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TREATMENT OF VARIOUS DISEASES BY CANNA INDICA L. - A PROMISING HERB

In recent years, ethnobotanical and traditional application of natural compounds, principally of plant origin established much attention as they are well tested for their effectiveness and generally believed to be non-toxic for human use. Canna indica L. is a tropical herb belonging to the family Cannaceae. It has been extensively used in a traditional remedy for the treatment of many complaints. The phytochemical analysis of C. indica exhibited that it contained various phytochemicals including alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, anthocyanin pigments, flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, tannins, phlobatannins, saponins, carbohydrates, proteins, oils, and many other chemical compounds. The pharmacological studies showed that this plant exerted anthelmintic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiviral, antidiabetic, antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, cytotoxic, hemostatic, hepatoprotective, molluscicidal, and other effects. This review attempts to illuminate the available literature on C. indica (L.) with respect to ethnobotany, chemical constituents, and summary of numerous pharmacological activities. Every part of C. indica has valuable properties that can serve humanity so the whole plant can be broadly studied for further research aspects.
Effect of soybean molasses-adsorbents on in vitro ruminal fermentation characteristics, milk production performance in lactating dairy cows

This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro fermentation characteristics of corncob powder (CRP), wheat bran (WB), rice husk (RH), defatted bran (DB) and soybean hulls (SH) when mixed with soybean molasses at a ratio of 30:100 (dry matter basis), using a batch culture incubation. During in vitro study, SH showed better fermentation characteristics (including greater maximum gas production, shorter time to achieve half of Vf, greater concentrations of acetate, propionate and total VFA, and less initial fractional rate of degradation) than other four substrates, while WB had the greatest values of DM and NDF disappearance, NH3-N and butyrate concentrations among substrates. A randomized complete block designed in vivo experiment was conducted with 24 Holstein cows (534 ± 58 kg BW, 2.8 ± 0.7 parity, 129 ± 23 d in milk) randomly assigned to three experimental diets: Control, WB (WB adsorbed to soybean molasses replaced 150 g of corn meal per 1000 g of diet dry matter [DM]) or SH (SH adsorbed to soybean molasses replaced 100 g of wheat bran and 50 g corn meal per 1000 g of diet DM). The results indicated that cows received WB diet had greater (P<0.01) milk fat and total milk solid content than cows fed control and SH diets, and cows received WB and SH diets tended to have greater (P<0.01) milk protein content and blood glutamic-pyruvic transaminase concentration than cows fed control diet. Furtherly, cows received WB diet had greater (P<0.01) blood amylase and lactate dehydrogenase concentration than that of cows fed control diet during middle lactation. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of molasses adsorbed by-products like WB and SH have positive effect on promoting rumen fermentation, milk quality and blood metabolism in early- and middle-lactating dairy cows. The results offered a new products and feeding way in dairy farming
Why They Teach: Professional Development School Teacher Candidates' Initiating Motivations to Become Teachers.

: Initiating motivations to teach are the reasons people choose to become teachers. This study characterized the initiating motivations espoused by a cohort of teacher candidates in a professional development school. The data source consisted of essays in which the teacher candidates explained their reasons for becoming teachers. The analytic method was thematic analysis, which was employed to develop a typology of initiating motivations. Findings indicated a pattern of altruistic and intrinsic types of motivations. Common motivations included the desire to make a difference and positive perceptions of the work of teaching. Few teacher candidates espoused extrinsic motivations. The study expands existing understandings about the characteristics of teacher candidates as learners. It carries implications for professional development schools’ efforts to recruit teacher candidates. It also has implications for the clinical education of teacher candidates. The study indicates a need for expanded attention to the signiﬁcance of the initiating motivations of teacher candidates in professional development schools. NAPDS Nine Essentials Addressed: #2: A school-university culture committed to the preparation of future educators that embraces their active engagement in the school community. #5: Engagement in and public sharing of the results of deliberate investigations of practice by respective participants . of and local a critical part to play in recruiting and retaining teacher candidates part of their day-to-day that an important aspect of recruiting and sustaining teacher candidates
Streptomyces sp. as plant growth-promoters and host-plant resistance inducers against Botrytis cinerea in chickpea

ABSTRACT Two hundred and fifty seven actinobacteria, isolated from five different rhizosphere soils of chickpea, were evaluated for their antagonistic potential against Botrytis cinerea, causal agent of Botrytis grey mold (BGM) disease in chickpea, by dual culture assay. Of them, three most promising isolates (ATIRS43, ATIRS65 and ARRS10) with highest inhibitory activity (67–77%) were identified as Streptomyces sp. These selected isolates induced growth of chickpea genotype JG11 as a consortium rather than an individual inoculum. Co-inoculation of the selected Streptomyces sp. with Mesorhizobium ciceri UPM-Ca7T enhanced nodulation and nitrogenase activity in five chickpea genotypes (ICCV2, ICCV10, ICC4958, Annigeri and JG11). The selected Streptomyces sp. significantly reduced the disease incidence caused by B. cinerea by 28–47% over the un-inoculated control across the chickpea genotypes ICC4954 (susceptible), ICCV05530 (moderately resistant) and JG11 (unknown resistance). The Streptomyces sp. were also able to induce host-plant resistance, irrespective of the genotype, through the induction of various antioxidant enzymes and phenolics. Phenolic profiling of B. cinerea-affected and Streptomyces treated plants of ICCV05530 further confirmed host-plant resistance traits. This study indicated that the selected Streptomyces sp. have the potential for biological control of BGM disease in chickpea.
Outsourcing in Health Facilities: Challenges in Medical University of Isfahan in Focus

Introduction: Outsourcing is one of the major strategies for keeping competitive gain in today's highly varying markets, especially in health systems. This study endeavored to identify operational challenges of outsourcing health facilities affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2019. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted with content analysis approach. To conduct the interview, key informants were from the managers of health facilities and decision makers of health deputy and managers from private sector were selected through purposive sampling. The saturation point was reached at 12 semi-structured interviewees; this way, data were collected through interviews with experts. A thematic analysis was employed to analyze the transcriptions by MAX QDA10. Results: According to the results of thematic analysis, seven major themes identified as operational challenges of outsourcing health services in health facilities with 40 sub-themes. Conclusions: Outsourcing health services in health facilities needs to be done more scientifically and logically. Decision makers must predict the challenges and apply solutions before outsourcing, supervise, and evaluate the impacts of outsourcing after at least 1 year.
Tyre-derived activated carbon – textural properties and modelling of adsorption equilibrium of n-hexane

There is general agreement that primary pyrolysis products of end-of-life tyres should be valorised to improve the economics of pyrolysis. In this work, tyre pyrolysis char (TPC) is produced in a pyrolysis pilot plant designed and built at our home university. The produced TPC was upgraded to tyre-derived activated carbon (TDAC) by activation with CO 2 , and then characterised using stereological analysis (SA) and nitrogen adsorption at 77 K. SA showed that the grains of TPC and TDAC were quasi-spherical and slightly elongated with a 25% increase in the mean particle cross-section surface area for TDAC. The textural properties of TDAC demonstrated the BET and micropore surface areas of 259 and 70 m 2 /g, respectively. Micropore volume and micropore surface area were 5.8 and 6.7 times higher for TDAC than TPC at (cid:24) 2 nm, respectively. The n -hexane adsorption was investigated using experiments and modelling. Eight adsorption isotherms along with three error functions were tested to model the adsorption equilibrium. The optimum sets of isotherm parameters were chosen by comparing sum of the normalized errors. The analysis indicated that the Freundlich isotherm gave the best agreement with the equilibrium experiments. In relation to diﬀerent activated carbons, the adsorption capacity of TDAC for n -hexane is about 16.2 times higher than that of the worst reference material and 4.3 times lower than that of the best reference material. In addition, stereological analysis showed that activation with CO 2 did not change the grain’s shape factors. However, a 25% increase in the mean particle cross-section surface area for TDAC was observed. The results show that the most common particle equivalent diameter, d 2 , is in a range between 10 and 15 (cid:22) m for both compared materials. In addition, a thorough analysis shows a very small diﬀerence between the frequencies of the most common particle equivalent diameter in this range (29.6% for TPC against 28.1% for TDAC). No signiﬁcant diﬀerence has been found between the TPC and TDAC samples in terms of shape factors. The shape factors calculated from the d max = d 2 and p = d 2 ratios indicate that the grains of both samples are quasi-spherical and slightly elongated (Wejrzanowski Kurzydlowski, 2003; Wejrzanowski et al., 2008). However, it is worth noting that there is a 25% increase in the mean particle cross-section surface area for the activated sample (TDAC).
Religion and Female Genital Mutilation as Correlates of Maternal Mortality in Ekiti State

This study was to examine religion and female genital mutilation as correlates of maternal mortality in Ekiti State. The study adopted descriptive research design of the survey type which comprises of all 654 health personnel (Doctors and Nurses) in the seventeen (17) general and three (3) specialist hospitals in Ekiti State. The doctors (60 of them) were purposively and proportionately selected from the population while simple random sampling techniques was adopted in selecting 490 Nurses, making a total of 550 samples. A self-structured questionnaire titled: Religion and FGM as Correlates of Maternal Mortality (RFGMCMM) was used for data collection which were analysed using descriptive statistics (Charts) and inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was also used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that there was high maternal mortality cases in Ekiti state and it is as a result of erroneous religion believe and holding to old practice of female genital mutilation. Hence, it was therefore recommended that health workers and health professionals should map out an aggressive campaign and strategies to change the mind set of religious pregnant women by creating awareness on the need for regular antenatal care during pregnancy so that necessary anomalies would be corrected, hence reducing the menace of maternal death. Also, female genital mutilation should be totally condemned. Parents should be educated on the danger and consequences of this act hence averting possible complications during child delivery in the long run. DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/76-08 Publication date: June 30th 2020
Comparison of Irrigation Methods in Terms of Vegetative Growth of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivars

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), also known as Irish potato and the king of vegetables, belonging to the family Solanaceae is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world and in terms of human consumption, it ranks 4th after wheat, rice and corn (Hassan, 2003). The Andean tuber crop was originally domesticated in South America and its worldwide dissemination was started after Columbus’s voyages brought it to Europe in 16 th century. Potato is one of the main cash crops among vegetables, which is grown and consumed all round the world (Nyunza and Mwakaje, 2012). The countries like China, USA, Europe, Russian Federation, India and Japan have the highest potato yield in the world. In world, India ranks 3rd in area, i.e., 18.28 million hectare and 2nd in the production, i.e., 364.87 million ton of potato (FAOSTAT, 2012). India is the second largest producer of potato in the world after China with the total area and production of 2.14 million hectares and of 48.60 million ton, respectively during 2016-17 (Anonymous, 2017). Potato is also one of the most important crops of Haryana, having area of 34.53 thousand ton with the production and productivity of 896.95 thousand MT and 25.98 t/ha, respectively (NHB, 2017). India stands at fourth place with respect to the production of potato in the world, but the productivity is very low as compared to other advanced International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 12 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
The Impact of Audit Committee Characteristics on Real Earnings Management: Evidence from Jordan

t Accounting scandals and corporate failures, like Enron, WorldCom and Toshiba, have driven the regulators to look into the importance and role of the audit committee (AC) in the practicing of real earnings management (REM). This study investigates the impact of AC characteristics, i.e., size, expertise, meetings and independence, on REM using a sample of 721 firm-year observations of firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) for the 2011 to 2017 period. Interestingly, the results reveal that AC expertise, AC independence and AC meetings have a negatively significant relationship with the level of REM; while there is no relationship between REM and AC size. The findings from the current study can help regulatory bodies and policymakers in instituting policies and strategies with regards to the credibility of financial reports in Jordan. Future studies may consider the effect of other AC characteristics, like AC quality, AC members’ ownership and AC members’ remuneration on REM.
The gender dimensions of land tenure reforms in Ethiopia 1995-2020.

Abstract Continued rapid population growth in rural areas is a major challenge to future land access for all in Ethiopia. Landlessness is growing and farm sizes shrinking. This tends to erode the constitutional right of all rural residents without another livelihood option to access land for subsistence. With the recent land laws also stipulating minimum farm sizes, this also restricts inheritance rights of children living on small farms. It also restricts the opportunity to share land equally among spouses upon divorce. Co-management of land among divorced parents and children on small farms is also challenging. The result may be disguised fragmentation. Given the growing landlessness and inheritance rules and the need for alternative livelihoods for youth, we may wonder whether women are at a disadvantage in non-farm employment. Recent studies of a large sample of resource-poor rural youth that have been eligible to join youth business groups and have been allocated rehabilitated communal lands have female members that on average have fewer assets, lower incomes and less education than male members. They are also much less likely to own a mobile phone and to become group leaders or group board members. This shows that young women in Ethiopia continue to be disadvantaged and are among the most resource-poor and vulnerable. There is a need for more targeted policies to give them equal opportunities in the ongoing rural as well as rural-urban transformation processes.
Leveraging the Benefits of Big Data with Fast Data for Effective and Efficient Cybersecurity Analytics Systems: A Robust Optimisation Approach

: In recent times, major cybersecurity breaches and cyber fraud within the public and private sectors are making international headlines. Majority of organisations are facing cybersecurity adversity and advanced threats. On the one hand, we have asynchronous cybersecurity practices, many standards and frameworks to consider while on the other hand, we have to deal and secure our organisations against cyber-criminals, organised hacktivists, insider threats, hackers and nation-states with malafide intentions. The Center for Cyber Safety and Education's Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) confirms that globally we are not only loosing but also backpedalling against threats and risks at cyberspace. How do national-protection actors and organisations conduct and practice their cybersecurity to protect against dramatic attack surfaces? Most importantly, how do they allocate limited cybersecurity resources in defence? Most organisations advice to adopt systematic approaches using standards, framework, audits and best practices. However, the current security technologies, policies and processes are lacking robust cybersecurity capabilities and a mechanism to solve advanced cyber threats and risks. In this paper, we are proposing a novel solution to detect and protect against advanced cybersecurity challenges by leveraging the benefits of big data security intelligence with fast data technologies. The paper is presenting a technology-independent reference model utilising a robust optimisation approach for the cybersecurity analytic systems. This study is utilising state-of-the-art and cutting-edge reference model and solution that enables cyber secure internet and digital technologies usage along with underlying data network and information systems in the multi-organisational environment. The underlying solution enables interoperability and flawless message and information exchanges within national protection actors. The study concludes with the proof-of-concept in the cyber secure decentralised multipurpose
Enhancing Cultural Identity Through Speaking Class Using Mind Mapping Board to Face Industrial Revolution 4.0

—Kudus is identified as Kota Santri due to its identity through its Islamic culture. Cultural awareness must be possessed people surroundings. Teachers can foster it in the classroom activity by approaching students’ background knowledge as target culture. Speaking is one way to activate students’ ideas, particularly in revealing the culture of Kudus. The qualitative study is used to analyze the integration of cultural identity work and classroom learning at MTS N 2 Kudus. It has a purpose to deliver understanding of students’ experience through speaking. MMB is used as a media to ease students to deliver their ideas into speaking. Every concept and idea in MMB is organized into framework of mapping. Hence, students enhance their cultural identity by exploring physical appearance, cultural activities, and their creativity into activities in their everyday lives. Furthermore, cultural identities depict them into sense of belonging also plays a central role in connecting person to social change and act them to study the relationship between the social and the self. By physical appearance, students have identities and self of belonging in society. Thus, it allows mutual influence between self and society. Finally, MMB media is an effective way for students to organize concepts and ideas to support their speaking skills and prepare communication skills in the era of industrial revolution 4.0.
Learnability of Linear Fractional-Order ILC Systems

The problem of learnability of linear fractional-order systems is investigated, where the systems have the same dimensions of input and output. Firstly, we show from the viewpoint of dissipativity that why a P-type learning algorithm can enable such systems to possess the perfect tracking capability over a finite time interval. Then, two criteria are provided for determining the dissipative property of fractional-order systems. Moreover, the relationship between learnability and strictly positive real is given, it is shown that the strictly positive real implies the learnability of fractional-order systems with an extra condition. Finally, the correctness of the obtained main results is illustrated with an example.
Effect of the Lunar Radiation on the Cold Sky Horn Antennas of the Chang’E-1 and -2 Microwave Radiometers

To determine the likelihood that the surface contamination effects can explain the offsets between Chang’E-1 (CE-1) and Chang’E-2 (CE-2) microwave radiometers’ (MRMs) calibrated antenna temperatures (TAs), we quantitatively estimate the effects of the lunar contamination of the CE MRMs’ cold sky horn antennas on TA. We calculated the lunar radiation contributions to the cold sky horn ( ${ {\Delta T}}_{\text {cosmic}}$ ) values from the Apollo model brightness temperatures (TBs) convolved with the CE-1 and CE-2 cold sky horn antenna patterns for the circular orbit geometries of CE-1 and CE-2. The calculations were done for all four channels and estimated 20°–40° range of the full width half maximum (FWHM) Gaussian beam sizes over a latitude range of 0°–64°. Small differences between the predawn and noon results illustrate that the local time effects are negligible. Most noteworthy is the result that the largest plausible “ ${ {\Delta T}}_{\text {cosmic}}$ ” are less than 10.8 K for CE-1 and less than 23.6 K for CE-2 at the largest assumed beam size. The latitude effect is small, although significant (~5–6 K difference), from the equator to 64°. Most importantly, the cold sky horn contamination effects are shown to produce target TA errors of only 2–5 K for CE-1 and 4–10 K for CE-2 with the largest errors occurring at the lowest TAs. These errors are inadequate to resolve much larger relative offsets reported in the CE-1 and CE-2 TA data. We thus propose an alternative recalibration scheme that focuses on the role of uncertainties in the preflight derivation of hardware loss coefficients.
Effect of varietal difference on the proximate, functional and sensory properties of melon seeds

The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of varietal difference on the proximate, functional and sensory properties of four varieties of melon seeds such as Cucumis melo, Cucumeropsis manii, Citrullus colocynths and Citrullus vulgaris. The proximate result showed that protein, fat, ash, moisture, crude fibre and carbohydrate contents of the melon seeds ranged from 30.37 to 34.81%, 47.14 to 52.52%, 2.57 to 4.40%, 4.30 to 6.26%, 3.92 to 5.51% and 0.11 to 3.16%, respectively. There were significant differences (p 0.05) with Cucumis melo and Citrullus colocynths. The results showed that the four melon seed varieties contain appreciable quantities of protein, ash and fat with functional properties that are favourable for human consumption and for industrial applications. Higher premium should therefore be placed on the consumption of Cucumis melo and Citrullus colocynths as they can be used to replace Citrullus vulgaris in the preparation of egusi soup.