bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A constituição da multidão na filosofia de Antonio Negri
Authors: Pirola Émerson
Published: March 2020

Em nosso artigo nos preocupamos com a constituição do conceito de multidão e na sua determinação enquanto um conceito de classe através de seus aspectos filosóficos formais e através de seus aspectos ontológicos, políticos e econômicos próprios da contemporaneidade. Desse modo, começamos por algumas das dimensões conceituais mais importantes da multidão: os seus dualismos. São eles: entre potência e poder (herdados de Spinoza); entre virtù e fortuna (de Maquiavel); entre trabalho vivo e trabalho morto (de Marx); entre poder constituinte e poder constituído (arrancados da tradição do pensamento jurídico). Em seguida desenvolvemos alguns aspectos essenciais para o entendimento da multidão enquanto um conceito de classe social efetivo na composição contemporânea do capitalismo, como o trabalho imaterial e a subsunção real e a biopolítica ou bioprodução, que colocam que toda a vida e toda a sociedade se tornam elemento de valorização do capital. Assim, deparamo-nos com outro dualismo, o entre biopolítica e biopoder, que marca a multidão em seu sentido mais importante, visto que este é um conceito inseparável das análises históricas da transformação do capitalismo.

Palavras-chave: Multidão. Negri. Biopolítica. Trabalho imaterial. Trabalho vivo.
Khảo sát độ chính xác bố trí tim tuyến đường bẳng công nghệ trạm tham chiếu hoạt động liên tục
Authors: Lê Minh Ngọc , Lê Văn Hiến , Trần Đức Công
Published: March 2020

Trạm tham chiếu hoạt động liên tục (CORS) xây dựng trên cơ sở hệ thống vệ tinh dẫn đường toàn cầu GNSS đã và đang được nghiên cứu khả năng đảm bảo độ chính xác trong đo đạc trắc địa nói chung và bố trí công trình nói riêng. Bài báo này nghiên cứu khảo sát độ chính xác công nghệ trạm CORS đơn trong công tác bố trí các cọc tim tuyến phục vụ thi công tuyến đường. Một tuyến đường thực nghiệm đã được thiết kế và bố trí tim tuyến bằng hai phương pháp là sử dụng máy toàn đạc điện tử và sử dụng phương pháp trạm CORS. Sau đó, tiến hành đánh giá độ chính xác của phương pháp trạm CORS so với phương pháp truyền thống là sử dụng máy toàn đạc điện tử. Kết quả nghiên cứu thực nghiệm chỉ ra rằng phương pháp sử dụng các trạm CORS có thể đảm bảo độ chính xác bố trí tim tuyến trong thi công tuyến đường.
Educación sobre riesgo de desastres. Métodos didácticos en la enseñanza sobre tsunamis en Chile
Authors: Abarca Francisco , Lizana Fabián
Published: March 2020

El tratamiento didáctico con el cual se aborda el riesgo de tsunami requiere de la integración de diferentes recursos utilizados desde perspectivas múltiples, siendo la estrategia metodológica la que adquiere significancia en la formación de los educandos. La construcción de un cimiento de aprendizaje efectivo a escala local que permite reducir la pérdida de vidas humanas cuando se presenta un tsunami, es primordial por sobre otras medidas de mitigación.

Cinco son las estrategias que se presentan, donde cada una de ellas es complementaria de las otras, relacionándose de forma escalar para la construcción de escenarios de riesgos que integren conocimientos sobre las ciencias de la tierra, el desarrollo social y por sobre todo del espacio en donde se habita.

Palabras claves: didáctica geográfica, tsunamis, riesgo, vulnerabilidad.
De lo marítimo a lo étnico:
Authors: Orellana Yáñez José
Published: March 2020

El artículo visibiliza algunos aspectos identificados en torno a las dimensiones identitarias que obstaculizan una normal relación entre Bolivia y Chile, y ante la evidencia de su anormalidad, determinan la integración de ambos países. Entre algunas de las situaciones que se exponen y no profundizadas en otras investigaciones, se encuentra la relación de las variables jurídica y étnica, las que vinculadas al emotivismo, explicarían en parte, las dificultades de la consolidación del Estado Nación boliviano. Expone, además, la importancia de la categoría de mito para hacer inteligible esta conflictiva relación, permitiéndole caracterizar como materialmente falsa, pero socialmente aceptada la argumentación boliviana sobre la demanda que diseñó y aplicó hasta el 1 de octubre de 2018, cuando la Corte Internacional de La Haya falló a favor de Chile.

Palabras claves: etnias, mitos, emotivismo, derecho internacional, identidad y geografía política.
Editorial
Authors: Rojas Rubio Ignacio
Published: March 2020

Editorial
Digital Transformation in the Drugstore Industry: A Case Study
Authors: Demaj Esmir , Hysa Xhimi , Sadaj Abdyl
Published: March 2020

The phenomenon of digital transformation has become widespread and relevant in a variety of industries. This era of transformation has changed the traditional business models. However, the implementation of digital services in the drugstore industry, has developed at a relatively slow pace. The core of the drugstore business model has remained product-centric and therefore pharmacies are still in an experimental phase when it comes to offering more than the traditional products. Digital services play a vital role in such occasions because they accelerate the process, making it easier to implement. This research, using the case of an innovative pharmacy located in Albania, will give an outlook of the challenges faced by this industry on daily basis and the opportunities for innovation, how important is for the costumer the value added to the products they purchase, and also an overview of what the process of digitalization might look like for this industry.Key Words: Drugstore Industry, Digital transformation, Digitization, Pharmacy “Daja”
Interdisciplinary Computing: An Epistemological Examination and Proposed PLOs
Authors: Melki Antoine , Bitar Amine
Published: March 2020

The increase in the number of institutions offering degrees in interdis ciplinary computing raises a set of questions at the epistemological level. A set of questions is raised: is any integration of computing with some other field a representation of interdisciplinarity? What are the limits of enabling? What are the requirements of integration? Does the product of interdisciplinary computing remain computer science? These questions are urgent and answers should be provided especially that the number of such degrees is increasing accompanied by a growing demand on these jobs, as reflected on jobs and opportunities websites. A definition for interdisciplinary computing is needed. This paper attempts to answer these questions based on the huge literature available on interdisciplinarity in general, and interdisciplinary computing in specific. Special reference to career opportunities will be made. The study will be completed using document analysis examining the related documents as the data source of a qualitative research. A phenomenological study will be used to understand the meaning different schools are appropriating to interdisciplinarity. Enough documents will be consulted to extract the common themes and build a sufficient data set of emerging themes to validate the findings. While the phenomenological study aims at describing the essence interdisciplinary computing, grounded theory methods will be used to formulate a definition. As a result of this study is expected to better inform on the design and understanding of how different schools are managing their offering.Some explanatory, exploratory, or descriptive case study involving multiple types of data sources will be explored to acquire a deep understanding and provide support of the findings. The paper concludes with a proposed set of PLOs for interdisciplinary computing and reflecting its educational aspects and respecting technical norms.
Interpretation of the Return Motif of Ulysses in the Early Novels of S. Beckett
Authors: Vasyliuk Yelyzaveta
Published: March 2020

The Ulysses’s motif of return in More Pricks Than Kicks and Murphy by S. Beckett becomes a key theme. Belacqua Shuah and Murphy strive for being at home, as well as Bloom and Odysseus. The main character of More Pricks Than Kicks Belacqua Shuah wanders from one of his beloved to another, that can be a reflection of Odysseus’s wanders. Bloom’s coming back home is reconsidered by S. Beckett: Belacqua and Murphy die in the end of the novels. The idea of coming back is also represented by Belacqua’s concept about the way of boomerang in More Pricks Than Kicks and the way that loops the loop like an eight, following which however you don’t return to the place where you started, but going down you meet yourself, ‘going up’. Stephen’s ‘silence, exile and cunning’ and Bloom’s ‘coming back was the worst thing you ever did’ is played up by S. Beckett as ‘Doubt, Despair and Scrounging’ in More Pricks Than Kicks. In More Pricks Than Kicks the image of a bicycle, inherited from Ulysses, symbolize the increasing mechanization of human’s life, and in Murphy the image of a bicyle is replaced by a rocking-chair, Murphy strives for ‘state’ movement, movement at the same place.
The Impact of Leadership Practices on Total Quality Management and Organizational Performance in the UAE Interior Ministry
Authors: Alnuaimi Abdulla Salem Ahmed , Yaakub Kamarul Bahari
Published: March 2020

This study examines the moderating impact of leadership practices (LP) in TQM and organizational performance (OP). Through literature review, four hypotheses were derived which are tested in the UAE to better understand the nature of the relationship between TQM and LP as well as the impact of TQM on OP in the public sector departments in the UAE. Data were collected by distributing questionnaire to 230, data we analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The research showed the impact of LP on TQM and OP.
The Association Between the Contraction of Infectious Diseases and Aggressive Behavior at School: A Study Among Adolescents in Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria
Authors: Makinde Olaniyi , Björkqvist Kaj , Österman Karin
Published: March 2020

The study investigated whether there is an association between the contraction of infectious diseases and peer aggression in a school context. The study was carried out among 284 adolescents (152 girls, 132 boys; M age = 14.2 years, SD = 1.7) in Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria. It was measured how frequently the adolescents had contracted malaria, yellow fever, typhoid fever, and cough - flu. Both the perpetration of and victimization from peer aggression at school was measured with an adapted version of the Direct - Indirect Aggression Scales. The results showed a clear association between the contraction of all measured infectious diseases and peer aggression. It is suggested that it is not a question of cause and effect, but that a third factor, possible overcrowding, is a risk factor for both outcomes.
New theoretical insight into high coordination number complexes in actinides-centered borane
Authors: Hu Shuxian , Zhang Peng , zou wenli , zhang ping
Published: March 2020

The coordination number of a given element behaving to understand its chemistry shows a great interest, which greatly promotes the extension and development of new materials, but remains challenging. Herein we report a new record high coordination number (CN) for actinide established in the cage-like An(BH)24 (An = Th to Cm) via using relativistic quantum chemistry methods. Analysis of U(BH)n (n = 1 to 24) confirms these series of systems being as geometric minima, with the BH as a ligand located in the first shell around the uranium. Contrast, global searches reveal the low CN half-cage structure for UB24, which is extended to the series of AnB24 and prevails over the competing structural isomers such as cage. The intrinsic geometric difference for AnB24 and An(BH)24 mainly arise from the B sp3 hybridization in borane inducing strong interactions between An 5f6d7s hybrid orbitals and B 2pz orbitals in An(BH)24 comparing to that of AnB24. The fundamental trend presents a valuable insight for future experimental endeavor searching for isolable complexes with high-coordination actinide and provides a new structural motif of boron clusters and nanostructures.
Meta-Learning Initializations for Low-Resource Drug Discovery
Authors: Nguyen Cuong Q. , Kreatsoulas Constantine , Branson Kim M.
Published: March 2020

Building in silico models to predict chemical properties and activities is a crucial step in drug discovery. However, drug discovery projects are often characterized by limited labeled data, hindering the applications of deep learning in this setting. Meanwhile advances in meta-learning have enabled state-of-the-art performances in few-shot learning benchmarks, naturally prompting the question: Can meta-learning improve deep learning performance in low-resource drug discovery projects? In this work, we assess the efficiency of the Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning (MAML) algorithm – along with its variants FO-MAML and ANIL – at learning to predict chemical properties and activities. Using the ChEMBL20 dataset to emulate low-resource settings, our benchmark shows that meta-initializations perform comparably to or outperform multi-task pre-training baselines on 16 out of 20 in-distribution tasks and on all out-of-distribution tasks, providing an average improvement in AUPRC of 7.2% and 14.9% respectively. Finally, we observe that meta-initializations consistently result in the best performing models across fine-tuning sets with k ∈ {16, 32, 64, 128, 256} instances.
Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalarında Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp Yöntemi Kullanımının Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: YILDIZ Pınar , ÜZER Fatih , GÜLEÇ BALBAY Ege
Published: March 2020

Amaç: Kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığında (KOAH) semptomların hafifletilmesinde Geleneksel ve Tamamlayıcı Tıp (GETAT) yöntemlerinin kullanımı giderek artmaktadır. KOAH hastalarının GETAT yöntemlerini kullanım durumlarının belirlenmesini amaçladık.Materyal ve Metot: Göğüs hastalıkları polikliniğine Aralık 2018 ve Şubat 2019 tarihleri arasında başvuran KOAH hastaları çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hastalara GETAT yöntemleri hakkındaki eğilimlerini ölçen sorular yöneltildi, demografik verileri kaydedildi.Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan 94 hastanın yaş ortalaması 65,6±10,0 (minimum: 42, maksimum: 84 yıl) olup vakaların %84’ü erkek (n=79), %16’sı (n=15) kadındı. Hastaların %39,4’ü (n=37) GETAT yöntemlerinden birini kullandığını ve kullanan hastaların %70,3’ü (n=26) yarar gördüğünü ifade etmişlerdi. Bitkisel, apiterapi, apiterapi ve bitkisel tedavileri birlikte kullananlar ve aromaterapi yöntem oranları sırasıyla %73, %8,1, %10,8, %8,1 olarak bulundu. Hastaların %82,2’sinin (n=74) GETAT yöntemleri ile ilgili hekiminden bilgi almak istediği görüldü. KOAH hastaları evrelerine göre ayrıldığında, ileri evre (evre 3-4) hastalarının erken evre ( evre 1-2) hastalara göre GETAT yöntemini daha çok kullandığı gözlendi (p=0,004).Sonuç: Sağlık personeli tarafından GETAT yöntemlerini kullanım durumlarının sorgulanması gerektiğini düşünmekteyiz.
Health and hygienic activities of dalits, a special reference with arunthathiars in western tamil nadu
Authors: R Saranya Devi , N R Suresh Babu
Published: March 2020

Health is a common right to people in all aspects. According to Article 25 of the Universal Declarations of Human Rights, everyone has the right to a standard of living, adequate for the health of himself, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and necessary services. Though “health is wealth”, a popular sayingin almost every family world over, one seldom pays attention to the fact that it is the wealth. It determines that health and access to health care without wealth can remain merely an illusion. In India Caste system plays an important role in distribution of power and adequate services. In it, Dalits are most depressed andunder drowned people, especially in rural areas they don’t even have a permanent work and sufficient income and they do not acquire an adequate service of health. Dalits don’t have basic knowledge towards health care and preventive measures and they don’t have a proper health care service too. This conclusionhowever raises another obvious question i.e., whether one’s social or caste background determines his economic status, and consequently his access to better health care services as well. Without an economic stability and basic knowledge towards health, how they will take care of themselves and their family?Dalits are treated as untouchables till now then who will direct their health care activities? Then what is the part of government in their health progress? What is their present socio- economic and educational condition? What is their attitude towards disease and preventive measures? Who will be more responsiblein families’ health? Answering these questions becomes more crucial not only to understand the health status of any community or caste but also to identify the various factors responsible for the same.
Public private partnership in india
Authors: M Sathana Priya , P Jesintha
Published: March 2020

The article discussed the Public Private Partnership among the domestic and foreign players. The main objective is to assess the Public Private Partnership project in India and relationship between the foreign player and domestic player in PPP. So the paper concludes that the foreign players are investing with domestic player in PPP projects. Malaysian companies are leading investors in public private partnership (PPP) projects in India, with this observation both foreign and domestic players join together and developing good relationship among the world with the help of PPP project.
A effectiveness of technical indicators - a study on cnx it indices
Authors: K Prabhakaran , S Nagarajan
Published: March 2020

There are numerous technical tools available to predict future trend of index prices. All tools may not be effective for all the companies and at all times. The purpose of this study is to find out the effectiveness of technical tools in predicting the index price movement. The research is based on secondary data collected from various websites. The data is collected for two different time periods representing the bullish and bearish seasons. The technical indicators taken for the study are Relative Strength Index (RSI), Money Flow Index (MFI) and On Balance Volume (OBV). From the study it is found that Relative Strength Index, Money Flow Index and On Bonus Volume are effective in predicting the index movement CNX IT during the Bullish period and during the Bearish period, Stochastic Oscillator isdeemed effective.
Word of mouth: the key to unlock hinterland
Authors: P Prialatha , M Malar Mathi
Published: March 2020

Advertising and other promotional efforts form crucial part of rural marketing communication,that to with increasing rural prosperity, marketers are keen to inform villagers about the benefits of buying and consuming their products and services. The promotion aspects always create a challenge in rural marketsbecause of the fact that villages have thin population density and are widely spread over large remote areas.Some of the rural markets are also inaccessible to television signals and are often designated as ―media dark‖.Interpersonal communication accounts for over 80% of the rural communication process. ‗Word of Mouth‘ form of communication plays a vital role in rural consumer purchase decisions. The study was conducted among rural areas of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, to identify rural consumer‘s exposure to different media vehicles and to understand the importance of ‗Word of Mouth‘ in influencing rural consumer‘s purchase decision with regard to personal care products. The study throws insight into the need for positive word of mouth generation, thorough right media mix decisions targeting rural consumers. ‗Word of Mouth‘ communication rules brand building in Hinterland and the marketers foraying into it must focus on a long term effect and decide on innovative and feasible media options to capture the mind space of rural consumers.
A study on impact of job satisfaction on quality of worklife: with special reference to it professionals in bangalore city
Authors: S GOMATHI , M SWAPNA
Published: March 2020

Quality of working life has been differentiated from the broader concept of quality of life. To some degree, this may be overly simplistic, as Elizur and Shye,(1990) concluded that quality of work performance is affected by quality of life as well as quality of working life. However, the specific attention to work-related aspects of quality of life is valid. Whilst quality of life has been more widely studied, quality of working life remains relatively unexplored and unexplained. A review of the literature reveals relatively little on quality of working life. Where quality of working life has been explored, writers differ in their views on its core constituents. Various authors and researchers have proposed models of quality of working life which include a wide range of factors. This paper concentrates on the role of job satisfaction in quality of work life.
An empirical analysis of impact of bonus issue on share price with reference to selected companies in india
Authors: S POORNIMA , V CHITRA
Published: March 2020

This study examines the impact of bonus issue on share price of selected scrip’s during February 2010 to February 2011 listed on National Stock Exchange, India. When additional shares are allotted to existing shareholders without being paid any additional payment for them, it is known as bonus shares. Bonus shares are issued by a company when it intends to pay dividend by issuing shares. Companies giving bonus shares are regarded very highly by investor fraternity. Very few studies have observed bonus issue announcement and share prices in India and this study is an attempt to fill the gap. The present study is an empirical analysis to examine the impact of bonus announcement on share prices. Impact has been analyzed between 7 days from the date of bonus announcement. The result divulges that there is no significant impact on bonus announcement between pre-post conditions considered for this study.
Changing scenario in domestic tourism in northeast india: with special reference to assam
Authors: SARMA RASHMIREKHA
Published: March 2020

To discuss the changing scenario of the domestic tourism in India’s Northeast region, particularly Assam, this research note discovers the growing interest among the domestic tourist from and to Northeast India through the observation and opinion of the tour operators in this region. The study explores the socio-cultural  transformation of the attitude of domestic tourists of and towards this region through the reflective discussion that shows the approximate number of domestic tourists from and to Northeast India, destinations frequently chosen by the people and the socio-economic background of the tourists.
Problems of elderly women: need for interventions
Authors: V PADMAVATHI , A KALAIMATHI
Published: March 2020

Elderly problem is a major problem across the world, as the elderly population is growing due to increase in health facilities. Among the elderly people, elderly women are most vulnerable group of the society suffering from socio-economic and health problems. The extents of problems of elderly women are more if they are widows. The paper analyzed the statistics of the elderly population and discussed the problems faced by elderly women in India. It is found that there is no particular social welfare scheme available for the betterment of health problems of the elderly women. Hence, the paper concluded with the remarks that there is need for health scheme for the elderlywomen.
Mediating effect of psychological ownership on the relationship of servant leadership and organizational citizenship: a conceptual model
Authors: Bambale Abdu Ja‟afaru , Shamsudin Faridahwati Mohd , a/l Subramaniam Chandrakantan
Published: March 2020

This is a conceptual study that proposes examining a mediated model of organizationalcitizenship behavior (OCB) among employees of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Plc. ThePHCN Plc is a sole producer and distributor of electricity in Nigeria and plays a vital role in supporting thesocio-economic development of Nigeria. If performance of OCB is enhanced among employees of this utilityorganization, effective functioning of the organization and ultimate realization of its goals and objectives willalso be enhanced. Extensive review of relevant literature was done for better understanding of the currentdevelopment of research involving OCB, servant leadership and psychological ownership that constitute themodel of this study. Cross sectional and survey study will be employed as methods for data collection. Onestage cluster sampling technique will be employed to obtain representative response from a sample of 322lower and middle level employees of Kano PHCN Distribution Company. A combination of both descriptiveand inferential statistics will be employed to test the hypothesized model. Structural equation modeling (SEM)will be used in the analysis because of its analytical power of testing several relationships simultaneously andreducing measurement error.
Green banking-a new dimension
Authors: Akter Aklima , Majumder Md. Tofael Hossain , Rahman Mohammed Mizanur
Published: March 2020

Climate change has become a global concern as it has direct impact on biodiversity,agriculture, forestry, dry land, water resources and human health. In a globalize economy, it is the time toconsider environmental policies because environmental impact might affect to the rate of return and reputationof business in the long-run. Among the business organizations, one of the major economic agents influencingoverall industrial activity and economic growth is the financial institution such as banking sector. Bank playsa very important role in shaping the economy. Now-a-days, Banks that support the local community andenvironment are seen as leaders. As a result, Bank continuously strives to ensure that its operations areenvironment-friendly and discourages financing projects contrary to it. This study highlights the concept,needs and significance, and products of green banking. The study forms mainly the extensive review ofrelated literature based on highly work. It is seen that there has not been much initiative in this regard by thebanks and other financial institutions in the world. Therefore, this paper suggests some necessary directionsfor promoting green banking in the world to protect the environment and builds banks performance.
Sources of information and perception of rural consumer
Authors: S Balusamy , S Vanitha
Published: March 2020

Marketing plays a pivotal role in the growth and development of a country.It significantly contributes to income generation and employment. Efficient marketingstrategy enables the marketer to provide right product, to right person and at the right time.Indian rural market is much larger than that of the urban market in terms of population,number of households and by way of geographic dispersal. Increased income level among rural households, improved infrastructure and favorable government policies offer a huge potential for rural marketing. As a result, manufacturers from India as well as abroad have diversified their attention towards rural segment to tap the hitherto untapped potential. Four billion people worldwide live in rural areas while in India 74 per cent of the populationreside in rural areas, spreading over 3.2 million sq. km. in about 6,38,365 villages. Rural India is characterized by half a dozen religions, 33 languages, 1,650 dialects, and diversity in castes, sub-castes, tribes, culture, and subculture.
Income inequalities: the rationale of demarcation amid growth and development
Authors: Gahlot Bharat , Dubey Akanksha
Published: March 2020

In this paper we provide an analytical view of the effect of income inequality over economic development even in the charisma of continuous economic growth. In the beginning a detailed discussion has been done regarding the differences between economic growth and development.Ours is a developing economy with a continuous rise in GDP. However due to unequal distribution of income, the economy has not been able to witness economic development on an overall basis. An introduction is given regarding the HDI, the ultimate measure of economic development. This paper also proves the fact that economic development is possible only if there is equality in the distribution of income.In our study we have included a number of facts and figures to conclude that income equality is a precondition for economic development. At the end, few suggestions are given as to how we can overcome this problem and promote economic development.
Inorganic growth: from mirage to reality. (an empirical research paper on mergers and acquisitions and the role of hr department)
Authors: V SELVA LAKSHMI , SOHAIL DURDANA
Published: March 2020

Recent years have seen an explosive growth rate in the mergers and acquisition‘ activities around the world.Indian too has seen a tremendous increase in these types of activities not only with the country limits but also across t he border. It is seen that after the M&A activities are undertaken ,the window of opportunity that one saw and tried to turn into a door through has been wiped off the wall.In the scenario where companies need to be growing fast, while being flexible, efficient and profitable, the inorganic form of growth seems to be the best option. In the global environment, that persists today a company just can‘t rely on the internal growth and ignore the industry happening.This research paper is based on the primary data collected from IT companies in and around Pune. The study tries to find out the communication strategy used, change of roles and responsibilities during this phase, the level of stress and resistance to change asfaced by the management and experienced by employees. It also analysis the extent of the involvement of the HR department as perceived by the employees and the cultural differences encountered by the employees in the merged organization.
Assessment of the suitability of grafted model in forecasting rice consumption trend in nigeria.
Authors: Oyinbo Oyakhilomen , ZibahRekwot Grace , OnipeSaliu Hassan
Published: March 2020

This paper was designed to examine the predictive power of grafted polynomial functional form in forecasting rice consumption in Nigeria with a linear model used as bench mark. Data on rice consumption trend in Nigeria from 1961 to 2011 elicited from the United States department of Agriculture foreign Agricultural services were utilized in this study. It  was observed that rice consumption did not correlate linearly with trend over the entire sample period and this necessitatedthe grafting of a Linear – Quadratic – Linear model. The ex-post forecasts of the grafted model had lesser forecast error and were closer to the observed values than that of the linear model which had greater forecast error. Therefore, the predictive performance of the grafted model is more reliable in forecasting future trend of rice consumption in Nigeria for planning purposes.
Retail investors‟ satisfaction towardsmutual funds in tamil nadu
Authors: G Prathap , A Rajamohan
Published: March 2020

Among various financial instruments, i.e., shares, bonds and debentures. Mutual Fund is a special type of financial instrument that pools the funds of investors who seek to maximize return on investment. Stocks provide high total returns with commensurate level of risk, while bonds may provide lower risks along with regular income. Small investors face a lot of problems in the share market, limited resources, lack of professional advice, lack of information etc. Mutual funds have come as a much needed help to these investors. It is a special type of institutional device or an investment vehicle through which the investors pool their savings which are to be invested under the guidance of a team of experts in wide variety of portfolios of corporate securities in such a way, so as to minimize risk, while ensuring safety and steady return on investment.
The 7 Ps` In the Websites of Qatari Banks
Authors: Alquradaghi Bahnaz Ali
Published: March 2020

This research is an attempt to discover the extent of availability of the marketing mix elements in the webpages of some of the Qatari banks, in order to assess the degree of development in this area, and if they are able to take advantage of existing technologies in this field. I have discovered that the Qatari Banks, under consideration in this study, are very interested in the internet and have a desire to use this technology and have actually been using it since 2010.The elements of the marketing mix in services are 7, namely: product, price, place, people, promotion, physical evidence and process. Banks are service institutions. I chose to study 3 banks in Qatar: Qatar National Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank, Masraf AlRayan, and have made comparisons between them to find out how efficiently these elements of the marketing mix have been implemented. I found that the marketing mix is well established in Qatar National Bank, and to a lesser extent in Qatar Islamic Bank and Masraf AlRayan respectively. That is because Qatar National Bank has a wide diversity in product, a numerous branches and ATMs, a successfuladvertising strategy and attention to detail.
Empirical Validity of CAPM through Security Market Line and Non Linearity Tests: Indian Experience
Authors: D Lazar , K M Yaseer
Published: March 2020

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is one of the important talk factors in finance and it has been widely discussed and tested in different capital markets throughout the world.This study examines the validity of capital asset pricing model in Indian Capital Market by using the data of 70 companies listed in BSE 100 index The study used Black, Jensen and Scholes (1972) methodology and Fama Macbeth methodology (1973) to test the empirical validity of the model. The results showed linear relationship between beta and return, and also it showed weakness in explaining the various assumptions of CAPM.
Present Scenario of Power Sector in India
Authors: Gakhar Kamlesh , Meetu  , Chaudhary Niyati
Published: March 2020

Infrastructure is a key requirement for the sustained growth of an economy. Within infrastructure, growth in the power sector is one of the most important requirements for such growth.Though, the installed generation capacity of Indian power sector increased over the years. Yet, the power sector lacked in quality, security and reliability. It was characterized by gross underinvestments, serious under recoveries and had the highest contribution to the India‘s fiscal deficit. Inthe wake of all these difficulties, it was necessary to bring reforms in this sector. The present paper is an attempt to describe the efforts taken by Indian government for the overhauling of this sector since 1991, gaps in its implication and the need for future reforms.
A Preliminary Exploration of the Changing Paradigmsof
Authors: Pandey Shivani , Pande Neerja
Published: March 2020

Globalisation and disruptive changes have made the organizations realize the need and importance of leadership in turbulent times. The frenetic pace of change, significant growth in technology, scarcity of resources and changing business models pose immense challenges to the organisations to keep competitive. One critical factor for the success of organisations in such times is the capability of the leader at the helm of affairs. This paper is based on findings from Consultancy Service industry and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry, which were evaluated through appropriate statistical techniques (surveys and factor analysis) to find out the critical individual capabilities one should build and inculcate to be an effective leader in turbulent times. The findings suggest that to effectively lead through turbulence a leader will need to be authentic and set directions for others in the team. The leader who can adapt, use analytical and innovative thinking during turbulent times and avoid negative approach through excellent communication will lead a more productive group of followers. This study will be of significance to practicing leaders, researchers, and development experts who are involved in exploring different dimensions of leadership in times of complexity and turbulence.
Empirical Evidence of Television Advertising Effectiveness on Selected Brands of Cellular Phones
Authors: Das Saumendra , Kumar Kusumuru Vijaya
Published: March 2020

Every day we are watching enumerable advertisements in different media whether in television or newspaper. Watching advertisements became the part of our lifestyle to select any categories of product or any type of brand. In this regard advertisements played a vital role to inform, persuade and remind us on a product. The types of advertisements in different media with specific location are attracting us to select a particular brand. Thus advertising is not only giving us the information but also pulling us to purchase the products.Almost each and every brand of products are associated with advertisements whether a consumer durable or non durable products. It depends on the market capabilities and also with customer demand. Basing on the demand, the company use to select the market as well creates the need and expectation of consumers. Today cellular phone marketing has become the bandwagon of popular media of reaching the target audience. The cellular phone subscribers in the developed world has already reached saturation point with at least one cell phone subscription per person. All these progress is due to the advertising effectiveness in different media which reveals the growth of telecom sector as well as the penetration of brand. In this article the researcher tried to emphasise the effectiveness of television advertising with a particular brand of cell phone subscription and presented it in anempirical manner by the help of tables.
An Introduction To Green Marketing-Emerging Dimensions, Strategies, Opportunities, Challenges and Trends: A Review
Authors: Jyoti Jiwan
Published: March 2020

Green marketing is a phenomenon which has developed particular important in the modern market. This concept has enabled for the re-marketing and packaging of existing products which already adhere to such guidelines. The importance of Green Marketing can well be emphasised by stating the fact that majority of consumers in all the countries want to buy from environmentally responsible companies. Consumers say environmental consciousness is animportant corporate priority – ranking behind good value, trustworthy, and cares about customers. Consumers expect green companies to engage in a broad set of actions, particularly reducing toxics, recycling and managing water. Many consumers prefer to spend more on green products, especially in developing economies. Green marketing is a phenomenon which has developed particular important in the modern market. This concept has enabled for the remarketing and packaging of existing products which already adhere to such guidelines.Additionally, the development of green marketing has opened the door of opportunity for companies to co-brand their products into separate line, lauding the green-friendliness of some while ignoring that of others. Such marketing techniques will be explained as a direct result of movement in the minds of the consumer market. As a result of this businesses have increased their rate of targeting consumers who are concerned about the environment.
Impact of multimedia in early childhood education
Authors: Shilpa Singh , Sunita Mishra
Published: March 2020

Multimedia is multiple forms of media integrated together, i.e. the collection of audio, sounds, text, graphics, animation etc which develop in programs. Multimedia increased Knowledge about concept and critical literacy and specific number and language concepts in the students. Multimedia plays a very important role in assisting students in learning processes.Multimedia uses computers to present text, audio, video, animation, interactive features, and stillimages in various ways and combinations made possible through the advancement of technology. Technology is a tool that can provide another way for children to learn and make sense of their world. Educational technology such as multimedia plays a fundamental and crucial role in teaching learning process at primary level. It makes teaching learning process more effective and successful. In present investigation to identify the impact the use of multimedia in student‟s academic achievements in early childhood education.The study was conducted in the year 2013. The main area selected for the study was Alambagh. In this areaselected five mohllas Pawanpuri, Kailaspuri, Geetapalli, Krishnapalli and Sujanpura. A total of 120 Pre-primary and primary teachers were selected for the study. Random sampling method was used for sample selection and questionnaire schedule was used for data collection. t test used in research for data analysis. The results revealed that the multimedia increased dependency. Multimedia is enabling to clarify content knowledge. It affects children‟s personality in negative way.
Stress among students — a descriptive study
Authors: Arora Poonam
Published: March 2020

Technology advancements have always helped to constantly multitask and take more and more work and targets due to which people are under stern time pressures and are constantly moving which leads to stress. Increasing number of people seems to be overcharged and overburdened. People are finding it difficult to keep up their energy levels up and live a normal, peaceful life; instead most of their useful time gets wasted in coping from stress.This paper focuses on finding the stress level of management students who are working under immense pressure by meeting day to day deadlines, studying a number of subjects at a time, doing to many assignments and submitting the term projects on deadlines. Apart from fulfilling their course requirement, students also have to deal with different other pressures and fulfill their parent‟s expectations. This study is done with the objective of discovering the causes of stress in the lives of students, the effects of stress, identifying the various variables associated with it and establishing definite relationships between these variables. The study also tries to identify the prominent underlying variables responsible for causing stress. For this a comprehensive survey via an online questionnaire has been conducted. This paper uses a descriptive methodology and focuses to find the effect of different causes on the stress levels and hence is an insight into the behavioral patterns of students when they experience the same.
An empirical study on the consumer’s perception regarding the swot factors in indian banks
Authors: P Manonmani , R Haridas
Published: March 2020

The stiff competition and advent of new technological innovations in banking system has made the industry highly challenging and vulnerable to sustain the completion. It forces the service providers to meet or exceed the target customers‘ satisfaction with quality of services expected by them. It becomes imperative to thoroughly scan the environment in which the firm survives. Hence the present study attempted to understand the consumers‘ perception regarding the SWOT factors in the banking industry. The study concludes that the most prioritized factors among Strength and weakness being employability and unstructuredorganization whereas opportunity and threat factors being customized services and criticisms respectively. To achieve the objectives a survey of 287 respondents were collected and analyzed through average score methods.
Service quality and its relationship with customer satisfaction
Authors: How Wong Eng , Sorooshian Shahryar
Published: March 2020

Nowadays, fast food restaurant grows very fast globally. This research is about study of customer satisfaction in the fast food restaurants. It aims to investigate the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction. This study is using SERVPERF five dimensions to measure the level of service quality. By applying theservice dimensions responsiveness, reliability and tangible in service quality, the level of customer satisfaction become higher. So, there is a positive correlation between service quality and customer satisfaction.
An analysis of the relationship of inflation and unemployment to the gross domestic product (gdp) in zimbabwe
Authors: Makoni Tendai
Published: March 2020

The time series yearly data for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation and unemployment from 1980 to 2012 was used in the study. First difference of the logged data became stationary as suggested by the time series plots. Johansen Maximum Likelihood Cointegration test indicated a long-run relationship among the variables. Granger Causality tests suggested unidirectional causality between inflation and GDP, implying that GDP is Granger caused by inflation in Zimbabwe. Another unidirectional causality was noted between unemployment and inflation. The causality between unemployment and inflation imply that unemployment do affect GDP indirectly since unemployment influences inflation which in turn positively affect GDP.
Proposed model for the successful implementation of management information systems in yemeni organizations
Authors: Al-Mamary Yaser Hasan , Shamsuddin Alina , Aziati Nor
Published: March 2020

In information systems era, data have become one of the most important resources to organizations .Management information system one of the most mportant tools in any organization , which aims to provide reliable ,complete ,accessible, and understandable information in a timely manner to the users of the system .In addition increase the organizational performance and labor productivity .There are several characteristics to the success or failure of the implementation of management information systems in organizations. Most of existing model focus heavily on technology characteristics or compared to organizational characteristics and human characteristics .This study will focus on all the characteristics for MIS success. This study combines four theoriesnamely as technology acceptance model ,information system success model , computer usage model ,and personal computing acceptance model .The aim of this study to develop proposed model for successful adoption of MIS in Yemeni organizations.
A study on financial performance of pharmaceutical industry in india
Authors: V Vijayalakshmi , M Srividya
Published: March 2020

The Indian Pharmaceutical sector is highly fragmented with more than 20,000 registered units. It has expended drastically in the last two decades. The pharmaceutical and chemical industry in India is an extremely fragmented market with severe price competition and government price control. The Pharmaceutical Industry in India meets around 705 of the country‟s demand for bulk drugs, drug intermediates, pharmaceutical formulation, chemicals,tablets, orals and injectibles. There are approximately 250 large units and about 8000 small-scale units, which form the core of the Pharmaceutical Industry in India (including 5 central public sector units) Looking ahead, the worldwide pharma market is estimated to more than double to $1.3 billion by the year 2020.The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry is developing drastically every year. Hence an attempt has been made to analyze the profitability position of the industry withthe help of mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of variation, multiple regression, and analysis of variance. The increase in profitability will not only yield greater efficiency but also improve financial performance in future.