bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Depictions of archery in Sassanian silver plates and their relationship to warfare
Authors: Farrokh Kaveh , Khorasani Manouchehr Moshtagh , Dwyer Bede
Published: January 2019

This article provides an examination of archery techniques, such as drawing techniques of the bowstring, the method of grasping the bow grip and placing the arrow, and their relationship to warfare as depicted on 22 Sassanian and early post-Sassanian silver plates. These plates provide useful information on Sassanian archery equipment and techniques. These plates can be categorized into the following categories: (a) foot archery, (b) horse archery, c) dromedary archery and (d) elephant archery. All plates examined in this study depicting these categories are in a hunting milieu. The largest proportion of plates pertain to horse archery which in turn can be classified into four combat subsets: forward-facing horse archery, the backward-firing Parthian shot, horse archery with stirrups, and horse archery while appearing to ride backwards.
Does the ranking position predict the final combat outcome in Senior and Junior judo athletes?
Authors: Courel-Ibáñez Javier , Escobar-Molina Raquel , Franchini Emerson
Published: January 2019

The aim of this study was to identify whether ranking position predicts combat result in Senior and Junior male and female Spanish judo athletes, and how it influences the different stages of the championship. The sample was composed of 683 combats from the Senior (male = 164; female = 158 combats) and Junior (male = 193; female = 168 combats) Spain 2014 Judo National Championships, including all weight categories. Data were obtained from the official classification published by the Spanish Judo Federation. Main results revealed important advantages of high-ranked athletes, finding differences between sexes and championship stages. Specifically, high-ranked athletes had more probability of winning and passing to the next stage. This advantage appears to be greater at the initial phases in females but mitigated as the championship progresses. Interestingly, the quarterfinal appears to be a critical phase in which better skilled and prepared athletes are likely to win. Greater differences between better and lower-ranked were found in Junior females, especially at eliminatory and quarterfinals stages. On the contrary, the Junior male contest appears to be the most equitable competition. These results fuel the debate about the seeding process in judo championships.
Biofabrication offers future hope for tackling various obstacles and challenges in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: A Perspective
Authors: Mir Tanveer Ahmad , Iwanaga Shintaroh , Kurooka Taketoshi , Toda Hideki , Sakai Shinji , Nakamura Makoto
Published: January 2019

Biofabrication is an emerging multidisciplinary field that makes a revolutionary impact on the researches on life science, biomedical engineering, and both basic and clinical medicine, has progressed tremendously over the past few years. Recently, there has been a big boom in three-dimensional (3D) printing or additive manufacturing (AM) research worldwide, and there is a significant increase not only in the number of researchers turning their attention to AM but also publications demonstrating the potential applications of 3D printing techniques in multiple fields. Biofabrication and bioprinting hold great promise for the innovation of engineering-based organ replacing medicine. In this mini review, various challenges in the field of tissue engineering are focused from the point of view of the biofabrication - strategies to bridge the gap between organ shortage and mission of medical innovation research seek to achieve organ-specific treatments or regenerative therapies. Four major challenges are discussed including (i) challenge of producing organs by AM, (ii) digitalization of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, (iii) rapid production of organs beyond the biological natural course, and (iv) extracorporeal organ engineering.
Design, Optimization and Analysis of a 4-stroke Diesel Engine Piston and Piston rings using Different Materials
Authors: Tandon Adhir
Published: January 2019

Modern Automobiles expect a high performance from its engines, which in turn places its requirements on the piston and cylinder components. Hence the piston has to deal with harsher, and tougher thermal and mechanical conditions. It has to undergo higher operating temperatures and pressures as well as higher speeds and at the same time keeping a check on the emissions. Pistons play a key role in increasing engine efficiency by reducing weight and frictional losses. This has made it essential to devise and search unique and creative concepts and materials for Pistons repeatedly, which offers what the engine demands.In this work Aluminium Alloy-4032 has been selected as the piston material of a 4-Stroke Diesel Engine and the piston rings are made of grey cast iron and alloy steel. Piston is designed by analytical methods taking both thermal and structural effects into consideration, then modelled on CATIA V5 and the analysis of structural deformation due to thermal stresses has been done using Finite Element Analysis of Steady State Thermal and its effect on static structure using Analysis software ANSYS.
E-WOM (Word of Mouth): A Technical Communication Tool
Authors: Kumari Jyoti , Verma Rinki
Published: January 2019

Internet has reformed the behavior of customers as earlier they behaved. Traditionally customers were not aware about the products or services and awareness level of them was totally depending on companies’ perspectives
but now-a-days customers are more informed and more curious. The widespread use of internet has extended customer’s options for collecting product information by considering others comments and reviews posted on online shopping portals. E-WOM has made online shopper’s purchase decisions easier. E-WOM reviews are seen by perspective customers of related products and services who want to know more information from those customers who have purchased and used the interested product or service. EWOM empowers customers by giving information, experience of other who are not known to One another. Consumers perceive online reviews are more trustworthy than other marketing communication element. E-WOM /Online reviews act like a salient salesman for those customers who shop through e-retailers. The wider acceptance and popularity of e-wom has received substantial attention from researchers and e-retailers. A questionnaire with variables taken from prior studies was framed to measure the responses of online customers. The questionnaire was distributed among customers from different demographics for collecting the data. The results show that consumer reviews have a causal impact on consumer purchase decision and they play a
crucial role in selecting and evaluating the appropriate product. Finally, the conclusion and their implications are discussed. In management perspective, E-WOM helps the e-retailers to better capture consumer purchase decision, shopping experience and their expectations so that they can generate more revenue.
Analysis of Trade off Between Debt and Equity of Firms in Indian Cement Industry
Authors: Sengupta Ashok , Gupta Devesh
Published: January 2019

Cement industry has a huge contribution to India’s GDP and infrastructure development. Due to demand of cement new companies from outside also started functioning in our country but there are several problems which are
faced by these industries. Companies are closed or merged due to lack of financial sustainability and capital structure problems. The study is based on the trade off relationship between debt and equity in the firm. In this study as a researcher, it has been tried to study and find out the relation of ROA, ROE, advantage ratios and correlation with EPS. For this, the sample size is 5 companies for BSE list (Bombay Stock Exchange) and about last ten years of data is studied. As cement industry is capital-centric in nature, this study will help the industry to understand the facts, which fulfill the financial objectives.
Accelerated Particle Swarm Optimizer for Optimizing Problems of Structural Engineering
Authors: Sharma (Dwivedi) Meenu , Alam Shahnwaz , Khan M.I.
Published: January 2019

The aim of the present work is to find a solution to non-linear constrained optimization problems of structure. Constrained optimization difficulties are practical shortcomings. The loopholes of traditional numerical methods are
being removed by heuristic methods as no requirement of the functional derivatives is desired and approaches to the global way out. This article presents a “penalty guided Accelerated Particle Swarm Optimization (APSO) algorithm” to search the problem’s optimal solution in the feasible region of whole search domain. There is numerical result and comparison of the
structural design optimization problems. The way out by the current perspective proves to be the better than other techniques and it can be said that our findings show better solutions to engineering problems than those earlier obtained using current algorithms.
Biometric Approach for Confidentiality in Cloud Computing
Authors: Mishra Pankaj , Singh Dev Ratna
Published: January 2019

Nowadays, progress in technology have made life simple by giving us higher levels of knowledge through the innovation of various devices. However, all technical invention harbours the potential of invisible threats to its users. One leading danger is theft of private information and data. As digital database get more prevailing, user’s attempt to prevent their data with extremely encrypted Identity cards and passwords. However, the abuse and theft of these security measures are on the rise. Taking benefit of security fault in Identity cards result in the cards gets duplicated and get misused. This increasing conflict of the cyber safety has lead to the start of biometric security method. Defining the main variation between the methods of biometric system used to verify user identity will focus on the benefits and limitations of personal data security systems.
Early health issues in late pre-terms
Authors: Choudhary Monica , Jain Kamna
Published: January 2019

Background: Rates of preterm birth are increasing worldwide, mostly due to late preterm births (i.e. 34-36 6/7 weeks). The objective of the study is to calculate incidence of early morbidity and mortality in late preterm neonates (within first 7 days of life) compared with term neonates.Methods: It was a prospective cohort study. All live inborn late preterm infants (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks) and term infants (37 0/7 to 41 6/7 weeks) who were born between November 2010 to October 2011. Study was done to find out early morbidity and mortality in late preterm births.Results: Present study included 256 late preterm infants and 498 term infants, amongst whom 95 (37.10%) late preterm and 98 (19.67%) term infants required NICU care (p<0.001). Late preterm infants were at significantly higher risk for overall morbidity due to any cause (P<0.001; Odds Ratio (OR):2.4; 95% CI: 1.7-3.3), respiratory morbidity (P<0.001; OR:3.64; 95% CI:1.7-7.4), neonatal depression (p<0.001; OR:2.94; 95% CI:1.00-8.62), any resuscitation/ventilation (P<0.05; OR: 3.1; 95% CI:1.15-8.31), probable sepsis (P<0.001; OR:11.2; 95% CI:2.5-49.8), confirmed sepsis (p=0.05; OR:7.7; 95% CI:0.9-63.9), or other problems like jaundice, hypoglycemia, hypothermia and feeding difficulty. The incidence of morbidity increased as gestational age decreases from 19.67% in term infants (>37 weeks) to 27.8%, 43%, 54.5% at 36, 35 and 34 weeks, respectively (P<0.001).Conclusions: The morbidity risk in late preterm births is 1.3 times more at 36 weeks, 2 times more at 35 weeks and 2.7 times more at 34 weeks as compared with term neonates. The mean cost of stay increased 1.8 times in the late preterm neonates as compared to the term neonates.
An Experimental Study on Performance and Emissions of a Single Cylinder Direct Injection Diesel Engine with crambe abyssinica and crambe orientalis biodiesels
Authors: UYAROĞLU Ayhan
Published: January 2019

As an alternative
fuel of diesel engines, the interest in biodiesel fuels is rising due to some
useful features. This interest leads to an increase in the diversity of
studies. In recent years, studies about the crops that can grow in non-arable
lands and produce nonedible oils were increased. In this work, performance and
emissions of biodiesel production from crambe
abyssinica and crambe orientalis oils
were studied. The purpose of this paper was to examine the performance and
emissions of crambe biodiesels and
diesel fuel in a single-cylinder, four-stroke, direct injected diesel engine
with air cooling system at 2200 1/min fixed engine speed and with four
different engine loads (BMEP, 0.12 MPa, 0.24 MPa, 0.36 MPa and 0.48 MPa). Crambe abyssinica biodiesel and crambe
orientalis biodiesel were expressed
as CAME B100 and COME B100 respectively. The brake specific fuel consumption
(BSFC), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), total
hydrocarbon (THC), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and smoke emissions results obtained
from the experimental study were compared with No. 2 diesel fuel. Achieved
results suggest us that crambe
biodiesels can preferred for diesel engines. Since environmental effects and
energy requirement become more important, the interest of the crops that can
grow unsuitable lands has increased.
“The Horla,” Dracula's Older French Cousin
Authors: Savoye Daniel Ferreras
Published: January 2019

Although both Guy de Maupassant's “Le Horla” and Bram Stoker's Dracula have benefited from a great deal of scholarly attention, their striking similarities in terms of form and content have been so far ignored by the critics. The comparative analysis of both texts not only sheds new light upon the influence Maupassant's short story assuredly had on Stoker's novel, but illustrates as well fundamental mechanisms of the fantastic mode, such as familiarization and scientization, which allow us to better define it against the ever‐elusive notion of gothic literature.
Respectez‐nous as We Feminize the Rapped Rhyme: Women Rappers and Gender Empowerment in French Hip‐Hop
Authors: Pégram Scooter
Published: January 2019

French women have long been in a subordinate position as compared to men, and females are underrepresented in nearly every sector in France (including in pop culture). Moreover, this sort of gender discrimination is even worse for women of color in France, as they are nearly invisible aside from the menial service jobs that they usually occupy. Owing to their lack of a voice in France, one of the only outlets available for women of color to express their frustration, communicate with one another, or uplift themselves is the medium of hip‐hop music. This paper introduces readers to the subject of female‐led resistance to gender inequality in France via the contemporary medium of French‐language hip‐hop. This paper analyses lyrical educational empowerment by women in French “rap” by discussing a few examples of this ever‐evolving thematic concept of positive resistance via the rhyme as we briefly deconstruct a few popular songs released by the four major female rap artists in France over the past 20 years.
The Perils of Algorithmic Hiring and Title VII
Authors: Mosich Brian
Published: January 2019

Algorithmic hiring works at all levels of employment, from entry level to CEO. When applicants submit a resume, an algorithm will mine all available data about them and then compare it to information provided by the company's top performs to determine whether to offer an interview. Where one lives, what type of websites one visits, and whether one has been purchasing unscented lotion could have more of an impact than where one went to school or one's work history. Using algorithmic hiring provides a way for companies to inadvertently exclude applicants based on protected Title VII classes. This paper discusses how the protections offered by Title VII as written are unprepared for the realities of Big Data, and how these protections may be completely circumvented if the EEOC does not act soon.
Mechanism of Sustainability and Structure of Stakeholders in Regions
Authors: Tanaka Hiroshige
Published: January 2019

Global market and government failures might be possible to cause great crises for the global communities. To prevent the great crises global communities attempt to construct the sustainable mechanisms with integrated communication and incentives. This paper  discusses that the second best solution of the sustainable mechanism can be achieved by employing the two indexes of the altruistic and risk coefficients. It is also demonstrated that the sustainable mechanism improves social welfare but affects differently performances of corporations. The corporations have the two types of stakeholders referred as positive and negative stakeholders according to the positive or negative information in their external benefits. The combination of the two stakeholders is formed by the feature of the corporation. The sustainability mechanism is proved to encourage activities in the positive stakeholder dominated corporation but to lower productions in the negative stakeholder dominated corporation. Consequently, the sustainability mechanism raises the communities to be connected with many positive stakeholder dominated corporations but shrink the communities formed by influential corporations with dominant negative stakeholders. The new industrial revolution is anticipated to change the structure of the stakeholders. In particular, the sustainability mechanism to cope with the new industrial revolution is expected to grow selectively regions.
Quality and Inequality in Urban and Regional Systems
Authors: Kourtit Karima , Nijkamp Peter , Stough Roger Reece
Published: January 2019

In the aftermath of both ongoing globalisation (with both widening and deepening effects on countries, regions and cities) and structural changes resulting from the 2008 economic recession, regions and cities in our world are confronted with a different arena of players, performances and institutions. The challenges are formidable and numerous. Many regions and cities seem to resort to their indigenous strength, without much regard to other players in the field. This has enormous consequences for the competitive behaviour and profile of regional and urban actors but has at the same time deep impacts on the distribution of wealth, income and employment over and within countries, regions and cities. There is indeed much evidence that disparities among regions and in cities are increasing in this new force field.

 

This special issue of REGION makes a solid scientific attempt (i) to map out the spatial consequences of recent transitions in growth trajectories of countries or regions, and (ii) to trace policy strategies and  design effective policy information, to cope adequately with these new challenges. The present special issue does so by highlighting the new force field of regional and urban dynamics from three angles in the context of spatial quality and inequality. These will be briefly sketched hereafter.
Response of zinc application on growth, zinc content and grain yield of rice genotypes and correlation between zinc content and yield attributes of rice genotypes
Authors: Dore Venkatesh , Koti R.V. , Math K.K.
Published: January 2019

Field experiments were conducted during kharif 2013 and 2014 at Agricultural Research Station, Mugad, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad (Karnataka), to determine the response of zinc applicationon on growth, zinc content and
grain yield of rice genotypes and also studied correlation between yield and zinc content. The experiment was comprised of 20 genotypes and three treatments viz., T1: Control (no zinc); T2: Soil application of ZnSO4 (20 kg ha-1) T3– Foliar Spray of
ZnSO4 @ 0.5% at 50% flowering, laid out in factorial randomized block design with two replications. The data revealed that application of ZnSO4 recorded significantly higher plant height (85.9 cm), leaf area (764.5 cm-2 plant-1), number of tillers
(95.4 m-1), total dry weight (26.1 g plant-1), panicle weight(15.3 g plant-1), number of panicles (81.6 m-1) and grain yield(3966 kg ha-1) over the foliar application of Zn and control . However number of grains panicle-1 (97.8 panicle-1), test
weight (23.7 g), shoot and seed zinc content (15.9 and 21.2 ppm, respectively) were increased with foliar application of Zn. Correlation studies classified the genotypes as high seed zinc content (> 21 ppm) and low seed zinc content genotypes (
less than 21 ppm). High and low seed zinc content genotypes showed negative correlation with yield and yield attributes. However, shoot zinc content was positively correlated with yield.
Global research paradigms in chickpea economics: An approach with Indian scenario
Authors: Mazid Mohammad , Naz Farha , Khan Khalil
Published: January 2019

Economics of pulse production is still in its infancy, even though literature on the subject has grown in tandem with the volume of business and attention received by the export-import culture, consumed and traded amount. With a distinct shift in the trend of chickpea production within India and obtained high yield productivity, new constraints have cropped up in the productivity sector of chickpea. In spite of these constraints, innovations in chickpea production have come up; for example, low input livelihood pulse based agriculture systems, sustainable and ecological agriculture, etc. in many parts of the world. These have a definite bearing on the long-run payoffs from small-scale agriculture. Moreover, Chickpea production in tropical countries has been found to be economically viable as a farm diversification strategy and as an independent commercial activity, turning our attention on bio-economic modelling. Cross-price effects of chickpea based agriculture products, effects of trade and non-trade barriers on these products, potential conflicts between the development of chickpea production for export and agriculture for subsistence consumption are the other serious concerns that need to be addressed. With the ever-increasing demand for varietal items based on chickpea in the international market, more research on demand-elasticities and its analysis would be appropriate, especially in the Indian context for the evaluation of the current status and prediction of future scenario of chickpea production. Evaluation of the prevalent chickpea based agriculture technologies can be strengthened by specific farm technical-efficiency studies, which is another area that demands attention in the chickpea economics research. To address such leads and lags, global pulse economists in the country need to take up these challenges by having real time field exposure to different segments of chickpea production.
Modelling of vacuum drying of cherry pepper
Authors: Boris H. , Shrilekha D. , Sujata J.
Published: January 2019

Drying is a complex phenomenon and study of drying kinetics and modelling is very important for describing the moisture movement with respect to time and predicting the dryer performance. Considering this fact, vacuum drying characteristics of cherry pepper was studied at different drying temperatures (50, 60 and 70oC). Cherry pepper were dried from initial moisture content of about 400% (dry basis) to 13 – 14.5% (dry basis) at different temperatures at 630 mm Hg vacuum. Time required to dry cherry peppers at 50, 60 and 70p C plate temperatures were 19 h, 9.75 h and 8 h respectively. Moisture reduction of cherry pepper at various temperatures was modelled using thin-layer models viz. Lewis, Page, Modified Page and Henderson and Pabis model. Based on highest value of coefficient of determination, lowest values of reduced chi square and root mean square error, Modified Page model was found to be the best fit. Moisture diffusivity increased from 6.27 × 10-10 to 1.9× 10-9m2s-1 as plate temperature increased from 50 – 70oC. Activation energy was estimated to be 50.98 kJkgmol-1.
Modifications in Richmond formula for calculating Solids-not-fat/Total solids percent in cows’ milk in Gujarat State
Authors: Patel K.J. , Boghra V.R.
Published: January 2019

SNF/TS percent in cows’milk, collected from five dairy plants of Gujarat state were estimated using both volumetric and gravimetric method. Separate modified Richmond formulae for calculating SNF/TS have been proposed for each dairy plant. The equations worked out for individual dairy plant reflects region specificity in composition of milk.The correction factor ranged from 0.57 to 1.24 in one equation and 0.42 to 1.11 in the second to match with the results obtained by gravimetric method.
Yield and quality characteristics of paneer made from milk blend containing homogenized milk
Authors: Suthar Janki , Jana A.H. , Modha Hiral , Balakrishnan Smitha
Published: January 2019

The research was carried out to ascertain the feasibility of preparing paneer from milk blend containing low pressure homogenized milk to avail the benefits rendered by homogenization. Standardized milk was subjected to two-stage homogenization (4.90 and 0.98 MPa respectively) and then blended with unhomogenized standardized milk in three proportions (i.e. 3:7, 4:6 and 1:1, w/w). It was necessary to add calcium chloride to the milk blend to improve the firmness of resultant paneer. The experimental paneer samples obtained from ‘milk blend’ containing homogenized milk, as well as control sample (only from unhomogenized milk) were studied for their proximate composition, physico-chemical characteristics, textural properties and sensory quality. Paneer obtained from milk blend (homogenized:unhomogenized; 4:6 w/w) resulted in greater fat recovery and moisture content culminating in significantly higher yield compared to control paneer (CP). The hardness of paneer obtained from blended milks was lower, but the springiness of BMP3:7 sample was greater than that of CP. The total sensory score of experimental paneer BMP4:6 was similar to the score associated with CP, but greater than the scores associated with paneer samples BMP3:7 and BMP1:1. Blending of homogenized (low pressure) milk with unhomogenized milk in 4:6 proportion helped in obtaining paneer with superior fat recovery and yield compared to use of unhomogenized milk, without any adverse effect on sensory properties and with concomitant cost savings.
Enhancement of bioavailable iron and calcium contents in fermented linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) beverages
Authors: Suvarna V.C. , Nivetha N. , Shraddha A.J. , Abhishek R.U.
Published: January 2019

Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) is considered as a nutritious food because of exceptionally high alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) content, dietary fiber, quality protein and phytoestrogens. It is rich in minerals (100 g of seeds contain 350-431 mg of magnesium and 236- 250 mg of calcium) and has very low amount of sodium. It also contains anti-nutritional factors, especially phytic acid that interferes with the bioavailability of nutrients like calcium and iron. Fermentation increases the nutritional quality of foods by reducing anti-nutritional factors. Probiotic cultures viz., Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus mesentericus and lactic acid bacterial isolate LAB-3 were used to produce fermented linseed beverage and the quantity of phytic acid, bioavailability of iron and calcium were estimated. Bioavailability of iron and calcium increased by fermentation. The highest bioavailable iron and calcium were observed in L. acidophilus fermentation (4.40 mg and 250.41 mg /100 g seeds, respectively) followed by LAB-3 and Bacillus mesentericus compared to raw seeds that contain 0.89 mg of iron and 125 mg of calcium /100g of seeds. Phytic acid content was high in raw seeds (1392 mg /100 g seeds) and fermentation with L. acidophilus recorded 856 mg phytic acid /100 g seeds resulting in 38.51 % reduction. LAB-3 and B. mesentericus showed approximately 32 % reduction in phytic acid content. The reduction in phytic acid content is significantly high. Fermentation using probiotic bacteria enhanced the bioavailability of iron and calcium by reducing phytic acid. Hence, this study leads to a conclusion that, microbial intervention can be adopted to reduce the anti-nutritional factors and enhance the nutritional quality of linseed.
Evaluation of genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in blackgram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]
Authors: Chauhan Shilpa , Mittal Raj Kumar , Lohar A. , Sood Vinod Kumar , Patial Ranjana
Published: January 2019

An attempt was made to study blackgram germplasm with an objective to develop genetically diverse genotypes accompanied with high heritable components of yield contributing traits. The experimental material comprised of 21 blackgram
genotypes, was examined during kharif 2015 and 2016. Experimental study conducted during kharif 2015, was mainly relied on selection of transgressive segregants, which were further analyzed in Compact Family Block Design during kharif 2016. The
results depicted that families and progenies within families were significantly different for majority of the traits and found to be highly variable for biological yield, harvest index and seed yield. High heritability coupled with high genetic
advance were recorded for plant height (74.15%, 33.12%), branches per plant (84.34%, 40.55%), biological yield (83.51%, 69.11%) and seed yield (84.50%, 66.11%). Thus, the present findings could be beneficial to develop superior genotypes through
selection in blackgram breeding program.
Cointegration Entre Corruption Et Croissance Economique A Travers Le Canal De L’investissement : Evidence Empirique Moyennant L’approche ‘’ARDL Bound Testing’’ Dans Le Cas De La Tunisie
Authors: Hechmy Badry
Published: January 2019

This study focuses on the relationship between corruption and economic growth in Tunisia from 1987 to 2013, and is mainly interested in the role of discretion and distortion in public spending. To explore the relationship between the variables of interest, ARDL Bound testing approach of Pesaran and Shin (1999) was used. The empirical results show that corruption negatively affects long-term economic performance. And suggest that public investment large scale is not necessarily desirable in an environment characterized by corruption, because it results in a waste of public funds. However the estimation of an ECM model of short-term dynamics shows that corruption is associated with an increase in real GDP per head. The results support the idea that corruption undermines long-term economic performance and call for institutional reforms to improve the quality of governance as a prerequisite for extensive economic growth.
Effect Of Theoretical And Institutional Factors On The Adoption Of E-Learning
Authors: Okantey Mateko , Addo Hillar
Published: January 2019

This paper examined the effect of theoretical and institutional factors that influenced the adoption of e-learning in Universities in Ghana. The study sought to improve understanding of the motivational factors behind the adoption of e-learning systems. This study extended the original Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to include institutional factors. A sample of 600 lecturers was drawn from both private and public universities in Ghana. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between e-learning and the theoretical factors as well as the relationship between e-learning adoption and institutional factors. Linear regression analysis was used to determine whether the theoretical factors predict e-learning adoption. The study revealed that e-learning was positively correlated to all the theoretical factors discussed. It was observed that significant relationship existed between Perceived Usefulness (PU) and e-learning, while the weakest relationship existed between e-learning and Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU). The research concluded that a lecturer’s adoption of e-learning depended on PEOU as well as PU. However, a lecturer’s adoption of e-learning was more dependent on a lecturer’s PU, that is, the degree to which the lecturer believed that using a particular system would enhance his or her job performance.
The Investment Bank’s Reputation And The Price Of Underwriting Services: Evidence From China
Authors: Li Yubo
Published: January 2019

In this paper, I examine the influence of the investment bank’s reputation on the price of underwriting services of Chinese firm. Based on a sample of offers from 2004-2015, the results show that prestigious investment banks charge higher fees. Furthermore, in comparison to big firms, prestigious investment banks charge more underwriting fees for small firms. In comparison to state-owned firms, high-reputation investment banks charge higher underwriting fees for non-state-owned firms. The results indicate that the investment bank’s reputation capital is different for different firms. For firms with more information problems, the reputation of investment banks is more valuable.
Application d’une méthode d’étude quantitative et qualitative des rejets liquides hospitaliers au niveau de la Région de Marrakech Tensift El Haouz, Maroc
Authors: Asmaa Qadouri , Latifa Mouhir , Said Belkadi Mohammed
Published: January 2019

This study led to the development of a decision support tool to quantify the hospital effluent generated by public and private health care establishments in the region of Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz situated in Morocco. The estimation concerns the consumption in drinking water, the production in wastewater and on the most consummate products collectively in the whole of the establishments of care and which join the sewer system (cleaner, soap, washing, Glutaraldehyde) based on the capacity litter, the hospitable vocations and the production rate. By having the results of quantification of the deposit rejected in the municipal network, the present study estimates then for the case of the city of Marrakesh the part of contribution of the hospital effluent in the municipal pollution.
The Phenomenon of Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines
Authors: Salvador Jordan Tovera , Sauce Ben Ryan Jucay , Alvarez Marc Oneel Castillo , Rosario Ahrjaynes Balanag
Published: January 2019

Teenage Pregnancy had been a worldwide issue, and has raised large numbers of campaigns and awareness to lessen its occurrence. The total number of this phenomenon is increasing each year. Philippines is one of the Asian countries which shares similar situation. In a study conducted by the National Demographic and Health Survey in 2013, one out of every young Filipino women age 15 to 19 is already a mother or pregnant with a first child. Therefore, the government in partnership with the different nongovernment agencies should exert efforts in resolving this issue. Teenage Pregnancies are often associated with social development issues such as lack of sufficient education and poverty. This often results to single parenthood which catalyzes conditions that renders the mothers to become irresponsible. Hence, it conveys a social stigma in various countries and cultures. This study would like to focus on exploring the lived experiences of Filipino teenage mothers in their pre and post-natal stage on how they prepare and accept their new roles as mothers. The gathered data from the methods were analyzed and interpreted according to qualitative content analysis. As a result, this generated emergent themes which depicted the experiences of the participants.
La Marginalité Du Genre Dans Les Grandes Agglomérations En Côte d’Ivoire : Le Cas De La Prostitution De Luxe À Abidjan
Authors: Denis M. Gueu
Published: January 2019

This study aims to understand and explain the phenomenon of luxury prostitution in Abidjan, to propose solutions. The research took place in the municipalities of Cocody and Marcory and were based on 30 participants. This is direct actors, including several prostitutes, their clients and indirect stakeholders such as the populations of these towns, some relatives and acquaintances of prostitutes and some structures’ officials concerned, from which diverse information was collected. Data were collected using a literature review and questionnaires and then analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The results certainly indicate that several factors, namely, the crisis of the family unit, lack of employment, bad companions realize the luxury prostitution in Abidjan, but the most prominent is poverty. These factors resulting disastrous consequences, such as sexually transmitted diseases and HIV / AIDS to name a few.
Approche Méthodologique D’évaluation De Susceptibilité Des Versants Aux Glissements De Terrain Par Un Modèle Volumique De L’aléa ; Application Au Secteur De Boujibar Al Hoceima (Rif, Maroc)
Authors: Labriki Allal , Chakiri Saïd , Nouaim Wafae , Allouza Mohamed , Ezzayani Jamil
Published: January 2019

This paper presents a new assessment technique of slopes landslide susceptibility, through a geometrical solid model of hazard in reliance on application and comparison of two different approaches (probability and determinist). Here we present a complete methodology for resolving all the technical difficulties encountered during the application of deterministic approach on a catchment basin scale, and to generate an estimating model of hazard not only on the ground surface but also in depth. Indeed, the application of this approach in the area of Boujibar in the south of Al Hoceima city has allowed to specify that, the deterministic method based on factor of safety (Fs) calculation for hazard evaluation of catchment basin is the most adapted and most suitable method on a local and regional scale.
Plurality and Religious Tolerance in Islam
Authors: Nandwa Wilson Hassan
Published: January 2019

Islam is a divine religion with comprehensive teachings and guidance revealed to Muhammad, may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him, to guide mankind in matters of faith, rituals and inter human relations. Therefore Muslims believe that they are the custodians of the truth and all other persons professing faiths other than Islam are doomed unless they embrace Islam before their death. It is also a fact that the adherents of other religions also believe that their faiths are exclusively the truth and other persons are doomed unless they profess that faith and denounce theirs and this applies to Muslims too. In such circumstances a Muslim may be tempted to impose his faith on non-Muslims, after all, he shall be imposing the truth on them which is in their best interest. The Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was keen to convert non- Muslims to Islam even at his own detriment. Allah in several verses continuously reminded His Messenger that his duty is just to convey the message and that he has no authority over people to force them to embrace Islam; and also declared that there is no compulsion in the religion, therefore people should embrace the faith of their choice. Moreover, Allah enjoins Muslims to co-operate and interact with people of other faiths in good things and in fear of Allah, meaning in obedience of Allah. Despite of the misunderstanding between Muslims and non-Muslims and the bad things done to Muslims by nonMuslims previously; Muslims should not oppress non-Muslims and infringe on their rights, to the contrary, they should treat them with justice and avail to them their rights and opportunities. At the same time, Allah declared that he does not prohibit Muslims from doing good to non-Muslims who are not fighting or oppressing Muslims because Islam is treating people with justice and being kind and humble. On the other side Muslims were at war with non-Muslim powers since the inception of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula. Many verses in the Holy Quran were revealed to address the state of war requiring Muslims to delink themselves from their enemies and fight fearlessly employing all means and resources in their war. Similarly, several traditions of the Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, referred to this situation of war and asked Muslims to fight and combat these non-Muslims enemies with all efforts. If these verses and traditions are interpreted out of their context, they shall portray Islam as a religion of intolerance and as a system that does not recognize diversity and plurality of human being yet, plurality is the beauty of the World. In this paper, we shall explore the verses and traditions on this subject and strive to interpret them against the background of their revelation and context in order to determine the parameters of Plurality in Islam. In this paper; Ridda refers to denouncing Muslim faith, Surah means a chapter in the Holy Quran and Hadith, Tradition or Sunnah refers to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing of Allah be upon him.
One Dimensional Steady Flow Analysis Using HECRAS – A case of River Jhelum, Jammu and Kashmir
Authors: Ahmad Hakim Farooq , Alam Akhtar , Bhat M. Sultan , Ahmad Shabir
Published: January 2019

Floods have been recurrent phenomena in the study area. A heavy precipitation, usually coming during the end months of the summer season in association with sudden cloudburst, leads to severe flooding in the study area. By now the catchment area of the river is already saturated and the high run-off swells the rivers beyond their capacity. The present study describes the application of HEC RAS Model for flood studies in the river Jhelum Kashmir valley. The peak flood records were used as inputs into HEC RAS model to find out the resultant expected flood levels. The resultant output generated by the model shows an overflow at maximum locations of the river under study for 50 years and above return period. This purpose is to give a hand to policy makers, planners and insurers, to develop a robust strategy for the development of flood mitigation measures and plans to minimise the losses associated with the disaster in the study area.
Factorial Composition of the Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being (Qewb) in Mexican University Students
Authors: Garcia Perla Jannet Jurado , Vega Humberto Blanco , Perez Jesus Enrique Peinado , Enriquez Maria del Carmen Zueck
Published: January 2019

The present study aims to provide empirical support for the factorial division Questionnaire adapted by Schutte et al. (2013) in a sample of women and men Mexicans adults. The total sample was of 1477 Mexican university students; 774 women and 703 men. The age ranged between 18 and 28 years (mean = 20.67 ± 1.90 years). The factorial structure of the questionnaire was analyzed by 1) Exploratory factor analysis and 2) confirmatory factor analysis and factorial invariance. The factors of both subsamples showed adequate reliability and high congruence between pairs of factors, particularly considering the small number of items in each, resulting in a fully confirmatory model. However, the model obtained does not match fully with that proposed by Schutte et al. (2013).
Comparative Assessment of Students’ Satisfaction with Hostel Accommodation in Selected Private Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: Azeez Tajudeen , Taiwo David , Mogaji-Allison Basirat , Bello Azeez
Published: January 2019

The study assessed students’ satisfaction with hostel accommodation in selected private universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. This was done by comparing the level of housing satisfaction of students residing in selected private universities’ hostels. The study utilized structured questionnaires to obtain primary data from students and university authorities in the two selected private universities in the study area. There were twenty two (22) hostels in the study area (15 hostels in Crescent University, Abeokuta and 7 hostels in Bells University of Technology, Ota). From these hostels, Five (5) hostels from Crescent University and three (3) hostels from Bells University of Technology was randomly selected. There were three hundred and eight (308) rooms in the eight (8) hostels selected. Simple random sampling was used to select thirty five percent (35%) of the rooms in the study area. Thus, the sample size was one hundred and eight rooms (108) (65 from Crescent University and 43 from Bells University). Data obtained were analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics such as frequency tabulation to assess the general levels of students’ housing satisfaction, and also the use of Relative Satisfaction Index (RSI) to determine the degree of students’ satisfaction with each of the housing components identified for the study. The results revealed that students in Bells University of Technology were more satisfied with their hostel accommodation compared to students of Crescent University (RSI = 4.22 and 3.65 respectively for Bells University of Technology, Ota and Crescent University, Abeokuta). The study indicated that the standard of housing components can significantly influence students’ satisfaction with their hostel accommodation. It is therefore pertinent that the university authorities should consider the provision of adequate and quality infrastructure when planning and designing students’ housing.
Estrés, Depresión Y Consumo De Alcohol En Estudiantes De Bachillerato De México: Diferencias Por Sexo Y Escuela
Authors: Almendra Rosa Vargas , Arreola Arturo del Castillo , Saldaña Rebeca María Elena Guzmán
Published: January 2019

Stress in teenagers studying high school is a health problem of great importance as not only affects behavior but also affects physical and mental health of this population, increasing the likelihood of depression occur and use alcohol as a means of coping with it. Objective: To determine the interaction by sex and type of school, as well as the relationship between levels of stress, depression and alcohol of high school students in two states in Mexico. Material and Methods: 129 students from two high schools in the states of Hidalgo and Mexico respectively selected through a non-probability sampling. The age range was from 16 to 21, M = 17 years, SD = .893. 51.2% were men and 48.8% women. Perceived Stress Scale (EEP) was used, the Beck Depression Inventory and Identification Questionnaire disorders due to alcohol consumption (AUDIT). They were conducted descriptive analyzes, Pearson correlation analysis and factorial ANOVA 2x2. Results: Significant negative relationships between stress and depression (r = .552, p <0.05) were found, also significant differences by gender in alcohol F (3,70) = 3.283, p ≤ .05 and significant differences by school in depression variable F (3,125) = 3.690, ≤ .05. Conclusion: These results provide insight into the association between different risk facotres student population so that from it culturally relevant psychological interventions that affect the prevention of health problems in this population are designed.
Efecto De Sobrealimentos A Base De Tres Mezclas Alimenticias (Industrial Y Natural), Sobre La Producción De Leche En Ganado Vacuno (Hostein)
Authors: Saavedra Hilter Farley Figueroa
Published: January 2019

The main objective of this research is to evaluate the effect of three types of superfoods based on three food mixtures (artificial and natural) in the milk production of cattle (Mestiza breed). In the study, there was a reduced milk production due to the difficulties in feeding cattle. Producers use the traditional grass of low nutritional value due to the impossibility of having high cost balances as a basic problem in this preliminary work. Milk production was increased by the use of food mixtures. These mixtures are composed of different percentages of natural pastures (Gliricidia sepium, Trichanthera gigantea, Pueraria phaseoloides and Saccharum officinarum) and artificial foods (mineralized salt and Palmister obtained from palm oil). The best results in milk production occurred in treatments 5 and 6 which significantly outperformed the rest. However, the highest profitability (utility) was reached in treatment 7.