External RC containment vessel of nuclear power plant is considered as a vital structure in the nuclear plant. The main function for the external RC containment is to prevent the escape of radiation into the external environment. The external RC containment of NPPs is subjected to impact of an aeroplane Boeing 707-320 acting on 16 exterior nodes at a vertical distance of 30m measured from the top of the foundation level. The problem in this research is the damage generated due to the impact of missile on external RC containment which can escape the radiation into the external environment. The response for RC containment was conducted with respect to stresses, displacement, velocity and acceleration after the impact. The objective is to increase the compressive strength of concrete in order to reduce the damage for RC containment due to impact of missile compared to concrete with a compressive strength of 30 Mpa. It was observed that the damage affects only the impact region of the RC containment. Parametric numerical modelling was conducted using ANSYS program for concrete having different compressive strength for external RC containment. It was observed that the effect of different compressive strength has a great result on the displacement, velocity and acceleration for RC containment due to impact of Boeing 707-320.

One of the key determinants of government size is the quantity of expenditure the government does out of the funds it gets from revenues and borrowings. Therefore, effective mobilization of public-sector funds requires exploring how the revenues and borrowings impact on the future values of government expenditure. In this line, using government expenditure as the proxy for government size and Nigeria as a case study, this paper examines the future course of government size in Africa’s oil-producing countries through an ex post forecasting analysis which involves forecasting Nigeria’s government expenditure in an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model. The analysis is based on time series data spanning 1981 to 2017, out of which the ARDL model is estimated for the 1981-2014 period, before ex post forecasting is done for the remaining 2015-2017 period. The results show that oil revenue, external debt, and the past level of government expenditure will have positive correlations with the future levels of government size, while non-oil revenue and domestic debt will have negative correlations. However, current oil revenue will play a unique role in the future path of government size, in that oil revenue is the only exogenous variable without any lagged term selected with its current term by the information criterion (Akaike Information Criterion) used for selecting the optimal ARDL model, which is selected among 2,500 competing models. A key policy implication of these findings is that optimum mobilization of public funds in the concerned countries requires paying special attention to current oil revenue.

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a metabolic disorder with an impact on the reproductive, metabolic, and cardiovascular health disease of women. It affects approximately 5%-10% of women in the reproductive age groups. The disorder can be morphological polycystic ovaries or predominantly biochemical hyperandrogenism, a clinical hallmark of PCOS, which can cause inhibition of follicular development, micro cysts in the ovaries, anovulation, and menstrual changes. Aims and Objective: A Correlative Study of C3 in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Materials and Methods: This was hospital based cross-sectional study carried out among PCOS was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Index Medical College Hospital, and Indore. This study was conducted from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019. A total of 260 subjects with age group between 15 to 45 years were divided into two group; cases (130) and controls (130). Results: Among a total of 260 cases, based on clinical and different biochemical parameters, 130 were diagnosis with PCOS and 130 were healthy women. The mean ±SD of various parameters among PCOS cases were; body mass index (BMI) 32.97±8.466, total cholesterol (TC) 188.42±31.126, triglyceride (TG) 134.43±50.01, high density lipoprotein (HDL) 36.29±9.55 TC/HDL ratio, 5.54±1.865 serum C3, 160.66±29.155 versus BMI 22.87±2.470, TC 155.42±26.333, TG 110.00±42.19, HDL 41.22±10.912, TC/HDL ratio 4.08±1.39, serum C3 127.48±35.60in healthy control. Conclusion: In this study, the role of inflammation and different biochemical markers were studied among PCOS cases. It was found that a majority of the PCOS patients were obese having insulin resistance. The levels of C3 as a marker of chronic low grade inflammation were higher in newly diagnosed PCOS as compared to the controls. The C3 values correlated well with various physiological and biochemical parameter.

In the comparative study of Chinese and English in China, more studies focus on the meaning of words themselves, but less study on the comparison of the pairs of synonyms. Based on the collocative meaning in Leech’s seven types of meanings in semantics, this article will take the Chinese characters “红” “赤”, the English words “red” and “scarlet” as examples to analyze the differences in commendatory and derogatory meanings between Chinese and English synonyms. In this way, we can analyze the linguistic characteristics of the degree to which the Chinese and English are affected by collocative meaning.

Purpose of the study: Modern economy cannot be thought without banks. The banks of Bangladesh have great contributions to the development of this country. This study concentrated on the commercial banks in Bangladesh to determine the effect of specific factors on financial performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study applies the statistical tools SPSS 20 version through descriptive statistics and a panel regression model which comprises 16 commercial banks listed by DSE and CSE yielding a total of 80 observations over the period of 2016-2020. Findings: The specific objectives of this research were obtained from the performance model indicated there is a significant positive correlation between Y1 of commercial banks with X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and X6 while negative correlation X7 showed the statistically insignificant impact on performance. From the regression model reveal that X1 and X2 and others variables have statistically significant while X3, X4, X5, X6, and X7 had an insignificant impact. However, it is recommended that empirical studies should be undertaken in the same field to find out what more bank factors could affect the performance of banks. Applications of this study: This study has greater importance for government, bank managers, investors, academicians, and scholars etc. Originality/Novelty: In this study, the number of bank is taken as a different factor in selected commercial banks and bridges the gap in the banking literature of Bangladesh.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the physical and mental abilities between Indian and foreign soccer players. Methods: As for the study methodology, 90 male soccer players were recruited for this study, 30 of them were from India and 60 were from foreign countries. Only defensive and attacking positional Soccer players were selected for this study. All Indian soccer players who have participated only for the national soccer team and who have their own FIFA (Federation International Football Association) rankings were only selected for the study. Foreign soccer players who were selected for the study were from different countries and who also have their own FIFA (Federation International Football Association) rankings. Results: Two soccer performance factors namely physical and mental Skills were considered for this study. Mental skills were measured with the help of aggression response; assist position, interception, vision and composer skills whereas Physical skills were measured with the help of acceleration, stamina, strength, balance, sprint speed, agility and jumping skills. Secondary data has been used for this study. The Student’t’ test statistics was applied to check the existence of significant differences between Indian and Foreign male soccer players. Conclusion: In conclusion, significant differences were observed across all physical and mental abilities in favour of foreign soccer players.

Bangladesh is a South Asian country where most of the Muslims follow the Hanafi school and the issue of inheritance is, however governed by the statutory Muslim law. The ultimate purpose of the Islamic law of inheritance is to provide and make material arrangements to share the estate of the deceased person among the living dependents, family members and relatives. Unfortunately, the Muslim women in Bangladesh, despite having the right to inheritance of property cannot actually enjoy them. However, such right to property of women is precisely mentioned in Surah An-Nisa of the Holy Qur’an. In the context of Bangladesh, the majority of women are marginalized from their property to be achieved through inheritance and this is only because of the rigorous implementation system, women’s lack of awareness and one of the most significant reasons for such deprivation is that they remain in the fear of losing relationships with family members. This research firstly discusses the right to inheritance of both male and female under the Hanafi law of inheritance and points out the present social practice in Bangladesh. This research further focuses on women’s rights regarding the inheritance of property and its implementation mechanism in other Asian countries. This paper then, appeals to discover various reasons behind the deprivation of Bangladeshi women and challenges in respect of their right to inheritance. Finally, this study suggests some recommendations to overcome this problem and to pave the way for enjoyment of the due right to inheritance of women by proper implementation.

Consumer protection in electronic commerce transactions is an essential component of any economic system. It is all about making sure that the consumers’ rights are protected by providing mechanisms for reparation of damages in case of infringement, be it in the provision of services or products. For example, consumers who fall victim of defective products or to identity theft can be harmed by having their privacy invaded, suffering the psychological stress of having their reputation ruined, incurring financial liabilities, and undergoing tremendous transaction costs to restore their names. In this vain, this paper aimed at making an appraisal of jurisprudential and legal instruments governing e-commerce transactions in Cameroon with particular emphasis on matters of online contracts for sales of goods and services. The paper also provide modest solutions for the hurdles facing Cameroonian consumers in establishing contractual liability both at the regional (through the Organization pour l’Harmonization en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (OHADA, the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa OHBLA) and national level. The paper therefore, concludes with some salient recommendations to bridge the gap between theory and practice in electronic commerce transactions in Cameroon.

The purpose of this study, to determine the effect of salesperson behavior on salesperson performance; the influence of the role of supervision on the performance of the salesperson and the influence of the performance of the salesperson on the marketing performance. A sample of all apparel SME salespeople in the city of Semarang, Indonesia. The sampling technique is purposive sampling with criteria for salespeople who have at least one year of experience. The data of this study are primary data generated through a questionnaire. The answers given by respondents using SEM analysis techniques, which are run through the AMOS 4.01 program. The results of the analysis provide empirical evidence that the behavior of salespeople and the role of supervisors can improve salesperson performance and have an impact on improving marketing performance.

In recent years, against the backdrop of the rapid development of telecommunication tools as well as the onset and continued existence of COVID-19, the way people communicate has been greatly changed. In cross-cultural and multi-lingual settings, remote interpreting is playing an increasingly important role, and for interpreters, the way of obtaining information becomes multi-dimensional as the source texts come in various modes. The paper, therefore, intends to observe the performance of a professional simultaneous interpreter at an online world dental conference, with the focus on how the interpreter deals with multimodal source information and the subsequent interpreting strategies. It is hoped that the research could provide insights on multimodal interpreting research and suggestions for better remote interpreting practices in the future.

Multiple Input Multiple Output -Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) is a promising technique for broad - band communication over mobile wireless channels. This paper presents channel estimation methods for Space Time Block Code - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (STBC-OFDM) system. Expectation – Maximization based on an iterative algorithm and Decoupled Maximum Likelihood method are used to reduce computational complexity without loss of estimation accuracy. Simulation results show that the effectiveness of the Decoupled Maximum Likelihood method is improved.

Background: The term stroke or cerebro-vascular accident refers to a syndrome of rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, with symptoms lasting 24 hours or longer or resulting in death with no apparent cause other than of vascular origin. Stroke can be classified into two broad types: Ischemic and Hemorrhagic. There are multiple risk factors for stroke but systemic hypertension (HBP) is the most common yet modifiable risk factor for stroke [9]. Cardioembolic stroke is a heterogenous entity and a variety of cardiac conditions can predispose to cerebral embolism. Methodology: Literature search was done using google search, hinari research, PubMed and books from the author’s collection. Results: The GBD study for the years 2002-2030 has estimated that there were 16 million first-ever strokes and 5.7 million deaths in 2005. The prevalence of stroke in subjects with HBP has been reported by various authors worldwide to range from 19.5% in Canada to 29% in USA and 30% in England. Cardiac diseases have been shown to increase risk of stroke. Atrial fibrillation is the most powerful and treatable cardiac precursor of stroke. The cardiovascular risk factors from the current National Cholesterol Education Project Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) include the non- modifiable, modifiable and emerging risk factors.

The risk of osteoporosis is higher in postmenopausal women and nutritional factors reported playing an important role in the etiology of low bone mineral density (BMD). Some studies claimed the involvement of vitamin B12 in the quality of bone structure in humans, however, results are not conclusive. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between BMD and vitamin B12 levels in postmenopausal women. In this cross-sectional study, BMD and blood samples from 77 postmenopausal women (age > 45 years) were studied. BMD and T-scores of the study subjects were determined at the femoral neck and lumbar spines by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA). Serum VitB12 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The mean±SD age of the postmenopausal women was 56.4±7.9 years. Bone mineral densities (g/cm2) were 0.80±0.16, 0.76±0.18, 0.74±0.14 and T-scores were -2.21±1.45, -1.41±1.22, -1.53±1.20 respectively at the lumbar spine, right femoral neck and left femoral neck. The mean±SD of vitB12 was 245.9±274.3 pg/mL. On multiple regression analysis, β values for log(VitB12) with BMD were 0.119 (p = 0.018), 0.085 (p = 0.140), 0.011 (p = 0.012) and with T-score were 1.028 (p = 0.022), 0.698 (p = 0.064), 0.940 (p = 0.015) at the lumbar spine and right femoral neck and left femoral neck respectively. In conclusion, vitamin B12 is found to be positively associated with bone mineral density and T-score at the lumbar spine and left femoral neck but not at the right femoral neck in postmenopausal women.

The discourse of the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespersons is not only an important means to convey China’s attitude, but also one of the important subjects to construct China’s national image. The discourse of the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespersons conveys China’s value orientation to the whole world. From the perspective of critical pragmatics, this article aims to analyze how the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespersons construct China’s national image in the aspect of discourse with the support of speech act theory. Taking the origin-tracing issue of COVID-19 as an example, the study found that the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespersons use the performative verbs of assertives, dierctives and commissives in their discourse to construct a responsible China’s national image of seeking truth from facts, acting transparently, respecting for science and actively carrying out cooperation.

The environment is the home of man, and anything that affects it affects man. In exploration of crude oil in the Niger delta of Nigeria, there is abundant risk to man and his environment. From inception of crude oil exploration in Niger Delta in 1956 till date the soil, river, animals, fishes, man and the environment has suffered terribly as a result of on form of pollution or another. It has been observed among other things that the release of crude oil and refined petroleum products in terrestrial and aquatic environment results in long term threat to all forms of life. It has also been observed that the presence of crude oil and spent lubricating oil in the soil adversely affects the physical, chemical and microbiological properties of the soil. It has also been discovered that crude oil affect the germination, maturity and growth of crops. Crude pollution also destroys aquatic lives and incapacitates flying creatures. Majority of Niger Deltans depend on agriculture, therefore to survive there must be a conservation and remediation techniques. This work discovered that the most effective remediation techniques that can be used in the Niger Delta region include organic treatments and inorganic treatment. The available types of remediation include Physiochemical processes, Thermal processes, and Biological processes, Biodegradation, Bioremediation and Phytoremediation. The aforementioned remediation techniques will go a long way to improve the environment. However, the best form of oil exploration in Niger delta should be the one with zero pollution tolerance.