Sequent Economies in Kuku: A Study of a Rural Locality in New Zealand

<p>Today, the majority of travellers journeying in the North Island of New Zealand, from Wellington to points north, e.g. Palmerston North or Wanganui, travel the length of the Horowhenua coastal plain, which sole routeway is bordered by the Tararua foothills to the east and by the Tasman Sea to the west. At a point some 52 miles north of the capital city and approximately 4 miles south of Levin, the motorist passes over a white bridge near which stands a dairy factory, and at a distance, a Maori meeting house. At the end of the mile-long stretch of State highway, an elevated by-pass affords a view of fenced paddocks, closely-cultivated fields, a railway line and a river. (See frontispiece.) As such scenes are common on many lowland pockets of the North Island of New Zealand, they mean little to the average traveller who crosses the Ohau River and pursues his northward course.</p>

Sequent Economies in Kuku: A Study of a Rural Locality in New Zealand

<p>Today, the majority of travellers journeying in the North Island of New Zealand, from Wellington to points north, e.g. Palmerston North or Wanganui, travel the length of the Horowhenua coastal plain, which sole routeway is bordered by the Tararua foothills to the east and by the Tasman Sea to the west. At a point some 52 miles north of the capital city and approximately 4 miles south of Levin, the motorist passes over a white bridge near which stands a dairy factory, and at a distance, a Maori meeting house. At the end of the mile-long stretch of State highway, an elevated by-pass affords a view of fenced paddocks, closely-cultivated fields, a railway line and a river. (See frontispiece.) As such scenes are common on many lowland pockets of the North Island of New Zealand, they mean little to the average traveller who crosses the Ohau River and pursues his northward course.</p>

Influence of Social Media Activities on Higher Secondary Students

Social media is a convenient network of communication for people nowadays. This study is an attempt to examine the application and usefulness of social media activities in academics. The main objective of the study is to find out the level of social media activities of the higher secondary students concerning gender, class, locality of the school, and types of school. The sample size for the study comprised 707 students. The investigator used the social media activities scale prepared and validated by D.Johnraj David and Dr.P.Muthupandi. A Simple random sampling technique was used to collect the sample from various schools. Data was analysed through mean, standard deviation, and “t” tests. The findings of the study indicate that (i) male students have significantly higher use of social media activities than female students (ii)students studying in XII standard have significantly higher use of social media activities than students studying in XI standard students (iii) urban locality school students have significantly higher use of social media activities than rural locality school students(iv) students studying in aided schools have significantly higher use of social media activities than students in unaided schools.

Mobility and feeding habits of semi-confined domestic pig groups in a rural locality endemic to cysticercosis

Free-range pigs are in the highest risk to acquire cysticercosis in endemic rural locations, although the behavioral and physiological responses to the infection are known to vary widely between pigs. Those animals reared in semi-confinement showed a group behavior that allows us to follow the herd to assess the risks of contact with the parasite. This study is aimed to determine the movement and feeding habits of pig groups raised under semi-confinement conditions, using minimally invasive procedures, applying trajectory analysis to different herds in rural settings. Pig population and subpopulations were characterized, and their movement was evaluated in two seasons of the year, using a global positioning system (GPS). Our results indicate that pig groups are formed based on human ownership and the establishment of family bonds with each other. Each group interacts with other groups in specific sites of the village. Significant differences were found in the time and distance covered by pigs in the dry and rainy seasons (P < 0.05), and the distance travelled by different groups were found to take place in repetitive, well-defined spaces that include moving through sewage, landfills, and open defecation sites. Due to this stability, the trajectories covered by pigs could be useful as indicators of risk factors linked to the exposure of pigs to Taenia solium

ASSESSMENT OF METACOGNITION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEARNERS IN SCIENCE: INCLINATIONS AND CONCERNS

Metacognition, 'the cognition of cognition' in the layman language is basically the control and coordination of any individual on his/her own learning and knowing process. This piece of work is conned to four components of metacognition of children assessed in science in later elementary as well as early secondary age of schooling in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, an eastern state of India. While children reading in classes VI, and VIII of Government schools of the state are the main targets of the study the study also appreciates the cognitive and metacognitive consequences of schooling. Development of these competencies as consequences of schooling in grade VI and VIII were assessed by using the Metacognitive Knowledge Assessment Test (MKAT), Metacognitive Skill Assessment Test (MSAT), Metacognitive Attribution Assessment Test (MAAT) and Metacognitive Awareness Assessment Scale (MAAS) . In this study it was found that all the components of Metacognition increases with grade. Ethnicity is having signicant impact on these competencies i.e. learners with different ethnic background were distinct with their performances in metacognitive components. The learners from different locality are almost equally competent in all the competencies of except metacognitive skills, where rural student perform signicantly better than their counter parts of rural locality in all the grades as well as ethnicity

Engaging Mothers on the Growth of School-Age Children in a Rural South African Health and Demographic Site: A Qualitative Insight

A qualitative study was conducted to explore mothers’ insights on the growth of school-age children in a rural Health and Demographic site of Limpopo Province, in South Africa. The participants were selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected from seven focus group discussions, which were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. NVivo10 was used to analyse interview transcripts, following qualitative thematic analysis. Fifty-four mothers aged between 27 and 52 years were interviewed. Unfavourable sociodemographic status with poor living conditions of mothers were observed, particularly in terms of unemployment, minimal tertiary education, and rural locality. The perceptions of mothers on child growth linked growth of their children to various factors such as poverty and socioeconomic status, genetic/family heredity, and household environment. Mothers further related child growth to purchasing power and decisions regarding types of food, food unavailability, affordability issues, feeding beliefs and practices; and child food preferences, school feeding schemes, and maternal and societal cultural beliefs and practices. Despite their concerns, mothers perceived that their children were growing well, but differently. It is worth noting that the views of mothers on child growth were up to their aptitude level and might have been restricted due to their level of education and rural locality. Hence, there is a need for novel information, education, and communication strategies to effectively reach mothers, especially in rural areas, regarding the importance of identifying children with growth failure and its prevention. Mothers should be able to identify when a child is affected by growth failure and to seek healthcare, in order to prevent children from progressing to severe forms. This study informs on the timing of nutritional interventions for children and context-specific health promotion and health education programs to improve the knowledge of mothers on child growth.

UDMURTS-ADVENTISTS OF THE SEVENTH DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF YAKSHUR-BODYA: ETHNO-DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

This article discusses the socio-demographic characteristics and doctrinal characteristics of members of the Church of Seventh-day Adventist Christians (HASD) of Yakshur-Bodya rural locality of the Udmurt Republic of the Russian Federation - representatives of the Udmurt and Russian ethnic groups. Earlier, on the basis of empirical materials, the author put forward a theoretical position according to which among the multi-ethnic Protestants of the studied regions of the Southern, Middle and Polar Urals, speakers of Finno-Ugric languages can be described as representatives of a more traditional culture. Materials of fieldworks conducted by the Institute of Ethnological Research. R. G. Kuzeeva UFITs RAS in 2015 in Yakshur-Bodya rural locality, allow us to adjust this thesis. The leading approach to the study of this problem is an inductive strategy; analysis and synthesis methods are also used. The collection of empirical materials was carried out by the methods of field ethnography and sociology: included observation and surveys (questioning and interviewing). Article materials may be useful for employees of state bodies, specialists in the field of ethno-confessional relations, and religious researchers.