Social Sciences and Humanities

Recently, competitive advantage was achieved by those firms able to develop their product/service to fulfill a consumer’s need. The market preferences following adequate evaluation of how people measure different features of an individual product. The product or service design using Conjoint analysis, a quantitative research tool widely employed in product management and marketing struggled the over information overload for decision-making in the ranking preference value.

The Straits of Malacca and Singapore is among the world busiest shipping lane, making the Straits among the main arteries of global trade and commerce. Due to its status as important shipping lane, the Straits accommodate an unlimited volume of shipping traffic. High in shipping activities have increased the risks of vessel-source marine pollution to occur. The impact of the pollution has resulted in serious damage to marine environment respectively, thus measures to regulate it is urgently needed.

The study relating to the Interpersonal relations and work motivation in Public Sector Human resource management is concerned with a very wide field of activities. This is does not concern itself with providing with merely welfare activities for the workers. This includes any activity which gives the workers confidence in the management and improves their morale and efficiency.

In a world where over a 170 million people use social media on a regular basis, every working professional is expected to be familiar with at least the core tenets of Digital Marketing. In simple terms, Digital Marketing is the promoting of products over the internet or any form of electronic media. According to the Digital Marketing Institute, "Digital Marketing is the use of digital channels to promote or market products and services to targeted consumers and businesses. People are consuming digital content on a daily basis.

A Demoness as the central component of the festival and its celebration. This festival is connected with the story of a Demoness Ḍhaunḍhā and her destruction by the fire during in the Phālgunotsava which falls on the full Moon day at the end of Phālguna. The festival is celebrated on the last day of Phālguna at Pourṇami in all villages and cities. Phālgunotsava celebrating for destroying a Demoness named Ḍhaunḍhā. A variety of description of the Vasantotsava record the adventured of this Demoness under the name Holākā and detail her destruction at this time.

Welding is very important in the manufacturing process of tower crane, which can directly affect the safety and reliability of the whole tower crane. This paper takes the standard section of tower crane as the research object, and calculates the thermodynamics by analyzing the welding process between the support rod and the reinforcement rod. The transient temperature field and stress field at different time were obtained by thermo-mechanical coupling method. In addition, metallographic analysis was carried out for different regions of the weld.

Explosion-proof diesel engine has a strong adaptability to harsh environment, but also has strict requirements for oil injection characteristics. According to the theory of hydrodynamics, a physical model was built to test the capture rate under different spacing between nozzle hole and oil inlet. The relationship between injection temperature and pressure in injection chamber and injection characteristics of nozzle was obtained.

This paper examines term structure of future changes in inflation in Rwanda, using monthly Treasury bill rates spreads. Applying the dynamic vector autoregressive model, the results shows that the slope of the term structure is a good predictor of expected inflation and the yield curve provides some information on changes in inflation over periods. Confirming previous empirical findings in other countries. The implication from the findings suggest that monetary authorise should also uses the term structure of interest rate as an option of assessing inflation dynamics in Rwanda.

The study examined the problems of solid waste management in Yenagoa city Bayelsa State. Method of study was the cross sectional survey and proper identification of residential neighourhoods in the city for sampling. The data collection method was the primary and secondary sources. Analytical techniques used include; univariate and bivariate techniques and test of relationship were established between selected variables, such as between household size and the quantity of solid waste generated.

The study examined the roles of periodic markets in fostering rural development in study area. Method of study was cross sectional survey and sources of data were primary and secondary sources. Random sample technique was applied to select six market out of the fourteen listed in the local government. Spatial and temporal patterns of markets were examined, figure 1. Data analysis was the use of likert scale weighted in the design of the questionnaires from (1-5) with (3.0) as criterion mean. Chi-square (X2) was used to test the hypothesis.