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The concept of entrepreneurial ability-evidence from women in MSMEs of Karnataka state
The Indian women entrepreneurs have come a long way today from the traditional deep-rooted view of the Indian society and are predominantly found in the MSME sectors of India. To understand their growth and advancements, a proper understanding of their entrepreneurial ability with respect to their performance is of paramount importance. The objective of this study is to explore the factors of women entrepreneurial ability which impacts the successful performance of the women entrepreneurs in MSMEs of Karnataka state in India. A theoretical framework model of entrepreneurial ability developed for the study is tested with a primary data collected through a survey-questionnaire method from a sample size of 427 women entrepreneurs using a random sampling method, factor analysis and Pearson correlations. Overall the results of this study support the contention: the perceived business performances of women entrepreneurs have a significant influence on their entrepreneurial ability. Copyright 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. -
The computational model of nanofluid considering heat transfer and entropy generation across a curved and flat surface
The entropy generation analysis for the nanofluid flowing over a stretching/shrinking curved region is performed in the existence of the cross-diffusion effect. The surface is also subjected to second-order velocity slip under the effect of mixed convection. The Joule heating that contributes significantly to the heat transfer properties of nanofluid is incorporated along with the heat source/sink. Furthermore, the flow is assumed to be governed by an exterior magnetic field that aids in gaining control over the flow speed. With these frameworks, the mathematical model that describes the flow with such characteristics and assumptions is framed using partial differential equations (PDEs). The bvp4c solver is used to numerically solve the system of non-linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that are created from these equations. The solutions of obtained through this technique are verified with the available articles and the comparison is tabulated. Meanwhile, the interpretation of the results of this study is delivered through graphs. The findings showed that the Bejan number was decreased by increasing Brinkman number values whereas it enhanced the entropy generation. Also, as the curvature parameter goes higher, the speed of the nanofluid flow diminishes. Furthermore, the increase in the Soret and Dufour effects have enhanced the thermal conduction and the mass transfer of the nanofluid. 2023, The Author(s). -
The complexities of home and belonging in the Gulf-Malayalee experience: a close reading of Salim Ahameds Pathemari (2015)
This paper explores the interaction between home, belonging, and migration by closely reading Salim Ahameds 2015 Malayalam film, Pathemari. The paper briefly traces migration history from Kerala to the Gulf and its impact on Keralas housing boom, influencing its socioeconomic and cultural landscape. Through this, the paper examines how Gulf Malayalees navigate the multifaceted and contested concept of home despite being physically and emotionally displacedthe paradox of belonging and unbelonging, in their attempts to secure a material home while working as blue-collared Malayalee migrants in the Gulf. 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. -
The competencycontrol paradox in parenting adolescents: Evidence from an Indian mixed-methods study
Background: Adolescence is a critical developmental period during which parenting practices interact with temperament and sociocultural context to shape mental health and adaptation. Most parenting models are derived from Western settings, with limited evidence from India. Methods: This simultaneous mixed methods study drew on cross sectional data from the Indian Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA) cohort, including adolescents aged 1217 years (parent report n?=?931; child report n?=?836). Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on parent and child versions of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire. Qualitative data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 31 adolescents and their parents and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings were integrated at the interpretation stage. Findings: The original APQ structure did not replicate. Parent reports yielded three dimensionsInvolvement/Positive Parenting, Poor Monitoring, and Corporal Punishmentwhile child reports yielded five, distinguishing fathers and mothers involvement. Inconsistent disciplining did not emerge as a distinct construct. Qualitative findings indicated high involvement and behavioural and psychological control, largely driven by academic goals. Adolescents experienced these practices as both supportive and restrictive, with parental openness shaping communication. Contextual pressures, including resource constraints and urban stressors, contributed to a competencycontrol paradox. Interpretations: Parenting of adolescents in India must be understood within its relational and sociocultural ecology. While involvement and control function as primary supports, excessive control may constrain broader competency development. Integrating parent and adolescent perspectives is essential for culturally grounded research and intervention. 2026 Elsevier B.V. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. -
The charm of Indian folk art /
Indian Folk art is widely appreciated by the global audience because of its aesthetics and simplicity. The various folk art forms of India, have developed from the antiquities of the past centuries. The following research paper titled. The Charm Of Indian Folk Art‘ will analyse the traditional folk art of selected regions from across the country. And the modern adaptation of these traditional art forms by the contemporary designers. -
The Changing Trends in International Education in India: A review
The demand for international exposure and education is skyrocketing in India, mainly due to demographic changes, growth in IT, media exposure, broadening of career prospects, global opportunities, cultural exposure, adaptability, and the need for problem-solving skills in multicultural, global industries. Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are also responsible for providing an opportunity to equip students to be successful in complex, global work settings through integrating international perspectives in education. The paper aims to study and understand the trends among the inbound and outbound students in Indian HEIs in the past few decades. The pandemic has affected both kinds. Above all, the new National Education Policy (NEP 2020) focuses on the attainment of global standards for Indian HEIs and attempts to attract more inbound international students to Indian HEIs. The chapter explores the internationalisation trends India has experienced and will also share the prospective trends in higher education's internationalisation in India based on the new National Education Policy 2020. 2025 selection and editorial matter, Kennedy Andrew Thomas, Joseph Chacko Chennattuserry and Joseph Varghese Kureethara; individual chapters, the contributors. -
The changing role of marketing: Industry 5.0 - the game changer
The preceding revolution, Industry 4.0, surfaced by way of the influx of digital and automation technologies. Industry 5.0 followed the suit and the world is on the threshold of this new evolution. Industry 5.0 attempts to bring together the competency of smart machines and the exceptional ingenious potentials of the human workforce. Industry 5.0 is humanizing the digital and automated systems. It recognizes both automated technology and the human innovative skills on an equal platform. Marketing in its new role revolves on the axis of automation and cyber technology of Industry 5.0. This new makeover of marketing processes generates superior marketing actions, restructures marketing workflows, and assesses the results of marketing promotions. Industry 5.0 tools make available a fundamental marketing catalog for all marketing content and communications, thus assisting marketers to fashion a fragmented, customized, and favorable marketing experiences for prospective buyers. These systems and spaces offer automation attributes across numerous phases of marketing including videos, blogs, emails, social media, lead generation, direct mails, digital advertising, and more. This chapter aims to introduce the concept of Industry 5.0, where robots and machines are interweaved with the human intellect and labor as teammate instead of opponent. The objective of the chapter is to examine and explore the different facets of marketing in the face of Industry 5.0. The chapter describes the challenges and future trends and practices in marketing field in the wake of Industry 5.0 as the way forward for the companies for sustainability and resilience. 2023 by Sunanda Vincent Jaiwant. All rights reserved. -
The changing paradigm - Gender dimensions of watershed management in Hosadurga Taluk, Chitradurga District, Karnataka, India /
Intenational Journal Of Science And Research, Vol.4, Issue 7, pp.280-285, ISSN No: 2319-7064 (Online). -
The Champions Boat League A Race to Commercialise Festival Cultures
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The Challenges of Blockchain Technology Adoption in the Agro-based Industries
Blockchain is one of the latest innovations in information technology, bringing a digital revolution to many industries by increasing transparency. But this technology needs to be explored a lot as of now. Agriculture supply chain management distributes agro-based products like vegetables, fruits, pulses, and cereals. This research is conducted to identify the agro-based industries' adoption of blockchain in their supply chain for achieving sustainability. The next step towards sustainable agriculture is primarily seen as blockchain-enabled agriculture. By making supply chains transparent, technology can follow products from the point of manufacture and prevent waste and inefficiency. A structured literature review helped determine the barriers to blockchain adoption in agro-based industries. This research is unique as no survey-based research on blockchain in the agriculture supply chain using structural equation modeling has been found. The seven proposed hypotheses support the blockchain challenges for adoption in agro-based industries. The findings of this study suggest that the blockchain can bring transparency and traceability and will remove the agro-industry inefficiencies. 2022 International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences. All rights reserved. -
The challenge of gender stereotyping in Indian courts
Womens negotiations towards achieving justice are elusive due to patriarchal, cultural and caste norms. The expectation of compromise permeates Courts, even in rape cases. In spite of the prevalence of well-formulated substantive and procedural aspects of law, the constitutional promise of equality is still a distant dream for women. Intersectional factors like tradition, caste, religion and cultureall act as impediments to securing justice for women in India. In fact, gender bias plagues the criminal justice administration. This paper relies on landmark cases to demonstrate the biases exhibited by Courts, in matters of sexual assault and rape. The paper will also rely on feminist ideas to highlight the need for the law to understand the deep-rooted historical and socio-political contexts from which issues related to gender originate. The paper concludes by giving suggestions as to how gender bias can be done away with, by Courts. Law has to act as a transformative instrument if gender justice has to be achieved. Lawyers and judges should not be carried away by personal biases and prejudices and need to be socially sensitive while handling cases of crimes against women. 2022 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. -
The catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol using MoS2/ZnO nanocomposite
Nanocomposite MoS2/ZnO was prepared by an exfoliation process and characterized. A flower-like morphology was obtained for the hybrid where uniformly spread ZnO is stacked over thin layers of MoS2. A tight interface between the two components coupled with the energy band bending at the junction has resulted in a high activity of the composite towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol. A complete reduction to 4-aminophenol from 4-nitrophenol took place within 15 min under the optimized conditions. The catalyst has a recyclability of six times without any perceptible decrease in the catalytic activity. 2022 The Author(s) -
The Cartesian product of wheel graph and path graph is antimagic
Suppose each edge of a simple connected undirected graph is given a unique number from the numbers 1, 2, . . ., q, where q is the number of edges of that graph. Then each vertex is labelled with sum of the labels of the edges incident to it. If no two vertices have the same label, then the graph is called an antimagic graph. We prove that the Cartesian product of wheel graph and path graph is antimagic. 2023 Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University. -
The Capital structure puzzle
International Journal of Research in Commerce & Management Vol.4, No.03, pp.134-136 ISSN No. 0976-2183 -
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The business of education and ethical quest
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The broad-basing process in India and muslims
Muslims are recognised as numerically the most important among religious minorities in India. Broad-Basing has covered them, but the rate of catching up with the rest is not satisfactory. There has been a faster decline in poverty rate among Muslims than among the rest. The preponderance of the informal economy into which most of the Muslim workers are caught, their lower representation in higher education and gender biases are major stumbling blocks in their progress. The lower work participation of Muslim women is a significant factor in Muslims lagging behind others in employment. Most Muslim converts in India are believed to have come from the lower social groups, particularly artisans. Rural artisans suffered deprivation both during the colonial period due to cheaper imports of manufactured goods from England, and also subsequently after independence due to the rise of modern industry. Most of the artisans were reduced to the status of agricultural labourers. Thus the destiny of Muslims in India is tied up greatly with that of the informal sector. Their Broad-Basing can be promoted with the improvement in the status of the informal sector. 2020 selection and editorial matter, M. V. Nadkarni. -
The broad-band spectral energy distribution of candidate neutrino blazars
Blazars, the jet-dominated class of active galactic nuclei comprising flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and BL Lacertae objects (BL Lacs), are now increasingly identified as potential sources of high-energy neutrinos. Such neutrino blazars are ideal targets to investigate the high-energy emission processes and to understand their role as neutrino sources. We report results on four candidate neutrino blazars, PKS 0446+112, TXS 0506+056, PKS 1424(Formula presented) 418, and PKS 1502+106. We carried out (Formula presented) -ray spectral and timing analysis on three time periods that comprise a quiescent epoch, an epoch that corresponds to neutrino detection, and a flaring epoch. We also carried out modelling of the broad-band spectral energy distribution (SED) on those three epochs. We found that the (Formula presented) -ray spectra of the BL Lac TXS 0506+056 can be adequately described by a power law, while the spectra of the other three FSRQs require a log-parabola model. On shorter time-scales, we observed flux variability with doubling/halving time-scales of 4.70, 9.24, 30.76, and 15.42 h for PKS 0446+112, TXS 0506+056, PKS 1424(Formula presented) 418, and PKS 1502+106, respectively. The SEDs of most of the epochs for the sources are well explained by a leptonic scenario. However, the quiescent epoch of PKS 1502+106 and the neutrino-emission epoch of PKS 0446+112 required an additional hadronic component to reproduce the observed SEDs. Our analysis reveals a complex interplay of leptonic and hadronic processes. While certain neutrino-associated epochs align with a leptonic model, others necessitate a hadronic component to explain the emission features. The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. -
The brain at work: Understanding how neuroscience shapes organizational behavior
This book chapter delves deep into the realm of organizational behaviour through the lenses o neuroscience, aiming to shed light on the convoluted relationship between the brain, behaviour and organizational dynamics. The integration of neuroscience and organizational behaviour offer profound insights into understanding the underlying mechanisms driving human behaviour at the workplace. The foundation lies in establishing an extensive understanding of neuroscience principles and their relevance in shaping the organizational behaviour. Central to this exploration are the key brain areas such as the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus, each playing a prominen role in influencing employee choices, emotional responses, memory, and decision-making processe within an organizational setting. Additionally, neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin are examined for their impact on motivation, reward-seeking behaviour, mood regulation, and socia interactions in the workplace. Building upon these foundational concepts, the chapter investigate the benefits of integrating neuroscience into organizational behaviour research and practice Notably, it addresses the importance of understanding unconscious biases and their implications on decision-making processes, aiming to foster fairer and more equitable organizational environments Moreover, the study explores how insights from neuroscience can optimize employee well-being engagement, and workplace satisfaction by identifying neural mechanisms associated with stress burnout, and work-life balance. 2024 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
The birth of Be star disks: I. from localized ejection to circularization
Context. Classical Be stars are well known to eject mass to build up a disk, but the details governing the initial distribution and subsequent evolution of this matter into a disk are in general poorly constrained through observations. Aims. By combining high-cadence time-series spectroscopy with contemporaneous space photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), we have sampled about 30 mass ejection events in 13 Be stars. Our goal is to constrain the geometrical and kinematic properties of the ejecta as early as possible, facilitating the investigation into the material's initial conditions and evolution, and understanding its interactions with preexisting material. Methods. The photometric variability is analyzed together with measurements of the at-times rapidly changing emission features in order to identify the onset of outburst events and obtain information about the geometry of the ejecta and how it changes over time. Short-lived line asymmetries display oscillation cycles (tefl frequencies), which are compared to photometric and stable spectroscopic frequencies. Results. All Be stars observed with sufficiently high cadence during an outburst are found to exhibit rapid oscillations of line asymmetry with a single frequency in the days following the start of the event. For a given star this circumstellar frequency may differ only slightly from event to event even when the outbursts they are associated with have different properties. These circumstellar frequencies are typically between 0.5 to 2 d- 1, and are generally near photometric frequencies. They are slightly below prominent (generally stable) spectroscopic frequencies seen in photospheric absorption lines. The emission asymmetry cycles break down after roughly 5- 10 cycles, with the emission line profile converging toward approximate symmetry shortly thereafter. In photometry, several frequencies typically emerge at relatively high amplitude at some point during the mass ejection process. Conclusions. In all observed cases, freshly ejected material was initially constrained within a narrow azimuthal range, indicating it was launched from a localized region on the stellar surface. The material orbits the star with a frequency consistent with the near-surface Keplerian orbital frequency. This material circularizes into a disk configuration after several orbital timescales. This is true whether or not there was a preexisting disk at the time of the observed outburst. We find no evidence for precursor phases prior to the ejection of mass in our sample. The several photometric frequencies that emerge during outburst are at least partially stellar in origin. The Authors 2025.