Purpose:The paper, which is a part of the study to monitor the service quality in the education sector, sought to empirically validate the service quality dimensions that are relevant to the higher education institutes across India. Design and Methodology:Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was carried out to identify the underlying latent variables that significantly determine the service quality in higher education institutes (HEI’s) in India. 600 Post-Graduate (PG) students were sampled from three universities located in Punjab in a cross-sectional survey wherein a self-administered structured questionnaire was used for getting the relevant information. Findings: On analysis four factors emerged highlighting the importance of faculty & staff behaviour, tangibles, delivery and attitude, as the ones which significantly affect the quality of service being offered by the HEI’s.The initial reliability testing for the dimensions yielded a Cronbach alpha ranging from 0.906 to 0.943 indicating that the modified instrument I-SERVQUAL can be conveniently used by HEI’s for measuring service quality. Practical Implications:The focus on higher education in the last two decades or so has led to the establishment of many public and private higher education institutes (HEI’s) and universities in the country. The students, now-a-days, before joining any institute tend to look at, not only the type, but also quality of the services being offered by the institutes. This paper does provide an extensive block of thirty one items; split into four dimensions, for assessing the service quality of HEI’s.

The unavailability and high prices of medicines are the cause of the infringement and its impact on consumer satisfaction. We offer ourselves to assess the level of perceived risk of counterfeit medicines among consumers. Indeed, this study was conducted on the basis of a questionnaire to a sample of 250 people. We had a dependent variable frequency of purchase. Purchase frequency was explained by the perceived risk factor initially been apprehensive; this factor comprising a number of variables all inspired by the literature review. Drawing on the methodology of Mallet (2004), we conducted an analysis at two levels, namely descriptive and explanatory. Descriptive analysis showed that the variable that best assess the risk is felt Risk incurred. Estimating a multinomial logistic regression, it appears that users do not perceive significant risks associated with the use of counterfeit drugs. In addition, the perception of risk is not sufficient to explain the frequency of purchase of counterfeit medicines. It would be possible for organizations that protect the rights of consumers to focus on the risks to alert consumers to significantly reduce the purchase and the consequences associated with the use of counterfeit drugs1.

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disease characterized by a state of chronic hyperglycemia resulting from defect in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. Diabetes mellitus is a cluster of abnormal metabolic paradigm having common features of hyperglycaemia Type2 Diabetes mellitus has been shown to be a state of increased free radical activity3. Chronic hyperglycemic status favours auto-oxidation and the formation of advance glycation and products. There is a positive correlation between Adenosine deaminase and control of Type2 Diabetes Mellitus. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is the measure of lipid peroxidation of membrane lipids which is directly proportional to the oxidative stress on the membrane. The correlation of Malondialdehyde (MDA) and Adenosine deaminase(ADA) levels in relation to control of Type2 Diabetes mellitus based on HbA1C level indicate that there is an auto-oxidation of glucose which results in persistent production of Malondialdehyde (MDA) and ROS which can release advance glycation end product(AGE) and advanced lipoxidation end products ( ALE). A case control comparative study was done with Type2 Diabetes mellitus and normal controls at BMCH&RC, Chitradurga. According to the criteria, blood sample were collected under aseptic precautions and evaluation of Fasting Blood Sugar, HbA1C, Adenosine deaminase(ADA), along with RBC membrane ghost preparation and estimation of Malondialdehyde (MDA) were done. In this study, It was found that there was significant increase of Adenosine deaminase(ADA) in serum of Type2 Diabetes mellitus cases (40.06 ± 9.16) in comparison to control groups (21.21 ± 5.72) with a statistical significance of(P<0.001)along with Malondialdehyde (MDA) of RBC membrane which was also significantly increased (4.23 ± 0.21) in Type2 Diabetes mellitus in comparison to normal control (3.28 ± 0.19) with a statistical significance of P<0.001. In our study, the positive correlation of membrane Malondialdehyde (MDA) and serum Adeno

Quantum dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is one of now popular technology for its highly scalable feature and ultra low power consumption that made its one of the promising alternatives to CMOS technology. This paper present a new layout design of Multiply Complements Logic (MCL) gate based on QCA inverter (INV), QCA wire and QCA majority voter (MV) gates. To verify and simulate the proposed gate QCA Designer and Microwindlite tools are employed. The simulation result confirmed the correctness of the proposed circuits and comparison shows the area efficiency of QCA over CMOS technology. This proposed design layout has a promising future in constructing ultra low power exhausting information processing system and can stimulate higher digital applications in QCA.

This paper proposes and presents a method that would enable the use of dummy variable multiple regression techniques for the analysis of sample data appropriate for analysis with the traditional two factor analysis of variance techniques with one, equal and unequal replications per treatment combination and with interaction. The proposed method, applying the extra sum of squares principle develops F ratio-test statistics for testing the significance of factor and interaction effects in analysis of variance models. The method also shows how using the extra sum of squares principle to build 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 given criterion variables. The proposed methods are illustrated with some sample data and shown to yield essentially the same results as would the two factor analysis of variance techniques when the later methods are equally applicable.

We propose a method of obtaining the moment of some continuous bi-variate distributions with parameters 1122,,andαβαβin finding the nth moment of the variable ()0,0cdxycd≥≥where X and Y are continuous random variables having the joint pdf, f(x,y).Here we find the so called (,)ngcddefined ()(,),ncdngcdEXYλ=+the nth moment of expected value of the t distribution of the cth power of X and dth power of Y about the constant λ.These moments are obtained by the use of bi-variate moment generating functions, when they exist. The proposed (,)ngcd is illustrated with some continuous bi-variate distributions and is shown to be easy to use even when the powers of the random variables being considered are non-negative real numbers that need not be integers. The results obtained using (,)ngcd are the same as results obtained using other methods such as moment generating functions when they exist.

The objective of the present study was to investigate the possibility to add hyaluronic acid (HA) as skin penetration enhancer to mometasone furoate (MF) to enhance its skin absorption, and so decrease the dose and side effects in different types of topical formulations including absorption ointment base, oil in water emulsion base and water in oil emulsion base in addition to alcoholic gel base. MF was introduced into the bases with and without the addition of 0.1% HA. The prepared formulations were evaluated for physical appearance, rheological behavior, drug release through a standard cellophane membrane and antiinflammatory effects in carrageenan-induced oedema in male albino rats. Results showed that all formulations showed good and acceptable physical properties. The in-vitro release rate of each base and its corresponding one, with 0.1% HA, showed no statistical differences. The data obtained revealed that the total amount of drug released was affected by the nature and the composition of bases. Animal studies showed that the differences in decrease in oedema diameter between the full dose of MF 0.1% and the half and the quarter dose of MF with hyaluronic acid sodium salt 0.1% added were unnoticed and the statistical analysis showed that the difference was insignificant (p>0.05).

The layout design problem is a strategic issue and has a significant impact on the efficiency of a manufacturing system. Much of the existing layout design literature that uses a surrogate function for flow distance or for simplified objectives may be entrapped into local optimum; and subsequently lead to a poor layout design. The present study explores the use of appropriate line balancing to facilitate a good layout design. Construction of a quality garment requires a great deal of know-how, a lot of coordination and schedule management. Clothing manufacturing consists of a variety of product categories, materials and styling. Dealing with constantly changing styles and consumer demands is so difficult. Furthermore, to adapt automation for the clothing system is also so hard because, beside the complex structure also it is labour intensive. Overall, the important criteria in garment production is whether assembly work will be finished on time for delivery, how machines and employees are being utilized, whether any station in the assembly line is lagging behind the schedule and how the assembly line is doing overall. To achieve this approach, work-time study, assembly line balancing and simulation can be applied to apparel production line to find alternative solutions to increase the efficiency of the sewing line. In this paper we showed how a good layout can be designed and productivity can be increased by appropriate assembly line balancing.

In this article, we argue that criminology is in need of a meta-theory that allows for a more complete treatment of the gender-crime relationship. We suggest that one such metatheory is Integral Theory. Integral Theory challenges disciplinary myopia and opens space for a more complete treatment of complex constructs such as gender. We note that criminology would benefit from an ontological and epistemological pluralismthat accommodates the wide range of existing gender theories and recognizes the value of multiple methods designed to test those theories. These arguments are supported via an analysis of recent research on the gender-crime relationship.

Civil wars are a phenomenon with diverse and heterogeneous geographical distribution. The studies about them have multiplied in recent decades, but few have tried to assess its relation with the various institutional settings. As far as it is known, none of them dealt specifically with the high chambers, legislative houses fundamental for the political organization of the countries where they are located, especially those which are in the process of transition (or consolidation) towards democracy. This is the main purpose of the paper: assess the extent to which the high chambers serve as a tool of negotiation between elites, in order to reduce the occurrences of civil wars in the country. The proposal seems to make sense, if we consider the high chambers usually represent the upper classes and the privileged minority interests (UHR, 2008), thus making the change of the status quo more difficult (TSEBELIS; MONEY, 1997). In addition, they tend to be extremely flexible in their composition and operation, they are adapted to many contexts and situations and count with different forms of recruitment of their members (the majority is chosen indirectly). The idea is that they may be easily set up and configured to assist in the negotiation between privileged segments of the population, as well as serving as one more channel available to dictators, authoritarian regimes, to co-opt representatives of the elites.