This study was conducted to examine the effect of corporate social responsibility on tax aggressiveness and its impact on financial performance. The sample in this study is mining companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the 2012-2017 period. The sampling technique used in this study was purposive sampling, where in the purposive sampling sample the mining companies were selected. The analysis technique used is multiple regression analysis. The results showed that corporate social responsibility did not have a significant effect on tax avoidance, tax avoidance had a significant effect in the opposite direction on financial performance and corporate social responsibility had no significant effect on financial performance.

A study was carried out on forty four problem breeder cows to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of GnRH and PGF2α for estrus induction response, time elapsed between treatment to estrus induction interval and conception rate and its effect on biochemical profile. Thirteen true anestrus cows were treated with GnRH (Inj. Receptal, 2.5 ml, IM, once), twenty three subestrus cows were treated with PGF2α (PGF2α, Inj. Estrumet, 2 ml, IM, once) and eight animals kept as untreated anestrus control. The estrus induction response, treatment to estrus induction interval, overall conception rate and service per conception in GnRH treated, PGF2α treated and positive control cows were 84.62%, 28.27±6.46 days, 72.73%, 3.13; 91.30%, 3.52±0.46 days, 71.43%, 2.53 and 50%, 48.25±10.8 days, 50%, 3.5 respectively. The plasma P4 level was significantly lower in all three groups as compared to other two periodic values (d-0 & d-20-22 post AI) which were due to luteal demise. The mean serum total protein was significantly (p<0.05) lower in untreated anestrus (8.57±0.36 g/dl) as compared to GnRH (9.75±0.28 g/dl) and PGF2α (9.62±0.31 g/dl) treated cows. However, Total cholesterol was numerically lowest in control cows than those of treated contemporaries but did not differ significantly (168.22±17.22; 208.46±14.71; 163.84±10.64 mg/dl; in GnRH, PGF2α and control group respectively, p<0.05). The Macro (Ca, P and Mg) and micro minerals (Zn, Fe, Cu, Co, and Mn) did not differ significantly among different groups. In conclusion, anestrus and subestrus cows can be well managed with GnRH and PGF2α therapy. The normal hormonal and biochemical milieu is essential for normal functioning of reproductive system.

Vitamin is an organic molecule or chemical compounds that is an important micronutrient which is required to act properly in limited amounts for the digestion of the organism. Vitamins are either water-soluble or fat-soluble. Many vitamins do not exist in individual molecules, but belong to similar classes known as vitamers. The multiple functions of vitamin A are essential for growth and development, immune system maintenance and good vision. This vitamin is essential for proper vision by incorporating retinal molecules that absorb light and work during dim light and color differentiation. Due to the unusual role of the retinal as a visual chromophore, vision loss, especially in reduced light. Vitamin D belongs to a class of fat-soluble secosteroids that enhance the absorption of calcium, magnesium and phosphate by the lower intestine and other biological effects. Diet vitamin D is biologically inactive or derived from the synthesis of the skin. Vitamin D controls calcium homeostasis and its metabolism. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant that inhibits reactive oxygen species from cell membrane protection. Several biological roles have been postulated, including a fat-soluble antioxidant. Vitamin E serves as a radical scavenger and supplies free radicals with hydrogen (H) atoms. Vitamin K refers to fat-soluble vitamins present in fruit and sold for structurally similar dietary products. For the modulation of certain blood-coagulation proteins or the control of calcium binding in bones and other tissues, the human body requires vitamin K.

Poly cystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disorder prevailing among women of reproductive age, specifically high in teenage girls and has become the most accepted cause of menstrual irregularities and infertility among them. In a study by Parthap et al., 2018, at Department of Gynaecology, Vinayaka Missions Kirupanada variyer Medical College, Salem, India, it was found that, there were 100 patients who had confirmed diagnosis of PCOS. It has also been observed that medication create side effects in young women. Therefore, it was thought to explore an alternative approach for disease detection, prevention or treatment for PCOS with the help of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is an expanding field of science involving biology, computer science and mathematics. It is growing in every field of life science including molecular sciences, biotechnology, medicine, agriculture and more. Genetic information stored in the bioinformatics tools can be used to develop personal medicine. In an another study, it is said that although the genetics and mechanism of PCOS are not yet understood, the computational tools may be helpful in finding the cause of this syndrome and this will also help in prevention of the disease. In the present study, the gene and genome sequences responsible for causing PCOS have been identified using bioinformatics tools like BLAST, PDB, NCBI. This will help to prevent the disease by genetic manipulations. Finally, the primers have been designed using primer designing tools in NCBI which can be further used for the treatment of the disease by manipulating the identified gene through polymerase chain reaction.

Abdominal arterial branching pattern have given attention to researchers because of their significance. The variations in branching pattern of hepatic artery, supplies liver are documented by many authors. But still there are much variations present which are not classified. The aim of present study was to aid the knowledge of variation in the hepatic artery for surgeons and radiologists. For this study, scientific literature from PubMed was carried out from year 2005 to 2020 for the articles having anatomical variations of the hepatic artery in all publications. The relevant articles were also studied. Out of 2173 cases, 1500 (69.02 %) showed type I normal pattern. 37 (1.70 %) cases displayed type II: a replaced LHA from left gastric artery. Type III: a replaced RHA from SMA was observed in 158 (7.27%) cases. Type IV: replaced RHA and LHA were observed in 4 (0.18 %) cases.136 (6.25%) cases displayed type V: an accessory LHA. 7(0.32 %) of the subjects were found to have type VI: an accessory RHA. Type VII: accessory RHA and LHA. Type VIII: a replaced RHA or LHA with other hepatic artery being an accessory one were not found. Type IX: the hepatic trunk as a branch of the SMA were 14 (0.64 %). 1(0.04%) was found in type X: the CHA from the left gastric artery. Variations in hepatic arterial pattern are useful for various surgical procedures like hepatobiliary, pancreatic, gastric surgery and radiological interventions. Accidental ligation or injury to these vessels may interrupt the blood supply.

The introduction of ideological and political ideas into university education is an important measure to clarify the goal of China's education development, recognize the inherent laws of education, clarify the characteristics and significance of China's education, and innovate the means of education. As an important foreign language course in universities, English intensive reading courses should constantly explore effective ways to combine foreign language with ideology and politics. This study mainly adopts the way of building teaching plan model, which will focused on the design of teaching plan, the unit theme, group tasks, autonomous learning, evaluation system, and other aspects. There is still much room for thinking and improving on how to construct "foreign language with ideological and political education" under the framework of "implicit ideological and political education".

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between budget adequacy and student enrolment in TVET institutions in Bungoma County, in Kenya. Proportionate stratified sampling, Census and simple random sampling were used to select a sample size of 426 respondents. Data was collected using questionnaires and document analysis. The items from the main questionnaire were organised according to the specific research objectives. Data was analyzed was done using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and Linear regression. The study established that budget adequacy has a statistically significant relationship with student enrolment and recommended that government and other relevant stakeholders make adequate budget allocation to TVET institutions for institutional resource in order to increase student enrolment .Additionally TVET institutions should be empowered to engage in income generating activities without losing focus on their core mandate.

The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic is unique and unprecedented in several aspects and has challenged health care systems. It is a worldwide epidemic that creates panic all over the world. So this is a very critical time. This the time to mainstreaming the AYUSH systems to transform Indian healthcare and demonstrate the potential of AYUSH systems in addressing the challenge and restoring health. In India, the world's oldest existing health care system originated. Therefore, it is carefully watched by the world community for how it handles the crisis using its resources. Ayurveda has enough potential and possibilities to be employed both for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Charaka Samhita, an essential classical textbook of Ayurveda, describes Janpadiwansa (epidemic) management and defines immunity as the ability to prevent disease. Through Yoga, Meditation, Aasana, Pranayama, we can strengthen our immune system, including our Pranavaha Srotas, our respiratory system. The clapping sound is a kind of Marma therapy & Music therapy. Various Rasayana medicines are used for rejuvenation & improving immunity in Ayurveda. Rising tolls of COVID-19 positive cases and deaths possibly raise anxiety and stress, while depressive and loneliness feelings are likely due to mandatory social distancing measures. Ayurvedic herbs i.e., Ashwagandha, Guduchi, Yasthimadhu, Pippali proved to be beneficial to help fight against the virus. Several steps for mental health are described, which have a potential role in engaging the community in creating a more positive, healthy environment.

In order to implement the fundamental task of morality education in China, the teaching team of New Standard College English Integrated Course 3 in NCEPU (Baoding) carries out a research on the construction of “ideological-political curriculum” under the guidance of PBL. The teaching team probes into the methods of integrating the ideological and political elements into the teaching objectives, and designs the teaching activities and evaluates teaching effect accordingly so as to provide reference for the ideological and political construction of other College English courses in China.

It is often said that personnel management is the livewire of every organization. This assertion is evidently true and has full expression in the Nigeria’s private sector that is structured for maximum productivity. This accounts for the massive improvement in the service delivery currently witnessed in the private sector. But unfortunately, the opposite is the case in the public sector where productivity and efficient service delivery is almost none existence. The reason for this abysmal performance of public servants is still a matter of scholarly debate. Some argue that the absence of employee motivation and poor personnel management were responsible for the deep-rooted unproductive and inefficiency evident in the public service. In order to provide satisfactory explanations to why most Nigerian public servants fail to bring innovation and creativity to their jobs, at least an understanding of their work condition and welfare packages is necessary. It has been acknowledged therefore that most workers in Nigeria only commits to their jobs just for their daily survival and never dedicated to making meaningful impact in the society. This is partly because of poor personnel management system and lack of motivation. Despite the fact that rewards and incentives are found to stimulate innovation, creativity and productivity amongst workers, however, it is regrettable that the management structures in the Nigerian workspace particularly in government establishments have not been able to integrate the employee motivation schemes into the public service. The paper therefore seeks to dialectically analyze the deficiencies inherent in Nigeria’s public service, using the “university employees” as the basis for understanding the linkages between staff motivation and productivity. In addition, the paper argues that Nigeria’s public service including the university system since inception is conspicuously underperforming in terms of quality service delivery, innovation and creativity. Drawing from the Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of motivation and qualitative analytical techniques, the paper concludes that the university employees are highly unlikely to put in their best at work except the authorities adopts both the intrinsic and extrinsic approaches to personnel management, which could potentially motivate employees for outstanding creative performances.

Law is often transplanted from one place to another. Law is inextricably linked to its social context. In the new location, it will operate differently because the legal context changes. The law undergoes a transformation. In its new context, it might fulfill its intended purpose or satisfy a different one. In the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of the Chinese private company, Huawei, the Canadian Court applied the double criminality test. This involved transferring the social context of the requesting jurisdiction, as it attached to the alleged conduct constituting the offence, to judge whether the domestic offence requirements could be satisfied. The social context may include background law comprising the sociolegal landscape. However, the law creating the offence is not transplanted for this purpose, as only the local law is relevant, not that of the foreign jurisdiction. This article reviews the application of the test and questions whether the deciding Court went too far by using foreign law, that creating US Sanctions against Iran, which does not exist in Canada, to satisfy a required element of the local offence. The article posits that the legal element of the transplanted ‘context’ shifted from passive background context to playing a performative role in the Court’s decision that the double criminality test had been satisfied. It is suggested that further study of the previous work of legal comparatists might help identify the role of transplanting law and context in this aspect of the extradition process.

Background/Objective: Methanolic extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa extract usually produces a brilliant reddish liquid and it is believed that modification of this colored liquid may have good staining effect on thin blood smear. Therefore, this study aims to examine the staining effect of modified methanolic extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx on thin peripheral blood smear in other to obtain surrogates hematological stains. Materials and methods: Dried calyx of Hibiscus sabdariffa was obtained commercially from Yola. The calyces were pulverized to fine powder and 10g of the powder was soaked in 50ml of absolute methanol for 12hours to obtain methanolic extract and thereafter, equal volume of both methanolic extract and methylene blue were mixed to obtain a modified methanolic extract. pH of modified extract was determined using pH meter. The modified methanolic extract was further used to stain thin peripheral blood smear. Results: Modified methanolic extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx had pH of 7.1. The extract produces a poor staining effect on erythrocyte but gave a deep blue coloration on leucocytes, while the control stains such as field stain and Leishman stain produces a normal coloration on leucocytes and a dark pink coloration with normal pallor on erythrocyte. Conclusion: Modified methanolic extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx has PH of 7.1 and produces a poor staining effect on erythrocyte but impacted a deep blue coloration on nuclear lobes of leucocytes microscopically. More research to get a modified concentration and a molar equilibrium of acidic and basic components in this extract is recommended.

Nowadays, the analysis of interpersonal meaning in political discourse has attracted more and more attention from academic circles. As the ninth UN Secretary General to take office in 2017, to a great degree, Guterres is actually a symbol of authority, justice and fair, therefore his words have profound impact on the UN and the world. Therefore, based on the theoretical framework of interpersonal function in Halliday’s systemic-functional grammar, this article focuses on the discussion of Guterres’ inaugural speech from the perspective of modality system. By means of quantitative and qualitative analysis, this article analyzes the high-valued modal operators, the median-valued modal operators and the low-valued modal operators in Guterres’ inaugural speech, hoping to find out Guterres’ speech style and also explains how he realized the interpersonal meaning in his inaugural speech with the help of different values of modal operators. Furthermore, it also can reveal the relationship between the choice of language mode and the meaning to be expressed, so as to better understand the deep meaning in the speech.

Background: Skin diseases are very much prevalent in the developing countries. It is generally agreed that pattern of skin & venereal diseases differ in different countries and within various regions of a country depending upon social, economic, racial & environmental factor. The morbidity associated with skin and venereal diseases makes them an important public health problem. Very scanty literature is found on the problem which is either disease based, community based or specified population group based. Objective: To assess the pattern of skin and venereal diseases in patients attending OPD of department of Dermatology & Venereology Of Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh. Materials and Methods: It is a descriptive study conducted at Dermatology and Venereology OPD in Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh for the period from 1st January, 2019 to 31st December 2019. Six thousand and two hundred and three patients were enrolled during the study period. The study population comprised of newly diagnosed cases as well as relapsing cases presenting in the outpatient irrespective of gender and age. Diagnosis was made on clinical basis. Lab investigations were restricted to the cases where it carried diagnostic importance. Then they were processed with the help of software SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 19.0 and analyzed. Results: Study was conducted on 6203 patients comprising 3373 (54.38%) males and 2830 (45.62%) females, who attended skin and VD OPD of Rangpur medical College hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh during the period of one year. Males were found to be most commonly affected. Male female ratio is 1.2: 1. Age group between 15 to 29 years carried maximum incidence (43.79%). All disorders were broadly classified into noninfective (63.5%), infective (20.2%) and miscellaneous dermatoses (16.2%). Eczema 1721 (27.7%) and fungal infections 694 (11.2%) came out to be the two top most common cause for OPD attendances. Conclusion: Our study found a higher prevalence of non-infective dermatoses than infective dermatoses. Eczema and fungal infections formed the largest group in their respective categories.

This paper investigates the impact of stock market development on real economic growth in Nigeria. The Johansen Cointegration and vector error correction model (VECM) were used to analyze annual time series data on stock market development indicators and real gross domestic product (GDP) from 1984 to 2018. The results show a long run relationship between stock market development and economic growth in Nigeria. In the long run, market capitalization ratio, all share index and rediscount rate have significant positive effect on GDP, whereas market turnover ratio, and trade openness have strong negative influence on GDP. Results also show evidence of causality effects running from stock market development to real GDP. The paper concludes that stock market development is important for economic growth in Nigeria. The paper recommends that government promote stable economic and political environment, strengthen the regulation and supervision of the stock market, streamline market processes, improve trading system, and increase investment in manufacturing and logistics infrastructure.