There are several factors which influence consumers to buy counterfeit products. Today, any product in any nation is vulnerable to this malady. Counterfeits are packaged and labeled to resemble the original brand-name and generic products. Therefore, fake products often illusion the consumers to thinking that they are buying authentic goods. Counterfeits are a real and looming threat to all manufacturers. Counterfeit policing measures are yet to mature and become omnipresent. With this background information, it is noteworthy to observe how the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) could help identify the factors responsible for influencing behavioral intentions of a consumer towards purchasing counterfeit products. The present study reviews existing literature on counterfeit products, identifies potential improvements, and provides further insight into consumer motives behind the purchase of counterfeits. Six primary factors that influence counterfeit purchase have been identified and the TRA has been applied to investigate the impact of these factors on consumer behavioral patterns. The factors are (1) social motivation, (2) personal gratification, (3) perception, (4) value, (5) brand loyalty, and (6) ethics. The ‘influence of society’ and ‘value for money’ have been identified as the top two reasons that motivate consumers to buy fake products based on a survey conducted. A mathematical ‘covariate interactions’ analysis as well as a Chi-square regression analysis corroborated the same finding- identifying the top two factors that most strongly influence a customer’s ‘Intent to purchase’. A logistic regression analysis was run on the survey results that yielded a mathematical expression which can predict how likely a customer is to buy a counterfeit [p(Y)]. The proposed correlation matches the obtained survey data very well.

The aim of this study was to establish relationships between parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence in two strawberry cultivars in order to detect the seasonal changes in their photosystem II (PSII) kinetics. Parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) such as: Fo, Fm, Fv/Fm, Fo`, Fm`, qP, qN and Y were measured in mature leaves of two strawberry cultivars ‘Teresa’ and ‘Honeoye’ in a late spring and an early autumn. Fluorescence of dark-adapted leaf samples was measured in the laboratory at room temperature, with the use of a portable pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) fluorometer in fifteen replicates for each parameter. Relationships between CF parameters calculated on the basis of Pearson’s correlation coefficients were highly differentiated in the analyzed cultivars and depended on the genotype and its specific response to the various environmental conditions characterizing both seasons of the year.

In this present paper we study product of some special functions via pathway fractional integral operator. Our results are quite general in nature .Some known and new results are also obtain here.

Tuberculosis (TB) is disproportionately affects the most economically disadvantaged strata of society. Many studies have assessed the association between poverty and TB, but only a few have assessed the direct financial burden TB treatment and care can place on households. Patient costs can be catastrophic health expenditure for TB affected households in Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). A survey of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) was carried out in Saharia dominated Pohri Block of Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India during the period 2013 to 2014. Of 9964 surveyed, 280 PTB cases identified formed the study population for the present study. Among 280 TB patients identified, 220 (79%) cases interviewed at their residence by trained field investigators after obtaining written informed consent. This study demonstrates the economic burden in terms of direct, indirect and total costs for both diagnosis and treatment. In our sample, majority getting treatment free of costs and those who incurred costs, they faced catastrophic TB care expenditure amounted to 10%, which is the proportion of various costs in relation to annual family income. TB is a major cause of impoverishment, as it puts a heavy burden on the family budget, which can force families to absolute poverty.

The aim of this descriptive-survey research was to investigate and analyze the organizational structure of Qeshm free zone based on 7 S of McKinsey. The research population included managers and experts of Qeshm free zone. Simple random sampling was used to select research population, and the number of population was decided according to Cohcaran formula, which was 84. The research was conducted in the form of questionnaires. The reliability and validity of the questions were tested by alpha Cronbach (0.848) and the use of experienced professors and experts respectively. To analyze research data Kolmogorov-Smirinov, T-test and Freedman test were used. The results of the research indicated that organizational structure based on 7-S McKinsey in Qeshm free zone is unfavorable, with common value, clerks and structure having the worst conditions. According to the research findings, it is recommended that managers of Qeshm free zone pay specific attention to internal environment of organization and ways to improve it.

Medical image compression has recently evolved as an area of research for progressive transmission. The distance based medical diagnosis, demands for high quality imaging at faster data transfer rate. As the information’s are highly informative, each pixel information defines a sample observation. Hence the coding in medical diagnosis need to be of higher accuracy than conventional image coding. In the approach of image coding multi spectral coding is developed as new coding approach to achieve the objective of higher visualization accuracy. With this observation in this paper a multi spectral coding using multi wavelet transformation is developed. The multi spectral coding is improved by a band selective approach using inter band correlation factor. The evaluation factors for such a coding technique are observed to be improved over conventional multi-spectral coding.

Stress is the psycho-biological construct. Stress creates from the personal behavior and their surrounding environment. Social relationship and organizational environment determines the level of stress among the employee. The study was going to explore the interrelationship between the individual value and collective value with role stress among the Nepal government officer. The study had adopted the simple random sampling to select the respondents. A total 284 government employees from technical and non-technical sectors were selected. Data was taken from the three strata: 1st class, 2nd class and 3rd class officers. The findings showed the significant relationship between the individual and collective values. Mean of individual value was higher than the collective value but the role stress was higher among the officer who took the collective value very much than individual value. Similarly, the non-technical officers felt higher level of stress than the technical officers.

Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEI) are an important issue in countries like the USA, where the evaluation results can impact professional promotion chances and salary of faculty. According to Seldin [11], the percentage of American colleges using SEI grew from 29% in 1973 to 68% in 1983 and to 86% in 1993. Consequently, the adequacy of SEI has been examined extensively, and many statistical studies have been published. Non-instructional factors, which cannot be influenced by instructors, may bias the evaluation rating and should be identified and eliminated for a fair comparison. But in many cases, a mere linear regression of SEI on such potential factors is not adequate.

The purpose of the study is to examine the challenges and attitude of teachers toward the implementation of Data Processing Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Ondo State of Nigeria. It is a survey research which employed a descriptive design. The sample for the study comprised of 200 teachers randomly selected from the ten secondary schools in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Twenty teachers were drawn from each school using purposive sampling technique giving a total of 200 respondents. A four likert- type of questionnaire was used as an instrument for the collection of data. A trial test was carried out to ascertain the reliability of the instrument using Cronbach alpha statistics technique and a value of 0.75 was obtained from the test. Two hundred copies of the questionnaire were administered in all the selected secondary schools. Mean was used to analyse and interpret the result obtained.Curriculum.The study also reviewed those things that must be put in place to ensure Data Processing curriculum is fully implemented in secondary schools in Ondo State.Two null hypotheses were generated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. It was revealed that availability of computer resources and availability ofData Processing (DP) Subject teachers had no significant influence on attitude of teacher toward the implementation of Data Processing Curriculum.

School counselors play an instrumental role in ensuring that students are career ready and attain academic and vocational success while in school and post-graduation. Regardless of the overlapping terms that are being used in the educational community, non-academic skills have been proven to be instrumental to successful students. This manuscript will address the terms being coined, as well as the significance for school counselors to promote these attributes in our students for them to be career ready.