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| 1 | Social and Psychological factors for Superstition: A Brief Literature Review by Afreen Faiza | The present literature review focused on social and psychological factors associated with superstition. The literature included conceptual definition of superstition, prevalence and its probable underlying factors. It also sheds light upon the pros and cons for adherence with superstitious beliefs. Number of online articles published in peer reviewed journals, book reviews, abstracts, conference proceedings and dissertations were reviewed with a specific focus for psychosocial effects of superstition. The findings revealed that superstitious beliefs are widely spread and there are socio- learning predispositions which lie at backdrop of superstition. Superstition casts negative and positive influences on psychological health of individuals. Overall the paper is a worthy contribution for articulated understanding of phenomenon of superstition and its associated factors which opens horizons for further related and in depth inquiries. | 01 - 06 | Download Paper |
| 2 | Economic Viability of Solar Absorption Cooling System in Pakistan by Muhammad Adnan Ali, Ghulam Subhani,Saira Akram | In developing countries, electricity demand is ever increasing. The growing trend in the number of skyscraper building structures and increase in the use of electrical equipment installed in industrial as well as commercial buildings. Shortfall of electricity in Pakistan and a large difference in demand-supply of electricity emphasis on the alternative / cost effective solutions of the electricity and as well as cooling. In this regard, the uses of cooling technologies like Absorption Cooling have been a desired solution due to instantaneous availability of the sun in the region. The ever increasing / expanding infrastructure always required to complete energy demands, along with the necessity of cost reduction and higher reliability requirements, which drives towards the alternative resources to include cost reduction, reliability, available resources and efficiency. This increasing load / demand especially in expansion of projects required increased electricity consumption and resultantly cooling demand. Depending on the region, more than half the energy consumed can be for powering air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. And electrical power costs for cooling are often the largest expenditure for most occupied buildings. Absorption Cooling System (ACS) is an alternative substitute for Conventional Compression Cooling (CCC) when electrical power is unreliable and costly. | 07 - 14 | Download Paper |
| 3 | Social Media Use and Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria: Lagos and Onitsha in Focus by Doris Ngozi Morah, PhD, Oladokun Omojola, PhD | This study examines the use of social media platforms - Facebook and Whatsapp - and how they support the growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in two major cities in Nigeria, Lagos and Onitsha. Hinged on the Diffusion of Innovations and Technological Acceptance Models, it uses descriptive survey research design to study 300 SMEs in the selected areas using the questionnaire instrument. Findings reveal the preponderance of Whatsapp usage, leading to greater market accessibility and enhanced customer relations. These outcomes have significant effects on the development of the SMEs. In spite of the potentials for increased visibility of the two interactive social platforms, many business owners are oblivious of their existence! They would need to be enlightened about the usage of social media as a component of their economic growth strategy. | 15 - 26 | Download Paper |
| 4 | Control of Corruption in India: A Socio-Legal Challenge by Dr. Shashi Nath Mandal | Corruption is an ancient issue
and it is a global problem which poses a serious threat to
the development of a country and its people. From the
post-Vedic era to the post-modern era India has been one of
the worst affected countries from the ill effects of
corruption. Corruption prevails in India in almost all
spheres and walks of life. In India, the existing
anti-corruption laws are either to regulate the conduct of
Public Servant or intervene into the post-corruption cases
though investigations. This article provides a tour of the national legal framework regarding corruption and seeks to address the position of anti-corruption regulations in India aimed at combating corruption. It will deal with three aspects, at the first part, the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which is India's principal legislation against corruption, is basically thirsting upon the control on the public servants from accepting or soliciting illegal gratification in the discharge of their official functions. Secondly, the laws to control corruption with various established investigating agencies and Lokpal and Jan Lokpal Bill. The third part outlines the problems and challenges of Indian anti-corruption laws and agencies in preventing corruption besides forwarding certain recommendations for the better regulation of the problem in India. |
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| 5 | A Secure and Systematic Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Ravina Singhania & Kyshapi Gupta | A Mobile ad hoc Network is a kind of wireless network, which is dynamic in nature that can be established by infrastructure less connections in which every node can act as a router on its own. These nodes are free to move randomly and manage themselves and also perform the task of routing. So the network’s topology changes very dynamically and unpredictably. The security in MANET has become a significant and active topic within the research community. This is because of high demand in sharing streaming video and audio in various applications of computers and communication industry. A MANET could be setup quickly to facilitate communications in a hostile environment such as battlefield or emergency situation like disaster rescue operation. Due to the ad hoc and dynamic nature of MANET’s, they are open to malicious activity from intruders. In spite of the several attacks aimed at specific nodes in MANET that have been uncovered, some attacks involving multiple nodes still receive little attention. The main reason for this is that people use the same security measures that can be used for wired networks also to MANET. Furthermore, it may also have to do with the fact that no survey or taxonomy has been done to clarify the characteristics of different multiple node attacks. There are many routing protocols proposed for MANET's but most of them exhibit poor performance in the presence of attacks. A new hybrid secure routing protocol SDSR that establishes a secure communication path across the nodes in the network which improves the packet delivery ratio, throughput and reduces the end to end delay, overhead incurred across the network and also the number of packet losses has been proposed. This protocol works for both proactive and reactive networks and hence can be considered as a hybrid protocol for MANET’s. It reduces the multiple node attacks if there are malicious nodes in the network. It uses metrics like reputation, trust, packets received, delayed and dropped to create a trust environment in the network. The proposed protocol has been implemented using NS-2 .The new hybrid secure routing protocol SDSR achieved better packet deliveryratio and throughput when compared with protocols like AODV, AOMDV DSDV,DSR etc. and reduced the amount of packet losses, overhead incurred and the End-to-End delay in routing the packets from source to destination. | 33 - 45 | Download Paper |