@Research Paper
<#LINE#>Chinese college students’ attitudes toward the New Silk Road initiative<#LINE#>Xin @Song,Shaoshi @Zou,Rongke @Xu,Zebang @Chen,Shengxue @Xiao <#LINE#>1-5<#LINE#>1.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-057.pdf<#LINE#>School of Law, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China@School of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA@John Carroll School, Bel Air, MD, USA@Rolling Hills Prep School, San Pedro, CA, USA@Anshan No. 1 High School, Anshan, Liaoning, China<#LINE#>6/5/2017<#LINE#>8/6/2017<#LINE#>Given the core role expected to be played by the New Silk Road initiative in the Chinese economy as well as the regional economy, this study examines how Chinese college students perceive the value of the New Silk Road initiative, what benefits they consider to be most important, what risks they consider to be most serious, and whether there are any gender differences in their views. The respondents generally had favorable attitudes toward the New Silk Road initiative. However, female students were significantly more likely to show favorable attitudes toward the New Silk Road initiative. In terms of the most important benefit of the New Silk Road initiative, the respondents identified synergy as the most important benefit of the New Silk Road initiative, followed by stability/security, sound corporate governance, and economic gap narrowing, in that order. Female respondents were most likely to identify stability/security, whereas male respondents were most likely to identify synergy. In terms of the most serious risk of the New Silk Road initiative, the respondents identified exchange rate variability as the most serious risk of the New Silk Road initiative, followed by contractual disagreement, legal/regulatory difference, and financial commitment/risk, in that order. Female respondents were most likely to identify contractual disagreement, whereas male respondents were most likely to identify exchange rate variability. These results suggest that, although the New Silk Road initiative has benefits, they may also entail some risks. The Chinese government should carefully consider not only the benefits but also the risks entailing its New Silk Road initiative to minimize unfavorable perceptions and maximize its adaption.<#LINE#>Fallon T. (2015).@The New Silk Road: Xi Jinping’s Grand Strategy for Eurasia.@American Foreign Policy Interests, 37(3), 140-147.@Yes$Gu J. (2015).@China’s New Silk Road to Development Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges.@United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, 1-10.@Yes$Callaghan M. and Hubbard P. (2016).@The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Multilateralism on the Silk Road.@China Economic Journal, 9(2), 116-139.@Yes$Kratz A. and Pavlicevic D. (2016).@China’s High-Speed Rail Diplomacy: Riding a Gravy Train?.@Lau China Institute Working Paper Series.@Yes$Stegen K.S. (2014).@Understanding China’s Global Energy Strategy.@International Journal of Emerging Markets, 10(2), 194-208.@Yes$Perkins J., Hu W., Mustilli F., Salvo M.D., Francois J., Bekkers E., Manchin M. and Tomberger P. (2016).@Tomorrow’s Silk Road Assessing an Eu-China Free Trade Agreement.@Centre For European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels.@Yes$Picciau S. (2016).@The \"One Belt One Road\" strategy between opportunities & fears: A new stage in EU-China relations?.@Open Access Repository, 1-14.@Yes$Sarvari B. and Szeidovitz A. (2016).@The Political Economics of the New Silk Road.@Baltic Journal of European Studies, 6(1), 3-27.@Yes$Karrar H.H. (2006).@The New Silk Road Diplomacy: A Regional Analysis of China@A Thesis Submitted to McGill University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Department of East Asian Studies McGill University, Montréal.@Yes$Abdulrazaq A.O. and Kadar S. (2008).@Financial Risk and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Pakistan Economy.@International Journal of Business Management and Economic Studies, 1(1).@No$Persson T. and Svensson L.E.O. (1987).@Exchange Rate Variability and Asset Trade.@Rochester Center for Economic Research. Working Paper No. 109.@No$Petersmann E. (2009).@International Rule of Law and Constitutional Justice in International Investment Law and Arbitration.@Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 16(2), 513-533.@Yes$Ucal M., O@Effects of gender on credit card usage among university students in Turkey.@African Journal of Business Management, 5(22), 9023-9030.@Yes$Nunnally J.C. (1978).@Psychometric Theory.@McGraw Hill Book Company.@Yes
<#LINE#>An analysis of costs and returns of organic and non-organic agriculture<#LINE#>Shakuntla @Gupta,Jasbir @Kaur <#LINE#>6-9<#LINE#>2.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-060.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India@Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India<#LINE#>12/5/2017<#LINE#>8/6/2017<#LINE#>In the recent development efforts, the economic benefits have been given more preference than the social and environmental benefits. These attempts have negatively affected the ecosystem and resulted in interruptions in the natural cycles. The organic agriculture is notified as one such attempt which has helped to increase the environmental sustainability. Socially, it increases the employment opportunities leading to labour welfare along with the consumer protection and food security. Economically, it provides higher price to the farmers to fulfill the higher cost of cultivation. Punjab, the trendsetter state of Green Revolution, has very high consumption of fertilizers and pesticides. In this regard, it is indispensable to have an insight of costs and returns of organic agriculture in Punjab. No doubt, the techniques developed during the period of green revolution are profit oriented, but these techniques and methods are opposed to the environment as well as to the health of individuals. Punjab has been the forerunner of Green Revolution in India and therefore, its worse effects have been visible here. In this regard, Organic agriculture is viewed as an alternative method for the sustainability of ecology in the state of Punjab. The main aim of the present study is to examine the costs as well returns in organic and non-organic wheat and paddy cultivation. An effort has also been made in the present study to suggest policy measures to promote organic agriculture in Punjab. In order to fulfill the objectives of the study, the first hand information/primary data has been collected by making use of well prepared questionnaire. The study has been conducted in Nabha area of Punjab state due to large area covered under organic agriculture here. A sample of 100 farmers doing organic as well as non-organic agriculture has been taken. The study brings out the efficient results to prove the relevance of organic agriculture. Its adoption is beneficial to the farmers as they are going through the disastrous period. Despite the low yield and high costs in organic agriculture, its gross as well as net returns are high. It will be more beneficial for the farmers, especially the marginal farmers of Punjab which are under debt. With the adoption of organic agriculture they can come out of the debt trap which would improve their economic condition also.<#LINE#>Bromm J.A. and Wilson B. (2004).@An economic comparison of organic and non-organic agriculture in Saskatchewan.@2nd OACC Organic Research Workshop, Presented in association with the Organic Connections: Prairie Wide Organic Conference and Trade Show, November 14-16th, 2004.Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada.@No$Cisilino F. and Madau F.A. (2007).@A comparative analysis of organic and non-organic agriculture through the Italian FADN.@Published in: Proceeding of the Mediterranean conference of Agro-food Social Scientists.103rd EAAE Seminar ‘Adding Value to the Agro-Food Supply Chain in the Future Euro mediterranean Space’. Barcelona, Spain, 1-22.@Yes$Kopke U. (2001).@Influence of Organic and Non-organic agriculture on Nutritional Quality of Food.@In Impact of Agriculture on Human Health and Nutrition, Vol. 2, edited by Ismail Cakmak and Ross M. Welch, EOISS Publishers Co. Ltd. United Kingdom, 210-221. ISBN: 978-1-84826-094-8.@No$Ikemura Y. and Shukla M.K. (2009).@Soil quality in organic and conventional farms of New Mexico, USA.@Journal of Organic System, 4(1), 34-47.@Yes$Hathaway-Jenkins L.J., Godwin R.J., Pearce B., Sakrabani R. and Whitmore A. (2010).@A comparison between conventional and organic farming practices.@19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World 1-6 August 2010, Brisbane, Australia.@Yes$Sharma Subhash and Pandove A. (2010).@Organic Farming in Punjab: An Economic Analysis.@Doctorate thesis. Submitted to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 1-172.@Yes
<#LINE#>Nutritional intervention study - nutritional status of rural school going children and maternal nutritional knowledge<#LINE#>Sharma @G.,Lakhawat @S. <#LINE#>10-16<#LINE#>3.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-088.pdf<#LINE#>Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India@Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India<#LINE#>8/5/2017<#LINE#>6/6/2017<#LINE#>Nutrition is a fundamental pillar of human life, health and development across the entire life span. More than 200 million school age children are stunted and underweight and if no action is taken, about one billion school children will be growing up by 2020 with impaired physical and mental development. On the basis of facts a nutrition intervention study was conducted on rural children with an objective to ascertain nutritional status of school going children also nutritional knowledge of mother was assessed before imparting intervention. Total sample was 120 school going children (15 girls and 15 boys from each school) were selected and their mothers for intervention. A Nutritional status of the subjects was assessed by using anthropometric measurements (height and weight), and dietary recall method. As results revealed that the height and weight of respondents was lower than reference value. Dietary intake of respondents was substantially inadequate (<50%) in all food groups. The mean nutrient intake was significantly lower than recommended dietary allowances. Intake of protein of respondents was 81 % of RDA. The results related to intervention the knowledge level was increase from pre test and according to results there was gain in knowledge.<#LINE#>Census (2011).@Population of Rajasthan.@Internet link:http://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/ rajasthan-population.html. retrieved on 1 May 2017.@No$Mitra M., Kumar P.V., Chakrabarty S., Bharati P. (2007).@Nutritional status of Kamar tribal children in Chhatisgarh.@Indian journal of Pediatrics, 74, 381-384.@Yes$Nicklas T.A. (1995).@Dietary studies of children and young adults (1973-1988): The Bogalusa Heart Study.@American Journal of Medical Sciences, 310, 101-108.@Yes$Nicklas T.A. and Hayes D. (2008).@Position of the American Dietetic Association: nutrition guidance for healthy children ages 2 to 11 years.@Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 108, 1038-1047.@Yes$Variyam J.N., Blaylock J., Lin B.H., Ralston K. and Smallwood D. (1999).@Mother@American Agricultural Economics Association, 81, 373-384.@Yes$Vereecken C. and Maes L. (2010).@Young children’s dietary habits and associations with the mothers’ nutritional knowledge and attitudes.@Appetite, 54(1), 44-51.@Yes$Appoh L. and Krekling S. (2005).@Maternal nutritional knowledge and child nutritional status in the Volta Region of Ghana.@Journal of Maternal and Child Nutrition, 1(2), 100-110.@Yes
@Case Study
<#LINE#>Quality education: a case study of Delhi/NCR schools (post right to education act, 2009)<#LINE#>Maria @Afzal,Shaista @Mazhar <#LINE#>17-25<#LINE#>4.ISCA-IRJSS-2017-069.pdf<#LINE#>Centre for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia – A Central University, New Delhi- 110025, India@Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia – A Central university, New Delhi-110025, India<#LINE#>13/5/2017<#LINE#>4/6/2017<#LINE#>Education is the backbone of the empowerment and freedom of a nation, which yields significant social development gains and makes an individual self-reliant. Right to Education (RTE), which implies right of children to free and compulsory education, is the major step towards this. The following study deals with the current status, challenges in implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, specifically in Delhi (both government as well as private schools), and its effects on overall quality of education. The data was collected through primary as well as secondary sources. A variety of techniques were used for primary data collection such as questionnaire survey, face to face interviews, focused group discussion, participant observation based on extensive field work to get information related to Elementary Education and to decipher specific issues. Semi-structured Questionnaire was prepared in the light of requirement for the Infrastructure, teacher-student ratio, Classroom management and School administration as laid down in the RTE Act and then the survey was conducted in four schools in Delhi/NCR. The study reveals that not much impact has been seen on the overall quality of education after implementation of the RTE Act. Given this quality of education, those students will not be able to cope up with the demand of secondary education. Major critical socio-economic factors have been highlighted in the study which hinder in imparting quality education. Hence, there is need to strengthen the operational aspects of the Act in Delhi/NCR.<#LINE#>Chandrappa (2014).@Right to Education Act (RTE) - Elementary Education: Backbone of the Education System.@IJAESS, 2(1), 16-20.@No$Ghalawat N. (2011).@Implementation and enforcement of right to education in India.@legal india. http://www.legalindia.com/implementation-and-enforcement-of-right-to-education-in-india%E2%80%99/@No$Marwaha N. (2010).@Mahatma Jotiba Phule: An Educational Philosopher.@The Primary Teacher, 35(3-4), 5-11.@No$Gokhale G.K. (1911).@The Elementary Education Bill: The Hon. Mr. GK Gokhale@Arya Bhushan Press.@Yes$Sadgopal A. (2008).@Common School System and the Future of India.@Parisar. https://parisar.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/common-school-system-and-the-future-of-india/ [Accessed 19/09/2016]@Yes$Saheb S.U., Seshaiah S., Viswanath B. and Sreeramulu M. (2015).@The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RTE); A Boom or Bane?.@International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 3(5), 58-64.@No$Banerjee A.C. (1947).@The Constituent Assembly of India.@https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.90254 [Accessed 19/09/2016]@Yes$NUEPA (2014).@Education for All towards Equality and Equity India.@http://www.nuepa.org/PublicationsUnpriced.html [Accessed 19/09/2016]@No$Sadgopal A. (2010).@Right to education vs. right to education act.@Social Scientist, 38(9/12), 17-50.@Yes$MHRD (2016).@Right to Education.@Department of School education. http://mhrd.gov.in/rte [Accessed 19/09/2016]@No$UNICEF (2000).@Defining Quality in Education.@Working paper series. https://www.unicef.org/education/files/QualityEducation.PDF [Accessed 19/09/2016]@Yes$MHRD (2009).@The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.@http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/rte.pdf [Accessed 24/09/2016]@No$MHRD (2012).@The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2012.@http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/33.pdf  [Accessed 24/09/2016]@No$Rai R. (2012).@Challenges In Implementing The Rte Act.@Uday India. http://udayindia.in/2012/07/07/challenges-in-implementing-the-rte-act/ [Accessed 24/09/2016]@No$Times of India (2014).@India has 37% of world@http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-37-of-worldsilliterateadults/articleshow/29562827.cms [Accessed 19/09/2016]@No$GOI (2011).@Census Report 2011.@http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/census_2011.html  [Accessed 24/09/2016]@No$GOI (2016).@Census Report 2001.@http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/census_data_2001.html  [Accessed 24/09/2016]@No$MHRD (2016).@Annual Report 2010-2011.@http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/document-reports/AR2010-11.pdf [Accessed 19/09/2016]@No$Planning Department, Government of NCT of Delhi. Economic Survey of Delhi 2014-2015. http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/DoIT_Planning/planning/economic+survey+of+dehli/economic+survey+of+delhi+2014+-+2015 [Accessed 24/09/2016]@undefined@undefined@No$Phukan P.K. (2015).@RTE Act 2009: Challenges in implementation.@https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rte-act-2009-challenges-implementation-c-eng-fipe-mie-miie[Accessed 20/09/2016]@No$Chowdhury S.R. (2014).@RTE still not implemented in most schools: Survey.@http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/RTE-still-not-implemented-in-most-schools Survey/articleshow/32874492.cms [Accessed 22/09/2016]@No$Ali R. (2013).@Delhi government fails to effectively implement Right to Education Act.@Millenium Post. http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=24895 [Accessed 24/09/2016]@No