Social Sciences and Humanities

Natural disasters are on the rise today. During the past couple of decades the world has witnessed unprecedented loss and havoc caused by disasters. Indian subcontinent is particularly vulnerable to cycles, droughts, earthquakes, floods and so forth. The loss of human lives, livestock, property, and infrastructure not only causes setback for national development but also renders communities vulnerable and susceptible to further deterioration. The paper starts with a brief assessment of how India has been affected by natural disasters.

This study sought to find out the views of student teachers and lecturers on the challenges faced in the implementation of the ZINTEC programme.  The multiple case study design was used and five teacher colleges participated in this study.  The purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants. The participants included student teachers and lecturers.

For over a decade now, the country have been experiencing violence attack by a group of insurgence popularly called boko haram. This group have created a lot of threat in the country which the government have been trying to curb out the mennence by using force. This paper however examine diplomacy as a panacea for resolving the Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram insurgence in the country. Some literatures on the subject matter were reviewed while secondary sources were employed to analyze the issues therein.

Most firms in Anambra State are not investing much on KM and this has placed them at the mercy of their competitors in the business. The main objective of this study is to examine the extent to which knowledge sharing affects competitive advantage of manufacturing firms in Anambra State. The study adopted a destructive survey design. Questionnaire was utilized for the study. Z test was used to analyze the data and the findings revealed that there is no significant difference between knowledge sharing and competitive advantage.

Information technology is currently taking center stage and has transformed the whole world into a global village with a global economy, which is increasingly dependent on the creative management and distribution of information. IT has enormous advantages and eased the delivery of information in third world as well. The goal of this study was to find out the level of IT uses in the technical services of the university libraries of Lahore. It is important to point out that focus of this study was the Central Libraries of the universities.

Microfinance Institutions was seen as the solution to development problems in earlier days of its inception, however, increasingly recent evidence shows that it is less effective in delivering those solutions if not managed carefully. Providing affordable credit to the rural communities has long been a prime component of development strategy in developing countries. Governments and donors have sponsored and supported supply-led rural finance institutions to mitigate urban-biased macroeconomic policies.

Postmodernism is a term usually used in any kinds of fields like art, architecture, anthropology, sociology, geography, philosophy and religion. Each field has its definition about postmodernism. Due to this fact, the definition of postmodernism varies and there is no fixed definition of it. As one of the abstract terms in philosophy, postmodernism is in the abstract cognitive. On the other hand, it appears nowadays as concrete evidence and can be examined by people. The appearance of various or plural insights on religion insists a tolerant way of think towards others’ thought.

Distance sampling point transect method was used to determine the population density of Copsychuscebuensis among the selected forest patches in Mt. Lantoy Key Biodiversity Areas in Argao−an area of high conservation importance in Cebu. Distance 6 Release 2 software was also used in estimating the population density of the target species in three sampling sites namely Barangays Tabayag, Cansuje, and Canbantug. Results have shown that brgy. Tabayag has 26 individuals per hectare for mixed and pure forest strata with coefficient of variation (CV) at 18.29%, brgy.

This paper aims to find out the members of the organization’s construction of public relations function in Purwodadi Botanical Garden Management Unit for Plant Conservation-Indonesian Institute of Sciences. This study used a qualitative research approach with phenomenological research method. The data obtained through interviews with 5 (five) informants. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. Data collection techniques in this research through in-depth interviews. Data processing from interviews by documenting into transcript. The process of data analysis using Colaizzi way.

There is a scarcity of research on the approaches employed in the teaching of literature component in Malaysia. The studies which do exist mostly describe the quality of an educational system or part of the system in terms of ‘input’ into the teaching process (teachers, equipment, materials, etc.) or look at students’ achievement in relation to these inputs.