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The study attempts to analyse the production and market intermediaries involved in the entire marketing process of orange in Humtso village of Wokha District during the period 2013-14. For this, the data is collected from 50 respondents cultivating orange and 15 retailers and 7 wholesalers involved in moving the commodity were randomly selected. The respondents were further classified into three categories based on their size of cultivated area with 40% of the respondents in the holding size of 1.0-1.9 ha, followed by holding size 1 ha and 2.0-2.5 ha.

A factorization procedure for a given totally positive (TP) matrix- a matrix with all positive minors - is introduced. The strategy is to reduce a column to corresponding column of the identity matrix. Factors so obtained are triangular matrices with constant row or column entries. Such matrices and their inverses with simple structures can be constructed using the entries of a given non-zero vector without any computations among the entries.

The paper assesses the quality of sandcrete blocks in some selected areas of Alimosho Local Government Area (LGA), the north eastern part of Lagos state, Nigeria. With the view of enhancing the quality of the production of sancrete blocks in the state. The study is hybrid in its methodological approach.

This study is based on theories of performance management. According to Armstrong (2009) the three theories of performance management are the social cognitive theory, goal theory and control theory. These explain how goal setting, boosting employees’ self-confidence and providing feedback contribute to organisational performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance appraisal system at NATICC.

Performance management within the Public Service in Namibia was announced in 2006, but it took almost eight years to be attended with all permanent secretaries signing for it only in 2014 in front of the Prime Minister. Since performance management started with permanent secretaries, the need to find out the preparedness of employees and the perceived effective implementation of performance management prompted the carrying out of this study.

This paper will be looking at The National Youth Employment Strategy 2015 which focuses on the 15-24 age group; a cohort which experienced a number of significant transitions both at the individual and institutional level.  Focusing on the inter-relatedness and inter-dependency of economic and social policies, this Strategy aspires to develop a number of thrusts which address the challenges owing to macro- and micro- constraints. The aim is to design a holistic framework that yields both immediate and long-term returns.

Quantum cryptography is unconditional secure communication by using the phenomena of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, no-cloning theorem of photon of quantum mechanics. Further, conventional cryptography susceptible at present computer computation but processing speed grow more rapidly and quantum computer abruptly launch then classical cryptography not so useful, it is easily breakable with the help of quantum computers.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the transfer of resistant markers through conjugation and transformation evaluation of transconjugate strains for stability of R – plasmid against different conditions like several passages and storage in different temperatures for different time period. Around 2423 clinical samples collected from hospitals and health centers in and around chennai, and 105 isolates confirmed for Salmonella enteric serovar typhi based on preliminary, biochemical and cultural characteristics.

‘Insight’ combines several ideas. It includes ‘classic’ areas, such as knowing who consumers are, what they do, where they are, what they buy, what they would like to buy, what media they are exposed to and what media they choose to view, listen to or read. It also includes more psychological areas – what consumers think and feel, what their objectives and strategies are, and how these influence the way they behave. The list of attributes to examine is long and it should remain in the hands of the researcher or data analyst which variables are retained in the model and which are excluded.

‘Insight’ combines several ideas. It includes ‘classic’ areas, such as knowing who consumers are, what they do, where they are, what they buy, what they would like to buy, what media they are exposed to and what media they choose to view, listen to or read. It also includes more psychological areas – what consumers think and feel, what their objectives and strategies are, and how these influence the way they behave. The list of attributes to examine is long and it should remain in the hands of the researcher or data analyst which variables are retained in the model and which are excluded.