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Fermented sorghum porridge fortified with moringa leaf powder and baobab fruit pulp cured children from moderate acute malnutrition in Benin

Inappropriate feeding, too early introduction of complementary foods and restriction in food selection are a major cause of malnutrition among young children in developing countries. Food-to-food fortification is a good strategy to enhance the nutritional quality of children’s diet. This strategy is more and more promoted because it allows delivery of micronutrients to a large population in a cost-effective manner.The present study aimed at testing the effect of the consumption of sorghum porridge fortified with moringa leaf powder and baobab fruit pulp on the nutritional status of children aged 6 to 59 months in Northern Benin. A two-week intervention was implemented in Tanguiéta (Benin) among children affected by moderate acute malnutrition, using 400g of fermented sorghum porridge fortified with15g of a designed mix of moringa leaf powder and baobab fruit pulp. Sixty-three children aged 6–59 months who had malnutrition assessed by anthropometry were randomly selected and assigned to a treatment or a control group. Children in the treatment group consumed the fortified formula daily for two weeks in a nutritional rehabilitation hearth whereas those in the control group had their habitual diet. Their nutritional status was evaluated using anthropometry. Recovery rate and average weight gain of children were computed.Results show that daily consumption of the fortified food for two weeks did not significantly (P> 0.05) increase children’s weight in treatment vs. control. However, average weight gain was 9.85g/kg/day in the treatment group and total recovery rate at risk of malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition was 62.50% among children who fully complied with the intervention. Fermented sorghum porridge fortified with moringa leaf powder and baobab fruit pulp may be promoted to scale in more regions of Benin as a local affordable and effective therapeutic food against child acute malnutrition. Further investigation of its potential effect while accounting for parasitic infection is needed, to eliminate all risks of intestinal micro nutrient malabsorption or malaria and enhance the effectiveness of the fortified food on children’s weight as well as their iron status.
“We Don’t Need Another One in Our Group”: Racism and Interventions to Promote the Mental Health and Well-Being of Racialized International Students in Business Schools

This article is grounded in the premises that racism is a significant predictor of mental health outcomes and that racialized international students experience a great deal of race-based discriminatory treatment. In highlighting how this takes shape in the context of business schools and describing some pedagogical interventions, our purpose is to invite management educators to reflect upon the ways in which they engage with racialized international students and to encourage educators to cultivate approaches that are relevant to their own specific positionalities and institutions. This is especially important as international students comprise a substantial percentage of total enrollment in many business schools and student health and well-being are intimately tied to academic and achievement outcomes. Pedagogical interventions require an understanding of the precarity and exclusion experienced by students while acknowledging the economic and political power structures that are at play as students move around the world to study in countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia.
The biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and the material properties of cartilage

Acknowledgements We thank Ingmar Werneburg for organising the symposium, Casey Holliday, Matt Friedman, Alice Clement, and Kyle Armstrong for discussion, and Hendrik Muller and Juan Daza for constructive comments during peer review. We thank the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) who provided funding for this research (BB/H011854/1; BB/H011668/1; BB/H011390/1; BB/M010287/1; BB/M008525/1; BB/M008061/1) and a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award DE130101567 (Australian Research Council) which supported MEHJ.
Evaluation of Some Phytogenic Feed Supplements for Lean Meat Production in Commercial Broiler Chicken

Chicken meat tends to be high in polyunsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol, which may increase the risk of atherosclerosis, stroke and other associated diseases. A study was conducted for 42 days to evaluate the efficacy of dietary supplementation of two phytogenic feed supplements viz. AV/LMP/10 and AV/HLP/16 (M/s Ayurvet Limited, India) for their ability to produce lean meat in commercial broiler chicken. One hundred and fifty (150) one-day old Cobb-400 broiler chicks were randomly allocated to five equal groups. All the groups were fed standard basal ration. T0 was control group (without treatment), groups T1 and T2 were supplemented with AV/LMP/10 @ 500 g/ton and 1 kg/ton of feed, respectively. Groups T3 and T4 were supplemented with AV/HLP/16 @ 1 kg/ton and 1.5 kg/ton of feed, respectively. On day 42, significantly better (P<0.05) results were obtained in the treated groups (T1-T4) in terms of body weight (2118.10±0.61, 2159.20±0.34, 2098.90±0.41, and 2180.40±0.56 g), total protein (19.10±0.56, 19.93±1.18, 20.80±0.36, and 21.04±0.64%), crude fat (1.25 ±0.25, 1.25 ± 0.31, 0.92 ± 0.24, and 1.03 ± 0.03%), pH (6.01 ± 0.07, 5.93 ± 0.09, 5.78 ± 0.08, and 6.06 ± 0.09), TBARS value (1.11±0.07, 1.11±0.05, 1.06±0.06, and 1.08±0.06 mg/Kg), cholesterol (54.19±1.11, 35.72±1.71, 45.61±1.54, and 36.09±1.045 mg/dL), HDL cholesterol (16.70±0.56, 12.61±1.28, 14.16±1.02, and 15.59±0.57 mg/dL) and total lipids (1.60±0.13, 1.56±0.22, 1.64±0.15, and 2.03±0.12 mg/g) in comparison to the untreated group (2050.80±0.71 g, 18.15±0.41%, 1.66 ± 0.48%, 6.07 ± 0.08, 1.18±0.09 mg/Kg, 62.36±0.88 mg/dL, 24.25±0.54 mg/dL and 2.42±0.18 mg/g). FCR and slaughter parameters varied non-significantly among different groups. The meat: bone ratio was numerically higher in the treated groups T1-4 (2.01±0.20, 2.09 ±0.19, 2.16±0.20 and 1.89±0.35) as compared to the control group (1.80±0.18). The highest protein content was obtained in T4 (21.04%) followed by T3 (20.80%), T2 (19.93%), T1 (19.10%) and lowest in T0 (18.15%), while highest crude fat was obtained in the muscles of the control group T0 (1.66%) followed by T1 and T2 (1.25%), T4 (1.03%) and T3 (0.92). Overall sensory acceptability of meat also improved in the supplemented groups. From the present study, it could be concluded that the phytogenic formulations AV/LMP/10 and AV/HLP/16 were effective in lean meat production in broiler chicken.
Fabrication of heat-treated nano-clay-composite for improving high-cycle fatigue properties of AlSiCu aluminum alloy under stress-controlled fully-reversed bending loads

In the present article, a heat-treated nano-clay-composite was fabricated by stir-casting to improve high-cycle bending fatigue properties of AlSiCu aluminum alloys, which have been widely used in engine cylinder-heads. For such an objective, after ball milling of nano-clay-particles with micro-copper-particles, these coated particles were added to the aluminum melt and cylindrical specimens were stir-casted. Then, fully-reversed stress-controlled fatigue testing was performed on standard samples. In addition, the fracture surface was examined by the field-emission scanning electron microscopy to find failure mechanisms. Obtained results showed that reinforcements, including nano-clay-particles and the heat treatment increased the fatigue lifetime, at least 9%. Such an improvement in the fatigue lifetime was 125% under low values of the stress level. Due to have a proper distribution of nano-particles in the aluminum matrix, the scatter-band for the fatigue lifetime was narrower in the heat-treated nano-composite. The endurance fatigue limit was also improved 30% at 106 cycles, for the heat-treated nano-composite, comparing to the base material. The brittle fracture was observed due to have cleavage and quasi-cleavage marks on the fracture surface for both materials. Micro-cracks were initiated and propagated from Si and intermetallics phases.
Design and Fabrication of Fuel Level Monitoring & Alert System using IoT

: Unlike an existing system for Fuel Level Monitoring, it differs by monitoring the fuel level and provide the access to monitor the vehicle in any place with the use of (IOT). Automatically updates the information of Fuel entering inside the tank. Main Purpose of This Device Is to Prevent Fraud in Refueling Station where in some cases the quantity of fuel displayed in the filling machine is not actual quantity of fuel entering inside the tanks & FUEL THEFT INDENTIFICATION USING (IOT).
Sporting celebrity and conspicuous consumption: A case study of professional footballers in England

Association football is a lucrative sport with high financial rewards for top players. However, there has been little empirical work on the lifestyles of professional footballers. Based on interviews with 29 current and former male professional footballers, this paper examines the relationship between money, status and image management within and outside the changing room. The concept of conspicuous consumption is used to help explain players’ attitudes to money, their relationships with others within the football environment and how they advertise their earnings in an environment where open discussion of wages is seen as taboo. Our findings suggest that professional footballers are expected to display a particular image of the professional footballer and this constrains players, even those on lower incomes, to buy expensive clothes and accessories in order to be accepted by others. Players who do not conform to the expected image may be subject to sanctions by their teammates.
Copper nanoparticles embedded in the triphenylamine functionalized bithiazole–metal complex as active photocatalysts for visible light-driven hydrogen evolution

A facile method is developed to prepare Cu NP/Cu–2TPABTz composites, and those nanocomposites were characterized systematically. Amazingly, the resultant nanocomposite 3 has shown enhanced photocatalytic activity (15.38 mmol h−1 g−1) under visible light irradiation, and still maintained 80% of catalytic activity after a long-term stability test (24 h).
Hemovac blood after total knee arthroplasty as a source of stem cells

Background With increasing life expectancy, stem cell therapy is receiving increasing attention. However, its application is restricted by ethical concerns. Hence a need exists for design of safe procedures for stem cell procurement. Here, we investigated whether hemovac blood (HVB) is an appropriate stem cell source. Methods HVB concentrates (HVBCs) from 20 total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients and bone marrow aspirate (BMA) concentrates (BMACs) from 15 patients who underwent knee cartilage repair were comparatively evaluated. A bone marrow aspiration needle was inserted into the anterior superior iliac spine. Aspiration was performed using a 50-mL syringe, including 4 mL of anticoagulant, followed by centrifugation to obtain BMACs. To obtain HVBCs, blood was aspirated from the hemovac immediately after TKA surgery. Different cell types were enumerated. Isolation of BMA and HVB mononuclear cells was performed using density gradient centrifugation. Non-hematopoietic fibroblast colonies were quantified by colony forming unit-fibroblast assay surface marker analysis of HVB, HVBC, BMA, and BMAC was performed via flow cytometry. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) isolated from HVBCs and BMACs were examined for osteogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic differentiation potential. Gene expression analysis was performed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Results The number of cells from HVB and HVBC was significantly lower than from BMA and BMAC; however, the number of colonies in HVBC and BMAC did not differ significantly (P>0.05). Isolated cells from both sources had a fibroblast-like appearance, adhered to culture flasks, and formed colonies. Under different culture conditions, MSC-specific surface markers (CD29, CD44, CD90, CD105), osteogenic markers [RUNX2, osteopontin, osteocalcin, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP)] and adipogenic markers (PPARγ and C/EBPα) were expressed. Moreover, SOX9, type II collagen, and aggrecan were significantly upregulated upon chondrogenic differentiation. Conclusions HVB from TKA patients is a useful source of stem cells for research.
The Potential of near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Chemical Characterisation of Agricultural Soils

The feasibility of near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy in determining various soil constituents such as total organic carbon, total nitrogen, exchangeable potassium and available phosphorus has been investigated, to monitor their concentration during a long-term agronomic trial. Soil samples previously analysed by conventional chemical methods were scanned using a NIRSystems 5000 monochromator and spectra were treated using several algorithms. The first derivative of each NIR spectrum was used for all statistical analyses. Step-up, stepwise and modified partial least squares (MPLS) regression methods were applied to develop reliable calibration models between the NIR spectral data and the results of wet analyses. MPLS almost always gave the most successful calibrations. The results demonstrated that NIR reflectance spectroscopy can be used to determine accurately two important soil constituents, namely total nitrogen and carbon content. This technique could be employed as a routine testing method in estimating, rapidly and non-destructively, these constituents in soil samples, demonstrating soil variations within a long-term field experiment. For other determinations, such as exchangeable potassium and available phosphorus content, our results were less successful but may be useful for separation of samples into groups.
Development of a method for wireless information transmission in wells equipped with sucker rod pump units

Oil lifting via sucker rod pump units is the most widespread way to extract oil reservoir products. Complications adversely affecting the operation of downhole equipment and entailing increased wear and premature failure of sucker rod pump units arise in the process of high-viscosity oil production. The pressure and temperature of the well fluid are the main parameters for assessing changes in the properties of the extracted products and for determining the static level of the liquid column. It is possible to control pressure and temperature using sensors located in the immediate vicinity of the well pump. Today, a wired channel is the main way of transmitting the measured data to the well mouth. The present work proposes a new technical solution for a wireless communication channel along tubing strings and rods. The columns are separated by asphaltenes deposits on the surface of the columns and centralizers mounted on the rods. The rod string isolation from the tubing string at the wellhead is carried out through suspension modernization. Columns are closed inside the pump, specifically, on the cylinder-plunger contact. Information is transmitted from the bottom by means of a submersible module, consisting of an electrical separator and electronic circuit. The latter controls the separator closure and opening. The results of measurements of the resistance between the columns indicate the possibility of implementing a communication channel.
LPX: Overlapping community detection based on X‐means and label propagation algorithm in attributed networks

Traditional community detection methods in attributed networks (eg, social network) usually disregard abundant node attribute information and only focus on structural information of a graph. Existing community detection methods in attributed networks are mostly applied in the detection of nonoverlapping communities and cannot be directly used to detect the overlapping structures. This article proposes an overlapping community detection algorithm in attributed networks. First, we employ the modified X‐means algorithm to cluster attributes to form different themes. Second, we employ the label propagation algorithm (LPA), which is based on neighborhood network conductance for priority and the rule of theme weight, to detect communities in each theme. Finally, we perform redundant processing to form the final community division. The proposed algorithm improves the X‐means algorithm to avoid the effects of outliers. Problems of LPA such as instability of division and adjacent communities being easily merged can be corrected by prioritizing the node neighborhood network conductance. As the community is detected in the attribute subspace, the algorithm can find overlapping communities. Experimental results on real‐attributed and synthetic‐attributed networks show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is excellent with multiple evaluation metrics.
Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents after hematopoietic stem cell transplantationa

Purpose This study aimed to determine the level of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents who received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and to examine factors influencing HRQoL. Methods This cross-sectional descriptive study involved 85 participants aged 10 to 19 years who received treatment from 3 months to 5 years after HSCT. Symptom experiences, stress and coping, self-esteem, social support, and HRQoL were measured. Descriptive analysis, the independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation analysis, and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis. Results The mean HRQoL score was 72.26 points out of 100. HRQoL showed statistically significant correlations with symptom experiences, stress, self-esteem, social support, satisfaction with peer relationships, and perceived attentiveness of the medical team. The most influential predictors of HRQoL were symptom experiences (β=−.51, p<.001) and satisfaction with peer relationships (β=.32, p<.001). Conclusion The experiences of different symptoms by children and adolescents who receive HSCT must be considered. In addition, nursing interventions, such as self-help meetings with peer groups, should be provided to improve their HRQoL.
Gold nanorods conjugated upconversion nanoparticles nanocomposites for simultaneous bioimaging, local temperature sensing and photothermal therapy of OML-1 oral cancer cells

ABSTRACT The major challenge in photothermal therapy (PTT) is to develop nanocomposites that simultaneously exhibit bioimaging and PTT under a single near-infrared (NIR) irradiation with high therapeutic efficiency. Herein, we present a multifunctional nanocomposite synthesized by linking NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) with gold nanorods (AuNR) to exhibit fluorescence labeling, local temperature sensing and photothermal functions simultaneously with a single NIR laser excitation. The AuNR-NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanocomposite particles displayed better photothermal properties compared with pure AuNRs or a blend of AuNRs and NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ UCNPs. The temperature-dependent upconversion luminescence (UCL) property was used to determine local temperature at the nanocomposite particles, which is useful for selecting appropriate irradiation dosage for PTT. The therapeutic performance of the nanocomposites in PTT for OML-1 oral cancer cells was determined. For cell labeling, we successfully labeled streptavidin-linked nanocomposite particles on the surface of OML-1 oral cancer using anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (anti-Her2) antibody. Finally, the nanocomposite particles caused exceptional destruction of cancer cells up to 70% dead cells under 976 nm laser irradiation for only one min at 0.3 W/cm2 which is below the maximal permissible exposure of human skin. Graphical Abstract
The Elephant in the Background: A Quantitative Approachto Empower Users Against Web Browser Fingerprinting

Tracking users is a ubiquitous practice on the web today. User activity is recorded and analyzed on a large scale to create personalized products, forecast future behavior, and prevent online fraud. While HTTP cookies have been the weapon of choice so far, new and more pervasive techniques such as browser fingerprinting are gaining traction. This paper describes how users can be empowered against fingerprinting by showing them when, how, and who is tracking them. To this end, we conduct a systematic analysis of various fingerprinting tools to create FPMON: a browser extension to measure and rate fingerprinting activity on any website in real-time. With FPMON, we evaluate the 10k most popular websites to i) study the pervasiveness of fingerprinting; ii) review the latest countermeasures; and iii) identify the networks that foster the use of fingerprinting. Our evaluations reveal that i) fingerprinters subvert privacy regulations; ii) they are present on privacy-sensitive websites (insurance, finances, NGOs); and iii) current countermeasures cannot sufficiently protect users. Hence, we publish FPMON as a free browser extension to empower users against this growing threat.
Employees’ Behavior in Phishing Attacks: What Individual, Organizational, and Technological Factors Matter?

ABSTRACT Phishing, as a social engineering attack has become an increasing threat to organizations in cyberspace. To prevent this, a well-designed continuous security training and educational program needs to be established and enforced in organizations. Prior studies have focused on phishing attack from a limited view of technology countermeasure, e-mail’s characteristic, information processing, and securing individual’s behaviors to tackle existing gaps. In this research, we developed a theoretical model of factors that influence users in the clicking of phishing e-mails from a broader Socio-Technical perspective. We applied Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and habit theory for investigating individual factors, Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Deterrence Theory for investigating organizational and technological factors accordingly. The findings revealed habit and protective countermeasure positively affect clicking on phishing e-mails, whereas, no effect of the procedural countermeasures was evident. The results of this study can be used to design phishing simulation exercise and embedded training for vulnerable employees.
The board of directors and the financial performance of the Senegalese public service companies

The Board of Directors (BoD) as an internal mechanism of corporate governance is considered to be a very important means of control. Indeed, according to several studies, its effectiveness depends on several factors relating to BoD size, the independence of its members, the presence of an audit committee, gender diversity and BoD meetings. To see the influence of independent variables on the dependent variable financial performance (Return on Equity _ROE), we used econometric tests. After the pre-requisite tests, we adopted the random effects model, which was validated through testing. Our empirical validation was conducted on a sample of 30 Senegalese public utility companies over a period of 8 years (2004-2011). The results of the model show that at the 5% threshold, hypotheses H.1, H.2 and H.4 are rejected. On the other hand, H.3 is validated. H.5 was not tested because the audit committee variable was an exception. Our results gave sufficient information to the Senegalese authorities to make good decisions. Key words: Board of Directors (BoD), financial performance, panel data, modeling.