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Influence of Tryptophan on the growth, yield and quality of chilli with and without fertilizer

The influence of Tryptophan on the growth, yield and quality of chilli with and without fertilizer was studied at AMK Research Farm Mardan, during 2019. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with a split plot arrangement having three replications. Factor-A consisted of two treatments i.e., fertilizers applied (100 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 25 kg K2O ha ) and without fertilizer was assigned into main plots whereas, Factor-B was Tryptophan levels (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 mg L) which was allotted to sub-plots. It was revealed from the study that those plants which were treated with the application of NPK fertilizer; produced taller plants (80.88 cm), more branches plant (7.44), stem diameter (1.67 cm), leaf area (51.88 cm), early flowering (37.08 days), early fruit harvesting (58.88 days), maximum fruits plant (293.06), least fruit drop (53.61 %), fruit weight (3.58 g), fruit yield (5.86 tons ha), total soluble solids (5.39 °Brix) and ascorbic acid contents (110.78 mg 100g). Tryptophan at 1.5 mg L gave taller plants (85.87 cm), maximum branches plant (8.85), stem diameter (1.70 cm), leaf area (57.71 cm), earlier flowering (39.54 days), early fruit harvesting (57.16 days), more fruits plant (318.17), least fruit drop (38.80 %), maximum fruit weight (4.13 g), fruit yield (7.25 tons ha), total soluble solids (5.60 °Brix) and ascorbic acid contents (115.33 mg 100g) of chilli. It was concluded that Tryptophan along with NPK fertilizer application produced better plant growth, fruit yield and quality of chilli, under the climatic conditions of Mardan.
Assessment of Turkish Patients' Knowledge about Man agement of Cardiac Risk Factors

Background: The patients' knowledge about cardiac risk factors is crucial for the effective management of modifiable risk factors. Aim: This research aimed to assess the knowledge needs o f patients on the risk factors and management of coronary artery diseases. Methods: It is a descriptive study. The study sample consis ted of 324 patients with coronary artery diseases. Data were collected using the Personal Information Survey and the Turkish version of the Coronary Arte ry Disease Education Questionnaire-Short version (12 -item). Results: The mean age of the sample was 63.72 ± 12.72 years. P tients with coronary artery diseases had moderate knowledge about the management of cardiac isk factors. The knowledge about cardiac diet, str ess management, and the medication was slightly better than the level of knowledge about cardiac symptoms, exercise, and depression risk. Females, less educat ed patients, and housewife patients, and those with low income and living alone had less knowledge ( p< 0.05). Patients with additional chronic disease obtaine d statistically higher scores from Diet, Stress and M edication Knowledge subscale and total scale. Conclusions: The patients with coronary artery diseases need par ticularly support for improving their knowledge about cardiac risk factors such as diet, stress management, and medication regimen.
Confidence is Everything: The Mediating Effects of Self-efficacy on Task Value and Social Media Participation

Social networking for language learning (SNLL) entails students practicing second language (L2) writing on social media platforms like Facebook. Language learning through social media activities occurs through active participation resulting in language output. This examination of how L2 output influences language learning highlights the importance of interactions when participating on social network sites. Self-efficacy refers to confidence to succeed and task value refers to the value SNLL has towards helping students meet their language learning goals. Self-efficacy and task value in the context of SNLL are two motivational factors that influence participation and, consequently, language acquisition. This quantitative study surveyed a group of students (n = 203) who participated in a six-week SNLL program in South Korea to investigate the relationships among task value, self-efficacy, and participation. Furthermore, a mediation model was carried out. Results showed that self-efficacy completely mediates the relationship between task value and participation, indicating that increasing levels of self-efficacy explain the relationship between the value SNLL contributes to language learning goals and participation in EFL class Facebook groups. Results-driven pedagogical implications on SNLL are given.
SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ CREDIT PARTICIPATION: THE CASE of OMO MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION in GIMBO DISTRICT of KAFFA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ CREDIT PARTICIPATION: THE CASE of OMO MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION in GIMBO DISTRICT of KAFFA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

Ejigu Mulatu Endrias Geta and Ermias Melaku 1Southern Agricultural Research Institute:P. O. Box 06, Hawassa, Ethiopia. 2Southern Agricultural Research Institute: P. O. Box 06, Hawassa, Ethiopia 3College of Agriculture and veterinary medicine, Jimma University, P. O. Box 138, Jima, Ethiopia. Corresponding author: Ejigu Mulatu, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Bonga Research Center Socio economics research division: Bonga, Ethiopia. Tel: +251910140961; E-mail: ejigum61@gmail.com
LEARNING TO CO-OPERATE AND CO-OPERATING TO LEARN: CAPTURING KNOWLEDGE OF PARTNERING IN CONSTRUCTION

Despite the enormous recent interest in partnering, existing research has not delved very deeply into the conditions affecting collaborative contracting over time. Yet many prescriptive approaches emphasise the importance of long term organisational learning and culture change processes. Based upon empirical research on case studies of partnering projects, this paper explores the relationships between partnering strategies, organisational learning and knowledge management practices. It argues that learning to co-operate in the long term is inhibited by problems in capturing project-based knowledge and expertise. The importance of tacit knowledge and individual and team skills further suggests that human resource management practices play a potentially crucial role. However, the research reported here highlights the characteristically informal, unsystematic, pragmatic and short-term approach to managing staff adopted on such projects. The paper concludes that these limitations have obvious implications for the long-term development of partnering strategies.
EFFECTS OF THYROID DYSFUNCTION ON LIVER TISSUE IN MALE RATS

Forty males Wistar rats about 5 months old with average weight 250±10 gm were divided randomly into four equal groups and treated for 3months as following: First group(C)was given normal saline(0.09%) NaCl only as a control group. Second group (T1) was given Levothyroxine (LRX) (100 μg/kg b.w I/P). Third group (T2) was given Carbimazole (CBZ) (5 mg/kg). And fourth group was given mixed dose were given LRX (50 μg/kg b.w I/P) for 6 weeks and then given CBZ for other 6 weeks at dose (2.5 mg /kg b.w orally). At the end of the experiment, all animals were sacrificed and the weight of animal were taken, then blood samples were collected directly from the heart and serum samples were isolated to measure T3,T4 and TSH hormone. Samples of liver and thyroid gland were taken for histological study. The results of T3 hormones revealed a significant (P<0.05) decrease in serum T3 level in Carbimazole treated groups when compared with the control and levothyroxine-treated rats. On the other hand, levothyroxine caused a significant (P<0.05) increase in serum T3 level when compared with the control group. The results of T4 hormones reveals a significant (P<0.05) decrease in serum T4 level in Carbimazole treated groups when compared with the control group and levothyroxine-treated rats. While, levothyroxine caused a significant (P<0.05) increase in serum T4 level when compared with the control groups. For TSH hormones, the results showed there were a significant (P<0.05) rise in serum TSH level in Carbimazole treated groups when compared with the control group and levothyroxine-treated groups. While, levothyroxine caused a significant (P<0.05) decrease in serum TSH level when compared with the control groups. The histological sections for liver in control group revealed normal liver parenchyma and normal hepatocytes and sinusoids. Thyroid gland sections show there was normal histological structures. In T1 group, Liver sections showed there was single cell necrosis with focal mononuclear cells aggregation. Thyroid gland sections showed there was hyperthyroidism characterize by increase in the colloid resorption with vacuolation of the nuclei of epithelial cells that lining the follicles. In T2 group, Liver sections show there was apoptosis in hepatocyte with increase in the number of kupffer cells. Thyroid gland sections show there was hypothyroidism with congestion in the blood vessels. In T3, Liver sections show there was no clear lesion. Thyroid gland sections show there was active thyroid follicles with presence of resorption vacuoles and congestion blood vessels.
SP ] 1 3 Ju l 2 02 0 HIGHER DIMENSIONAL SURGERY AND STEKLOV EIGENVALUES

Abstract. We show that for compact Riemannian manifolds of dimension at least 3 with nonempty boundary, we can modify the manifold by performing surgeries of codimension 2 or higher, while keeping the Steklov spectrum nearly unchanged. This shows that certain changes in the topology of a domain do not have an effect when considering shape optimization questions for Steklov eigenvalues in dimensions 3 and higher. Our result generalizes the 1-dimensional surgery in [6] to higher dimensional surgeries and to higher eigenvalues. It is proved in [6] that the unit ball does not maximize the first nonzero normalized Steklov eigenvalue among contractible domains in Rn, for n ≥ 3. We show that this is also true for higher Steklov eigenvalues. Using similar ideas we show that in Rn, for n ≥ 3, the j-th normalized Steklov eigenvalue is not maximized in the limit by a sequence of contractible domains degenerating to the disjoint union of j unit balls, in contrast to the case in dimension 2 [9].
THE PERFORMANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING IN SOME SELECTED BANKS IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

Globally, in business environments, responsibility accounting has been recognized as an instrument that measures the performance of each operational section within an organization, to achieve its stated goals and objectives. This study adopted a descriptive research method to examine the impact of responsibility accounting on performance, the effect of managers’ participation in goal setting and the importance of organizational structure on performance in the banking industry. A random sampling method was used and a total of 240 copies of questionnaires were administered in four major banks in the south-west geo-political zone of Nigeria across five States to address the objectives of the study. SPSS was used to analyse the data using Pearson Correlation and t-test. Results from the study revealed that the involvement of divisional managers in goal setting which had a correlation of 0.144. Furthermore, organizational structure was also found to affect performance with a correlation of 0.405. Meanwhile, there is a significant impact of responsibility accounting on performance with a correlation of 0.405. On this basis, the study proffered, that responsibility accounting is a major tool for divisionalization to reduce the difficulty in managing the banking industry in Nigeria for maximum performance. Also, divisional managers should be encouraged in setting goals to help increase performance within the organization.
HISTOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THYROID DYSFUNCTIONS ON OVARY IN FEMALE RATS (RATTUS RATTUS)

The present study was approved to investigate the effects of thyroid dysfunctions were induced in female albino rats on thyroid gland and ovary, in the case of hyperthyroidism we used Levothyroxine (LVX), and in case of hypothyroidism we used Carbimazole (CBZ), Then measure hormonal levels of thyroid and examine the histological changes of thyroid gland and ovary. Uses for this study forty albino female rats aged twenty weeks old and weighed between 200-300g were separated randomly into four groups: Group I was administration orally 100 μg/kg b.w. of LVX for three months. Group II was administration orally 5mg/kg/ b.w. of CBZ for three months while Group III was orally administration 1ml of normal saline only (0.09%) as a control group for three months. Group IV has orally administration a mix of 50 μg/kilogram for the bodyweight of LVX for six weeks+2.5 mg/kilogram for the bodyweight of CBZ for six weeks. Finally, all the animals were scarified and then blood collection, thyroid, and ovary samples were taken. Physiological study contain thyroid hormones levels measured by using the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kit, we showed significantly (p < 0.01) increase levels of Triiodothyronine (T3), Tetraiodothyronine (T4), in contrast decrease levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in Group I treated with LVX while group observed significantly (p < 0.01) decrease in levels of (T4), (T3), while TSH level increase. The fourth group, showed a slight increase in the levels of thyroid hormones. The results of histological study revealed that, Group I an increase in the colloid resorption with vacuolation of the nuclei of epithelial cells that lining the follicles of the thyroid; formation of corpus luteum in ovarian tissue with the presence of one secondary follicle in Group II. Group III showed a decrease in the colloid resorption with formation of multiple ovarian cysts and hemorrhagic cysts while the histological changes in Group IV showed active thyroid follicles with the presence of resorption vacuoles and congestion blood vessels and formation of many primordial follicles and primary antral follicles of ovarian tissue.
English language teaching in Iranian mainstream schools: Pedagogical, societal and government policy environments

The present paper draws together the existing, but largely scattered, research findings on the policy of English language teaching (ELT) in post-Revolutionary Iran. It begins with a brief history of ELT in Iran, then it deals with the major policies adopted and their consequences. It is followed by how ELT policies came under reform in 2013, inspired by the communicative language teaching (CLT) approach. The rest of the paper examines the underlying reasons why the reform failed to work as expected. To this end, a critical analysis of the missing infrastructures prerequisite to the reform is presented. These include the low budget allotted at the planning and implementation levels; teachers’ unpreparedness to teach and assess based on the new approach, due to lack of educational, and economic empowerment; inefficiency of the newly-designed textbooks; the regime of school accountability; heterogeneous classes; inadequate time; extreme class sizes; and students’ demotivation to use English, due to the paucity of opportunities to use it. These all stem from the top-down approach taken to implement the reform, wherein the characteristics of the educational context are disregarded. Some recommendations are given at the end, which can be used by ELT policy makers, materials developers and other stakeholders.
The effect of soft skills, ethics, and value on the willingness of employers to continue recruiting UMT graduates

Article history: Received: August 10, 2020 Received in revised format: November 15 2020 Accepted: November 27, 2020 Available online: December 1, 2020 This study aims to investigate the effect of soft skills and ethics and value on the employers’ willingness to continue recruiting Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) graduates, together with the moderating effect of knowledge on the relationship between soft skills and the employers’ willingness to continue recruiting UMT graduates. The study’s respondents comprised of 208 employers in Malaysia who responded through an online survey using Google Forms. The survey data was then analyzed using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM), indicating that soft skills positively affected the employers’ willingness to continue recruiting UMT graduates. Nevertheless, ethics and value were found to be insignificant factors on the employers’ willingness to continue recruiting UMT graduates. It was also revealed that knowledge had the moderating effect on the relationship between soft skills and the employers’ willingness to continue recruiting UMT graduates. Therefore, universities were recommended to invest in soft skills and knowledge education to ensure that graduates met the employers’ professional recruitment standards in areas of expertise. © 2021 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada
A comparative study of bacteriological load of freshly fried and stored sallah meat from Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria

1Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University Dutsin-ma, Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Maiduguri, P.M. B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. 3Department of Biochemistry, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria. 4Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Miaduguri, Borno State. 5Department of Animal Science, University of Maiduguri, P.M. B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
The effects of salt ions on the dynamics and thermodynamics of lysozyme unfolding

ABSTRACT Classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations coupled with metadynamics (MTD) simulations were used to investigate lysozyme unfolding in physiological 0.154 M NaCl salt concentration as well as in 0.5 and 1 M NaCl salt solutions. It was found that lysozyme unfolding dynamics is strongly dependent on the salt concentration. Moreover, the stable low energy denatured states are also different in different salt concentrations. Salt ion−protein interaction seems to stabilize both the native and denatured states, but their relative stability depends on salt concentration. Our simulation results and complementary experimental measurements demonstrate that salt ion−protein interactions facilitate lysozyme unfolding.
The Transmission Channels of Government Spending Uncertainty

Higher uncertainty about government spending generates a persistent decline in the economic activity in the Euro Area. This paper emphasizes the transmission channels explaining this empirical fact. First, a Stochastic Volatility model is estimated on European government consumption to build a measure of government spending uncertainty. Plugging this measure into a SVAR model, we stress that government spending uncertainty shocks have recessionary, persistent and humped-shaped effects. Second, we develop a New Keynesian model with financial frictions applying to a portfolio of equity and long-term government bonds. We argue that a portfolio effect – resulting from the imperfect substitutability among both assets – acts as a critical amplifier of the usual transmission channels. JEL classification: E62; E52.
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ON CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST IN BRAZILIAN NURSING JOURNALS: BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA SOBRE PARADA CARDIORRESPIRATÓRIA NOS PERIÓDICOS BRASILEIROS DE ENFERMAGEM: ESTUDO BIBLIOMÉTRICO PRODUCCIÓN CIENTÍFICA SOBRE PARO CARDIORRESPIRATORIO EN REVISTAS BRASILEÑAS

Objective: to analyze the scientific production on cardiorespiratory arrest in Brazilian nursing journals. Method: bibliometric study carried out through electronic access to the websites of the 14 Brazilian nursing journals, classified in the Sucupira Platform, for analysis of articles published between 2010 and 2019. Results: 18,266 articles were analyzed, of which 50 were selected to integrate the sample. It was possible to observe that 50% of the articles were published in Qualis A extract journals and 80% of the productions were derived from the Southeast Region. Regarding the type of study, 54% were descriptive and 64% quantitative. Regarding the most investigated theme, 28% portrayed the knowledge of nurses and 22% contemplated nursing training on cardiorespiratory arrest. Conclusion: the scientific production of Brazilian journals showed a predominance of articles published in Qualis A journals, from the Southeast Region, descriptive, quantitative, which predominantly investigated the knowledge and training of professionals.
The Effect of Market Orientation, Entrepreneurship towards the Marketing Capability and Performance

The effect of Market Orientation, Entrepreneurship Towards the Marketing Capability and Performance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of market orientation and entrepreneurship on the capabilities and performance of marketing; The effect of marketing capabilities on marketing performance. The study used 200 Indonesian typical restaurants in Greater Jakarta as the sample, that taken by simple random sampling. Analyses were performed using structural equation modeling (SEM) and processed using software Lisrel 8.5. The research proves that the understanding of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation does not directly affect marketing performance. Market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation, respectively positively affect marketing capabilities. Marketing capability positively affect marketing performance. The dominant path, is the effect of entrepreneurial orientation towards marketing capabilities and marketing performance.
The moderating effect of price consciousness on the relationship between green products purchase intention and customers’ purchase behavior: Does environmental knowledge matters? ,

Article history: Received: September 18, 2020 Received in revised format: November 18 2020 Accepted: December 12, 2020 Available online: December 12, 2020 This research intends to explore the relationship between subjective and objective environmental knowledge and green products purchase intention and if green products purchase intention leads to green products actual purchase behavior in the context of UAE consumers. It also intends to explore the moderating effect of Price consciousness on the relationship between green products purchase intention and green products actual purchase behavior. A self-administered questionnaire used to collect the data about the study variables, 186 respondents from UAE participated in this research and data analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The findings of this research indicate that Subjective and Objective Environmental Knowledge were determinants of Green Products Purchase Intention, and that Purchase Intention was positively and significantly associated with actual Purchase Behavior. No significant relationship found of price consciousness as a moderator. © 2021 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada