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Antibacterial Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Nigeria to Carbapenems

The emergent bacterial resistance to antibiotics, most especially Carbapenems, has become a common phenomenon. The aim of the recent study was the observation and evaluation of the antibacterial susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae in clinical specimens to different Carbapenems. One hundred isolates of K. pneumoniae isolated from different clinical sites, such as leg, caesarean section (CS), head, buttock, breast, thigh, and arm were tested. Using disc diffusion method, the isolates were tested for susceptibility to different antibiotics including Tobramycin, Ciprofloxacin, Aztreonam, Colistin sulphate, Ceftriaxone, Cefepime, Cefoxitin, Ceftazidime, Ertapenem, Meropenem, and Imipenem. The results were interpreted according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute disk diffusion standard. All K. pneumoniae isolates were highly susceptible to all classes of Carbapenems: Imipenem (99%), Meropenem (96%) and Ertapenem (91%). However, they were highly resistant to Ciprofloxacin (97%), Ceftriaxone (91%) and Tobramycin (73%). Despite the recent emergence of multi-drug resistant bacteria to Carbapenems, this study showed that Carbapenems could still be used in treating different infections caused by multi-drug resistant K. pneumoniae.
Influence of income-generating activities on management effectiveness of charitable children institutions in Nakuru Town East Sub-County

This study investigates the influence of income-generating activities on the effective management of charitable children institutions (CCIs) with a particular focus on CCIs in Nakuru Town East Sub County, Kenya. The study was guided by the resource-based theory. The study adopted a mixed-method approach and deployed the descriptive research design to capture data from a target population of 45 respondents comprising of 39 CCI staff (both management and subordinate) and 6 key informants. A complete census was conducted on all the respondents and purposive sampling was utilized to identify key informants. Data from the CCI staff was collected using questionnaires while data from key informants was collected using discussion guides. A pilot study was conducted at Tumaini Bethany and Holy Family children in Nakuru Town West Sub-County to assess the validity and reliability of the instruments. Data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (SPSS) and the thematic content analysis technique. The findings from the study showed that income-generating activities had an influence on the effective management of CCIs. The study concluded that effective management of CCIs is shaped by the presence of income-generating activities in CCI, type of income-generating activities, and the amount of income generated by the activity in which the CCI is engaged. The study recommended that CCIs should develop incomegenerating activities in their institutional plans to mitigate shocks that occur when there is little funding from external partners. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee SSBFNET, Istanbul, Turkey. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MODEL CORE COMPETENCIES RESOURCESBASED REGIONAL APPROACH TO VIEW (STUDY ON MANUFACTURING SMES IN PALU)

SMEs greater role in the economy is an opportunity to improve the performance of SMEs the various problems. SMEs should be able to grow through the development of their core competencies so as to sustainable competitiveness. RBV Model is one of the solutions offered to build the capacity of SMEs by strengthening some strategic resources. This study analyzes how the strategic resources of SMEs (tangible and intangible) and the dynamics of the environment affects the ability of SMEs to choose and design the best strategy, which in turn how it affects the election strategy for financial performance. The research carried out on 42 SMEs manufacturing in the Palu city, and analyzed by SEM PLS. The result is a significant variable for tangible effect on competitive strategy, but not significant effect on the financial performance. Intangible assets affect to the competitive strategy and financial performance. Environmental dynamics significantly influence competitive strategy, but no significant effect on financial performance.
MASTER DEGREE PROJECT IN FINANCE

Real estate has traditionally been favored in a mixed-asset portfolio due to its risk-return characteristics and diversification benefits. The recent global financial crisis challenged this perception of advantages attributed to real estate. This thesis aims to examine the relationship between REIT returns and the returns of equity, fixed income, money market and commodities on the US market by examining the dynamic conditional correlations employing the DCC-GARCH(1,1) model. If the relationship strengthens in a downturn market, a portfolio might lose some of its level of diversification when it is needed the most. The findings presented in this thesis suggest that the conditional correlation between REIT and that of equity, fixed income, money market and commodities is time-varying and increases during bear markets. The empirical study led to three primary findings. Firstly, REIT and equity exhibit a moderate to strong positive relationship throughout the sample period. Secondly, despite a somewhat blurry relationship the commodity index seems to behave and react differently to REIT and thus provide potential benefits of diversification. Thirdly, REIT’s relationship with fixed income as well as money market provide diversification opportunities. The results of this thesis suggest that investors heavy in the commodity and money market should find allocation towards REIT of particular interest in terms of seeking portfolio diversification.
In-situ Fine Basalt Soil Reinforced by Cement Combined with Additive DZ33 to Construct Rural Roads in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam

Today, the use of additives to enhance the load-bearing capacity of the soil has been applied to some rural roads in a number of provinces in Viet Nam, proving the outstanding advantages. This paper presents the results of research work and techno-application to rural road construction with on-spot fine basalt soil combined with adhesives including cement PCB40 and additive DZ33. The experimental results show that additive DZ33 has made it possible to increase the hydration ability with cement when effectively reacting with soil particles to reduce construction costs and environmental harms, improve the intensity of reinforced soil mix such as Elastic modulus of reinforced soil (Es), splitting tensile strength (fst), compressive strength (f ’ s) and California Bearing Ratio (CBR). Successful application of additive DZ33 combined with cement in soil reinforcement to build rural transport works not only brings about economic efficiency but also, makes use of in-situ fine basalt soil to create a new material for the construction industry, humbly contributing to the study of rural road development in Gia Lai mountainous province in particular and Vietnamese transport infrastructures in general. doi: 10.5829/ije.2020. 33.11b. 03
Storytelling: An alternative home delivery of English vocabulary for preschoolers during COVID-19’s lockdown in southern Thailand

Background: Storytelling, a common family activity for preschool children to develop their literacy, can be used to promote learning of a language other than the mother-tongue, hence a starting point of home education for early childhood. Aim: The study aims to integrate storytelling as a family activity that helps to promote learning of English vocabulary for preschoolers. Setting: Young children aged 3–5 years and their parents living in a small neighbourhood of Muang District, province of Suratthani, in the south of Thailand attended the study during the restriction imposed to curb the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic under the ‘Stay at Home’ measures (March–April 2020). Both parents and children were given information about the study before they decided whether or not to participate in the project by parents’ informed consent for their child to be involved. Methods: The data were collected in four stages: pretest, storytelling, post-test and interview. The storytelling material included five stories, particularly composed for the study. These stories were written in Thai (average 423 words), each with three English words inserted, making up 15 English words as the test items. Analyses were conducted on the pre- and post-test scores, observation of children’s learning performance and parents’ reflection. Results: The preschoolers showed vocabulary development from listening to the in-house stories. On average, children obtained 12.2 scores out of 15 words in the post-test versus 8 scores in the pretest. The family’s satisfaction level was high, that is, 3.5 from 4 on children’s learning behaviour and English word development and 3.77 on stories appreciation. The preschoolers requested to hear a story as many as three times in order to be confident. The high frequency of hearing tended to predict individual’s development. Conclusion: Storytelling promoted English vocabulary learning and it could be done at home, provided that parents are equipped with appropriate material. In a story, preschoolers should be introduced to mono-syllabic concrete words and only up to three words at a time. Repetition of at least three times is necessary.
Factors that Influence Menstrual Hygiene Management in Adolescent Girls in Mudon Township, Mon State, Myanmar

Objective: The study assessed the underlying factors that influence menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in adolescent girls, and how it can have an effect on the girls’ education, health and daily life.Material and Methods: A community-based, quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted through face-to-face interviews, with 410 adolescent girls. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were applied, to describe and predict significant associations and predictors between MHM and its independent variables; such as knowledge, attitudes and practices related to menstruation, and accessibility of MHM facilities.Results: More than half of the respondents had poor MHM levels. Menstrual knowledge [adjusted odds ratio (AOR)= 2.17, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.32-3.56], attitude towards menstruation (AOR=1.65, 95% CI: 1.11-2.46), menstrual hygiene practices (AOR=2.53, 1.78-3.98) and the accessibility of MHM facilities (AOR=2.44, 95% CI: 1.29-4.62) were the factors associated with MHM. Girls with poor MHM levels were 1.1 times more likely to be affected in their daily activities, as compared to those with good MHM levels.Conclusion: The adolescent girls participating in the study were still unable to manage their menstrual hygiene well, owing to their inadequate knowledge in relation to menstruation, unhealthy menstrual hygiene practices; and the limited accessibility to MHM facilities. Establishment of such correlation necessitates; for instance, setting up a menstrual health education program as well as provision of MHM facilities, will enable the adolescent girls in Mudon Township, Mon State, Myanmar to minimize the negative impacts on their daily lives.
Antecedents of Sustainable Competitive Advantages: A Case Study of Palm Oil Industries in Indonesia

Indonesian oil palm plantation industry has chance to increase a sustainable competitive advantage. The creation of a sustainable competitive advantage is determined by the ability of the palm oil industry to utilize limited resources and capabilities. The purpose of this study was to analyze the determinants of the creation of sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) in the palm oil industry in Riau, Indonesia. The model framework uses organizational-level SCA dimensions. Four dimensions are used to measure SCA in the palm oil industry in Riau, namely value, scarce resource, inability to replicate, irreplaceable. Questionnaires were distributed to oil palm industry players in Riau with 81 respondents. The analysis technique uses Structural Equation Model with Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). The results showed that the SCA in the palm oil industry in Riau was at a moderate level. Although the competitive advantage of being sustainable in the palm oil industry in Riau is in the medium category, test results on SCA dimensions found that each latent variable forms a significant SCA framework with a reflective constructive relationship model. The three dominant and recommended dimensions that shape the construction of SCA in the palm oil industry are value, scarce resource, and irreplaceable.
Tail Forecasting with Multivariate Bayesian Additive Regression Trees

We develop novel multivariate time series models using Bayesian additive regression trees that posit nonlinear relationships among macroeconomic variables, their lags, and possibly the lags of the errors. The variance of the errors can be stable, driven by stochastic volatility (SV), or follow a novel nonparametric specification. Estimation is carried out using scalable Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation algorithms for each specification. We evaluate the real-time density and tail forecasting performance of the various models for a set of US macroeconomic and financial indicators. Our results suggest that using nonparametric models generally leads to improved forecast accuracy. In particular, when interest centers on the tails of the posterior predictive, flexible models improve upon standard VAR models with SV. Another key finding is that if we allow for nonlinearities in the conditional mean, allowing for heteroskedasticity becomes less important. A scenario analysis reveals highly nonlinear relations between the predictive distribution and financial conditions.
Mitigating low temperature and draught stress using psychrotolerant rhizobacteria in lentil

Ten psychrotolerant rhizobacterial isolates were evaluated for their PGP traits at 10 ̊, 20° and 30 °C. Maximum P-solubilization was recorded by LR-5 (66.5, 60.6 and 52.4μg/ml at 10°, 20° and 30° respectively). The highest IAA producer was LR-5 (4.6, 10.8 and 14.8μg/ml at 10 °C, 20 °C and 30 °C respectively) followed by LR-3 (3.6, 7.5 and 12.4 μg/ml at 10 °C, 20 °C and 30 °C respectively). Three isolates LR-1, LR-3 and LR-5 confirmed the presence of ACCD activity.Under axenic conditions the highest root length was recorded in treatment comprising of Rhizobium (R)+P LR-57.05, 6.80 and 5.70cm) followed by R+LR-3 (5.60, 4.45 and 4.60cm) at 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 MPa respectively. Similar pattern was seen in case of shoot length where, highest growth was shown by R+LR-5 (11.0, 8.4 and 6.8cm) followed by R+LR-3 (7.6, 5.8 and 4.9) at 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 MPa respectively. In case of root and shoot fresh weight also R+LR-5 proved to be the most promising treatment.
Optimum poultry enterprise combinations among small holder farmers in Osun State, Nigeria

Poultry farmers are confronted with choice for efficient allocationof farm resources between the different enterprises so as to optimize production objectives. The study therefore, was focused on optimum poultry enterprise combinations among small holder farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected using questionnaires and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, budgetary technique and linear programming model. Of the seven poultry enterprises identified, the most profitable enterprise combination was that of layers/broilers with a benefit cost ratio of ? 1.92 while the enterprise that yielded the least net farm income was the sole cockerel which had a benefit cost ratio of ? 1.57. The profitability of sole and combined poultry enterprises was limited by high cost of production in which the feed cost constitutesmore than three-quarter of the total cost. Although, the optimal poultry enterprise combination was layers/broilers, the farmers in the study area attested to the fact that poultry business was still highly profitable.It is therefore recommended that both farmers and government must partner to find a means of reducing feed cost by financing poultry research. Also, poultry farmers should concentrate and intensify their poultry combination practices especially that of layers/broilers, which may be the appropriateoptimal combination enterprise.
Running title : Comparison of exosome-derived miRNAs in different mammals Comparative analysis of dietary exosome-derived microRNAs from human , 10 bovine and caprine colostrum and mature milk

Affiliation 1Department of Functional Food and Biotechnology, Jeonju University, Jeonju 55069, Korea 2Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea 3Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea ORCID (for more information, please visit https://orcid.org) Bohyun Yun (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6723-5849) Younghoon Kim (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6769-0657) Dong-Jun Park (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-9391) Sangnam Oh (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2428-412X) Competing interests No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
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Neospora caninum is a coccidian intracellular protozoan capable of infecting a wide range of mammals, although severe disease is mostly reported in dogs and cattle. Innate defences triggered by monocytes/macrophages are key in the pathogenesis of neosporosis, as these cells are first-line defenders against intracellular infections. The aim of this study was to characterize infection and innate responses in macrophages infected with N. caninum using a well-known cell model to study macrophage functions (human monocyte THP-1 cells). Intracellular invasion of live tachyzoites occurred as fast as 4 h (confirmed with immunofluorescence microscopy using N. caninum-specific antibodies). Macrophages infected by N. caninum had increased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNFα, IL-1β, IL-8, IFNγ). Interestingly, N. caninum induced expression of host-defence peptides (cathelicidins), a mechanism of defence never reported for N. caninum infection in macrophages. The expression of cytokines and cathelicidins in macrophages invaded by N. caninum was mediated by mitogenactivated protein kinase (MEK 1/2). Secretion of such innate factors from N. caninum-infected macrophages reduced parasite internalization and promoted the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines in naïve macrophages. We concluded that rapid invasion of macrophages by N. caninum triggered protective innate defence mechanisms against intracellular pathogens.
Evaluation of Autoantibodies in patients with Systemic Sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, clinically characterized by vascular and immune dysfunction, leading to fibrosis that can damage multiple organs. The presence of non-overlapping SSc-associated autoantibodies best presents the autoimmune nature of systemic sclerosis. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the autoantibody profile in Iranian patients with systemic sclerosis. Sera from 481 patients with systemic sclerosis were collected from 2013 to 2016. The level of anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) was quantitatively detected using the indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) method and the level of specific autoantibodies including anti-topoisomerase I antibody (ATA), anti-centromere antibody (ACA) and anti RNA polymerase III antibody (anti-RNAP III) were also determined qualitatively by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) technique. Among all patients evaluated, we found a predominance of females (86.7%) and 434 (90.2%) of patients showed positive ANA results by IIF. ANA was detected in 87.3% and 92.0% of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) and diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) patients, respectively, which was not significantly different. The frequency of anti-RNAP III, ACA and ATA was 5.19%, 6.02% and 72.3%, respectively. Furthermore, anti-RNAP III, ATA and ANA levels were correlated with dcSSc, whereas ACA level was correlated with lcSSc. We confirmed that ATA expression is significantly higher in dcSSc patients. Our results showed that we have a lower frequency of ACA (6.02%) than most previous cohorts. The results of this study demonstrate that the clinical subtype of systemic sclerosis may correlate positively with the presence of specific autoantibodies.
Active fund management or passive index cruising ? An empirical analysis of the performance of Swedish equity funds

How should an investor pick funds to invest in? What is the best strategy, picking active or passive funds? It’s hard to navigate the fund landscape when there is ambiguous evidence and advice coming from different directions. Do fund managers outperform the market and passive funds? Do they bring something extra of value to the table in regards to their high management fees? The question seems almost age-old at this point, from dart throwing monkeys outperforming high profile fund managers to famous investors proclaiming that active fund management is dead, it’s hard to know what is really true about active versus passive fund management. Over the last 20 years the popularity of equity funds has exploded, mutual equity fund savings in Sweden has tripled in just 10 years, going from 1000 billion SEK to over 3000 billion SEK 1. 76% Of the Swedish population purposely invest in funds and 70% of this is invested in equity funds 2. In this interesting and rapidly growing market we want to investigate whether active fund management is superior or if passive cruising in index funds should be your go-to investment strategy. This is intriguing and important since nobody seems to reach a conclusive answer, time periods researched are old and we find few studies that use Swedish market fund data. Hence we study the performance of passive and active mutual equity funds on the Swedish market from 2010 to 2020. We use some basic methods, like the Capital Asset Pricing Model based Single-Index Model, Sharpe Ratio, Treynor Ratio but also some more complicated models like the Fama French Three-Factor Model and the Carhart Four-Factor Model. 1https : //www.fondbolagen. se/faktaindex/F ondsparande − efter − kategori/ 2https : //www.fondbolagen. se/globalassets/faktaindex/studier − o − undersokningar/det − svenska − fondsparandet − ur − ett − internationellt − perspektiv − 2018.pdf