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Trace metal uptake and accumulation pathways in Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii)

Trace Metal Uptake and Accumulation Pathways in Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii). (May 2005) Hui-Chen Wang, B.S., Taipei Medical University; M.S., National Taiwan Ocean University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. André M. Landry, Jr. Little is known of trace metal concentrations and their possible role in the mortality of critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii). Research described herein characterized concentrations of seven trace metals – Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn – in the blood and carapace tissue of captive Kemp’s ridleys for use in assessing levels of these metals in wild counterparts. Concentrations of same trace metals were characterized in post-pelagic through adult life stages of 127 wild Kemp’s ridleys captured from the Gulf of Mexico and southeast Atlantic during 2000 to 2002. Blood, carapace, liver, kidney, and muscle tissues from live and/or stranded Kemp’s ridleys were analyzed for the aforementioned trace metals via graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometer and cold vapor atomic fluorescence techniques conducted under class-100 clean laboratory conditions. Similar trace metal assessments were conducted on blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) prey to determine the role of food as a possible uptake pathway in Kemp’s ridleys.
THE EFFECT OF CHANGES OF GRAVITY ON HUMAN MONOCYTE CELL (TUR) PHAGOCYTOSIS

Microgravity and hypergravity conditions were modeled using ground-based systems. A rotary cell-culture system (RCCS) was used to simulate microgravity, and a novel device called the Hypergravity 3000 (HG3K) was designed and built for the analysis of hypergravity. Phagocytosis was triggered by the addition of fluorescein-conjugated Escherichia coli bacteria and actin was examined fluorescently using Texas Red-XO conjugated phalloidin. The TUR cells were exposed to either microgravity or hypergravity for a period of 10 days and cells were evaluated for phagocytosis at 1, 4, 12, 24, 48 hours, and at 5 and 10 days. Surprisingly, both microgravity and hypergravity enhanced TUR cell phagocytosis compared to 1 g controls, the peak enhancement (~60%) occurring at 24 hours under both conditions. This increase slowly decreased over time, however phagocytosis never returned to 1 g levels. Actin rearrangements were also observed in microgravity and hypergravity exposed cells. Actin is vital for phagocytic activity; therefore the morphological changes observed may be contributing to the observed phagocytic alterations. Further research utilizing additional cell lines is warranted to fully investigate how changes in gravity alter immune cell phagocytic function.
HOW TO IMPLEMENT HIGH LEVEL OF TEAM SPIRIT IN ORGANIZATIONS?

The aim of this thesis is to explore the means by which team spirit is implemented/enhanced in an organization from the management level. The research of this thesis is important, because as the Western societies are moving more and more towards an information-based economy, the importance of team work has become timelier than ever before. Since the beginning of the 90’s, the companies have adapted team-based workshops in an increasing rate, and it has even been found that the most common attribute why managers give someone a promotion is because they are “team players”. This thesis provides a practical approach as well as a theoretical framework for the implementation and enhancement of team spirit in an organization from management perspective. It starts with a preresearch with a purpose to establish a foundation for the main research, by providing evidences for the various positive impacts team spirit has on organizations, as well as deriving the antecedents of team spirit based on the frequency of their occurrence in the various literatures used for the purpose of this thesis. The antecedents are then further researched and elaborated in the main study, and their impacts, causalities as well as the measure by which they are implemented are unwrapped. Based on the research findings a priority of order of the antecedents are established and final theoretical framework is created. The study is conceptual inductive qualitative research by its nature, and the research gap as well as the contribution of this study lies in the question HOW team spirit can be enhanced/implemented from management level in an organization. The study contributes to the subject of team spirit, not only by providing the means by which it is implemented, but also by providing a holistic approach for the research of team spirit by takin both the structural and social factors in consideration, as well as providing its own subjective perspective for what are the antecedents of team spirit.
Effect of Marketing Strategy and Service Quality Against the Decisions of Parents

This study aims to analyze and determine the effect of marketing strategy variables and service quality on parents' decisions. In this study, the dimensions of marketing strategies include products, prices, promotions, places, people, processes and physical evidence. Service quality dimensions include reliability, responsiveness, confidence, empathy and tangibility. Quantitative methods with multiple linear regression analysis were processed using SPSS for windows version 22. The results showed that there were simultaneously the effects of marketing strategy and service quality variables on parents' decisions. Partially, the marketing strategy variable did not significantly influence the parents' decisions at PAUD Al Hidayah Pertiwi. While service quality variables significantly influence the decisions of parents of students in PAUD Al Hidayah Pertiwi.
Influence of integrated nutrient management on growth attributes of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Aims: This study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of integrated nutrient management on Growth attributes of French bean. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The treatments consist of seven nutrient levels viz., T1: 75% RDF + 25% (N) Vermicompost (1250 kg/ha), T2: Vermicompost (10 t/ha) + Rhizobium (15 g/kg seed) + PSB 75% RDF + 25% (N) FYM (2000 kg/ha) + Bio-fertilizer (Rhizobium+PSB), T3: 75% RDF + 25% (N) Vermicompost (1250 kg/ha) + Bio-fertilizer (Rhizobium+PSB), T4: 75% RDF + 12.5% (N) FYM (1000 kg/ha) + 12.5% (N) Vermicompost (625 kg/ha) + Bio-fertilizer (Rhizobium+PSB), T5: 100% RDF (Chemical fertilizer), T6: 100% RDF (N) Organic Matter (8000 kg/ha FYM), T7: Absolute control and Swarna Priya variety was taken.Place and duration of study: The experiment was carried out in the Experimental farm of Department of Horticulture, Ranchi Agriculture College, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi during rabi season 2018-19.Methodology: Biofertilizer viz. Rhizobium and PSB (Phosphorus Solubilising Bacteria) cultures were applied as seed treatment. Well decomposed vermicompost was incorporated in soil and mixed thoroughly as basal dose. Full dose of phosphorus, potash and ½ dose of nitrogen were applied as basal dose and ½ dose of nitrogen was applied as split one month after sowing. The source of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash were urea, DAP and MOP, respectively. Sowing of healthy seed was done at a spacing of 40 cm × 10 cm. Recommended agronomic and plant protection practices were followed for raising healthy crop.Results: The findings revealed significant effect of nutrient levels on vegetative traits of French bean. Among the different treatments, T3 (75% RDF + 25% (N) Vermicompost (1250 kg/ha) + Bio-fertilizer (Rhizobium+PSB)) recorded highest plant height of 35.73cm, highest number of leaves (35.2), maximum leaf area of 143.2 cm2 and maximum number of primary branches (14.9) at harvest. However highest germination percentage was observed in T5 (100% RDF (Chemical fertilizer)) i.e. 92.67 percent. First flowering was earliest (36 DAS) in T3 followed by and days to 50 percent flowering was earliest (42.33 DAS) in T1 (75% RDF + 25% (N) Vermicompost (1250 kg/ha)). Days to harvest was seen earliest (65.5 DAS) in T3 and last in T7 (73.39 DAS). Conclusion: Among different treatments, T3 (75% RDF + 25% (N) Vermicompost (1250 kg/ha) + Bio-fertilizer (Rhizobium+PSB) resulted in superior vegetative traits. Though, it was late in days to 50 percent flowering and also it had lower percent of germination compared to T5.
Portfolio Selection With Spectral Risk Measures – A Really Good Choice?

We compare Markowitz’ mean-variance portfolio selection with modern axiomatic approaches using spectral risk measures instead. Different from the previous literature, we do not only focus on the derivation of efficient frontiers, but also consider the choice of optimal portfolios within an integrating framework. The use of variance regularly yields a diversifying portfolio structure that reflects the optimal tradeoff between an investor’s risk aversion and a positive risk premium. Spectral risk measures, by contrast, tend to corner solutions. If the risk free asset exists, diversification is never optimal. Instead, either the exclusive investment in the risk free asset or in the tangency portfolio obtains. Similarly, for risky assets we obtain limited diversification only. Therefore, the use of spectral risk measures for portfolio selection appears inappropriate from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Our findings also raise serious doubts on the use of spectral risk measures in other economic fields, such as insurance and production theory. JEL-classification: G11, G21, D81
FIM-score predictors of discharge destination in older patients admitted for inpatient rehabilitation | Tasman Medical Journal

Objectives: To determine which dimensions of functional independence measure (FIM) scores or patient characteristics were associated with the possibilities of returning home or being admitted to a nursing home. Design: Retrospective study of admissions and discharges by FIM score. Setting: Clinic for acute geriatrics and rehabilitation at public hospital. Participants: 1727 patients of rehabilitation and acute geriatric treatment over a period of 6.5 years. Measurement: Functional independence measurement (total FIM and FIM sub-scores), age, marital status. Results: 1118 women (64.8%) and 608 men (35.2%) took part in the study. 80% were discharged home. Patients discharged home were younger than those discharged to an institution (77.8 ± 9.9 (SD) / 83.4 ± 7.9 (p<0.01). Total FIM score on admission was 89.9 ± 21.0 versus 68.8 ± 23.1, respectively. (p<0.01). Significant contributing FIM score dimensions were 62.9 ± 16.9 versus 47.5 ± 17.8 for motor function (p<0.01) and 27.1 ± 6.67 versus 21.3 ± 7.4 for cognitive function (p<0.01). Marital status on admission had significant influence on total (p=0.00), motor (p=0.00) and cognitive FIM (p=0.02) scores. In patients living alone those who were divorced showed the highest FIM scores for motor and cognitive FIM. Conclusion: Generally, total FIM scores on admission discriminated best between being discharged to a nursing home or to the community. Other factors were motor FIM score, the motor FIM subscore for intimate hygiene, and the cognitive FIM score. Tasman Medical Journal 2020; 2: 68-73. Introduction When admitted to a hospital due to an acute illness, elderly patients who are at greater risk of multimorbidity may loose essential skills to undertake the activities of daily living (ADL) and therefore their independence, not only due to the acute illness that led to the admission but also due to the lack of individual therapeutic management. Covinsky et al demonstrated that up to 50% of patients older than 85, had a lower function in the ADL after hospital admission than before the acute illness. In consequence these patients potentially cannot return to their home, and are likely to be institutionalized. Hospital care settings should be aware of the risk of additional loss of independence that patients may
1 THE NCEP NONHYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE FORECASTING MODEL

With constantly increasing horizontal resolution, numerical weather prediction models are approaching the limits of validity of the hydrostatic approximation. Although considerable experience with nonhydrostatic models has been accumulated on the scales of convective clouds and storms, numerical weather prediction (NWP) deals with motions on a much wider range of temporal and spatial scales. Difficulties that may not be significant, or may go unnoticed on the small scales, may become important in NWP applications. For example, an erratic gain or loss of mass would be hard to tolerate in an operational environment. Also, problems may arise with the spurious motions generated in the upper levels by the nonhydrostatic dynamics and numerics. Forcing the variables in the top model layers toward a steady state in response to this problem is inadequate for NWP, and, on the other hand, specifying time dependent computational top boundary conditions limits the ability of the nested model to produce more accurate forecasts than the parent model. Having in mind these considerations, a novel approach (Janjic et al., 2001; Janjic, 2003) has been applied in the NCEP Nonhydrostatic Meso Model (NMM) that has been developed within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) initiative. Namely, instead of extending a cloud model to larger spatial and temporal scales, the hydrostatic approximation is relaxed in a hydrostatic NWP model using vertical coordinate based on hydrostatic pressure. In this way the applicability of the model is extended to nonhydrostatic motions, and at the same time the favorable features of the hydrostatic formulation have been preserved within the range of validity of the hydrostatic approximation. With this approach the nonhydrostatic equations are split into two parts: (a) the part that corresponds to the hydrostatic system, except for corrections due to the vertical acceleration, and (b) the part that allows ____________________________________________
Risk factors, Psychosocial Correlates and Health-related Quality of Life in Nigerian with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Community-based Study

Background : Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) occurs worldwide and portends a huge socioeconomic burden to the individual and society. Though extensively investigated in some other regions, IBS has not been adequately studied in sub-Saharan African. We studied the prevalence of IBS, its risk factors and the health-related quality of life in a Nigerian community. Methods : We interviewed 515 consenting adults aged 18 – 70 years in a Nigerian community. We collected data from the participants with a composite questionnaire consisting of the Rome IV Functional Bowel Disorder questionnaire, the Becks Anxiety and Depression Inventories, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Early Trauma Inventory-Self Report, Short Form 12, version 2 Health Survey (SF-12v2) questionnaire and other relevant questions. Data analysis was done with appropriate statistical instruments. Results : We included 505 participants in the data analysis. Participants’ mean age was 32.7 ±12.9 years. The prevalence of IBS was 3.6% (95% CI = 2.0% - 5.3%). IBS had statistically significant relationship with anxiety [OR = 1.09 (1.03 – 1.15), P = 0.002] and low educational attainment [OR = 5.73 (95% CI, 1.52 -21.61), P = 0.010]. The mean scores of the SF-12v2 8 scales, except vitality, were lower in subjects with IBS than the controls. The relationship was statistically significant in all the scales (P ≤ 0.05), except general health and vitality. Conclusion : IBS is positively associated with anxiety, low educational attainment and poor health-related quality of life. Clinicians need to pay attention to the mental health and quality of life of their patients with IBS.
Gender gap in health condition and quality of life at advanced age.

INTRODUCTION Increased life expectancy, share of the very old in populations and differences in the prevalence or types of health problems between male and female seniors pose challenges for health and social care systems in providing adequate care. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is to compare the health condition and quality of life between women and men aged 90 or over, as well as to correlate the quality of life at advanced age with demographic and health conditions. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was conducted in Poland in 2015-2018 on 870 women and 264 men aged 90 or over who were able to communicate logically and had no dementia diagnosed previously by a physician. The author's questionnaire, Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living, Abbreviated Mental Test Score and WHO Quality of Life-Bref questionnaires were used. RESULTS The women aged 90 or over had a significantly higher prevalence of chronic pain (76% vs 60%), urinary incontinence (60% vs 44%), falls and syncopes (39% vs 25%), stool incontinence (17% vs 9%), more severe functional and cognitive impairment and lower quality of life than men at the same age. City residence, being widowed, chronic pain, geriatric giants and functional impairment were factors found to decrease all aspects of the life quality, while age in the studied interval decreased only physical health' assessment. Lack of education only affected negatively psychological health while cognitive impairment decreased the assessment of physical and psychological health, as well as social relationships. CONCLUSIONS Men who reached the age of 90 or over assessed their health condition and quality of life better than women at the same age.
Inhibition of Proteasome Activity Promotes the Correct Localization of Disease-Causing (cid:1) -Sarcoglycan Mutants in HEK-293 Cells Constitutively Expressing (cid:2) -, (cid:3) -, and (cid:4) -Sarcoglycan

Sarcoglycanopathies are progressive muscle-wasting disorders caused by genetic defects of four proteins, (cid:1) -, (cid:2) -, (cid:3) -, and (cid:4) -sarcoglycan, which are elements of a key transmembrane complex of striated muscle. The proper assembly of the sarcoglycan complex represents a critical issue of sarcoglycanopathies, as sev-eral mutations severely perturb tetramer formation. Misfolded proteins are generally degraded through the cell’s quality-control system; however, this can also lead to the removal of some functional polypeptides. To explore whether it is possible to rescue sarcoglycan mutants by preventing their degradation, we generated a heterologous cell system, based on human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells, constitutively expressing three ( (cid:2) , (cid:3) , and (cid:4) ) of the four sarcoglycans. In these (cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4) -HEK cells, the lack of (cid:1) -sar-coglycan prevented complex formation and cell surface localization, wheras the presence of (cid:1) -sarco-glycan allowed maturation and targeting of the tetramer. As in -sarcoglycan the monoclonal (cid:2) -sarcoglycan ( (cid:2) or polyclonal (cid:1) -sarcoglycan ( (cid:1) ). were revealed by the specific monoclonal antibodies to (cid:1) -, (cid:2) -, and (cid:3) -sarcoglycan, by the polyclonal anti- body to (cid:4) -sarcoglycan, and by monoclonal antibodies specific to (cid:2) -dystro-glycan ( (cid:2) -DG) and (cid:2) -actin. The arrowhead mouse IgG heavy chain, only in the (cid:2) -sarcoglycan immunoprecipitates. The square shows unspecific bands labeled by the secondary antibody to rabbit IgG. The asterisk a nonspecific protein band detected by the polyclonal antibody (cid:4) -sarcoglycan. These data show that R77C (cid:1) -sarco- glycan mutant does not form a stable complex with the other sarcoglycans.
EFFECT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID ON STRAWBERRY (Fragaria X ananassa Duch.) MICROPROPAGATION DURING MULTIPLICATION STAGE

The present work was conducted at the tissue culture lab. of the Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Fac. Agric. , Ain Shams University, Egypt. It aims to reveal the micropropagation possibilities of Festival and Marquez strawberry cultivars using runners meristem culture on different concentrations of gibberellic acid (GA3); i.e., 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 mgl-1) in multiplication stage. Supplementation the media with GA3 at 0.4 mgl-1 gave the highest values for number of shoots per explant and leaf number per shoot, whereas GA3 at 0.5mgl-1for shoot length was found to be the most appropriate concentration. In addition, Festival strawberry cultivar achieved the best results of all features under study than Marquez cultivar. The most favourble interaction treatment for maximizing number of shoots/explant and number of leaves/shoot was MS medium containing 0.1 mgl-1 benzyladenine (BA) + 0.4 mgl-1 GA3 with Festival strawberry cultivar.
Practice Education Student Teachers › Beliefs about Portfolio and its Relationship to SomeVariables in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Arts / UNRWA

This study investigated practice education student teachers’ beliefs about portfolio and its relationship to some variables in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Arts/UNRWA (FESA/UNRWA). A survey questionnaire of (70) items was developed. The items were distributed on three domains: attitudes, contents and Portfolio use challenges. The questionnaire was administered on (145) male and female students. The results of attitudes towards portfolios and portfolio contents domains were high while the domain of portfolio use challenges had a medium agreement degree. No statistically significant differences attributed to gender, General Secondary Stream or cumulative university average or their levels were found.
Evaluation of promising lines of pomegranate for preparation of anardana

The objective of this research work was to analyze the proximate composition of pomegranate and to study the effect of two packaging material and storage life of anardana. The proximate analysis of pomegranate fruit showed moisture 80.51 %, reducing sugars 12.19 %, total sugars 13.48 %, total soluble solids 15 oBrix, acidity 3.1 % and ascorbic acid 12.55 mg/100 g, anthocyanin 76.30 mg/100 g. The fresh healthy and well matured fruits of genotype 1/1920, 1/2324, 2/2324 were selected for preparation of anardana. The anardana was prepared with the help of cabinet dryer, dried at 60 oC for 8 hr and stored in two packaging material like polythene pouches and aluminium foil and stored for 90 days at ambient condition. The fresh anardana contained average 10.33 per cent, moisture, 30.35 per cent reducing sugars, 8.33 per cent total sugars, 13.57 0Brix total soluble solids, 3.72 per cent acidity, 8.33 mg/100 g ascorbic acid and 69.23 mg/100 g anthocyanin. During storage study of anardana TSS, reducing sugars and total sugars were increased whereas moisture content, acidity, ascorbic acid and organoleptic quality was slightly decreased with increased storage period. The anardana prepared from 2/2324 genotype and packed in aluminium foil (P2T2) was found more acceptable as compared to other samples after 90 days of storage.
Casting lightweight stiff aluminium systems: a review

Lightweight casting aluminium structural components, in particular shaped castings, are always designed on the criteria of either yield strength or stiffness (Young’s modulus). Currently, there are limited options for the aluminium alloys with outstanding Young’s modulus compared with conventional aluminium alloys. Moreover, strengthening mechanisms, which result in a significant improvement of the yield strength, may not have a significant effect on the Young’s modulus. This review focuses on the Young’s modulus of cast aluminium alloys and composites, as well as hybrid materials, with the fabrication processes and microstructure. The effect of different chemical elements in cast alloys, the constituents of in-situ and ex-situ formed aluminium matrix composites and the metallic wire-enhanced hybrid materials on the Young’s modulus of aluminium-based materials are reviewed. The Young’s modulus of cast aluminium alloys can be improved by: (a) appropriate alloying elements, such as Li, Be, Si and Ni; (b) introducing high modulus reinforcement phases – such as TiB2, SiC, B4C and Al2O3 – into aluminium by in-situ reactions or by ex-situ additions; and (c) forming hybrid materials with metallic wire reinforcement in the aluminium matrix.