Aim: The number of dental colleges has increased markedly and so has the number of dental graduates. But the dental curriculum has not been modified to cater to the needs of the people. Hence the aim of this study was to assess self-perceived competency of interns towards dental practice among dental colleges of Delhi NCR. Material and Methods: A cross sectional questionnaire study was conducted Self- perceived competency of interns was assessed using a valid self–administered questionnaire with 10 parameters and 76 closed ended questions. Statistical Analysis: Data collected was analyzed and frequency tables were computed using statistical software packages SPSS software windows (version 22.0). Results and Conclusion: Majority of interns felt they were not skilled enough in performing procedures which are the basic requisites in running a dental operatory. Hence it was concluded that there exists a need to change the current curriculum and promote competency based education for it is these aspiring dentists who will decide the future of oral health in our country.

The soil water erosionrisk is the most importantchallenges facingthe agricultural processinthe Syrian coastat the present time, especially those areas surrounding rivers and water leaks. This study aims to produce soil erosion risk map based on Coo Rdination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) model for the near and middle basin part of the Northern Al- Kabeer River (Lattakia province). To achieve this objective, the first phase of the study evaluates the soil erosion viability by estimating soil texture, Soil depth and stoniness percent. Consequently, soil erosion viabilities were classified according to its influencing degree in soil erosion.

In this paper, we examined the stability of the equilibrium points for the model of three mutually competing species within a stable ecosystem. For the stable ecosystem, we proposed that there are combinations of initial population densities and efficiency parameters that can balance the coexistence of these species for a very long time. This desirable biological property of a stable non-extinction equilibrium point for the ecosystem was obtained for all cases considered in this research work.

General purpose software design and development involves the repetition of many processes, and the ability to automate these processes is often desired. To formalize a software process, such as modelling pipeline systems that transport fluids, an existing general purpose programming language (GPL) can be extended with its important aspects extracted as a model. However, the complexities and boundaries the programming language places on the ability to concisely and clearly describe the designing and modelling processes of the pipeline configurations can be difficult. The reality is that the library of a typical GPL Application Programmers Interface (API) constitutes class, method, and function names that become available only by object creation and method invocation, and as such cannot express domain concepts effectively. An alternative approach is to develop a language specifically for describing the processes. A language formalism that encourages domain specific development and as a tool for solving the complex problem of efficiently and effectively aiding the pipeline engineer in the design and implementation of pipeline configurations is presented in this paper. The language tool is used on the .Net platform for domain specific software development.

Yorùbá people relish in interspersing their utterances with proverbs. Hardly can a typical Yorùbá man or woman utter three sentences without putting in a proverb. Hence, Yorùbá say: ‘Òwelẹṣinọ̀ rọ̀ ,ọ̀ rọ̀ lẹṣinòwe, bọ́ rọ̀ bá sọnù, òwe la fi n ́ wa’ translated to mean that ‘proverb is the vehicle through which issues are resolved. However, Yoruba proverbs are not just strung together haphazardly; they follow some particular syntactic rules of the grammar of the language. These syntactic rules give some aesthetic values to proverbs usage in the languge. This paper is set to discuss the various syntactic forms that many of the Yorùbá proverbs manifest. We also look at the implication of the syntactic rules upon which these proverbs are hinged and how these rules are applied to structures to conform to the wellformedness condition of Yoruba grammatical sentences.

In this research we describe the preparation of polyimide with pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) and p-phenylene diamine (PDA) thin films by physical vapor deposition. For this study, FTIR Spectrometer has been used to measure the effect of imidization temperature on the chemical structure of vapor-deposited thin films of the aromatic PI. When temperature increases, a general increase in all the absorption peaks is observed. This suggests that residual PAA monomers continue to be converted into PI. The surface topology of the PI films was further examined by using AFM atomic force microscopy as a function of the imidization temperature at 150,200,250oC for 1 hour each, it can be clearly seen that the surface became rougher with increasing imidization temperature. The thermal stability of polyimide was also improved by using Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA).

Youths should have access to education, nutrition and health care. Educated and healthy youths help nation to develop fast. Mumbai Metropolitan Region is most developed region of India. But the prevalence of malnutrition is widely viewed across slums in region. The incidence of malnutrition is increasing with increase in age among youths. The parent’s lower educational achievement is a cause of malnutrition among youths. At lower household income, the incidence of malnutrition is higher but as the income increases the incidence of malnutrition declines among youths. The various asset holding is lower with malnourished youths of slums in region. Most of nutritious food is eaten by the youths but still prevalence of malnutrition is higher among youths. The logit model for youths is positively correlated to sex, water requirement, read newspaper and magazines, prenatal care. It is negatively co-related to car owned, contraceptives used, child care at home. The logit regression for female is positively correlated to sex, weekly water requirement, IUD, prenatal care. It is negatively co-related to known of nutrition, condom use, child care at home. The logit regression for male is positively co-related to private source of drinking water, weekly water requirement; purify drinking water, known nutrition, curd and vegetable consumption. It is negatively correlated to sex, pulses and fruits consumption. In order to reduce the incidence of malnutrition among youths, the state government and municipal corporations must provide infrastructural facilities in slums. Most of the slums are not provided sewage line, electricity, water supply and solid waste collection system etc. The water supply in slums is very important to reduce the water washed and water borne diseases. State government must provide vocational training to poor people of slums. Such skills will improve income and asset holdings. Youth need counseling related to good behavior, nutritious diet, examinations and

This article presents an extensive literature review of the empirical studies carried out in past for evaluation and selection of components during the design phase of Component Based Software Systems (CBSS). In CBSS approach the software systems can be developed by selecting appropriate components which then are assembled to form a complete software system. These Components can be either of the two (a) COTS (Commercial-off-the-Shelf) components or (b) Inhouse built components. These components are selected based on different parameters of cost, reliability, delivery time etc. Therefore, optimal selection of the components plays a vital role in development of CBSS as it saves time and effort. Related articles appearing in the International Journals from 1992 to 2014 are gathered and are critically analyzed. Based on the review it is seen that some of the important issues have not been explored fully. Hence there is scope of improvement which paves the path for future work.

Helicobacter. pylori is a component of class 1 carcinogens and there is a close association between the incidence of gastric cancer and high prevalence of infection with this bacterium. The risk of gastric cancer associated with H. pylori infection in industrialized and developing countries is estimated to be 80% and 70% respectively. CagA is the important virulence factor in this bacterium and all of the strains involved in gastric cancer are CagA positive. This factor is secreted into host cells by type IV secretion system. CagA and type IV secretion system in H. pylori encoded by the cag pathogenicity islands (cag PAI) that encodes 30 proteins which are necessary for the pilus formation and function of type IV secretion system, so regarding to the role of this secretion system in secreting CagA and its function in pathogenesis and cancer development in humans and the role of different proteins of this secretion system such as canal and pilus formation and their necessity for function of these structures, it is possibly they are be appropriate candidates for design vaccine, because with inhibiting these proteins can stop canal and pilus formation and finally hinder CagA secretion into the host cells.

The rapid increase of the use of mobile phones has created a new channel for marketing. SMS Marketing can be an effective medium of advertising in Bangladesh. The use of Short Messaging Service (SMS) has become more important to access potential customers through their mobile phones. The purpose of this paper is to measure & compare the effectiveness of push (SMS) service between Grameenphone and Airtel Telecommunication Company of Bangladesh. Results show that in most of the dimensions of push service like language of push SMS, degree of customers’ irritation, degree of annoying, social, educational and govt. information, relevancy to customers’ life style, Airtel is lagging behind GP. Being the young company, Airtel is in the good position regarding information about service activation & deactivation, customer satisfaction level, special offer and advance permission. Most of the dimensions do not match with the effectiveness of push services especially customers of both companies are irritated and annoyed about push SMS. So in case of overall evaluation for both companies the effectiveness of push service is not in satisfactory level. The findings of this study necessitate the ways for Airtel as well as GP to adopt customer-centric strategic approach through competitive offerings & quality services to enhance the customer attractiveness towards push SMS and improve the effectiveness of push service. The study will contribute significantly regarding the policy making of the business professionals, advertising professionals as well as Telecommunications Company (especially GP & Airtel) in selecting, evaluating and establishing the proper SMS marketing and push service methods.