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SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR TESTS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID - A REVIEW

Typhoid claims millions of lives worldwide each year and continues to be a serious health threat especially in developing countries like India. Till date, many tests have been developed for diagnosis of typhoid that are either based on detection of antibodies against SalmonellaTyphi antigens or detecting antigens that are specific to S.Typhi. However, all of them have limitations of sensitivity and specificity and none can be considered as ideal for diagnosis of typhoid.

A STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVE BANKS AND SOME CHALLENGES (A CASE OF THE VARACHHA CO-OPERATIVE BANK)

The origins of the urban co-operative banking movement in India can be traced to the close of nineteenth century. These co-operative societies are based on the principles of co-operation, mutual help, cooperative decision making and open membership.

The term co-operative Banks, though non-formally defined, refers to primary co-operative banks located in urban and semi-urban areas. These banks till 1996, were allowed to lend money only for non-agricultural purposes.

UNDERSTANDING SAMPRAPTI (AETIOPATHOGENESIS) OF A DISEASE IN LIGHT OF AYURVEDA

The Ayurvedic concept of evolution of disease, based primarily in the understanding of the host-man, meaning of disease without losing sight of either the extrinsic or the intrinsic factors is comprehensive by itself.  Object of Ayurveda is to relieve mankind from diseases and death and to ensure long life - full of health and youthful vigor.  The Ayurveda refers that the Samprapti (Aetiopathogenesis) of any disease is based on the imbalance of three Dosha (Bodily humors) – Vata, Pitta and Kapha.

SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE OF TEACHER TRAINEES

This study was initiated to investigate the impact of spiritual intelligence on the Teacher trainees related to their gender, type of family and marital status. A sample of 33 M.Ed. teacher trainees’ was selected. A tool on Spiritual Intelligence devised by Prof. Roquiya Zainuddin and Ms. Anjum Ahmed was used for the present study. The data was analysed by using Mean, S.D. and t-test. The findings of the study revealed that there was a high Spiritual Intelligence in Teacher Trainees. There is no significant difference in the SI Scores of Male and female Teacher Trainees.

STUDY OF ADJUSTMENT OF STUDENT TEACHERS

The present study was conducted to study the adjustment of student teachers with reference to their gender, stream, educational qualification and category. A sample of 94 student teachers of Bhuj was selected by simple random sampling technique. The study revealed that the student teachers of  science faculty are better adjusted than the student teachers of arts. It is also revealed that  the student teachers from Open category are better adjusted than the student teachers of  SC and ST category.

WHY WE NEED TO RE-ENGINEER OUR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS?

At the beginning of India’s independence in 1947, there were 20 universities and 500 colleges while student enrolment at the tertiary level of education was 0.1 million. After independence the growth has been quite impressive .This has increased to 611 universities and university-level Institutions and 31,324 colleges as on August 2011.

A STUDY OF RISK DISCLOSURE FOR FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AS PER INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARD 32 BY SELECT INDIAN BANKS

Since the existence of banks they are known to be major risk taking entities and therefore they are expected to release relevant risk-related information to the marketplace as part  a of good corporate governance, Banks in India are required to make risk disclosures in Annual Report under Basel II Accord from last 2-3 years. Indian AS 32 – Disclosure for Financial Instrument, same as IFRS 7 issued by Indian Accounting Standard Board, is made mandatory from 1-4-2011 for the most of the entities in India.

HEXAMINE AS CORROSION INHIBITOR FOR ZINC IN (HNO3 + HCL) BINARY ACID MIXTURE

The corrosion of zinc in binary acid mixture (HNO3 + HCl) containing Hexamine has been studied at different acid concentrations, inhibitor concentration and temperatures. As the concentration of acid increases corrosion loss and I.E. (Inhibition efficiency) increases. As the concentration of inhibitor increases I.E. also increases. As temperature  increases  corrosion loss increases while percentage of I.E. decreases.

ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS TOWARDS LEARNING NATURAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN ETHIOPIA PRIMARY SCHOOLS

This study examines attitudes to school science classes amongst primary school students based on the assumption that these will influence their attitudes and choices later in life. 980 primary school students in grades 4-6 were given a Likert-type questionnaire and asked to provide verbal explanations for their agreement/disagreement with each item.

DEVELOPMENT OF CAI PACKAGE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS ON GEOMETRY TEACHING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The present study concentrates on the effectiveness of cai package on teaching geometry among high school students. The main objective of the study is to find out the effectiveness of cai  package on geometry teaching among standard ix students. It was proved using Pretest-posttest Equivalent group design – an experiment study. The result of this study reveals that the students of the experimental group show greater achievement not only in the gain scores but also in the attainment of knowledge, understanding and application level.