JOB SATISFACTION OF TEACHERS WORKING IN THE SPECIAL SCHOOLS OF CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH STATE By Prasad, N.V.

According to the Dictionary of Psychology (2003), ‘Job satisfaction is the extent to which a worker is content with his or her position in an organization the work conditions, compensation and general treatment relative to others in organization’. Job satisfaction is the favorable or unfavorable subjective feeling with which employees view their work. It results when there is congruence between job requirements, demands and expectations of employees. It expresses the extent of match between employee’s expectations of job and the reward that the job provides. The factors of physical conditions…

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PERCEPTION OF B.Ed. COLLEGE LECTURERS ABOUT THEIR PRINCIPALS MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THEIR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION By  Ramakrishna Reddy, M.

Abstract Education in its holistic approach serves many purposes. It enables a person to stretch his potentialities for welfare of self, family and society. Education enthuses the individual with responsibility of developing and sustaining a just socio-economic system, conserving and transmitting human heritage, moreover adopting a sensible and sensitive approach towards utilization of resources. These aspirations can’t be accomplished in absence of proficient educational system, especially a professionally competent lecturer. Student lecturers enter the initial B.Ed. lecturers training programme with already established beliefs and value system. Their perception of lecturer…

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RESEARCH ON OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND STRESS COPING STRATEGIES: CERTAIN REFLECTIONS By Shailaja, M. and Reddy, G.L.

Stress and strain have become pervading features of peoples’ life in modern world. Despite tremendous advancements in science and technology, and remarkable  growth of economy and sources of luxury, majority of being experiencing moderate to high degree of psychological stress in various spheres of their lives. In the present day world majority of people may be seen talking about the term, yet, significantly few people use the term in the same way or even attempt for a clear-cut definition of the term stress. The word stress is derived from the…

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REDEFINING THE PARAMETERS OF WOMANHOOD IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S ‘ROOTS AND SHADOWS’ by Kabeerali P.

Abstract Patriarchy is an all-embracing term in feminist studies. Under patriarchy women are oppressed both by the patriarch and the matriarch. Matriarch oppresses women particularly over the daughters and the patriarch, oppresses women particularly over the daughters-in-law. A woman, who act with oppressive power politics and represses her daughter or daughter-in-law, is resented and feared as a matriarch. She unknowingly works as an agent of patriarchal norms in a male dominated society. This article aims at exploring the ways through which the novelist Shashi Deshpande tries to question the prevailing…

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SYMBOLISM IN THE POEM ‘STOPPING BY THE WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING’ By Dr. Sunitha Anilkumar

Robert Frost is an American poet whose works were published in England. They are realistic depictions of rural life and his works frequently employed settings from the rural land in the New England in the early 20th century. He received Pulitzer prizes for poetry. The poems of Robert Frost are “The Road Not Taken,” “Mending Wall” and “Birches.” A large number of Frost’s poems on the surface seem to be literal descriptions of landscapes and events. The subtle devices adopted by Frost such as using a word here and an…

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A SURVEY ON MULTI–TARGET DETECTION AND TRACKING IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS By Josna Jose and Dr.R.Vijayakumar

Abstract As it moves through a sensor network target tracking has become an increasingly important application in Wireless Sensor Networks. Multi-Target tracking refers to the problem of jointly estimating the number of targets and their states from sensor data. In multi- target tracking the location of multiple targets has to be tracked simultaneously. Increases the network traffic by increasing the number of targets to be tracked and thus more complex energy minimization techniques and routing schemes are necessary to compensate for the network performance. Tracking mobile targets using sensor networks…

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BENEFITS, REQUIRED SKILLS, PRIVACY CONCERNS REGARDING CLOUD COMPUTING By Dr. Vipul V. Makodia

Abstract IT organizations face unprecedented challenges. Internal business customers continue to demand rapid delivery of innovative services to respond to outside threats and opportunities. Hamstrung by limited staff and budget, IT struggles to keep up, often exhausting resources simply trying to respond to changing business requests. In this tense environment, the options have been few: delay innovation that fuels the business or allow business users to procure services without IT oversight that ensures reliability, security, compliance and governance standards are met for the business. At the core of IT’s challenges…

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