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The major objectives sought by the investors’ are security for investment, consistency of returns, growth of the capital, marketability, liquidity, diversification of portfolio etc,. Securities and assets that have return and risk characteristics investing in financial securities is considered to be more risky now a days. Modern portfolio theory states that by diversification risk can be minimized. The main objective of the study is finding the best portfolio by applying single index model. The companies must be in a position to provide the clarity regarding the above requirements for an investor. In this study we have selected the companies from different sectors like FMCG, Cement sector, telecommunications sector. The companies under the FMCG are ITC, HUL, Britannia, Dabur India, and Nestle India. The companies under cement sector are JK cements, Ambhuja cements, ACC cements, India cements and Ultratech cements. The companies from telecommunications sector are Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance and Tata Docomo. The study reveals that the telecommunication industry has high returns at a given risk. Cement industry stocks are advisable for the conservative investors who are not in position to take high risk.

Introduction: Umbilical cord stem cell banking is still an emerging concept in India and lot of people are unaware about this concept. This important scientific breakthrough has the potential to revolutionize the practice of medicine and can in turn improve the quality of life.
Aim: To assess the effectiveness of information booklet on the knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking. Materials and Methods: Quasi Experimental Research Design was used.60 antenatal mothers, who met the inclusion criteria, were recruited by non probability purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using a semi- structured questionnaire and was analyzed by using inferential and descriptive statistics. Information booklet based on umbilical cord stem cell banking was given. Post assessment was carried after two weeks. Results:. Findings revealed that, in pretest, most of the antenatal mothers (75%) had average knowledge and (13%) had poor knowledge respectively. Whereas, 70% had neutral attitude regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking. After the intervention, 50% of the antenatal mothers had average knowledge and 50% of them had good knowledge. Majority of antenatal mothers (65%) had good attitude and 35% had neutral attitude towards umbilical cord stem cell banking. Paired t-test was done for assessing the effectiveness of information booklet on the knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers. Average knowledge and attitude score increased after the post test and therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected. Information booklet was proved to be significantly effective in improving the knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking. Association of knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers with selected demographic variables was assessed using Fishers Exact test. None of the demographic variable was found to have significant association with knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers.

Invertase obtained from fifth instar larvae of Anthereaemylittadrurywas purified by 45-85% (NH4)2SO4 fractionation followed by dialysis and DEAE column. The enzyme was purified to 15.32 folds with recovery of 20.1% by DEAE-column chromatography and the molecularweight estimated was 66kDa by SDS-PAGE. Fifth instar larvae of Anthereaemylittadrury (Daba TV) contains high level of invertase at pH 10, temperature 40°C, using sucrose as substrate. Invertase has a Vmax value of 0.938 µmol/min/mg and Km value of 7.68 µmol/min/mg at temperature 40°C and pH 10.The increase in chemical concentration of CaCl2 and EDTA stimulated theinvertase activity whereas NaCl, Urea, MgCl2 and ZnCl2 inhibited the activity.

The most complex process is to collect huge amount of beneficial information from available data. But this can be made convenient by modelling a Data Analysis Workflow. To analyze the large data sets, Data Analysis Workflows may consume more time to execute completely. This situation is the same even when complex data mining Algorithms are used. Hence to make execution of Data Workflow Analysis more scalable for efficient systems, there is a need to make exploit the computing services of the cloud structures where in information is increasingly being saved. This Paper presents a method to design and implement a Data Mining Cloud Framework (DMCF), which integrates the Data Workflow Language and parallel runtime SaaS model. The main goal of DMCF is to simplify the development of data mining Algorithms keeping Real Data Mining Applications in mind.

Aviation dentistry is an emerging science which studies the impact of flying on the status of teeth. The main purpose is to understand how flying affects dental health and to prevent disorders associated with changes in atmospheric pressure. As the number of air crew members have increased from past decades, aviation dentistry has attained importance since it deals with maintaining the good oral health of the air passengers. The aim of this paper is about the role of aviation dentistry and effect of microgravity on teeth and oral cavity.

The objective of the research work was to evaluate and compare the stability and shelf life of in situ implant systems of anti-inflammatory drug, Deflazacort. In situ forming implants had gained wide attention as a formulation approach for those drugs intended to be used in chronic conditions where drug usage extended for weeks or months. Many limitations are reported to be associated with these delivery systems of which poor stability and short shelf life was major and need to be addressed. In this research work, in situ implant formations of Deflazacort was designed using combination of poloxamer 188 and poloxamer 407 as thermo responsive polymers in one approach while in the other PLGA copolymer was used. Evaluation of the formulations were done based on gelation temperature, gel melting temperature, gelling time, gel duration and % entrapment efficiency. Both formulations showed absence of any significant changes in formulation characteristics during stability study period, indicating high stability. Shelf life studies concluded that, in situ implant systems based on Poloxamer 188 and 407 exhibited a shelf life of1.86 years, while PLGA based formulations, had a shelf life of 2.083years.

This paper aims to demonstrate service quality improvement through digital banking. It highlights the steps taken by RBI and the government’s move after demonetization. This paper discusses convergence of technologies through the digital banking for a smooth transition towards a transparent economy. The main target of digitalisation is to push Indians to a less cash economy by financial rewiring with emphasis on the new way of life for the country from informal economy to formal economy. It identifies the initiatives and challenges during the initial period of digitalisations.

Examination of 924 dogs reported during 2011 to 2016 to Veterinary Hospital, Pantnagar yielded 588 (63.63%) confirmed cases of skin ailments. Maximum cases observed during rainy season (64.28%) followed by summer (21.43%) and winter (14.29%). It was detected that non-descript breeds as well as Labrador suffered most (32.14%) followed by German shepherd (9.52%). Out of nine observed symptoms, majority of the dogs presented with four or five different kind of symptoms as 28% had itching followed by dermatitis (19%), ticks (18%) and hair fall (15%).

Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) considers the rational element in the financial market. But in the late 1980’s the psychological element emerged which affected the locus of control of the Stock Market. Stock market is a dynamic market and is influenced by many factors but now it has been recognized that cognitive errors and distortions impact financial investment options of the stock market. The cognitive errors are determined by an investor’s personality. This paper tries to explore the relationship between personality traits (Big Five Model) of investors and the psychological biases that affect the investment preferences of the financial market.
It is well established from previous researches that we can enrich our understanding of financial markets by adding a human element. Much of the effort of behavioral researchers has been in uncovering new anomalies that cause us to think hard about market efficiency. These studies also create controversy because the implications of the results are subject to interpretation. This study extends the utility of the Big Five Model as an approach to examine the economic behavior of investors. In my present study it was concluded that the personality traits of investors affected the psychological biases and both factors in combination effected the financial decisions of the investment avenues available in the stock market making it more unpredictable and volatile.

Background: Malnutrition is a serious public health problem that has been linked to substantial increase in the risk of mortality and morbidity. Adequate nutrition particularly at an early stage plays a key role to live an active and healthy life.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of underweight and its determinants among 6-14 years old school going children of farming households in district Doda of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Methods: The present study was conducted in district Doda of Jammu & Kashmir to assess the nutritional status (underweight) of 182 school going children (6-14 years) among farming households. Nutritional status of the children was assessed in terms of anthropometric measurement. Weight for age (WAZ) of the sample subjects were calculated and compared with WHO-2007 reference standard. Z-scores were calculated by using Anthro Plus software.
Results: Results indicate that out of the total children screened (N=182), 6.45 percent of male and 19.10 percent of female children were underweight. The main determinants of malnutrition were found to be child's gender, parents’ education and economic status of the family.
Conclusion: There is a great need to focus the attention of the policy-makers for intervening in such areas, as nutritional status of children is a main indicator of