International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Studies (IRJIMS)

07-17

Authors: Dr. Jayeeta Bhattacharjee

Vanadium is a chemical element with symbol V and atomic no. 23. It is a hard, silvery, grey, ductile, malleable transition metal. The element is found almost exclusively in chemically combined form in nature, but once isolated artificially, the formation of an oxide layer stabilizes the free metal somewhat against further oxidation. In the present paper, synthesis of vanadium (V) complex containing L-phenylalanine and synthesis of vanadium (V) complex with aspartic acid is discussed. The complexes are obtained as coloured microcrystalline products. These newly synthesized complexes are insoluble in aqueous medium and in organic solvents. The complexes are air stable. The presences of ligands such as peroxide (O22-), phenyl alanine (C9H11NO2), aspartic acid (C4H7NO4) are confirmed from qualitative tests in the respective complexes. Key Words: Vanadium complexes, Amino acids ligands, Stoitiometric oxidants, Biological relevance, Material sciences.

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Authors: Romana Asmat,Miss Sidra Mehboob

Sexual harassment is a complex issue involving women, their perceptions and behaviour, and the social norms of the society. Of all the forms that violence against women can assume, sexual harassment is the most ubiquitous and insidious; all the more so because it is deemed 'normal' behaviour and not an assault on female's. More often than not it expresses itself in the garb of power or desire or both. We cannot understand the issue of sexual harassment at work place unless we pay attention to prevalent socio-cultural issues, of gender and sexuality, and how it impacts upon the status of women. Although there is no specific prohibition on sexual harassment in Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and ILO Conventions, both the CEDAW and the ILO’s CEACR (Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations) affirmed that sexual harassment, as a serious manifestation of sex discrimination and a violation of human rights, is to be addressed within the context of the Convention and should be an integral part of a legislative or other policy, independently of policies on discrimination on the basis of sex. Since Sexual Harassment in the workplace was first recognized as a form of sex discrimination, an increasing number of countries in the world have enacted legislative provisions on sexual harassment. Whether provided for or regulated by laws, including anti sexual harassment, equality and non-discrimination, labour, criminal or tort, sexual harassment is considered as crime and prohibited. Key Words: Sexual harassment, ILO conventions, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Workplace, Sex discrimination.

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Authors: Adiela, U. P

Biostratigraphical analyses of outcrops around Enugu area using rock samples collected at different intervals yielded a total of 59 agglutinated foraminiferal species. Arenaceous forms encountered include species as Haplophragmoides Impensus, Cibicides lobalulus, Bat hysiphon , Hormosina Irinitalensis, Kalarnopsis, Elphidium articulatum, A mmohaculitesiiephensoni, Spiropleclamona coslata, Nonionpompiloides, as well as Evolutinella ewongueensis, Buccicrenata herdhergi, Trochaminoides aff Amrnotium nkalagum, Trochamina aff Spiropleciamina GAB AM34. Palynomorphs assemblage yielded includes Lae’vigatosporites oval us, Leptolepidites major, Hex aporopollenites emenianori, Proteacidites sp., Spiniferites sp., Diphyes trianguflformis. These indicate near shore sediments deposited in marine shelf zone, not reached by tidal influence. These sediments were laid down in shallow marine environments. The ages of the outcrop range from Campanian to Maastrichtian

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Authors: Firdous Barbhuiya

Family Planning is one of the important interventions for safe motherhood and birth spacing and a fundamental pillar of reproductive health. The practice of family planning methods are influenced by a variety of interrelated factors such as level of education, socio-economic condition, age at marriage, size of the family, number of children, beliefs etc. There is a need to raise the level of acceptance of family planning methods to address issues related to maternal mortality, infant mortality, uncontrolled population growth, and many more. Objective: To find out the causal factors that prevent couples to adopt family planning methods, and to measure the awareness level about various family planning methods. Methodology: Descriptive research design was used for the study. 300 married women in the reproductive age group of 15-45 years were chosen from the Dept. of Gynaecology of Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) by using purposive sampling technique. Pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect primary data from the Out Patient Department (OPD) and post-natal section of Gynaecology Dept., SMCH. Results: Only 7% of the study population were fully aware about several family planning methods. On the other hand, 61% were partially aware and 32% were completely ignorant about the matter. Only 7% of the study population were using some form of contraception. Oral Contraceptive Pill (OCP) was the most dominant method. Among the users of contraceptives, 68.18% were users of OCP and among the non-users, 45.5% opined to use the same in future. Husbands (87%) were observed to be the chief decision maker for contraceptive use. Contraceptive acceptance was revealed to increase significantly with the increase in age of women, literacy status and number of living children. Reasons for non-acceptance of contraceptives were lack of sufficient information (45.3%), desire for more children (24.8%), negligence (9%), misconception & superstition (6.8%), opposition from family members (6.1%), shyness & introvert nature (5.8%) and religious factors (2.2%). Conclusion: Improvement of female autonomy through increasing women’s education and by adopting modern & effective socio-economic measures has emerged as requisite for increasing knowledge and acceptance of contraceptive use. Key Words: Family planning methods, contraceptives, couples, married women, Gynaecology, Silchar Medical College & Hospital.

90-96

Authors: Dr. Runumi Das

Food production is the base for food security. The internationally accepted definition of food security is that given by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security, 1996, further refined in the FAO's State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2001. “Food security [is] a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” The availability of food is determined by production of food. According to Swaminathan given that India's population is likely to reach 1.5 billion by 2030, the challenge facing the country is to produce more and more from diminishing per capita arable land and irrigation water resources and expanding abiotic and biotic stresses. India currently produces about 230 million tones of cereals to meet the needs of a population of 1.15 billion. He has rightly remarked that ‘while calculating food requirements, the needs of farm animals are often overlooked and hence the current situation in India is that cereal production has to be doubled by 2050 in order to meet the needs of the expected population of 1.8 billion, in addition to meeting the needs of livestock and poultry.’ With such a backdrop the main objective of the research paper is to suggest ways of increasing food productivity. The other objective is to ensure means of creating awareness amidst the needy ones. Key Words: Malnutrition, public distribution system, food-grains, self-help group.