IOSR-JHSS   Volume-21 ~ Issue-2 ~ Feb-2016

Abstract: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of adolescent boys and girls are talked of phenomena. Youth studies capture SRHR perspective to a little extent covering college going adolescent girls of Dhaka city, Bangladesh.This study considers the adolescent girls studying in grade XI and XII at the Holy Cross College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The study uses qualitative research approach with in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and free-listing to shed light on understanding thelevel of adolescents (girls) sexual and reproductive health rights and how these rights are practiced into their lives.

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Abstract: The decadal expansion of the Imphal city towards its fringe and ensuing land use /land cover changes have been identified to find out the changes in two different time periods (1989 and 2010). To assess changes in both city and its fringe areas, supervised classification was used and maps of the two study periods were prepared with the help of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques. Results indicate that built up areas have grown into the fringe areas of the city at the expense of other landuse categories with serious implications for socio-economy and environment of the region. Besides, questionnaire survey with 50 respondents of the fringes area corroborates the changes highlighted by the satellite data. The the survey also served to ground truth the findings from satellite data as well as providing other critical insights which helped in comprehending the complex socio-economic and demographic forces driving the land use changes in the Imphal City.

Keywords: change detection,haphazard growth,Imphal,LULC,remote sensing &GIS,urban dynamics

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[2.] Amin, Arshad and Fazal, Shahab, 2012: Quantification of Land Transformation Using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques, American Journal of Geographic Information system, vol 1, no 2, pp 17-28.

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Abstract: Women economic empowerment and gender equality are key to poverty reduction, growth and human development. Women's economic empowerment is the single most important factor in contributing to equality between women and men. The study was aimed at assessing the determinants of women economic empowerment in Machakos County, a Case study of Faulu Kenya microfinance. The specific objectives were to investigate the effect of culture on financial management practices of women; to examine the effect of education on women economic empowerment; to establish how religious values and beliefs affect women economic empowerment and finally to determine how legal framework has affected women economic empowerment.

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Abstract:As much as the importance of men is depicted in the normative texts, the role played by women who took part in the society cannot be ignored. As the text was mainly written by the priestly class they tried to portray how men and women had to behave in the society but more significantly the text can also be seen as an indicator of how gender relations during the post-Mauryan period are stressed. As this period witnessed a number of developments, the issue of gender cannot be ignored. One such area is the household where one can
witnessed that patriarchal institutions were kept in high regard which attempted to create patriarchal status in order to keep women within the private sphere especially in the household.

1 It can be noticed that in most of the normative texts, the compilers have highlighted that the central or the main role of women was only as
wives and not as daughters and laying more emphasis on their reproductive roles.
2 Uma Chakravarti, "Conceptualizing Brahmanical Patriarchy in Early India: Gender, Castes, Class and State‟, Economic and Political
Weekly, Vol.28, no.14, 3rd April, 1993, pp.579-585.
3 This statement is very evident in the normative texts that were composed in the earlier periods before the composition of the Manusmriti
where the main emphasis is put on the birth of the sons as compared to the birth of daughters.
4 All references regarding the Manusmriti are from Wendy Doniger and Brian .K. Smith, The Laws of Manu, Penguin Books, New Delhi,
2000.
5 Ibid., p. xvii.

Abstract: In historical terms, the study of "youth cultures" is a relatively new of area of sociological analysis. Early studies in this area were mainly produced by Functionalist sociologists who tended to focus upon "youth" as a distinctive form of culture.

[1]. Bocknek, Gene: 1986, "The Young Adult: Development after Adolescence", New York: Gardner Press.
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[4]. Easterlin, Richard A: 1980, "Birth and Fortune: The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare". New York: Basic Books.
[5]. Fornas, Johan and Bolin, Goran: 1995, "Youth Culture in Late Modernity". London: Sage.
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Abstract: Constructivism is an emerging pedagogy among teaching community across the world and National curriculum Frame work (NCF 2005) confirmed the direction to it in Indian classroom situation. Constructivism emphasizes how the learner constructs knowledge from experience, which is unique to each individual. This study was a pre-test post-test quasi experimental design incorporating both qualitative and quantitative techniques. 5E's learning (Engage-Explore-Explain-Elaborate-Evaluate) strategy has been applied to experimental group and Traditional method of teaching followed by control group where total 60 students participated.

[1]. Carnine, D. (1997).Instructionaldesign in mathematics for students with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30 (2), 130-141.
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[3]. Devi Naoremjibolata (2012). Constructivism and its Approach to different area of teaching learning research trends, Edutracks, vol-12, No-4, Dec,2012.
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Abstract: This study investigated Parents' level of education as predictors of academic performance of NCE students in the North- eastern states of Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to determine parents' level of education as predictors of academic performance of NCE students in Colleges of Education in the North- Eastern States, Nigeria. One research question and a hypothesis was answered and tested in the study. Survey design was used in the study. A sample of one thousand two hundred out of a population of 13,529 (8,422 males and 5,107 females) NCE 2 and 3 students from six Colleges of Education in the North-Eastern States, Nigeria participated in the study.

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Abstract: The study discuses the promotion and Utilization of indexing services by the customers of special libraries, and to find out the available indexes service, a survey research method was employed in conduct of this study. The population 244 (66%) of twelve known special libraries Customers in Zaria Metropolis ranges from research institutes libraries and Medical, industrial and media Libraries. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire; the data collected for the study were presented and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Frequency tables, simple percentages and histograms were used for the study. The study discovered Journals and News papers were the type of materials indexed by special libraries in Zaria. The study recommended that special libraries should provide indexing services to their users and also should also make these indexing service easily accessible to users

Key Ward: indexes: promotion; service: Special Libraries; Customers: Zaria

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Abstract: Teaching of social science is reduced to a cognitive exercise in modern teaching practices. It not only reduces the broader scope of the subjects under social sciences but also undermines the chances of the holistic development of the child. This article attempts to identify the activities and teaching methods to develop the multiple intelligence of the students. Starting from verbal linguistic intelligence, it identifies the logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal aspects of individual students in context of his social and environmental realities.

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Abstract: Entrepreneurs are people who create new businesses, which help create new jobs for people. They help in intensifying competition, with the help of technology they master in increasing productivity and thus contributing in the development of the country, followed by economic growth. So it can be said that entrepreneurship is good for economic growth .The paper will justify how far this stands true in reality. Large scale industries are the industries which require huge infrastructure,

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[5]. Kamarajar district was formed on 1984 and was suitability named after the freedom fighter and K.Kamaraj formerly Chief Minister of Tamilnadu. The district started functioning since March 15, 1985. And later it was known as Virudhunagar District.

Abstract: Muslims both in the past and present are concerned with the legal validity of their religious devotion and worship, especially in view of their increasing interactions with other civilizations, cultures, behaviors, economies, sciences, legislation, and politics. Confusion however arises in regards to which legal doctrine (madhhab) Muslims need to follow today; what should Muslims do to cope with contemporary problems and challenges of life; and where should they draw lines of distinction between the revealed and profane,as well as between jurisprudence and secular law and legislation in the Muslim world. Some contemporary Muslim scholars have raised serious concerns regarding such issues because of the interaction between the East and West. Muslim scholars and reformers responded to these concerns through a number of legal reform initiatives, and also through alignment and integration of Muslim faith with contemporary needs. This article discusses whether Islamic jurisprudence can dynamically meet the present demands placed on it and the needs it faces while evaluating the reactions taken to preserve the value of Islam in the modern era. Keywords: Reformers, legal reform, Tajdid, Majallat al-Ahkam al-'Adliyyah, Islamic jurisprudence.

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