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EFFECT OF CADMIUM TOXICITY ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD PARAMETERS AND THEIR MODULATION WITH CERTAIN NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS IN RABBITS

For the present study the harmful effects of cadmium toxicity on several biochemical blood parameters and evaluation of the possible protective effects of two natural antioxidants (vitamin C and vitamin E) in rabbits exposed to cadmium were investigated. Fourty two white male New-Zealand rabbits of 2-3 months old were used in this study. The rabbits were divided into six equal groups of seven rabbits each. Group I: (Control group) received no drugs. Group II: Administered with Vitamin C (46.67 mg/kg body weight orally and daily). Group III: Received Vitamin E (18.67 mg/kg body weight orally and daily). Group IV: Received cadmium chloride (0.5mg/kg. body weight orally and daily). Group V: Received cadmium chloride (0.5mg/kg. B.W) and treated daily with Vitamin C (46.67 mg/kg body weight). Group VI: Received cadmium chloride (0.5mg/kg. B.W) and treated daily with Vitamin E (46.67 mg/kg body weight). Heparinized blood samples were collected from all animal groups three times at one, two and three months from the onset of rabbits exposed to cadmium and administered with antioxidant compounds. Plasma was separated and processed directly for determination of AST, ALT and ALP activities. Total protein, Albumin, globulin, total cholesterol, triacylglycerols, Urea, creatinine, calcium, inorganic phosphorus, iron profiles ( total iron, TIBC, UIBC, transferrin and transferrin saturation percent) and lipid peroxidation (L-MDA) concentrations as well as erythrocyte catalase enzyme activity were also determined. Liver and kidney cadmium residues were also determined. The obtained results revealed that, there was a significant increase in plasma ALT , AST, erythrocyte catatase activities, urea, creatinine and L-MDA concentrations, Liver and kidney cadmium residue in cadmium exposed rabbits. Vitamin C or E administrations in cadmium intoxicated rabbits exhibited significant decrease in all mentioned parameters. On the other hand, a significant decrease in plasma total cholesterol, triacylglycerols , calcium, inorganic phosphorus, iron, transferrin , TIBC, UIBC concentrations and transferrin saturation % were observed in cadmium intoxicated rabbits. Vitamin C or E administrations in cadmium intoxicated rabbits exhibited significant increase in all mentioned parameters. From the obtained results it could be concluded that, the potential of natural antioxidants (vitamin C and E) as a powerful agent against the toxic effect of cadmium, and these antioxidants also exerted modulators effect on heavy metals induced toxicity in white male New-Zealand rabbits. INTRODUCTION
Submillimetre observations of X-ray active galactic nuclei in the William Herschel Deep Field

We investigate the contribution made by active galactic nuclei (AGN) to the high-redshift, luminous, submillimetre (submm) source population using deep (≤2 mJy beam−1) Large Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA) 870 Graphicm observations within the William Herschel Deep Field. These submm data complement previously obtained Chandra X-ray data of the field, from which AGN have been identified with the aid of follow-up optical spectra. From the LABOCA data, we detect 11 submm sources (based on a detection threshold of 3.2σ) with estimated fluxes of ≳3 mJy beam−1. Of the 11 identified submm sources, we find that two coincide with observed AGN and that, based on their hardness ratios, both of these AGN appear to be heavily obscured. We perform a stacking of the submm data around the AGN, which we group by estimated NH column density, and find that only the obscured (NH > 1022 cm−2) AGN show significant associated submm emission. These observations support the previous findings of Page et al. and Hill & Shanks that obscured AGN preferentially show submm emission. Hill & Shanks have argued that, in this case, the contribution to the observed submm emission (and thus the submm background) from AGN heating of the dust in these sources may be higher than previously thought.
A semiannual Indian Ocean forced Kelvin wave observed in the Indonesian seas in May 1997

Recent observations within the Indonesian exit passages and internal seas highly resolve the arrival and passage of a semiannual Kelvin wave. In mid-May 1997, surface and subsurface currents were to the southeast at a mooring located south of Java in the South Java Current, while local wind forcing was northwestward. Subsequent northward fluctuations in the geostrophic current through Lombok Strait and in observed currents from two moorings located in Makassar Strait are commensurate with the speed and passage of a Kelvin wave through the region. The Kelvin wave was due to westerly wind forcing in the remote equatorial Indian Ocean during the semiannual April/May monsoon transition period. This was confirmed through a simple remote wind-forced analytical Kelvin wave model of velocity at the South Java Current mooring location and sea level in Lombok Strait and also in the numerical general circulation model of Murtugudde et al. [1998]. Warm temperature anomalies measured at the south Java mooring and within Makassar Strait are associated with the passage of the Kelvin wave. Salinity anomalies measured at the south Java mooring are consistent with an Indian Ocean source. The observed passage of the Kelvin wave during May 1997 unambiguously demonstrates for the first time that equatorial Indian Ocean remote wind forcing may on occasions influence the internal Indonesian seas
Session 4 aSCa : Auditory Feedback in Speech Production I 4 aSCa 3 . Speech production in amplitude-modulated noise

The Lombard effect refers to the phenomenon where talkers automatically increase their level of speech in a noisy environment. While many studies have characterized how the Lombard effect influences different measures of speech production (e.g., F0, spectral tilt, etc.), few have investigated the consequences of temporally fluctuating noise. In the present study, 20 talkers produced speech in a variety of noise conditions, including both steady-state and amplitude-modulated white noise. While listening to noise over headphones, talkers produced randomly generated 5-word sentences. Similar to previous studies, talkers raised the level of their voice in steady-state noise. While talkers also increased the level of their voice in amplitude-modulated noise, the increase was not as large as that observed in steady-state noise. Importantly, for the 2 and 4 Hz amplitude-modulated noise conditions, talkers altered the timing of their utterances, reducing the energetic overlap with the masker by approximately 2%. However, for the 1 Hz amplitude-modulated condition, talkers increased the overlap by approximately 4%. Overall, the results demonstrate that talkers are sensitive to the temporal aspects of noisy environments and will alter their speech accordingly.
Water Infiltration into Soil Related to the Soil Tillage Intensity

Soil infiltration capacity is one of the key factors in the soil protection against unfavourable effects of water erosion. The purpose of its measuring was to compare and evaluate the changes of the soil physical properties and of water infiltration into soil caused by different intensity of soil cultivation at two individual sites. The ploughing (PL), shallow tillage (ST), and direct drilling (NT) effects on the soil physical properties, water infiltration into soil, and soil surface coverage with the crop residua under the soil condition loamy Haplic Luvisol, with long-term growing of maize (Zea mays L.) - Agroservis, 1 st Agricultural, a.s. , Vi sňove - and clay soil of Calcic Chernozem (Cooperative farm Klap ý), were compared. Soil bulk density values in the variant with ploughing showed in the depth up to 0.20 m considerably lower values as compared with the variants shallow tillage and direct drilling. Nevertheless, in the subsoil layer the bulk density of soil in the variant with plough- ing increased in comparison with other variants. The results were also confirmed by the cone index values. At the plots in Vi sňove the infiltration was evaluated utilising the double ring infiltrometer, and by means of the coloured water infiltration. The results revealed significant differences in the water infiltration rate at vari - ous stages of the soil loosening. The highest average values were recorded for ploughing (1.00 dm 3 /min). The lowest values were found for the shallow soil tillage (0.18 dm 3 /min). The variant with direct drilling showed values of 0.53 dm 3 /min. The coloured water infiltration evaluation showed a different character of water flow in soil. The variant with ploughing showed water saturation in the top layer, the variants with reduced tillage were characterised by vertical macropores and crack effects with the water drain into deeper layers. Ploughing proved its advantage for the short-term rainfall retention. Similar results were also brought in the evaluation on the plot with clay soil (Klap ý). The loosening effect was evident during coloured water infiltration in the period of snow thawing. The loosed soil layer showed a significantly higher soil water holding capacity as compared with variants with reduced soil tillage. The result showed major differences in the water infiltration rate into soil and different characters of water infiltration into soil at different soil tillage.
CHARACTERIZATION OF A TANDEM CYLINDER ARRANGEMENT WITH A TRAILING, SLANTED CYLINDER

Fluidic structures, speculated to be the cause of noise emissions, are investigated around a tandem cylinder arrangement. The orientation of an upstream vertical cylinder trailed by a slanted one are tested via surface pressure transducer-microphones embedded within the cylinders in an anechoic, open-jet wind-tunnel. The fluctuating pressures are interpreted via power spectral densities to identify the turbulent mechanisms that cause the most significant pressure fluctuations on each cylinder. A bistable mode was found to be dependent on the angle between the cylinders; bi-stability is strengthened by increasing this angle. In all cases of different separation angles, clear vortex street formation took place along most of the examined span of the slanted downstream cylinder. NOMENCLATURE B Cylinder Span in freestream flow D Cylinder Diameter L/D Local streamwise spacing length between cylinder/microphone cavities normalized by one cylinder diameter Pxx Power spectral density of a pressure time series ReD Reynolds no. based on one cylinder diameter StB Strouhal no. of the bistable mode StS Strouhal no. of von Kárman vortex shedding StSL Strouhal no. of shear layer instabilities U∞ Freestream speed f S Frequency of von Kárman vortex shedding p(t) Time series signal of a pressure transducer q Dynamic head pressure of freestream x Coordinate along the downstream direction z Coordinate along the span of a vertical cylinder Λ Angle between the cylinders in tandem α Azimuthal angle along cylinder circumference μ∞ Dynamic viscosity of freestream air ρ∞ Density of freestream air φ Azimuthal angle measured from a cylinder’s front stagnation point INTRODUCTION An unintuitive problem is the cause of noise emissions due to the complex turbulence in airflow past tandem cylinder arrangements. These are simple, common geometries in airframes and buildings. For example, the Bombardier Q400 aircraft carries a pair of main landing gears with this geometry. An issue with this type
Finite Element Analysis of Bend Test of Sandwich Structures Using Strain Energy Based Homogenization Method

The purpose of this article is to present a simplified methodology for analysis of sandwich structures using the homogenization method. This methodology is based upon the strain energy criterion. Normally, sandwich structures are composed of hexagonal core and face sheets and a complete and complex hexagonal core is modeled for finite element (FE) structural analysis. In the present work, the hexagonal core is replaced by a simple equivalent volume for FE analysis. The properties of an equivalent volume were calculated by taking a single representative cell for the entire core structure and the analysis was performed to determine the effective elastic orthotropic modulus of the equivalent volume. Since each elemental cell of the hexagonal core repeats itself within the in-plane direction, periodic boundary conditions were applied to the single cell to obtain the more realistic values of effective modulus. A sandwich beam was then modeled using determined effective properties. 3D FE analysis of Three- and Four-Point Bend Tests (3PBT and 4PBT) for sandwich structures having an equivalent polypropylene honeycomb core and Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) composite face sheets are performed in the present study. The authenticity of the proposed methodology has been verified by comparing the simulation results with the experimental bend test results on hexagonal core sandwich beams.
Ions Beam Properties Produced by NX2 Plasma Focus Device with Helium and Nitrogen Gas

Numerical experiments carried out using the Lee code to study some properties of ions beam (flux, fluence and ion beam energy) produced by the NX2 dense plasma device when using light gas (helium) and heavy gas (nitrogen) when gas pressure changes. The results showed that in the case of light gas (helium), the flux and fluence of the beam were higher while the ion beam energy was higher in the case of heavy gas (nitrogen) because the effective charge of nitrogen's ion is greater and also the voltage generated by the collapse of pinch was higher.
Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty in Poland During Transition

The authors attempt to analyze the linkages between macroeconomic policies and economic growth variables, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of particular interest because its data sources allow for a relatively detailed analysis of such developments, and the macroeconomic environment and the economic growth variables show a relatively sizable degree of variance. In addition, Poland has struggled in the past few years to reduce poverty while still experiencing positive economic growth. The authors show that in Poland, poverty-reducing growth depends heavily on the ability of the economy to generate jobs. During the early years of transition, net job growth was positive, while after the Russian crisis of 1998, productivity gains were accomplished mostly through labor shedding, henceforth, increasing poverty in Poland. In addition, the authors identify how fiscal and social protection policies affect income distribution and poverty in Poland.
The Influence of Internal Auditor’s Competency and Independency to the Internal Auditor’s Due Professional Care and the Implication to the Internal Audit Quality

Internal audit quality in the local government of Lumajang regency was poor, indicated from the financial statement quality for years of 2006 until 2013 that not yet get unqualified opinion from the Supreme Audit Institution of Indonesia (BPK-RI). The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of auditor’s competency and independency to the auditor’s due professional care and it’s impact on internal audit quality.Using path analysis with Partial Least Squares (PLS) method on the data that obtained through questionair survey to the 24 teams of internal uditors form local government of Lumajang regency. The results showed that the competency and independency of the internal auditor's have positive influence to the internal auditor’s due professional care. Furthermore, both internal auditor’s competency, independency, and due professional care have a positive influence on the internal audit quality. In other words, internal auditor’s due professional care mediate the relationship between intyernal auditor’s competency and independency to the internal audit quality.To increase internal auditor’s due professional care in order to improve internal audit quality, can be done by increasing the internal auditor’s competency and independency and also supported with more adequate quality control (e.g. supervision, peer review, etc). Keywords: Competency, Independency, Due Professional Care, Internal Audit Quality
Chemical composition and protein digestibility of chloroplastic concentrates from lucerne juice coagulated using various methods

The chemical composition o f protein concentrates f rom lucerne prepared by various methods was compared. Chloroplastic concentrates o f lucerne juice (var. Kleszczewska) were precipitated by centrifugation (3000 rpm), heating (328 K ) , and w i t h flocculants (Magnafloc LT-26 and Superfloc A l 15). The fol lowing were analyzed: crude and true protein, carotenoid and chlorophyl l contents, fatty acids content in l ip id fractions, in vitro digestibility, reducing sugars and polyphenols contents. The highest crude and true protein contents were obtained in the thermal concentrate, but most carotenes and xanthophylls were coprecipitated dur ing fractionation o f the juice w i t h Superfloc A l 15 flocculant. Concentrates obtained f rom lucerne juice contained about twice as much unsaturated fatty acids than green fodder. K E Y W O R D S : leaf protein concentrate, chemical composit ion, in vitro digestibility
Public support for the European Union: A reflection of one's individual economic situation?

This study investigates the following research question: To what extent can the citizens’ support for the European Union in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands be explained by the subjective perception of their individual economic situation in 2010? A secondary quantitative data analysis is performed on the basis of a cross-national survey conducted by the European agency Eurobarometer in 2010. With the help of variance analysis, it is observed to what extent the dependent variable can be explained by the independent variable among the six founding countries of the EU: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in 2010. The analysis showed four main results: [1] Citizens’ level of support for the EU is partially influenced by their subjective perception of their individual economic situation in 2010. [2] European citizens appear to act as rational actors, who base their support for the EU more on economical cost-benefit calculations rather than on emotional attachment. [3] National identity is an important parameter that forms people’s attitude towards the EU. [4] A high percentage of citizens’ support level can be explained by their subjective perception whether their country’s economy gains from its EU membership or not.
Male breast cancer in Yaounde , Cameroon : a population study and review

In order to find out the profile of breast cancer among males in our community, this 6 years retrospective study was carried out using data from the Yaounde Cancer Registry from 2004 to 2010. A total of 43 patients, giving an annual incidence of 7, aged 26-80 years (average 51.1 years) were found. This constituted 2.1% of all breasts and about 1.4% of all cancers diagnosed in the population. Majority of our patients (87%) were of intermediate or high social status and presented at late stages (III or IV). The morphology of the tumour was predominantly a duct carcinoma (86%), diagnosed mainly on biopsy specimens (79%) or by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (18.6%). Though the incidence of the disease is still low in this community, public education needs to be intensified. This is to induce patients to present earlier, a key factor in the management outcome of this disease, which is still erroneously considered a female disease. Further studies to document trends on male breast cancer are recommended.
Can Small High Schools of Choice Improve Educational Prospects for Disadvantaged Students

This paper provides rigorous evidence (for 12,130 participants in a series of naturally occurring randomized lotteries) that a large‐scale high school reform initiative (New York City's creation of 100+ small high schools of choice between 2002 and 2008) can markedly and consistently increase high school graduation rates (by 9.5 percentage points overall and for many different student subgroups) for a large population of educationally and economically disadvantaged students of color without increasing annual school operating costs. These findings are directly relevant to current debates by policymakers and practitioners about how to improve the educational prospects of disadvantaged students in the United States.
Physicochemical Modification and Surface characterization of Citrus microcarpa Peel Wastes Nanoparticles for the Biosorption of Copper

The Philippine mining industry has been continuously contributing to water pollution by the improper discharge of toxic effluents. Pagatban River in Southern Negros is one of the outcomes of such, due to copper contamination. Major drawbacks presented by conventional treatment methods demand an alternative which uses waste materials in the process of biosorption. This study extended the development in the aforementioned area by producing competent biosorbent nanoparticles in Pristine (PB), Alkali (NaOH) modified (AB), and Carbonized Forms (CB) from Calamansi (Citrus microcarpa) peels for Copper removal. Biosorbents were prepared by drying, grinding, sieving, and modifying the peels. Assessment by batch biosorption followed 0.5g:50 ml biosorbent-to-water ratio in 60 mins of agitation; Water samples were then analyzed using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and a pH meter. Both in biosorption (%) and pH, all biosorbents were significantly different: AB showed the best results with means of 95.70% and 6.51, respectively, followed by PB (78.57%, 4.41) and CB (76.42%, 5.77). The presence of carboxylic acid and carboxylate functional groups and the successful modification of the biosorbents were confirmed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy established the heterogeneous morphologies of quasi-spherical nanoparticles with mean sizes of 65.30 nm, 52.09 nm, and 63.46 nm for PB, AB, and CB respectively. Moreover, predominant biosorption mechanisms recognized were ion exchange and chemisorption, which are potentially reinforced by their nanoparticle-size. Thus, the biosorbents, particularly AB can be utilized for the treatment of copper-bearing wastewaters and facilitate the valorization of C. microcarpa peel wastes.
THE GENDER EFFECT ON MANAGING SALESPEOPLE: BUSINESS STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS IN TURKEY

Thisstudyinvestigatesthegendereffectofamaleversusafemalemanagerintermsofbusiness� students'�preferencesinworkingfor,�beingtrainedby,�beingmotivatedby,�andbeingrewardedby� oneortheother. �Basedon�328�questionnaires,�theresultsfortheentiresample,�aswellasmaleand� femalesubsamples,�demonstratetheexistenceofagendereffectforallbutoneaspectofmanaging� salespeople. �Also,�comparisonsofmalestudentstofemalestudentsrevealsignificantdifferences� betweenperceptionsofthetwogendersintermsofthetrainingandmotivatingfunctions. �Thestudy� foundthatthesubjectsasawhole,�aswellasthemaleandfemalesubsamples,�haveapreference� formalemanagersoverfemalemanagers. �Thefindingsofthisstudycouldhaveimplicationsfor� developingandmanaginganeffectivesalesforceanditcouldalsohaveimplicationsforacademicsin� preparingstudentsforsuccessfulsalescareers.