Demographic and Socio-economic Determinants of Birth Interval Dynamics in Manipur: A Survival Analysis

The birth interval is a major determinant of levels of fertility in high fertility populations. A house-to-house survey of 1225 women in Manipur, a tiny state in North Eastern India was carried out to investigate birth interval patterns and its determinants. Using survival analysis, among the nine explanatory variables of interest, only three factors – infant mortality, Lactation and use of contraceptive devices have highly significant effect (P<0.01) on the duration of birth interval and only three factors – age at marriage of wife, parity and sex of child are found to be significant (P<0.05) on the duration variable

Efficient Algorithm to Determine whether a given Graph is Hamiltonian or Not with All Possible Paths

Given a Graph G (V, E), We Consider the problem of deciding whether G is Hamiltonian, that is- whether or Not there is a simple cycle in E spanning all vertices in V. [1] However to Verify that the given cycle is Hamiltonian by checking whether it is permutation of the vertices of V and whether each of the consecutives edges along the cycle actually exists in the Graph. This Verification Algorithm can certainly be implemented to run in O (n2) time, where n is the length of the encoding of G [2]. But to predict in Advance that the Graph has Hamiltonian Cycle or not was still Exponential before this Algorithm. This Problem is known to be NPComplete hence cannot be solved in Polynomial time in |V| unless P=NP. However till today there was no known Criterion we can apply to determine the existence Hamiltonian Circuit in General [3]. For its Exponential time We can Refer to theorems: - Vertex Cover problem is polynomially transformable to the Hamiltonian circuit Problem for Directed graphs, hence the Hamiltonian Circuit problem for Directed Graph is NP-Complete and the Hamiltonian Circuit Problem for Directed Graph is Polynomialy transformable to Hamiltonian Cycle Problem for Undirected Graph, hence the Hamiltonian Cycle Problem for undirected Graph is NP-complete [4]. Note that these derivations are based on the CNF- Satisfiability. Through this Paper we have introduced a Newer Algorithm with different approach to determine whether a given Graph is Hamiltonian or Not with all possible Paths, by applying Few Mathematical and logical Operations. This provides necessary and sufficient condition for a graph to be Hamiltonian

The particularity of Christ and the plurality of religions : a dialectical paradigm for developing a Christian theology of religions

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Financial Evaluation of Management Post Graduate Programs in Indian Average Business Schools: A Case of Uttarakhand, India

Management Institutions in India are considered as a placement agency, because the course like M.B.A\ PGDM are considered as a course which would result into a lucrative pay package, fast track career, a respectable job and a lot many things which an achievement oriented student would ever desire. But the course like M.B.A or PGDM from average institutions in India has got a totally different meaning; in terms of cost and return this is the reason for the declining demand of management education in average B-Schools in India. This research is focusing on the financial evaluation of this course on the basis of cost and placement packages offered by the B- institution in Uttarakhand (India. Key words: Cost, Return, Cash flow, NPV, Pay - Back Period

Trade and industrial development of Fiji with special reference to the period since 1970: a review of growth and constraints in an island developing country

This thesis examines the trade and industrial development of Fiji particularly in the post-1970 period and the government’s attempts to achieve economic diversification, to assess how successful they have been and to determine how much success or failure is the result of objective constraints imposed by smallness and remoteness and through government’s intervention in the economy. In particular, the study investigates the importance of trade and industrial development, both by the public and private sectors, in stimulating economic development, and shows how much each has contributed towards the process of diversification. It is the basic contention of this thesis that the historic economy of island developing countries such as Fiji, and indeed of the South Pacific, has tended to be monocultural, mainly due to the special problems posed by small size, relative isolation and cultural constraints to economic development. These factors inevitably influence investment policy and development priorities. In view of its narrow base, the Fiji economy has been subject to fluctuations, sometimes with high amplitudes, in the wake of supply disturbances, such as following natural disasters, the external shock of commodity price variations, escalations in the oil prices and down-turns in the world economy. The study shows that despite these constraints, Fiji to some extent has been successful in its efforts to diversify by creating a congenial investment climate for both foreign and local investment, by the cultivation of a greater mutual mutual trust between the public and the private sector and by encouraging foreign investment in appropriate areas without any undue restrictions, a feature common to many developing countries. The process of investment by the private (predominantly foreign) sector and the public sector has been regarded as one of partnership to the mutual benefit of both sectors and the nation’s development. This investment has been the major weapon in alleviating the problem of unemployment and under-employment through the creation of more job opportunities and has been an important means of rectifying internal imbalances and inequalities. A number of important industries, albeit still relatively small in size, are in place. These include gold and fisheries, which feature as important employers and the source of foreign exchange. Pine plantations are now being harvested for timber and for conversion into wood chips. It is expected that the timber industry, after the harvesting and the processing of the pine and the hardwood plantation trees peak, will rival sugar as the most important source of foreign exchange for the country. Manufacturing, particularly of garments, has started to grow rapidly, mostly due to favourable trade agreements and the establishment of export processing zones with well-designed incentive packages to attract foreign investors to operate on their own or on a joint venture basis. The study concludes that the government’s strategy of diversification of the economy by supporting the development of industry, agriculture and tourism is slowly changing the structure of the Fiji economy, although the process may be a long one due to the fact that sugar is still of fundamental importance as a substantial contributor to government’s revenue, a significant provider of employment and the leading export earner

Characterizing and Profiling Global Segments of Responsible Consumers – A Narrative Review

The prime purpose of the paper is to examine and identify the determinants of responsible consumption behaviour by synthesizing the determinants’ structure as available in varied literature. Further, it profiles responsible consumers according to their identified categories of determinants. Content analysis is exercised on wide literature of more than one hundred research papers, articles and reports that narrate, characterize and profile responsible consumers. The identified demography of the responsible consumers includes: females, young, highly educated, academically intelligent, non-business academics, employed in high-status and leadership positions, members of small families and married with children living at home. According to sociological features, responsibles are the children of highly educated parents, get full support from their family, have liberal and democratic political views and hold time and availability to contribute for responsible acts. Viewing from an economic and geographic perspective, these consumers are average in income, satisfied with their income levels, not much wealthier and majority of them lives in urban areas and larger cities. The cultural features support them as collectivists with feeling of universalism. These consumers trust others, open to change, believe in civic-cooperation, like fun, have a network as members of environmental organizations, religious with extreme religiosity and love their country having highest national pride. As far as psychological features are concerned, they originate from a very good psyche, are initiators, internally controlled living indulgent lifestyles, future minded, less sceptic with high civic sense, creative, have harmony and believe in self efficacy. They are also environmentally concerned and settle in balance with nature. The paper will direct marketers in locating and serving the desired segment of responsible consumers. Information on various segmentation dimensions will facilitate easy policy making for STP model and favourable segmentation strategy formulation. The findings in the paper are based on the results of various studies which may be applicable only on the population similar to sample frame of the individual studies. Future researchers thus get a cue for a more refine research to supplement and enlarge the present inference of responsible consumer segments to disparate markets. The paper synthesizes vast varied literature for the first time in an evolving field of responsible consumption behavior. The outcome will provide base in theory formulation