March 2015

Green The purpose of this paper is to propose how can a generalized view of Darwinism can be capitalized on to argue for an evolution theory of marketing research. It is argued that the stages of variation, selection and replication in Darwinism thinking are analogous in conjunction to the encoding, application and decoding phases of evolutionary marketing research. This research concludes that such triangulated should lead to enhanced academic comprehension of marketing phenomena, insights and outlooks.

Purpose: The main purpose of the study was to determine the effect of entrepreneurial supply chain management competencies on organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study used random sampling technique to select a sample size of 368 supply chain managers from manufacturing firms in Nairobi County, Kenya with a response rate of 56.25per cent. Data was analyzed by employing correlation and multiple regression analysis Findings: The findings indicated that innovation orientation, risk-taking characteristics, and reactiveness orientation has significant and positive effect on organizational performance Research limitations/implications: The generalizability of the findings is limited as the study focuses only on entrepreneurial supply chain management competencies in manufacturing firms in Kenya. Thus, more research and studies should be carried out to determine entrepreneurial supply chain management competencies from other sectors such as banking, construction among others. Practical implications: From the findings, manufacturing firms need to train more on rapid changes in technological innovation. Managers also need to be proactive and risk takers in their day to day operations in the supply chain department. Originality/value: The findings made a contribution in terms of allowing us to understand the some factors that can contribute to the organizational performance. The study has demonstrated some of the supply chain management practices which are crucial in enhancing manufacturing firms’ performance in Kenyan context.

New Mutual Fund product has been major component of competitive strategy to improve investor’s objective and their profitability. There are several mutual fund products available and there is an expectation from asset management companies to customize a new mutual fund product based on the investors’ expectations and their objectives. Asset Management Companies are focusing on the investor's needs based on their objective, by framing a new product development.There exist Research Analyst, Investment Advisors impact on the new mutual fund product creation - for creating an environment and breaking the difficulties in mutual fund product objectives. There is certain amount of internal resource role like Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Investment Advisor, and Investment Planning Consultants in developing new mutual fund product activities. It is made mandatory for ensuring the right skill at the right time for driving the tradition of new mutual fund product development.

Cracked Tooth Syndrome is a common condition. In a major percent of cases etiology is primarily the after effect of a dental procedure .The patient is often unable to identify the offending tooth or quadrant involved, and may report a history of a dental procedure with unsatisfactory results. Clinicians need to have a thorough understanding regarding this concept to mitigate the commencement of crack propagation in tooth after a restorative procedure. This article is a comprehensive literature review about the incidence, prevalence, etiology and pathogenesis of CTS from contemporarily available data.

Introduction: Domestic violence against women is a serious public health concern in every community and culture (Hyman I 2000). It has drawn attention from the medical community because it has a negative and harmful impact on the mental, physical, and social health of women (Heise L et al 1999) (Jewkes R 2002),( Diaz O.2002) and (Keeling J 2004). The world health organization reports that the proportion of women who had ever experienced physical or sexual violence or both by an intimate partner ranged from 15% to 71%, with the majority between 29% and 62% (who 2007). The domestic violence is a complex issue to research as the extent and forms of its occurrence remain largely hidden and there is a great degree of social acceptance of the issue. Obejctives: To study socio cultural & demographic factors related to domestic violence and to assess help seeking behaviour. Methods and material: A cross sectional study was conducted among class IV workers colony, JJH hospital campus Mumbai. A semi structured questionnaire was used to collect information about violence and other variables. Statistical analysis: chi square test of significance using open epi software. Results: The prevalence of domestic violence was 52%.Out of this physical violence constituted 9.7%, psychosocial violence constituted 66%, economic violence constituted 14.6% and combined violence was 9.7%.The socio-demographic variables like age, education, employment, duration since marriage, family composition were found to be significantly associated with domestic violence. Conclusions: The social, demographic, cultural, economic factors limit women’s response to violence.

Background: In bilateral partial edentulous condition modified Mc Lean’s Impression technique is most commonly advised, this over impression procedure may be time consuming clinically and possible errors too can be induced while recording. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy ofsingle custom tray using medium body elastomeric impression material overmodified Mc Lean’s impression procedure using Zinc oxide eugenol impression paste. Material and Methods: Six patients were selected with bilateral edentulous span in mandibular arch with at least all the molars missing. Patient was subjected to three different impression procedures and cast were constructed. Standardized acrylic occlusal platform was constructed and at three points of the edentulous span the vertical tissue displacement occurring due to different impression procedure was measured. ANOVA test showed the significance, post-hoc testing TukeyHSD was performed to explore the difference among the groups. Results:The relative difference of edentulous tissue displacebility between irreversible hydrocolloid and custom tray A with medium body elastomeric impression material was -0.38, -0.92, -0.67 at 5mm from last present tooth, midway,retromolar pad respectively. At the same three points the difference of edentulous tissue displacebility between hydrocolloid impression procedure and custom tray B with Zinc oxide eugenol impression paste was -0.17, -0.66, -0.52. Study showed at all three positions of edentulous span the tissue displacebility was better with custom tray A using medium body elastomeric impression material and showed a statistical good agreement. Conclusion: Single custom tray and use of medium body elastomeric impression material obtains better functional impression of distal extension edentulous span. This will help clinicians in reducing the chair side time and eliminates errors induced from two stage functional impression techniques.

This study was conducted to determine the effect of teaching and learning styles on students’ academic achievement in General Chemistry 1. There were 13 teachers and 123 students who were administered the Teaching Style Instrument and the Learning Style Inventory (LSI), respectively. Final grades of students were taken as evidence of their academic achievement. Findings revealed that teaching styles were transitional in teaching methods, student grouping, room design, teaching environment, teaching characteristics and educational philosophy. Based on LSI, students have strong preferences for cool temperature and an early morning time-of-day. Most students were cautious on other learning style preferences because they chose “it depends” as their reply. As to the effect of teaching and learning styles on student’s academic achievement, emotional preference was highly significant in all of the eight areas of teaching styles studied. This study concluded that teaching and learning styles affect students’ academic achievement.