OmniScience : A Multi-disciplinary Journal
OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal (OSMJ) Omniscience attempts to bring-out primarily, rich research and review papers embodying the concepts that fall under the scope of the definition of omniscience i.e. ‘being universal in nature’ ‘knowing everything’ ‘unlimited knowledge’. The Journal seeks to encompass the well sought- after domains of ‘Science and Spirituality The Journal's scope covers : Language & Communication Art, Music and Dance Human beliefs and Spiritual values Education Philosophy Metaphysics The audience or clientele for this journal comprises of not only scientists or research scholars, but also those who believe in a bond/relationship between ‘Science’, ‘Art’ , Spirituality’, ‘humanities’, and all those areas related with the scope of the journal.
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One of the essential dialogs in moral philosophy concerns the beginning of morality or, as such, the establishment, on which morality is based. There have been distinctive speculations that have constructed morality with respect to natural law, human instinct, human needs or understandings made between the people. Some of these hypotheses, for example, nature law, and agreement hypothesis cannot effectively clarify a large portion of our moral encounters. There are also arguments springing out on objective and subjective views of morality, as many persons think morality is objective while some think it is subjective. It is the aim of this study to look at the nature of morality, specifically the objective and subjective views of morality, and their shortcomings. Keywords: Morality, human needs, moral philosophy, agreement hypothesis Cite this Article Anweting Kevin Ibok. The Nature of Morality. OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(2): 32–40p.
Investigation into the Use of Social Media by Selected Hotels in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Many organizations today use social media as a vehicle to reach out to millions of customers. Hospitality business also has joined in the new age interactive media for marketing and public relations. This study is therefore focused on the use of social media by hotels in Akure, Ondo State. The purpose is to create the awareness for hotels on the benefits of the use of social media. 150 respondents for the study were selected by simple random sampling from among the management, staff and customers of three four-star hotels in Akure. Structured and unstructured, questionnaire were designed to collect data which were analyzed using simple percentages. Keywords: Hospitality, social media, awareness, marketing, management, public relations Cite this Article Olatunji C. A., Amodu, S.O, Omotoye, A.C. Investigation into the Use of Social Media by Selected Hotels in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(2): 27–31p.
Didactic Handling of Digital Number System in Teaching and Learning Process
The teaching of complicated subjects like that of the digital number system, presents extensive comprehension difficulties to students. This is attributed due to the lack of didactics and pedagogical competencies of young teachers. However through problem solving based learning techniques employed by students/teachers, the subjects can be made interesting and simple. The modus operandi is by using a structured problem solving terminology and steps. This case study attempts to exemplify the teaching of digital number system to the students of electronics and communication engineering and computer science. The learning may be laterally explored to facilitate most of difficult engineering subjects. Keywords: Computer education, pedagogy for number system, binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal system digital system Cite this Article Ashima Aggarwal, Priyavrat Thareja. Didactic Handling of Digital Number System in Teaching and Learning Process. OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(2): 9–14p.
Role of Education for Effective Growth of Indian Economy
The word “Education” originated from Latin word "to bring up". Education in every sense is one of fundamental factor of development. No country can achieve sustainable economic development without substantial investment in human capital. Education enriches people's understanding of themselves and world. Education is a continue process. It deals with over growing man in ever growing society. The education system needs to make students and learners, innovators, scholars, researchers and trainers. The importance of education's is today's need as it is the not only the development of intellectual skills and knowledge but also to effective growth and development in Indian economy. Education improves the quality of human being lives and leads to enhance benefits to individual and society. Eructation plays a vital role in growth of economy by social progress and improving income distribution. Keywords: Education, economy, growth, trade, productivity Cite this Article Kirandeep Kaur. Role of Education for Effective Growth of Indian Economy. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(2): 23–26p.
Feminist Consciousness: A Syntactic Analysis of Bayo Adebowale’s Lonely Days
As an interdisciplinary discipline, feminism seeks to address issues of equality and equity based on gender, gender expression, gender identity, sex and sexuality in line with social theories and political activism. Feminism can be traced to the evolution and practice of inequality between the sexes. However, the issue of women’s struggle for empowerment dates back to the history of feminism. The history of feminism itself is the history of women’s resistance and opposition to patriarchy. It is an ideology in art and life that resists patriarchy and challenges “the female essence”. It is the right that Bayo Adebowale skillfully employs syntactic features to expose women’s struggle, oppression and marginalization in African continent. This paper therefore focuses on the analysis of syntactic features such as sentence types, tenses, modal auxiliary verbs and others. The use of these special syntactic features is to create awareness and aesthetic sensibility and its impact on the readers and how its exhibits negative effects of women’s oppression, struggle and imagination in Africa continent. Keywords: Feminism, struggle, oppression, equality, gender Cite this Article Aminu Segun. Feminist Consciousness: A Syntactic Analysis of Bayo Adebowale’s Lonely Days. OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(2): 15–19p.
Educational and Social Perspectives of the University of Ulster at United Kingdom
In this 21st Century of 3rd Millennium, University of Ulster at United Kingdom is a scintillating star in the royal-world of “Science and Engineering”. University of Ulster has explored the branches of Science, Engineering, Arts and Economics by teaching, research and administration. Different research institutes are established and developed by Senior Leaders of the University of Ulster having nation building capabilities. In this research led University, the academic-courses are taught by all respected Faculty Members of this University using creative methods to contribute the Society globally. According to this report, the integration between educational perspectives and social perspectives in the University of Ulster will be helpful to establish an appropriate and strong academic platform in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Arunachal Pradesh of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) at the remote place of North-East India. Keywords: Science, engineering, education, society, University of Ulster, United Kingdom Cite this Article Subhadeep Mukhopadhyay. Educational and Social Perspectives of the University of Ulster at United Kingdom. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(2): 1–8p.
Physics is a fundamental branch of science. In this research paper, author has manifested different features of physics in the level of philosophy. The principles of philosophy are dependent on the principles of physics. The brief explanations and examples mentioned in this research paper are supportive to the integration between physics and philosophy keeping the scope of further discussion resulting into the advancement of science for the welfare of society. All prime ideas of this research paper are developed and flourished by author in the National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India). This research paper is founded on the basis of the lectures delivered by ‘Swami Vivekananda’ in the 19th and 20th century by the form of speech and letters to the audience. Keywords: Physics, philosophy, concept, society Cite this Article Subhadeep Mukhopadhyay. Special Thoughts in Physics. OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(2): 20–22p.
Homi J. Bhabha: Physics Nobel Prize Nominee and Nominator
Homi J. Bhabha (30 October 1909 – 24 January 1966) is known as "father of the Indian nuclear programme". He was the founding director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay in 1945 and then became Director of Atomic Energy Establishment (now called BARC) at Trombay and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India in 1954. Homi J. Bhabha was one of the most accomplished scientists who excelled in both theoretical and experimental physics, as well as in science administration. According to the record of the Nobel Foundation, until 1964 only five Indians were nominated for the Physics Nobel Prize, and 10 were asked to nominate candidate/s. H.J. Bhabha, well-known for his work on nuclear physics and cosmic rays, belongs to the list of nominators and nominees from India. The documents, such as nomination letters and reports of the Nobel Committee (N.C.) were obtained from the Archive of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Stockholm. The result of their analysis is given in this article. Keywords: Homi J. Bhabha, Physics Nobel Prize, Cosmic Rays, Meson, FRS Cite this Article Rajinder Singh, Hardev Singh Virk. Homi J. Bhabha as Physics Nobel Prize Nominee and Nominator. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(1): 4–10p.
Functional History of Consumer Disputes Redressal Machineries of Tamil Nadu: An Analytical Study
The Indian legal system has experienced a revolution with the enactment of consumer protection act 1986, which was specifically designed to redress the grievances of consumers by establishing consumer redressal machineries at the central, state and district level. They are national consumer disputes redressal commission, state consumer disputes redressal commissions and district consumer disputes redressal forums. The present paper attempts an analytical examination of the state consumer disputes redressal commission of Tamil Nadu and their district forums in redressing the grievances of consumers. The performance of these consumer forums is analyzed in terms of disposal of cases, rate of pendency, and filing of cases with some meaningful suggestions for qualitative and quantitative enhancement in its performance. Keywords: Consumers, disputes, redressal forums, consumer protection act 1986 Cite this Article Anto Auxcelian M, Albin Jerome, Kshtrashal Singh et al. Functional History of Consumer Disputes Redressal Machineries of Tamil Nadu: An Analytical Study. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(1): 35–39p.
This article is devoted to present a descriptive account of Ezha phonology. The various speech sounds of the language are approached from the perspective of their individual articulatory characteristics and from the perspective of the ways in which they pattern together. A total of thirty three consonant and seven vowel phonemes are attested. In terms of phoneme clustering, Ezha sounds can assume four different patterns: Sonorant-Obstruent, Obstruent-Sonorant, Sonorant-Sonorant, and Obstruent-Obstruent sequences. Concerning the syllable structure, nine different syllable types are identified. These are: V, VC, CV, CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCV, CCVC and CCVCC where a CC sequence at the onset position is limited to syllables whose second consonant is r. Keywords: Ezha, Phoneme, co-occurrence, Phonotactics, syllable Cite this Article Endalew Assefa. The Sound System of Ezha, Ethio-Semitic. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(1): 14–23p.
Challenges in e-Government System in Rajasthan with Special Reference to Tribal District Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India
Dungarpur district in the tribal area of Rajasthan state is continuously stepping forward towards ICT-enabled governance. All the ICT-enabled governance applications like E-Mitra/CSC, E-Sugam, land record computerization, i.e., Apna Khata, etc. are doing well and the usage of these applications is increasing very rapidly in the urban area of Dungarpur. But when it comes to the rural part of this district, the story is different in different blocks. The government is trying to provide more access to government services through various e-governance projects but there are some challenges in providing e-governance in this district because of geographical problems, electricity and internet connectivity problems, low literacy rate, etc. Major findings of this study are low awareness in rural area; high satisfaction level of users; low usages; e-governance projects are still not reaching the poor; there are several local intermediaries; women participation is low; and many other problems. The study concludes that much of the potential benefits of e-governance are not being realized. Keywords: E-governance, Dungarpur, poor, citizen, E-Mitra, CSC Cite this Article Ritu Khanna, Vipin Khanna. Challenges in e-Government System in Rajasthan with special reference to Tribal District Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(1): 1–3p.
Evaluation of Jacques Derrida’s Position on Death Penalty; A Case against the Abolitionist
This paper, an Evaluation of Jacques Derrida’s position on Death Penalty; A case against the Abolitionist, is aimed at raising logical arguments against the abolitionist by providing basis for the justification of Death penalty, while exposing the merits and demerits of the argument of Jacque Derrida in support of the abolition of capital punishment. Responding to Derrida Death penalty Seminar of 1999/2000 which took an abolitionist stance against the practice of death penalty, this paper argued that, Derrida’s de construction of theologico-Political concept of the sovereign right over life and death in view of abolishing capital punishment, should be understood in terms of the unconditional renunciation of sovereignty as called for in Derrida’s later political writing, Rogues in particular. This paper thus, adopted the overlapping philosophical method of historical, critical and hermeneutical analysis, evaluation and prescription to web together its arguments in support of Capital Punishment while giving special attention to the positions of Jacque Derrida with regards to the idea of death penalty. The work made a case against the Abolitionist by providing basis for the justification of Death penalty. It is the opinion of this paper that, even the capital punishment is not enough to right a wrong or engender justice. Rather restitution should also be made on the side of the offender in other forms while also giving his life as a punishment. It is often perceived that the lextalions is principle is the apogee of punishment when applied to serious crimes, especially culpable homicide. This work sets up yet a higher bar anchored on the perspective of critical cogitation and replaces this prescription of “ tooth for a tooth and eye for an eye” with some teeth for teeth and the eyes for an eye” advancing arguments to move the frontiers of debate on capital punishment forward. Keywords: Death penalty, capital punishment, abolitionist Cite this Article Joseph N. Ogar, Abel Ushie, Idagu et al. Evaluation of Jacques Derrida’s Position on Death Penalty; A Case Against The Abolitionist. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(1): 24–34p.
Visual arts is one of the hand of the high class of art known as “Fine Arts” where performing arts forms the another hand. The visual arts are art forms where expressions of an artist can be seen physically such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking, literature, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines (performing arts, conceptual art, textile arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as well as arts of other types. On the other hand the performing arts range from vocal, instrumental music, dance and theatre to pantomime, sung verse and beyond. They include numerous cultural expressions that reflect human creativity and that are also found, to some extent, in many other intangible cultural heritage domains. The present paper will highlight the current trends and approaches of few selective artists including self for the creativity in visual arts today. Keywords: Visual arts, current trends, selective artists, human creativity Cite this Article Shekhar Chandra Joshi. An Approach towards Visual Arts Today. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2017; 7(1): 11–13p.
Historical Perspective on Social Justice
From antiquity to date, communal clashes, inter tribal even to global crisis of war is antecedented by penetration of ill-will, unfair sharing formula of human and natural resources by a privileged few. This has resulted in high social, economic and political acrimony, hence the growing calls to reframe the politics of poverty reduction and social protection in particular, in terms of extending the ‘social contract’ to the poorest groups as people are getting increasingly aware of injustice. This premise is on the widening gap between the rich and poor on daily bases. With the increase in awareness, knowledge, technology and the advent of post-modernist era, the quest for social justice has heightened. All through the era of Philosophy, Philosophers differ on the definition, and what constitute social justice. Until now, there is no unifying explanation on what social justice is and consists of. This paper tends to look into the history of social Justice and different philosophers from different epochs. It also tried to expose the problems inherent in the definition and what constitute social justice, and cautioned that complimentary imperative should be employ to curtail human egoistic tendency that aids social injustice. Keywords: Social justice, social contract, equality, complimentary reflection Cite this Article Joseph Nkang Ogar, Bassey Samuel Akpan. Historical Perspective on Social Justice. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(3): 39–46p.
A Study of Vocational Aspiration of Adolescents in Relation to their Socio-economic Status among Adolescents
The study investigates vocational aspiration of adolescents in relation to their socio-economic status among adolescents in Ferozepur, Punjab area. The study used descriptive survey design targeting three schools, from which 200 students were selected from each schools using simple random sampling. Data was used using questionnaire. Simple percentage and frequency count were used to analyze data obtained. From the study, it was clear that the environment and in relation to that, socio economic status has direct impact on vocational aspiration of students. Keywords: Vocational, aspiration, socio economic status Cite this Article Jipsy Chopra. A Study of Vocational Aspiration of Adolescents in Relation to their Socio-economic Status among Adolescents. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(3): 11–14p.
A Study to Find the Factors Affecting the Reduced Intensity of Po:rag Festival Celebration among the Mishing Tribes of Assam, India
Po:rag is a post-harvest festival observed by missing tribe of Assam. Drummers and dancers from nearby villages are invited to perform with their full potential providing wholesome entertainment to the venue. Po:rag was celebrated with full pomp and show. However, it has been seen that the intensity of celebration of Po:rag in the present days is decreasing as compared to the ancient times. So, our study was designed to study the factors that have influenced the intensity. Hence, a survey was conducted among the missing community with some questionnaires prepared with scientific viewpoints to analyze the factors that can influence the intensity of Po:rag celebration. About 87.66% of the total population believe in the fact of diminishing intensity of Po:rag celebration. The study also suggested that the major factor responsible for its diminishing intensity is urbanization, reduced responsibility of youngsters in social activities, less earnings of the entire community and either scarcity or expensiveness raw materials used in Po:rag celebrations. Keywords: Po:rag, Missing, Apong, Assam, Survey Cite this Article Mintu Hazarika, Iswar Hazarika, Anju Das. A Study to Find the Factors Affecting the Reduced Intensity of Po:rag Festival Celebration among the Mishing Tribes of Assam, India. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(3): 5–10p.
A Comparative Analysis on Issues Concerning Euthanasia: Legal, Religious and International Position
The concept of Euthanasia dates back to the ancient civilization. It basically connotes the practice of deliberately bringing a person’s life to an end so as to relieve him from unbearable and never ending pain and suffering. The concept of Euthanasia is highly debatable. The controversy lies in the question that whether people should be provided aid in bringing an end to their life, or should they be left alone to bear unbearable pain from an incurable disease. There have been diverse opinions on the issue of Euthanasia. The controversy has gained momentum because of the rapid developments in countries like Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Oregon of USA which have legalized Euthanasia. The concept of Euthanasia gained heights in India, when the Supreme Court legalized passive euthanasia in the famous case of Aruna Shanbaug. However, the Apex Court clarified that active Euthanasia is still ‘illegal’ in India, in the absence of any law to the contrary. There are both have and have-nots; and whether a person should be anti or pro Euthanasia depends on the ideology of each individual. The legalization of Euthanasia can lead to more open scrutiny, without any scope of undue harassment of the patient. Until active euthanasia becomes legal, it will be carried on clandestinely and there will be scope of misuse. Legalizing active euthanasia and practicing it within the confines of law would work as a magic potion and make death a blessing, not a tragedy. This paper highlights the concept of euthanasia in different religious perspectives, its position in various countries, the debate on legalizing it and present legal position. Keywords: Suffering, termination, responsibility, right to life, unbearable, freedom Cite this Article Hina Kausar, Aakriti Porwal. A Comparative Analysis on Issues Concerning Euthanasia: Legal, Religious and International Position. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(3): 15–23p.
People Perspective about Evolving, Brains of Givers or Takers!
The psychobiologist’s classification of left brained and right brained people advices how the stimulus may be designed for ensuring the growth of each type, or, as to how each may be taught or what vocation be prescribed for them. Viz. the right brained people were seen to venture more into artistic pursuits and being less analytical might face learning problems. On the other hand the left or digital brained people are more inside out – growing out, setting up things as they perceive or in short – demanding (takers) and so on. This paper makes an account of the three ways of classification of people, and their integration, if any, to allow them to progress towards excellence. If excellence is the objective, the various inputs should be well aligned to process them to consummation. The attributes must be put to right uses which are possibly functions of the people types to derive the best performance out of people system. Keywords: AUM model for evolution, Deming, Juran, Customer, fitness of quality Cite this Article Thareja P. People Perspective about Evolving, Brains of Givers or Takers! Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(3): 24–32p.
Up Against Odds: The Story of an Indian Researcher
The story of an Indian researcher is the scientific journey of a rural youth who tops in high school and is motivated by his teachers to study science. It depicts his fight against all odds to carry out his research activity in India after his training abroad. It is written to inspire other young Indian scientists who face the dilemma of working in India after their training in world class universities in Europe or America. It is a personal appraisal of author's own research. Keywords: Marie Curie University, particle physics, L-meson, geochronology, ICTP, radiation damage annealing, earthquake prediction, radon, nanotechnology Cite this Article Hardev Singh Virk. Up Against Odds: The Story of an Indian Researcher. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(3): 1–4p.
Assessment of Collection Development Practices in Afe Babalola University Library, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
Collection development is a vital aspect of the library function, which greatly contributes to the availability and adequacy of resources. The study investigates the assessment of collection development practices in Afe Babalola University Library. The study adopted a survey research design. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study, and descriptive statistical method was used in analyzing the data collected. The finding shows that purchase and donation are the major source of acquisition of materials. It was discovered that the University Librarian and the Founder mostly acquire the materials in the library. The finding also revealed that there is no laid down policy for acquisition of materials. The selection method mostly used are vendor’s list and librarian’s link. Finally, the study revealed that fund is the major impediment for the acquisition of resources. The study, therefore, recommend that university management should allocate more fund to the library in order to improve and even distribute its collection. Keywords: Acquisition, collection development practice, Afe Babalola University Library Cite this Article Williams–Ilemobola Olajumoke, Oriogu Chuks Daniel. Assessment of Collection Development Practices in Afe Babalola University Library, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(3): 33–38p.
Poka Yoke: Poking into Mistakes for Total Quality!
Mistakes happen. At times they are deadly. The statistics has those 25–30 mistakes at one level graduate the practitioner to a higher level of threat. Poka-yoke a Japanese quality assurance technique helps correct the process step where the error occurs. Thus it prevents incorrect parts from being made or assembled. The other option of avoiding inadvertent errors going to customer is ensured by detection by Poka Yokes. The various types encompassing the prevention and detection, Poka Yokes are exemplified in this paper using real life or common use exemplars. These are simultaneously linked with zero defect production. Further discussing the deployment of Poka Yokes in high performance applications I describe the techniques and abilities, namely the canny abilities of the scientist in Dr Abdul P J Kalam. How do we enjoy the fruits by correcting mistakes and carry on the quality journey is deliberated in this paper. Keywords: Dr Abdul J Kalam, Pokhran nuclear test, seat belts in cars, forgetting mobile charger in a hotel, safety through fool proofing, recognition of currency by blind persons Cite this Article Priyavrat Thareja. Poka Yoke: Poking into Mistakes for Total Quality! Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(2): 46–53p.
Democracy and Gasset’s ‘The Revolt of the Masses’: An Exposition
Democracy simply put, is the government of “the people”. There is no doubt that the rise of “the people” is now a principal political force in our contemporary world. Though democracy is largely celebrated today, Ortega y Gasset, in his book Revolt of the Masses thinks that it is an unfortunate incident. For him, the masses, regrettably, are vulgar. The masses are drunken by the possibilities that contemporary science has made feasible on one hand. Then again, their obscenity keeps them from realizing what to do with the conceivable outcomes. So, the masses float. The masses don't comprehend the past. This absence of knowledge endangers the masses’ progress with negative potential outcomes, but they want to lead, rule and involve in government. The “revolt of the masses” is simply a rebellion of hysteria against reason in human activities. This paper attempts to look critically at Otega’s Revolt of the Masses and democracy. It then agrees that the rise of the people has caused lot of problems, and against democracy, Plato’s philosopher king should be advocated for. Keywords: Democracy, masses, egalitarianism, philosopher king Cite this Article Bassey SA. Democracy and Gasset’s ‘The Revolt of the Masses’: An Exposition. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(2): 38–45p.
Exploring Traditional Wedding Ceremony of Majangir
This study attempts to explore the traditional wedding ceremonies of Majangir. It tries to give a description and analysis of the traditional wedding ceremony of the Majangir people, called “wawan” by the people themselves. The study attempted to explore and identify the most important cultural elements of the traditional wedding ceremony of the Majangir community and show how it is performed. Moreover, it intends to show the value system of the people in relation to marriage practices. The data was collected through direct observation including photographing and video recording. Key man informant interview and focused grouped discussion also employed for detailed information. All of the data was analyzed qualitatively based on their types. The collected data by observation, questioner and focused group discussion was analyzed and tried to triangulate for validity. In the Majangir wedding tradition, the consent between the would-be husband and wife (i.e. the girl and the boy) is the common practice. Early marriage is not exercised in this community. Sex before marriage is also prohibited in the Majangir culture. The preparation for the wedding ceremony and the bride’s wealth requirements are simple and easily affordable. Now, all of these traditions have completely changed due to the influence of the surrounding cultures and the Christian missionaries. The youth do not know what was happening in the past. In addition, they consider the traditional practices as backward and outdated. Instead, they opt to copy life styles and habits of the nearby Ethiopian nationalities and the Western Societies. As a result, the Majangir traditional practices, including marriage ceremony, are giving way for new intrusions. This intern results the alienation between the elders and the younkers. It thus appears crucial to record and archive the cultural practices and knowledge system of the Majangir community, with good description, for the existing and the coming generations. Keywords: Majangir, traditional, wedding, wawaan Cite this Article Getachew Anteneh, Habitamu Engidaw, Abudurahman Fantahun. Exploring Traditional Wedding Ceremony of Majangir. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(2): 16–29p.
A Descriptive Approach on the Relationship between Facebook and the Well-Being of Undergraduate College Students, Mekelle, Ethiopia
In recent years, online social-networking sites have achieved notable popularity among college students. Online social networking sites, such as Facebook, Google+, and Bebo, have grown popularity in recent years and they provide an exciting new area of study in the field of psychology. A survey study under descriptive research, the populations included in the study were undergraduate’s students (N= 400) from different Departments of Mekelle University, Ethiopia, Male 232(58%) and female 168(42%) of same age group, who have been using Facebook for more than 6 months. The current study which shows there is a significant relationship between Facebook and self-esteem of college students in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Our data suggests Mean number of FB friends 545+290 SD and Min=109 and Max=1674. Mean on FB last week 11.7+6.3 and Min=1 and Max=32 and the magnitude of low self-esteem is 24.3%. The findings of study concluded that as the year of studies (duration of the stay of students in the campus) increases in University, the influence of Facebook increases and the self-esteem becomes good to low. Keywords: Facebook, self-esteem, psychology, population study, relationship Cite this Article Kidane Tadesse, Rahul Krishnan Kutty, Kshtrashal Singh. A Descriptive Approach on the Relationship between Facebook and the Well-Being of Undergraduate College Students, Mekelle, Ethiopia. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(2): 1–7p.
Impact of Addition of Bagasse Ash on Production of Sesamum indicum and Soil Fertility
In this present scenario, use of chemical based fertilizer have played an important role in improving and increasing the yield of crop, but also degrade and reduce the soil quality (physically and chemically). As an alternative of it, the waste from sugar industries can be used for the amendments in crop yield, soil physico-chemical characteristics and give an economically reasonable way to reuse these waste in an environmental friendly manner and to work out sustainable development. The current research work targeted the production of Sesamum indicum crop with the introduction of sugar industries bagasse Ash into it, with the different concentration @ 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% respectively in the pot having 2 kg soil, compared to the control sample by the pot experiment. The soil composition and characteristics, under investigation has shown a high pH (7.6 )value, low content of organic matter (8300 mg kg-1), and deficiency of N (336 mg kg-1), P (4.2 mg kg-1), Zn (5.9 mg kg-1) and Fe (5.3 mg kg-1). bagasse ash was highly rich in micronutrients like Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu and also constitute sufficient amount of K and P. Consequently, total porosity of soil, available P, K, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu (48, 220, 38, 110, 41, 40 mg kg-1) content in soil, improved with the introduction of bagasse ash. On the other hand, dry bulk density reduced which is a positive effect. ECe and pH of the soil was increased in little amount. Thus, with the application of 20% of bagasse ash, the yield of Sesamum indicum crop the result can be enhanced to 40-60% due to the bagasse ash application. Keywords: Sesamum indicum, bagasse ash, soil quality, crop yield Cite this Article Kirti Prajapati, Gaurav Bhushan, Seema Dwivedi et al. Impact of Addition of Bagasse Ash on Production of Sesamum indicum and Soil Fertility. Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2016; 6(2): 30–37p.