July 2020

This paper attempted to examine the concept of corruption and sustainable development in Nigeria. It is no longer an assumption that corruption has drastically crept into all spheres of human existence, thus making it obvious that corruption challenges remains a social menance that have proven difficult to be rid off in the society. However, corruption has taken different dimensions and has caused tremendous destruction on socio- economic and political development of both developed and developing nations. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the causes of corruption and assess the nature of its prevalence, gravity and persistency from one government/ regime to another in Nigeria. The paper adopted the conflict theorist by attempting to explain the motivational phenomena responsible for the persistency and unexacting acts of corruption in Nigeria. The position of the paper is that the perspective provided some knowledge into social challenges, as well as the general perception of corruption trend and its devastating impact on sustainable development in Nigeria. The documentary approach was extensively used in conducting the research. The study therefore recommends that steadfastness and spirit of uncompromising zeal that is devoid of sentiment would help to arrest and put an end to the reign of corruption in Nigeria. The process should also involve a holistic approach that require optimal commitment from top to bottom. And policy makers should endeavour to suggest ideas that would be implanted and not ending up in the archives, by signing agreements with government that such policies after being studied would find its way into the society.

Inadequate supply of vitamin A is among the most pressing challenges facing developing countries including Nigeria. This study was undertaken to develop an acceptable chin-chin from orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) and red bambara groundnut (RBG) flours. Orange fleshed sweet potato contain beta carotene which is a precursor of vitamin A. Red bambara groundnut have potential to supply high protein to food products. The OFSP and RBG flours were blended in ratios 60:40, 50:50, 40:60, and 30:70, respectively. Established recipe was used to prepare chin-chin from the blends and 100% wheat flour (control). The chin-chin samples were analysed for sensory attributes, oiliness, proximate composition, anti-nutrients, minerals, vitamins and energy contents using standard methods. Data were analyzed using ANOVA at α0.05. There were no significant differences among 50:50, 60:40 and 100% wheat chin-chin in overall acceptability. The values of the oiliness ranged between 1.37±0.10 % and 3.92±0.86%. The breaking energy ranged between 0.035±0.007 N.m and 0.167±0.022 N.m. Crude protein contents for chin-chin were 13.78±0.03% (30:70), 12.87±0.01% (40:60), 11.79±0.07% (50:50), 10.71±0.05% (60:40) and 10.79±0.29% (control). Alkaloids contents were 0.02%, 0.03%, 0.06%, 0.04%, and 0.03% for 60:40, 50:50, 30:70, 40:60, and control, respectively. Trypsin inhibitors were not detected in the chin-chin. Calcium contents of all the samples ranged between 23.14±0.15% and 24.83±0.07% and iron between 1.01±0.03 and 1.65±0.04 mg/100g. The beta carotene contents ranged between 0.85±0.06mg/100g and 5.27±0.09mg/100g. Metabolizable energy for the chin-chin ranged between 100.07±0.48 and 101.25±0.43 KJ. Chin-chin produced from blends of orange fleshed sweet potato and red Bambara groundnuts are rich in protein and pro-vitamin A and are low in anti-nutrients.

Egypt economic development has been boosted in the last three years by the economic reform program that has been implemented by the Egyptian government. The reform program have strengthened economic growth, reduced unemployment, increased foreign exchange reserves, and decreased government debts. That’s in addition, to the new discoveries in the oil and gas sector such as Zohr Field. All these factors helped in nourishing the business environment in Egypt. Besides, Egypt is considered a consumer-based economy; where the majority of economic activities are driven by the consumer spending as a percentage of GDP. Consequently, any business owner will be highly affected by any change in the consumer spending and the economic development in the country. Accordingly, this paper aims to present the current situation during COVID-19 Pandemic in Egypt from government management response including waste management during the Pandemic. The perspective is tackled as it represents the most important aspect that any business owner is affected by in times of crisis. In addition, to the chances that Egypt has created that will help in mitigating the negative consequences of the pandemic in the future.

During the last years there has been a growing interest to care quality in developed countries and certain developing countries as well since patients have become active partners in medical care nowadays. The purpose of this work is to assess the satisfaction of the hospitalized patients at eleven (11) MCO departments of the University Hospital Center of ORAN (UHC). Materials and Methods: We have carried out a prospective study during 15 days of two samples (groups) of eleven (11) hospital depts. Picked at random during the periods of October-November 2017 and December-January 2018. A multidimensional anonymous questionnaire translated in Arabic and French was handed over to the participants by medical students from a different department. Solely leaving patients on the same survey day were included. The level of satisfaction has been assessed through thematic and overall scores by combining all satisfaction dimensions. Results: We have included 198 patients. The average age of patients ranged between 35.74 ±21.4 years and children <5 years represented 12.1% of cases. Fifty four percent of the patients had secondary level education and 8.6% university level education. The overall satisfaction score was 56.7%.it varied significantly according to the gender (p<0.03) and admission sections (p<0.001). Scores for reception and psychological support were respectively as follows: 69.3% and 67.2%. Conclusion: Satisfaction assessment is less frequent and not compulsory in our health facilities. The obtained satisfaction overall score which varied significantly depending on the admission section, can be improved if corrective measures are taken. The improvement of quality in hospitals depends on various aspects including satisfaction assessment of patients without neglecting caregivers.

Bankruptcy for a company is a final declaration of its inability to sustain current operations given in its current debt obligations. Practically all firms must have source debt, load to expand operations or just to survive. Business failure is a major concern to the parties involved and can create high costs and heavy losses, due to this predication is highly beneficial. If bankruptcy could be predicted with reasonable accuracy ahead of time, firms could better protect their business and could take action to minimize risk and loss of business and perhaps even prevent the bankruptcy itself. The Indian textile industry is one of the leading textile companies in the world. It largely depends upon the textile manufacturing and exports, IBEF Report on Textile Industry and market Growth in India assesses the Indian textiles industry, currently estimated at around US$ 108 billion, is expected to reach US$ 223 billion by 2021. The industry is the second largest employer after agriculture, providing employment to over 45 million people directly and 60 million people indirectly. The Indian Textile Industry contributes approximately 5 per cent to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and 14 per cent to overall Index of Industrial Production (IIP). High interest rates, demand, mismanagement and power costs are the major factors that which leads to bankruptcy of textile companies. The specific aim of this research paper is to predict the financial health of the selected textile companies of Southern Rajasthan. One of the most commonly used statistical ratio models for predicting business distress is Altman’s Z-score Model. A sample of 05 textile companies was selected randomly from South Rajasthan to conduct the present research.

In this paper, we applied linear transformations in the graph theory. Firstly, we constructed vector spaces of a finite number of elements over the field F={0,1}.Then we used them to construct linear transformations (in fact linear operators), defined on each of the vector spaces of the degrees of the vertices;〖(D〗_V,+_V,._V); the vector space of the vertices;(V,⨁▒〖,⨀)〗 ; and the vector space of the number of the paths between the vertex a and the other vertices;〖(P〗_a,+_P,._P);.The last linear transformations is defined from V into D_V.

Coronavirus are a large family of virus which may cause illness in animals and humans. In humans, several coronavirus are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe disease such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The most recently discovered coronavirus causes coronavirus disease Covid19 and it has a global pandemic outbreak from Dec, 2019.Health care workers are at the front line of any outbreak response and such are exposed to hazards that put them at risk of infection with an outbreak pathogen (in this case COVID-19).1 The awareness about the disease, its sign and symptoms, transmission, conservative treatment, preventive measures etc. should be known to the health care workers. Keeping this point in mind, investigators were interested to gather information from the health care students and working professionals related to awareness of the pandemic COVID-19. Objectives of the Study: • To collect the baseline information of the health care students and working professionals. • To assess the knowledge regarding Covid-19, its transmission, progression and prevention. Materials and Methods: A web based descriptive survey research design was used for the study to accomplish the objectives. As it was the lock down period the tool was distributed through the Google forms created for the research data collection. One hundred thirty four (134) health care professionals working in various organization of eastern and north eastern region of India participated in this study from the period of 15th April 2020 till 30 April, 2020. The tools used to collect the information from the participants are the demographic data to collect the back ground information and structured knowledge questionnaire (Total no. of items were 22) to collect the information about their knowledge on Covid-19. Results: The overall awareness among health care students and professionals were good and very good respectively. 87% (n=134) knew that the transmission occurred through contact and droplet air route which shows they have good knowledge. 84% could response correctly on the clinical symptoms of Covid 19 which also interprets that they have very good knowledge. Majority (60%, n=134)) of health care personnel responded that the individual with COVID -19 can transmit the virus to other individual after only having or developing fever which interprets they have average knowledge. 100% (n=134) responded that the hand hygiene is an important standard precaution for general infection prevention and control which is a very good knowledge score. 73% (n=134), (good knowledge score) responded that PCR is an important diagnostic tool used to diagnose SARS CoV-2.

Introduction and Aim: Diastasis recti has been defined as impairment characterized by separation of two rectus abdominis muscles along the linea alba common during and after pregnancy. Due to increased stretch of rectus abdominis induced by expanding uterus that leads to lumbo pelvic instability and pelvic floor muscle weakness. It causes an increase in abdominal circumferences, low back pain together with dissatisfaction about body shape altered self-esteem and disadvantage in inter personal relationship. The study focuses on reducing the intra recti distance and improving the core muscle stability in postpartum women. To find the effectiveness of kinesiotaping on diastasis recti in postpartum women. Materials and methods: Thirty postpartum women were selected, based on selection criteria among them fifteen women were group A and another fifteen were group B and with the knowledge of the subjects, Vernier caliper and waist circumference and intra recti distance was done to assess the diastasis recti. Group A undergone kinesiotaping with core strengthening exercises and group B undergone post-partum belt with core strengthening exercises. Post test was done after eight weeks using Vernier caliper and intra recti distance. Results: There was significant difference between two groups was improving the core stability. In group A (kinesiotaping and core strengthening exercises) were more effective than group B (post-partum belt with core strengthening exercises). This implies that kinesiotaping is most beneficial in improving core stability.

The article entitled Characteristics of public service bureaucratic behavior aims to explain the new phenomenon related to attitude factors, public service behavior realizing good governance. Next, the writer wants to describe the category of bureaucratic behavior, that is, firstly regarding perceptions in the bureaucratic environment, secondly, the low ability of implementing officers, thirdly, not complying with applicable regulations, fourth, negative bureaucratic behavior and fifth, internal behavior of agencies within the government environment. The method used is descriptive qualitative with comparative analysis techniques comparing phenomenon and noumena related empirical facts supported by activity documents, the opinions of public service bureaucracy experts in the regional autonomy era. The results of this analysis have revealed consistent bureaucratic behavior determined by the authority and responsibilities held by bureaucratic officials. While the skills of bureaucratic officials determine professionalism, understanding commitment and work culture embody responsible attitudes and behavior. Furthermore, discipline, innovation and creativity create quality public service bureaucratic behavior. Through this analysis the authors conclude that bureaucratic behavior is of good character, the requirements are broad knowledge, discipline, have authority, understand commitment and work culture as a guide to providing professional services to the community.

The increasing concern for environmental sustainability by the banks has given rise to concept of Green Banking. Green banking is concerned with promoting the environmental friendly practices thereby reducing carbon footprint from banking activities. The banks and financial institutions can play an important role in promoting environmental sustainability through green banking practices that can influence the attitude of the stakeholders towards the environment. Green banking is always considered a boon to the growing society and is linked to environmental protection and sustainable development (Drakshayani, 2019). Many countries have adopted green banking practices in an attempt to address the issue of sustainability. Green banking is proactive in nature and a smart way to think towards future sustainability. Keeping this in mind, the present study aims to examine the green banking initiatives and the green practices adopted by the Indian Banking Sector. The key benefits of green banking for various stakeholders are also studied. The study is exploratory in nature and uses secondary sources of data collection. The most common green banking practices adopted by the Indian Banking Sector have been identified as online banking, mobile banking, fund transfer, bills payment etc. but still a vast area of green banking like innovation of green products and services such as green mortgage, green fund, investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency techniques etc. is untouched.

Road traffic injuries (RTI) are worldwide health and constitute an oversized majority of the deaths caused by all injuries. Every year the lives of approximately 1.35 million people are died as a result of a road traffic crash. Between 20 to 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as a result of their injury. we are introducing the automated alert device for vehicle accidents. The proposed system detects the accident and sends the data in less time to emergency services like 108 in India. This can be unacceptably high when put next with international standards. An intelligent system for accident detection using a microcontroller like Arduino. When an accident occurs accident detection device detects an accident and communicates with the GPS module and acquires the placement of the accident spot and can send that location to their relations and emergency services. After an accident, if the rider is safe then he/she can send the message that “No need to worry, I'm safe” by pushing the protection switch. For that, we'd like to speak with a microcontroller like Arduino by using the Arduino IDE platform.