The instructional role perception of working college of education is high. The rank order preference of the different value pattern shows that the teachers working in college of education have given first preference for political value followed by religious, social, aesthetic, economic and theoretical value respectively.
Kothis, a subgroup of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) constitute a high-risk group for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). This study examines the prevalence of sexual violence and the self-reported symptoms of STIs and explores the relationship between the two among the self-identified kothis in Tamil Nadu, India. The study used the data from District Level Communication Campaign (DLCC) Survey, 2010 with a sample of 328 kothis in Tamil Nadu.
Contamination of soils with toxic metals has often resulted from human activities, especially those related to mining, industrial emissions, disposal or leakage of industrial wastes, application of sewage sludge to agricultural soils, manure, fertilizer and pesticide use. Phytoremediation is the term applied to a group of technologies that use of plants to reduce, remove, degrade, or immobilize environmental toxins, primarily those of anthropogenic origin with the aim of restoring area sites to conditions usable for private or public applications.
The Present investigation has been under taken in order to study the environmental knowledge of school teachers in Cuddalore District. Environmental Knowledge of school teachers scale was constructed and validated by the investigators (2011) has been administrated to a random sample of 300 higher secondary school teachers. It is found that there is a significant difference between BT teachers and PGT teachers and there is no significant difference between male and female teachers, and school teachers in the rural and urban area on their environmental knowledge.
The present study is concerned in exploring the relative relevance of Home environment and Teaching aptitude of B.Ed trainee teachers of Union Territory of Pondicherry. The sample consisted of 805 B.Ed trainee teachers and the investigator adopted the survey method. The finding reveals that there is significant difference between male and female, married and unmarried trainee teachers in their nature of Home environment.
A study has been conducted on 200 teachers of which 62 are men and 138 are women from 15 different schools in Chidambaram Taluk, to find the level of factors responsible for human conflict (caste, religion, economical factors and government policies). It is found that the graduate teachers and post graduate teachers significantly differ in respect of caste and religion and they do not significantly differ in respect of economical factors and government policies.
In the present study Sphaerodema rusticum were exposed to sublethal concentration of mercury. The key enzymes of the anaerobic glucose metabolism (Succinate dehydrogenase ,and Lactate dehydrogenase) activity were observed in testis and seminal vesicle of Sphaerodema rusticum . During the Sublethal concentration of mercury contamination, the Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were altered. The present study showed that these changes suggest that the activity of enzymes is modified by a change in ambient water.
The supplementary effect of breakfast bar on nutritional and academic performance was studied among adolescent under the age group of 13-15 years. About 500 adolescents were assessed for their demographic, dietary pattern, breakfast skipping patterns, nutritional status (weight, BMI and body fat percentage) and academic performance (scales such as arithmetic, concept and processes scale, reading and writing scales). About 120g of the developed breakfast bar contributing 1/3rd of the adolescent nutrient requirements was formulated and selected for supplementation.
Climate plays a vital role in the development of any region. Rainfall and temperature are the two important climatic parameters which determine the climatic situation of any place. Pudukkottai is a semi arid District situated in the central part of Tamil Nadu. The study deals with the seasonal and annual variation in rainfall using GIS. Temperature conditions are studied using a simple line graph and the relation between rainfall and temperature are analysised by using ombrothermic diagram.
The Field experiments were conducted to study the influence of off-season land management in combination with various rice weed control measures on the weed competition and yield of rice in two different locations in late samba rice (September 2002 – January 2003) with the rice cultivar of CO 43.