It is the society that gives names and so they determine what a person, place or thing be named. This paper seeks to explain types of names among the Babukusu of Kenya within a linguistic context. It uses an inflectional or derivational approach to describe the pattern of the names. We discovered that the types of names namely, personal names, place names and names of things and tools have some form of morphological pattern. There is what we refer to as ‘indirect’ and ‘direct’ type of names. Kibukusu personal male and female names have prefixes to differentiate gender but share the same root word. This we have referred to as indirect reference of naming in some instances. Where there is a direct reference of naming, the names do not have prefixes because they are names that refer to other things, but are also used for persons. We observe that place names share the same features of personal names. Names for things and tools have been taken from Kiswahili and bukusulized in other words; the names are made to look Kibukusu words.

Information on combining ability and heterotic grouping for newly developed inbred lines is of paramount importance to design future breeding strategies for the development of hybrid and synthetic varieties. The objectives of the present study were to examine combining ability and to determine heterotic groups of the inbred lines for grain yield and other desirable traits. Twenty five inbred lines were used for the formation of the experimental crosses using line x tester mating design. The resulting 50 F1 crosses plus two standard checks (BH540 and BH543) were evaluated at Bako, Western Ethiopia in 2012 main cropping season. The entries were arranged in alpha lattice design with three replications. Data on grain yield, other agronomic traits and disease reactions were recorded under field condition. The highest grain yield was recorded from L24 x T1 (CML312/CML442) (9.97 t ha-1). The analysis due to mean squares for crosses was highly significant for all traits except for plant aspect, ear per plant, and number of plants per plot, and thousand kernel weights indicating the existence of genetic variability for all traits. GCA of line was significant for grain yield, agronomic traits and disease severity index. The mean square due to SCA for line by tester combinations were also significant for grain yield, stalk lodging, root lodging, ear rot, husk cover, maturity date, 50% silking day, and Turcicum leaf blight. Significant GCA and SCA effects were indicative of the importance of both additive and non additive gene effects in the control of the traits. However, in all traits, the proportion of GCA sum of square was higher than SCA sum of squares indicating the preponderance of additive gene effects in the control of all traits. Based on the SCA of crosses, the two testers used in this study successfully classified nine out of 25 tested inbred lines into two heterotic groups, A and B: six inbred lines belong to heterotic group A, while the remaining three belong to h

Against a backdrop of serious hunger and general poverty in the country residents in most urban areas have embarked on urban agriculture as one of the safety valves. General food insecurity has become a permanent feature of most rural and city households. This is because opportunities in the formal sectors are all but non-existent. Pursuance of urban agriculture has been done despite the spirited ruthlessness from the city authorities who regard the practice as being against urban by –laws. This paper analyses this phenomenon. Drawing on empirical evidence from one residential area in Gweru, Mkoba, the paper argues that urban agriculture is a safety valve that is here to stay and the sooner the city authorities reform legislation to accommodate it the better. Urban agriculture generally practiced by women, and to some extent men, has aggravated the burden that women carry in raising the family and it has therefore entrenched their characterization in society as “Beasts of Burden”. The contestation over urban spaces between the residents and city authorities is one which the latter are slowly but surely losing because urban agriculture has become a significant feature of urban livelihoods.

56 year old male presented with one month history of vomiting with abdominal pain; hemogram suggested polycythemia with hemoglobin of 16.5-18.1gm%, gastroscopy showed pan gastritis, bone marrow smear, biopsy showed erythroid, megakaryocytic hyperplasia;ultra sonogram abdomen, pelvis did not show any significant abnormality; patient improved with parenteral hydration, proton pump inhibitors; after ~7 months he returned with weakness, weight loss; hemoglobin alone had increased to 19 to 20gm%, with a hematocrit of 56.1%, other cell lines were not involved, suggesting secondary polycythemia; CT scan brain revealed Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma with obstructive hydrocephalus; emergency ventriculo peritoneal shunt was performed, followed by excision of the tumor; patient recovered and hemoglobin normalized.

The paper examines the multi-dimensionality of rural agriculture and rural development in terms of productivity, income and welfare in terms of health, nutrition, education and other features of satisfactory life of rural people. It is an integral approach to agricultural production. Both processes are very important considering because more of the bulk of the population in sub-Sahara Africa especially Nigeria lives in rural areas and they experience much misery, poverty, morbidity and under-development. The paper also x-rays the requirements for agricultural and rural development such as a national philosophical base, integrated pilot demonstration, cohesive identity, participatory development, gender mainstreaming among others. Finally, the paper discussed the condition necessary for people oriented agricultural and rural development in Nigeria.

The study focused on the effects of migration by nomadic farmers on livelihoods of the rural crop famers in Enugu State of Nigeria. The study had the following specific objectives; determine the socio-economic attributes of the rural crop and nomadic farmers; identify the sources of nomadic farmers conflicts in the rural crop farmers farm fields; assess the socio-economic effects of migration by nomadic farmer on rural development and describe the methods adopted to resolve nomadic farmers conflicts with rural crop famers in the area. In the sampling procedure, purposive and random sampling techniques were used. A purposive multi stage sampling technique was used to obtain a sample size of 60 nomadic farmers and 80 rural farmers, information was elicited using questionnaires.

The zygapophyseal joint is very rarely affected with mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report three new observations of tuberculosis of zygapophyseal joint. It usually affects immunocompromised patients particularly by HIV. The clinical symptoms are not very different from spinal tuberculosis. Plain radiographies of the lumbar spine are not contributory. The radiographic diagnosis was achieved through CT scan and/or magnetic resonance imaging. The diagnosis was made in the first case by polymerase chain reaction and in the second case by identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the latter case, the diagnosis was presumptive with satisfactory outcome on tuberculosis treatment. Zygapophyseal arthritis is an unusual location of the bone and joint tuberculosis. The performance of an efficient imaging (CT scan and/or magnetic resonance imaging) is necessary in front of any inflammatory low back pain.

India is the second largest mobile phone user with over 900 million users in the world. Since India is a country, where most of the students have access to cell phones, instructors should be harnessing this power to enrich language education experience and bring memorable experiences to the Sanskrit language classroom. Sanskrit teaching could be promoted with advanced multimedia and hypermedia. For over a decade, the new media (NMC) has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching learning and creative inquiry on a global scale. Since Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer, instructors could use emerging technologies to train the language.

Language proficiency tests for first, second or foreign language are designed for various purposes. Firstly, they may be part of the curriculum of a school or a university where students have to fulfill the requirement of the academic programme they have chosen. Secondly, they may also be a requisite in getting a particular type of job, and such like. In most of these tests, especially in the second type, the focus is on the candidate’s linguistic ability, whereas the social and cultural factors which form part of language usage isoften sidelined. This paper discusses the significance of these three factors – linguistics, social and cultural - in the formulation of language proficiency tests. An illustration is given in the proficiency tests for Malay for foreigners intending to study or work in Malaysia, consisting of three groups - the professionals, the students, and the workforce. The tests are designed against the backdrop of the socio-cultural milieu of Malaysia.Principles taken into consideration in the design of these tests are simplicity versus complexity, the choice of domains and register, authenticity, and sensitivity.

This primary data based study attempts to explore the factors the investors of capital market critically consider while making their investment decisions. Study took place in Bangladesh, an economically potential developing country. A total of 125 investors were surveyed conveniently with a structured questionnaire containing 25 variables. Broad category of factors are ‘Internal & Economic’, ‘Internal & Supporting’, ‘Internal & Regulatory’, ‘Company Image’, ‘Market Info’, ‘External’ and ‘Market Situation’. Specific variables like dividend, EPS, company goodwill, industry growth, SEC regulation, and change in Govt. policy are found to be positively influential. The least influential factors are P/E ratio, price hike of necessary goods, market rumor etc.