on the comparative performance capabilities of the most popular SGD based algorithms for task of Time Series prediction namely. From our analysis of the six of these algorithms, we noted that ADAMAX is most appropriate for online learning while RMSPROP is the least affected by over-fitting for long training cycles.

The purpose of writing this paper is to identify, measure and prioritize the driving affecting factors on Abyek Company (Iranian cement producer) situation in markets. For conceptual framework, 3 main criteria and 13 sub criteria were considered. First of all, by applying Chi-square test, the factors were surveyed in which all 3 ones were affective on compatibility. Also the results of utilizing Average test show that all 3 criteria were placed in favorable place. And finally by using fuzzy TOPSIS technique, the indices were ranked in which “customer relationship management”, “innovation in product” and “competitors related intelligence” were selected as the most important sub criteria.

Five brands of cigarette were randomly sampled and analyzed for heavy metals. The brands include Aspen, Benson, Dunhill, Pall-mall and Rothmans. From the result obtained, concentration of Zinc was found to range between 11.1 - 4.15 mg/kg, concentration of Copper ranges between 13.65 - 4.55 mg/kg and Iron concentration ranges between 7.4 - 1.85 mg/kg. Nickel and Lead concentrations were found to range between 30.75 - 7.7 mg/kg and 32.6 - 17.4 mg/kg respectively. Lead was found to be highest in three brands (Rothmans, Pall-mall and Benson) respectively while Nickel was highest in two brands (Aspen, Rothmans) respectively. Generally the levels of the content of some of the metals in all the brands were low compared with the values set by world health organization (WHO) and accepted by standard organization of Nigeria (SON), it was believed that continuous bio-accumulation of heavy metals through smoking of cigarette may lead to additional health complication apart from the inherent dangers to which cigarette is known for.

Education has the key role in human capital formation. It empowers the society by increasing awareness, skills, efficiency and productivity, but does it empowers the people who educate the society? This paper scrutinizes the impact of different education levels on teacher’s earnings of public sector educational institutes in Pakistan. By employing Mincerian Human Capital model. A sample of 150 teachers is used for the analysis. Data is collected through field survey and questioner about educational level and experience from public sector teaching staff of Quetta city and OLS Regression method is used to determine the impact of Education and experience on earning. According to our results, completed years of education and years of experience have positive significant impact on monthly income. But years of experience increases income at a decreasing rate.

In today’s era, majority of the residential construction involves masonry. Despite its wide use in structural engineering, masonry is still the least understood especially seismic behavior building material in terms of strength and deformation characteristics due to its heterogeneity. The general behavior of unreinforced masonry under lateral is brittle and thus has high seismic hazard. Confining masonry is found to enhance the seismic behavior of masonry. In this project simple masonry (unreinforced masonry) and confined masonry walls of size 1.25mx1.25mx.1m were tested and compared for their behavior under in plane lateral loads. Confinement to the masonry was provided in the form of reinforced vertical columns and horizontal beam called as tie columns and tie beam respectively. The reinforcement in confinement was provided as per the guidelines issued by Euro code 8 for confined masonry. Their ultimate load strength, deformation capacity (ductility) and initial stiffness are the parameters studied in comparison. Confined masonry showed excellent behavior under lateral loads both in terms of ultimate load capacity and ductility than the simple masonry.

Crimped steel fibres with varying aspect ratio in the range of 30-60 were added in M-20 Concrete specimens. The fibre percentage chosen for study was 1% by volume. The concrete specimens were tested for 7 day, 14 day and 28 day compressive strength, flexural strength and splitting tensile strength and the results obtained were compared with those of normal concrete mix without fibres. The results concluded that the addition of 1% fibres with an aspect ratio of 50 leads to maximum improvement in early as well as long term compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength of concrete.

The Purpose of this research study is to measure the comparative financial performance of Islamic banking sector and conventional banking sector of Pakistan in terms of profitability, liquidity and risk & solvency. This research work also facilitate to all the stakeholders of Islamic banking sector and conventional banking sector including country heads of banks, branch managers, shareholders, creditors, investors, religious segment of population and regulatory bodies of Pakistan. Sample size consist of ten banks selected by using the conveyance sampling techniques including five leading Islamic banks (Meezan Bank, Bank Islami, Burj Bank, Dubai Islami Bank and Albarka Bank) and five conventional banks (MCB Bank Ltd, United Bank Ltd, Allied Bank Ltd, Habib Bank Ltd & Bank of the Punjab). The findings of the study indicated that conventional banking stream dominating on Islamic banking sector with respect to profitability at the cost of worst liquidity and high risk. Islamic banking sector dominated on conventional banking stream with reference to liquidity and risk & solvency at the cost of low profitability.

The study aimed at examining the perception of organizational commitment of women working on leadership positions in Saudi Arabia, The three dimensions of organizational commitment including affective, continuance and normative commitment were looked at. The influence of demographic factors including age, experience, qualification, level of income and marital status on the organizational commitment was studied. It was a descriptive correlational study in which organizational commitment Questionnaire-OCQ was used to collect data. The study found that the level of women leaders’ organizational commitment was high with continuance commitment as the strongest form. Demographic variables of age, experience and income significantly influenced the organizational commitment of women leaders. This study is significant because of the insights it provides for the management to better understand the nature of organizational commitment of women leaders and develops an understanding of the commitment process to promote it among them in Saudi Arabia

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality characteristics, based on the Five Factor Model of personality, mental health, Azad University of Chaloos, was performed. The present study, the type of non- experimental or descriptive More specifically, the project was correlation. Population, all students, Azad University, Chaloos, in the academic year 2014/2013, were enrolled, the formed, numbering 2,500, respectively. samples 330 through Morgan was chosen. instrument used in this study, two standardized questionnaire, features five big personality factors McCrae and Costa (1985 ), and health Questionnaire, 28 - GHQ is used. Our results indicate that, between physical symptoms, personality characteristics (extraversion, accountability, consistency and Welcome ), a significant positive correlation, and between social functioning, personality characteristics (extraversion, responsibility flexibility, adaptability and Welcome ), a significant positive correlation, and between anxiety symptoms, personality characteristics (extraversion, accountability, consistency and Welcome ), a negative relationship, and the symptoms of depression, personality characteristics (extraversion, accountability, consistency and Welcome ), a negative relationship, and the personality trait of neuroticism, positive and significant relationship, and the total score of mental health, personality characteristics (extraversion, accountability, consistency and Welcome ) there is a significant positive relationship. The overall results of the study suggest that, with every aspect of the character to behave in certain ways and have certain expectations, abilities and behavioral skills, unique and have different needs, based on the personality pattern, with the needs, expectations, motivations, expectations and specific goals, are.

English is a vehicle for international communication. In order to meet the demands of modern society, English teachers need to pay more attention to the development of learners’ competence and focus on a more effective and successful method. This paper aims at stressing current perspectives on pronunciation learning and teaching. It summarizes the background of pronunciation teaching, emphasizes the need for incorporating pronunciation into foreign language classes owing to regarding pronunciation as a key to gaining full communicative competence, The present study investigated the possible relationship between IPA, stress and pronunciation skill of Iranian EFL learners. Seventy Iranian intermediate EFL students were selected as the main sample based on their performance on Oxford placement test. All participants were given a test of IPA and word stress. There was also a pronunciation test which was performed orally to evaluate their total pronunciation proficiency. Two EFL teachers participated in the scoring procedure. Pearson correlation test was run to the results of different sections of the pronunciation test using SPSS 22 to answer the research questions and to investigate the possible relationship between IPA, stress, and pronunciation skill of Iranian EFL learners. The relationships between Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ total pronunciation skill and two components of pronunciation skill of including IPA competence and knowledge of word stress, were examined through running Pearson correlation test. The results indicated that there was a significant correlation between IPA competence and total pronunciation test scores of Iranian EFL students. It was found that there was also significant relationship between students’ English pronunciation test scores and their performance in word stress.