The purpose of this study was to examine college students' knowledge of intense levels of music on their hearing and the effects of safe listening habits. Method: Four hundred college students (100 each freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors) were surveyed on their knowledge of safe listening levels of personal listening devices (PLDs). Results: College students' knowledge of safe PLD-listening levels was related to gender, college class, and PLD-pattern use. A statistically significant relationship between gender and PLD-pattern use was found: C 2 (1, N = 399) = 8.72, p = .003, Φ = .15. More males reported heavy PLD use and were less knowledgeable than females regarding safe PLD use. Significant relationships were also found between college class N
Rural women play a crucial role in agricultural development and allied fields. In the present study an attempt has been made to analyse the influence of IFAD rural development project on women empowerment. The results showed that majority of the women had medium or low level of education and they play important role in agricultural production in their area. Most of them participated in agricultural training and were agreed upon the suitability of training methods.
School feeding program as a social safety net has been popular in developing countries as an instrument for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. These programs are frequently targeted towards families' low socioeconomic status and unable to send their children to school or face poor attendance and drop-out from school .In the present study an attempt has been made to analyse the role of school feeding program supported by DAL Company in students' enrollment and Drop-out in Ombadda Locality ( Alamal and Ahmad AlrdeeGaber school). The results showed that majority of the students' parents were suffering formal education, worked in the informal sector to support their families. All teachers and students' parents considered the most frequent reasons for dropping out of or not enrolling in school are the poor financial standing of the family. Also, all of them agreed upon DAL school feeding program have positively impact on educational attainment by increasing enrolment, attendance and reduced students' drop-out.
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