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The study aims to empirically test the relationship between types of campus adaptations across academic years of engineering undergraduate B. Tech students pursuing a four-year study at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT's) and National Institute of Technology (NIT's) in India. The Multivariate Analysis of Variance (Manova) test was run with SPSS vs. 21 to compare the student's campus adaptations of IIT's and NIT's by student's academic year level. Multistage random sampling with n = 1420 students were selected comprising of Multistage random sampling with n = 1420 students were selected comprising of first academic year (n = 160), second academic year (n = 273), third academic year (n = 460) and fourth academic year (n = 561). In academic adaptation, first year and second year students had negative outcomes with third and fourth year students having positive outcomes. In Social Adaptation, first year and fourth year students had negative outcomes with second and third year having positive outcomes. In physical -- psychological and institutional adaptation, only second year students had negative outcomes with first, third and fourth year had positive outcomes driving towards mental well-being and successful completion. Campus adaptations do vary across academic years influencing student's experiences at IIT's and NIT's.

Literature is the reflection of society. It includes novels, drama, short stories, poems etc. it provokes readers thought and transforms one's life. As we all aware of the fact that word has more power. It slices one's heart whereas powerful than sword. History is also a part of literature; it is interpreted, transformed and shaped in an artistic form of writing. It reiterates one's fear, frustration, anxiety, patience, anger and so on. It filters the emotions of the characters. The reader emotions are acted upon according to the situations. If the character finds joy the reader also feels happy and enjoys with it, if the reader finds the scene or an event unhappy then it makes the reader's heart heavy to sympathize or empathies with the character. It is a powerful tool where emotions are transformed irrespective of age, creed and colour. Literature seems to express strong emotions whereas racism plays an onus role. It helps understand the difficulties of people. They were victimized and marginalized by political power. Blacks were the longer victims of discrimination and injustice. Literature re iterates social equality within society and a high regard for human rights. The Researcher intends to analyse the treatment of blacks in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Blacks in all the aspects namely ,spiritually, emotionally, socially, religiously, politically and the sufferings of human and their pain and frustration is so well expressed in an art form. It provokes a brief historical background on blacks. As they're the minority group the whites looked down and treated them with much disrespect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coconut burfi is a popular traditional sweet of south India. The high percentage of saturated fat present in the product makes it susceptible to hydrolytic rancidity. The resulting increase in free fatty acid content coupled with mold growth limit its shelf life to 7–10 days in unpacked condition. Studies have been carried out on packaging and storage aspects of coconut burfi to extend its shelf life. The samples were packed in flexible pouches of multilayer films consisting of (1) polyester/polyethylene; and (2) polyester/aluminum foil/polypropylene under the following conditions: (1) normal packing; (2) 99% vacuum packaging; and (3) in-package heat processing, and were stored at 27C temperature and 65% relative humidity and periodically withdrawn to monitor changes in chemical, microbiological and sensory qualities. A maximum of 75 days shelf life was obtained for heat-processed samples as against < 15 and 45 days for air and vacuum packed samples respectively in both packaging materials. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS By this study, the shelf life of coconut burfi has been extended to two and a half months, which enables to increase the marketability and sale of the product and make the nutritious product conveniently available for everybody. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]