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Improving seed resistance to water shortage can enhance forage production and sustainability in arid and semi-arid agricultural lands. This three-year field, laboratory and greenhouse study proposes applying surfactant to effectively prevent the detrimental impacts of severe drought conditionson early plant development. Seeds retrieved from six parental plantsof berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) developedunder I100 (100% irrigation water)/I100+s (irrigation water plus surfactant), I75/I75+s and I50/I50+s treatments in the field.

The impact of industrialization has brought rapid change in our society, bringing a cultural change which is based on technology, industry and urban life style. This change has impacted in a way of life characterized by the proximity and brought dependency among the people as terms and conditions of social life and harboring the threats to human conflict. These threats of social integrity are present in all societies ranging from primitive to modern and in the contemporary era.

We are living in the era of globalization and technological revolutions. The role of education is vital in the development of human capital because it is closely linked to a person‘s life chances, income and well being (Battle and Lewis, 2002). In order to occupy a leading role in world‘s economy, the education system of a country must produce students who can compete in global job market. In this ever-growing competitive world everyone desires a high level of achievement as the mark of one‘s performance.

Burnout is a general term that describes the feelings of people in the helping professions who find that the stress involved in their work environment has altered their original feelings about themselves and their work. Employees experiencing these feelings of burnout can have harmful effects on their co-workers, citizens, and the reputation of the organization where they work for. The relationship people have with their work, and the difficulties that can arise when that relationship goes awry, have been long recognized as a significant phenomenon of the modern age.

Burnout is a general term that describes the feelings of people in the helping professions who find that the stress involved in their work environment has altered their original feelings about themselves and their work. Employees experiencing these feelings of burnout can have harmful effects on their co-workers, citizens, and the reputation of the organization where they work for. The relationship people have with their work, and the difficulties that can arise when that relationship goes awry, have been long recognized as a significant phenomenon of the modern age.

Ever since the dawn of the cultural history of mankind, the question of acquiring knowledge has become a problem. Time passed. Man advanced very much in procuring knowledge in various fields of his existence such arts and literature, science and technology, economics, commerce etc. Nations and countries emerged. They began giving more importance to the methods being employed for educating the masses in various fields of knowledge. Modern nations give stress on scientific advancement through the application of many theories and methods found out by famous educationists and scientists.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been transformed from an irrelevant and often frowned-upon idea to one of the most popular and widely accepted concepts in the business world today. As globalization accelerates and large corporations serve as global providers, these corporations have progressively recognized the benefits of providing CSR programs in their various locations. CSR activities are now being undertaken throughout the globe. CSR has become not only the 'right thing to do', but it has also become the 'competitive' thing to do.

This article aims to conduct a survey and analysis of the scientific production about the psychological attention in the indigenous health in the state of Rondônia, federative unit of Brazil. We have as a working methodology bibliometrics directed to the use of social, human and health sciences, focusing on the qualitative aspects of the works listed. Thus, our procedures are based on the survey of articles, dissertations and theses on the subject published in Rondônia and in the Rondonian context, and afterwards an analysis of their objectives, methods and conclusions.

The aim of the study was to determine the pattern of geophagy among inhabitants of Owerri senatorial zone of Imo State, Nigeria. The study which adopted a descriptive survey design was guided by three specific objectives, three research questions and four null hypotheses. Multi-stage sampling procedure was utilized to draw a sample of 1,200 respondents from the population. A self-structured and validated questionnaire with a reliability index of 0.89 was used to collect data for the study.

This research aimed to discuss the meanings and effects of work gymnastics on the life of the employees of a company in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The methodology followed a qualitative-quantitative approach, raising the perception of 114 participants through a questionnaire with closed and open questions. The sample involved employees from all sectors of the company present in the class in which data collection was performed.