Reinvention International: An International Journal of Thesis Projects and Dissertation

AN INQUIRY INTO THE PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ON THE ACADEMIC FUNCTIONING AMONGST A GROUP OF GRADE FOUR STUDENTS AT A SCHOOL IN A VIOLENT PRONE COMMUNITY IN SPANISH TOWN, ST. CATHERINE

PAUL ANDREW BOURNE, ANNESIA BANTON

INTRODUCTION: Children living in violent communities across the length and breadth of Jamaica are particularly vulnerable to anti-social and criminal behaviours. Chuck (1986) in his contribution on violence asserted that the present reality of violence has become the heaven for a wide range of emotional feelings ranging from discouragement, desperation, fear, anger and depression which is not confined to any particular class or groups.
AIM: Therefore this study will concentrate on finding out how children who have experienced violence actually perform academically. The participants will be drawn from among the grades 4 classes in a Jamaican primary school in an urban area. It is hope that this study will provide some insight for school administrators and stakeholders of the various strategies to which they can employ in correcting violence at school and changing the low academic performance of children who are exposed to violence in their communities.
METHOD: The data were analyzed using themes and narrations, and they were presented in figures and tables as well as narratives of the participants.
RESULTS: All the participants of the study stated that community violence range from the involvement of police officers and gang members, gang members and innocent community members, and internal as well as external gang violence. Lionel (pseudo name) witnessed a brutal gang murder. â€œOne day I was babysitting and saw five men, tie a rope around and throw a big stone on the manâ€™s headâ€ Lionel said. The majority of the sampled participants used words like sadden (81.8%, n=9), numb/confused (63.6%, n= 7) and afraid (63.6%, n=7) to express how they feel following witnessing a violent act in their community. One participants stated that she felt suicidal (9.1%) and another indicated that he could not sleep (9.1%). A male-participant stated that â€œI peed myself.
CONCLUSION: A school with a robust process in place that routinely monitors studentsâ€™ behavior, consistently enforce the schoolâ€™s policies and regularly communicate the expectations to staff, students and parents can dramatically improve the quality of their school climate.

A CASE STUDY OF DIFFERENT FOLK CULTURES OF PURULIA: A STUDY OF FOLK SONGS AND DANCES AND THE PROBLEMS AT â€œBARAMâ€ VILLAGE, PURULIA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

SANTANU PANDA

This is to certify that Santanu Panda has completed his general work for partial fulfilment of M.A 3rd semester bearing Roll- 53310016 No-0046 Session- 2016-2017 of Sidho-Kanho-Birsha-University, carried out his field work at Baram village of Purulia district under supervision of Dr Jatishankar Mondal of Department of English.

This is original and basic research work on the topic entitled A Case Study of Different FOLK CULTURES OF Purulia: A study of FOLK SONGS AND DANCES AND THE PROBLEMS AT â€œBARAMâ€ VILLAGE

He is very energetic and laborious fellow as well as a good field worker in Field study.

AUTOMATIC WIRELESS HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM

VIKRAMSINGH R PARIHAR

This project describes the development of a wireless heartbeat and temperature monitoring system based on microcontroller ATmega 328 (Arduino uno) at a reasonable cost with great effect. Most monitoring systems that are in use in todayâ€™s world works in offline mode but it is of a great need that a system must be designed so that patient can be monitored remotely in real time. The project consists of sensors which measures heartbeat and body temperature of a patient which is controlled by the microcontroller. Both the readings are displayed on the LCD monitor. Wireless system is used to transmit the measured data to a remote location. The heartbeat sensor counts the heartbeat for a specific interval of time and estimates Beats per Minute while the temperature sensor measures the temperature. Both these data are sent to the microcontroller for transmitting to the receiving end. Finally, the data is displayed on the LCD at the receiving end.

POWER MONITORING SYSTEM USING MICROCONTROLLER FOR OPTIMUM POWER UTILITY IN HOMES

SNEHAL WARUDKAR, RAJVI DESHMUKH, VR PARIHAR

This project explains the design and implementation of an electronic system based on development of an automated household utility power monitoring system using Arduino. It utilizes the Arduino Nano board intended for use in conjunction with the ATmega328 chip. A current transformer through the sensor circuit is connected for monitoring the power. The system has been designed and used to monitor electrical parameters such as voltage, current and power of household appliances. The system consists of a smart sensing unit that detects and controls the home electrical appliances used for daily activities by following different tariff rates. Results are shown on Nokia Display 5110 which intends that the current transformer is working properly. As the supply and demand of electrical energy is challenged within the context of environmental awareness and which is evaluated by household monitoring. It can reduce costs for the consumers and thereby improve grid stability. A developed prototype has been extensively tested and experimental results have compared with conventional measuring devices.

SEASONAL SUNKEN, AROUND THE YEAR SUNKEN AND REEMERGING AFTER SUNKEN BUDDHIST PAGODA: INTERESTING RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE IN THAILAND

RUJITTIKA MUNGMUNPUNTIPANTIP, VIROJ WIWANITKIT