Social Sciences and Humanities

This study investigated the effect of spaced learning method on the students’ working memory capacity and achievement in Chemistry.

In this article the influence of the February Revolution of 1917 on the changes in the government system of the cities of Fergana Valley was described.

World Bank study estimate that has 15% of Agricultural of Produce is lost between the farm gate and the consumer because of poor roads and inappropriate storage facilities alone, adversely influencing the income of farmers. Poor rural road infrastructure limits the ability of the traders to travel to and communicate with remote farming areas, limiting market access from these areas and eliminating competition for their produce.

Rubber is the minor plantation crop cultivated in Shimoga. Rubber is cultivated mostly in the southern district in Karnataka. The inputs like land, labour, capital etc., are most conspicuous in Shimoga district. Rubber predominantly rainfed crops in Shimoga. Hence, there are affected by weather fluctuation, which may have an impact on yield and return correspondingly, their supply may also be affected leading to high variability in prices. The higher cost of cultivation of rubber was primarily due to higher variable costs.

Today it has been seen that most of the libraries related with higher education activities have both the type of information resources i.e. electronic resources as well as print resources. Due to many causes the proper utilization of e-resources remains always a field for study/research. In this paper I try to investigate the uses pattern and availability of electronically published information resources, databases and other materials in university library of Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind, Haryana State.

Non cognitive intelligences are currently drawing the attention of researchers. The role of these intelligences is remarkable especially within the workplace. This study examines the influence of spiritual and emotional intelligences on the organizational commitment among a Tunisian university staff. 54 employees were surveyed through a questionnaire composed of: King’s (2008) spiritual intelligence scale (SISRI 24), the Wong and Law’s (2002) emotional intelligence scale (WLEIS) and the Meyer et al.’s (1993) six-item scales of affective, continuance and normative commitment.

The Rural Road Development Vision Plan (NRDVP) found that investments in construction, upgrading and maintenance would need to increase from the current level of Rsr. 11,000 crores per annum to Rs. 29,000 crores per annum by the 14th Plan (2022-2027). The vision of rural housing is to promote sustainable and inclusive growth of rural India through multi-pronged strategy for eradication of poverty by increasing livelihood opportunities, providing social safety net and developing infrastructure for growth and improvement of quality in life of rural India.

The Government in November 2009 approved the Jawaharal Nehru National Solar Mission, which creates policy conditions for quick renewable energy diffusion across the country. 20,000 MW of Solar energy is to be deployed by 2022 through leveraging domestic and foreign investments, engaging in research and development, manufacturing and development to make this sector competitive internationally. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) estimates conservatively that the wind energy capacity in India could be 24 GW by 2020 and 30.5 GW by 2030.

The article offers the term Sphinxism to describe a phenomenon whereby various modes of women's predicament is ignored by social agents; Sphinxism is a term we coin to describe cases in which a woman experience sorrow, however some people do not make any effort to help her on the micro or the macro level. We show that instead of expressing moral panic toward misbehavior against women, culturally inscribed social representations of women entail reactions of indifference, steadfastness and unshakeability by witnesses of women's suffering and plight.

The term ‘political participation’ has a very broad meaning. It is not only related to ‘Right to Vote’, but simultaneously it is related to participation in leadership, decision making process, political activism, political consciousness, etc. Women in India participate in voting, run the public offices and political parties at lower levels more than men. The Indian Constitution has been committed to introduce socio-economic and political transformation.