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Corruption and Economic Growth in Nigeria (1980-2013)
Authors: W Ibrahim , Sheu Okunade A 
Published: June 2018

Corruption is as aged as the existence of man and it exists in all sphere of human life. The persistency of corruption erodes the social economic value of a nation. The study investigates the relationship between corruption and economic growth in Nigeria, in the period 1980-2013, using the VAR analysis. The study finds the existence of long-term relationship between corruption and unemployment growth on the economic growth of Nigeria. Also, the study found no short-term relationship in corruption and unemployment on economic growth. Hence, the result in the analysis shows that corruption positively has a strong influence on the output of Nigeria. So the rise in growth rate experienced in Nigeria is influenced by high corruption rate in the country, which is making the few rich to be richer, eradicating the middle class and making the poor to be poorer. Therefore, there is a need to develop political will to prosecute anyone found guilty of corruption irrespective of their position, tribe, religion or party affiliation. Such a punishment would also serve as a deterrent to others and help improve real economic growth and development.
Thuggee and Sati Revisited
Authors: Bonjour Mini Mark 
Published: June 2018

Films on Indian themes made by western filmmakers have often been ridden with stereotypes and clichés. The wave of Raj films that came out of British and American production companies in the years since India‟s independence have largely been nostalgia-driven, and they almost invariably end up exoticising the region. However, with regard to films made by the nonHollywood film company named Merchant-Ivory Productions, audiences had come to expect more sophisticated and nuanced treatments of themes drawn from Indian history. This paper examines one of their films, The Deceivers, which deals with the twin themes of Thuggee and Sati. The discussion of the film is set against the broader context of the literature and cinema spawned by Western interest in the Raj era. While it is certainly more aesthetically sophisticated than the Hollywood type of Raj films, The Deceivers nevertheless falls short of engaging with the complexities of 19th century India in any meaningful way and is especially blind to the tendency of colonial propaganda to criminalise entire ethnic groups. Such attempts at cross-cultural representation are nevertheless valuable from a pedagogic point of view in the specific context of postcolonial approaches in the humanities classrooms in our colleges.
Keywords: Colonial, Empire, Gender, Sati, Stereotypes, Thuggee
Narrativising a Department of English
Authors: Padmakumar M M , Gaana J , Pillai Mohan Kunjukrishnna 
Published: June 2018

The Department of English in a country like India too often witnesses contestations of varied kinds. Debates range from Macaulay's prod to the madness of the method and beyond. Identity crisis - that of the department and that of its members - is one such problematic context. Sidestepping desires to sing notes of self-congratulation, this paper attempts to self-reflexively critique the values, aspirations, practices and its resultant consequences in the Department of English, Christ University, Bangalore. Such a critique will look at specific issues, concerns of, and about English Studies at Christ, based on three experience-enabled narratives. The first narrative aims at exploring 1. complexities of a fresh “pocopomo” (postcolonial-postmodern) English Studies teacher in such a reputed, metropolitan institution, 2. complexities of locating Cultural Studies within an English Studies framework in the institution, and 3. complexities of studentship in such a context.
The personal is always treated with a sense of suspicion and accompanied by a supposition that it may not be authentic. Humanities - despite the growing disrespect it faces - is one of the last bastions where the personal is not looked downupon. However, when it comes to research, even Humanities expects the shedding of the experiential and the personal, assuming that critical rigour is likely to get compromised. As the authors of this article, it is our firm belief that listening to personal experience will open doors to unexplored critical insights. We are deeply aware of the dangerous terrain we are treading in and hence we have titled it as "narrativising...", signifying the subjective takes involved. Further, the idea of giving multiple accounts coming from different standpoints (that of a new faculty, a moderately experienced faculty and a student) is to highlight the plural nature of experiences and perspectives.
Keywords: English Studies; Higher Education; Cultural Studies; English Departments
Life Skills Development Training for Adolescent Girls at Risk-Rescued Devadasi Girls in Karnataka
Authors: Joseph Diptty , Thomas Bino 
Published: June 2018

The positive evidences of life skills education among the young people in difficult circumstances have encouraged the researchers in imparting life skills education to the rescued devadasi adolescent girls in North Karnataka. The study was conducted in pre experimental research design without a control group of rescued devadasi girls by understanding their needs and gaps in life skills. The effectiveness of the programme was assessed using a standardized tool. 25 adolescent girls who were rescued from the devadasi system participated in the study. These girls were daughters’ of active devadasi women from Raichur, Koppal, Bellary and Bijapur. The girls were provided life skills education by the researchers. Intervention programme was developed based on the 10 life skills laid out by the World Health Organization after integrating methodologies and contents specific to their life situation after a need assessment study using Life skills assessment scale. The results analyzed in SPSS version 18, indicate that the programme was effective and displayed statistical significance in rendering the participants with Life skills. The study intends to highlight the importance of developing tailor made life skills programme for vulnerable groups and girls at risk.
Morbidity Pattern and its Determinants among Tribal People in Kerala
Authors: Simon T D 
Published: June 2018

While Kerala has been hailed for its development in social sectors, the available data show the remarkable finding that Kerala’s morbidity is the highest in India. Literature reveals two major streams of argument for this, one questioning the comparability of the reported rates of morbidity and the other admitting that the higher rates of morbidity actually represent the situation. The present study analyses the pattern of morbidity in Kerala, tries to analyse the morbidity pattern and finds out the reasons for highest morbidity in highest Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) group and lower morbidity in ST households. The paper argues that the prevalence of lifestyle diseases among highest MPCE group is one critical reason for the high morbidity rates in Kerala. It also proposes urgent interventions on behalf of the government that can effectively counter the high rates of infectious diseases among ST households.
Prospects of Ecotourism Development in Ganderbal District of Jammu and Kashmir
Authors: Bhat Iqbal Ahmad , J Shyju P 
Published: June 2018

Tourism is considered as an important industry in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in general and the Valley of Kashmir in particular. Though the State’s economy is largely depended on agriculture and horticulture, tourism is still considered as the backbone of the economy as it generates large scale employment opportunities. The industry has generated large number of jobs; particularly it has benefitted the younger generation. Boosting the economic activities in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors in the state, tourism has continued to play a vital role in the economy of the state. The Valley of Kashmir witnesses a huge rush of tourists especially during peak seasons and every corner of Srinagar city is filled with high movement of tourists. The movement of tourists has largely been restricted to Golden Triangle of Kashmir i.e. Srinagar, Phalgam and Gulmarg. The Government has started earmarking other virgin destinations of Kashmir and established authorities for the development of the same, but on the ground level the scene is quite different. It is imperative to assess the carrying capacity of tourist attractions especially new and emerging destinations, in order to minimize the negative impacts of tourism. Keeping in view these considerations, the present work is an attempt to highlight the tourism potential of unexplored areas in Ganderbal District, which have immense potential for ecotourism development.
An Empirical Analysis of Wine Tourists’ Perspective on Tourism Infrastructure in Wine Regions of Maharashtra
Authors: Kaddi Anupama Kotur , Suklabaidya Paramita 
Published: June 2018

Wine tourism in Maharashtra is slowly but surely evolving and entering into the ‗growth phase‘. Tourism infrastructure development is one of the primary steps in tourism product development process; therefore there is a need to assess the quality of existing tourism infrastructure in the wine tourism regions in Maharashtra so as to promote and further the growth of the wine tourism product in Maharashtra. It is important to understand the exact nature or type as well as importance of tourism infrastructure from the wine tourists‘ perspective for an enhanced and overall wine tourism experience. This paper is based on a study undertaken with two objectives:(a) to study the importance of various tourism infrastructure facilities in wine tourism growth; (b) to analyse the gap, if any, between the expected and the actual quality of critical tourism infrastructure in wine regions in Maharashtra as perceived by the tourists. For the purpose of this study, twelve (12) most critical tourism infrastructure facilities were identified and questionnaire was prepared on the same. The respondents to the questionnaire are the wine tourists as this paper aims to understand the perception of the wine tourists on tourism infrastructure facilities at the wine tourism destinations in the state. This paper is aimed at forming the basis for further research on wine tourism management in Maharashtra. The paper will try to suggest a roadmap for ‗need based infrastructure development‘ for a sustainable growth of the wine tourism destinations in Maharashtra based on the findings of the study.
Intrapreneurship Approach for Tourism Management
Authors: Jyotirmay Ghosh 
Published: June 2018

'Corporate Entrepreneurship, also known as Intrapreneurship is the process of profitably creating innovation within an organizational setting. Most companies are realizing the need for corporate entrepreneuring. This need has arisen as response to (1) the rapidly growing number of new sophisticated competitors, (2) a sense of distrust in th e traditional methods of corporate management, and (3) an exodus of some of the best and brightest people form corporations to become small business entrepreneurs. Thus corporate entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship has been practiced in all industries, including the Tourism industry.In this article effort have been made to demonstrate the techniques of implementing intrapreneurship with examples from the tourism industry. Tourism, being the major factor of global economic development, needs to be nourished with constant innovations and new venture creations. Intrapreneurship has proved to provide these innovations and new ventures. A case of Southwest Airlines of USA, is presented to portray how the intrapreneurship principles are applied effectively
Review of leisure activity participation constriant models
Authors: Kimmm Jeongsun 
Published: June 2018

There have been constraint studies in the academic areas of leisure, recreation and travel; and the hierarchical model of leisure constraints (Crawford et al 1991) has been tested frequently. However, the issues of invalidity of this model in hierarchical flow of constraints and in universal application have been raised. Therefore, the three-factor model of leisure activity participation and the pyramid model of leisure activity participation constraints were developed to supplement the almost 20-yera old model. Through the classroom survey at Universities in the Republic of Korea, it turns out that 1) the structural, interpersonal and interpersonal constraints play a constraint role in leisure activity participation separately or together, and 2) structural constraints are most seriously followed by interpersonal and them interpersonal constraints.
A plan to guide the direction of success for kulik bird sanctuary in West Bengal
Authors: Roy Tamal Basu 
Published: June 2018

Tourism is one of the best ways to enhance the employment opportunities and economic progress to an area. Raiganj Kulik Bird Sanctuary is one of the largest bird sanctuaries in Asia. In-spite of having several ecotourism strengths it is very unpredictable to imagine that the said Sanctuary can’t get popularity and fame as a tourist spot in India as well as in Asia. The essences of this paper is to identify the barriers for the tourism development along with some strategic attempts for the future development and there by enhancement of tourist attraction. On the other hand the sanctuary is not so preserved from illicit poaching that can be detrimental to its further growth. Delinquency in support building system towards the sanctuary and ignorant glimpse to the wild life is really of the major deludes of human being, which has also made the authors expedited to think over the matter
Supply Chain Visibility and Social Responsibility: Investigating Consumers’ Behaviors and Motives
Authors: Kraft Tim , Valdés León , Zheng Yanchong 
Published: June 2018

Consumers increasingly want to know more about where and how the products they purchase are being made. To create transparency requires a company to both gain visibility into its supply chain and disclose information to consumers. In this paper, we focus on the dimension of visibility and investigate when companies can benefit from greater supply chain visibility. To do so, we design an incentivized human–subject experiment to study two key questions: (i) How does supply chain visibility impact consumers’ valuations of a company’s social responsibility (SR) practices in its upstream supply chain? (ii) What roles do indirect reciprocity and consumers’ prosociality play in affecting their valuations under different levels of visibility? In our design, greater visibility is represented by lower uncertainty in the outcomes of a company’s SR efforts. Our results show that consumers value greater visibility regarding a company’s SR practices in the upstream supply chain. This is especially true if consumers exhibit a self-serving bias and use uncertainty as an excuse not to pay for SR. We also observe that high prosocial consumers do not exhibit strong indirect reciprocity. Conversely, indirect reciprocity significantly increases low prosocial consumers’ valuations under High visibility. Our work adds to the experimental literature focusing on transparency and SR (which has primarily studied disclosure) by examining the equally important but understudied dimension of visibility. Furthermore, our results on consumer heterogeneity offer insights into what SR information resonates with a company’s target consumers. The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2017.0685 .
Some Problems of Heavenly Freedom
Authors: Kittle Simon 
Published: June 2018

In this essay I identify four different problems of heavenly freedom; i.e., problems that arise for those who hold that the redeemed in heaven have free will. They are: the problem arising from God's own freedom, the problem of needing to praise the redeemed for not sinning in heaven, the problem of needing to affirm that the redeemed freely refrain from sinning, and the problem arising from a commitment to the free will defence. I explore how some of these problems vary depending on the notion of free will which is endorsed. And I suggest that because these differing problems arise from distinct theological and/or philosophical commitments, there is little reason to think that one and the same feature or property of an account of heavenly freedom will address them all.
Interpretive structural modeling of knowledge network in car industry’ R&D centers
Authors: Rezaeian Ali , Bagheri Rouhollah 
Published: June 2018

The current research has been done with the aim of knowledge network interpretive structural modeling in car industry’s R&D centers. The key factors for implementing a knowledge network in car industry’s R&D centers have been determined and then the final graphical model has been drawn by Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) approach.The method of the current applied research includes a survey of experts and then the variables extracted through investigating research background, after that the MATLAB R2013 software is used for making compatible matrix as well as drawing graphical relations of the model by Interpretive Structural Modeling approach.After studying related works & interviewing with under-studied firms’ managers, interpretive structural modeling (ISM) & MICMAC analysis was used to generate a model for knowledge network. Previous studies had not investigated the knowledge network in car industry’s R&D centers; however, the present study implemented the knowledge network model in R&D Centers.
A complex systems approach to e-governance adoption and implementation in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Authors: Bubou Gordon Monday , Japheth Richard Bunakiye , Gumus Seigha 
Published: June 2018

Globally, public sector innovation has become a big issue as citizens demand for greater accountability, effectiveness and efficiency in service delivery, and the liberalisation of the governance system. Debate on e-government evolved in the last decade in parallel with a broader discussion on e-governance, where the concept and practice of e-governance further encompasses the e-government phenomenon. Because of the complexities of governance and e-governance, this chapter presents e-governance as a close, large integrated, open and sociotechnical (CLIOS) framework to meet present and emerging challenges of the e-world, as well as enhance good governance for sustainability. Novel descriptions of e-governance, governance, CLIOS, complex adaptive systems, sociotechnical systems were provided from literature. From a socio-technical perspective, the design consideration for the adoption and implementation of e-governance architecture for a State in an emerging economy like Nigeria was provided. The contextual aspects that needed to be considered for the adoption of e-governance were discussed and citizens interface with governance through e-governance platforms were highlighted. Examples of countries implementing e-governance, benefits and challenges regarding the Bayelsa case were discussed.
Calculation and 3D analyses of ERR in the band crack front contained in a rectangular plate made of multilayered material
Authors: Dincel Arzu Turan , Akbarov Surkay D. 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
An investigation into the values of the Energy Release Rate (ERR) at the band crack’s front in the rectangular plate made of multilayered composite material is carried out for the opening mode. The corresponding boundary-value problem is modelled by using threedimensional linear theory and solved numerically by using 3D FEM (Three Dimensional Finite Element Method). The main purpose of the current investigation is to study the influence of mechanical and geometrical parameters on the Energy Release Rate (ERR) at this crack front. The numerical results related to the ERR, and the effect of the mechanical and other problem parameters on the ERR are presented and discussed.
Statistical mechanics of cell decision-making: the cell migration force distribution
Authors: Hatzikirou Haralampos 
Published: June 2018

AbstractCell decision-making is the cellular process of responding to microenvironmental cues. This can be regarded as the regulation of cell’s intrinsic variables to extrinsic stimuli. Currently, little is known about the principles dictating cell decision-making. Regarding cells as Bayesian decision-makers under energetic constraints, I postulate the principle of least microenvironmental uncertainty principle (LEUP). This is translated into a free-energy principle and I develop a statistical mechanics theory for cell decision-making. I exhibit the potential of LEUP in the case of cell migration. In particular, I calculate the dependence of cell locomotion force on the steady state distribution of adhesion receptors. Finally, the associated migration velocity allows for the reproduction of the cell anomalous diffusion, as observed in cell culture experiments.
One kind power mean of the hybrid Gauss sums
Authors: Lan Qi , Wenpeng Zhang 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
In this paper, we use the analysis method and the properties of trigonometric sums to study the computational problem of one kind power mean of the hybrid Gauss sums. After establishing some relevant lemmas, we give an exact computational formula for it. As an application of our result, we give an exact formula for the number of solutions of one kind diagonal congruence equation mod p, where p be an odd prime.
Interfacing optical fibers with plasmonic nanoconcentrators
Authors: Tuniz Alessandro , Schmidt Markus A. 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
The concentration of light to deep-subwavelength dimensions plays a key role in nanophotonics and has the potential to bring major breakthroughs in fields demanding to understand and initiate interaction on nanoscale dimensions, including molecular disease diagnostics, DNA sequencing, single nanoparticle manipulation and characterization, and semiconductor inspection. Although planar metallic nanostructures provide a pathway to nanoconcentration of electromagnetic fields, the delivery/collection of light to/from such plasmonic nanostructures is often inefficient, narrow-band, and requires complicated excitations schemes, limiting widespread applications. Moreover, planar photonic devices reveal a reduced flexibility in terms of bringing the probe light to the sample. An ideal photonic-plasmonic device should combine (i) a high spatial resolution at the nanometre level beyond to what is state-of-the-art in near-field microscopy with (ii) flexible optical fibers to promote a straightforward integration into current near-field scanning microscopes. Here, we review the recent development and main achievements of nanoconcentrators interfacing optical fibers at their end-faces that reach entirely monolithic designs, including campanile probes, gold-coated fiber-taper nanotips, and fiber-integrated gold nanowires.
The Nordic model: 25 years of drawing the line between earned and capital income in Finland
Authors: Knuutinen Reijo 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
In personal income taxation, Finland had used the dualistic income tax model, known as the Nordic model, since 1993. The basic idea is that taxation of earned income is progressive, whereas taxation of capital income is proportional. Here, the model is reviewed from different perspectives: What kind of tax policy background does it have and how is the distinction between types of income argued for on theoretical grounds? How has the borderline of earned and capital income been drawn in tax legislation, and how is it drawn in the court cases, in particular in those related to tax avoidance? The dualistic model has often been criticized using equity arguments, but there are still strong arguments for the model. In any case, the model has not always worked too well in practice. The distinction has required special tax legislation as well as given rise to many court cases.