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

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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.