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Feminist Attributes for Parenting: Suggested by Adichie
Authors: Chauhan Kanika 
Published: June 2020

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is a contemporary Nigerian writer. I choose her work Dear Ijeawele, Or, A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions, as it gives suggestion for parenting in a feminist manner. A series of personal letter accommodated in a book are refreshing take on parenting and can be studied as an initial guide to understand feminism as an ideology. My main focus with this paper is to focus on two different kinds of parenting suggested by her and by Lois Gould, from her short story The story of X, where she creates a narrative revolving around gender-neutral parenting, and how these two can be read together to give a refreshing take on parenting, which is radical in nature because it dissects the norms.
Defeat Depression in Adherence to Spiritual Pathway in Bhagvad Gita
Authors: Shrivastava Dr. Ku. Richa 
Published: June 2020

Dhritrashtra desires to know about the battlefield of Kurushetra. Dhritrashtra is inquisitive in relation to the combat zone. He denotes his sons as Kauravas and his brother’s son as Pandavas. He enquires Sanjay, “What my sons Kauravas and my brother’s sons Pandavas are doing in the war arena. He is concerned about his sons and calls them “Mine”. He is not worried about his brother’s sons and calls them “Others”. The way Dhritrashtra’s is characterized, it represents one thing that is his psychology, it’s critically analyzed his personality by his words. When he speaks something about war frontline his emphasis is on the words, “My sons”. When a person defines himself as “Me” and “Myself” and describes the others as “You” and “Yourselves”. Here the quarrel begins. Duryodhan is Dhritrastra’s son, whatsoever is the nature of Dhritrashtra, and broadly the son also has the same behavior. He said, “What my lads and Pandava’s lads are doing in the war - front”, from now, excess of love and affection towards his sons is revealed. He cogitates that, “Either, I ought to reign the country, or my sons might sovereign the nation, and no one else should be the supreme ruler. I would survive and my sons should subsist. My all possessions are supposed to stay secured and others should be empty handed. This is the language of self -centeredness. Dhritrastra had the mean mentality. Great writers have printed their writings, about those who notify these clothes are mine, these houses are mine, these jewels are mine, these are my eatables, these are my resting places, those whom speak everything is mine, the persons whom emphasize themselves by the words, “Me” and “Mine”, the evil deaths are sure for those persons, they will die badly. A writer has very beautifully depicted in a few lines, the way it is written that has been told. This is not the sayings of a saint. It’s just like a meaningful sequence, some lines have been written in verses. Let’s visualize;
Marxism and Latin American Literature
Authors: Ghosh Ritwik 
Published: June 2020

In the aftermath of the collapse of the U.S.S.R Marxism remains a viable and flourishing tradition of literary and cultural criticism. Marx believed economic and social forces shape human consciousness, and that the internal contradictions in capitalism would lead to its demise.[i] Marxist analyses can show how class interests operate through cultural forms.[ii] Marxist interpretations of cultural life have been done by critics such as C.L.R James and Raymond Williams.[iii]
The Syntax of Anaphors in Ki-Imenti: A Bantu Language Spoken in Kenya
Authors: Kananu Edna , Muriungi Prof. Peter , Kinyua Dr. Ann Hildah 
Published: June 2020

This paper is an investigation of the distribution of anaphors in Ki-Imenti. Ki- Imenti is a Bantu language spoken in Meru Central, North Imenti and Buuri sub-counties, Meru County. It is one of the dialects of Kimeru. The objective of this paper is to determine the syntax of anaphors in Ki- Imenti. The study is guided by Chomsky’s Binding Theory. The binding theory divides noun phrases into three basic categories anaphors, pronouns and R-expressions. This theory develops three binding principles to explain the distribution of these noun phrases. These are the binding principle A, binding principle B and binding principle C. This study is only limited to the distribution of anaphors. The study adopts a qualitative study research design as it gives detailed descriptions and explanations of the phenomena studied. The researcher generated the data for the study herself using self-introspection and the data was corroborated by ten native speakers who were purposively sampled. The paper has established that Ki-Imenti conforms to the binding principles. Anaphors are bound in their binding domain, whereby the binding domain is the inflectional phrase or the noun phrase containing the anaphor. This paper will make a contribution to the knowledge of the syntax of anaphors in Ki- Imenti and the description of the syntax of Bantu linguistics in general.
Improving Attributes of Teacher Education: An Analysis
Authors: Amandeep Dr. 
Published: June 2020

Teacher education has been a cause of serious concern. Despite several commission and committees the state of affairs in these schools and colleges of education remains pretty much the same as it used to be three or even four decades ago. The paper analyses the new practices, policies and procedures in the area of teacher education that affect the quality of teacher education and accordingly the education and the nation. The attempt here is to describe several innovations that have been introduced in this field for instance NCTE, continuing Education and its centres, correspondence Education, experiments, Technology, Microteaching, UGC Panel on Teacher Education and population Education etc. These methods are indicative that the role and responsibility of the teacher is vital for the individual personality and socio-scientific as well as socio-cultural progress of society and humanity.
Feministic Images of Women in Shashi Deshpande's Fiction Roots and Shadows and The Binding Vine
Authors: Sarkar Shilpa 
Published: June 2020

Shashi Deshpande is the most prolific writer among her contemporaries. Her writing reflects her image of middle class Indian woman. In most of her novels her protagonists are modern, well‑educated and financially independent women. The main theme of her novels are problems of middle class women who were trapped between tradition and modernity. The protagonists always try to maintain their marriage in spite of the fact that they are mentally and physically tortured by their husbands. The objective of this study is to show the feminist perspective of Shashi Deshpande's women characters in her two novels Roots and Shadows and The Binding Vine. This study also aim to figure out how the women characters of these novels assert themselves.
Social Realities of Higher Education in the Age of Uncertainties
Authors: Deshmukh Dr. Smita R. 
Published: June 2020

Education is an enlightening experience and social process. The new social realities, particularly the interplay between democratization of education emergence of knowledge, society and globalization greatly influence the educational process of all societies. There exists a paradoxical situation of limited higher education opportunities and a large pool of unemployable educated in India. This is partly a result of the failure of our education system to develop the competencies required for the world of work. Such competency to face epidemics of Corona and value education, i.e., sensitivity, the ability and a skill to do job or business, is expected outcome of any good education system. The student should realize that they have the right for quality education as well as quality healthy life and they also have learning responsibilities to enable the institution to provide quality education. The students and staff should mutually reinforce their efforts for quality education. The 21 century is an age of accelerated change, the age of ICT that is Information and Communication Technology. We are happy to welcome 2020 which presents a powerful message that this is an age of Knowledge, age of Quality at the same time we are facing covid 19 corona in this age of Uncertainties. In this scenario, higher education is essential for survival. We are having in an important and epoch-making age. We look at higher education for solutions.
Re-viewing Portfolio Writing from a Metacognitive Perspective
Authors: A Devika 
Published: June 2020

Portfolio writing, a pedagogic construct of the late 20th century, which can be viewed as one of the latest branchings of the mainstream writing research, can also be considered as an offshoot of the ‘paradigm shift’ (Thomas Kuhn,1962) from the long prevailing product approach to an emerging process approach. Theory, research and classroom practice, all had been confined to the written products; and ‘the writer’ was more or less neglected. The process approach brought to the forefront, the psyche of the writer by giving equal importance to the psycho-cognitive processes underlying the activity. The term ‘activity’ has been used here in the sense that writing is a higher order mental activity. Portfolio writing, moving one step further, reveals not only the writer’s ability at composing in the present, but consolidates the schema of the past, as well as forecasts the writing potentials of future, too. This paper tries to validate, how simultaneously the process and the product together result in the learning outcome, in the context of assessing writing performance.
Action Research: An Ethno-methodological Perspective
Authors: N. S. Vinija , Nair Dr. P Bhaskaran 
Published: June 2020

Action Research is a tool for professional development which gained considerable momentum in language teaching domain. Effective and meaningful professional development programmes involve teachers in the constant process of learning about their practices, discovering and using their own potential. The strategies employed in action research are found to be one of the best options that can engage teachers in meaningful self-improvement. It is a discovery process in which the teacher investigates the issue on focus, carries out and implements some actions in the classroom. Just in opposite direction of the traditional practice of ‘from theory to practice’, action research moves ‘from practice to theorizing’. Reflection which is the essence of the philosophy at work behind, action research has a crucial role in improving the learning process and enhancing professional development. Reflection involves cognition, critical thinking, evaluation and problem solving. Action research continuously prompts these processes.
This article attempts to project how action research functions as a two-pronged phenomenon: (i) a pedagogic tool, whose impact will explicitly be felt on the learner, and (ii) as a means of continuous professional development, which leaves an implicit but, long-lasting change in the teacher. It is also pointed out in the paper, how action research can alter the physical and mental environment of learning and teaching through an ethno-methodological functioning—the teacher and the learners living in the same environment and getting immersed in the same experience.
Jasmine’s Travail from Widowhood to Selfhood in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine.
Authors: Saha Shukla 
Published: June 2020

Bharati Mukherjee happens to be a prominent Asian American writer who has in her works vividly represented the experiences of Asian immigrants and the evolution of their migrant selves in America.Her works reflect both, her pride in her Indian heritage and also her earnestness for embracing the new world, America.
Mukherjee’s much acclaimed novel Jasmine depicts the story of a young Punjabi woman who dares to rebel against the norms of patriarchy since her childhood. Her stifling experiences of leading the life of a widow in a small Indian village of Hasnapur doesn’t dent her spirit as she dares to sail on her own as an illegal immigrant to the United States on a mission to perform ritual Sati on the campus where her dead husband had enrolled to study. The problems of acculturation drags immigrants like her into an identity crisis. But it does not deter her, as she continuously strives to refashion herself to fit into the mainstream American culture. In this context, the paper attempts to explore how the feminist protagonist, Jasmine, through her shifting identities rediscovers her own independent self by assimilating into the land of opportunity, i.e., America.
Tarımda Sosyal Girişimciliğe Yönelik Kavramsal Bir Analiz
Authors: ESMER Yusuf , ÇINAR Döndü 
Published: June 2020

Amaç: Girişimcilik, bir faaliyet alanında üretim faktörlerini bir araya getirerek ülkelerin ekonomik ve sosyal yönden gelişim gösterebilmelerinden daha fazlasını ifade eden bir kavramdır. Yalnızca ticari ve endüstri alanları için düşünülen girişimcilik olgusu tarım sektörü için değerlendirilmeyip bu durum aynı zamanda çiftçilerin ve tarımsal üreticilerin kendilerini birer girişimci olarak görmemelerine neden olmaktadır. Bu bağlamda tarım sektöründe de diğer sektörlerde olduğu gibi girişimcilerin olduğu düşünülerek bunların tarımsal girişimci adı altında değerlendirilmeleri ve desteklenmeleri gerekmektedir. Diğer yandan tarım kırsal kesimlerin en önemli geçim kaynağı olarak görülmekle birlikte tarımın yoksullukla mücadele konusunda önemli bir araç olduğu söylenebilmektedir. Bu durum toplumda yoksulluk gibi maddi ve manevi yönden birtakım sıkıntıları olan kesimler için çözüm üretebilmek adına sosyal girişimci olarak adlandırılan üçüncü sektör örgütlerin ya da kişilerin varlığını zorunlu kılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı tarımda sosyal girişimciliğin önemini vurgulamak ve literatüre katkı sağlamaktır. Tasarım/metodoloji/yaklaşım: Bu çalışmada ikincil verilerden hareketle tarımsal sosyal girişimciliğe yönelik kavramsal bir analiz yapılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda öncelikle tarımsal girişimcilik kavramı açıklanmış, sonrasında tarımsal sosyal girişimcilik olgusu ayrıntılı bir şekilde incelenmiştir.Bulgular: Kavramsal analiz sonucunda tarım sektörünün ekonomik yönünün yanında sosyal yönünün de olduğu vurgulanarak sosyal tarım uygulamalarına ağırlık verilmesi gerektiği ve yoksulluk gibi önemli sosyal problemlerle mücadele etmek adına tarım sektörünün geliştirilmesi için tarımsal sosyal girişimcilerin varlığına ihtiyaç duyulduğu belirlenmiştir.Özgünlük/değer: Bu çalışma sosyal girişimciliğin diğer sektörlerde olduğu gibi tarım için de önemli bir faktör olduğunu ve kırsal kesimlerde yoksullukla mücadele konusunda önemli bir araç olduğunu ortaya koyması açısından değerlidir.
COMMUTERS’ TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS, MODAL CHOICE AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
Authors: Alade Wale , Olaseni Mobolaji , Adeniji Olufemi 
Published: June 2020

In the past decade-plus there has been a paucity of comparative studies of the performance of public transport options in Lagos. This study evaluates commuters’ access to public transport modes (yellow bus, BRT and ferry), trip characteristics, factors influencing choice of, and the performance of each mode in Lagos to establish improvement priorities. Research data was obtained from 124 commuters through close-ended questionnaire at selected terminals on a major corridor during the morning peak period using incidental sampling technique. The performance of public transport modes was measured using seven variables on a 5-point rating scale. Analysis of variance show significant variation in commuters’ trip cost to terminals. The BRT is the most affordable with respect to fare but has the worst boarding delay occurrence, the ferry is the most efficient with respect to trip time while 45% of yellow bus passengers spend more than one hour per trip. From the linear regression results, delay time at the terminals, travel time and travel cost to destinations accounted for about 55.8% of the total variance in the preferred mode of travel. From the relative performance analysis results, the BRT has the highest mean performance index of 3.72, followed by ferry (3.01) and the yellow bus (2.62). These findings facilitate our understanding of factors influencing the performance and choice of public transport modes in Lagos while providing insights into areas needing attention for improvement. Based on these findings, the study recommended the provision of more BRT buses to reduce the waiting time at terminals, and the review of ferry operations to reduce fare and enhance safety and introduce measures to upscale the services of the for better performance. Future studies should explore commuter waiting and comfort at bus stations and terminals and on-board time use.
Keywords: Commuter; Modal Choice; Public Transport; Travel Behaviour; Mobility; Performance
IMPACT OF COARSE AGGREGATE ON COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE
Authors: Quayson Jeriscot H. , Mustapha Zakari 
Published: June 2020

Over one-third of the volume of concrete is occupied by coarse aggregate and any changes in coarse aggregate type can affect its strength and fracture properties. The paper examined the impact of coarse aggregates on compressive strength of concrete. Slump and compaction factor tests were conducted on the mixture of quartzite and crushed granite course aggregates, and quarry dust (fine aggregate). Nominal mix (1:2:3) was adopted and mix compositions were calculated by absolute weight method. Twelve (12) cubes (150x150mm) of each type of coarse aggregate were cast for 7, 14, 21, and 28 days to determine their compressive strengths. Quartzite was found to have the highest average compressive strength of 24.48N/mm2 with an average density of 2160kg/m3 , while compressive strength of crushed granite was 22.01N/mm2 with an average density of 2300kg/m3 on the 28 day of testing. Concrete made from granite had the highest workability, while concrete made from quartzite aggregate had the highest compressive strength. Densities and compressive strengths of the individual aggregates accounted for the variation in strengths of the concrete, due to differences in properties and strengths. In conclusion, the effect of any type of coarse aggregate on the compressive strength of concrete will be known and also enable contractors to determine the type of aggregate to be selected for a particular work.
Keywords: Compaction factor test; slump test; strength; workability.
An assessment of leadership training needs of executive members of farmer-groups in Oyo State, Nigeria
Authors: Omotesho Kemi Funmilayo , Akinrinde Adeniyi Felix , Laaro Kafayat Adeshike , Olugbeja Joseph Oluwadare 
Published: June 2020

Abstract
The failure of farmers’ associations in Nigeria has been linked to leadership incompetency. In this study we investigated the leadership training needs of executives of farmers’ associations in Oyo State. Specifically, we examined the importance associated with the leadership roles by the executives, investigated their competence levels and identified the constraints they face in carrying out their roles. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 195 respondents on which an interview schedule was administered. The obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistics, the Borich’s Needs Assessment Model and the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. The respondents were middle-aged (52 years) with an average of 26 years farming experience and seven years of farmer-group membership. About 66 % had no formal education. Only 36.9 % of the groups originated out of felt needs, 44.1 % of the leaders emerged by selection, and the average group size was 28. Although the respondents affirmed the importance of all the 15 identified leadership roles, their competence level in 11 of the roles was low. Areas of training needs identified include resource mobilization and control, and the establishment of linkages with major stakeholders in agriculture. At P < 0.05 some personal and group characteristics of the respondents were related to their training needs. Inadequate knowledge of the roles and poor cooperation of members were the most severe constraints to effective leadership of the associations. The study concluded that the leaders of farmer-groups in the state had training needs which must be addressed to ensure the sustainability of the groups.
Stability of Picard operators under operator perturbations
Authors: Petruşel Adrian , Rus Ioan A. 
Published: June 2020

Abstract
In this paper we study the following problems: I. Let (M, d) be a complete metric space and f, g : M → M be two operators. We suppose that:
(a) f is a Picard operator with its unique fixed point x *
f
;
(b) there exists η > 0 such that d(f(x), g(x)) ≤ η, for every x ∈ M.
The problem consists in estimating d(g

n
(x), x

*

f
), for x ∈ M and n ∈ 𝕅*.
II. Let B be a Banach space and f, g : B → B be two operators. We suppose that f is a Picard operator. The problem is to find sufficient conditions which guarantee that f + g is a Picard operator.
On uniform exponential trisplitting for cocycles of linear operators in Banach spaces
Authors: Biriş Larisa Elena , Mihiţ Claudia Luminiţa , Ceauşu Traian , Popa Ioan-Lucian 
Published: June 2020

Abstract
The aim of this paper is to study the concept of uniform exponential trisplitting for skew-product semiflow in Banach spaces. This concept is a generalisation of the well-known concept of uniform exponential trichotomy. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for this concept of Datko’s type. a character-isation in terms of Lyapunov functions is provided. The results are obtained from the point of view of the projector families, i.e. invariant and strongly invariant.
Structural and Piezoelectric Characterization of Pr3+ Modified (1-x)Pb(Zr1-yTiy)O3 – xPb(Mn1/3Sb2/3)O3 Ceramic
Authors: Dumitru Alina Iulia , Velciu Georgeta , Pintea Jana , Patroi Delia , Marinescu Virgil , Clicinschi Florentina , Peter Ildiko 
Published: June 2020

Abstract
0.88Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 – 0.12Pb(Mn1/3Sb2/3)O3 – 0,02 at%E piezoelectric ceramics, with E = Pr3+ were synthesized by using a conventional method, namely a solid state reaction technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) were employed for the structural and microstructural investigations. Piezoelectric methods were used for the dielectric and piezoelectric properties determination. The results of XRD show a perovskite structure and XRD patterns, indexing on a tetragonal cell structure, was carried out for the most common phases. The SEM micrographs of the sintered compositions reveal a homogenous structure with a sharp or rounded grain boundary. The modified PZT ceramic presents still superior piezoelectric properties. Based on the results obtained, one can conclude that the analysed piezoelectric ceramics are useful for device applications.
Special Binding for Refractory Concretes
Authors: Stoian Elena Valentina , Ungureanu Dan Nicolae , Toma Florin , Colţa Alexandru Gabriel , Anculescu Daniel , Bratu Vasile , Angelescu Nicolae 
Published: June 2020

Abstract
The paper shows data related to coexistence of various binding systems, which could be present during the hardening of special concretes. It is taken into account the Ultra Low Aluminous Cement Concretes additivated with different materials (phosphates and mineral ultra dispersed powders - Condensed Silica Fume, Hydrated Alumina etc). In correlation to the pH-value, these substances can favour the forming of new binding systems besides the hydraulic binder (which is not important in this case). The new system is the coagulation binding form. The coagulation binding system has a very important role in the advanced compactness and in the increasing mechanical strengths of concrete structures.