Nicotine is considered as one of the most toxic and detrimental substance that can cause oxidative damage and reproductive toxicity. Phoenix dactylifera have antioxidant property and used for curing male infertility. Withania somnifera has antioxidant properties, counteract the oxidative damage to the sperm and reactive oxygen species. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of water extract of either P. dactylifera or W. somnifera on nicotine-induced testicular toxicity. Male Swiss albino mice were divided into eight groups of four mice each as follows: control group; P. dactylifera supplemented group (1mg/kg/day); W. somnifera supplemented group (800 mg/kg/day); nicotine-treated group (0.5 mg/kg/day); nicotine co-administrated with P. dactylifera group; nicotine co-administrated with W. somnifera group. The above groups continued for 2 weeks but the last 2 groups i.e. P. dactylifera pretreatment with nicotine and W. somnifera pretreatment with nicotine groups continued for 4 weeks as follow: 2 weeks before nicotine and 2 weeks with nicotine. Results showed that nicotine significantly decreased body weight, testis weight, sperm count, testosterone, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone. In addition glutathione, total antioxidant capacity, catalase and superoxide dismutase activities showed significant decrease associated with significant increase in testicular malonedialdehyde concentration. Light microscopic examinations of the testis in nicotine group revealed evident severe alterations in spermatogenic cells, Leydig cells and Sertoli cells. However, when water extracts of either P. dactylifera or W. somnifera were administered in concomitant or pretreatment with nicotine, the estimated parameters and histological features of the testis tend to be nearly normalized.
In this paper, we study an approximation method for solving Fuzzy Abel integral equation in the most general form. The proposed approach is based on Legendre wavelets method. The proposed method is discussed in detail and the efficiency of the method is illustrated through some numerical examples.
The productivity of any excavator in stone quarry decides the production of that particular quarry. Therefore, it is always needed to look the appropriate conditions such as proper fragmented material, muck pile shape, availability of dumpers etc. for excavator so that it can be utilized in full capacity. This paper describes about a study which, was conducted in a stone quarry. From the study it was found that rock fragment size and its distribution has direct impact on excavator performance. It was observed that when mean fragment size of rock (K50) increases from 0.21 mm to 0.44 mm (two times) then there is 31% reduction in productivity of excavator. It was also found that the rock fragment size decreases as the powder factor increases.
Recently, the consumption of ant eggs called �escamoles� has increased significantly in Mexico due to organoleptic and nutritional characteristics. However, despite the current information about nutritional components such as vitamins and amino acids, information about the macronutrient profile remains unknown.\nTherefore, the aim of this study was to investigate proximate composition, macronutrient profile, and cholesterol content of escamoles, in order to gain knowledge on their nutritional potential as healthy food.\nProximate composition was performed by AOAC; Protein profile was determined by SDS-PAGE, fatty acid profile and cholesterol content were analyzed by GC-MS, carbohydrate profile by HPLC refractive-index, ESI and MALDI-TOF-MS. The results revealed that escamoles exhibits high protein content (41.8�0.15%) with molecular weight from 14 to 116kDa; lipids (24.2�1.4%); showing high content of unsaturated fatty acids as oleic acid (C18:1n-9 cis), and linoleic (C18:2n-6 cis); carbohydrate (23.7�0.4%) mainly glucose, trehalose, and glucose polymers, and low cholesterol content (0.32�0.05mg/g). \nEscamoles is an insect with great nutritional and functional potential to contribute to the food security of developing countries as well as prevent nutrient deficiencies.
Abstract\n Native Bacillus thuringiensis isolate was identified from fifty soil samples collected from Al-Fayoum city, Giza governorate, Egypt. The isolate proved its toxicity against 3rd larval instars of Plodia interpunctella and showed effect on the total percent of larval mortality. Molecular studies proved a great relatedness of our native isolate to B. t. krustaki group. Biochemical analysis of insect haemolymph, showed marked biochemical changes in carbohydrates and glucose contents as well as in protein and lipid concentrations in third infected larval instar. Histopathological changes could be observed using light and transmission electron microscopy in examining the midgut region which proved the similarity between the mode of action of our isolate with that mentioned for standard B.t. isolates. \nUsing four different PCR primers, RAPD-PCR amplification techniques were used for the molecular identification of Bacillus thuringiensis native isolate which showed great similarity with B. t. krustaki group.
With the creation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), many organizational and curriculum changes have occurred. These changes have increased the complexity of the processes of transition to university from previous educational stages. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to study the students’ problems and difficulties to adapt to university studies, with the aim of avoiding situations of failure, extension or dropout of university studies. This research presents the results of a descriptive and exploratory study with a sample of pre-university students with the objective of analyzing key learning skills and strategies to allow access and adaptation to the university educational system. Thus, we designed and applied a questionnaire which we had previously elaborated with different dimensions and variables which included the basic academic competences and skills in university education. Through a procedure of statistical analysis based on frequencies and percentages, we could identify the possible difficulties of adaptation of pre-university students who lacked some capacities and abilities which are crucial to university access and adaptation. The results obtained have served as a reference to state educational and counselling measures to develop competences and skills which facilitate the processes of university transition and adaptation in secondary school students.
Recycling aggregates from crushed concrete issued from demolition works in building and public works sectors are now considered as a solution to complete the deficit between the production and the consumption as well as to protect the environment. The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of manufactured concrete using recycled aggregates. Physical and mechanical tests of characterization were conducted on recycled aggregates to best understand the absorption effect. An experimental studyprogram performed on fresh concrete was conducted regarding the workability and rheology for different substitutions of recycled aggregates by constant and variable W/C ratio. Mechanical strength tests were also performed. The test results,shownclearly a low density of recycled aggregates which is reflected in the fresh concrete according to the substitution by this new aggregates. The ratio of porosity is high and reaches the value of 17%. The water absorption rate of this recycled gravel is 7% greater than the natural one. Also, it is noted that mechanical characteristics of this recycled aggregate are of lower quality than the natural gravel.The decreasing of workability is significantly dependent on the content of recycled aggregates, where, mechanical strengths decrease slightly. In terms of rheology, yield interface friction (τ) increases with the percentage of recycled aggregates and the viscous constant (η) of afully recycled concrete, reached twice times of that of normal concrete. In reference to a plain concrete, the compressive strength of concrete samples with constant workability and a variable water content decrease by 25%. Another concrete mix was prepared by introducing a superplasticizer by fixing the same workability state without adding water. This concrete providedcomparable resistance values and rheological characteristics as for the referential concrete.
An experimental study was carried out with the objectives to decolourise and accelerate the degradation of wastewater from textile dyeing , two sets of experiments were carried out. First the wastewater was subjected to solar photo-fenton oxidation process. The effluent from this phase was subjected to SBR biological treatment. In the first stage, to realize the modified solar photo-Fenton oxidation process, a heterogeneous catalyst was used. The aerobic Sequential Batch Reactor was adopted as the second stage treatment technique as a biological method. The effect of pH, catalyst dosage and H2O2 concentration was evaluated by Modified Solar photo-Fenton process. From the experimental observation it was found that an optimum dosage of 99.7% of decolourisation can be obtained by maintaining a pH 3, catalyst 1g / L and H2O2 = 0.48mole/L. The degradation dredged in the wastewater from textile dyeing was measured in terms of reduction in COD. It was observed that modified solar photo-Fenton oxidation process was helpful to reach a reduction in COD by 73% and also that COD could be further reduced to 91.89 % if modified solar photo-Fenton oxidation process is followed by aerobic treatment. It is observed from the experiments that the modified solar photo-Fenton oxidation process (H2O2/scrap) method is clearly were advantages then the classical solar photo fenton and solar photo fenton reaction with alternative sources of iron scrap from industrial waste sources such as matching is found to be economical compared to steel from other sources.
The purpose of this paper is to present the results from an international research aimed at the identification of employers` requirements towards professional competences of employees in waste management area, described by three areas: knowledge, skills, and social competences, necessary to perform professional tasks appropriate for levels 4-5 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) i.e. assigned for technical staff. The research was carried out in Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Germany in selected companies in waste management area. The data was collected with the use of desk research analysis and individual face-to-face in-depth interviews with the representatives of selected companies (employers/managers and employees) according to a survey questionnaire, supported by computer and telephone-based interviews. The methods of quantitative and qualitative data analysis were applied. The research enabled to define a set of professional tasks, which are found out as typical and common for countries selected to be surveyed and representing levels 4-5 of EQF. As a result, a European competence profile for “Technician-organizer of waste management in an enterprise” is outlined, including crucial knowledge, skills and social competences most sought after by employers on the European labour market.
Studies on demand function for highway transportation fuel exist in Nigeria. Most of them applied cointegration and log linear model specifications although there has been skepticism on the effectiveness of the resulting models because of the appreciable variance in their estimates. The main purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of multiple linear regression model in estimating the demand function for highway transportation fuel in Nigeria. Cross-sectional primary data collected from four major cities in Nigeria, namely Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Enugu were used in this study. The results showed that at 99 percent confidence level, the elasticities of 4 out of 8 factors that were studied, namely price of fuel, stock of vehicles, time spent in purchasing fuel and subsidy were the underlying forces that drive the demand of highway transportation fuel in Nigeria. Their respective elasticities were as follows: -.999, .111, .637 and .442. The outcome of this study was consistent with other existing studies. This presents evidence that multiple linear regression is also effective in estimating the demand function of highway transportation fuel.
The aim of this study is to evaluate prevalence of dental caries in 5-years old children in Slovakia and compare the current situation to previous studies held in 1987 and 1997-1999 as well as compare it to other countries. A total of 392 five-year olds were examined in spring 2015 for caries prevalence using DMFT and dmft according to WHO criteria. Indices were evaluated according to gender and location of residence. The mean DMFT was 0.02 (SD=0.17). The mean value of dmft was 2.97 (SD=3.5). The prevalence of caries according to observed criteria is smaller when compared to previous studies. On the other hand, results show that Slovakia score worse than developed countries. Since epidemiologic study aimed on caries prevalence in preschool children in Slovakia was conducted after 16 years, we suggest further investigation in order to confirm our findings and conclusions.
The present study was carried out to investigate the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of Trigonella hamosa L. extract (TH) and/or Sodium Benzoate (SB) in meristematic cells s of Allium cepa L. Root tips were treated with three different concentrations of T. hamosa extract (165, 330 and 660 µg/mL) and/or SB (8, 16 and 32 µg/mL) in five different patterns of treatments. Roots were exposed to each treatment, alternatively and simultaneously for 24 hours. Most of the treatments induced a significant decrease in the mitotic index; they also altered the percentage of mitotic phases and increased the rate of chromosomal aberrations such as micronuclei, chromosome fragments, binucluate cells, polyploidy and chromosome disturbance compared with the control. Flow cytometric studies of DNA showed that the Priming treatment of TH before BS exposure was found to minimize the damage action of SB on DNA content that could be indicates an antagonizing effect for TH against SB action. Furthermore the combined action of T. hamosa and Sodium benzoate had antagonistic genotoxic and cytotoxic effects as compared with the single mutagenic effect of each compound separately.
Methanol extract of Moringa oleifera leaves was evaluated for its potential hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects in CCl4-intoxicated rats. Phytochemical analysis of methanol extract of M. oleifera leaves revealed the presence of high concentration of carbohydrate, cardiac glycosides, protein and amino acids with a moderate concentration of alkaloids, reducing sugar, saponins, phenols, flavonoids, fixed oil and fats. The GC- mass analysis of the methanol extract of M. oleifera leaves revealed the presence of 25 components. The major components were trans-2, 3-Dimethoxycinnamic acid , Flavoxate, cis,cis-Muconic acid , Z-3,17-Octadecadien-1-ol acetate and Stevioside. Acute toxicity revealed no morbidity or mortality among rats receiving oral doses up to 4500 mg/kg.BW. M. oleifera leaves methanol extract normalized the hematological and biochemical parameters which have been deteriorated in CCl4-intoxicated rats. Moreover, the level of the antioxidant parameters in liver homogenate was also returned to normal levels. These results were confirmed by the improvement of the histopathological picture of the liver of treated rats. These results confirm the hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects of methanol extract of M. oleifera leaves.
The recent study was designed to inspect the moderating role of forgiveness between the feelings of vengeance and the instance of aggression in Pakistani murderers. Random sampling technique was used based on cross-sectional design. Sample comprised of 103 murderers (Male, n= 41; Female, n= 62), who were incarcerated in Adyala Jail, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Age ranged from 18-60 (M =34.56, SD = 10.26). Three scales were employed to measure aggression, forgiveness and vengeance in the subjects. The results revealed that forgiveness was significantly negative correlated with vengeance (r= -.55, p < .01), aggression (r= -.27, p < .01) and verbal Aggression (r= -.33, p < .01) in Pakistan murderers. Results also displayed that vengeance was positively significant correlated with aggression (r= .54, p < .001), physical aggression (r= .48, p < .001), and verbal aggression (r= .45, p < .001) in Pakistan murderers. Our analysis further revealed that forgiveness was significant moderator between vengeance and aggression in Pakistan murderers. The study recommends that murderers can be benefitted by an intervention addressing forgiveness. This study would be helpful for clinical and forensic setting to understand the nature of psychological problems and also guide them how to tackle such issues, especially the ones related to aggression and vengeance in murderers.
This investigation was carried out to elucidate the influence of curcumin pre-treatment on bioavailability of marbofloxacin following single oral administration in broiler chickens. Chickens were divided into four groups of seven each. Group-I and II were administered marbofloxacin (5 mg/kg body weight {b.w.}) intravenously and orally, while animals in group-III and IV received similar dose of marbofloxacin (5 mg/kg b.w.) intravenously and orally, after oral pre-treatment with curcumin (100 mg/kg b. w. per day, 10 days). Blood samples were collected from the right wing vein at 0 (blank sample), 0.166, 0.25, 0.33, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18, 24 and 48 hr in all groups. The Serum concentrations of marbofloxacin were determined by a reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detection at 295 nm. The serum concentrations were significantly higher in curcumin treated chickens following oral and intravenous routes. The pharmacokinetic data revealed that curcumin treated chickens had significantly higher area under curve (AUC), volume of distribution (Vc) and mean residential time (MRT). After oral dosing the absorption rate constant (kab) is significantly higher than the elimination rate constant (kel). This could result in the presence of in vivo flip-flop pharmacokinetics. The delayed absorption was evident following oral administration, which limited the elimination and demonstrated sustained release from entero-hepatic circulation Curcumin ameliorates the systemic and relative bioavailabilities of marbofloxacin after oral administrations in broiler chickens.
Traditional residential buildings in Nigeria provide thermal comfort irrespective of seasons. Their designs, which differ among ethnic groups, accounted for the diversity of typologies found in various parts of the country. Curve- linear and rectangular shaped designs are found in the northern and south-western Nigeria. Whereas rectangular and circular shaped designs exist in south-eastern Nigeria. This paper was aimed at establishing the relationship between design typologies of traditional houses and thermal comfort using south-eastern Nigeria as case study. Environmental parameters which affect thermal comfort were measured in selected traditional buildings in each location, to ascertain the weather conditions indoors and how the design of such building contributed to the indoor condition. The results showed that the indoor temperature of both circular and rectangular buildings shaped designs types falls within the thermal comfort zone. But rectangular houses exhibited a better thermal comfort than circular houses. Humidity was better in rectangular houses than circular type even both falls within the comfort level. Circular houses showed better ventilation than rectangular houses. The outcomes of results suggest that the design typologies of traditional residential buildings in Nigeria were aimed at controlling harsh climatic conditions.
Objective of this research work is to design a remotely controlled system used for automation. Paper discusses possible solutions to industrial automation through various technologies and indicates improvement in security of such systems. The development of hybrid system which suite to any automation system is required as industry is a diverse and have distributed computing environment. The efforts are made for continuous standardization to increase the utility of the system and to make it more user-friendly. In almost all sectors considerable efforts have been taken for automation, for many researchers and scientists automation itself is vision since long time. Even though phone lines are widely used at many places, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology is not been widely adopted. To adopt automation using VoIP technology the four major hurdles like insecurity, inflexibility, ownership and poor manageability need to be sorted out to great extend. This research provides further scope for more research, which includes elimination of the need for structural changes for installing automation devices, also includes simple security primitives those can be confidently configured, and also enable the composition of devices
We want to describe a case of scaphoid tuberosity nonunion fracture which was accompanied by calcification surrounding the flexor carpi radialis tendon and fracture fragment, which had been treated successfully with operation. A 30-year-old right-handed male visited the clinic with complaints of increasing pain in the right wrist for the previous 3 months following a fall on his outstretched hand while playing basketball. Initial plain radiograph showed a displaced tuberosity fracture of scaphoid with calcification around the fragment. We removed the inflammatory tissue and exposed fractured surfaces cleared of fibrous tissue. The nonunion site was reduced and three 1.0 mm K-wires were passed across the fracture site. At the 24 month follow-up, he was able to perform all activities of daily living and had resumed his pre-injury sports activity level without pain. When a patient who had a history of repetitive wrist injury fell on an outstretched hand trauma resulting in pain tenderness and swelling at the site of tuberosity of scaphoid occurred, accompanied by a calcification of the surrounding FCR. We recommend that the clinician always consider the possibility of fracture of the tuberosity of scaphoid in such cases.
In this study plotted yield mapping for an automatic yield monitoring system. Two kinds of yield mapping were plotted in this paper: 1) Yield mapping for early yield monitoring, 2) Yield mapping prior to harvest. For developing a yield mapping system in citrus fruits, the citrus field, which is located in Gwangnyeong 1-ri, Aewol-eup of Jeju Island. A total of 21 sample tree images were taken during the months of May, and November by camera in the citrus field. Two different sets of data were used in the yield mapping for the 21 sample trees: a) Yield estimation data by the total number of flowers, which was developed in [33], b) Yield estimation data by the total number of citrus fruits, which was composed in [37].
Compressive Sensing (CS) holds the promise to be a key for acquisition and reconstruction of sparse signals. The reconstruction of such signals makes sampling rates below Nyquist rate. In this work, a novel framework was proposed that is based on the idea of CS theory for the compression of mother and fetal heart beats. The proposed scheme is based on the sparse representation of the components derived from the ridgelet transform of the original Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. The ECG signals may be approximated by a few coefficients that can be taken from a wavelet basis. This fact allows a compressed sensing approach for ECG signal compression to be introduced and to be a domain of search. ECG signals illustrate redundancy between adjacent heart beats. This redundancy implies a high fraction of common support between consecutive heart beats. The main contribution of this paper lies in the using of ridgelet transform in order to generate sparsity in ECG signal. This transformation is considered an excellent approach as illustrated in this paper. Simulation results represent a better approach than Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) that is based on compression of ECG. MIT-BIH database is used for experimentation. The MIT-BIH database contains different kinds of ECG signals that include both abnormal ECG and normal ECG, which have different sampling rates. MATLAB tool is used for simulation purpose. The novelty of the method is that the Compression Ratio (CR) achieved by detail coefficients is better. The performance measure of the reconstructed signal is carried out by Percentage Root Mean Difference (PRD). Finally the experiments confirm that the proposed framework can be used in an efficient compression of ECG signals.
The accuracy of finite element method (FEM) is investigated for the solution of electromagnetic boundary value problems having first order ordinary differential equations. The FEM is a numerical technique that is used to solve differential equations. The solution domain is divided into small intervals (elements), and the unknown function is approximated by a truncated series of various functions (shape functions). The approximated solution is then replaced into the original differential equation, and the resulting matrix equation is solved to obtain the discrete solution of the problem. Linear (hat) and step functions are very common shape functions that have been used in many FEM applications. In this article, the authors used the sigmoid function as a novel application, and compare the accuracy of FEM with the sigmoid function against the well-known linear and the step functions. Two examples from electromagnetic problems are presented. It is concluded that the sigmoid function under specific conditions yields the most accurate results.
Task management is of a paramount importance because of the daily execution of more or less urgent and important tasks. In this paper, we propose a policy to indicate the necessary tasks and calculate their ranking, using a compromise between the available resources and the quality of service (QoS) granularity in the same task type. We applied a guaranteed technique in order to achieve an intelligent loss of tasks according to the importance of each task. A dynamicity of constraints was then used to attain an increase of availability, performance, reliability and system dependability. The results obtained from the proposed policy reveal that this type of policy can be extremely valuable for companies that wish to focus their efforts and resources to guarantee a satisfactory QoS for their clients.
Objective. The aim of this research was to study the effects of Tabasco’s traditional-type food on biochemical markers. Subjects and methods. An experimental randomized trial was performed in 50 women in two groups: the experimental, with media age of 22.8 ± 0.79 years, media body mass index 27.42 ± 4.31 kg/m2 and the control, with media age of 21.9 ± 0.53-years, media body mass index 26.64 ± 4.8 kg/m2. The experimental group received a traditional food plate during 3 months, 5 days/week. The control group received a habitually consumed fast-food plate same time. It was made a measurement of anthropometric values as biochemical parameters pre and post experiment. A T-test was performed to identify differences intra- and inter-groups. Results. Post-experiment, there were differences between the experimental and the control groups in both mean fasting glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin. In the latter, correlation was found between the individual albumin values and the times of attending the cafeteria. An inverse relation between globulins and times of attending the cafeteria was found too. A significant difference was found in leptin between pre- and post-treatment. Conclusions. It was found that one dish of traditional-type food at lunch time can improve biochemical markers.
The acid-base equilibria and metal ion and chelating tendencies of CHPHDM and (CHPHAAA) are reported. From potentiometric equilibrium of hydrogen ion concentration at 10o, 20o, 30o and 40oC and ionic strength 0.10 M (KNO3), in 75% (v/v) dioxane-water, 75% (v/v) acetonitrile-water and 75% (v/v) dimethylsulfoxide-water medium. The values of stability constants and thermodynamic parameters of some CHPHDM and CHPHAAA complexes with transition, non-transition and actinide ions are evaluated. The thermodynamic parameters ∆G, ∆H and ∆S of the complexes were analyzed in terms of the electrostatic (el) and non-electrostatic (non) components. The values of ∆Hnon show linear variation with the hardness and softness E±n of the metal ion. The solvent effects were obtained in three different mixed organic solvent-water mixtures.
Water quality index (WQI) for 47 locations of different villages of Bathinda district, Punjab, India has been evaluated. Eleven parameters were measured i.e Hg, Pb and As by WDXRF, Fe, Ni, Zn, Cu, Chloride and Total hardness by titration and volumetric analysis, Conductivity and pH by conductivity meter and pH meter. Comparison with WHO standards showed Hg, Pb, As, Chloride and Total hardness levels much higher in majority of the samples signifying the high pollution levels. WQI calculated using Canadian Council of Ministry of Environment (CCME 2005) method gives reasonably acceptable value of 24.58 which shows water is highly polluted. Tiwari and Mishra method (1986) method gives abnormally high value of WQI i.e 104. Pollution index and Metal index has also calculated which confirm the above findings.
Background: Medical students must not only gain knowledge and skills about recognition and management of mental problems, but they also must improve their attitudes and practices toward persons having mental disorders.\nAims: The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of the students in the Medical School of Near East University, which is the first medical school of Cyprus and composed of students from different cultures, toward mental illnesses.\nMethods: A total of 396 students (355 pre-clinical and 41 clinical) were included in the study. The Sociodemographic Data Form and Beliefs toward Mental Illness (BMI) Scale were used to collect data. According to the nationality analysis, the participants were divided into three groups as those from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), from the Turkish Republic (TR), and from other nationalities.\nResults: The Dangerousness Subscale scores were significantly higher for students from TRNC and TR (22.33 ± 6.21), compared to the students from other nationalities (18.87 ± 5.20) (p<0.01). However, the Incurability Subscale scores of the students from other nationalities (28.92 ± 9.31) were significantly higher compared to those from TRNC and TR (25.18 ± 9.19) (p<0.01). \nConclusion: Our study results suggest that there is no strong relationship between beliefs toward mental illnesses and sociodemographic features; however, culture plays a key role in perceived beliefs on mental illnesses.
Camels produce a novel type of antibodies that lacks light chains termed heavy-chain antibodies (HCAbs). These antibodies have low immunogenicity and this may give them a therapeutic value. In this study, we describe a generic, effective and scalable protocol for purification of camel\
We investigated the effects of ethanol extract of Hermetia illucens (HIE) in the hypothalamus of mice with high-fat diet-induced obesity. Intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of HIE reduced hypothalamic ER stress, which activated the leptin-induced Jauns-activated kinase 2 (JAK2)/signal transducers and activators of the transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway to cause appetite suppression. These findings indicate that HIE may reduce obesity by moderating feeding behavior and ER stress in the hypothalamic portion of the central nervous system (CNS). These findings strongly suggest that HIE and its constituent bioactive compounds are available and valuable for use in the treatment of various diseases driven by prolonged ER stress.
Aim\n The purpose of the research was to determine correlation between eating psychopathology and depression among students. \nSubjects and Methods\n The study includes analysis of a sample of 1059 randomly selected students from various colleges and the faculties of Belgrade University, Serbia, who in regular annual health examination have fulfilled the anonymous questionnaires: Social-demographic questionnaire, Anamnesis questionnaire, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).\nResults\n 12.83% of students reported eating disordered symptoms and 3.24% of students reported symptoms associated with bulimia nervosa. Highly significant correlation was observed between all four subscales of EDE-Q test and the total BDI as well as between EDE-Q total score and the total BDI score. 31% of students showed some form of depression.\nConclusion\n Hierarchical regression analysis showed that age, gender, presence of somatic and psychiatric diseases, BMI and total score of Beck depression scale explained 28.2% of the variance of the total EDE-Q score. All of the above blocks, themselves, were statistically significant predictors of the resulting variable, total EDE-Q score. Stage of depression positively correlated with all EDE-Q subscales. The greatest degree of depression recorded in the field of \"preoccupation with body\".\n\nKeywords: eating disorders, depression, eating psychopathology, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory
The objective of this research is to show the effect of terrorism on tourism in Algeria and to show also how terrorism event has damaged the tourism sector in Algeria and how it has deeply affected the number of foreign arrival tourists to Algeria\nKeywords: tourism, terrorism and Algeria
The term big data describes the large volume of data. Data may be structured\nor unstructured. It grows in a business day-to-day basis. Data comes\nin all types of formats from structured data in traditional databases, unstructured\ntext documents, email, numeric data, video, audio, sale prices, financial\ntransactions, etc. It is diffucult to conceive the amount of data thats being created\nand stored on a global level. Traditional data manipulation methods are\ninadequate to deal with big data in order to analyse, store, query, share, visualize,\nand update them. Usually organizations retreive and analyse only a\nsmall percentage of existence data. New methods are needed to make possible\nfor businesses better use of the raw information that flows into their\norganizations every day. This may lead to better strategic decisions for a\nbusiness. Organizations may collect data from a variety of sources, including\nregular databases alongside other sources. In this paper we look up for a\ncertain information in big data. To achieve this task we first endow the big\ndata with a group structure and partition it to it’s cyclic subgroups. We devise\na method to search the whole big data starting from the smallest subroup\nthrough the largest one. Our method eventually exhausts the whole big data
