Judicial Activism: The Indian Experience

Judicial activism has become a subject of controversy in India. Recent and past attempts to hinder the power of the courts, as well as access to the courts, included indirect methods of disciplining the judiciary, such as supersession of the judges and transfers of inconvenient judges. Critics of judicial activism say that the courts usurp functions allotted to the other organs of government. On the other hand, defenders of judicial activism assert that the courts merely perform their legitimate function. According to Mr. Justice A. H. Ahmadi, the former Chief Justice of India, judicial activism is a necessary adjunct of the judicial function because the protection of public interest, as opposed to private interest, is the main concern

Using the Cohort Model in Accounting Education

This article documents a case study of a cohort-based MBA program with an accounting concentration. This ethnographic study used interviews, observations, and document review to examine the students’ experiences. Data were analyzed via grounded theory techniques. Results indicate that the cohort program provided students with knowledge about important socially-learned dimensions of the accounting profession. The interpersonal and group work skills needed in the accounting workplace are developed in a cohort program. However, the cohort model’s cooperative agenda could not eliminate individualistic, competitive tendencies. Finally, students found that their cohort experiences prepared them to handle certain informal facets of the accounting workplace, for example, office politics, grapevines and cliques

Midwest youth rowing club: A case of financial responsibility in a transient member nonprofit organization

The Midwest Youth Rowing Club (MYR) case highlights a strategic decision situation with financial and business ethics implications. The club, while having just finished its third year in existence, has been very successful and grown dramatically. The club’s dilemma, as seen through the eyes of its Treasurer, is whether it should undertake the construction of a permanent boathouse at the lake where it operates its programs. In addition to functional space, a boathouse would provide a sense of permanence and may help ensure the club’s sustainability. The club’s growth and membership size suggest that the club can finance its portion of a boathouse through borrowing. However, the club’s transient-member nature as a youth sports organization means that there is a relatively short time commitment from youth members (and their parents). While this affects the form of financing (explained in the Boathouse section of the case), regardless of its form, financing a boathouse will increase member dues and fees, and if the club’s circumstances change unfavorably, it may have to increase dues and fees further, to a level that will price itself out of its market

Understanding Transient-Member Nonprofit Organizations

This paper reports on an examination of membership nonprofits whose members are committed for a relatively short period—“transient-member nonprofits.” These organizations are pressured to attend to the current membership and long-term projects are difficult to plan, execute, and finance. While a number of organizational types are transient-member nonprofits, youth sports organizations, are an archetype. This paper’s exploratory study sought to determine how such organizations’ transient characteristics appeared in their financial reports. It considered whether transient-member nonprofits report different profits, net assets, and liabilities when compared to more dedicated nonprofits. Transient-member nonprofits report lower net assets than do other nonprofits. An analysis of the degree to which organizations are transient found that the most transient organizations tend to have significantly lower net assets and liabilities. However, organizations that are relatively more transient do not report lower annual profits than other organizations

Social Determinants of Health, Telehealth, and HIV/AIDS: Implications for Public Health Research and Practice in the State of Virginia

Purpose: The purpose of this commentary is to assert the importance of addressing the social determinants of health to support HIV/AIDS control efforts, to describe the importance of telehealth in HIV/AIDS control, and to recommend courses of action to support HIV/AIDS control efforts within the state of Virginia. Discussion: We provide an overview of the social determinants of health and their role in HIV/AIDS control, telehealth and its uptake within the HIV/AIDS community, and issues in Virginia facing HIV/AIDS control. Conclusion and Recommendations: We conclude that addressing social determinants of health, especially stigma, is an important measure of HIV/AIDS control efforts. We recommend that telehealth be effectively leveraged to that end to support the containment of HIV and AIDS within the state of Virginia

A Case Study of Group Processes and Student Evaluation of Teaching

This paper documents a case study undertaken to understand the effect of group processes on student evaluation of teaching (SET). The study used interviews to investigate the experiences of students in a cohort model Master of Science in Accountancy degree program and how those experiences influenced SET. The cohort served as an extreme example in which group processes played out intensely, allowing the researchers better to examine them. The results showed that the participants’ common experience led to frequent discussion about various aspects of the classes and the program. A common topic of discussion was instructor performance. This discussion about instructors, in turn, appeared to affect SET. It also appeared that a mismatching of expectations and realized student–instructor relationships also affected SET

HPLC METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION FOR QUANTITATION OF TRIGONELLINE FROM MIRABILIS JALAPA LINN. LEAVES AND ENHANCEMENT IN EXTRACTION YIELD FROM ULTRA FINE POWDER

Objective: Development and validation of a simple and reliable HPLC method for determination of an alkaloid, trigonelline, in the methanolic extract of Mirabilis jalapa Linn. leaves and comparing the extraction yields of trigonelline from micro powder and ultrafine powder.Methods: The quantitation of trigonelline was carried out on a Phenomenex (Luna 5 U RP C8 (2) column, 25 cm x 4.6 mm, i.d. 5 µm), using mobile phase comprising of distilled water containing HCl (pH adjusted to 3.5) and methanol in the volume ratio of 70:30, which was delivered at the flow rate of 0.5 ml per min, at 35 °C column temperature. The detection and quantitation of trigonelline were carried out using PDA detector at the wavelength λ=264 nm.Ultra-fine powder of Mirabilis jalapa Linn. was prepared using simple stepwise powdering method. The dried leaves of Mirabilis jalapa Linn. were ground using ice jacketed domestic mixer. This powder was sieved through a BSS 85 mesh sieve and considered as a micro powder. Further fine grinding was done by jet milling, followed by ball milling. This powder was considered as an ultra-fine powder.Results: The proposed HPLC method for quantitation of trigonelline from dried leaf powder of Mirabilis jalapa Linn. is rapid, simple, accurate and precise.Conclusion: The amount of trigonelline obtained using methanolic extracts of Mirabilis jalapa Linn. Ultra-fine powder and the micro powder was found to be 1.1103 mg/g and 0.7258 mg/g respectively