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Effect of dietary selenium nanoparticles and chitosan oligosaccharide on biochemical parameters of Caspian roach (Rutilus caspicus) under malathion stress

The present study was conducted to investigate the protective effects of selenium nanoparticles (nano-Se) and chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) against the malathion-induced blood hematological and biochemical alterations in Caspian roach (Rutilus caspicus). The fish treated with 0.5 mg L-1 malathion in water and supplemented with selenium nanoparticles (1 mg kg-1) and /or COS (600 mg kg-1) in their diet for 28 days. At the end of the experiment, the blood samples were collected and hematological indices were assayed including serum total protein, albumin, globulin, glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride as well as enzymes such as aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and acetyl cholinesterase (AChE). Significant decreases were observed in LDH level, AChE activities and hematological indices such as the white and red blood cell count, hemoglobin and hematocrit levels of the fish exposed to malathion (p < 0.05). Dietary selenium nanoparticles and COS could significantly (P < 0.05) reduce hematological indices, lysozyme value and the blood antioxidant enzyme activities in malathion-exposed Caspian roach. Briefly, this suggests that supplementation of dietary Caspian roach with nano-selenium (1mg kg-1) and /or COS (600 mg kg-1) may have positive effects on hematological and biochemical indices in fish exposed to malathion stress.
The condition and age of Thomson's gazelles killed by cheetahs and wild dogs

The condition and age of Thomson's gazelles (Gazella thomsoni) killed by two species of predators were compared. The wild dog, a coursing predator, was predicted to take a greater proportion of young, old and sick animals than the cheetah, a stalker. As measured by the marrow fat content of limb bones, wild dogs captured more Thomson's gazelles in poor condition than cheetahs. This appeared to be a consequence of their preference for male gazelles, which were in worse condition than females. Cheetahs did not capture fewer young and old gazelles than wild dogs.
Physiological indices and phytomass partition in precocious dwarf cashew clones irrigated with saline waters

This research aimed to evaluate the physiological indices and the accumulation of phytomass in clones of precocious dwarf cashew under salt stress during rootstock formation. The experiment was conducted in greenhouse in the municipality of Pombal-PB. The experimental design was in randomized blocks, and the treatments were organized in a 5 x 3 factorial arrangement, constituting the levels of electrical conductivity of the irrigation water ECw (0.4 -Control; 1.2; 2.0; 2.8, and 3.6 dS m-1) and the clones of precocious dwarf cashew (Faga 11, Embrapa 51, CCP 76), with three replications and two plants per plot. Water salinity higher than 0.4 dS m-1 resulted in a decrease of the relative growth in plant height, leaf area, and phytomass accumulation in the cashew plant. The cashew clones are sensitive to water salinity from 0.4 dS m-1. Among the physiological indicators, the leaf area ratio, the sclerophylly index, and the root/shoot ratio of the precocious dwarf cashew are highlighted as salt stress indicators. The use of water with 0.4 dS m-1 of electrical conductivity is recommended for the formation of cashew rootstocks.
Witnessing Economic Growth in Kazakhstan through Sustainability and Manufacturing Performance: Mediating Role of Supply Chain Performance

At the present time, a number of organizations consider the implementation of sustainable activities as not just a competitive gain however as well as a requirement for enduring existence. Thus, it is vital that the researcher comprise the factor of sustainability in assessing the performance of the supply chain of an organization. But very little investigations have examined the influence of sustainability and manufacturing on economic growth, with the mediating impact of supply chain performance. The existing article demonstrates a unique methodology for assessing the performance of the supply, which could be utilized by Kazakh manufacturing companies. Relied on the past studies and on the opinions of the experts, the researcher recognized the functions of the supply chain which impact the supply chain, sustainability and manufacturing performance, and the economic growth. In this study, the scholar of this study designed a survey-based questionnaire and surveyed the experts of the manufacturing organizations. Total of 267 participants filled out the survey. The results of this study show that all the research hypotheses of the study are accepted.
Kirchhoff-type differential inclusion problems involving the fractional Laplacian and strong damping

The aim of this paper is to investigate the existence of weak solutions for a Kirchhoff-type differential inclusion wave problem involving a discontinuous set-valued term, the fractional \begin{document}$ p $\end{document} -Laplacian and linear strong damping term. The existence of weak solutions is obtained by using a regularization method combined with the Galerkin method.
A Scanning Electron Micrograph-based Resource for Identification of Loci Involved in Epidermal Development in Tomato: Elucidation of a New Function for the Mixta-like Transcription Factor in Leaves[OPEN]

A detailed screen of the Solanum lycopersicum cv M82 × Solanum pennellii ac. LA716 introgression line (IL) population revealed ILs with altered leaf trichome densities, abnormal proportions of different trichome types, and aberrant trichome morphologies leading to the identification of previously unexplored genomic regions with roles in trichome formation in tomato. The aerial epidermis of plants plays a major role in environmental interactions, yet the development of the cellular components of the aerial epidermis—trichomes, stomata, and pavement cells—is still not fully understood. We have performed a detailed screen of the leaf epidermis in two generations of the well-established Solanum lycopersicum cv M82 × Solanum pennellii ac. LA716 introgression line (IL) population using a combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. Quantification of trichome and stomatal densities in the ILs revealed four genomic regions with a consistently low trichome density. This study also found ILs with abnormal proportions of different trichome types and aberrant trichome morphologies. This work has led to the identification of new, unexplored genomic regions with roles in trichome formation in tomato. This study investigated one interval in IL2-6 in more detail and identified a new function for the transcription factor SlMixta-like in determining trichome patterning in leaves. This illustrates how these SEM images, publicly available to the research community, provide an important dataset for further studies on epidermal development in tomato and other species of the Solanaceae family.
Environmental considerations for assessing dam removal alternatives for river restoration

Dam removal has received increasing attention over the last several years as a viable alternative to rehabilitation of unsafe dams and as an alternative for consideration as many hydroelectric dams come up for relicensing in the USA. The environmental impacts of dams on river ecosystems have been studied far more extensively than have the impacts of removing dams. Comprehensive environmental research is currently being conducted, assessing both the positive and negative impacts of the possible removal of Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha River, Florida. The 2073 m long and 6·7 m high dam was constructed in 1968, impounding 3642 ha on this 125 km long river. The impacts of dam removal are compared with those expected by retaining and actively managing the reservoir for fish and wildlife. The research approach described here for addressing alternatives is recommended as a holistic procedure in which to make an environmentally based decision regarding dam removal.
Prevalence of Traditional and Complementary Alternative Medicine’s Use among Cancer Patients in South Peninsular Malaysia

Objective: This study sought to describe the use of traditional and complementary alternative medicine’s (CAM) in a cohort of cancer patients in Johor, a state in Southern Peninsular Malaysia.Methodology: This is a four-month cross sectional study, targeted, on cancer outpatient clinics in three hospitals. Ethical approval and signed written informed consents were obtained from the patients, prior to the study. A standardised, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain the socio-demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics and questions on CAM’s use. Results: The response rate was 95.4%. The majority of the participants was females (79.9%) and was from the Malay ethnic group (79.2%) with most having only a secondary education (41.8%). The mean age was 57.7 ± 12.47 years with the majority having breast cancer (51.1%). There were no significant association between the socio demographic variables with CAM’s use with the exception of hospital, participants’ religion and ethnicity (p-value < 0.05). Many patients preferred biologically-based therapies (87.8%) such as herbs and dietary supplements with a large proportion having reported to have utilised CAM after having completed the conventional treatment (40.0%). The majority (60.1%) of the patients were satisfied with CAM treatment while only 17.40% showed dissatisfaction. Most cancer patients chose CAM due to their perceived fewer side effects (31.1%), to increase quality of life (26.7%) and as a curative intent (20.7%). Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of CAM’s use among cancer patients in Southern State in Malaysia.
Mesozooplankton of an Impacted Bay in North Eastern Brazil

Mesozooplankton abundance and distribution at Suape Bay, Pernambuco, was studied to assess the impacts caused by the construction of an internal port to increase the capacity of the Suape Port Complex. Zooplankton sampling was done at 3 stations during the dry (November-December/1997) and rainy (April-May/1998) seasons. A plankton net with 300 µm mesh size was used. Wet weight plankton biomass ranged from 44 mg.m-3 to 3,638 mg.m-3. Forty-five macrozooplankton taxa were registered. The most abundant was Copepoda. Among copepods, Acartia lilljeborgi, Parvocalanus crassirostris, Oithona hebes, Corycaeus (C.) speciosus and Temora turbinata were most frequent. Minimum abundance was 9 ind.m-3 and maximum was 2,532 ind.m-3. Average species diversity was 2.55 bits.ind-1. As a whole, Suape Bay has been under severe environmental stress and it seemed reasonable to assume that the recent modifications of the basin have resulted in changes in species composition and trophic structure, with an increase in marine influence.
INVESTIGATION ON CNTS-WATER AND HUMAN BLOOD BASED CASSON NANOFLUID FLOW OVER A STRETCHING SHEET UNDER IMPACT OF MAGNETIC FIELD

This study aims at considering the properties of heat transfer and magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) Casson nanofluid at the existence of free convection boundary layer flow with Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) suspended in human blood/water as based fluid on a stretching sheet. Two types of CNTs nanoparticles, single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), are taken into account. The governing partial differential equations are transformed to partial differential equations using similar transformation, then solved numerically by an implicit finite difference scheme known as Keller-box method (KBM). The results for physical quantities, the local skin friction, and local Nusselt number, as well as temperature and velocity, are discussed under the magnetic nanofluid Casson parameters. This work is compared with recently published results on the Newtonian fluid as a special case and shows very good agreement.
Population dynamics of cereal aphids: influence of a shared predator and weather

1 Aphid populations may show strong year‐to‐year fluctuations, but questions remain regarding the dominance of factors that cause this variation, especially the role of natural enemies. To better understand the dynamics of aphid species that occur as pests in cereals, we investigated the relative influence of top‐down control by a predator and weather (temperature and precipitation) on population fluctuations of three cereal aphid species.
Alpha Selection in Competing Salamanders: Experimental Verification of an a Priori Hypothesis

Much ecological theory rests on the assumption that interspecific competition is exploitative, interference playing a small role. It is argued that interference mechanisms should evolve in many situations, and an example is described of an experimentally demonstrated result of the origin of interference competition. Large numbers of individuals of Plethodon jordani from an area of intense competition with P. glutinosus were substituted for conspecifics in an area where competition was less severe. The population of P. glutinosus showed a statistically significant decrease relative to controls. Although the two species had been shown to compete with each other in the locality of this experiment, other experiments showed that they had virtually no effect on congeners in the area of intense competition. The combination of results demonstrates that α-selection (sensu Gill 1974) had taken place. Since α-selection certainly involves interference mechanisms, it is important to observe that a majority of the experimentally demonstrated examples of competition in the field have involved interference of some kind or other. The importance of these experimental outcomes for ecological theory is discussed.
Adult Students’ Perceptions of Mobile assisted Language learning in Oral English Courses

This article explores students’ perceptions on the use of certain mobile devices in an oral, English course. Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) has not been widely used in language settings in the Costa Rican context. The main objective of this paper is to understand students’ ideas about activities that include MALL. Results were deduced from a 10-point survey answered by students enrolled in an oral course from a major in English. The quantitative data was gathered through a survey, following survey research methods. Based on these results, the writer concludes that students consider activities using MALL a valuable asset in the learning process.
Analysing farmers’ intention to adopt web marketing under a technology-organisation-environment perspective: A case study in Italy

This study explores the factors that affect the intention to adopt web marketing (WM) at farm level as an innovation for business purposes. Data were collected from a direct survey among Italian farmers. The paper applies the Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework. Among the variables considered, the results mainly show that a higher perceived usefulness of WM leads to a greater intention to adopt it from farmers. Similarly, the intention to adopt WM is positively influenced by the customers‘ readiness to use this technology and the perceived ease of use. Moreover, the intention to adopt is lower for the farms showing a greater size. Surprisingly, the perception of customers’ positive expectation about WM adoption by the farm shows a negative effect, suggesting that external pressures can inhibit farmers’ intention. Findings are valuable to understand how to develop policies to support WM adoption among farmers, that is important to gain access to the market especially for smallholders.
The paleoanthropology of Greece

European paleoanthropology and paleolithic archeology were already well‐established by the early twentieth century. The human fossil record from this continent is the longest known and perhaps most intensively studied. Nonetheless, important gaps remain to this day in the map of Pleistocene Europe; perhaps the most glaring of these is located in the southeastern corner of the continent. This region's record is critical for addressing questions about the course of human evolution in Europe because its geographic position lends it a dual role: on one hand, it encompasses a frequently hypothesized dispersal corridor from Africa into Europe for both archaic and early modern humans; on the other, as one of the three Mediterranean peninsulas, it acted as a refugium for plant, animal, and, most likely, human populations during glacial conditions. This article is a review of the paleoanthopological record of Greece, one of the least known in Europe.
PROGRESSION OF THEORY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING (EM)

This paper analyses the theory of entrepreneurial marketing (EM), its evolution, and dimensions which are available to measure the EM. The EM theory was developed as an interface between the two major disciplines’ of marketing and entrepreneurship. Researchers, scholars, and academics have been debating and nourishing the theory of EM for thirty-year period. Initially it was considered as an ideal marketing concept and strategy to enrich marketing activities and business performance of small and medium scaled enterprises (SMEs). Today, as consumers, customers and marketers, we are living in one global village and experiencing different types of buying and selling patterns. This digital era facilitates us to experience the globalization and international marketing. So far, the global market is constituted with different types and sizes of business units and those business units together generate ultimate power to handle the market and its rivalry. At present it is being declared as an enthusiastic business development factor to reach progressive levels of business life cycles without considering the size of the business unit. The purpose of this paper is to analyze development of the theory of entrepreneurial marketing based on the past literature. It consists of three parts and basic information is described by the first part. Discussion of the development of EM theory and its dimensions are considered in the second part and the Conclusions of this study are presented in the third section.
Screening for comorbidities in COPD

Due to growing recognition of comorbidities, COPD is no longer considered a disease affecting only the respiratory system. Its management now entails the early diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities. However, although many studies have examined the impact of comorbidities on the evolution of COPD and patients’ quality of life, very few have explored the means to systematically identify and manage them. The aims of this article are to summarise the state of current knowledge about comorbidities associated with COPD and to propose a possible screening protocol in the outpatient setting, emphasising the areas needing further research.
Growth of North-east Arctic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in relation to ambient temperature

Michalsen, K. , Ottersen, G. , and Nakken, O. 1998. Growth of North-east Arctic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in relation to ambient temperature. ‐ ICES Journal of Marine Science, 55: 863‐877. Temperature related changes in horizontal distribution of North-east Arctic cod are described and the influence of temperature on the growth is interpreted. By using data from acoustic and bottom trawl surveys in the Barents Sea conducted in February 1988‐1995, mean length at age is related to the winter temperature. Mean lengths at age increased with increasing temperature for cod of age 2‐6. Mean individual growth was highest for year classes experiencing high temperatures. Due to the seasonal migration patterns of cod, the actual annual means of ambient temperature as well as the diVerences between these means are lower than the values from February alone, used in this study. Thus, by using the ambient winter temperature instead of annual mean values the eVect temperature has on growth is probably underestimated. Increased abundance of young cod is associated with an extension of the distribution area towards east and north into colder water. Even though the individual consumption of capelin by cod increased in these years, the increase in abundance was accompanied by reduced growth. Hence a growth‐temperature relation may wrongly be interpreted as a growth‐density (abundance) dependency if ambient temperature is not included in the analysis. 1998 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Chicory and Jerusalem artichoke productivity in different areas of Italy, in relation to water availability and time of harvest

Inulin is an important polysaccharide synthesised by different crops, which, in the EU has been included in the system of sugar quotas since 1994. Currently, one of the major problems of the agro-industry is the need to extend the length of the sugar crop harvest season. It was therefore decided, also in relation to the increased demand for inulin, to study the two main inulin producing crops in Italy (chicory and Jerusalem artichoke), to verify yield and quality potential and stability in relation to some important agronomic factors such as irrigation and time of harvest. The work was conducted in 1999 and 2000 in four areas of Italy (Udine, Rovigo, Bologna and Bari). The effects evaluated were time of harvest (3 for chicory and 2 for Jerusalem artichoke) and irrigation system (evapotranspiration replacement and dry regime, with irrigation applied only when strictly necessary) on the production of storage organs, sugars and inulin in the two crops. The highest chicory root yield was in Bologna, with an average production of 65.6 t ha-1 (fresh weight), compared to Rovigo (54.4 t ha-1), Bari (46.5 t ha-1) and Udine (38.7 t ha-1). For final tuber yield in Jerusalem artichoke, Bari was the most productive environment with an average of 80 t ha-1, followed by Bologna (61 t ha-1) and Udine (55.5 t ha-1). However, when this crop is whole-plant harvested (stalks and tubers) at pre-flowering, Bologna, with high stalk yields (58.7 t ha-1) appeared to be the most suitable environment. This type of harvesting was also shown to be more productive in terms of sugar and inulin yield. The total sugar content in the different organs analysed (roots, stalk and tubers) was always higher in Udine compared to Bologna, for both crops. Lastly, the length of the inulin chain (average degree of polymerisation [DP]) diminishes with the delaying of the harvest in both crops. The Bologna area had the highest potential in terms of chicory root production, while for the tubers yield of Jerusalem artichoke, the Bari environment was the most productive. But, when Jerusalem artichoke is instead considered as a crop for whole-plant harvest (stalks and tubers), Bologna, with a very high stalk yields, becomes the most suitable area. The highest sugar content in roots, stalks and tubers of both crops was found in the Udine trial.
Accounting for Financial Stability: Bank Disclosure and Loss Recognition in the Financial Crisis

This paper investigates what we can learn from the financial crisis about the link between accounting and financial stability. The picture that emerges ten years after the crisis is substantially different from the picture that dominated the accounting debate during and shortly after the crisis. Widespread claims about the role of fair-value (or mark-to-market) accounting in the crisis have been debunked. However, we identify several other core issues for the link between accounting and financial stability. Our analysis suggests that, going into the financial crisis, banks’ disclosures about relevant risk exposures were relatively sparse. Such disclosures came later after major concerns about banks’ exposures had arisen in markets. Similarly, banks delayed the recognition of loan losses. Banks’ incentives seem to drive this evidence, suggesting that reporting discretion and enforcement deserve careful consideration. In addition, bank regulation through its interlinkage with financial accounting may have dampened banks’ incentives for corrective actions. Our analysis illustrates that a number of serious challenges remain if accounting and financial reporting are to contribute to financial stability.