Volume 5 | Issue 4 |

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Land of five rivers, Punjab is situated in the northwestern corner of the India. There are 25,000 travel agents in Punjab doing business of $ 600 million/year. Research study was aimed to gain an empirical understanding for service quality gap between expectation and perception level of customers in the service provided by travel agents. This study employed a descriptive single cross sectional design and questionnaire was considered an appropriate approach to collect the data. The sample size of 1000 was selected by convenience sampling procedure. The data were collected in the state of Punjab only. This may limit the generalizations of the research findings to the travel agents of other states of India. In totality, this study contributes for the establishment of new theories, and concepts with reasonable degree of certainty.

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Punjab, GAP, RATER dimensions, SERVQUAL, travel agents, satisfaction, perceptions, behaviour intentions.

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Actinomycetes, Streptomyces, Chlorpyrifos, Biodegradation, Residual analysis.

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Ethnobotanical pharmacopoeia is confidently used in disease intervention and there is need for documentation and preservation of traditional medical knowledge to bolster the discovery of novel drugs. This research was carried out among the ethnic groups (Gaddi & Gujjars) in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh of India. Twenty-six (26) plant species of ethno pharmacological importance were gathered and documented throughout study period (January 2011 - March 2012). These medicinal plants were distributed among 26 genera and 18 families. Analysis of the growth forms of these medicinal plants revealed that herbs constituted the largest numbers or proportion with 12 species followed by shrubs and trees. The documented ethno medicinal plants were mostly used to cure kidney stone, skin disease, paralysis, stomach disorders, spermatorrhoea and fire burns. Indigenous knowledge, botanical diversity and ethno pharmacopoeia practices were recorded from Kangra District. The botanical resources were found to be under threat due to several anthropogenic and natural factors. Disappearance of traditional medical skills was evident in the study area and this prompts for design of linguistic, anthropological and ethnographic methods in the context of ethno pharmacology to document the indigenous knowledge so as to minimize the eminent fragmentation and biodiversity loss.

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Technology, Customers perception, ATM, M-Banking, Liquid cash, Mobiles, Necessity, Risk, Security, Problems and Comparison

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The purpose of this paper is to assess the contribution of education to growth and development of a country by analyzing the views of different economists and empirical studies. The paper also discusses the importance of investing on education or human capital and the cost of education or cost of acquiring skills. At the end, the paper assesses whether returns on investment in education increases with the increase in spending on education.

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Education, Economic growth, Investment, Cost, Returns.

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FMCG, Britannia, Liquidity, Profitability, Ratio analysis, Financial Performance

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This project presents the overall design of Home Automation System (HAS) with low cost and wireless system. This system is designed to assist and provide support in order to fulfil the needs of elderly and disabled in home. Also, the smart home concept in the system improves the standard living at home. The switch mode is used to control the home appliances. The visual feedback is received in the android application. The main control system implements wireless technology to provide remote access from smart phone. The design remains the existing electrical switches and provides more safety control on the switches with low voltage activating method.

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Android, home automation, smart home, Wi-Fi and QT

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Education, SSA, VEC, PRI, Social Challenges.

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Development of Highways are the main foundation of the infrastructure improvement and upgrading the vital thrust to accomplish quick and supported economic growth in changing the technological innovation .India has a road system of more than 5 kilometers according to MORTH , (Techier) Research July 2015 and the second biggest road system on the planet. It is undoubtedly the lifeline of the nation which is a never ending process activity in India. Because of rising oil costs and a more tightly monetary environment, cement is turning into a more alluring choice for base venture comprehensively contrasted with conventional bituminous asphalts. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India noticed that advanced society can't work adequately without concrete roads. Cement has a few deficiencies as low tensile strength, limited fatigue life and is characterized by brittle failure resulting in nearly complete loss of loading capacity, once failure is initiated. This paper manages exploratory examination on properties of M 30 grade concrete by adding polypropylene fibers in the blend at measurements of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% by weight of cement added to the mix. A comparative analysis has been carried out for conventional concrete to that of the fiber reinforced in relation to compressive, tensile and flexural strengths.

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Polypropylene Fiber, Concrete Mix Design, Compressive Strength, Tensile Strength, Flexural Strength, Fiber Reinforced Concrete.

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