Social Sciences and Humanities

The Indian fast moving consumer good (FMCG) is projected to grow significantly over the next decade or so. In this paper, a detailed comparison of the detergent category for the Indian and the US markets has been presented. Using brand level sales, price, and promotion data, Logit demand functions has been estimated for both Indian and the US markets. The model provides us estimates of the “equity” enjoyed by various brands as well as measures of price elasticity.

The focus of this paper is on the effectiveness of vocational education on youth empowerment for community development. The highlights of the paper include vocational education, youth empowerment, types of empowerment, community development and challenges of vocational education in Nigeria. The paper concludes that vocational education remains an indispensible and effective tool for youth empowerment and community development.

The purpose of this descriptive, quantitative and cross - sectional study is to compare the scores of Osteomuscular Disturbances (DM) presented by 48 Basic Education teachers who participate in a continuing education program with previous studies. The data were collected through the application of the Nordic Osteomuscular Symptom Questionnaire (QNSO).

The importance of this study is to understand the factors associated with domestic violence against women who, although legally protected, remain in a situation of vulnerability, as is the case of the women protected by the Maria da Penha Patrol in the Pará State. In this context, the objective of this study is to show the profile of women victims of domestic violence, who are under the protection of the Maria da Penha Patrol of the Pará State.

The article presents an analysis of the seasonal dynamics of the river beach located in Amazônia, Brazil. The primary information was obtained in the village of Alter do Chão, through interviews with agents directly involved with the tourist activity in the beach that forms in the Amazonian summer period.

This study derives an empirical model for studying micro and macro-economic factors that affect the profits of Lebanese commercial banks represented by return of assets (ROA).The sample covers thirteen banks spanning the period 2007-2016. The panel least square is taken as the estimation procedure. Results are based on the cross section fixed effects model. Regression results shows that the whole model is significant, where capital adequacy ratio and total loans to total assets ratio have high negative significance in determining the bank’s profitability.

Human resource development plays crucial role in economic development. Large scale investment in human resources is required to exploit the physical capital fully and efficiently. Improvement in the health of masses increases their productive capacity and leads to qualitative improvement in human capital. Therefore expenditures on health are important in building and maintaining a productive labour force as well as improving the lives of the people and the quality of society. The health care system in India is intended to provide free health care to all.

Software industry organizations are known by being intensive in producing different types of knowledge during all the software development process. That's because this industry builds different types of software-based solutions, as well as storing a large amount of data for their customers and their projects. This amount of data is stored in databases so that it can be used in different tasks in the organization in the future. Thus, many of these databases are characterized as Big Data.

From the narratives of participants of the Divine Holy Spirit Festival held in the city of Alcântara-Maranhão-Brasil seeks to verify cultural tradition and collective memory as evidences of preservation of local identity. Celebrated in several parts of the country, this celebration acquires in the city of Alcântara a singular importance either by the representation of the royalty and its aggregating force in Republican times, or by the social hierarchy that is perpetuated and is symbolized in the paper of the characters during the celebration.

This research project was aimed to investigate the impact of reward package on employee’s performance in Nigerian Banks. In the globalised environment, it is of important to ensure a rewarded/motivated workforce because employees are the only asset that appreciates in value over time, thereby directly contributing to organisational performances. Employee reward package has been a major problem in the banking industries, due mainly to poor salaries and pecuniary benefits such as transport allowances and bonuses.