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Item Dividend policy and its effect on the market price of stock (A comparative study of SCBNL, HBL & EBL)(Department of Management, 2011) Shrestha, SabinaNot availableItem Factors’ Motivating Teachers in the Use of Information Communication and Technology in English Language Teaching(Department of English Education, 2022) Shrestha, SabinaThis study is entitled Factors’ Motivating Teachers in the Use of Information Communication and Technology in English Language Teaching. The main objectives of this study were to explore the motivational factors that influence English language teachers to use ICT in ELT and to suggest some pedagogical implications on the basis of the findings of the study. For this study, survey research design has been used as a research design. The data were collected from forty English language teachers who were teaching in secondary level schools in Khotang district. Similarly, the data were collected using closed- ended survey questionnaires. Whereas, the data were converted into percentage and kept in table and then analyzed. The finding of the study shows that most of the teachers were positive towards the role of motivational factors. Similarly, it shows that the use of ICT in the classroom helped the teachers for their better teaching and learning activities. It motivated and encouraged teachers and students to take part in teaching learning activities actively. In the same way, regarding the implication of the ICT, the finding shows that the government schools lacked sufficient ICT tools in the schools. Motivational factors really encourage the teachers to use ICT in ELT classroom teaching and learning activities. It was found that majority of the teachers said that motivational factors play crucial role to implement the newly developed technologies in English language teaching and learning activities. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study, and operational definitions of the study. Similarly, second chapter deals with the review of the theoretical as well as empirical literature and its implication for the study. Moreover, it also includes the conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methodology adopted for the study, which covers design and methods of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy of the study, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, and data analysis and interpretation procedures, and ethical considerations. In the same way, the fourth chapter includes interpretation of the data. Similarly, the fifth chapter presents the findings based on analysis and interpretation of the data, conclusion derived from the findings and recommendations. This chapter is also followed by references and appendices.Item Gastro-Intestinal Parasites of Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus Linnaeus, 1758) in and Around Chitwan National Park, Nepal(Department of Zoology, 2018) Shrestha, SabinaAsian elephant is an endangered species in Nepal and its numbers are declining day by day. Present study was conducted to assess the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in Asian elephant in and around the Chitwan National Park. A total of 20 dung samples from wild elephants were collected by opportunistically from Chitwan National Park whereas as a total of 80 dung samples were collected from 40 captive/domestic elephants by the duplicate sampling technique with interval of 15 days in the month of May 2017. The collected dung samples were preserved in 2.5% potassium dichromate and microscopically examined using the direct smear method and concentration methods. Prevalence of protozoan and helminthes parasites was found to be 90% and 57% in wild and captive/domestic elephants respectively. In both wild and captive/domestic elephants, one protozoan parasite was reported: Eimeria sp. with 15% and 7.5% respectively. Among the helminthes parasites, one genus of cestode was reported from wild elephants: Anoplocephala sp. (10%) but was not found in captive/domestic elephant. Eight different genera of nematodes were identified in wild elephants (Ascaris sp. (45%), Strongyloide sp. (85%), Haemonchus sp. (25%), Trichostrongylus sp. (10%), Dromeostrongylus sp. (30%), Chabertia sp. (15%), Bunostomum sp. (10%), and Nematodirus sp. (10%) whereas four different genera of nematodes were identified in captive/domestic elephants (Ascaris sp. (27.5%), Strongyloide sp. (52.5%), Haemonchus sp. (7.5%), Bunostomum sp. (2.5%). No trematode was reported from the both wild and captive/domestic elephants. Location wise analysis suggested the higher prevalence of gastrointestinal parasite in dung samples collected from Chure area (30%) where as it was found higher from the Khorsar breeding center (15%) and Tiger Tops Tharu Lodge (15%) in captive/ domestic elephant. Mixed infection was reported in wild elephant with double (35%), triple (40%) and multiple infections (15%) but no single infection. However, in case of captive/domestic elephant’s single infection (32.50%) was reported with some mixed infection such double (17.50%) and multiple infections (7.50%). Intensity of parasites suggested that the light infection is prevalent than that of heavy infection in both cases. Comparing the morphologically similar parasites, the statistical analysis showed that there was significant difference in the prevalence of parasites among the wild and captive/domestic elephants (χ xii 2 = 5.0931, P-value= 0.02). However, the parasites such as Dromeostrongylus sp., Nematodirus sp., Chabertia sp., Trichostrongylus sp. and Anoplocephala sp. were only observed in wild elephants.Item Impact of NRB Direcives on Nepalese Commercial Banks (Wih reference to Nabil Bank Limited, Himalayan Bank Limited,Lumbini BankLimitedand Nepal Bank Limited)(Department of Management, 2012) Shrestha, SabinaNot availableItem Resistance to Sexist and Classist Ideologies in Caryl Churchill and David Lan's A Mouthful of Birds(Department of English, 2014) Shrestha, SabinaThis thesis examines female’s resistance to sexist and classist ideologies in Caryl Churchill and David Lan’s play A Mouthful of Birds. The play revolves around the seven characters: Lena, a mother, Marcia, a switchboard operator, Derek, an un-employed, Yvonne, an acupuncturist, Paul, a businessman, Dan, a vicar, and Doreen, a secretary. The actors play ensemble roles in all scenes other than their own. Dance sequences are at the center of the episodes involving the pig and his lover, the schi-zophrenic and her hallucinated tormentor, and the serial killer. The play’s perspective on mental illness and sexuality is strongly influenced by the work of Michel Foucault, who also wrote a monograph on the life of Herculine Barbin, as well as David Lan’s own anthropological work on possession and non- western religions. The play has an unusual structure; it is a series of seven independent vignettes each focusing on a different character. It mainly shows the violent nature of females to resist the patriarchal norms and values. Appearing violently to resist the oppressive male and the society, violence is the main weapon the female characters use in this play. Here, the male characters are shown with the weaker qualities whereas, the females are encouraged to resist against the sexist and classist ideologies. Therefore, the female characters come with the sense of resistance against the ideologies.Item Survey on Animal Brucellosis in Raw Milk Samples in Kathmandu Valley(Department of Zoology, 2012) Shrestha, SabinaA preliminary "Survey on Animal Brucellosis in raw milk samples in Kathmandu Valley” was conducted during January 2010 to May 2011 in four areas (namely New Baneshwor, Old Baneshwor, Gausala and Sinamangal). Prevalence of Brucellosis was studied by collecting raw milk from livestock-handlers and from private dairy. Altogether 200 milk samples of cows and buffaloes (single, pooled, mixed) were collected. All samples were analyzed by milk ring test (MRT) and out of 200 samples examined, 98 samples were found positive. The prevalence rate of Brucellosis was found to be 49% by MRT. The prevalence of Brucellosis is higher and unexpected which might be due to false positive result of MRT because other test such as Plate Agglutination Test (PAT) and Compliment Fixation Test (CFT) on serum were not conducted due to limited time and resources. Therefore MRT alone cannot predict the actual prevalence of Brucellosis in a dairy herd, the result of MRT should be validated by other recommended tests. Similarly, out of 200 milk samples tested by MRT, the highest prevalence of Brucellosis was obtained from Old Baneshwor area (n=55) 50% while the least prevalence rate was obtained from Gausala area. (n=5) 38%. Additionally during the study period between livestock-handlers and private dairy, a total 48 mixed milk samples (25 samples from private dairy and 23 samples from livestock-handlers) were collected and tested. The highest prevalence rate of Brucellosis was obtained from livestock-handlers (69%) than from private dairy (40%). However, the disease prevalence rate was found more in cows (40%) whereas absent in buffaloes in collected single milk samples after milk ring test (MRT).