Social Sciences and Humanities

Podcasting being a simple process of capturing audio events, speech or mix of sounds into a digital sound object has paved different creative ways of practicing language skills. It has a wide acceptance in English language field as a teaching and a learning tool. The paper analyses a study about podcasting, conducted at Arab Open University with Foundation level-2 language students. Students were given a project of producing their own storytelling podcast using the software Audacity.

The concept of space is one that varies from one cultural context to another. Space is an identity of a geographical terrain created by the human beings as a part of their life activities. The concept of sacred is the part of the broader idea of space. It is multi- dimensional in its form and content. In India there are so many famous sacred centers, which are known as a part of Itihasas and Puranas. The Bhakti literature contains the hymns of several deities in Tamil language. The sacredness of Tirunavaya can be traced from the Bhakti movement onwards.

The urban cooperative banking movement in India has been growing steadily ever since were brought under the Banking Regulations Act, 1949 in 1966. The number of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs), which was nearly. They have mobilized sizable deposits of around Rs. 100,000 crores, more than Rs. 73,000 crores of these deposit of UCBs have been deployed in the form of loans and advances. Thus, UCBs are contributing considerably to the cause of economic development of the country.

Background: Worldwide consumer’s consumption patterns are one of the prime cause of environmental deterioration. It is a threat to social and economic stability and sustainable human existence. As the environment continues to worsen, it has become a crucial concern across the globe for environmentalists, organizations, governments and people in general to encourage and adopt green behavior. Much has been done in this direction starting from national level policies to organizations making green products.

The study examined the potability and quality analysis of borehole water in selected communities in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Experimental and cross-sectional research method was adopted. Primary and secondary data sources were used. Random sample technique was used to select (9) nine communities for water sampling. Nine boreholes were purposively sampled in the nine communities for laboratory analysis on the physical, chemical, microbial parameters and heavy metals were tested.

All business owners face certain challenges, but women, because of their gender, often have additional challenges and obstacles that their male peers are less likely to encounter working women who have children experience even more demand on time, energy and resources. But this does not mean women as well as success full than men, in fact, statistic show that women are starting business at more than twice the rate female majority owned business. The growing success rate of women entrepreneurship shows that they are resourceful and able to succeed, despite the odds.

This study examined the adequacy and effectiveness of disaster and emergency communication tools in crisis situation in Calabar South local government. Study method was the cross sectional survey involving the use of questionnaires. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed to the sampled communities and key informants to elicit responses. The data collections were grouped according to research questions. The data were organized and presented in tables. Frequency counts of agree and disagree responded were obtained and mean scores were used for data analysis.

School meals programme in The Gambia is one of the successful safety net programmes that have been beneficial to vulnerable families in rural dwellings and some families dwelling in urban slums. The programme has evolved over the years necessitating a study to assess its efficacy thereby validating the need for its continuation in the coming decades and beyond. The study was conducted nationwide, thus providing useful insight on the current school meals programme.

Social Responsibility has been associated with large corporations. Scarcity of literature on humanistic social responsibility of Small and Medium indicates that few researchers tend to carry out such study. They have the perception that Small and Medium enterprises regard social responsibility as a costly initiative. This scenario undermines the importance and critical role that Small and Medium Enterprises play in society. The study aims at exploring factors driving sustainable growth through humanistic social responsibility in Small and Medium Enterprises of developing countries.

Small-holder cassava farmers in Okwusonwu-atanga in Ikpo-Obibi have since more than 40 years ago been suffering from crop attack by the white curl grub (Phyllophaga spp., Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) pests. Several attempts have been made in the past by the farmers to find solution to the pest-invasion, but none was discovered yet. This study aimed at using the biological pest control method in the form of traditional application of the Allium spp and comparing the result with the dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) method.