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The need to increase productivity of Haricot beans and improve on the livelihood of farmers led to the introduction of improved Haricot beans with shorter life cycle, high yielding and resistant to pest and diseases. Despite these positive benefits, effective adoption has been slow as farmers remain reluctant to adopt most of these varieties. The survey, thus, focus on evaluating the production, marketing and consumption of released improved Haricot beans by farmers in the Western highlands. It also examines the socio-demographic factors that influence its adoption.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the childhood disorders in India that has been the attention of both the medical and educational fields. A child with ADHD faces many challenges in reading. The present study focuses on the sub skills relating to Concepts of Print, components of decoding and reading comprehension. Eighty five children with ADHD in the age group of six to eight years studying in mainstream schools in Tamilnadu, India were the participants of the study.

Farmers’ perception of insect pests and effectiveness of their management tactics are crucial in improving yields of maize. Surveys were conducted in the small scale maize farmers in Highveld and Middleveld regions of Swaziland to gain insights into farmers’ perceptions of maize pests and pest management practices. Interviews administered to 61 small scale farmers revealed households’ age, educational background and years of experience in maize farming affects farmer’s perception and pest management practices.

Fly ash from a thermal power plant is spread and distributed in the surrounding areas by air and may be deposited on the soil of the nearby region. Thus the radioactivity levels of the soil samples may alter and it is quite important to estimate the changes. Can technique using LR-115 type II solid state nuclear track detector has been employed for the measurement of radon activity and radon exhalation rate.  Radon activity varies from 3091.43 Bq m-3 to 4997.14 Bq m-3 with an average value of 3948.19 Bq m-3 .

Grapevine infections are one of the most viral diseases affecting grapevines throughout the world. The impact on vine health, crop yield and quality is difficult to assess due to a high number of variables, but significant economic losses are consistently reported over the lifespan of a vineyard if intervention strategies are not implemented. Georgia is one of the oldest wine producing regions. The main goal of the research was to study the spreading of grapevine viral diseases for further selection of virus-free material in Georgia.

SisymbriumirioLinn (Family: Cruciferae (Seeds) is folklore medicine commonly known as Khakshi , is known to have wide range of Pharmacological activity. The seed is used as expectorant, stimulant, asthma, externally used as stimulating poultice. We reported  previously the protective action of Sisymbriumirioin experimental bronchial asthma. The present study was designed to assess the protective effect of Sisymbrium Irio seeds on in vitro mast cell stabilization and active anaphylaxis model in experimental animals.

In the wake of widespread fluoride occurrence in groundwater, the incidence of endemic fluorosis across the country is alarming. In the year 2009, the Central Ground Water Board and Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission reported 218 and 229 districts to be affected with high fluoride content in groundwater, particularly in the states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan with over 50% districts affected.

Bullying is a problem that affects all children- those who bully, those who are victimized, and those who are witnesses to interpersonal violence. It is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate or aggressively to impose domination over others and most common among children in middle childhood which need to be controlled. The aim of the study is to understand the different aspects of aggressive and bullying behavior in young children, in both genders. It may be defined as the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another person, physically or mentally.

Profitability is always amain consideration for businesses. Business and academicians have researched in order to determine the factors affecting profitability due to the importance of this issue. In this study, return on assets is modeled and compared with two different methods. Artificial Neural Network and Decision Tree are established with financial Statements of technology sector on BIST (Borsa Istanbul). The two models were evaluated in the study. Their strengths relative to each other were determined.

Aim of the study is Life Cycle Exergy Analysis (LCExA) is as indicator of sustainability measure for wind farm found in Ethiopia. The method employed contains three phases: Identification of goal and scope of the study, life cycle inventory of the system and calculation of Exergy of in and out of the materials and energy flow into the system.  ExROI of the wind farm varies between 18 and 22 depending on the different scenarios taken in the system. The material Exergy of the wind farm contributes 22% from total Exergy of the system which has no share in ordinary life cycle analysis.