INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH -GRANTHAALAYAH

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Authors: Dr. A. Subradeepan *1

The purpose of the study was to investigation the effect of continuous running on endurance of men kabaddi players. To achieve the purpose of this study, thirty men kabaddi players selected from the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India. The age, height and weight of the subjects ranged from 19 to 21 years, 155 to 169 centimetres and 58 to 68 kilograms respectively. They were divided into two groups; each group consisted of fifteen subjects. Group-I underwent continuous running and group-II acted as control who does not participate in any training programme. The data collected from the two groups prior to and post experimentation were statistically analyzed by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The experimental group had significant improvement on endurance when comparing to the control group.

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Authors: R. Rakulan *1, V.A. Malathy 2

School students need clear boundaries: boundaries that adults - parents as well as teachers - must set. We cannot abdicate our responsibility when students move outside those boundaries. To do that is to betray children, because the consequences of bad behaviour are so damaging It is the duty of the parents and teachers to create disciplinary awareness. The study aimed to examine the disciplinary awareness among secondary school students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the disciplinary awareness among school students. For this study a sample of 300 school students from 5 Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Udumalpet town of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that 28.33% of the school students belong to low level of disciplinary awareness, 43.66% of school students the belong to moderate level of disciplinary awareness, 28% of school students belong to high level of disciplinary awareness. Also it is found that there is a significant difference in attitude towards disciplinary awareness between male and female among school students. Females possess better disciplinary awareness than male students.

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Authors: I. Maria Cecily *1, Mr. S.Justin Jebaraj 2

Self - esteem is how we value ourselves; it is how we perceive our value to the world and how valuable we think we are to others. Self - esteem affects our trust in others, our relationship, our work – nearly every part of our lives. Positive self – esteem gives us the strength and flexibility to take charge of our lives and grow from our mistakes without the fear of rejection. The paper is an attempt to find to identify self-esteem in relation to academic achievement among higher secondary students. The investigator adopted the survey method to study self-esteem of higher secondary students. The study is based on primary data which is collected from 300 higher secondary students in and around Coimbatore district using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that totally 25.66% of the selected higher secondary students belong to low level of self-esteem, 42.33% of the selected higher secondary students belong to moderate level of self-esteem, 32% of the selected higher secondary students belong to high level of self-esteem. Totally 24.3% of the selected higher secondary students belong to low level of Academic Achievement, 28.4% of the selected higher secondary students belong to moderate level of Academic Achievement, and 47.3% of the selected higher secondary students belong to high level of Academic Achievement. Also it is found that there is no significant difference in self-esteem in relation to academic achievement among the selected higher secondary school students.

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Authors: Andrew Pradeep.M *1, Indira.G 2, Sethu Nagarajan R 3

Cancer is a group of diseases in which cells are aggressive, invasive and sometimes metastatic. Nutritional status an important factor that contributes to immune competence for which trace minerals plays a crucial role in the biochemical and physiological activity of the system. Trace element a category of minerals essential for the biological system and plays an active role in immune effector mechanism. Normal range of iron essential for body metabolism, iron deficiencies leads to anemia which might complicate the event of tumor genesis. Study involved 50 volunteers (36 females, 14 males) of cancer patients of Mohan Nursing Home Madurai. Serum was collected in the informed consent of the patients. Serum iron level was quantified using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Study documented percentage deviation of serum iron concentration (85%) with severe anemic prevalence from the control individual (without cancer) and also establish an association of iron deficiency with anemic prevalence. Study documented the existence of Iron deficiency which is the most common cause of anemia worldwide. Iron plays a role in oxygen transfer in cytochromes, protein molecules involved in the production of energy in cells and also exhibit certain properties to facilitate antitumor status. Study concludes that serum iron modulations need to be emphasized to minimize the burdenization of the host with Clinical associated complications of Iron deficiency among patients with cance

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Authors: K.Thanga Glara *1, Dr. C. Eugine Franco 2

The last two decades in the banking industry has seen many developments to face the competition among its competitors. Technology is one field that banking industry focuses on for this competition. Nowadays e-banking is the popular technology used by banks. E-banking is the outcome of technological innovations and competition. The customers’ satisfaction is also very important to face the challenges for the banks to cope up with other banks. Hence this paper focuses on the satisfaction level of customers towards e-banking services provided by Public and Private Sector banks in Tirunelveli District. This study is limited to Tirunelveli area only, Tamil Nadu. The objectives of this study are to find out the factors influencing in the adoption of E-banking provided by public and private sector banks, identify the level of satisfaction of customers of public and private sector banks towards their usage of E-banking. Convenience sampling method have adopted for this study. The primary data were collected from questionnaire method. From the analysis, it is found that with regard to satisfaction in ATM services, the customers of both sectors of banks are equally satisfied. Also the customers are satisfied with the e-banking services provided by private sector banks. It is suggested that ease of use is the major factor to induce the customers to adopt e-banking. Therefore banks should maintain its applications more user friendly and up to date. ATMs receive the higher attraction among the e-banking channels. Banks must pay attention and plan to make the ATMs as the key distribution channel for all kinds of banking transactions.