IOSR-JHSS   Volume-21 ~ Issue-7 ~ July-2016

Abstract: This work is a comparative study of the discoveries of Vladimir Propp study of Russian folktales and Edda Igbo folktales. The study hinges on Propp‟s Morphology of Folktales, which has rightly been accepted all over the world as a classic. Thus, the study tends to determine the relatedness between Propp‟s findings in Russian folktales and that of the Edda Igbo folktales. The discoveries Propp made includes the identification of the dramatis personae in folktales, the assigning of names to the functions of the dramatis personae, the artistic arrangement of the functions or actions in the narratives among other things...........

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Abstract: This paper examines spoken English errors of undergraduate students of selected tertiary institutions in southeastern Nigeria. The data draws from community of informants in randomly selected Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education located in Enugu and Ebonyi states of Nigeria. The respondents aged between 18 and 25 constitute the representative population. Findings reveal that mother tongue interference is a common phenomenon in the spoken English of some educated population of Nigerian second language speakers of English. Some are unconsciously displayed by the speakers while others are not.............

Keywords: Error Analysis, Second language, Phonemes, Communicative Competence

[1] S.A. Aladeyomi and A.K. Adetunde , 2007. Errors of Segemental Phonemes in the Spoken English of Nigerian Television Newscasters . The Social Sciences, 2: 302-306.
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[3] Akmajian, A. Demers, A.R. and Harnish, R.M. (2008). An Introduction to Language and Communication. India: Prentice Hall.
[4] Aladeyomi, SA(2003). An Evaluation of the Spoken English Performance of Nigerian Television newscasters. An unpublished PhD thesis, University of Ibadan.
[5] Aladeyomi, S. A. and Adetunde, A. K. (2007). "Errors of Segmental Phonemes in the spoken English of Nigerian Television Casters". The Social Sciences 2(3):302-306, Medwell Journals.

Abstract: Background: In Karachi city Pakistan, large number of population exist and number of Government hospitals are available providing health care services free of cost which cannot fulfill the requirement of city and quality always plays a vital role in health care, in this situation, private welfare hospitals makes a great impact to lower socio economic class.............

Keywords: Welfare Support, Welfare Satisfaction, Low Socio-Economic class, Private hospital welfare.

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[3] Ghaffar, A., et al. (2013). "Philanthropic funding for health in Pakistan." Environment6: 4.
[4] Kim, A. S. and E. T. Jennings (2009). "Effects of US States' social welfare systems on population health." Policy Studies Journal37(4): 745-767.
[5] Tuohy, C. H. (2002). "The costs of constraint and prospects for health care reform in Canada." Health Affairs21(3): 32-46.

Abstract: Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad did not read basmalah in al-Fatihah studied is the hadith of Anas Ibn Malik recorded by Muslim. In the above hadith there sanad 5 narrators, namely: Muhammad Ibn Mihran al-Razi, al-Walid Ibn Muslim, al-Awza'i, Qatada and Anas Ibn Malik. In a partial analysis of the obtained results that: 1. All the narrators is in sanad hadith, the whole quality: thiqa, except Qatada ,mudallis thiqa quality. 2. All the narrators met with transmitters of status as a teacher, except Qatada are not muttasil. 3. Matan turned out shadh tradition...........

Keywords: Hadith, Partial, Simultaneous, Da'if, Ahad-Gharib

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Abstract: Development is the slogan and aspiration of every Nation. It is an integral part of every Nation’s policy concerned. Studies on Development have also been carried out extensively in various fields of study or disciplines. However, the explicit meaning of development has not been very clear to most people as they either understand development synonymously with modernisation or economic development. Based on this concern, this article attempts to explicate the meaning of development by providing a conceptual clarity and by analysing ..........

Keywords: Development, progress, modernisation, economic development, transformation

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[3]. Comte, Auguste. 1915. The Positive Philosophy, Harriet Martineau,trans. and ed. London: George Bell and Sons.

[4]. Durkhiem, Emile. 1984. The Division of Labour in Society. Houndmills: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

[5]. Frank, A. G. 1969. Under-development or Revolution: Essays on the development and the immediate enemy. New York: Monthly Review Press

Abstract: - A Slum expansion due to urbanization presents significant challenges for human health and well-being. We outline here key dimensions of the consideration, pointing to areas where public participation can make a particularly strong contribution. We argue for enquiry that considers multifaceted progressions operating at various geographical scales, linking arguments about 'global health' with the more local and individual processes that contribute to health determinants. Recent years have observed a flourishing GIS application to indigenous geographical knowledge to `official' spatial data. By incorporating various forms...............

Keywords: Participatory GIS, Spatial Database, Slum Development, Urban studies.

[1] Kevin Musungu, SiddiqueMotala, and Julian Smit, A Participatory Approach to Data Collection for GIS for Flood Risk Management in Informal Settlements of Cape Town. Kevin.Musungu@uct.ac.za.
[2] M.K. McCall, Seeking good governance in participatory-GIS: A review of processes and governance dimensions in applying GIS to participatory spatial planning, Habitat International, 27, 2003, 549–573.

[3] M.J. Bunch, T.V. Kumaran and R. Joseph, Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) For Spatial Planning and Environmental Management in India: Critical Considerations, International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2(2), 2012, 40 – 54.
[4] Marc Schlossberg, and Elliot Shuford, Delineating "Public" and "Participation" in PPGIS, URISA Journal, 16(2), 2005, 15 – 26.

Abstract: This paper is about the gender gap among the BRICS countries during last one decade. Originally Brazil, Russia, India and China were grouped in 2001 by Jim O'Neil and officially became a diplomatic-political entity called BRIC in the year 2006. Later in the year 2011, South Africa joined in the group and renamed as BRICS. The emerging economy of these countries is to forecast to realize real and fast economic growth of the region. This group countries collective contribution to world GDP has increased from 11% in 1990 to 25% in 2011............

Keywords: BRICS, Gender Gap Index, Economic Participation, Educational Attainment, Health, Political Empowerment

[1]. Glosny, M.A., (2010), 'China and the BRICS: A real (but limited) partnership in a unipolar world,' Polity, 42.
[2]. Jensen, R.T., (2010), 'Economic Opportunities and Gender Differences in Human Capital: Experimental Evidence for India', National Bureau of Economic Research.
[3]. Duflo, E, (2011), 'Women's employment and economic development', National Bureau of Economic Research.http://www.nber.org/papers/w17702.

Abstract: John Steinbeck is an American Novelist found during the Great Depression Era.Most of Steinbeck's work is set in southern and central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists. The Great Depression was the worst economic slump that had ever existed in the United States history. In these novels, the social and economic environment in which the workers evolving show cases the difficulty to sustain and maintain adequate existence

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Abstract: The World Trade Organisation(WTO) is responsible for global rules of trade between nations in order to enhance free movement of goods and services, in the belief that it will be beneficial for all parties involved. Like other developing countries, Nigeria is left with no option than to accept the rules of the WTO that were detrimental to its interest. However, it accepted the existing rules and continues to insist that the unfavourable ones be reformulated to take account of its interest and call for the creation of a most favourable international economic order.............

Keywords: World Trade Organisation, Membership, Participation, Economic Integration, Nigeria

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