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<#LINE#>Influenced of facebook campaign on the presidential election of Sri Lanka in 2015<#LINE#>Wijayantha @Ukwatta <#LINE#>1-10<#LINE#>1.ISCA-IRJSS-2016-142.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Sociology, Wuhan University, China<#LINE#>25/8/2016<#LINE#>13/3/2017<#LINE#>Facebook is one of the most famous and well known social media and utilized for election campaigning in different parts of the world. Recently, during the Presidential Election in 2015, a remarkable campaign was launched on Facebook, and it was a focal point in the history of social media campaign in Sri Lanka. This manuscript aims to analyze the influence of facebook election campaign on the Presidential Election of Sri Lanka in 2015; investigates the mechanisms/strategies used; the impact of this campaign on facebook users; the findings of qualitative and quantitative content analysis of facebook pages demonstrates the perceptions and behaviours’ of the two presidential candidates; and it is an exemplified sample containing 316 posts collected on the use of facebook during the period of election. Findings show that both candidates used an emotional and motivational appeal to create a social capital. Analysis shows that the comments given to the posts were influenced by the component of persuasion used on the posts. Users’ views mainly highlighted that facebook can be used as an influence channel for political campaigns and as a means to gain social prestige from voters.<#LINE#>Wagner K.M. and Gainous J. (2009).@Electronic Grassroots: Does Online Campaigning Work.@The Journal of Legislative Studies, 15(4), 502-520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572330903302539@Yes$Bekafigo M.A., Cohen D.T., Gainous J. and Wagner K.M. (2013).@State Parties 2.0: Facebook, Campaigns, and Elections.@The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society, 9(1), 99-112.@Yes$Hanson G., Haridakis P.M., Cunningham A.W., Sharma R. and Ponder J.D. (2010).@The 2008 Presidential Campaign: Political Cynicism in the Age of Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube.@Journal of mass communication and society, 13(5), 584-607.@Yes$Kriesi H., Bernhard L. and Hänggli R. (2007).@Political strategies in direct-democratic campaigns.@Unpubl. ms., Institute of Political Science, University of Zurich, National center of competence research. Working Paper No. 8 Page 01-47.@Yes$Arulchelvan S. (2014).@New Media Communication Strategies for Election Campaigns: Experiences of Indian Political Parties.@Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 4(3), 124-142.@Yes$Hoglund K. and Priyantha A. (2009).@Paying the price for patronage: Election violence in Sri Lanka.@Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 47(3), 287-307.@Yes$Morin T.D. and Flynn M.A. (2014).@We are the Tea Party!: The Use of Facebook as an Online Political Forum for the Construction and Maintenance of In-Group Identification during the “GOTV” Weekend.@Journal of communication quarterly, 62(1), 115-133.@Yes$Rahman Taiabur (2005).@Parliamentary Control and Government Accountability in Sri Lanka:The Role of Parliamentary Committees.@Bangladesh: Government that Works: Reforming the Public Sector.Dhaka: University Press Ltd.@Yes$Dijck José van (2012).@Facebook as a Tool for Producing Sociality and Connectivity.@Journal of Television and New Media, 13(2), 160-176.@Yes$Woolley J.K., Limperos A.M. and Oliver M.B. (2010).@The 2008 Presidential Election, 2.0: A Content Analysis of User-Generated Political Facebook Groups.@Journal of Mass Communication and Society, 13(5), 631-652.@Yes$Zhu Junhuan, Luo Jiebo , You Quanzeng and Smith John R. (2013).@Towards Understanding the Effectiveness of Election Related Images in Social Media.@ICDM Workshops 2013: 421-425.@Yes$Dumitrica D. (2014).@Politics as \"Customer  Relations\":Social Media and Political Authenticity in the 2010 Municipal Elections in Calgary, Canada.@European Institute of communication and culture, Javnost-The Public, 21(1), 53-69.@Yes$Kushin Matthew James and Yamamoto Masahiro (2010).@Did Social Media Really Matter? College Students’ Use of Online Media and Political Decision Making in the 2008 Election.@Mass Communication and Society, 13(5), 608-630. ISSN: 1520-5436 print=1532-7825 online@Yes$Gilmore J. and Howard N.P. (2013).@Does Social Media Make a Difference in Political Campaigns? Digital Dividends in Brazil’s 2010 National Elections.@Center for Communication and Civic Engagement, Working Paper 2013-2, 1-23.@Yes$Ledbetter Andrew M., Mazer Joseph P., DeGroot Jocelyn M., Meyer Kevin R., Mao Yuping and Swafford Brian (2011).@Attitudes Toward Online Social Connection and Self-Disclosure as Predictors of Facebook Communication and Relational Closeness.@38(1), 27-53.@Yes$Lee Jayeon and Lim Young shin (2014).@Who Says What About Whom: Young Voters@Mass communication and society, 17(4), 553-572.@Yes$Hayden C., Waisanen D. and Osipova Y. (2013).@Facilitating the Conversation: The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election and Public Diplomacy Through Social Media.@Journal of American Behavioral Scientist. 57(11), 1623-1642.@Yes$MOMOC A. (2012).@Social media in Romania: left wing or right wing? The case of the 2009 presidential campaign: Blogs and Facebook.@Journal of Media Research, 2(13), 77-95.@Yes$Kaczmirek L., Mayr Philipp, Vatrapu R., Bleier A., Blumenberg M., Gummer T., Hussain A., Kinder-Kurlanda Katharina, Manshaei Kaveh, Thamm Mark, Weller Katrin,  Wenz A. and Wolf C. (2014).@Social Media Monitoring of the Campaigns for the 2013 German Bundestag Elections on Facebook and Twitter.@GESIS-Working Papers.@Yes$Ahmed Saifuddin and Skoric Marko M. (2014).@My name is Khan: the use of Twitter in the campaign for 2013 Pakistan General Election.@47th Hawaii International Conference on System Science, 2242-2251.@Yes$Št&#283;tka Václav and Mazák Jaromír (2014).@Whither slacktivism? Political engagement and social media use in the 2013 Czech Parliamentary elections.@Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 8(3).@Yes$Kassim Asiyah, Badaruddin Shaharuddin, Nen Zurina M., Othman Sarina, Soh Mazian C., Isnin Nadrawina and Zaharim A. (2012).@Social Media and Ethnic Politics in Malaysia: A Locality Analysis in the 10th Sarawak State Election.@Advances in Environment, Computational Chemistry and Bioscience, 407-411.@Yes$Gustafsson N. (2012).@The subtle nature of Facebook politics: Swedish social network site users and political participation.@Journal of New media and society, 14(7), 1111-1127.@Yes$Reeves Peter (2009).@Political Parties and Political Marketing ‘Strategies’.@British Academy of Management Conference 2009, 1-16.@Yes$Johson Thomas J. and Perlmutter David D. (&#8206;2013).@New Media, Campaigning and the 2008 Facebook Election.@Mass communication and society  2011, 46-54.@Yes$Negussie N. and Ketema G. (2014). Relationship between Facebook Practice and Academic Performance of University Students, Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2(2), 31-37.@undefined@undefined@Yes
<#LINE#>Mental health status and quality of life among university students from West Turkey<#LINE#>Mustafa @TOZUN,Asya Banu @BABAO&#286;LU,Melih Kaan @SÖZMEN <#LINE#>11-17<#LINE#>2.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-021.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Public Health, Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey@Department of Public Health, Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey@Department of Public Health, Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey<#LINE#>17/2/2017<#LINE#>3/4/2017<#LINE#>This study’s aim was to evaluate the relations between mental health and quality of life among university students from West Turkey. The study group was 307 students (81.0% of the target population). A questionnaire form, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Scale (BAS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), CAGE Test for Alcohol Dependence, World Health Organization Quality of Life Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF) were applied to self-report method. Qui square test, Student t test, Pearson and Spearman Correlation tests were used for statistical analyses. Statistical significance was accepted as p<0.05. The frequency of depression was 18.9%. The average points of BDI, BAS and BHS were 10.47±9.24, 31.81±10.21, 4.93±4.16, respectively. The frequency of the students with middle and low physical activity level was 82.7%. The frequency of high level nicotine dependence was 38.0%. The frequency of the students with alcohol dependence was 9.8%. Negative correlations were found that between the social domain in quality of life and depression, anxiety, hopelessness and alcohol using (for each one p<0.05). This study was shown that social domain in quality of life can be effective from some mental health problems among the university students.<#LINE#>Bingol G., Gebes R., Ö&#287;rencileri A. and Yavuz R. (2012).@Amasya Sa&#287;lik Yüksekokulu ö&#287;rencilerinin genel sa&#287;l&#305;k durumlarinin bazi de&#287;i&#351;kenlere göre incelenmesi.@Göztepe Tip Dergisi, 27(3), 106-111.@Yes$Sahin I., Firat N.S., Zoralo&#287;lu Y.R. and Acikgoz K. (2009).@The problems of university students.@e-Journal of New World Sciences Academy, Education Sciences, 4(4), 1435-1449.@Yes$Unsal A. and Tozun M. (2008).@Prevalence of People Showing over Threshold Depressive Symptom in 40 Years and Over Aged.@TAF Prev Med Bull, 7(6), 485-490.@Yes$Ozdel L., Bostanci M., Ozdel O. and Oguzhanoglu N.K. (2002).@The relationship with sociodemographic characteristics and depressive symptoms in university students.@Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry, 3, 155-161.@Yes$Arslantas D., Unsal A., Metintas S., Tozun M. and Toker S. (2007).@Depression in the 10-15 age group of students in the rural area of Eski&#351;ehir province.@Osmangazi Journal of Medicine, 29(2), 77-84.@Yes$Unsal A., Tozun M., Ayranci U. and Orsal O. (2012).@Connection between dysmenorrhea and depression among a group of Turkish high school female students.@Pak J Med Sci, 28(3), 424-427.@Yes$Gunay O., Oncel U.N., Erdogan U., Güneri E., Tendogan M., BA&#350;ARAN O.U. and Ugur A. (2008).@State and Trait Anxiety Levels of the Last Class High School Students.@Journal of Health Sciences, 17(2), 77-85.@Yes$Yilmaz M. and Ocakci A.F. (2010).@Determination the anx&#305;ety level of university students one dormitory located.@Maltepe Üniversitesi Hem&#351;irelik Bilim ve Sanati Dergisi, 3(1), 15-23.@Yes$Bugrul N., Tozun M., Arslantas D.and Unsal A. (2013).@Hopelessness and depression among college students in Sivrihisar in Eskisehir: An epidemiological study from Turkey.@HealthMED, 7(3), 793-801.@Yes$Ceylan A., Ozen S, Palanci Y., Saka G., Aydin Y.E., Kivrak Y. and Tangolar O. (2003).@Anxiety-depression levels and harmful habits at last year of high school students (the research of Mardin province).@Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry, 4(3), 144-150.@Yes$Kashani J.H., Reid J.C. and Rosenberg T. 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(2009).@The relationship between the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the students of medical faculty with demographic characteristics, cigarette, alcohol, and substance use, dominant hand and exposed violance.@Tubav Bilim Dergisi, 2(4), 476-483.@No$Deveci S.E., Ulutasdemir N. and Yasemin A. (2013).@The frequency of signs of depression and affecting factors in the students of a health high school.@Firat Medical Journal, 18(2), 98-102.@Yes$Li W., Meng X., Xu Z., Yu Q., Shi J., Yu Y., D@Prevalence, correlates of major depression: A mental health survey among undergraduates at a mainland Chinese university.@Asia Pac Psychiatry, 8(3), 206-214.@Yes$Booth R.W., Sharma D. and Leader T.I. (2016).@The age of anxiety? It depends where you look: changes in STAI trait anxiety, 1970-2010.@Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 51(2), 193-202.@Yes$Twenge J.M. (2000).@The age of anxiety? Birth cohort change in anxiety and neuroticism, 1952-1993.@J Pers Soc Psychol, 79(6), 1007-1021.@Yes$Lazaratou H., Anagnostopoulos D.C., Vlassopoulos M., Charbilas D., Rotsika V., TSAKANIKOS E., Tzavara C.H. and Dikeos D. (2013).@Predictors and characteristics of anxiety among adolescent students: a Greek sample.@Psychiatrike, 24(1), 27-36.@Yes$Girgin G. (2009).@Evaluation of the factors affecting loneliness and hopelessness among university students in Turkey.@Social Behavior and Personality, 37(6), 811-817.@Yes$Garcia-Williams A.G., Moffitt L. and Kaslow N.J. (2014).@Mental health and suicidal behavior among graduate students.@Acad Psychiatry, 38(5), 554-560.@Yes$Bagge C.L., Lamis D.A., Nadorff M. and Osman A. (2014).@Relations between hopelessness, depressive symptoms and suicidality: mediation by reasons for living.@J Clin Psychol, 70(1), 18-31.@Yes$Iliceto, P., Pompili, M., Lester, D., Gonda, X., Niolu, C., Girardi, N., Rihmer Z., Candilera G. and Girardi P. 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@Research Article
<#LINE#>Success of MGNREGA: delusion or reality – study of Tonk District, Rajasthan, India<#LINE#>Garima @Dikshit,Seema @Sharma <#LINE#>18-26<#LINE#>3.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-029.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Economics, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India@Department of Economics, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India<#LINE#>27/2/2017<#LINE#>8/4/2017<#LINE#>Rural poverty and its eradication has always been a critical issue in our Nation. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a UPA flagship programme ensures job guarantee of 150 days in a financial year to adult member of rural family who volunteer to do unskillful manual work. The aim of this study is to access the achievements of MGNREGA in Tonk District of Rajasthan. Rajasthan is one among the Indian states where the performance of social welfare scheme MGNREGA is found pleasing, therefore Tonk districts of Rajasthan is been selected as a research area for the study. Prominence is also been made on trend of employment under the scheme, contribution ratio among male, females and minority classes. Result of the study is grounded on the data gathered for five years that is from financial year 2011-12 to 2015-16. The study is based purely on secondary data. The main findings of the study are maximum workers in the scheme are from the peer group of 30-40 years. The participation ratio in person day’s generation is highest among Scheduled Castes as compared to Scheduled Tribes.<#LINE#>wikipedia (2017).@Poverty alleviation Programmes in India.@Retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ poverty_alleviation_programme_in_India. (Accessed 3 March 2017).@No$Ministry of Rural Development (2017).@Annual Report (2009-10).@Government of India, New Delhi, X-XI.@No$The Gazette of India (2005).@The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.@2005 No. 42 of 2005. New Delhi, New Delhi: Government of India.@No$Roy S.D. and Samanta D. (2009).@Good Governance and Employment Generation through NREGA: A Case study of Gram Panchayat in West Bengal.@Infrastructure, Finance and Governance: Push for Growth, 1-16.@Yes$Ahuja R.U., Tyagi D., Chauhan S. and Chaudhary R.K. (2011).@Impact of MGNREGA on Rural Employment and Migration: A Study in Agriculturally backward and Agriculturally Advanced Districts of Haryana.@Agricultural Economic Research Review, 24, 495-502@Yes$Sarkar P., Kumar J. and Supriya (2011).@Impact of MGNREGA on Reducing Rural Poverty and improving socio-economic status of rural poor: A study in Burdwan District of West Bengal.@Agricultural Economic Research Review, 24, 437-448.@Yes$Nayak M.L., Barla K.P. and Panda B. (2012).@People’s lives before and after implementation of MGNREGA- a case of tribal Rajasthan.@International Journal of Rural Studies (IJRS), 19(2), 1-7.@No$Thomas B. and Bhatia R. (2012).@Impact of NREGA Scheme: A Case study on overall quality of life of its Beneficiaries (A study undertaken among beneficiaries of 3 districts of Gujarat state).@Asia-Pacific Journal of Social Sciences, 4(2), 213-227.@Yes$Didde R.S. and Muthaiyan P. (2013).@Employment Generation under MGNREGA in Tribal Andhra Pradesh Testimony of five years.@IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IOSR-JHSS), 9(4), 55-64.@No$Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (2014).@Enhancing sustainable livelihood of the poor through convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA with various scheme.@Ministry of Rural Development, 34-37.@No$R.H.D.I.R. (2010).@Rajasthan Human Development Index Report.@Retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Rajasthan@No$Census of India (2011).@District Census Handbook Tonk village and Town-wise Primary Census Abstract (PCA).@Directorate of census operations, Rajasthan Series-09(XII-B), 12.@No$Ministry of Panchayati Raj (2009).@A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Program (PDF).@National Institute of Rural Development. Retrieved on September 27, 2011.@No$MGNREGA Public Data Portal (2011-2015) Retrieved from: mnregaweb4.nic.in/netnrega/dynamic2/ dynamicreport_new4.aspx (accessed 20 October 2016).@undefined@undefined@No
@Review Paper
<#LINE#>Security challenges to the Nigeria police in the 21st century: imperative for reform of the police institution<#LINE#>Kpae @Gbenemene,Adishi @Eric <#LINE#>27-33<#LINE#>4.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-004.pdf<#LINE#>Centre for Conflict and Gender Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria@Department of Intelligence and Security Studies, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, Nigeria<#LINE#>13/3/2017<#LINE#>21/3/2017<#LINE#>Police reforms in Nigeria were based on the backdrop of the force having a reputation of corruption, inefficiency, lack of accountability and transparency, and gross violations of human rights. These violations ranged from torture, unlawful detention and extrajudicial killing. The reforms were also intended to make the police more efficient containing the challenges of global terrorism and transnational crimes. These shortcomings against the police force necessitated the establishment of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Ministry of Police Affairs (MoPA) with oversight functions over the police. However, despite the numerous panels, committees set up by the government to reform the police, the institution is still plagued by corruption, extortion, extra-judicial killing, torture and human rights abuses. Many of the government reforms have focused on improving welfare packages and procuring more equipment for the police rather than tackling the endemic problem of attitudinal change. Robert Merton Anomie together with Messner and Rosenfeld Institutional Anomie Theories are used to critically examine the structural causes of crime in Nigeria and why government reforms have failed to work. We recommend attitudinal and behavioural changes to enable the police institution cope with security challenges that confront Nigeria in the 21st century.<#LINE#>Igbo F.U.M. (1999).@Introduction to Criminology.@Afro-Orbis Publishers, Nsukka.@No$History of Nigerian Police (2007), Nigerian Tribune, 2.@undefined@undefined@No$Lwarimiam JaJa D. (2003).@Criminology: The Study of Crime.@Port-Harcourt: Springfield Publishers.@No$Tamuno T.N. (1970).@The Police in Modern Nigeria.@Ibadan: University of Ibadan Press.@Yes$Ahire P.T. (1993).@Native authority in Northern Nigeria: End of an Era.?@In T.N.  Tamuno, I. L. Bashir, E. E. Alenika and A. O. Akano (eds.), Policing Nigeria: Past, Present and future. Lagos: Nigeria Police Force and Malthouse Press Ltd. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999), 238-261.@Yes$Rotimi K. (1993).@Local Police in Western Nigeria:  End of an Era.@In T.N. Tamuno,  I. L. Bashir, E. E. Alenika and A. O. Akano (eds.), Policing Nigeria: Past, Present and future. Lagos: Nigeria Police Force and Malthouse Press Ltd. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999)@Yes$Kumolu C. (2012).@Police reforms: the timeless rituals for solution?.@Vanguard, 1.@No$Ehindero S.G. (2006).@The Challenge of Law Enforcement in a Federal Nigeria’ in Nigerian Bar Association Annual General/Delegates’ Conference.@Law and Justice in Emerging Democracies: The Challenge before the Legal Profession.@No$Nigeria (2016).@Rest in Pieces.@: Xl. Police Reform.”www.hrw.org/reports/2005/nigeriaO7O5/11.htm. Accessed, 20/10/2016@No$Lombroso C. (1896).@The born criminal, the origin of modern criminology.@in Charles A. Ellwood (1912) “Lombroso Theory of Crime” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 2(5), 716-718.@Yes$Durkheim E. (1893).@The Division of Labour in Society.@MacMillan, Basingstoke.@Yes$Merton R.K. (1956).@The Social-Cultural Environment and Anomie.@in 1. L. Witmer and Ruth Kilinshy, (edt.), New Perspective for Research on Juvenile Delinquency, Washington, and Welfare Theory and Social Structure: New York: Free Press, 24-50.@Yes$Messner S.F. and Rosenfeld R. (2012).@Crime and the American Dream.@Cengage Learning.@Yes$Musa A. (2008).@Operation own a home for police.@Daily Sun, 16.@No
<#LINE#>Good governance nexus economic development - examining western rhetoric in reference to eastern realities<#LINE#>Fesseha Mulu @Gebremariam <#LINE#>34-37<#LINE#>5.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-011.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Governance and Development Studies, College of Law and Governance, Jimma University, Ethiopia<#LINE#>12/2/2017<#LINE#>3/4/2017<#LINE#>The idea of ‘good governance’ is one of the frequently discussed terms in the areas of development and public policy discourses mainly after the down fall of the Soviet Union up-to-date. The European Union (EU), International institutions such as the World Bank, International Monitory Fund (IMF) and soon have repeatedly argued that ‘good governance’ is a necessary (pre)condition to ensure economic development in a given country. And, this idea has been dominant, and forcefully imposed on the side of third world countries for decades. However, latter developments experiences from East Asian countries, manly the Asian Tigers, proved that without good governance, a country can realize a continuous sustainable economic development. Therefore, in this article, the writer summarizes the major debates on the subject matter, and argues in favor of against the idea that ‘good governance’ is a must for economic development by taking the case of Asian Tigers.<#LINE#>Uddin S.M. (2010).@Impact of Good Governance on Development in Bangladesh: A Study.@Institute of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.@Yes$Khan M. (2007).@Governance, Economic Growth and Development since the 1960s.@DESA Working Paper No. 54.@Yes$List-Jensen A.S. (2008).@Economic Development and Authoritarianism: A Case Study on the Korean Developmental State.@Aalborg University: Department of History, International and Social Studies, Aalborg University.@Yes$Smith B.C. (2007).@Good Governance and Development.@Palgrave Macmillan, UK, xiii+-320. ISBN: 9780230525658@Yes$Africa Development Bank (1994).@Africa Development Bank Report 1994.@Abidjan: Africa Development Bank.@No$Michael Todaro P. and Stephen Smith C. (2012).@Economic Development (12th ed.).@Pearson Addison-Wesley, USA, Pp.832. ISBN13: 9780138013882@No$Sen A. (1999).@Development as freedom (1st ed.).@New York: Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 366.  ISBN: 9780198297581.@No$Zubair S.S. and Khan M.A. (2014).@Good Governance: Pakistan’s Economic Growth and Worldwide Governance Indicators.@Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 8(1), 258-271.@Yes$I.E.D.C. (n.d.) (2017).@International Economic Development Council.@Economic Development Reference Guide (Available on: http://www.iedconline.org/ client uploads/Downloads/IEDC_ED_Reference_Guide.pdf, accessed on 22/02/2017).@No$Feldman M., Hadjimichael T., Kemeny T. and Lanahan L. (2015).@The logic of economic development: a definition and model for investment.@Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 20(1), 1-17.@Yes$United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (n.d.). (2017).@What is good Governance?.@(Available online at: http://www. unescap.org/sites/default/files/good-governance.pdf. Accessed on 20/02/2017).@No$International Fund for Agricultural Development (1999).@Good Governance: An Overview.@Executive Board – Sixty-Seventh Session. Rome, Italy, 8-9 September.@No$Gazeta F.N. (1995).@The constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.@Addis Ababa.@Yes$Abdellatif A.M. (2003).@Good Governance and Its Relationship to Democracy and Economic Development.@Workshop IV. Democracy, Economic Development, and Culture, Global Forum III on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity. Seoul, Korea, 20th -31st May.@Yes$Fukuda-Parr Sakiko and Ponzio Richard (2002).@Governance: Past, Present, Future- setting the governance agenda for the Millennium Declaration.@Draft paper for Fourth Global Forum: Dialogue and Partnerships for the Promotion of Democracy and Development. Morocco, 2nd October.@Yes$Kimura H. (2017).@Limits of Good Governance in Developing Countries.@(Also available online at:   http://www2.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/blog/anda/files/ 2012/01/0_introduction5.pdf. Accessed on 21/02/2017).@No$Krasilshchikov V. (2010).@The East Asian ‘Tigers’: Following Russia and Latin America?.@Market Forces, 6(2). (Available online at:    https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/ 125063/AP_17.pdf. Accessed on 28/01/2017).@Yes$Fischer S. (2002).@A Development Strategy for Asian Economies: Korean Perspective.@presented at the Korean Seminar of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank. Jeju, Korea, 15th May.@Yes
<#LINE#>Science and technology in special education<#LINE#>R. @Sudharsan,T. @Pazhani <#LINE#>38-42<#LINE#>6.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-028.pdf<#LINE#>PG & Research Dept. of History, Govt. Arts College (Autonomous) Coimbatore, Tamilnadu-18, India@PG & Research Dept. of History, Govt. Arts College (Autonomous) Coimbatore, Tamilnadu-18, India<#LINE#>28/2/2017<#LINE#>6/4/2017<#LINE#>Innovative techniques and technological advancements has bestowed special need people with special abilities. The recent trends in Special education have enabled them to perform various tasks that were in limitations. The role of technology in early detection of the disability, early intervention, prevention and rehabilitation is incredible and there is no doubt that technology helps special people in gaining increased independence, flexibility and ambulation, access to employment, improves their quality of life completely. Therefore there is a great need for prorammes to train special people in information and communication technology. However prior to such initiatives it is essential to equip knowledgeable and trainable special people. Providing them education and spreading awareness among them regarding various policies and programmes designed by the government would help them to improve their standard of living. The fulfillment of their basic need paves way for updating their knowledge in the field of science and technology, such that they become strong enough to confront various difficulties in life. The vast opportunities of science and technology aid these special people to exhibit their talents and potentials in them. Special educational institutions, whether governmental, non-governmental or government-aided opens up new vistas for the differently abled to render their service for the development of their well being and of the society at large.<#LINE#>Singh A. and Richa V. (2016)@Science and technology: A boon for special people.@Res.J.Sci and Tech.7.@No$World Health Organization WHO (2015).@Assistive Technology for Children with Disabilities: Creating Opportunities for Education, Inclusion and Participation.@ISBN 978 92 4 150910 7@No$Alquraini T. and Gut D. (2012).@Critical components of successful inclusion of students with severe disabilities: Literature review.@International Journal of Special Education, 27(1), 42-59.@Yes$Aslam A. (2013).@The state of the world’s children 2013: Children with disabilities.@New York: United Nations Children’s Fund. World Health Organization WHO, 2001. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. https://issuu.com/ unicefnorge/docs/sowc-rapporten_2013.@Yes$McGregor G. and Pachuski P. (1996).@Assistive Technology in schools: Are teachers ready, able and supported.@Journal of Special Education Technology, 13(1), 4-15.@Yes$Mack C.G., Koenig A.J. and Ashcroft S.C. 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<#LINE#>Origin of the Lotha Naga and their early settlement<#LINE#>Mhonyani @Sangma <#LINE#>43-48<#LINE#>7.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-030.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachi Bowli-500046, Hyderabad, Telangana, India<#LINE#>28/2/2017<#LINE#>7/4/2017<#LINE#>The study is an attempt to reconstruct the past history of the Lotha Naga through their folk narrative. Lotha occupy the Wokha district in the state of Nagaland. They show variance in terms of cultural practices and even in their appearance from the mainland people. So the question of how these people are displaced in their present homeland indubitably arises. Who are these people? Where have they come from? Or to put it simply their ‘Origin’. Although there is no written documentation of their history, a part of these questions gets answered when the culture is looked at from the perspective of folklore which has been handed down orally. The Lotha deem that at one point of time there was written record inscribed on the skin of an animal. Unfortunately, a dog ate it and ever since it has been handed down orally.<#LINE#>Abrahams Roger D. (1968).@Introductory remarks to a rhetorical theory of folklore.@Journal of American folklore, 81(320), 143-158.@Yes$Sims Martha and Stephens Martine (2011).@Living Folklore; An Introduction to the Study of People and Their Traditions.@University Press of Colorado.@Yes$Nuh V.K. (2002).@The Origin of Naga: Khezhhakeno Legendary Stone.@Kohima: Vision press.@Yes$Lilanthung Lotha (1993).@Our Lotha Naga.@Local publication.@No$Shimray R.R (1985).@Origin and culture of Nagas.@New Delhi: Pampleiphi Shimray.@Yes$Kikon T. (1998).@Kyong Jiang Osi Ote Sataronda.@Wokha: N.V press.@No$Sillitoe Paul (1998).@An introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia; culture and tradition.@Cambridge University press.@Yes