THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART -

From the start, the part of ladies in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" may give off an impression of being unjustifiably restricted regarding their position and force. Individuals have not given a lot of consideration to it past obliging the suspicion that this novel presents ladies as a tragically persecuted bunch with no force. This expectation may give off an impression of being correct, yet after digging underneath this deluding surface, one can see that the ladies of the tribe hold some incredible positions. Subsequently, this article is an endeavor to show the significant part of ladies both in family and in African man centric culture. The ladies' ground-breaking positions in the family manage their capacities, for example profoundly as the priestess, emblematically as the earth goddess, and in a real sense as the nurturers of the Ibo public, the guardians of the sweet potato crops and the moms and instructors of the Ibo kids

Early events following murine gammaherpesvirus (MHV-68) infection

Murine gammaherpesvirus (MHV-68) was isolated from a bank vole. It has pathobiological and genetic similarities to other gammaherpesviruses including Herpesvirus saimiri, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). It infects laboratory mice and forms plaques on cell monolayers in tissue culture. The pathogenesis and immunology have been widely studied in the mouse system and it has been identified as a useful "small animal model".Mice were infected with 4xl0⁵ PFU MHV-68 intranasally. The virus infects alveolar epithelial cells and causes interstitial pneumonia. In the lungs the virus undergoes lytic replication which is cleared by day 10. Subsequently the virus is found latent in B cells that have been found to be important in the establishment of latency and in the transmission of virus from the lungs to the spleen. The spleen and the lymph nodes at this stage exhibit splenomegaly and lymphadenopathy respectively. In B cell deficient (μMT) mice, latently infected cells are not detected in the spleen and splenomegaly is not observed.In this study, the early events following MHV-68 infection in vivo were examined. The work focused on the mediastinal lymph node (MEN) that drains the lungs. Events occurring in the MLNs from the wild type C57BL/6 mice were compared to those of the pMT mice. The results demonstrated the absence of lymphadenopathy in pMT mice and indicated that lymphadenopathy in wild type C57BL/6 mice was brought about especially by the accumulation of B cells. Depletion of CD4+ T cells in wild type C57BL/6 mice demonstrated that the absence of CD4+ T cells only partially affected the accumulation of B cells and enlargement of the MLN. The pMT mouse showed the presence of latent virus in the MLN even in the absence of B cells. However by day 10 these cells were below levels of detection and there was no evidence of systemic transfer of virus

Multi-Stage Probabilistic Bipartite Graph Algorithm - Effect of Herbal Medicines on the Gut Ecosystem

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A Performance Comparison of Hypervisors for Cloud Computing

The virtualization of IT infrastructure enables the consolidation and pooling of IT resources so that they can be shared over diverse applications to offset the limitation of shrinking resources and growing business needs. Virtualization provides a logical abstraction of physical computing resources and creates computing environments that are not restricted by physical configuration or implementation. Virtualization is very important for cloud computing because the delivery of services is simplified by providing a platform for optimizing complex IT resources in a scalable manner, which makes cloud computing more cost effective. Hypervisor plays an important role in the virtualization of hardware. It is a piece of software that provides a virtualized hardware environment to support running multiple operating systems concurrently using one physical server. Cloud computing has to support multiple operating environments and Hypervisor is the ideal delivery mechanism. The intent of this thesis is to quantitatively and qualitatively compare the performance of VMware ESXi 4.1, Citrix Systems Xen Server 5.6 and Ubuntu 11.04 Server KVM Hypervisors using standard benchmark SPECvirt_sc2010v1.01 formulated by Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) under various workloads simulating real life situations

Psychological Elements in Manimegalai

Manimegalai is an epic and the protagonist of the text is Manimegalai. Madhavi's daughter was ordained as a Buddhist monk according to her mother's wishes. She tries to prevent her mind from going to her love Udayakumaran due to her previous birth. Later, she became a Buddhist monk according to her own will and lived with the duty of relieving people's hunger. Many deities and saints like Manimegalai Deivam, Sampathi Deivam Kandipavai, Aravanavadis, Samayakanakkar, Buddhadevan etc. refines the mind of Manimegalai. Their austerities help Manimegalai, who took asceticism at a young age, not to indulge in sensuality. Mantras that take other forms also lend a helping hand to Manimegalai. Finally, she propagates Buddhism. In this article it can be seen that Manimegalai's mindset is created based on virtue

A rapid deployment model for VGI projects in mobile field data collection

Spatial data collection in an organizational setup is growing in terms of the number of applications. While these applications are similar in providing the capability to collect and store spatial data, they are inherently different in the domains they cater to. For instance, they range from collecting data for facilitated Voluntary Geographic Information (VGI) like evaluating children’s walkability to schools or visual quality assessment of a community to crowd sourcing or emergency dispatch and large–scale census gathering. Mobile devices are a great medium to collect such VGI. Several constraints with respect to time, manpower and efficiency contribute to the lack of a technology model to enable dynamic creation and delivery of such projects. In this thesis, we address the research questions as to what a model for rapidly deploying a mobile VGI should look like and how to create one. We demonstrate this by creating a web–based project authoring system. The data collected from this system is fed into a Geographic Information System (GIS) model that automates creation of necessary spatial components and exposes them as Representational State Transfer (REST) services. An iOS mobile application consumes the web services and enables field data collection. The model also integrates multiple projects for a user while providing a domain specific means for collecting non–spatial attributes. Existing solutions for gathering data do not consider the relationship of attributes to one other. This thesis presents a dynamic decision tree implementation for the same, which improves efficiency and ensures correctness of the data collected in the field

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOOD AND EVIL IN MAN IN LORD OF THE FLIES BY WILLIAM GOLDING.

Agriculture i in i India i is i entirely i dependent i on i the i vagaries i of i nature i and i the i Indian i farmers i suffer i when i the i nature i deceives i them. i Indians i are i mystical i by i temperament, i and i believe i in i magic i and i miracles. i „Nectar i in i a i sieve‟ i is i a i study i of i Indian i rural i life, i and i the i quality i of i the i author i following i Indian i tradition i and i culture i is i seen i in i various i ways. i First, i there i is i a i grim i picture i of i hunger, i poverty i and i starvation i both i in i the i city i and i the i village. i Various i sections i of i rural i society i and i various i village i occupations i are i presented i through i the i characters.

Information Sharing for improved Supply Chain Collaboration – Simulation Analysis

Collaboration among consumer good’s manufacturer and retailers is vital in order to elevate their performance. Such mutual cooperation’s, focusing beyond day to day business and transforming from a contract-based relationship to a value-based relationship is well received in the industries. Further coupling of information sharing with the collaboration is valued as an effective forward step. The advent of technologies naturally supports information sharing across the supply chain. Satisfying consumers demand is the main goal of any supply chain, so studying supply chain behaviour with demand as a shared information, makes it more beneficial. This thesis analyses demand information sharing in a two-stage supply chain. Three different collaboration scenarios (None, Partial and Full) are simulated using Discrete Event Simulation and their impact on supply chain costs analyzed. Arena software is used to simulate the inventory control scenarios. The test simulation results show that the total system costs decrease with the increase in the level of information sharing. There is 7% cost improvement when the information is partially shared and 43% improvement when the information is fully shared in comparison with the no information sharing scenario. The proposed work can assist decision makers in design and planning of information sharing scenarios between various supply chain partners to gain competitive advantage