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In vitro antifungal activity of Argemone ochroleuca Sweet latex against some pathogenic fungi

The in vitro antifungal activities of crude latex of Argemone ochroleuca Sweet against four clinical isolates of Candida (Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida krusei and Candida tropicalis) and six isolates of plant pathogenic fungi (Alternaria alternate, Drechslera halodes, Fusarium oxysporum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctoina solani) were assessed using well diffusion method. The chemical compounds of the hexan extract of A. ochroleuca latex were investigated using Perkin-Elmer Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry. The latex of A. ochroleuca showed antifungal activity against D. halodes (10.60 mm) and Candida spp. (15.06 to 20.16 mm). GC-MS analysis of the hexan extract of A. ochroleuca latex revealed that the latex contains diethyl phthalate (81.57%), 6-Nitro-imidazo(1,2-a)pyridine compound (8.833%), cyclohexasiloxane, dodecamethyl(5.607%), 4-(2,2-Dimethyl-6-methylenecyclohexylidene)-3-methylbutan-2-one compound (2.410%) and cycloheptasiloxane, tetradecamethyl- (1.574%). These findings indicate that the latex of A. ochroleuca could be a good source of antifungal agent against D. halodes and Candida spp. and the phytocomponents present in the latex could be used against fungal pathogens.
Efficient scheme for implementing the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm in cavity QED

A scheme is proposedfor implementing a two-qubit quantum logic gate and realizing the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm in cavity QED. In the scheme a three-level atom interacts with highly detuned cavity modes. The gate is not affected by the atomic decay rates because of the metastable lower levels are involved in the gate operations. The Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm is easily realized with current experimental techniques.
Intercontinental correlation of organic carbon and carbonate stable isotope records: evidence of climate and sea‐level change during the Turonian (Cretaceous)

Carbon (δ13Corg, δ13Ccarb) and oxygen (δ18Ocarb) isotope records are presented for an expanded Upper Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian) hemipelagic succession cored in the central Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic. Geophysical logs, biostratigraphy and stable carbon isotope chemostratigraphy provide a high‐resolution stratigraphic framework. The δ13Ccarb and δ13Corg profiles are compared, and the time series correlated with published coeval marine and non‐marine isotope records from Europe, North America and Japan. All previously named Turonian carbon isotope events are identified and correlated at high‐resolution between multiple sections, in different facies, basins and continents. The viability of using both carbonate and organic matter carbon isotope chemostratigraphy for improved stratigraphic resolution, for placing stage boundaries, and for intercontinental correlation is demonstrated, but anchoring the time series using biostratigraphic data is essential. An Early to Middle Turonian thermal maximum followed by a synchronous episode of stepped cooling throughout Europe during the Middle to Late Turonian is evidenced by bulk carbonate and brachiopod shell δ18Ocarb data, and regional changes in the distribution and composition of macrofaunal assemblages. The Late Turonian Cool Phase in Europe was coincident with a period of long‐term sea‐level fall, with significant water‐mass reorganization occurring during the mid‐Late Turonian maximum lowstand. Falling Δ13C (δ13Ccarb – δ13Corg) trends coincident with two major cooling pulses, point to pCO2 drawdown accompanying cooling, but the use of paired carbon isotopes as a high‐resolution pCO2 proxy is compromised in the low‐carbonate sediments of the Bohemian Basin study section by diagenetic overprinting of the δ13Ccarb record. Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy is confirmed as a powerful tool for testing and refining intercontinental and marine to terrestrial correlations.
Intrusion of a thematic idea in children's comprehension and retention of stories

BROWN, ANN L. ; SMILEY, SANDRA S. ; DAY, JEANNE D. ; TOWNSEND, MICHAEL A. R. ; and LAWTON, SALLIE C. Intrusion of a Thematic Idea in Children's Comprehension and Retention of Stories. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1977, 48, 1454-1466. 2 experiments concerned with memory and comprehension of prose passages were conducted with children from second through seventh grade. In both experiments the major variable was the provision of appropriate frameworks for comprehending ambiguous sections of the passages. In the initial experiment, recognition of themecongruent and incongruent foils was the main metric, while in the second experiment intrusions in recall and postrecall interviews were used to measure the influence of preexisting expectations on story comprehension and recall. The main effect was the striking absence of developmental trends; children behaved like adults in both the recall and recognition studies. Recall of ambiguous passages was enhanced if a relevant framework was givens intrusions reflected the prior orientation, and the subjects had difficulty distinguishing between their own embellishments and the actual story content. Under recognition conditions, children treated themecongruent foils as if they were target items and incongruent foils as if they were distractors. It is argued that for children as well as adults schemata provide the interpretive framework for comprehending discourse.
In ovo supplementation of 25(OH)D3 to broiler embryos

A dose of 0.3 mL of water solution containing 0.00 (control), 0.625, 1.250 or 1.875 µg of 25-hydroxy cholecalciferol (25(OH)D 3 ) was administered to 312 fertile eggs derived from 49-w-old Cobb 500 broiler breeders on the 17 th day of incubation (DE17) via allantoic cavity. After treatment, eggs were distributed and maintained until hatching in four incubators set at 37.8 oC and 55% RH. Each incubator received eggs from all treatments, according to a block design with four treatments of 77-79 replicates each. Hatching was checked every two hours from 484h to 512h of incubation to evaluate productivity and chick qualities. Chicks were housed until 10 days of age in heated battery cages according to a block design with four treatments of 10 replicates of six chicks each for performance and mortality evaluation. Mean hatching time of the chicks treated with 25(OH)D 3 during the embryonic phase occurred 4 to 5 h earlier than control group (502:31h), with no effects on hatching or neonate qualities. An inverse linear effect of 25(OH)D 3 dose on chick body weight at hatching was observed, but 10-d-old broiler performance and mortality were not affected. The fast body weight recovery of the broilers obtained from the embryos supplemented with the highest 25(OH)D 3 level was recorded until 10 days of rearing, equaling final mean body weights (p>0.05) among experimental groups. The results of this study indicate the potential use of 25(OH)D 3 as exogenous vitamin supplementation to embryos a few days before hatching without affecting neonate qualities and 10-d-old broiler chicken performance.
Human Resource Management: A Critical Analysis

Since the 1970-BOs, employment relationships in the western world have been influenced by the emergence of human resource management (HRM) which has, to some degree, challenged the existing order- industrial relations (IR). The debate resulting from the emergence of HRM has kept the academic presses churning. At one Level, there is a 'co-existence' debate which explores the likelihood that HRM will supplant IR. At another Level, debate focuses on the 'distinctiveness' of HRM from IR and/or personnel management theory. However, the debates between the HRM and IR fields have only been intra-discourse; HRM literature has been almost silent on the subject of IR, while IR has had little to say about HRM. This, despite the fact that it could be argued that IR and HRM are simply different views of the same set of phenomena. Neither the HRM nor IR fields seem able to incorporate the strengths of the other. By mapping the underlying paradigms of these two fields, this paper explores the question: 'What makes the fields of HRM and IR unable to articulate? '
Comparison Between Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Cavitation in Microbial Cell Disruption

Cavitation phenomena are associated with the formation, growth and the collapse of microbubbles and consequently, to the generation of very high pressures, shear stresses and temperatures, locally. Thanks to the cited features, the application of cavitation is a reliable tool for cell damage and hence disruption. In this paper a theoretical model for quantifying the mechanical effect of hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) and acoustic cavitation (AC) in killing micro-organism is reported. A physical model accounting for bubble dynamics, fluid turbulence, shear stress and pressure pulse generated from cavity collapse is developed, aimed at calculating the turbulent shear generated and the extent of microbial disinfection. The theoretical results are compared with the mechanical resistance of microbial cells in order to estimate the damaging effect. Numerical results provide a practical tool for the estimation of process efficacy and parameter optimization, both for HC and AC devices. The effect of parameters is estimated and typical experiments from the pertinent literature are simulated in order to estimate the treatment efficiency. Results are in agreement with the related; moreover, from the energy efficiency point of view, it was observed that HC is almost an order of magnitude more energy efficient than AC.
The Emergence of Circular Economy: A New Framing Around Prolonging Resource Productivity

In this article, we use Hirsch and Levin's notion of umbrella concepts as an analytical lens, in order to articulate the valuable catalytic function the circular economy (CE) concept could perform in the waste and resource management debate. We realize this goal by anchoring the CE concept in this broader debate through a narrative approach. This leads to the insight that whereas the various resource strategies grouped under the CE's banner are not new individually, the concept offers a new framing of these strategies by drawing attention to their capacity of prolonging resource use as well as to the relationship between these strategies. As such, the CE offers a new perspective on waste and resource management and provides a new cognitive unit and discursive space for debate. We conclude by discussing research opportunities for the industrial ecology (IE) community relating to the concept's theoretical development and its implementation. Specifically, we pose that reinvigorating and growing the social science aspects of IE is required for both. After all, it is in understanding and facilitating the collective implementation of any idea, also the CE concept, that the potential lies for shaping our material future.
Effect of Caregiver’s Burden and Life Satisfaction on Older Adults Care Providers Psychological Well-Being in Ondo State

This study investigated the effects caregivers’ burden and life satisfaction on older adults care providers psychological well-being in Ondo state. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study and the population comprised of older adults care providers in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. A random sampling technique was used to select 180 participants. Three instruments were used measure the studied variables. The data collected were analysed using two-ways analysis of variance. Results obtained from this study showed that there were significant joint effects of caregiver’s burden and life satisfaction on older adults care providers psychological well-being in Ondo state. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the government and non-governmental organizations should endeavours to find means of managing psychological attributes such as caregiver’s self-efficacy, emotional labour, psychological well-being, and social networks of older adults care providers in Nigeria and it also recommended that, training programmes should be designed for older adult’s caregivers to enhance psychological well-being and life satisfaction, including coping strategies for caregiver burden in Nigeria. Keywords : Caregiver’s Burden, Life Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being.
ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF TIN DIOXIDE NANOFILMS: A REVIEW

Due to unique electrical, optical, chemical and magnetic properties of tin dioxide, SnO 2 thin films attract enormous attention as a potential material for gas sensor devices, transparent conducting oxides for microelectronics, lithium-ion batteries, supercapasitors, spintronic de- vices, solar cells, etc. Thin films possessing a wide variety of properties determined by thick- ness, morphology, structural properties, and film composition are necessary to satisfy the re- quirements of such a wide range of applications. At present, there are many approaches for SnO 2 thin films manufacturing, the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology is considered to be the most promising and suitable method to produce thin film with a set of certain characteristics. In this paper, we present an overview of achievements in SnO 2 ALD thin film preparation. The special attention is given to the selection of precursors, deposition conditions, and deposited films properties.
Knowledge exchange for innovation development in open innovation systems: Living Labs as innovation intermediaries & knowledge brokers aligning user & stakeholder input

In nowadays knowledge economy, no more general ‘best practice’ innovation management exists. However, in Europe there appears to be a gap between exploration and exploitation of knowledge, a phenomenon referred to as the ‘European paradox’. One of the solutions put forward by the European Commission to overcome this paradox are the so-called Living Labs. To stimulate this innovation approach, the European Network of Living Labs was established in 2006. However, to this day, Living Labs have not been able to fully realize their potential. A more fine grained conceptualization and a better understanding of the mechanisms of Living Labs remain a task in progress. Therefore, within this paper, we investigate the potential of Living Labs as open innovation systems that foster different knowledge transfers amongst the actors participating in them. By means of an in-depth case study research we explore a variety of hypotheses abstracted from the open innovation literature on knowledge transfers and other variables influencing exchange and collaboration in open innovation systems. We conclude that given certain criteria are met, Living Labs can be a solution for sustainable innovation development.
Arabidopside F, a New Oxylipin from Arabidopsis thaliana

A new oxylipin, arabidopside F (1) was isolated from the aerial parts of Arabidopsis thaliana, together with MGDG-O (2), arabidopsides A (3) and B (4). The structure of arabidopside F (1) was elucidated by spectroscopic data and chemical means. Arabidopside F (1) was a rare monogalactosyl diacylglyceride containing dinor-oxophytodienoic acid and 1 exhibited inhibitory effects on the growth of the root of cress (Lepidium sativum L.) seedlings at 5x10 -5 mol/L.
Aalborg Universitet Control of SiC Based Front-End Rectifier under Unbalanced Supply Voltage Maheshwari

Citation for published version (APA): Maheshwari, R. , Trintis, I. , Gohil, G. V. , Chaudhary, S. K. , & Munk-Nielsen, S. (2015). Control of SiC Based Front-End Rectifier under Unbalanced Supply Voltage. In Proceedings of the 2015 17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'15-ECCE Europe) (pp. 1-7). [7309446] Geneva, Switzerland: IEEE Press. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2015. 7309446
Scalable Preparation of Broadband Ultrablack Graphite Nanoneedle Surfaces through Self-Masked Etching

Ultrablack materials play an essential role in astronomical observation and many thermal applications. Many material systems such as vertically aligned carbon nanotubes have produced extraordinarily high absorption, but require complicated fabrication. Here we report a single step self-masked etching process performed on compressed-coal graphite plates on a silicon substrate, which produces an ultrablack material with 0.7% hemispherical reflectance in the visible region and specular reflectance below 0.7% between 850 nm and 10 μm. Nanoscopic pieces of silicon are ripped off the substrate and deposit on the graphite resulting in carbon nanoneedle structures, which grow linearly with etching time reaching a height of 5.7 μm after 60 minutes.
Cloud phase identification of Arctic boundary-layer clouds from airborne spectral reflection measurements: test of three approaches

Arctic boundary-layer clouds were investigated with remote sensing and in situ instruments during the Arctic Study of Tropospheric Aerosol, Clouds and Radiation (ASTAR) campaign in March and April 2007. The clouds formed in a cold air outbreak over the open Greenland Sea. Beside the predominant mixed-phase clouds pure liquid water and ice clouds were observed. Utilizing measurements of solar radiation reflected by the clouds three methods to retrieve the thermodynamic phase of the cloud are introduced and compared. Two ice indices I S and I P were obtained by analyzing the spectral pattern of the cloud top reflectance in the near infrared (1500–1800 nm wavelength) spectral range which is characterized by ice and water absorption. While I S analyzes the spectral slope of the reflectance in this wavelength range, I S utilizes a principle component analysis (PCA) of the spectral reflectance. A third ice index I A is based on the different side scattering of spherical liquid water particles and nonspherical ice crystals which was recorded in simultaneous measurements of spectral cloud albedo and reflectance. Radiative transfer simulations show that I S , I P and I A range between 5 to 80, 0 to 8 and 1 to 1.25 respectively with lowest values indicating pure liquid water clouds and highest values pure ice clouds. The spectral slope ice index I S and the PCA ice index I P are found to be strongly sensitive to the effective diameter of the ice crystals present in the cloud. Therefore, the identification of mixed-phase clouds requires a priori knowledge of the ice crystal dimension. The reflectance-albedo ice index I A is mainly dominated by the uppermost cloud layer (τ<1.5). Therefore, typical boundary-layer mixed-phase clouds with a liquid cloud top layer will be identified as pure liquid water clouds. All three methods were applied to measurements above a cloud field observed during ASTAR 2007. The comparison with independent in situ microphysical measurements shows the ability of the three approaches to identify the ice phase in Arctic boundary-layer clouds.
Elastic Properties of Supported Polycrystalline Thin Films and Multilayers: an X-Ray Diffraction Study

Numerous experimental and theoretical studies have shown that thin film elastic behavior may be different from the bulk one due to size effects related to grain boundaries, free surfaces and interfaces. In addition, thin films often present high compressive residual stresses which may be responsible of thin film buckling. These two features will be discussed in this communication through recent x-ray diffraction experiments: in situ tensile testing for elastic constant analysis and scanning x-ray micro diffraction for stress relaxation measurements associated with film buckling.
Taxonomy and ecology of antibiotic producing actinomycetes

The taxonomic and ecological positions of antibiotic producing actinomycetes are an integral part in antimicrobial agents’ development program. Comprehensive understanding of the organisms give useful insight on the secondary metabolites been produced by them and other activities carried out by them in their habitat. Criteria for the identification of actinomycetes include morphological, physiological, ecological and molecular characterization. It is vital to identify the organism up to species level, since this will give an indication whether the antimicrobial agent being produced is novel or not. The suborder and habitat also act as pointers for possible secondary metabolites production and confer the need for further exploration. Key words: Taxonomy, ecology, actinomycetes, antimicrobial agents, characterization.
29 YEARS ON, A NOBEL PRIZE, AND A DIAGNOSTIC DREAM: THE USES OF THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN MODERN BIOLOGY

This review will critically consider the uses of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in modern biology since its pioneering advent in 1983. PCR is an indispensible tool for use in: DNA cloning for sequencing; DNA-based phylogeny; forensic applications; and diagnostic clinical medicine, which involves diagnosing hereditary diseases, tumours and infectious diseases. The process of PCR will be outlined followed by a discussion on these uses, which will consider the limitations of PCR and how these have been overcome by the development of variations in standard PCR protocols.
Atomic wave packet dynamics in finite time-dependent optical lattices

Atomic wave packets in optical lattices which are both spatially finite and time dependent exhibit many striking similarities with light pulses in photonic crystals. We analytically characterize the transmission properties of such a potential geometry for an ideal gas in terms of a position-dependent band structure. In particular, we find that at specific energies, wave packets at the centre of the finite lattice may be enclosed by pairs of band gaps. These act as mirrors between which the atomic wave packet is reflected, thereby effectively yielding a matter wave cavity. We show that long trapping times may be obtained in such a resonator and investigate the collapse and revival dynamics of the atomic wave packet by numerical evaluation of the Schrödinger equation.
New Hopes in Retinoblastoma Treatment

Survival rates of retinoblastoma have increased dramatically during the last decade. The current major treatment modalities for retinoblastoma include enucleation, intravenous chemoreduction, external beam therapy, focal treatments (such as brachytherapy and transpupillary thermotherapy), subconjunctival chemotherapy and selective ophthalmic artery chemotherapy. Although current treatment modalities have improved survival rates as well as eye salvage, new treatment modalities are expected to arise in the near future, since above mentioned non-targeted treatments have extensive side effects. Recent advances in genetic analysis of retinoblastoma 1 (RB1) mutations and pathways leading to retinoblastoma may provide vital information for the development of new targeted therapies which are less toxic.