The first record of Merycomyia whitneyi (Johnson), tribe Bouvieromyiini (Diptera: Tabanidae), from Texas and from west of the Mississippi River

The first collections of Merycomyia whitneyi (Johnson), (Diptera: Tabanidae: Chrysopsinae: Bouvieromyiini) from Texas and from west of the Mississippi River are reported, and the Nearctic species of the Tribe Bouvieromyiini are discussed

Determinants of vertical coordination in buyer-seller relations: Exploratory findings from a developing economy

This study aims at understanding determinants of vertical coordination for firms in developing economies by conducting exploratory study in Tanzania. The study is centred on business - to business buyer -seller relations. Primary data were collected from buying side of the relationship. The main supplier of each firm was identified and used for answering the questionnaire. Findings suggest contractual flexibility to have higher significant positive effect in determining vertical coordination. The interaction effect between buyer asset specificity and contractual flexibility was also significant, while asset specificity by itself was not found to be significant. These prelimenary findings suggest the strength of vertical coordination relies to extent onwhether parties in relationship agree to be flexible in their contracts

The Effects of Social-Cultural Issues on quality Academic Performance among Public Secondary Schools Girls in Kwimba District: A Case of Kwimba District

This study investigated the effects of social-cultural issues on quality academic performance among public secondary school Girls in Kwimba District. The study involved three specific objectives namely: to investigate the effects of home activities on girls’ quality academic performance in day public secondary schools in Kwimba District, to explore the impact of gender preference on girls’ quality academic performance in day public secondary schools and lastly, and to examine social practices that enhancing girls’ quality academic performance in day public secondary schools. Moreover, the study used quantitative and qualitative methods in data analysis. Also, the study employed simple random sampling technique to get 267 respondents who filled questionnaires and purposive was used also to obtain 7 interviewees from 28 secondary schools. Data obtained through interviews and questionnaires, where Cross-sectional design was used in this study. Furthermore, the findings illustrated that, home activities have great negative impact to girls’ students in their academic performance. The findings also indicated that, home activities deny sufficient time to girls for private study, cause dropout to girls, absenteeism, and tiredness to girls, late coming to school, truancy and then poor academic performance. The study also reported that, gender preference has been hammering girls’ academic performance for long time. Most girls are assigned many domestic activities than boys and are much ignored to acquire education. The study reported several measures to be taken like enact by-laws, provide breakfast and lunch at school, motivation to girls, educating society and building hostels. Lastly, the study recommended that, community and local government leaders should cooperate together to solve girls’ problems through home activities and gender preference