IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences

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Authors: I Dewa Agung Gde Fanji Pradiptha,Widaningsih & Syamsul Anwar

Human resources are a primary resource in a company. Career development of good nurses enables to influence the improvement of work nurses satisfaction and lower nurses turnover intention. This study aims to analyze the relation of career development of implementer nurses to the satisfaction of work nurses and the turnover intention in the Regional Public Hospital of Klungkung, Bali. This research used correlation design research with cross-sectional approach. The total sampling of the research was 139 implementer nurses. The result of correlation analysis showed that career development had strong correlation and positive pattern to the job satisfaction with the t value= 0,553 and p value= 0,0005, carrier development had low correlation and negative pattern with the turnover intention and r value= - 0,210 and p value= 0,013, and the job satisfaction had medium correlation and negative pattern with the turnover intention and the r value= -0,374 and p value= 0,0005. The results of PLS analysis show that there is a correlation of career development to the nurses job satisfaction with the t value = 7,4368, there was a correlation career development with nurses turnover intention with the t value = 5,0132, and there was no correlation between work satisfaction with nurses turnover intention with the t value = 0,9417. A good development career has an impact on the improvement of job satisfaction and the reduction of nurse turnover intention. As a suggestion, the next researchers enable to study deeper variable related to the nurses’ ladder carrier, job satisfaction, and turnover intention.

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Authors: Akintonde. J. O, Ogunwale. A. B. & Tiamiyu. A. O

New and emerging technologies challenge the traditional agricultural information dissemination process and the way the information is managed. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is having a major impact in the departure from the traditional way that the government, media, academics, and others have controlled information. This study investigates different ICT facilities available for disseminating agricultural technologies to farmers; examined the socio-economic characteristics of extension agents; determined attendance of ICT training and ICTs used by extension agents in disseminating agricultural technologies. Data were obtained from 287 extension agents (EAs) in Ogun and Oyo of Nigeria with the aid of structured questionnaires. Data collected were analyzed with frequency counts, percentages and Spearman’s rho and Chi-square analyses were conducted to test significant relationship among variables. The results showed that both male and female were involved in extension service; different ICT facilities were available and extension agents used these different ICTs to disseminate agricultural technologies to farmers. Also sex of (EAs) (x2=77.355; p<0.05), marital status (x2=275.125; p<0.05) and years of experience in extension service (r=0.732; p<0.05) have significant relationship with the use of ICTs. It was concluded that ICT facilities used in disseminating agricultural technologies to farmers had improved extension services in the two States.

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Authors: Madhuri Hooda & Rani Devi

The present study was undertaken to explore the role of educational aspiration to enhance the mathematics achievement of secondary school students. Mathematics achievement was treated as the dependent variable, whereas educational aspiration (high, average and low) and demographic variable i.e. gender (Male & Female) were treated as independent variables. A descriptive survey method was employed for the present study. A sample of 400 students was taken using a multi-stage random sampling technique. Educational Aspiration Scale by Kumar (2012) [14] and Mathematics Achievement Test by Singh and Jaidka (2015) [23] were used to collect the data. Two-Way ANOVA with 3×2 factorial design was used to analyze the data. Levene’s Test of Homogeneity of Variance was also applied to test the assumption of homogeneity of variance for ANOVA. It was found that there exists a significant effect of educational aspiration and gender on mathematics achievement of secondary school students. However, no significant interaction effect of educational aspiration and gender school was found. Teachers should provide personal attention and also proper guidance to the students with low mathematics achievement to utilize their energies in the right direction.

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Authors: Hrituparna Bhattacharjee & Anupam Chanda

Public Libraries must be active within their community and also virtually visible to its patrons. Libraries should be where patrons want or expect them to be when that’s realizable and appropriate. And one of the best way to connect with the people is the social networking sites Web 2.0 applications in public libraries which have gained growing popularity globally; it appears that the library must consider marketing its services more regularly through the internet, taking advantage of Web 2.0 applications to improve access to its users and to Promote information services. Much has been written in the last few years about the rise of online social networks and the assumption that this rise results in a decline in privacy. Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are helpful for stirring up interactions among users. Libraries should create social media for providing services and announcement of any programs of the library. It is also a good platform for the marketing of the library, and also the librarian can receive feedback from the patrons. Social media saves the time of the users as well as patrons. Existing research mainly focuses on the ways Social Networking Sites (SNSs) used in libraries and the librarians or users' attitudes towards libraries using Social Networking Sites (SNSs). At the same time, libraries and librarians have deeply held beliefs about patron privacy, and they attempt to forestall access to the information habits of their patrons. This study focuses on the role of the Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in public libraries. Four types of interactions are examined, including knowledge sharing, information dissemination, communication, and knowledge gathering. The study also investigates the transformation of public libraries after the introduction of Social Networking Sites (SNSs). And also focuses on the positive and negative effects of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in public libraries.

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Authors: Alpana Joshi & Kalpana Kulshrestha

Breast milk is the best for an infant is a universally accepted fact. Breastfeeding feeding babies among the population is affected by many cultural religious, social and family influences. False beliefs about food restrict mothers to consume /restrict certain foods on the other hand, lactating mothers require extra calories, protein, vitamin, and minerals which increase the quality of milk and maintain the store of mother’s. The study included 197 lactating mothers from Kumaon, who had a baby 0-6 months of age. It was found that 91.37 per cent mothers were excluding more than two food items from the diet out of which 25.89 per cent respondents were vegetarian, 56.85 per cent respondents were nonvegetarian and 17.26 per cent respondents were eggitarian. Out of total mothers from non vegetarian group 81.25 per cent were excluding non-veg food like meat, chicken, fish etc and 87 per cent excluded eggs and those who were eggitarian 91.18 per cent were excluding eggs, suggesting during lactation period the changed food habits of mother affect mothers health as usually quality of milk is least affected but affects mothers status. Other food items being avoided were : whole pulses (71.66 per cent), fruits (95.55 per cent), curd/buttermilk (95.55 per cent), rice (96.11 per cent), millets (92.22 per cent), nuts (71.11 per cent), green leafy vegetables (87.22 per cent), peas (90 per cent), brinjal (88.33 per cent), potato (74.44 per cent), Colocasia (89.44 per cent), cauliflower and cabbage (93.33 per cent), cucumber and raw tomato (89.44 per cent) and cold food (95 per cent),this clearly showed that health of mother, in turn, her baby is at risk due to these cultural beliefs.

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Authors: Somanath Sahoo

Concerns have been raised about younger generations especially college students dropping out from news consumption through traditional media. Increasing opportunities for choice have been held responsible for distracting college students from the news access from TV channels. Though the TV news channels are available with live streaming videos with real-time telecast on the internet, still it is far behind to attract college students to accept the new web-based TV channel. This study analyses TV news viewing online among young people in India. A survey method is applied for this study among the college students. The results reveal that college students have spent less time watching news online via their mobile phones/laptop/Personal Computer than read the news from various websites even on social networking sites.

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Authors: Ikeh, C. U. & Ugbaja, C. M

Presently in Nigeria, most of the power generated is produced using fossil fuels and hydropower. These not only emit enormous carbon dioxide into the environment but will eventually run out. In order to make the development of electricity in the nation less harmful and sustainable, there is a need for the better source of substitute clean energy and solar energy technology is one of the fastest growing forces in the world. All effort is geared toward making the world green. Because of this sustainable source of energy is intermittent in nature, there is a need for the storage device to balance the load demand. The photovoltaic system directly converts the solar energy into electrical energy which is stored in batteries for use at night times when there is no sunlight. Hence there is a need for better the choice of storage batteries to save cost and promote the use of this sustainable renewable source of energy in the country. In order to choose the right storage battery, we want to compare the Chinese and Indian technologies in Nigerian markets. This thesis undertakes a comparative study of two commonly available storage batteries that are used in Nigerian stand-alone solar PV systems. The batteries considered were the Indian battery technology with specification Luminous, Deep cycle sealed maintenance free batteries solar application, Lum 12V 100Ah 20hr and 3DGP161433 and Chinese technology with specification Sun- Test std gel battery, 12V-100Ah, 010716w, Cycle use 14.4-15.0V, Standby use; 13.5-13.8V and Initial current: less than 30A was used to power 2 stand-alone security lights at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The technical assessment was based on measuring their voltages, current and determining their efficiencies for a period of two months. From the graphical analysis, we obtained the average efficiency of Indian battery as 97.7% and Chinese battery as 91.6%. The efficiency of Chinese battery which was lower than the expected 95% from literature leads to the frequent discharge of the Chinese battery before day breaks hence does not lasts for a two day autonomy when subjected to the same climate and weather condition as the Indian battery, the thesis concludes that Indian battery seems to be the optimal solution for stand-alone PV system in Nigeria.

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Authors: Gaggan Kumar & Gurleen Kour

India is a big country and stands next to China when we talk about population and so irrigation facilities are needed to grow more food to feed our teaming millions. The distribution in rainfall is so uneven and uncertain which either causes famines or draught. By means of irrigation, we can check both the problems. Moreover different problems of different crops can only be met through irrigation facilities. India, being a tropical country, the temperature is high and evaporation more rapid so artificial irrigation is necessary for ample supply of water and also to prevent water scarcity in the long dry winter season. The emphasis of the present paper is on the present status of irrigation facilities and its impact on agriculture in the village Sarore of district Jammu as well as associated problems and recommending some suitable suggestions.

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Authors: Carlos E. Rios-Collazo

The article discusses the role of emotional facilitation––one of the four skills supporting the Mayer-Salovey Emotional Intelligence model––in the way a selected group of online professors advances positive outcomes in successful colleges and universities. The attention was placed on how the educators use emotions harnessed in their online classes to facilitate learning. The study1was based on a qualitative design involving a final purposive sample of (N=17) online professors employed at four distinguished American institutions. Based on the results of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), the best performing examinees were invited to participate in semi-structured interviews. The results suggest the respondents’ emotional facilitation skills play a leading role in positive outcomes experienced in class.

13-18

Authors: Pooja Arora

C. bullita is an important tingid pest of O. basilicum which deposit eggs inside the host tissue usually in the veins of the leaf and tender stem. Rostral sensory setae help in the selection of oviposition site and saw like ovipositor makes deep puncturation for egg deposition from enemies as well as during extremes of cold and heat parental care is observed. Nymphs remain in aggregated form with the female. Negative phototropic responses have been observed for all nymphs and adults and prefer to live in the diffused light. During winter nymphs come on the dorsal surface of leaves or bark to the sun or warm up themselves. Moulting process lasts for 86 to 120 minutes and next nymphal instar or adult emerges out through the split exuvium of previous instar or 5th instar nymph. During winter, low population of nymphal instars occurs and these two remain in quiescent stage and prolong nymphal developmental period. Clusters of nymphs in the groups of 10 to 15 were seen inside the curled leaves to avoid cold weather.

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Authors: N. Selvak Kumaraen, K. Arjunan& B. Ananth

In this paper, some definitions and new Theorems of a bipolar valued fuzzy subhemiring of a hemiring are presented. Using the definition of translation of bipolar valued fuzzy subhemiring of a hemiring, union, intersection and translation Theorems are introduced.

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Authors: Rhagavendra Reddy, Ravi Prakash, M.Rajini Kanth, B. Radhika & C. N. V. Akhila

The present article is a case report of solitary neurofibroma of the oral cavity in a 50-year old male patient. Pateint reported with a chief complaint of swelling in relation to upper front teeth region since two months. Based on clinical, radiographical and histopathological findings the diagnosis of neurofibroma was made. Neurofibroma involving oral cavity as the primary lesion is very rare in occurrence. It mainly involves tongue, palate and buccal mucosa. Surgical excision is performed in the present case.

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Authors: Ravindra Singh, Jagrati Tiwari & Narendra Kumar Ahirwar

Khajuraho is known for their art and beautiful artwork internationally. This beautiful place is located in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Total 21 temples are surviving in the present out of 84 temples. The open exposure of the temple to the environment causes discoloration and ugly look of the temple. It has been observed during the study on the temple, several species of fungi and higher plant species like grasses and weeds cause the damage and deterioration of the temple. Different fungal flora like Alternativa alternata, Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, A. fumigates, Chitridium sps., Culvularia lunata, Fusarium oxysporium, Rhizopus vigricans, and Mucor sps. etc. isolated. Also found in various macroflora like Amaranthus viridis, Auria scandence, Beorhaavia diffuse, Bothriocloa pertusa, Cassia tora, Cynodon dactylon, Euphorbia hirta, Ficus religiosa, Ficus benghalensis, Indigofera sps, and Oxalis trifolia etc. identified and calculated similarity, dissimilarity index and frequency of flora in the present study. The present research work mainly focused on the distribution and diversity of the Eastern group of temples and Southern group of temples at Khajuraho.

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Authors: Whitehead Zikhali

Rural development has been attempted in Zimbabwe both prior to independence and in the post-independent era. While results have been meager, very few studies have attempted to give a portrayal of the state of development in certain places. Moreover, few studies attend to localized experiences of such development. This study makes a modest contribution towards filling this lacuna. It employs Michael Lipton’s urban bias theory as a theoretical framework to make sense of the situation in Zimbabwe. Using a case study approach, the study focussed on Nkayi District in Matabeleland North province. Within the case study, purposively selected interviews and observations were conducted. The findings are that (1) not all key development has been state-led; (2) small strides have been made in terms of infrastructure and these strides tend to be sector specific; (3) Nkayi suffers from poor infrastructural development, and; (4) resident’s perceptions of service delivery in such sectors as health and education are average in the main.

11-18

Authors: Jagat Krishna Pokharel

Education helps a child become a useful and a responsible member of the society. It is regarded as the a greatest force in for the development of a nation economically, socially and culturally. Therefore, all citizens of a nation must have at least basic education to gain functional knowledge, skill to perform citizen’s responsibilities as a citizen of the democratic country. In the context of school education in Nepal, most of the students fail or achieve a low score in mathematics that creates the barrier for the further study. The present study attempts to find out the basic causes and factors that create the low achievement in mathematics in students of grade IX and X. The researcher himself went to the field and consulted to the sample population. He based his research on achievement test and found that the low achievement in mathematics in grade IX and X is alarming. The girls, the students from rural areas and family with low income have worse result in mathematics.

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Authors: Nur Rahmah

The purpose of this research is to examine self efficacy of pre-service physics teachers and compare self -efficacy betrween the early year of pre-service physics teachers and final year of pre-service physics teachers. The sample in this study amounted to 50 students prospective teachers taken through proportional stratified random sampling. The instrument of data collection using questionnaire with a Likert scale which includes self -efficacy questionnaires. Data analysis technique used descriptive analysis and inferential analysis with the statistical test "t". Based on the results of data analysis using descriptive statistics for early year pre-service physics’ self -efficacy teachers obtained an average of 72.88 with sufficient category, from the ideal value 96 obtained the lowest score of 57 and the highest value 93 and self-belief student physics final year pre-service physics’ self -efficacy teachers obtained the average value 79 with high category, from the ideal value 96 obtained the lowest score 62 and the highest score 91. The inferential statistic states there is a significant difference in self-efficacy between the early year pre-service physics’ self -efficacy teachers and the other one.

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Authors: Anita Nigam, Satish Chandra & A. M. Saxena

Backgrounds: Genus Lecithochirium Luhe, 1901 (Trematoda: Hemiuridae Luhe, 1901) is one of the most important digenean trematode parasites with wide geographic distribution in the world. The purpose of the present study was to describe morph metrical characteristics of Lecithochirium species, currently prevalent in marine fish Mugil cephalus (Russell) and Tetrad on lunar is (Bl. and Schn.) of Puri, Odisha with Geographical Coordinates 19°48′17″N 85°49′6″E. Methods: Gastro-intestinal organs of Mugil cephalus (Russell) and Tetrad on lunar is (Bl. and Schn.) at Puri, Odisha (India), were examined for infectivity with marine fish digenean trematode species. For examination and measurements of digenean, acetoalum carmine staining was performed, followed by camera Lucida drawings of morphological characters and measurements of morph metrical criteria with a calibrated microscope. Using valid trematode systematic keys, almost all the parasites were identified at the level of species. Results: Total 45 marine fishes were found infected with at least two species of Lecithochirium. Considering morphological characteristics of Lecithochirium, two species were identified as new species including Lecithochirium mugilensis sp. nov. and Lecithochirium deeghai sp. nov. Conclusion: During the survey of marine digenetic trematode parasites, collected two different species of the genus Lecithochirium, out of these two are new species, another are red scribed to show certain variation, the new parasites were obtained from the stomach of the marine fish Mugil cephalus (Russell) and Tetrad on lunar is (Bl. and Schn).

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Authors: Chandra Perwira Negara, Elly Malihah Setiadi& Wilodati

This research is motivated by the problem of moral degradation among street children. They not only become victims of abuse and discrimination by others, but also experience a moral decline due to a bad environment. This study uses a qualitative approach with case study methods that attempt to reveal various information in depth. Based on the analysis, the results of this study conclude that (1) Character education should involve various parties such as parents, school, and government (2) Street children are vulnerable to moral eradication, thus demanding character education. (3) Character education should refer to comprehensive strategies, methods, and approaches.

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Authors: Arief Abdul Malik, DeviaAnggita Anggelia, Adang Suherman& Yudy Hendrayana

Obesity is a disease that occurs due to the accumulation of excess fat tissue in the body and it is bad for health. This study aims to determine the frequency of physical activity, BMI category and the relation between physical activities with the level of BMI. The respondents are 99 adolescents aged 15-19 years old. They were selected using random sampling techniques. Physical activity was measured using the PAQ-A instrument and BMI levels were assessed by height, weight, gender, and age range. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test. The calculation results showed no relationship between physical activity with BMI (r = 0.112; p = 0.271> 0.05). Most students have the light category of physical activity and normal BMI levels.

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Authors: Vidhya. G, Revathi. K & Anjalai. K

The present study was carried out in Jolly Bouy Island of Andaman and Nicobar. The selected location is very famous for water corals. Hence, we made an attempt to identify the bacteria associated with corals of Jolly Bouy. The corals collected are Acropora robusta, Favites abtida, Favites complanata, Favites flexuosa, Favites pentagona, Favites russelli, Goniastrea rotiformis, Montastrea colemani, Pavona venosa, Porites solida, Psammacora obtusangula. Molecular characteristics of microbes isolated from corals were also done using universal bacterial primers, corresponding to E. coli positions 27f (5′-AGRGTTTGATCMTGGCTCAG-3′) and 1525r (5′-AAGGAGGTGWTCCARCC- 3′). Amplification was performed in Veriti Thermal Cycler (Applied Biosystems, USA) and 1X GT PCR master mix (TaKaRa). The 16S r DNA of the bacterial species was sequenced and the sequences of isolates were searched against the NCBI and EzTaxon database. The sequence analysis revealed 100% homology to Ruegeria arenilitoris G-M8 (JQ807219), Vibrio neocaledonicus NC470 (JQ934828), Vibrio Azureus NBRC 104587 (BATL01000140), 99.87% homology to Vibrio Azureus NBRC 104587 (BATL01000140) and 99.62% homology to Vibrio alginolyticus NBRC 15630 (CP006718). The identified strains formed an evolutionarily distinct lineage. Earlier studies had shown the identified bacterial species were the main pathogens responsible for coral bleaching. These pathogenic infections might be one of the reasons for the decrease in the coral population. Further studies are needed to evaluate the same.

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Authors: Anjalai. K , Revathi. K , Vidhya. G , Kirubakaran. R & Babu. M

The serum biochemical profile of the Japanese quail was estimated the parameters which were evaluated include serum cholesterol, triglycerides (TGL), total proteins, albumin, globulin, and glucose. The major focus in research is to provide a nutritional feed alternative which ensures the health of the animals. The nutritional preparations along with the algae (Chlorella vulgaris) in powdered form was incorporated in (control, 5g, 1g, 20g & 40g Chlorella vulgaris per kg of feed) the basal diet of Japanese quail. The biochemical profile showed changes in the level with age of the Japanese quails fed with Chlorella vulgaris. Ageing increased cholesterol and triglyceride level. Increasing algae level proportionately reduced the cholesterol and triglyceride level. The total proteins, albumin, globulin and glucose content of the quails fed with Chlorella vulgaris increased with age.