The recent 2008 financial storm that hit the global markets has touched almost every economy around the world, in turn affecting consumers. During such economic downturns, it is expected that consumers will try to manage their expenses efficiently due to future uncertainty and fears. This paper is an effort to understand the theoretical framework of the financial crisis, its causes, consequences, and impact on the behavior of Canadian students’ purchasing patterns. Purchasing decision-making is a complicated process and is linked to many internal as well as external factors that can directly impact consumer buying behavior. The situation gets more complicated when financial crisis and recession are linked to involved uncertainties. Consumer buying behavior and decision-making processes are discussed along with major individual, social, psychological, and situational influencing factors.

The article reflects the results of clinical and radiological examination to solve the matter of lock choice for osteosynthesis (resorptive titanium or polymer) in the zygomatic-alveolar crest area) in case of fracture. As a result of the research the author concluded different approaches to the use of various types of clamps. Thus, in cases of small debris fractures in the zygomaticalveolar crest area and the presence of bone defect, a biodegradable polymer plate, as the only way to fix bone fragments, is impractical because in this area it is necessary to renew the buttresses. Polimerosteosynthetic rezorptive retainers author recommends in cases of restoration of the integrity measures.

In present scenario of business, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have been accepted as the engine of growth for promoting equitable development. The MSME sector in India is highlyheterogeneousintermsofthesizeoftheenterprises,varietyofproducts,servicesandlevelsof technology. The sector not only plays a critical role in providing employment opportunities at comparatively lowercapitalcostthanlargeindustriesbutalsohelpsinindustrializationofruralandbackwardareas, reducingregionalimbalancesandassuringmoreequitabledistributionofnationalincomeandwealth. The MSMEscontributenearly22 percent of the country’s GDP, 45 percent of themanufacturingoutputand40percentoftheexports. Despite a vital role MSMEs play in the Indian economy, their development hampered by a number of problems and constrains. Therefore, an attempt is made in this article to analyse the problems confronted by micro manufacturing entrepreneurs in the Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.

Wireless Sensor Network is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions. Wireless sensors networks (WSNs) can operate in harsh environments in which actual monitoring by human being are risky, inefficient and sometimes infeasible. This is the main advantages of WSN. In most of the cases, replenishment of batteries might be impossible. That’s why lifetime of WSN shows a very strong dependency on battery lifetime. So an important issue in sensor networks is power scarcity, which depends on battery size and weight limitations of WSN node. Energy-aware algorithms are designed for extending the lifetime of wireless sensor network. Different mechanisms can be used to optimize the energy of sensors and they have a great impact on prolonging the network lifetime. Energy minimization techniques can be used at routing, clustering and sensor scheduling etc.

Turtle’s exictence has long been threatened, either by nature or human eativities. The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of giving different feed concentration on the growth of green turtle baby (Chelonia mydas) at the age of 4 days for 5 week treatment period. This research uses experimental method. The material used is green turtle baby (Chelonia mydas) at the age of 4 days. The research was conducted at Sukamade Beach, Banyuwangi. The feed given is dry shrimp 3% and 8% of the weight of biomass. The results of the research indicate that the green turtle baby given dry shrimp with a concentration of 3% has a specific growth rate 1.429 ± 0.074 on average, less than the green turtle baby given dry shrimp with concentration of 8% which has a specific growth rate 1.630 ± 0.192.

This article focuses on the possibility of reducing poverty from an external source of finance as ODA, the example given is that of Cameroon. The purpose of this paper is to check the behavior of poverty in the presence of official development assistance. The data used come mainly from the World Bank, in "the book of world development indicators" on the CD -ROM (WDI 2014). Working for the period 1980-2013, the analysis was made with an error correction model. The endogenous variable is the average per capita income. Estimates made from the method of Johansen (1988), it appears that official development assistance has no effect on the level of poverty in Cameroun. The transformation of official development assistance in real gift would help to avoid the increasing indebtedness and thus reduce poverty.

Cactus pear is widely distributed in Tigray and South Amhara Regional state and is the integral part of the economy of the people. It is commonly used as a famine food, feed for livestock, bee forage, a source of cash income and short time occupation, soil and water conservation, live fences etc. However, cactus is been gradually destroyed. The peoples relied on cactus are suffering from the destruction. The effect of the insect cochineal has been an alarm around the region. The intention of this research was to find a solution to insects and pests on cactus. Insecticidal activity was done on Eucalyptu soil extracts and on three commercial pesticides. At all concentrations the oils terminate the cochineal insects of all ages. Especially, the male cochineals (adult and young) and young female were more sensitive to the oils respectively. Findings from spray test are promising with 80-90% inhibition in average.

This paper proposes and presents a method that would enable the use of dummy variable regression techniques for the analysis of sample data appropriate for analysis with the traditional one factor analysis of variance techniques with one, equal and unequal replications per treatment combination. The proposed method, applying the extra sum of squares principle develops F ratio-test statistics for testing the significance of factor effects in analysis of variance models. The method also shows how using the extra sum of squares principle builds more parsimonious explanatory models for dependent or criterion variables of interest. In addition, unlike the traditional approach with analysis of variance models, the proposed method easily enables the simultaneous estimation of total or absolute and the so-called direct and indirect effects of independent or explanatory variables on the dependent or criterion variables. The proposed methods are illustrated with some sample data and shown to yield essentially the same results as would the one factor analysis of variance techniques when the later methods are equally applicable.

This paper presents the use of standardization or adjustment of rates and ratios in comparing two populations using single indices rather than a series of specific rates or ratios. Here the overall adjusted crude rate or the unadjusted crude rate for two populations will have same estimate irrespective of the nature of the standard population distribution. These results are obtained in all cases whenever the two standard distributions are of the total sample. In these cases the overall adjusted crude rates based on the two sets of directly adjusted rates would be equal to each other, although not necessarily always equal to the overall unadjusted crude rate as is found to be the case here. However, if the standard population distribution chosen for a given population is different from that chosen for another, then the two resulting estimated adjusted or standardized crude rates would most likely not be equal to each other.

Bharweli mine is situated at 21050′N latitude and 81o14′E longitude. It lies within the Manganese belt of Madhya Pradesh and adjoining parts of Maharashtra andforms an East-West trending arcuate belt of 150 Kms long. It is enclosed within the metasedimentary sequence of Sausar Group of rocks belonging to Precambrian age. Regionally, it is situated in Mansar Formation and rocks comprise of quartzite, sericite schist, phyllite and conglomerate. It also has some carbonate associations, containing stratiform manganese ore comprising Braunite, Bixbyte, Hollandite, Hausmannite, Pyrolusite and Psilomelane which form the largest manganese reserves in India.