IOSR-JHSS   Volume-24 ~ Issue-1 ~ January -2019

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of socio-economic determinants on nutritional status of under five children in rural Bangladesh. For this, the study used surveydesign to collect data frompurposively selected 136 samples of under five children in Chandani Mahal which is one of the most notable, industrialized and advanced village of Senhati Union of DighaliaUpazila under Khulna division of Bangladesh. The findings of the study explicatethe mean age of the child mother is about 18 years and (83%) participant were Muslims. Most of the participant (78.7%) belong to nuclear family living in only one roomed house with more than four persons. (9%) mother is suffering from chronic energy deficiency or thinness and (22.8%) are overweight. The assessment of.......

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Abstract: This paper showcases human-nature relationship in Khushwant Singh‟s Train to Pakistan (1956) and enumerates how nature reacts to the partition between two nations. In Train to Pakistan, Sing sketches the ailing state of the villagers of Mano Marja, an imaginary small village near Indo-Pak border by addressing a tragic tale of India-Pakistan partition. The significant episodes of the villagers‟ lives take place in the lap of nature, and nature with its sight, colour and sound coexists with their peaceful lives as well as reacts to the disintegration getting manifested in the ambiance of nature. Nonetheless, here love and romance are intertwined with the upheaval of partition, and nature seems to merge with masculine virility and feminine submission. Lastly, in the form of flood, nature appears to protest the holocaust by responding to the anguish of the villagers as if it were an agent of God to punish the hideous incidents. The findings of the paper suggest that nature is against all sorts of forceful partition...

Keywords: Khushwant Singh, Nature, partition, relationship, Train to Pakistan

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[4] P. K. Nayar, Contemporary literary and cultural theory: From structuralism to ecocriticism (New Delhi: Doring Kindersley, 2010).
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Abstract: Irrigated agriculture is the leading human use of water. About 70 per cent of water drawn from rivers, lakes and ground water aquifers is used in agriculture. While irrigation is an ancient practice thought to have originated in Mesopotamia 6000 years ago, the amount of agricultural land under million hectares in 1900. By 1998 more than 271 million hectares were irrigated, with much of the increased occurring after 1960. Much of the agricultural productivity, although constituting about 17 per cent of all crop land produces approximately 40 per cent of the world food. Thus surface flows and drainage from irrigated agricultural lands carry salts, fertilizers, pesticides and other pollutants into surface water, causing harm to fish and wildlife and impairing water for human uses (Lutz Ernst, 1998). Therefore.......

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Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher's knowledge and perception towards assessment for learning. Besides, factors that affect the implementation of assessment for learning was examined. For such pursuit, four were das were selected purposely for the study. First cycle primary schools existed in these Woredas were selected purposefully. In the study 82 teachers, 12 principals and 4 Wereda education experts were participated in the study. Questionnaire, and interview guides were used to trap data from the study areas. The main findings of the research showed that teachers did not have knowledge of assessment for learning. What is more practiced and common is........

Key words: Knowledge, Perception, Practices and Challenges of AfL, Assessment for Lear

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Abstract: This paper examined the impact of human capital development on economic growth in Nigeria using time series data spanning from 1980 to 2013 which were sourced from the World Bank Indicator and National Bureau of Statistics. It was set out to explore the relationship between human capital indices (education and health) and economic growth. The study employed ARDL Co-integration analysis to estimate the relationship among the variables used in the study. The study established long-run co-integration among the variables. The findings from the study revealed that there is positive long-run relationship among secondary school enrolment, public expenditure on education,........

Keywords: human capital development, economic growth and ARDL approach

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Abstract: Local government serves as an instrument for rapid actualization of even development at the grassroots. It guarantees commitment to common cause which makes possible the mobilization of natives for the realization of desirable rural progress. It is in recognition of this that the paper examines the justification for the creation of LCDAs in Oyo state taking cognizance of administrative efficiency and economic viability. A sample of 120 people was chosen at random from three main areas in Ogbooro. Relying on empirical method of analysis, self-designed questionnaire was administered to collect data just as Chi-square test was employed to analyse and interpret data. The findings indicate that the effectiveness of local councils to mobilize resources for local development was minimal. This situation...........

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Abstract: This study was commissioned to investigate for long run and causal relationship between foreign investment inflows and exchange rate dynamics in Nigeria. Foreign capital is decomposed into foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) to enable us look at both the real and financial sectors of the economy. Results established that there exists a long run association between exchange rates dynamics and foreign capital inflows to Nigeria. This was evident by the values of bound test F-Statistic of 61.82058 and 33.18053 for foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment models respectively. The coefficients of error correction terms lagged one period in the short........

Keywords: Foreign investments, exchange rates, external debt sustainability, interest rates, Nigeria

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Abstract: Disasters occur often and the most vulnerable are the poor who are exposed to various disaster risks. Majority live in developing countries where the level of disaster preparedness, resources and knowhow is still low. Kenya, like other developing countries of the world, is vulnerable to disaster risks resulting in deaths and loss of property worth millions. This study explores disaster management approaches using document reviews. The findings showed that Kenya has put up efforts towards disaster risk reduction though this has been inadequate. By integrating the findings of the present study with previous literature the author suggests recommendations towards effective approaches to build approach connectedness.

KEY WORDS: Disaster, Disaster management, disaster risk reduction,

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Abstract: Infrastructure is critical to the sustainable development of the tourism sector in any society. This study assessed the availability of general infrastructure, tourism infrastructure and other social services in thirty randomly selected tourists' destinations in South-South Nigeria. Data for the study were generated with the aid of infrastructure/social services checklist alongside oral interview with tourism officials in the area. Findings revealed a significant deficit in the number and types of infrastructure available as more than fifty percent of sampled tourist destinations lack the basic infrastructure such as tourist accommodation, transport infrastructure and health services. The sustainability of tourism in this area is in doubt except effort is made to engage the public-private partnership for the provision of critical infrastructure in these tourist destinations..........

Keywords: Infrastructure, South-South Nigeria, Tourism, Tourists Destinations, sustainable development.

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Abstract: Some communities in Nigeria are faced with unprecedented increase in criminal activities such as robbery, arson, kidnapping for ransom, and murder etc. This have become worrisome to stakeholders and the people. Notwithstanding the effort of the police, crime appears not to abate in these communities. The recent clamour for community policing as proactive measure towards fighting crime in these communities have given impetus to this study. So this study was undertaken to determine the impact of community policing on crime control in Isiala Mbano Local Government area of Imo State, Nigeria. This study was survey in nature and a sample of 812 respondents were drawn from three communities purposively selected for the study. Data was collected through questionnaire and interview (KIP). Chi-square statistical tool was used to analyze the hypotheses formulated for the study. The analysis of the hypothesis revealed that the calculated value ×2 at 8.2 is more than the table value at 7.815.....

KEY WORDS: Community policing, police patrol, police partnership

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Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to compare the selected physical fitness variables of male 1st and 3rd year Arba Minch university sport science students who have learned practical class three days a week. Total sixty (60) (30 from male 1styear and 30 from male 3rd year Arba Minch university sport science students') were selected for this study. 1ST year age ranged between 18-20 years and 3rd year 20-22years. Some youth physical fitness test was utilized to measure selected physical fitness components. It was hypothesized that no significant difference would be found between selected physical fitness variables for both male 1st year and 3rd students. For analysis of the data Mean.......

KEY WORDS:Physical Fitness, push up, flexibility, and students

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[5]. Manmeet Gill, Nishan Singh Deol and RamanjitKaur, (2010).Comparative studyof physical fitness components of rural and urban female students of PunjabiUniversity, Patiala.