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Several approaches have been used to enhance speaking skills for English foreign language learners. Among these approaches is the role play. This study aimed to investigate the impact of implementing scripted role play technique for a period of seventeen weeks on the development and improvement of oral skills and attitudes of eighth graders at a private school in Lebanon. The participants of the study were 56 learners divided into two classes (30 in the treatment group and 26 in the control group). The lessons were given two hourly three time s a week.

This research is a study based on literature review, the raised theme is Al-Qur'an and Multicultural Education: Initiating multicultural education based on interpretation in the Qur'an. In this study case of the Qur'an displays some verses related to the verses that dimensionless in multilayered studies and juxtaposed with the definition and intent in the study of the Qur'an.

Teachers are called future makers of nation. They are committed to various roles. For doing various role teachers must have emotional intelligence. In this study role commitment is studied with reference to their high and low emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence inventory by Subhra Mangal and TRCS by Dr. Meena Budhisagar and Madhulika Verma is used. Percentage analysis and 't' test is used for data analysis. In present study it is found that there is difference in level of emotional intelligence of both male and female teachers.

Playing for the child is the most important activity of his life. However, when the child becomes a patient in hospital treatment everything that is part of his daily life is transformed. The Therapeutic Toy is a way to mitigate the impacts caused by the hospitalization. The objective of this study was to evaluate the behavior of hospitalized children when they underwent nursing procedures after the therapeutic toy was applied. This is a qualitative descriptive approach.

A new semiorganic material of Tarataric acid and Urea (TAU) mixed crystals has been synthesized and successfully grown by the slow evaporation solution growth method. The grown crystals have been subjected to various characterization techniques such as single crystal XRD, SEM, FT-IR and UV-VISIBLE studies. XRD studies are used to carry out the crystallographic analysis. Fourier transform infrared spectum (FT-IR) is used to confirm the presence of various functional groups in the grown crystal. SEM studies are used to study the morphological identification.

Nomads are known as a group of communities who travel from place to place for their livelihood. The paper investigates Nutritional status of Nomadic Tribal women residing in North Karnataka. 30 nomadic adult women aged 18 to 45years from 6 districts of North Karnataka were selected. Nutritional status in terms of Anthropometry was assessed. Results revealed that 40% of the women belong to underweight category of BMI. Poor nutritional status of women makes her more susceptible to infectious diseases.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of polydextrose (PDX) supplementation on blood mineral levels and bone mineral composition in gastrectomizedwistarrats. Male Wistarrats (n = 40) with approximately 250 g underwent gastrectomysurgeryt o Billroth II with anterior truncalvagotomy, being distributed in two groups: gastrectomized (GXT) and false gastrectomized (SHAM).

Hedges are uncertainty markers that writers use to soften and make a writer’s uncertain about the contents. Hedges as metadiscourse in Pakistani English Newspaper Editorials (PENE) have been analysed. This is a corpus-based study. A corpus of 1000 editorials in Pakistani English Newspapers such as Dawn News (DN), The Express Tribune (TET), The News (TN) and The Frontier (TF) has been developed for this research study. 250 editorials from each newspaper has been taken from online sources.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ginger extracts on the physicochemical and sensory properties of yoghurt. Six ginger extracts were obtained by decoction, maceration at room temperature and at refrigerated conditions (4- 6°C) of ginger paste and powder.Yoghurt were obtained by adding each extract at0%, 5%, 10% and 15% (V/V).Physicochemical properties of yoghurt samples (pH, titratable acidity, dry matter, ash, fat, and non-fat solid) were determined at day 0.

A field experiment was carried out at Regional Sericultural Research Station, Kodathi, Bangalore during 2014-16 to evaluate the impact of vermicomposts generated through the use of various resource materials such as silkworm rearing residue (SRR), seri-farm residue (SFR), avenue tree debris (ATD) and municipal corporation waste (MCW) in combination with recommended dose of NPK and FYM in mulberry.