Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECTS OF MODERATE-INTENSITY EXERCISE TRAINING ON STRESS OXIDATIVE MARKER: MALONDIALDEHYDE AND SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE ACTIVITY IN ABDOMINAL AORTA OF JUVENILE RATS

To improve cardiovascular health, the WHO recommends 60 minutes of frequent moderate intensity physical activity in childhood. ACSM also recommends physical activity 30 minutes moderate activity or 30 minutes vigorous intensity, 3-4 times per week. However, limited data concerned in exercise starting from childhood effect to oxidative stress marker in vascular. Therefore the long-term effects of moderate intensity aerobic exercise training in early age on the cardiovascular, specifically on vascular stress oxidative marker needed to be studied. This study was conducted on male Wistar rats aged 3 weeks (60-70 grams), randomly allocated into 2 groups: 1) control group and 2) training group. Aerobic exercise training was conducted for 8 weeks on treadmill with age-dependent speeds. Training was intermittently 5 days each week for 20 minutes. Vascular oxidative stress marker was analyzed by measuring the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity on the abdominal aorta. Both the levels of MDA and SOD activity tended to increase in training group compared to the control group. The resuls of this study showed that long-term effects of moderate intensity aerobic exercise training in juvenile tended to increase the levels of MDA and specific SOD activity in the abdominal aorta tissues.
EFFECT OF ANTAGONISTIC FUNGI ON THE GROWTH AND CONTROL OF MA CROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA AND FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM THE CAUSAL AGENTS OF CHARCOAL ROT AND WILT OF SESAME

Sesame seedling rot and wilt diseases are considered of the most important diseases that affect yield and seed quality of sesame plants. Laboratory experiments were carried out to study the effect of five Trichoderma spp. isolates on the linear growth (LG) of M. phaseolina and F. oxysporum. The antagonistic effect of T. harzianum, T. viride and T. hamatum against the two fungi showed clear suppression in (LG) by T. harzianum isolates (Tl, T2, T3 and T4) for the isolates of hi. phaseolina (Ml, M5, M8 and M10), respectively. Greenhouse experiments showed that all antagonistic fungi were significantly effective in controlling disease incidence caused by hi. phaseolina on survival and healthy plants. The highest percentage of healthy plants was produced by Trichoderma harzianum; T2, followed by T. hamatum T10. For disease incidence caused by F. oxysporum, the highest percentage of healthy plants was produced by Trichoderma hamatum, T10 followed by T. viride T5 and T. harzianum, T3 compared to control treatment.
Estimation and evaluation of genetic parameters for body weight traits of New Zealand White rabbits in Egypt using different multivariate animal models

Records on 1265 New Zealand White rabbits for body weight at weaning (BW4), 8 (BW8) and 12 weeks (BW12), produced in the period from 2001 to 2003, were analyzed using four multi-trait animal models (three traits at the same time) to estimate genetic parameters (direct additive, maternal genetic, common litter effects and residual variances as well as heritabilities). Model 1 included only animal direct genetic effect, Model 2 the animal direct and common litter effects, Model 3 also included the effects included in the model 2 plus the animal maternal genetic effect, uncorrelated with the direct effect, and Model 4 included all the effects included in Model 3, but in this case the animal direct and maternal genetic effects were included correlated. Percentages of variance component showed that direct additive genetic effects were the highest (ranged from 23.2 to 49.1%) when using Model 1, and then greatly decreased when using Models 2, 3 or 4 (ranged from 0.0 to 10.5%). Estimates of common litter effects were 80.5, 63.5 and 42.7% for BW4, BW8 and BW12, respectively. Estimates of maternal genetic variance were very low (ranged from 0.0 to 4.3%) for body weights. Estimates of direct additive heritability were 0.08, 0.06 and 0.0 (when using Model 4) for BW4, BW8 and BW12, respectively, while the corresponding maternal heritability values were 0.02, 0.0 and 0.04 for the same weights. Estimates of direct genetic correlation were very different (ranged from –0.25 to 0.56) when using the different multitrait animal models. Most estimates of maternal genetic correlation were positive and higher than those of direct genetic correlation. Estimates of common litter, environmental and phenotypic correlations were positive and ranged from moderate to high between body weights. The Qui-squared values show that differences between values of –2 LOG (Likelihood) of Model 1 and each of Models 2, 3 and 4 were highly significant. When comparing Model 2 with each of Models 3 and 4, the differences were nonsignificant. Furthermore, Model 4 should be used only if the correlation between direct and maternal genetic effects is supposed to be important.
Diet, antioxidants and risk of cancer : A case-control study

A total of 3810 patients were seen in hospital over a 2-year period. There were 101 patients with cancer of various organs of the body. These 101 cancer patients were compared with 100 age- and sex-matched control subjects selected from the same population. The aim was to ® nd the relation between dietary and plasma levels of antioxidants and minerals and the risk of cancer. Dietary intakes were assessed by a 7-day food intake assisted questionnaire to ® nd out previous intakes. The study showed that the plasma levels of antioxidant vitamins A, E and C and b -carotene and the zinc; copper ratio and zinc levels were signi® cantly and inversely associated with the cancer group compared to the control subjects. The serum calcium level was also lower in the cancer group but the magnesium level was higher. Underlying these ® ndings, the consumption of antioxidant vitamins A, E and C and b -carotene, calcium and magnesium was signi® cantly lower in the cancer group compared to the control subjects. The differences in intake indicated a higher risk of cancer with a lower consumption of antioxidant vitamins and fruit and vegetables and with a higher
Akademia Baru The Relationship between HRM Strategies and Intention to Stay

Retaining employee can be considered as a major challenge for many organizations. This is because employees are the most important assets for an organization to stay competitive advantage. Construction industry plays a significant role in economic development of the country. It is thus important for the industry to retain its employees as turnover would be costly. This paper investigates the relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) strategies i.e. recruitment and selection, compensation, training and development, supervisor support and work-life balance, and employees’ intention to stay working in the company. Questionnaire was distributed to 52 employees in a construction company. The correlation analysis revealed a positive, moderate and significant relationship between HRM strategies and employees’ intention to stay. Results of multiple regression showed that work-life balance dimension is a strong predictor whilst training and development dimension is the least significant predictor for employees’ intention to stay. Copyright © 2016 Penerbit Akademia Baru All rights reserved.
‘Welfare Chauvinism’ versus ‘Race to the Bottom’: Immigration and Far- Right Populism in Industrial Democracies, 1990-2009

Immigration is identified as one of the major drivers of support for the far-right and populist parties in industrialized democracies. However, immigration alone is a bad predictor of the success of far-right parties. We contrast two conditioning factors that affect support for far-right and populist parties—namely, more open markets and high levels of welfare. We argue that immigration can lead to rise of the far-right where traditional welfare states are larger, regardless of the level of exposure to economic openness—the so called ‘welfare chauvinism’ argument. Contrarily, we also test whether more open economies and sympathies for far right parties are related through the so-called ‘race to the bottom’ effects. Using panel data on 27 OECD countries during 1990–2009 period (20 years), we find that the positive effect of immigration on support for the far-right parties is conditional upon higher degree of national welfare. Immigration is also associated with increase in support for the farright parties when economic freedom is lower and the degree of national welfare is higher. The results support liberal arguments about immigration under conditions of high welfare and do not support communitarian arguments about ‘race to the bottom’ effects of increased economic integration. Our results are robust to alternative data, sample and estimation techniques.
4 pEAa : Sound Field Control in the Ear Canal 4 pEAa 8 . Acoustics of enclosed spaces : The differences when the dimensions are millimetres vs . tens of metres

The dimensions of the ear canal are at least 3 orders of magnitude smaller than those typically encountered in room acoustics but at the same time the range of wavelengths for audio applications is identical. This results in a disparity not only in length scale but also a disparity in time scale. The influence of these disparities on well-known room acoustics parameters or features such as the reflection density, the direct-toreverberant ratio, the critical distance or transfer function nulls is reviewed and highlighted. The nature of the two substantially different sound fields is also important for active sound control. Consequently, the respective relevance of total absorption as well as values of source and sink impedance are also compared.
PREDICTIVE POWER OF SELF-EFFICACY AND ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT ON ACADEMIC SATISFACTION IN TEACHER CANDIDATES

The need to understand the nature of the relations between various theories and thus to explain the differences in the quality of students’ behaviours is important for educational activities. In light of this perspective, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the teacher candidates’ self-efficacy and academic involvement on academic satisfaction. The descriptive survey model was used in the study. The participants were 336 third (n = 113) and fourth (n = 223) grade undergraduate students included 90 male and 246 female studying in different majors at the Faculty of Education in Pamukkale University. Teacher Self-Efficacy, Academik Involvement and Academic Satisfaction Scales were used to gather the data. The bivariate correlation coefficients and stepwise regression analyses were performed to analyze the data to answer the questions conducted in the study. Results showed that the academic satisfaction level of the candidate students is positively related with the sense of efficacy concerning instructional strategies, student engagement and academic involvement. In addition, regression analyses indicated that the contribution of self-efficacy and academic involvement together to the variance of academic satisfaction is significant. The best predictors of academic satisfaction were found as all there dimensions of the sense of efficacy and academic involvement. The findings presented many important cues for the evaluation of the effectiveness of educational environments, programs and learning behaviours of the students. In the study, implications of the findings were discussed and suggestions were given for educators and researchers.
T Effect of Irrigation timing and Potassium fertilizing on the some growth characteristics and production for Mungbean ( Vigna radiata L . )

A field experiment was held in summer season 2011 in the fields of one of the farmers on the banks of the Euphrates River in Ramadi City on the Mungbean harvest, to study the effect of two Irrigation period (7-14) days, and three intensities of potassium (0, 50, 100) Kg/h on some of the characteristics of this harvest and the class of the used harvest is the local kind. Results showed superiority the plants were irrigated every 7 days in the highest rate of all the characteristics of study. The results also showed surpass the plants were fertilized by a higher concentration of potassium (100) kg \ ha of all the characteristics of study. The search results showed the superiority of irrigated every 7 days and fertilized by the high level of potassium (100) kg \ e in the highest rate for all characteristics of study in a significant difference from other interventions.
A REVIEW ON THE PROGRAM EVALUATION STRATEGIES IN DISTANCE EDUCATION

The purpose of this study was to review the program evaluation strategies in point of suitabilities to distance education . In the study, it was used of literature review technique to gather data. Firstly ,relevant and previous studies in the literature on the program evaluation strategies in distance education were searched and in detailed reviewed. Then, thirteen evaluation strategies that were frequently used to collect data for educational program evaluations were described and reviewed in point of suitabilities and utilities to distance education. In conclusion, it was determined that the objectives‐oriented strategy and systems ‐based evaluation strategies were highly suited to distance education programs. But, traditional, expertise‐oriented, humanistic and academic evaluation strategies were not suited to distance education programs. The conclusions obtained in this study may be useful in the exploration of further research areas in the field of program evaluation in distance education. In future , qualitative and / or quantitative researches should be realized on the suitabilities of the strategies of the objectives‐oriented and systems ‐based evaluation for distance education programs.
Influence of paclobutrazol and cycocel sprays on the growth, flowering and chemical composition of potted Chrysanthemum frutescens plant

A pot experimental study was carried out during the two successive seasons of 2013 and 2014 to study the effect of paclobutrazol at 0.0, 20, 40 and 60 ppm and cycocel at 0.0, 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm on growth, flowering and chemical composition of potted Chrysanthemum frutescens plant. Uniform terminal cuttings were planted in 8 cm plastic pots containing 1:1 mixture of peat moss and sand. On March 1 st 2013 and 2014, uniform well rooted cuttings were repotted in 20 cm diameter plastic pots filled with a mixture of 1 clay: 1 sand :1 peat moss (v:v:v). After one month from the repotting process, plants received four sprays of paclobutrazol at 20, 40 and 60 ppm and cycocel at 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm plus tap water as control at two weeks intervals. The obtained results cleared that all paclobutrazol and cycocel concentrations decreased plant height, particularly paclobutrazol at 60 ppm in both seasons. Meanwhile, all applied treatments of paclobutrazol and cycocel statistically increased branches number / plant to reach its maximum with the highest concentration for each. The heaviest fresh and dry weights of leaves/plant were gained by 3000 ppm cycocel-sprayed plants in the two seasons. Also, paclobutrazol and cycocel treatments delayed the flowering of Chrysanthemum frutescens plant when compared with control plants which induced the earliest flowering in both seasons. The highest number of flowers/ plant was scored by 60 ppm paclobutrazol -sprayed plants. Whereas, the heaviest flowers fresh and dry weights/plant were scored by 3000 ppm cycocel-sprayed plants in the two seasons. Moreover, the highest show value (plant width/ height ratio) was recorded with paclobutrazol and cycocel at the highest concentration in the two seasons. The highest number of roots/plant was scored by 60 ppm paclobutrazol-sprayed plants, while the heaviest fresh and dry weights were registered by 3000 ppm cycocel-sprayed plants in both seasons. Furthermore, paclobutrazol and cycocel treatments statistically increased leaf NPK, total carbohydrates and total chlorophylls contents, being superior in the highest concentrations as compared with un-sprayed plants in the two seasons. All paclobutrazol and cycocel treatments increased leaf total phenols content (mg/ 100g F.W) but they still reduced total indoles (mg/100g F.W) of Chrysanthemum frutescens leaves.
Knowledge, Attitudes and Breast Cancer Screening Practices among Market Women in Thika Town, Kiambu County, Kenya

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the commonest cancers among women in Kenya. Screening of the cancer is done through self-breast examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography. The success in the management of breast cancer is essentially dependent on the stage at which the cancer is diagnosed and therefore screening is helpful at identifying the disease in the early stages. The study aimed at assessing knowledge, attitudes and breast cancer screening practices among women in Thika Town, Kiambu County, Kenya. Methods: The study utilized an analytical crosssectional study design that had mixed methods of data collection; pre-tested self-administered structured questionnaires and Focused Group Discussions. A sample size of 304 respondents was selected through systematic random sampling from both markets while Focus Group Discussion participants were selected through convenience sampling. SPSS version 22 was used to analyse quantitative data while qualitative data was analyzed by use of content analysis. Results: The respondents who were screened by any of the methods were 13.2%. They had high awareness of breast cancer and 95.3% had heard of breast cancer screening. Knowledge of symptoms was high (70.5%) but knowledge of risk factors (50%) was lower among the respondents. Approximately half of the respondents were knowledgeable on the procedure for self-breast examination. All the respondents were afraid of being diagnosed with breast cancer and most (74%) agreed that they were afraid of disfigurement. They (84.9%) did not like the embarrassment associated with clinical breast examination and majority (48.8%) agreed that mammography is painful. Most of the participants would go for treatment if diagnosed with breast cancer as well as support those found with breast cancer. On multivariate analysis knowledge of procedure of self-breast examination (2.62; 95% CI: 1.212-5.665) and level of agreement with statements on breast cancer and screening (8.03; 95% CI: 1.8534.85) were the strongest predictors for screening among the respondents. Conclusion: In conclusion, uptake of screening was low; there was incomplete knowledge of breast cancer and screening in addition to negative attitudes. There is need for creation of sustained awareness on breast cancer and screening through mass media, healthcare professionals and breast cancer survivors.
Comparative research of photosynthetic processes in selected poikilohydric organisms from Mediterranean and Central-European alpine habitats

Dehydration-induced decrease in photosynthetic activity was investigated in five poikilohydric autotrophs using chlorophyll fluorescence parameters recorded during controlled desiccation. For the study, two representatives of mosses from alpine zone (Rhizomnium punctatum, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus) of the Jeseníky Mts. (Czech Republic) were used. Other two experimental species were mediterranean habitats liverwort (Pellia endiviifolia) and moss (Palustriella commutata), collected from under Woodwardia radicans canopy in the Nature Reserve Valle delle Ferriere (Italy). The last species was a liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) collected from lowland site (Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic). We investigated the relationship between relative water content (RWC) and several chlorophyll fluorescence parameters evaluating primary photochemical processes of photosynthesis, such as effective quantum yield of photosynthetic processes in photosystem II (ΦPSII), and non-photochemical quenching (qN). With desiccation from fully wet (RWC = 100%) to dry state (RWC = 0%), ΦPSII exhibited a rapid (R. punctatum) and slow decline of ΦPSII (R. squarrosus, P. endiviifolia, M. polymorpha, and P. commutata). Shapes of dehydration-response curves were species-specific. RWC0.5, i.e. the RWC at which the sample showed half of maximum ΦPSII, reflected the species-specificity. It reached 65% in desiccation sensitive (R. punctatum), 53% and 43% in semi-tolerant (P. commutata and R. squarrosus), 24% and 18% in desiccation-tolerant species (P. endiviifolia and M. polymorpha). In all experimental species, non-photochemical quenching (qN) of absorbed light energy showed high values at RWC = 100% and a slight increase with desiccation. Steady state chlorophyll fluorescence (FS) remained high during desiccation and was not correlated with ΦPSII.
Neuroanatomical Relationships between Sensory Afferent Arborizations in the Locust Paraproctal Sensory Systems

Relatively little is still known about the function, types and location of paraproctal sensory systems. This system detects and encodes four different sensory modalities: wind, touch, gustatory and olfactory. The left and right paraproct of the female locusts are located between the dorsal ovipositor, the epiproct and the ninth abdominal sclerite. They are positioned as the most posterior abdominal segments. In the present study, the distribution and the peripheral innervation of the sensory organs on the paraproct has been studied in wholemount preparations by using the cobalt backfill techniques. The paraproct of the female locust bears hair sensilla of three basic types: a) Mechanosensory hairs (bristle or trichoid) each supplied with one sensory cell, b) Dual innervated mechanosensory hairs with a fine cuticular shaft which are restricted to the region near the posterior edges of the outer faces, c) Basiconic hairs which are multimodal receptors which encode both mechanical and chemical contact cues. The morphology and organization of the central projections of chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors afferent from the paraproct were examined by neurobiocytin staining individual hair afferents. All afferent fibres project in the tenth neuromere of the terminal abdominal ganglion. Projections from single multiply innervated hair sensilla do not segregate with the exception of one afferent of contact chemosensory hairs which terminate only in its segmental neuromere, as was shown for other contact chemoreceptors of the abdomen. It is concluded that these sensilla at the very tip of the abdomen play a major role for mating, for the selection of oviposition sites and during the different oviposition subroutines.
Gonadal and Extragonadal Sperm Reserves of Yankasa Rams Fed Graded Levels of Dietary Protein Using Cotton Seed and Palm Kernel Cakes

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of graded levels of dietary protein using cotton seed and palm kernel cakes on gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves of Yankasa rams. A total of 15 rams aged 19.06 ± 2.4 months and weighing 19.4 ±1.6 kg with good body condition scores of 3.5 were divided into three treatment groups (A, B and C) according to the dietary protein level. Group A (n=5) received 10% crude protein level feed, group B (n=5) received 15% crude protein level feed, while group C (n=5) received 20% crude protein level feed. The rams were fed for a period of 12 weeks before the testicles were harvested. Gonadal reserves of rams fed 20%, was highest with values of 43.3 ± 3.9 (x10 6 /g) and 47.0 ± 2.5 (x10 6 /g). This was followed by rams fed 15% C. P. and 10% in decreasing order (28.0 ± 3.9 x10 6 /g, 37.7 ± 2.5 x10 6 /g and 20.7 ± 10.1 x10 6 /g and 36.0 ± 14.6 x10 6 /g). These differences were not statistically (P > 0.05) different. Rams fed 15% had the highest caput epididymal reserves with values of 15.3 ± 0.7 (x10 6 /g) for right epididymis and 16.7 ± 11.6 (x10 6 /g) for left epididymis. It was observed from this study that varying levels of protein diets using cotton seed and palm kernel cakes had no significant difference in gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves of Yankas rams.