bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ANTİBİYOTİK İLİŞKİLİ DRESS SENDROMU:NADİR BİR OLGU
Authors: Kurt Alper Emre , Solakoğlu Tevfik , Araz Murat
Published: January 2020

DRESS (Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia And Systemic Symptoms) sendromunun ciddi organ işlev bozukluklarına yol açan bir sendrom olduğu düşünülmektedir. İlaçların yetersiz detoksifikasyonuna bağlıdır. DRESS vakaları tarandığında genellikle antiepileptik ilaçlara bağlı olduğu görülmektedir. Antibiyotikler ise daha nadir de olsa DRESS sendromu yapabilir. Biz bu vaka ile tüm ilaçlara bağlı DRESS gelişebileceğini göstermek istedik.
THE WORD ‘BROWN’ AS A HORSE COLOUR NAME: SEMANTICS AND WAYS OF TRANSLATION
Authors: Mironov M. V.
Published: January 2020

The article is devoted to the problem of translation of the word brown as a member of the lexico-semantic group horse colour. This study aims at comprehensive description of the semantics of the said word, supported with references to definitions from specialized literature on horse genetics. The article also describes the possible variants of translation of the word brown into Russian, since there is no single equivalent. To achieve this goal, the word in question is analyzed with the use of an English and parallel Russian-English corpora. The degree of equivalence of the word brown and its Russian counterparts is established through comparison of word definitions from different sources. This study is carried out with the use of the following methods: the method of continuous sampling for data collection from English and Russian corpora, the comparative method for establishing the degree of equivalence among horse colour names, the method of analysis for processing the results of the comparison, the method of synthesis for comprehensive description of the ways of translation of the word brown. The materials for this study include works on horse colour genetics, horse colour reference charts and encyclopedias. The examples are provided by the Russian National Corpus (parallel subcorpus) and the iWeb Corpus of the English language. Some examples have been processed without the use of a corpus, which is reflected in the inclusion of works of fiction to the reference list. This study adds new information to the available data on the word brown as a horse colour name. The methodological novelty of this work is the use of the corpora to analyze a specific horse colour name and its representation in fiction.
REVIEW ON THE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS: UFA SOVIET OF WORKERS' AND SOLDIERS' DEPUTIES IN 1917: PROTOCOLS AND DOCUMENTS. ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATION OF THE SOVIET OF WORKERS' AND SOLDIERS' DEPUTIES. AUTHOR-COMPLIER G.V. MORDVINTSEV. UFA: INFORMREKL
Authors: Zakharova K. L.
Published: January 2020

In the review of the collection of documents prepared by the Candidate of Historical Sciences, corresponding member of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation G.V. Mordvintsev, a comprehensive critical analysis of the presented publication was carried out.
It was concluded that the qualitative composition of the documents included in the collection reflects the objectives of the publication. The sources quite fully characterize the structure and competence of the Ufa Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, reveal the main principles of its policy, the main directions and results of its activities and its relations with other actors of the political process. The publication also allows to determine the role and place of the Soviet in the revolutionary events of 1917 in Bashkortostan.
At the same time, the review noted the insufficient development of scientific and reference apparatus. The principle of selection of material and the archeographic processing degree of sources published in the collection by the author raise concerns. Another significant drawback is also almost a complete absence of author's comments on the content of published documents.
Despite the existing weaknesses, overall the publication prepared by G.V. Mordvintsev is evaluated positively. The peer-reviewed collection is a significant contribution to the development of the Russian historiography of the revolution of 1917 and allows to expand research issues.
«FLOATING WAREHOUSE IS NOT A POORHOUSE»: WEEKDAYS OF A SOVIET CITY IN A TIME OF TORGSIN
Authors: Kobozeva Z. M. , Alekseenko E. V.
Published: January 2020

The article analyzes one of the vectors of transformation of the urban estate of pre-revolutionary Russia, petty borgouise into new social strata of Soviet society through the texts of everyday behavior of citizens in the era of the turn of state policy to materialism in the mid 1930-ies, which occurred in connection with the need for industrialization and obtaining funds for it. The article analyzes the contamination of concepts: petty-bourgeois as the name of the urban class and petty-bourgeois as a qualitative characteristic of the soul, that is, an ethical category. Following the logic of historical construction from below, the daily practices of the urban population, formed by the activities of the branches of Torgsin in Samara, which can be defined as petty-bourgeois, are studied. The micro-level approach is used to show how in a particular historical phenomenon, in particular, in the activities of Torgsin, there is a return to the usual practices of urban trade, the associated practices of deception, speculation, as in Soviet everyday life begins its historical destiny the word blat, as the government forces the little man of the city to get comfort, using loopholes such as parcels and transfers from abroad or the surrender of family heirlooms. Anecdotal and literary everyday life lies in such a micro-event, as a broken ceiling of the store, from which you can steal the goods. But the seriousness of the crime, as well as the scale of the historical fact- is only one more facet of historical research, in whose lens should include both institutional events and the smallest behavioral practices.
The sources of this work are archival documents from the funds of TSGASO.
The aim of the study is to study the peculiarities of transformation of the social petty-bourgeois everyday life of the Russian provincial city in the first years of the Soviet power, in particular, in the situation of influence on the urban daily life of practices caused by the establishment of Torgsin.
It is concluded that in a situation where from above there was a temporary retreat from socialist construction towards the admission of petty-bourgeois texts of behavior into the daily life of Soviet people, "from below" the former petty-bourgeois commercial environment of the city began to use this situation to make its everyday world more comfortable, which in the mythology of the new socialist ethics was called meschanstvo and obyvatelschina.
Genes underlying cold acclimation in the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze)
Authors: Samarina L. S. , Malyukova L. S. , Gvasaliya M. V. , Efremov A. M. , Malyarovskaya V. I. , Loshkareva S. V. , Tuov M. T.
Published: January 2020

The article reviews the latest studies showing the diversity of genetic mechanisms and gene families underlying the increased cold and frost tolerance of tea and other plant species. It has been shown that cell responses to chilling (0…+15°C) and freezing (< 0°C) are not the same and gene expression under cold stress is genotype-specific. In recent decades, progress has been made in understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying the cold response of plants – ICE1 (inducer of CBF expression 1), CBF (C-repeat-binding factor), COR (cold-regulated genes) pathways and signaling have been discovered. The ICE, CBF and DHN gene groups play a key role in the cold acclimation of the tea plant. The accumulation of CBF transcripts occurs after 15 min of chilling induction, and longer cold stress leads to accumulation of CBF transcripts. It is shown that the transcripts of the CsDHN1, CsDHN2 and CsDHN3 genes accumulate at a higher level in resistant genotypes of tea in comparison with susceptible cultivars during freezing. CBF-independent pathways include genes involved in metabolism and transcription factors such as HSFC1, ZAT12, CZF1, PLD (phospholipase D), WRKY, HD-Zip, CsLEA, LOX, NAC, HSP, which are widely distributed in plants and are involved in the basic mechanisms of tea resistance to cold and frost. The most recent studies show an important role of miRNA in the mechanisms of response to chilling and freezing in tea. The data obtained on different plant species may correlate with the mechanisms of frost tolerance of tea and are the basis for future studies of the signaling pathways of response to cold in the tea plant. The results of the research emphasize the need to further explore the ways in which various genes regulate the tolerance of tea to cold stress to find the molecular markers of frost tolerance.
Single nucleotide polymorphism rs110861313 in the intergenic region of chromosome 23 is associated with the development of leukosis in the Russian Black Pied cattle
Authors: Aitnazarov R. B. , Ignatieva E. V. , Agarkova T. A. , Dvoeglazov N. G. , Osipova N. A. , Khramtsov V. V. , Yudin N. S.
Published: January 2020

In recent years, using a genome-wide association study (GWAS), a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been suggested to be associated with susceptibility to leukemia in cattle. However, all studies have been done with purebred Holstein cows and their hybrids. In this regard, it is important to confirm the functional role of polymorphisms previously identified in a GWAS study in Russian cattle breeds. The aim of this study was to verify the association between rs110861313 in the intergenic region of bovine chromosome 23 and leukemia in the Russian Black Pied cattle. Based on the levels of bovine leukemia virus (BLV)-specific antibodies detected in serum using serodiagnostic techniques, animals were divided into three groups: healthy animals (n = 115), asymptomatic virus carriers (n = 145) and animals with leukemia (n = 107). Genotyping of rs110861313 was carried out using polymerase chain reaction followed by analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. A significant decrease in the frequency of the A/A genotype (11.2 %) was revealed in animals with persistent lymphocytosis compared to virus carriers (27.6 %) (p < 0.002). At the same time, the frequency of animals with the C/C genotype in animals with persistent lymphocytosis (41.1 %) was significantly higher than that of virus carriers (21.4 %) (p < 0.001). In this case, asymptomatic virus carriers can be considered a more suitable control than healthy animals that have not been in contact with the virus. According to bioinformatics analysis, resistance to BLV can be due to the presence of the transcription factor FOXM1 binding site in the region of rs110861313. FOXM1 is expressed in immune cells and can potentially affect the expression of the neighboring genes (LY6G5B, GPANK1, ABHD16A, LY6G6F, LY6G6E, CSNK2B, ApoM). Thus, we found that SNP rs110861313 in the intergenic region of bovine chromosome 23 is associated with the development of leukemia following BLV infection in the Russian Black Pied cattle.
Effect of exogenous human chorionic gonadotropin on ovulation in mice
Authors: Amstislavsky S. Ya. , Ranneva S. V. , Ragaeva D. S. , Chuyko E. A. , Popkova A. M. , Brusentsev E. Yu.
Published: January 2020

The implementation of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), hormonal stimulation in particular, may change the quality of ovulated oocytes. The purpose of our work was to study ovulation in CD1 mice after their stimulation with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and to investigate the effects of such hormonal stimulation on the pregnancy duration, fetal losses and the weight of the offspring. No significant differences were found in the total number of ovulated oocytes or in the number of immature (without a polar body) ovulated oocytes; nor were there differences between the groups in the number of oocytes with a developing polar body. However, the number of matured oocytes with a distinct polar body was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in mice stimulated with hCG (experimental group) as compared with the controls (6.2 ± 0.86 and 2.2 ± 0.97, respectively). No significant differences were observed between the experimental and control mice in the duration of pregnancy or in the numbers of term offspring, including the percentage of live and stillborn pups. However, the body weight of the offspring in the experimental group was significantly lower (p < 0.001) as compared with the controls on the fifth day after birth (3.16 ± 0.09 and 3.76 ± 0.07, respectively). Thus, exogenous hCG facilitates the development of mouse oocytes in vivo, which leads to the larger number of their mature forms at ovulation, however, the offspring born after hCG-stimulated pregnancy was characterized by a lower body weight on the fifth day after birth.
Intra- and interspecific variability of Mentha arvensis L. and M. Canadensis L.
Authors: Semenova M. V. , Enina O. L. , Shelepova O. V.
Published: January 2020

The identification of plants of the genus Mentha is often difficult due to significant intraspecific polymorphism, intense interspecific hybridization, and ploidy changes. An attempt was made to apply an integrated approach to the study of different parameters of two species: Mentha arvensis L. and M. canadensis L. Eight geographically dispersed populations of Mentha in different regions (European Russia, Khakassia and Far East, Western Ukraine, and Indochina) were studied. Diagnostic morphological characters and compositions of essential oil components were examined, and DNA was analyzed with ISSR markers. The data obtained were statistically processed by cluster, principal component, and principal coordinate analyses. The European and Asian groups of samples were clearly distinguished by the analysis of quantitative parameters of the calyx and leaves, but different methods of data processing produced different results in determining the belonging of the Far Eastern plants to a particular group. Therefore, their taxonomic positions can hardly be determined on morphological grounds. According to the composition of essential oil and ISSR fragments, a group of the genetically, morphologically, and phytochemically closest plants was identified, which included representatives of the populations of the Moscow oblast, Vladimir oblast, Kaluga oblast, the Komi Republic, and Khakassia. All these plants belonged to M. arvensis. Plants collected in the natural flora of the Russian Far East showed a greater resemblance in essential oil composition and ISSR markers to the European group of M. arvensis than to plants from Indochina, which, according to the data obtained, belonged to M. сanadensis. It was shown that a comprehensive study of plant morphological characters, the compositions of essential oil, and ISSR fragments allows one to clarify the species identity and to assess their polymorphism and the degree of kinship between populations. A certain correlation between the data of molecular analysis and the composition of essential oil and, to a lesser extent, their correlation with morphological characters of plants was revealed.
Leśmian przed Prawem. Wartość życia i wzniosłość prawa
Authors: Czabanowska-Wróbel Anna
Published: January 2020

W eseistyce Bolesława Leśmiana, absolwenta studiów prawniczych, zwraca uwagę nie tylko obecność kontekstu filozoficznego czy socjologicznego, ale także prawnego, podczas gdy jego poezja wydaje się całkowicie odległa od zagadnień prawa. W zaproponowanej w artykule interpretacji dwóch niepodobnych utworów poetyckich, ballady Asoka z tomu Łąka i wiersza o incipicie „Przez śnieżycę, co wyjąc powiększa przestworza” z tomu Dziejba leśna, ukazana zostaje kwestia prawnej ochrony wartości, jaką stanowi życie. Władca i prawodawca starożytnych Indii, Aśoka, zagwarantował ją w swoich orędziach. Bohaterowi licznych legend otwiera to drogę do tego, co duchowe. W XX wieku wartości ludzkiego życia strzeże „przedstawiciel prawa”, umundurowany policjant, którego sama obecność na ulicy udaremnia rozbój. W obu przypadkach życie traktowane jest przez Leśmiana jako najwyższa wartość, motywowana metafizycznie, co otwiera drogę do dalszych rozważań dotyczących wzniosłości prawa w rozumieniu poety, a także do pytania, czy zagadnienie związków literatury i prawa, znane z badań nad twórczością Franza Kafki, może pomóc w zrozumieniu światopoglądu Bolesława Leśmiana.
Warkocz. Transgresje Leśmiana
Authors: Wojda Dorota
Published: January 2020

Zawarte w tym artykule interpretacje dotyczą motywu warkocza, który pojawia się w różnych formach gatunkowych pisarstwa Bolesława Leśmiana. Część pierwsza wprowadza w jego najważniejsze znaczenia symboliczne: wyjątkowej wartości – odpowiadającej mowie wiązanej, sztuce poetyckiej – a jednocześnie transgresji i zespolenia pozoru z prawdą. Wątki te rozwijane są w kolejnym podrozdziale, uzasadniającym twierdzenie, że za pośrednictwem przedstawień warkocza Leśmian ironicznie ukazuje paradoksalność bytu, jako splotu fantazji z realnością. Myśl poety zostaje w tej partii objaśniona koncepcją farmakonu Jacques’a Derridy. Następna część artykułu prezentuje Leśmianowskie istoty transgresywne – kobiety z warkoczami i same warkocze, obrazujące, że symbolizowana przez nie poezja stanowi wartość, która jest przemianą, „pieśnią bez słów”, naruszaniem granic i połączeniem sprzeczności. Zestawienie tych wątków z ideami gnostyckimi, kontynuowane w dalszym wyodrębnionym fragmencie, nakłada się na ukazanie powiązań twórczości Leśmiana z formułą ironii romantycznej, szczególnie w ujęciu Friedricha Schlegla. Parabazie, autoironicznym tropom i wyobrażeniu „bezsłownej melodii” poświęcone są końcowe interpretacje, zmierzające do wniosku, że warkocz jest w dziełach Leśmiana figurą niewyrażalnej tajemnicy bytu, a zarazem symbolizuje poezję, ironię i fantazję.
Znikomek wśród innobytów. Przyczynek do anatomii Leśmianowskiej wyobraźni
Authors: Michałowski Piotr
Published: January 2020

Artykuł jest próbą usytuowania świata osobliwych stworów kreowanych w balladach Bolesława Leśmiana wobec innych bestiariuszy wywiedzionych z mitologii oraz literackich kreacji w zakresie: science fiction, baśni i groteski, twórczości dla dzieci i kultury popularnej, m.in. Jorge Luisa Borgesa, Stanisława Lema, Konstantego Ildefonsa Gałczyńskiego, Macieja Wojtyszki. Na tym tle odrębność wyobraźni Leśmiana skłania do nazwania jej ontologią fantastyczną i odniesienia do kategorii „innobytu”. Leśmian kreuje swe postaci w perspektywie anty-antropocentrycznej – jako istnienia alternatywne. Ich wyglądy pozostają niedookreślone, gdyż szczątkowe charakterystyki rozpraszone w narracji skupiają się przede wszystkim na ich marginalizowanej wobec świata realnego egzystencji. Przegląd ważniejszych Leśmianowskich stworów zamyka szczegółowa interpretacja ballady Znikomek ze zbioru Napój cienisty.
Gość/inność dyskursu posthumanistycznego. Recenzja książki Anny Filipowicz, „(Prze)zwierzęcenia. Poetyckie drogi do postantropocentryzmu”, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2017
Authors: Juchniewicz Andrzej
Published: January 2020

Recenzowana książka Anny Filipowicz (Prze)zwierzęcenia. Poetyckie drogi do postantropocentryzmu jest jedną z kluczowych rozpraw badających związki ludzko-zwierzęce na materiale poezji polskiej XX i XXI wieku. Autorka w sposób innowacyjny odczytuje wiersze poetów uznanych za kanoniczych (Anny Świrszczyńskiej, Tadeusza Różewicza, Marcina Świetlickiego, Ryszarda Krynickiego, Tomasza Różyckiego, Jarosława Marka Rymkiewicza i Juliana Tuwima), wykorzystując wiedzę etologiczną i przyrodoznawczą. Największym atutem rozprawy, zdaniem recenzenta, jest mikrologiczna analiza poszczególnych utworów, dowartościowująca szczegół, dzięki czemu czytelnik otrzymuje kompendium podstawowych problemów związanych z emancypacją zwierząt w dwóch planach czasowych (podczas powstania warszawskiego i w czasach współczesnych). Filipowicz postuluje odrzucenie stereotypów, które do tej pory wzmacniały szowinizm gatunkowy i hierarchiczność w ramach akcydentalnych spotkań (casus zwierząt zamieszkujących ogrody zoologiczne i przestrzenie niezurbanizowane) i wypracowanie wrażliwości międzygatunkowej. Jej przejawami mogłyby być m.in. troska o dostrzeżenie indywidualnych biografii zwierząt w trakcie konfliktów zbrojnych lub zapobieganie niszczeniu biotopów. Rozprawa Filipowicz jest nie tylko przykładem zręcznego aplikowania metodologii z pogranicza humanistyki ekologicznej, animal studies, affective studies, lecz również ważnym głosem w debacie o budowaniu ładu ekologicznego i miejscu/roli zwierząt w życiu człowieka.
Effect of Gelatin Coated Rosemary Extract (Rosmarinus Officinalis L.) on the Quality of Refrigerated Duck Meat
Authors: Rai Kimia Banikarimi K , Basu Habibollah Mirzaei K , Basu Mohammad Farsi K
Published: January 2020

The effect of edible coating of gelatin (1, 2 and 3%) containing aqueous extract of rosemary (1% and 2%) on physiochemical (pH, total volatile nitrogen, peroxide values and water holding capacity) and microbiological (psychrotrophic) properties of duck fillet were evaluated. The pH of coated samples were significantly (plessthan0.05) lower than that of untreated sample. TVN (total volatile nitrogen) value increased with storage period in all the samples but coatings significantly decreased production of TVN compared to the control. Also the coatings decreased lipid oxidation of the meat as rosemary postponed primary oxidation of fillet, while this parameter in control group was sharply increased by time. WHC (water holding capacity) increased significantly (plessthan0.05) with storage period and level coatings. Coating had a significant reducing effect on growth of psychrotrophic bacteria during 9 days at 4°C. In conclusion, gelatin edible coating enriched with rosemary could retard chemical and microbial reactions related to spoilage of meat during refrigerated storage.
Optimum Crop Planning for Better Resource use Efficiency, Sustainability and Maximizing Farm Net Income in Assam
Authors: Buragohin Rinumoni , Bora P P , Hazarika J P , Deka Nivedita
Published: January 2020

In Assam, most of the crops are grown with productivity that is lower than the potential yield. Potential utilization of irrigation is not much encouraging in the state. Besides, most of the farmers are marginal and small farmers leading to low mechanization in Assam agriculture. Therefore, a proper crop planning is needed that would help the farmers to select crops for mechanization under assured irrigation that will give them higher profit. The study has been under taken with the objective to develop optimum crop planing for better resource use efficiency, sustainability and maximizing farm net income across production environments by using linear programming (LP) through GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System). The resulted optimum crop model showed that, the areas under almost all the major crops grown in Assam have the scope to be increased under the land constraint of the state both in existing and improved irrigated situation and to contribute more in farm income. From the result of the study, it can be concluded that, besides rice, crops like maize, sugarcane, jute, mustard, pea and vegetables like tomato, brinjal, cauliflower, chilies etc can be seen as potential crops in a profitable crop plan for the state.
Utility of Integrated Farming Systems: A perception study from Kuttanad
Authors: Nair Mamatha G , Jayalekshmi G , Kumar N Kishore
Published: January 2020

This paper outlines the perception of farmer’s regarding the Integrated Farming Systems of Kuttanad, Kerala along with their socio- psychological and economic characteristics like age,family size, level of aspiration and product diversification. The study was carried out in the region called Kuttanad that lies in selected parts of the three district of the state of Kerala namely, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta. This region is identified as a potent agricultural area that lies below mean sea level. The above listed socio- psychological and economic characteristics were also studied with suitable scales. Quartile analysis along with frequency, percentage analysis, ANOVA and correlation were the statistical tools used for the study. The study however identifies medium level of perception regarding utility of farming system among majority of both marginal and small farmers.
Effect of Sowing Dates and Varieties on Yield and Quality Performance of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Authors: Yusuf Mohammad , Kumar Satish , Dhaka A K , Singh Bhagat , Bhuker Axay
Published: January 2020

A field experiment conducted during Rabi season of 2017-18 at wheat research farm of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India to study the effect of sowing dates and varieties on yield and quality performance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications containing four sowing dates viz. 5th November, 25th November, 15th December and 5th January as main plot treatments and seven wheat varieties i.e. HS 562, HD 2967, HD 3086, HI 1544, MACS 6222, WR 544 and WH 1105 as sub plot treatments. On the basis of one year study it was concluded that among sowing dates, 5th November sowing is the most economical and suitable than rest of the sowing dates. 5th November sown crop recorded significantly longer spike (11.7 cm), higher number of effective tillers (98.3 per mrl), grains per spike (48.6), test weight (39.9 g), grain appearance score (8.3), hectoliter weight (82.9 kg/hl), grain yield (5432 kg ha-1) and harvest index (39.0%) compared to rest of the sowing dates, while highest protein content (12.9 %) was observed with 5th January sown crop. Maximum net return (Rs.54, 262 ha-1) and B: C (1.73) were recorded with 5th November sowing. Among the varieties, HI 1544 recorded significantly higher number of effective tillers (94.6 per mrl), grains per spike (48.4), test weight (38.6 g), grain yield (4920 kg ha-1) harvest index (39.2), grain appearance score (8.1) and hectoliter weight (82.0 kg/hl), while variety WH 1105 resulted in longer spike (11.5 cm) and WR 544 in higher protein content (12.6 %) as compared to rest of the varieties. While comparing the interaction of varieties with date of sowing, HI 1544 produced significantly higher grain higher yield (6007 kg ha-1) of wheat sown at 5th November which was statistically at par with WH 1105 (5833 kg ha-1) and HD 3086 (5616 kg ha-1) at same date of sowing. Delayed sowing of HI 1544 from 5th November to 25th November reduced the grain yield by 9.1 per cent; to 15th of December by 21.0 per cent and to 5th January by 42.3 per cent.
Prevalence of Paramphistomosis in Domestic Ruminants in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India
Authors: Preethi M , Venu Ravipati , Srilatha Ch , Rao K Srinivasa , Rao P V
Published: January 2020

A total of 1169 dung samples from domestic ruminants were examined to record the prevalence of paramphistomosis infection. In cattle, the prevalence of infection by direct smear (DS) and sedimentation method (SD) was 17.43% and 31.19%, respectively. In sheep, the prevalence rates were recorded higher than cattle (26.09% and 33.18%). In goats, the prevalence of paramphistomosis was 20.66% and 30.52%. Out of 109 cattle carcasses, 47 were found with flukes in rumen, reticulum and bile duct during slaughterhouse examination (SH). In sheep and goat, the prevalence rates were 42.15% and 40.85%, respectively by SH. Age-wise the highest prevalence was recorded in cattle of 2-4 years (50.0%) by SH. In goats, the prevalence of infection was lower in the age group oflessthan1 year, when compared to their counterparts in sheep. In contrast, the higher prevalence was noticed in >1-2 years old goats (63.27%) than sheep of the same age group (36.85%). Sex-wise, statistically no significant difference was observed between male and female animals. Morphologically identified, Cotylophoron cotylophorum, Paramphistomum cervi, Gastrothylax crumenifer, Fischoederius elongatus and Gigantocotyle spp. In conclusion, an overall prevalence of 24.29%, 32.51% and 42.0% of paramphistomosis infection was recorded in cattle, sheep and goats by DS, SD and SH examinations, respectively.
Sea Buckthorn a Boon for Trans-Himalayan Region of Ladakh: A Review
Authors: Lamo Kunzang , Solanki Shivendu Pratap Singh
Published: January 2020

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) is an ecologically and economically important plant species and is currently being domesticated in various parts of the world including India. Sea buckthorn achieved a unique status in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh because of its immense medicinal and therapeutic potentials. High nutrient and medicinal values of the fruit attracts researchers to exploit in the field of biotechnology, neutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and environmental sciences. However, unrestrained exploitation and even destruction of sea buckthorn resources leads to loss in its diversification and extinction. Therefore, there is need to conserve the wild genotypes of sea buckthorn to make them available as a source for breeding of new plant varieties in future and judicious utilization of wild species can bring more benefit to mankind throughout the world. Application of DNA markers to facilitate marker-aided selection (MAS) for diversity studies and identification of cold resistant genes have been developed, further improvements is still needed. Advances in plant genomics, genetic mapping and QTL analysis provide further means to improve the understanding of crop diversity at species and gene levels, it also accelerated the dissection of genetic control of important traits and development of high value genotypes in the context of breeding programs. Advances in biotechnology provided many tools that will benefit in providing quality planting material, generation of new cultivars and mass propagation therefore help in area expansion in areas like Ladakh. DRDO is an active organization in collaboration with other institutes to enhance the research field in sea buckthorn and grant patent on its products. There is no doubt that the future holds great promise for sea buckthorn cultivation in Ladakh and efforts need to be made to certify sea buckthorn as organic.
Genetic Transformation Methods for Crop Improvement- A Brief Review
Authors: Kavipriya C , Yuvaraja A , Senthil K , Menaka C
Published: January 2020

Decades of documented successful pieces of evidence in agritech have shown us a clear picture of the importance of biotechnology in crop improvement. The production in agriculture should have steady growth and to achieve these objective conventional methods should go on parallel with biotechnological approaches. Genetic engineering which has revolutionized the path of crop improvement involves the identification and transfer of novel genes into the existing elite cultivars. Different methods of transferring the gene into plant cells have been developed and continuous efforts have been made to increase its efficiency. Both direct and indirect method of gene transfer has its own merits and demerits. Efforts have been made continuously to eliminate drawbacks and to develop an easy, elite and eco-friendly method to transfer genes. The transformation method which is a base of genetic engineering is vital and Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer and gene gun have shown to be doing well in recent years. As a whole the methodology involved, merits and demerits of different methods have been briefly discussed.
Evaluation of Puppies by Apgar Scoring System in Normal Gestation and Threatened Abortion in Canines
Authors: Gaikwad Sandeep M , Gulavane Sarita U , Kumbhar Umesh B , Shelar Raju R , Choudhari Ravindra J
Published: January 2020

Total 40 pregnant bitches with known history of breeding; irrespective of age, parity belonging to different breeds were classified into normal gestation (NG) and threatened abortion (TA) and further divided into four groups (n=10) according to dam’s body weight (Group I-NG, >25kg BW; Group II- NG, Lessthan25kg BW; Group III- TA, >25kg BW and Group IV- TALessthan25 kg BW). In impending abortion conventional treatment of antibiotics and progesterone was given for 7 days and 15/20 bitches parturited. The puppies were evaluated at birth, at 30 minutes and at 60 minutes after birth by using Apgar scoring System. The mean Apgar scores at birth, 30, 60 minutes were 7.33 ± 0.22, 9.19 ± 0.23, 10.55 ± 0.12; 6.53 ± 0.16, 9.26 ± 0.20, 10.88 ± 0.12; 6.28 ± 0.20, 7.88 ± 0.21, 9.35 ± 0.18 and 5.39 ± 0.15, 7.36 ± 0.21, 9.81 ± 0.19, respectively in group I, II, III and IV. The Apgar scores of the puppies at birth, 30 and 60 minutes were significantly higher in normal gestation than in threatened abortion irrespective of body weights. At birth 6.54, 86.27, 7.19 and 17.17, 82.83,0 per cent puppies from normal gestation and threatened abortion had low, medium and high Apgar scores, respectively. At 60 minutes, 0, 10.79, 89.21 and 0, 41.46, 58.54 per cent puppies had low, medium, high scores in normal gestation and threatened abortion, respectively.
Evaluation of TBARS, SOD and GPx in Saliva during Pregnancy of Murrah Buffaloes Maintained under Isohyet Conditions
Authors: Paramesh Valluri , Rao Thavitiki Prasada , Padmaja K , Punyakumari B , Manasa Varra , Kumar T.V Sai , Kumar Kutty
Published: January 2020

The objective of the present study was to assess the oxidative status in saliva samples during pregnancy by measuring salivary antioxidant enzymes and oxidative stress marker in Murrah buffaloes. We considered saliva as an alternative biological sample because of its non-invasiveness and also from farmer’s perspective. In our study 20 saliva samples each ten were collected from non-pregnant and pregnant Murrah buffaloes maintained under agro climatic regions receiving equal rain fall and laid on equal elevation to avoid geospatial differences. The mean saliva TBARS concentration was significantly (P≤ 0.05) higher (2.59±0.31 µmoles/L) whereas SOD and GPx levels were significantly (P≤ 0.05) lower during pregnancy when compared to non-pregnant Murrah buffaloes. In our study, a significant increase in concentration of TBARS in saliva of pregnant Murrah buffaloes was observed whereas the activity of antioxidant enzymes SOD and GPx were significantly decreased in saliva during pregnancy.
Predictors of lifelong learning: Information literacy and academic self-efficacy
Authors: Kozikoglu Ishak , Onur Zehra
Published: January 2020

The aim of this study is to determine whether the prospective teachers' information literacy levels and academic self-efficacy perceptions predict their lifelong learning tendencies. This research was conducted with 500 prospective teachers studying at Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Education. In this study, â€˜Lifelong Learning Tendencies Scaleâ€™ developed by Gur-Erdogan and Arsal (2016), â€˜Information Literacy Scaleâ€™ developed by Adiguzel (2011) and â€˜Academic Self-efficacy Scaleâ€™ adapted into Turkish by Yilmaz, Gurcay and Ekici (2007) were used for data collection. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), Pearson Product Moments Correlation Coefficient and stepwise regression analysis. As a result, it was concluded that prospective teachers' lifelong learning tendencies, information literacy and academic self-efficacy were at a high level, and there is a moderate, positive and significant relationship between prospective teachersâ€™ lifelong learning tendencies, information literacy and academic self-efficacy. Furthermore, it was concluded that prospective teachersâ€™ information literacy and academic self-efficacy are significant predictors of their lifelong learning tendencies and they can explain 41% of the variance in lifelong learning tendencies.

Keywords: Lifelong learning, information literacy, academic self-efficacy, prospective teachers.
Is the source for my curriculum knowledge and other competencies the same? Evidence from PISA 2015
Authors: Ilgaz Gokhan , Vural Levent , Eskici Menekse
Published: January 2020

This study aims to examine to what extent the field of competence regarding curriculum knowledge is concordant with the other sub-competency fields of teaching. These fields are field knowledge, pedagogic competence in field teaching, use of information and communication technologies in teaching, student behaviours and class management, individualised learning approaches, teaching students with special needs, education in a multicultural and multilingual environment, teaching cross-curricular skills, vocational guidance, internal evaluation of schools and self-evaluation, teacherâ€“parent collaboration and school management and administration. Survey is our research model. The participations of the study are 54.395 teachers from 17 different countries, which have been obtained from PISA 2015. The correspondence and multiple correspondence analyses were used. The results of simple correspondence analysis have revealed that the measure of accountable correspondence is more than 50% between the sources of curriculum knowledge and those of other sub-competency fields such as field insight and knowledge, pedagogic competence in field teaching and student assessment procedures. Likewise, multiple correspondence analysis has also produced similar results.

Keywords: Teacher training, curriculum knowledge, curriculum development, correspondence analysis.
The effect of leadership on organisational commitment: A meta-analysis
Authors: Cilek Adem
Published: January 2020

This research aims to investigate the effects of leadership behaviour of school principals on teachersâ€™ organisational commitment in Turkey. The method of meta-analysis is used to calculate the effects size of leadership on teachersâ€™ organisational commitment. Besides this, leadership style, publication type and publication year are used as moderators in order to explain variation in effect sizes. The analysis results of the random effect model showed that leadership has a very strong and positive effect on teachersâ€™ organisational commitment. Particularly, supporting, democratic and transformational leadership styles affect organisational commitment of teachers more than other leadership approaches. However, except leadership styles, the other moderators chosen for the research are not a powerful determinant of the relationship between school leadership and organisational commitment.

Keywords: Leadership, organisational commitment, meta-analysis.
Investigation of student’s preferences for off-campus informal learning spaces: The case of business school students in Bangkok
Authors: Vanichvatana Sonthya
Published: January 2020

The understanding of why students select off-campus informal learning spaces can reflect any absence and inadequacy of oncampus informal learning spaces. This research used students of a Bangkok private university as a case study by employed quantitative analysis and descriptive data analysis, where a questionnaire survey conducted during March 2018 was used. The results show that students with any levels of grade point averages have similar preferences for using off-campus informal learning spaces. The top reasons why students used off-campus spaces for informal learning were about the flexible schedule, accessibility to food, and capability for social interactions. The top reasons why students did not use off-campus spaces related to cost, location, improper environment/atmosphere and study resources. The preferences for off-campus informal learning spaces remarkably reflect the strengths and weaknesses of on-campus informal learning spaces. Universities should improve their management of facilities to support students’ informal learning base on their preferences.
Keywords: Higher education institutions, informal learning spaces, learning spaces, off-campus
An overview of postgraduate thesis on mainstreaming education in Turkey
Authors: Akcay Miyase , Karabag Tugce , Baglama Basak , Yucesoy Yucehan
Published: January 2020

The aim of this research is to examine postgraduate thesis on mainstreaming education carried out in Turkey based on various variables. A total number of 200 postgraduate theses on mainstreaming education was obtained from Higher Education Council of Turkey. Data of the research were examined based on content analysis criteria including year of publication, supervisor title, thesis level, university, institute, department, gender of thesis writer, research method, participants, data collection tool, data analysis method, location of the research conducted, research subject and results. Data of the research were analysed with SPSS 20 program. Research showed that thesis was conducted between 1997 and 2018. According to the results, the majority number of thesis was carried out in 2017, the quantitative method was mostly preferred research method in thesis, master thesis was mostly preferred, scales were mostly used data collection tools and statistical methods were mostly used as data analysis methods. In line with the results of the research, recommendations for further research and practices were presented.

Keywords: Mainstreaming education, special education, postgraduate thesis, content analysis.
Examining the students’ understanding level towards the concepts of magnetic field: the case of conducting wire
Authors: Ozcan Ozgur
Published: January 2020

The electromagnetism is one of the important topics in physics and it has quite a lot of applications in a wide range of area. It also examines the electromagnetic force researches that occur between the electrically charged particles. On the other hand, examination of the magnetic field around the conductors and the movement of the charged particles in the electromagnetic field is quite interesting topics on that the physics researchers intensively investigated. The electromagnetic theory has an abstract nature, because the university level students have many learning and understanding difficulties about the concepts related to these topics. In realization of meaningful learning, the role of the students’ prior knowledge about the aforementioned concepts is becoming important. This study aims to investigate the understanding of 12 pre-service physics teachers related to the concept of moving particles in an electromagnetic filed by using the qualitative research methods. The data collected through the test consisting of three question and it was analysed by using content analysis method. The understanding levels and the alternative conceptions of the pre-service physics teachers were determined by different categories at the end of the content analyses process.
Keywords: Alternative conceptions, electromagnetism education, pre-service physics teachers; understanding level
Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages
Authors: Mori Angel Corbera , Miranda Camille Cardoso
Published: January 2020

Resenha do livro “Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages”, organizado por Simon E. Overall; Rosa Vallejos;  Spike Gildea (2018). Este é uma coletânea de 14 capítulos adequadamente selecionados dos 32 trabalhos apresentados na “Conferência Internacional Amazônica v”, realizado na cidade de Belém, Pará, no ano de 2014. O volume está constituído de uma diversidade de línguas faladas na América do Sul: 14 línguas individuais relacionadas às famílias linguísticas: Arawak, Tukano, Mataguayo, Guaykuru, uma isolada, o Movima, além de um capitulo escrito por Spike Gildea, que aborda os aspectos histórico-comparativos da cópula e de construções de predicados não- verbais em línguas da família Karib.
DIETARY STRATEGIES OF NORTHERN SELKUPS IN THE 18th–19th CENTURIES
Authors: Poshekhonova O.E. , Razhev D.I. , Slepchenko S.M. , Marchenko Z.V. , Adaev V.N.
Published: January 2020

The article considers the dietary habits of a small Selkup group that lived in the north of Western Siberia along the upper reaches of the Taz River in the18th–19th centuries. To this end, we carried out paleopathological and archaeoparasitological studies of the anthropological material from a burial ground located next to the once-existing settlement of Karakonskaya, as well as performed an isotopic analysis of organic samples. Another ob-jective was to study archival documents containing information on the inhabitants of the Upper Taz area. The isotope analysis included 17 anthropological and zooarchaeological samples, represented by the bones, hair and nails of 10 people, bones of a herbivore (reindeer), an omnivore (squirrel) (2) and fish (3). Soil samples taken from the surface of the sacra of 22 people served as the material for the archaeoparasitological study. Paleopa-thological studies included the bone remains of 23 people. We examined the originals of 19th-century documents stored at the State Archives of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In order to differentiate the sources of land- and river-based diet, we analysed the stable-isotope ratio of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) in anthropological and zooarchaeological samples. The comparison of collagen and keratin isotopic values in one individual allowed seasonal variations in the diet to be established. For the purpose of identifying gender differences in the diet, an isotopic comparison between men and women was performed. In order to characterise the ways of food con-sumption and preparation, soil samples taken from burials were studied to detect eggs of intestinal parasites, as well as to establish their species. Other aspects of the group’s diet were studied by analysing the manifestations of porotic hyperostosis on the skull and dental diseases. When working on the archival materials, we employed cross-validation of information and analysed some documents covering large time intervals. It was established that the everyday diet the local Selkup group included bottom-dwelling and predatory fish, whereas the consump-tion of land mammals was minimal. Moreover, when preparing fish dishes for all members of the group, including children, fish was not heated or it was not heated enough. Seasonal fluctuations in the diet associated with hunt-ing certain animals were recorded. The consumption of sugar and flour-based food by the Northern Selkups until the beginning of the 20th century was insignificant. Regular periods of hunger occurred given that the population had no tradition to make long-term food reserves. The consumption of certain food (dishes) resulted in the da-mage to the teeth and soft tissues of the mouth. For the men of this group, hunted food was somewhat more ac-cessible than for women. The dietary system of the Northern Selkups had more in common with their closest neighbours — the Khanty of the Vakh River — rather than with the ethnically close Southern Selkups.