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Towards Effective Vaccine Production: A Controlled Field Trial on the Immunological Response of Three Lumpy Skin Disease Vaccine Strains in Dairy Farms

4 Abstract: Longitudinal study design was devised for field trial of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) vaccine strains in two dairy farms of Bishoftu, Ethiopia from October 2012 to May 2013 to give an insight for the comparative serum neutralization test (SNT) antibody responses and dynamics in cattle population. Three LSD vaccines were administered to dairy cows of two farms and followed up to 63 days post vaccination. The vaccines were Capripox vaccine (n= 44), Neethling vaccine (n= 39) and Romanian vaccine (n= 40) strains. A total of 425 sera samples (including both before and after vaccinations) were tested for LSDV antibody. Among the study animals, only 13.3% had protective antibody at cut-off value of > log before vaccination. 5 2
Warm and cold water routes of an O.G.C.M. thermohaline conveyor belt

A global general circulation model analyzed with a Lagrangian methodology is used to describe and quantify the paths, transports, and characteristics of the “warm” waters forming the upper branch of the conveyor belt in the North Atlantic Ocean. The total transport for this branch turns out to be 17.8 Sv in the North Atlantic at 20°N: 11.8 Sv are composed of waters coming from the two classical origins, the Drake Passage and the Indonesian Throughflow, which contribute with 6.5 and 5.3 Sv respectively. The remaining 6 Sv find their origins partly in the passage between Antarctica and the Australian Continent (with 3.1 Sv) and partly in the Indo‐Atlantic sector itself (i.e., with 2.9 Sv). The geographical structure of the different routes emphasizes the role of the Southern Ocean and large‐scale current systems in water mass transformation and distribution.
Application of multivariate geospatial statistics to soil hydraulic properties

Currently, an inability to accurately measure and model hydraulic properties of soil at large scales plagues the accuracy of climate and crop modeling. Much effort is focused on development of new models and pedotransfer functions which include new variables and soil processes. However, soil is inherently spatially dependent. Therefore, many soil properties and relationships can be analyzed with geospatial statistics. In this thesis, a multivariate geospatial technique called factorial kriging analysis (FKA) was employed to analyze the spatial relationships of soil hydraulic parameters. FKA was also used to develop a novel prediction method to aid in characterizing the spatial distribution of an area’s hydraulic properties. Bulk density was found to be the source of short scale variance while paleochannels were found to be the major source of variance at long scale. The prediction method described within is able to classify hydraulic zones and distinguish between groups of water retention curves. Index Words: Factorial Kriging Analysis, Multivariate geospatial statistics, Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, soil hydraulic properties, soil water retention, van Genuchten model, Mualem model, Paleo-channel, Peat, Venice Italy, Saltwater intrusion APPLICATION OF MULTIVARIATE GEOSPATIAL STATISTICS TO SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES
Enhanced ATP release from the urothelium of patients with painful bladder syndrome: A possible pathophysiological explanation

This Journal Article is brought to you by the Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine at ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine Publications by an authorized administrator of ePublications@bond. For more information, please contact Bond University's Repository Coordinator. Recommended Citation Vivek Kumar, Christopher Chapple, Ann Marie Surprenant, and Russ Chess-Williams. (2007) "Enhanced ATP release from the urothelium of patients with painful bladder syndrome: A possible pathophysiological explanation" ,, .
Physiological Responses of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) to Short Periods of Water Stress During Different Developmental Stages

The study was conducted to evaluate the responses of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) to short periods of water stress imposed at different growth stages, and the recuperative ability of the species from drought stress. A major problem associated with Bambara groundnut production is its very low yields due to intra-seasonal and inter-seasonal variability in rainfall in semi-arid regions. The response pattern of physiological p rocesses to water stress imposed at different growth stages might provide a basis for development of strategies in order to stabilize yields. Water stress reduced relative water content, chlorophyll fluorescence, stomatal conductance and the reduction was more pronounced in plants stressed during the pod filling stage and less pronounced in plants stressed during the vegetative stage. Chlorophyll content was not affected by water stress at all stages of growth and development. Proline levels were increased by water stress mostly during the pod filling stage. When plants were rewatered after each stress treatment, plants stressed during the pod filling stage failed to fully recover the relative water content and chlorophyll fluorescence. All water stressed plants at different stages of growth and development fully recovered in stomatal conductance and proline concentration. Bambara groundnuts appear to reduce water loss under water stress and have the ability to recover from the effects of water stress after rainfall or irrigation. The nature and extend of damage and the ability of bambara groundnut to recover from water stress depends on the developmental stage at which the plant encounters water deficit.
EFFECTS OF FEEDING SYSTEM ON PERFORMANCE OF FINISHING ANKOLE CATTLE AND MUBENDE GOATS BY DENIS ASIZUA

ii DEDICATION . iv ACKNOWLEDGMENT . v LIST OF TABLES . ix LIST OF FIGURES . x LIST OF PLATES . xi ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS. xii 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Background . 1 1.2 Problem statement and Justification . 2 1.3 Objectives of the study . 4 1.4 Hypotheses . 4 2.0 GENERAL LITERATURE . 5 2.1 Meat production in Uganda and opportunities for improvement . 5 2.2 Cattle and goat keeping in Uganda . 6 2.3 Beef and goats meat production systems . 7 2.3. 1 Grazing based systems . 7 2.3. 1.1 Performance of animals under grazing conditions . 9 2.3. 2 Grazing with concentrate supplementation systems . 10 2.3. 2.1 Effects of supplementation on performance of grazing animals . 11 2.3. 3Feedlot finishing of beef cattle and meat goats . 12 2.4 Genotype differences in performance . 13 2.5 Blood metabolite profiles of ruminants . 14 2.6 Rumen environment . 15 3.0 Effects of level and system of feeding on performance of Ankole cattle and its Boran and Friesian crossbreds . 16 3.
GLEAM v3: satellite-based land evaporation and root-zone soil moisture

Abstract. The Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) is a set of algorithms dedicated to the estimation of terrestrial evaporation and root-zone soil moisture from satellite data. Ever since its development in 2011, the model has been regularly revised, aiming at the optimal incorporation of new satellite-observed geophysical variables, and improving the representation of physical processes. In this study, the next version of this model (v3) is presented. Key changes relative to the previous version include (1) a revised formulation of the evaporative stress, (2) an optimized drainage algorithm, and (3) a new soil moisture data assimilation system. GLEAM v3 is used to produce three new data sets of terrestrial evaporation and root-zone soil moisture, including a 36-year data set spanning 1980–2015, referred to as v3a (based on satellite-observed soil moisture, vegetation optical depth and snow-water equivalent, reanalysis air temperature and radiation, and a multi-source precipitation product), and two satellite-based data sets. The latter share most of their forcing, except for the vegetation optical depth and soil moisture, which are based on observations from different passive and active C- and L-band microwave sensors (European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative, ESA CCI) for the v3b data set (spanning 2003–2015) and observations from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite in the v3c data set (spanning 2011–2015). Here, these three data sets are described in detail, compared against analogous data sets generated using the previous version of GLEAM (v2), and validated against measurements from 91 eddy-covariance towers and 2325 soil moisture sensors across a broad range of ecosystems. Results indicate that the quality of the v3 soil moisture is consistently better than the one from v2: average correlations against in situ surface soil moisture measurements increase from 0.61 to 0.64 in the case of the v3a data set and the representation of soil moisture in the second layer improves as well, with correlations increasing from 0.47 to 0.53. Similar improvements are observed for the v3b and c data sets. Despite regional differences, the quality of the evaporation fluxes remains overall similar to the one obtained using the previous version of GLEAM, with average correlations against eddy-covariance measurements ranging between 0.78 and 0.81 for the different data sets. These global data sets of terrestrial evaporation and root-zone soil moisture are now openly available at www.GLEAM. eu and may be used for large-scale hydrological applications, climate studies, or research on land–atmosphere feedbacks.
Evaluating pay-as-you-go social security systems

This paper proposes a new method for welfare analysis of unfunded social security systems. Based on an overlapping generations model with endogenous labor supply, we derive a formula for the evaluation of existing pay-as-you-go social security systems that depends on impulse response functions and projected growth rates only. We propose an implementation strategy based on reduced form estimates of a VAR model that is valid under weak assumptions about the deep structure of the model. Our method is related to the sufficient statistic approach (Chetty, 2009). For the current system in the United States, we find that a transitory increase in the payroll tax rate along with higher pension benefits leads to a welfare increase mainly due to welfare gains of today's retirees. A scenario analysis demonstrates the robustness of this result.
Perfil de actividad durante el juego en futbolistas infantiles

En futbol, el patron de actividad de jugadores adultos, tanto masculinos como femeninos, ha sido ampliamente estudiado, pero son escasos los estudios que han centrado su atencion en el analisis de los desplazamientos de los jugadores de categorias infantiles. Un mayor conocimiento de las demandas de este deporte en las etapas iniciales permitiria la confeccion de programas de entrenamiento mas acordes con las caracteristicas de los chicos de estas edades. El objetivo del presente estudio fue cuantificar de los desplazamientos en jugadores de futbol de categoria infantil (12,2 ± 0,6 anos; 156 ± 0,8 cm y 51 ± 5,2 kg) que pertenecian a la seleccion de la ciudad autonoma de Melilla, mediante la aplicacion de dispositivos basados en tecnologia GPS. Los resultados obtenidos certifican que el futbol infantil es una especialidad deportiva intermitente en la que se intercalan actividades de alta intensidad con situaciones del juego que permiten que el jugador recupere estando parado, andando o con una velocidad de carrera muy baja. La tasa trabajo-descanso fue de 1:3,5 y la distancia media recorrida por minuto fue aproximadamente de 100 m. Esta distancia varia disminuyendo de forma lineal conforme transcurre el partido, existiendo diferencias significativas entre el inicio y el final del juego, lo que indicaria la aparicion de la fatiga. Los esfuerzos de alta intensidad que se realizan implican el 6,1% del tiempo de juego y el 16,3 % de la distancia recorrida, efectuando un sprint maximo de entre 10 y 15 m de media, cada 141 segundos. La aplicacion de tareas que reproduzcan la intensidad del juego durante cortos periodos de tiempo (no superiores a 10 minutos) aseguraria una elevada intensidad de trabajo durante los entrenamientos.
The Impact of Employee Empowerment on Job Satisfaction of Commercial Banks of Ethiopia, Dire Dawa Branch

Different authors argue that empowering employee using different facets of empowerments like information sharing, trust, reward, training and autonomy have an impact on job satisfaction and service quality where as other authors disagree with this idea . thus this study with the title of “The Impact of Employee Empowerment on Job Satisfaction of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Dire Dawa Branch” has an objective of testing whether the facets of empowerment have a relation with overall job satisfaction. Questionnaires were distributed to the entire population of the bank. From the distributed questionnaires 71% were collected back and used for interpretation. To analyze the data inferential statistics like Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were employed.The researcher found that all facets of employee empowerment have contributed to employee job satisfaction. Particularly training and reward have a significant contribution to job satisfaction.The researcher recommend the bank to develop short term and long term training program as well as develop a reward system that motivate its employees so as to increase their employee’s job satisfaction and to provide quality service to its customers and become competent in the market. Keywords: Employee empowerment, job satisfaction, service quality, commercial bank.
Patterns of hybridization of nonnative cutthroat trout and hatchery rainbow trout with native redband trout in the Boise River, Idaho

Abstract Hybridization is one of the greatest threats to native fishes. Threats from hybridization are particularly important for native trout species as stocking of nonnative trout has been widespread within the ranges of native species, thus increasing the potential for hybridization. While many studies have documented hybridization between native cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii and nonnative rainbow trout O. mykiss, fewer have focused on this issue in native rainbow trout despite widespread threats from introductions of both nonnative cutthroat trout and hatchery rainbow trout. Here, we describe the current genetic (i.e., hybridization) status of native redband trout O. mykiss gairdneri populations in the upper Boise River, Idaho. Interspecific hybridization was widespread (detected at 14 of the 41 sampled locations), but high levels of hybridization between nonnative cutthroat trout and redband trout were detected in only a few streams. Intraspecific hybridization was considerably more widespread.
Adaptive optics near infrared integral field spectroscopy of NGC 2992

Aims. NGC 2992 is an intermediate Seyfert 1 galaxy showing outflows on kilo parsec scales which might be due either to AGN or starburst activity. We therefore aim at investigating its central region for a putative starburst in the past and its connection to the AGN and the outflows. Methods. Observations were performed with the adaptive optics near infrared integral field spectrograph SINFONI on the VLT, complemented by longslit observations with ISAAC on the VLT, as well as N- and Q-band data from the Spitzer archive. The spatial and spectral resolutions of the SINFONI data are 50 pc and 83 km s -1 , respectively. The field of view of 3" x 3" corresponds to 450 pc x 450 pc. Brγ equivalent width and line fluxes from PAHs were compared to stellar population models to constrain the age of the putative recent star formation. A simple geometric model of two mutually inclined disks and an additional cone to describe an outflow was developed to explain the observed complex velocity field in H 2 1-0S(1). Results. The morphologies of the Brγ and the stellar continuum are different suggesting that at least part of the Brγ emission comes from the AGN. This is confirmed by PAH emission lines at 6.2 μm and 11.2 μm and the strength of the silicon absorption feature at 9.7 μm, which point to dominant AGN activity with a relatively minor starburst contribution. We find a starburst age of 40-50 Myr from Brγ line diagnostics and the radio continuum; ongoing star formation can be excluded. Both the energetics and the timescales indicate that the outflows are driven by the AGN rather than the starburst. The complex velocity field observed in H 2 1-0S(1) in the central 450 pc can be explained by the superposition of the galaxy rotation and an outflow.
The P21/m - C2/m phase-transition in synthetic amphiboles in the system Li2O-Na2O-MgO-SiO2-H2O: an high-T FTIR study

The P 2 1 / m ↔ C 2/ m phase-transition has been studied by high- T FTIR analysis on a series of synthetic amphiboles in the Li 2 O–Na 2 O–MgO–SiO 2 –H 2 O (LNMSH) system. Spectra were collected in the T range 25–450 °C on KBr disks. All examined amphiboles have P 2 1 / m symmetry at room T . Their OH-stretching FTIR spectrum consists of two main bands at ~3740 and 3715 cm −1 . At the transition temperature ( T c ), these bands merge into one single absorption centred at ~3720 cm −1 , and no further change is observed beyond this T . Significant modifications consisting in peak shifting and band broadening are also observed in the MIR (medium infrared) 1300–640 cm −1 region. T c values for the different compositions were estimated based on various methods; the most reliable procedure is considered to be the fit of Landau 2-4-6 potentials using band shifts observed in the MIR region. The T c values obtained for all samples are consistent with previous results obtained on two members of the series examined here by single-crystal or synchrotron powder H T -XRD (high- T X-ray diffraction). They correlate linearly with the aggregate cation radius at M (4) [ T c (°C) = 803–533 〈 r M (4) 〉; R 2 = 0.97]. This work thus provides a measure of the role played by the size of the M (4) polyhedron in determining the T c in simple chemical systems where the B-site occupancy (and geometry) is the only variable. The slope of the equation is far less steep in the LNMSH system than in cummingtonite; crystal-chemical reasons for this behaviour are discussed, and the local order between A and monovalent B cations is suggested to be the major constraint. In more complex systems, inspection of the available data shows that other factors such as the aggregate size of the strip of octahedra must be taken into account.
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in cases of diarrhoea among school children attending a tertiary care hospital: a two year study

Globally every year 1.7 billion cases of diarrhoea are registered as per the WHO report 2017. It’s represented as one of the most common cause of malnutrition in children less than five years of age. An estimated 525000 deaths occur due to diarrhoea every year around the world with more prevalence in developing countries than developed countries. Diarrhoea is usually a symptom of gastrointestinal tract infection which results from bacterial, viral and parasitic organisms. Intestinal parasitic infections [IPI] are one of the top ten major public health problems in developing countries with an estimated prevalence of 30-60% in developing countries compared to 3% in developed countries.
Market Diffusion with Consumer-Based Bilateral Learning

This paper analyzes the market diffusion of a new product whose quality is uncertain. Consumers learn the product quality by observing the history of market outcomes. Firms cannot observe how consumers evaluate the product quality; instead, they learn by observing consumer behavior. New entry occurs gradually because of informational externalities. This dual uncertainty contributes to an S-shaped diffusion of the new product with declining prices.
The Drivers of Customer Loyalty to Retail Banks: An Empirical Study in Bangladesh

The main aim of this study is to identify the most important drivers of customer loyalty in the retail banking settings in Bangladesh. The study also sought to identify the interrelationships between service quality, customer satisfaction, corporate image, customer value and customer loyalty in the retail banking sector in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, no study has yet investigated the above mentioned interrelationship. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap. A review of literature was conducted to find out the relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction, corporate image, and customer value and customer loyalty. The literature review confirms the positive relationship between each of the study constructs. A survey was conducted to collect data. The sample size of 100 retail banking customers was drawn from two public and four private banks in Bangladesh. A set of developed questionnaire distributed to retail bank customers in Bangladesh. Five post graduate students (interviewers) administered the survey. They administered the survey in Dhaka and Comilla during four weeks period in November and December, 2010, between 5 th November to 3 th December, 2010. The result shows that all the study constructs are positively correlated with each other in the retail banking settings in Bangladesh. The researcher has removed the customer satisfaction item from the scale due to its cronbach alpha value. The result confirms that customer value is the most important drivers of customer loyalty in the retail banking sector in Bangladesh. Key Words: Retail banking, service quality, customer satisfaction, customer value, corporate image, customer loyalty.
OVIPOSITION RESPONSE OF MELON FRUIT FLY, BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE (COQUILLETT) TO DIFFERENT PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS

The oviposition deterrent effects of four phenolic compounds (quercetin, rutin, gallic acid and tannic acid) were investigated against the melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae. All the phenolic compounds effectively reduced egg laying in choice and nochoice conditions except rutin. Also observations made for their effect on ovipunctures made by female melon fly showed a significant decrease in the mean numbers of ovipunctures made on the substrate treated with quercetin, gallic acid and tannic acid under choice and multiple-choice tests. Rutin had no effect on oviposition behaviour under no-choice condition. Under multiple choice conditions rutin significantly reduced mean number of ovipunctures. The results of our studies clearly demonstrated the oviposition deterrent activity of the phenolic compounds.