Social Sciences and Humanities

Feminine participation in the information systems course of the federal institute of goiás câmpus luziânia

This article presents an analysis of the participation of women in the course of Information Systems (IS) of the Federal Institute of Goiás (FIG) Câmpus Luziânia. Through a qualitative and quantitative exploratory case study, the research contemplated semi-structured interviews, aiming to contribute to the contextualization of the relationship between women and the Information Technology (IT) area.

An economic study of tea industry in India: A stock taking for six and half decades

In this study an attempt has been made to assess the performance of tea industry in India for the past six and half decades. In order to assess the trend of the tea industry in India, the time series data have been collected from tea board of India and other published materials for the period of 67 years from 1951-52 to 2016-17.

The economic burden of mycetoma on households in the Sudan

Background: The fungal disease mycetoma, more commonly known as Madura foot after the Indian city where it was documented, enters the body through small cuts in the skin. Accurate data on the number of mycetoma patients in Sudan is difficult to obtain, in part because it is not a notifiable disease. Nevertheless, Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC) has registered over 7200 mycetoma cases in Sudan since 1991, so it is now a major public health problem with enormous cost burdens on the patients’.

The importance of martial arts in kindergarten physical education in the age group of 05 to 12 years

The purpose of this research was to describe the importance of martial arts in physical education as a form of affective socialization in education. This research is a bibliographical research, through study, with online searches in scientific publications and national journals. To make the fights per se be introduced as a teaching methodology in physical education for children between the ages of 5 and 12, in which modalities: judo, jiu-jitsu, sports wrestling, Wresting, etc. important for children or students in early childhood education.

Characteristics of economic activity of the population of fergana valley in xix and at the beginning of xx centuries

In this article analyzed the peculiarities of economic activity of the population of Fergana valley in XIX and at the beginning of XX centuries. Also on the basis of multiple actual materials reflected the ethnic relationships in the sphere of traditional economy which more brightly reveals the ethnic groups belonging to different economic cultural types.

Personality, technical and ethical qualities needed for successful entrepreneurship in Osun state, Nigeria

This paper obtained the views of entrepreneurs in Osun state on the personality, technical and ethical qualities needed for successful entrepreneurship in the state. Population of the study was 1,150 small and medium scale registered entrepreneurs out of which 1,000 samples (925 men and 75 women) were selected through simple random sampling technique. Three research questions guided the study. A self developed questionnaire with reliability of Cronbachs’s alpha .989 was used and administered on the samples and data obtained. Data were analyzed using mean.

Fast-tracking climate change mitigation strategies

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) strategies and techniques for climate change mitigation adopted and implemented around the world is not making any significant impact in Yobe State (located in north-eastern Nigeria). A survey was carried out and data was collected by means of administering 400 Questionnaires (Qs.) between the period of March, 2017 and September, 2018. Out of the 400 survey instruments that were distributed, 305 completed Qs were returned, some were invalid and others were not returned.

Quality of life: an approach in the rural communities of the city of Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil

Quality of life: An approach in the rural communities of the city of Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil. Society has constantly sought improvements in quality of life in order to meet its needs. The aim of this study was to estimate the quality of life in rural communities in the city of Paranaguá. The tool used in the study was a structured survey, which produced 113 samples in 6 rural communities. The results show that the quality of life in a rural environment follows subjective values and standards.

Performance comparison of contourlet and wavelet transform in denoising of ultrasound image

Pictures are simple way of representing information. At the time of applying operations like segmentation, feature extraction, feature analysis image should be noise free. The purpose of image de-noising process is to eliminate the without affecting actual quality of image. Introduction of noise is due to disgraceful securing, transmission and gathering and capacity and recovery forms. As noise gets introduced in image, there is degradation in visual quality of image. There are many types of noises present into image such as Speckle noise, Additive noise.