bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CING 50. Herne Bay Museum
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: permanent display in process of erection; access to reserve collection; no specialist curator; no identification service; not a NSGSD record centre. Geological collections: c.400 specimens; rocks, minerals, and (mainly) fossils, also photographs and manuscripts; condition variable; location possible as collection small, poor records; major strength in local Pleistocene, particularly elephant jaws; part of Kent County Museum Service. August 1986....
CING 54. Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: permanent display, two galleries; access to reserve collection by appointment; five geological staff; identification service; NSGSD record centre for Leicestershire. Geological collections: c.85,000 specimens; good local and general coverage of rocks, minerals and fossils, also maps, manuscripts, personalia and photographs; condition 90% good; systematically stored and most of collection registered; major strengths in Precambrian fossils and Jurassic vertebrates; type, figured and cited material. July 1986....
CING 57. Maldon Museum
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: permanent display (small); no specialist curator; no identification service; not a NSGSD record centre. Geological collections: less than 100 specimens; rocks, minerals and fossils; conservation problems; randomly stored and no records; collection acquired in disarray from old Maldon Museum which closed in 1930s. October 1985....
CING 69. Penrith Museum
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: geological display in preparation (for August 1987); unlimited access to reserve collections; no specialist curator; no identification service; not a NSGSD record centre....
CING 67. Nottinghamshire Education Resources Service. Nottingham
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: no permanent geology display; access to reserve collections; no specialist curator; no identification service; not a NSGSD record centre. Geological collections: 1,000-5,000 specimens; local and general rocks, minerals and fossils; condition 75% good; systematically stored and most of collection registered; major strengths in Notts, gypsum and oil industries. June 1986....
CING 74. Reading Museum
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: permanent display; access to reserve collections; responsibility of Keeper of Natural Sciences; identification service; NSGSD record centre for Berkshire. Geological collections: 4,000-5,000 specimens; rocks, fossils and large worldwide minerals, also maps and manuscripts; condition good; systematically stored and records reasonably good; major strengths in cave material, Pleistocene vertebrates and Faringdon sponge gravels. September 1985....
CING 78. St. Albans City Museum
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: new permanent display planned for 1987; access to reserve collections by appointment only, new storage planned; no specialist curator; limited identification service; NSGSD record centre for South Hertfordshire. Geological collections: c.6,000+ specimens; rocks, minerals and fossils, some maps; condition mostly good; easy to locate and nearly half fully registered; formerly Hertfordshire County Council. March 1986....
CING 79. St. Helens Museum
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: small permanent display - one case only; access to reserve collections by appointment only; no specialist curator; limited identification service; not a NSGSD record centre. Geological collections: c.1,000 specimens; rocks, minerals and fossils; condition good; not systematically stored, minerals and fossils all registered. August 1986....
CING 86. Sunderland Museum
Authors: Steward Donald I.
Published: September 2023

Geological public service: permanent display; access to reserve collections by appointment only; one specialist curator; identification service; NSGSD record centre for Durham and Tyne and Wear, south of the Tyne. Geological collections: 40,000+ specimens; good regional and general coverage in rocks, minerals and fossils, also maps and photographs; condition 95% good; systematically stored and cataloguing on MDA cards 75% complete, computer catalogues available for minerals and some fossils; major strengths in Permian fossils, rocks and evaporites; type, figured and cited fossils. July 1986....
Lost & Found: 196. Victor Foulihoux - Dealer in French rocks
Authors: Knell Simon
Published: September 2023

Simon Knell (Keeper of Natural Sciences, Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, South Humberside DN15 7BD) writes: 'Bishops Stortford Local History Society Museum have a collection of French rocks from the 'Department du Puy-de-Dome' supplied, at an unknown date, by the mineral dealer Victor Fouilhoux. The material consists of 200 small rock specimens approximately 40mm x 60mm X 40mm in size. Each carries a white paper number tag printed in blue ink with a rectangular border (10mm x 7mm). The accompanying catalogue printed in French is divided into four sections: 1. 'Terrains primordiaux' (numbers 1-47) 2. 'Terrains sedimentaires' (48-92) 3. 'Terrains volcaniques' (93-192) 4. 'Terrains modernes' (193-200) The catalogue entries have been designed so that they can be...
Lost & Found: 199. Edmund Thomas Higgins (fl. 1831-1887)
Authors: Torrens Hugh
Published: September 2023

Hugh Torrens (Dept. of Geology, The University, Keele, Staffs. ST5 5BG) writes: 'Occasionally one comes across a fascinating or shadowy figure whom posterity seems to have particularly ignored and about whom one would like to learn more. Such a man is the subject of the present appeal. The fossil specimen which first inspired the search for any information about Higgins is the new fossil fish found early in 1839 by Mary Anning (1799-1847) in Dorset. The true facts of its discovery were apparently first, and unexpectedly, announced in the Mining Journal (vol.9, no.209) for 3 August 1839 as 'the jaws and other fossil remains of an extinct species of Shark, discovered by Miss Anning in the...
Factors Motivating Parents Toward Private School for Their Children Admission at Secondary School Level in Swabi
Authors: Hamida
Published: September 2023

The study sought to explore the factors motivating parents toward private schools for their children's admission. The objectives of the study were to identify the factors associated with physical facilities motivating parents toward private schools and to find out the factors associated with instructional practices motivating parents toward private schools. All the parents of class 9th students studying in 239 private schools at Swabi comprise the population of the study. Out of the total population, 100 educated parents were purposively selected from 10 private schools. 10 parents from each school were selected through a purposive sampling technique. A close-ended questionnaire containing 12 items on the Likert scale was used as a tool for gathering information. The collected data was analyzed by using the percentage as a statistical tool. The findings of the study concluded that the majority of the participants agreed that the availability of required physical facilities motivates us toward private schools for our children's admission. Most of the subjects agreed that the availability of updated Laboratories motivates us toward private schools for our children's admission. A great number of parents agreed that functional Libraries motivate us toward private schools for our children's admission.
Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Malpractices in Examination at Secondary School Level
Authors: Ahmad Waqar
Published: September 2023

The present study sought to identify the external factors responsible for examination malpractices at the secondary school level and find out the internal factors responsible for examination malpractices at the secondary school level. All 1310 Teachers serving in 74 Public High Schools for Boys in district Swabi constituted the population of the study. The researcher selected 100 teachers from 20 public high schools for boys in Swabi. Purposive sampling techniques were used for sample selection. The research instrument used for collecting data was a closed questionnaire. The researcher arranged the data in a systematic way and organized it in table form. After, expressing in percentages the data was analysed.Findings the study concluded that most of the participants respond that parents' wishes of obtaining high grades for their children are responsible for promoting malpractices in the examination. The majority of the respondents revealed that the culture of getting higher grades for taking admission to renowned colleges compels the children to involve in examination malpractices. Maximum number of the subjects respond that socio-economic class differences are responsible for promoting malpractices in the examination. Most of the respondents viewed that the competition among private sector schools forgetting a maximum number of admissions in classes 9th and 10th is responsible for promoting malpractices in the examination.
Analyses of Fiscal and Current Account Balances: Do Deficits Matter in Lower and Middle-Income Countries?
Authors: Haq M Ashraf Al , Rasheed Sohail , Mehmood Khawaja Asif
Published: September 2023

This research investigates the nexus between current and fiscal account deficits in selected lower and middle-income countries (LMC) by applying panel data from 2000 to 2020. Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) is applied to check the long-run (LR) and short-run (SR) affiliation between selected variables. The findings revealed that REER, GDPPCG, and trade affect CAB positively, while FD and GFCF influence the CAB negatively in the LR. The SR estimation results show that FD and GFCF are significant in positively affecting CAB. Moreover, this paper proved that the Theory of Ricardian-Equivalence-Hypothesis (REH) is more appropriate for LMC. From the policy perspective, the authorities should follow policy measures such as raising taxes, declining government expenditures, and promoting economic growth to decline the current account deficit. Similarly, the Government of LMC should also improve the investment rate by controlling the high birth rate, inflation rate, and poverty.
Exploring Socio-economic and Physical Causes of Breast Cancer: A Case Study of Irnum Hospital Peshawar
Authors: Javeria  , Ullah Aman
Published: September 2023

The main theme of this study is to find out the social factors contributing to BC. This study was conducted in IRNUM hospital Peshawar. A sample size of 60 respondents (BC patients) was randomly selected in the selected hospital. The study was analyzed by SPSS descriptive analyses were performed for the frequency and of the data. Results of the study disclosed that the lack of better health services and the unavailability of government BC hospitals is one of the major reasons for BC. Likewise, the delayed availability of medicine by government hospitals is leading to BC. In addition, the selection of low-standard hospitals due to poor economic background is also a contributing factor to BC. The study concluded that the major sociological causes of BC are a lack of awareness regarding BC, obesity and socio-economic status.Improving the physical conditions of government hospitals, awareness campaigns regarding BC,providing basic facilities and provision of different medical equipment are some of the recommendations of the study findings.
Reviewing the Sehat Sahulat Program
Authors: Asim Zoha , Nadeem Hajira , Batool Sana
Published: September 2023

The former government of Pakistan began a program which offered health insurance to those strata of society who otherwise could not afford the costly health facilities offered in Pakistan. The Sehat Sahulat Card was meant to target around 40 million people or 11 percent of the country's population. The program was begun by KP in 2015 and eventually was expanded to include Sindh, Baluchistan, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and the Federal Capital. The program boasted free-of-cost hospitalizations, surgical procedures, maternity services, cardiac issues and procedures etc. but during the early and even the later days of the program, a wide variety of complaints were raised by patients nationwide. Out-patient services, medical tests and medications were not covered. Private hospitals were said to have benefitted more from this program as opposed to public hospitals. The lack of quality control, monitoring and transparency leads to malpractices and corruption in the health sector. Hospitals were found to send bills for the procedure which were in fact not done to insurance companies. In conclusion, this is an ambitious venture which if treated with transparency and monitored closely holds the potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry in Pakistan but there is a huge room for improvement.
The Dynamic Link Between Budget and Current Account Balance: Evidence from Selected Upper & Middle Income Countries (A Panel ARDL Approach)
Authors: Rasheed Sohail ur , Sajjad Hina , Mehmood Khawaja Asif
Published: September 2023

This study elaborates the connection between BD and CAD in selected upper-middle-income countries (UMC’s) by employing the panel data over the period from 2000 to 2020. This paper also tries to evaluate that weather the theory of Ricardian Equivalence or Keynesian Approach exists in case of selected upper-middle-income countries. First, we would apply the ADF approach to check the stationarity between the variable. After that, ARDL econometrics approach is adopted in order to check the long-run and short- run association among Current Account Balances (CAB), Fiscal Deficit (FD), Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), GDP Per Capita Growth (GDPPCG) and Trade. The findings showed that FD, REER, GDPPCG and trade have positive impact on CAB. While, in the long-run GFCF affects CAB negatively. This paper also pointed out that the Keynesian Theory is more suitable for selected upper-middle-income economies.
Militarismo - A influência do mito na formação da identidade e imagem dos exércitos
Authors: Duarte Sílvia Lúcia Pereira
Published: September 2023

A organização da vida em sociedade e a manutenção da coesão do grupo cria a necessidade do desenvolvimento de crenças e valores disseminados por todas as formas de comunicação. O mito influencia o atingimento destes objetivos orientando a postura individual para aproximar-se do comportamento esperado pelo grupo, com estreita conexão ao indivíduo. O presente trabalho pretende utilizar os estudos de Barthes sobre os mitos para traçar um paralelo com os costumes e patronos militares; para isso foi realizada uma análise de textos do autor combinados com publicações de diversos autores e do Exército Brasileiro que tratam do tema. Conclui que a instituição ao longo dos anos criou e manteve diversas figuras que se confundem com expressões idiomáticas, ressaltando a importância da comunicação na manutenção da imagem institucional e dos mitos relacionados a ela.
Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas por adolescentes no período pandêmico
Authors: Da Rosa Alice Serrõn , Truccolo Adriana Barni
Published: September 2023

A pandemia da COVID-19 trouxe dificuldades de ajustamento psicossocial a muitos adolescentes podendo favorecer o uso abusivo de álcool. Assim, O objetivo da pesquisa foi investigar se durante a pandemia da COVID-19 houve alteração na quantidade, frequência e contexto do uso de álcool por adolescentes. Para isso 253 adolescentes, 124 (59%) meninas, 81 (38,4%) meninos e 48 adolescentes que não se identificaram com o sexo masculino ou feminino respondendo “outro”, com média de idade de 17,33 + 0,92 anos de idade, pertencentes ao ensino médio de cinco escolas da rede pública estadual de ensino, responderam a um formulário on line contendo questões curtas, objetivas e concisas acerca do uso, quantidade, frequência e contexto de uso de álcool antes e durante a pandemia da COVID-19.  O instrumento de coleta dos dados foi adaptado do questionário Drug Use Screening Inventory. Os resultados mostraram que aproximadamente 43% dos adolescentes consumiam bebidas alcoólicas antes do início da pandemia da COVID-19; que para 78% dos adolescentes a pandemia da COVID-19 não influenciou no consumo de bebidas alcoólicas; 24,8% referiram estar bebendo mais após o início da pandemia do que antes da pandemia. Com relação ao contexto de uso de bebida alcoólica, aproximadamente 40% bebem com os amigos e 29% com a família. Com relação à frequência de uso, os adolescentes bebem mais aos finais de semana e uma vez por semana.
Морфометрическая характеристика печени, поджелудочной железы цыплят-бройлеров в период убоя и при применении антистрессовой кормовой добавки
Authors: Ноговицина Елена Александровна , Мифтахутдинов Алевтин Викторович , Сайфульмулюков Эрнест Раисович
Published: September 2023

Проведен анализ морфометрических показателей паренхимы печени – гепатоцитов, поджелудочной железы – панкреатического ацинуса, панкреатического островка цыплят-бройлеров в период убоя и при влиянии кормовой добавки ПИК-антистресс. В эксперименте задействованы 3 группы птицы –
1 контрольная, 2–3 опытные, за 5 суток до убоя 2 опытная получала в составе финишного комбикорма кормовую добавку в дозе 440 мг/кг массы тела, 3 опытная 552 мг/кг массы тела. Время откорма птицы 38 суток. После убоя в течение двух часов брали кусочки печени и поджелудочной железы, фиксировали в 12 %-м растворе формалина. Ядерно-протоплазменное отношение гепатоцита в опытных группах превышает контрольную на 19,3 % и 25,3 % соответственно, что происходит вследствие увеличения площади цитоплазмы и ядра. Ядерно-протоплазменное отношение клеток ацинуса в опытных группах превышает контрольную на 18,4 % и 31,0 % соответственно, в основном за счет увеличения площади ядра, площадь панкреатических островков уменьшилась в 5,5 и 4,4 раза соответственно, но при этом их количество увеличилось в 2 раза на единицу площади. Данные, полученные в ходе эксперимента, подтверждают, что при применении кормовой добавки ПИК-антистресс не изменяется морфология печени и поджелудочной железы; морфометрия клеток печени – гепатоцитов в опытных группах характеризуется увеличением площади гепатоцитов, цитоплазмы и ядра, соответственно и ядерно-протоплазменного отношения, такое увеличение связано с повышением функции клеток, что, возможно, вызвано стресс-протекторным и антиоксидантным действием кормовой добавки; признаков зернистой и жировой дистрофии гепатоцитов в опытных группах птицы не прослеживается. Увеличение ядерно-протоплазменного отношения клеток ацинуса указывает на его функциональную активность.
Russification of the Indigenous Peoples of Siberia in the Orthodox Missionary Publicism of the Second Half of the 19th Century
Authors: Kartasheva N.V.
Published: September 2023

In the second half of the 19th century the Russian Empire engaged in the active process of nation-building. Essential to it was the process of Russification, or the various forms of assimilation of ethnic minorities. This term is one of the controversial and ambiguous concepts in modern historical, social and cultural research. The article suggests a constructive approach to this issue which implies situational analysis of the process of Russification through specifying the conditions and actors of intercultural interaction. The article examines the understanding of Russification as an aspect of the process of Christianization, expressed by several prominent representatives of the Transbaikal and Altai missions. It focuses on the opinion of a Transbaikal missionary Veniamin (Blagonravov), who considered Russification a necessary condition for the success of preaching Christianity. Unlike in the western borderlands of the empire, where Russification took a distinct political and legal turn, in most cases in Siberia it occurred as a spontaneous process carried out through the interaction of the indigenous population with various social groups of the Russian people (artisans, government officials, exiles). Missionaries were among the most significant agents and mediators of the Russian language and culture in the region. At the same time, the conditions of interaction between missionaries and the indigenous population varied in different Siberian regions. The article reveals the differences in the understanding of the need for Russification in the process of Christianization of the local population by the missionaries and highlights the factors influencing the interpretation of the tasks and methods of missionary activity, in particular, the specifics of the local cultural situation, the degree of social organization of the indigenous peoples and the peculiarities of their traditional beliefs.
Discourse Marker you know in Political Communication (on the Basis of Interviews With d. Trump from 2017 to 2020): Functions, Translation Strategies
Authors: Kabakhidze E.L.
Published: September 2023

Traditionally discourse markers were defined as language entities that serve to connect sentences, having no impact on the meaning of the sentence itself due to the fact that they are completely deprived of any denotative meaning. Today the perception of the role and status of discourse markers has changed, and these “empty little fillers” that tend to pollute the language have become the subject of many studies from the standpoint of cognitive science and pragmatics. Despite the fact that discourse markers are devoid of semantic meaning, nevertheless, they received their functional recognition — the functions of location, cohesion and predication, and pragmatic characteristics were assigned to them. The aim of the article is to analyze the discursive and pragmatic features of the discourse marker “you know” in a political discourse. Based on the presumption that political discourse is a land of possible worlds, aiming to create the plurality of worlds in the consciousness of recipients while performing its core function (manipulative), the article gives an overview of macro and micro functions of the discourse marker “you know” focusing on manipulation. The essential characteristics of discourse markers in a political communication elicited in the article are ambivalence and bifunctionality. Some examples of the marker “you know” in a deictic microfunction will be given to prove the hypothesis that discourse markers transform their functions depending on the mode of its use in a natural or political language. The manipulative role of discourse markers in the interpretation mode is described in the light of the theory of relevance, translation strategies of discourse marker from English into Russian are analyzed using the approach of the functional-communicative theory of translation on the basis of D. Trump’s television interview.
Youth gambling during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Miałkowska-Kozaryna Milena
Published: September 2023

Gambling is one of the oldest social pathologies. In antiquity people played dice for money,today bets have largely moved to the Internet. The aim of the presented research wasto describe the scale of gambling among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic,which contributed to the fact that young people spend a significant amount of time online,what makes gambling much more dangerous for minors. The study involved 96 secondaryschool students who completed the Lodz Questionnaire for Gambling Problemsamong Adolescents. This tool allows you to describe the results on three scales: the PlayingFrequency Scale, the Gambling Prevalence Scale and the Irrational Gambling ThinkingScale.Research has shown that during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to 2015 data,the frequency of gambling by young people increased significantly. Some of them experienceproblems in their everyday life because of this.Secondary school students constitute an important group to whom prevention programsin the field of addiction to gambling should be addressed. Especially the widespreadaccess to the Internet, a large proportion of the time spent online and the COVID-19pandemic are important risk factors that may account for the exacerbation of gamblingproblems in the youth group.
Late surgical conversion after failed endovascular aortic repair: Our single-institutional experience
Authors: Akansel Serdar
Published: September 2023

Objectives: In this study, we report our single-center experience with late surgical conversion (SC) after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and risk factors for reintervention. Patients and methods: Between January 2007 and December 2017, a total of 98 patients (94 males, 4 females; mean age: 69.1±8.6 years; range, 35 to 86 years) who underwent infrarenal EVAR were retrospectively analyzed. During the study period, additional eight patients who underwent EVAR at an external center were referred to our center. Overall, nine patients underwent late SC. In the late SC group, stent grafts used for EVAR were Endurant™ (n=5), Talent™ (n=2), Powerlink™, and Anaconda™ (n=1). Results: The mean time from initial EVAR to open conversion was 45.3±35.4 months. Four (44.4%) patients presented with more than one different concomitant indications. The most frequent reason for the late SC was type 3 endoleak (n=5, 55.5%). Late SC was performed electively in five (55.5%) patients. Partial stent graft removal was performed in three (33.3%), complete removal in three (33.3%), and complete preservation of the stent graft in three (33.3%) patients. Among 98 patients, the mean aneurysm diameter was significantly higher in those with late complication and undergoing second EVAR (p=0.001). The cut-off value for second EVAR was ≥66 mm with a sensitivity of 88.89% and specificity of 71.91% (p=0.001). Conclusion: The surveillance program after EVAR is of utmost importance to ensure that patients do not need urgent conversion, particularly in patients with an initial aneurysm diameter of ≥66 mm.
Predictors of contrast nephropathy after percutaneous intervention of chronic total occlusion in patients with chronic coronary syndrome: A single-center study
Authors: Yurdam Ferhat S.
Published: September 2023

Objectives: This study was planned to determine the predictors of contrast nephropathy developing after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients who underwent coronary angiography due to chronic coronary syndrome and were found to have chronic total occlusion (CTO). Patients and methods: The retrospective observational study included 110 patients with chronic coronary syndrome who were diagnosed with CTO between March 2017 and February 2023. All patients were divided into two groups: 53 patients (29 males, 14 females; mean age: 62.8±10.2 years; range, 42 to 84 years) who developed contrast-induced nephropathy (Group 1) and 57 patients (38 males, 19 females; mean age: 58.8±11.2 years; range, 37 to 79 years) who did not (Group 2). Results: The mean age of the patients in Group 1 was statistically greater than in Group 2 (p=0.04). In the multivariate regression analysis we performed for the prediction of contrast nephropathy in patients with CTO, chronic renal failure (OR: 0.025; 95% CI: 0.001-0.430, p=0.01), amount of opaque substance (OR: 1.115; 95% CI: 1.031-1.206, p=0.006), left ventricular ejection fraction (OR: 0.683; 95% CI: 0.551-0.847, p=0.001), and glucose (OR: 1.046; 95% CI: 1.014-1.078, p=0.004) were found to be independent predictors of contrast nephropathy. Conclusion: Our study revealed that baseline high creatinine (underlying chronic renal failure), high blood sugar that increases plasma osmolarity (uncontrolled diabetes mellitus), high amount of opaque material used, and low left ventricular ejection fraction are predictors of post-PCI contrast nephropathy. Paying attention to correctable risk factors before giving opaque material to patients for whom PCI is planned is valuable in terms of reducing kidney damage.
Comparison of the cardioprotective effects of St. Thomas and del Nido cardioplegia
Authors: Çayır Mustafa Çağdaş
Published: September 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to histopathologically examine the cardioprotective effects of St. Thomas and del Nido (DN) cardioplegia. Materials and methods: A total of 18 rabbits aged 23 weeks and weighing 2000 g were included in the experimental animal study. The animals were randomized to three groups, with six rabbits in each group. The first group was determined as the control group and no cardioprotective agent was given after ligation of the aorta. The rabbits in the second group received DN cardioplegia solution, and those in the third group received the St. Thomas cardioplegia solution. The groups were histopathologically graded and evaluated with six different scores. Results: There were statistically significant differences between St. Thomas, DN, and control groups with hematoxylin and eosin, caspase 3 and connexin 43 staining at 30, 60, and 90 min (p<0.05). However, the St. Thomas, DN, and control groups showed equal score 2- and score 3-weighted, score 3-weighted, and score 3-weighted distributions with connexin 43 at 90 min, respectively; there was no statistically significant difference between the groups (p=0.144). Conclusion: The most adverse tissue damage observed were localized hemorrhage and localized necrosis areas at the end of 90 min of cellular damage. Both cardioplegia applications significantly reduced tissue loss compared to the control group. However, we believe that DN cardioplegia has a longer application time and has better protection.
Analysis of lactation specific demographic parameters of Tharparkar cattle
Authors: MAHER DINESH , GUPTA A K , BHAKAT MUKESH , UPADHYAY ARPAN , MIR MOHSIN AYOUB
Published: September 2023

The most important factor in milking herd is to maintain lactating cows in subsequent lactations, which depends upon stayability of lactating animals. Therefore a study on records of 168 Tharparkar females maintained during 1980-2010 at Livestock Research Centre, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana) were conducted to estimate the lactation specific demographic parameters.The results depicted that the survival and loss rates in first lactation were 70% and 30%, respectively. In fifth lactation survival rate was highest (76%) and disposal rates were the lowest (24%). There was no definite trend of survival and disposal rate across different lactations. Stayability results showed that the probability of an animal to survive in the herd decreased with the increasing number of lactations. The stayability for the first lactation was one whereas, the values revealed a consistent decline in subsequent lactations. Age distribution of cows present in the herd (px) for first lactation was 0.314 and 0.217, 0.154, 0.107, 0.069, 0.053, 0.034, 0.025, 0.015, 0.009, 0.003, 0.001 in subsequent lactations. Around one third of the total herd comprised of the first calvers (31%) and one fifth belongs to the females of second lactations (21.7%). Overall the herd of lactating cows comprised of 79.2% of animals in lactations up to fourth parity. Age distribution of cows left the herd (qx) in first and subsequent lactations was 0.300 and 0.201, 0.167, 0.099, 0.053, 0.054, 0.029, 0.029, 0.016, 0.019, 0.005 and 0.005, respectively. From the results it could be concluded that the cows in first lactation was expected to remain in the herd for 2.24 lactations more. Expected herd life decreased with the increase in lactation order.
Association study of some immunological traits with layer performances in Rhode Island Red chicken lines*
Authors: DAS ANANTA KUMAR , KUMAR SANJEEV , RAHIM ABDUL , KOKATE LAXMIKANT SAMBHAJI , MISHRA ANIL KUMAR
Published: September 2023

This investigation aimed to study association of some immunological traits with layer performances in Rhode Island Red (RIR) chicken lines at experimental layer farm of this institute. Five to six weeks aged pedigreed RIR chicks of selected and control lines were immunized against 1% (v/v) sterile sheep erythrocytes suspension (SRBC) to assess humoral immune response through haemagglutination (HA) test. Serum lysozyme and immunoglobulin- G (IgG) concentrations were estimated through agarose lysoplate and single radial immunodiffusion assays. HA titre, serum lysozyme and IgG concentrations were classified in high, medium and low levels based on their means and standard deviations. Layer performance data under various immunocompetence levels were analyzed by least squares analysis of variance. Pullets having high HA titre and serum IgG levels laid heavier eggs at 40th week of age than those with medium or low levels of HA titre and serum IgG in the selected line. Again, hens of the selected line containing high and medium serum IgG levels also laid heavier eggs at 28th week than those with low IgG level. Birds of the control line containing high serum IgG level had heavier body weights at 20th week of age than those with medium IgG level. This generated some valuable information that might be used in the genetic improvement programme of the chicken production and protection status.
Water requirements in growth stages and effects of deficit irrigation on fruit productivity of drip irrigated Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata)
Authors: SHIRGURE P S , SRIVASTAVA A K , HUCHCHE A D
Published: September 2023

The field experiment on irrigation scheduling based on pan evaporation replenishment through drip irrigation system was conducted to find out the water requirements in critical growth stages of 8-10 years old bearing Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) during 2009-2012 at NRC for Citrus, Nagpur. In this trial five levels of pan evaporation based irrigation schedules with respect to critical water requirement, plant growth, soil and leaf nutrient status, yield and fruit quality was investigated. The irrigations were scheduled on percent of pan evaporation replenishment (ER) in various stages of growth and fruit development. The different stages considered in this study are: Stage-I (Jan-Feb), Stage-II (Mar-Apr), Stage-III (May-Jun), Stage-IV (Jul-Aug), Stage-V (Sep-Oct) and StageIV (Nov-Dec).The treatments were irrigation schedule with 30% ER in stage-I, III, V and 40% ER in stages II, IV and VI (T1), irrigation schedule with 40% ER in stage-I, III, V and 60% ER in stages II, IV and VI (T2), irrigation schedule with 60% ER in stage-I, III, V and 80% ER in stages II, IV and VI (T3), irrigation schedule with 80% ER in stage-I to VI (T4) and irrigation schedule with 30% ER in stage-I to VI (T5) with three replications in Randomized Block Design. The study indicated that the irrigation water requirement of drip irrigated Nagpur mandarin scheduled at 80% ER in stages I to VI ranged from 35.3 to 188.1 litres during 2009-2012. The growth of plant height (4.73 m) and stock girth (66.37 cm) was more in irrigation scheduled at 80% ER in stages I to VI. There is a significant in increase in canopy volume (68.97 m3) in irrigation scheduled at 80% ER in stages I to VI. The average fruit yield recorded was 16.09 tonnes per ha. in irrigation scheduled 80% ER in stages I to VI. The average fruit weight, Total Soluble Solids, juice percentage was high in irrigation at 80% ER in stages I to VI in comparison with other irrigation schedules. The study revealed that the irrigation scheduling at critical water need affect the plant growth, yield and fruit quality of Nagpur mandarin with drip irrigation scheduling less than 80% ER in all stage.
Modeling soil water movement and irrigation management strategies in jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) orchard using HYDRUS-1D
Authors: WANG SHUIXIAN , MA HAIYAN
Published: September 2023

In Xinjiang, an arid region located in the north-western China, water use for irrigation of predominantly jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is high whereas water use efficiency is low. Due to that, how to increase irrigation efficiency is highly concerned by the local agricultural authorities. To quantify the irrigation water deep leakage and soil water balance, water application, crop growth, and soil water dynamics were studied on a sandy loam, sandy, and clay field in the years 2010 and 2011. Research shows that the soil water model HYDRUS-1D can be used as a tool to simulate and quantify improved management strategies and update irrigation standards in this region. The parameters sensitivity analysis result showed that soil water bottom flux was sensitive to Î¸s and Ks in soil layers. The simulation results indicated that soil water leakage was influenced by soil texture, irrigation quota and irrigation frequency, and so on. In addition, soil water leakage was very serious under the traditional surface irrigation during jujube growth period. Soil water leakage mainly occurred in growth from mid-June to mid-August, which is the key period for jujube tree demand water, resulting in severe soil water leakage. Therefore, for improving the efficiency of irrigation water use and reducing the deep soil water leakage, it is not suitable to adopt surface irrigation in the study areas. Several different scenarios have been generated to better understand the effect of irrigation management on soil water leakage by HYDRUS-1D model in the study areas. The drip irrigation can reduce soil water leakage. Consequently, it should be recommend adopting drip irrigation technology, which would not only save water but also improve the efficiency of water use in the study areas.
Soil biological properties as influenced by long-term manuring and fertilization under sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) -wheat (Triticum aestivum) sequence in Vertisols
Authors: INGLE S S , JADHAO S D , KHARCHE V K , SONUNE B A , MALI D V
Published: September 2023

The effect of long-term manuring and fertilization on soil biological properties was studied under the long term fertilizer experiment on sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] -wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) sequence conducted on Vertisols. The treatments comprised 50% RDF, 100% RDF, 150% RDF,100% RDF (-S), 100% RDF + 2.5 kg Zn/ ha to wheat crop only, 100% RD of NP, 100% RD of N, 100% RDF + FYM @ 10 tonnes/ha, 100% RDF + S @ 37.5 kg/ ha, FYM @ 10 tonnes/ha, 75% RDF and control. The assessment of soil biological properties at 40 and 70 days after sowing revealed that, significantly highest CO2 evolution was recorded at 70 DAS of sorghum under 100% RDF + FYM @ 10 tonnes/ ha ( 66.82 mg/ 100 kg). Soil microbial biomass carbon was also influenced significantly with the combined application of NPK+FYM (278.9 mg/ kg). The soil enzyme activity, viz. dehydrogenase (55.01 µg TPF/g/24 hr), urease (47.9 mg NH4/kg/ 24 hr) and cellulase (52.23 µg glucose/g/24 hr) were significantly influenced with the application of 100% RDF + FYM @ 10 tonnes/ha. Similarly, the application of 100% RDF + FYM @ 10 tonnes/ha recorded significantly higher grain yield of sorghum.
Studies on Comparison of the Most Efficient Fish Culturing Facilities between Collapsible (Tarpaulin) and Concrete Fish Tanks
Authors: Okadi D. , Ezekiel P.O. , Nwankwo C.
Published: September 2023

The Comparison of the Most Efficient Fish Culturing Facilities between Collapsible (tarpaulin) and Concrete Fish tanks were carried out from January, 2023 to April, 2023. The experiment was conducted using two concrete ponds and two tarpaulin tanks. The concrete ponds measured 8 X 4 X 3 and 8 X 4 X 3 feet and the tarpaulin ponds measuring 5 X 4 X 2 and 6 X 4 X 3 feet were used throughout the experiment. The concrete and the tarpaulin ponds were not limed nor fertilized and were stocked with 500 fingerlings each averaging 4.18g and 3.92cm in weight length respectively and the fish were fed at 5% body weight and were randomly sampled monthly. The results indicated that the mean weight gain and the mean length gain of the tarpaulin ponds and concrete ponds were 27.04g, 13.92g and 13.92cm, 9.44cm respectively. The t-cal and t-tab in terms of weight gain were 22.6 and 1.734 and since the t-cal is greater than t- tab there was significance difference on the weight of the cultured fish in the tarpaulin and concrete tanks at P ? 0.05 and the t-cal and t-tab in terms of length gain were 1.13 and 1.734 respectively and the results indicated that t-tab was greater than t-cal and it means there was no significance difference on the length of cultured fish in the tarpaulin and concrete tanks at P ? 0.05.
Green Synthesis of Pyrazole Derivatives employing 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction using Phenyl hydrazones and Benzoquinone under basic condition
Authors: Bahule B.B. , Sangpal R.R. , Jagtap Shital , Sawane Rutuja , Dorage Shubhangi
Published: September 2023

The present study depicts the green synthesis of different Pyrazole derivatives from Phenyl hydrazones. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of Phenyl hydrazones with Benzoquinone is carried out under mild basic condition using bases like Pyridine and Triethyl amine. The reaction is conducted at room temperature so the unwanted by products are not formed. The work-up is also easy and can be accomplished by pouring the reaction mixture on ice and filtration of the solid product formed in the reaction. The crude products are further purified by the Column chromatography or recrystallisation techniques. The purified products are characterized by IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy
Adsorption of Thymol Blue dye from Aqueous solution using modified Chitosan
Authors: Elsawy Hoda A. , Dewaik M.H. El
Published: September 2023

The main objective of this research project is to perform some experimental procedures to study the ability of the novel adsorbent used in this project. The chemical modification of the adsorbent is the chemical oxidation of pure powder chitosan using some specific redox pairs which are potassium dichromate and sodium bisulphite. After preparing the modified chitosan, there are some parameters that must be discussed during the adsorption process. The first parameter is the time parameter, showing experimentally the optimum time for adsorption under certain conditions by collecting values of absorbance and concentration of thymol blue adsorbed after the process from the spectrophotometer showing that the optimum time is 120 minutes. While for the optimum pH experiment, it is shown that optimum pH is 4, 0.5% v/v is optimum concentration and 0.05 grams is the optimum dose for the adsorbent. Then after computing these conditions and values of absorbance, some mathematical calculations and classifications are done to show the reaction kinetics classification of the process. By performing some equations using mathematical rules it is provided that the reaction is not a first order reaction, showing by calculations and graphs that the reaction is a second order reaction.
Entraves oriundos da produção agrícola familiar no município Acará/ PA e região
Authors: Ferreira Antônia Kelly de Abreu , Amaral Artenisa Barbosa do , Galvão Jessivaldo Rodrigues , Silva Rian Fernando França da , Neves Luan Iury Antunes , Castro Vinícius Lopes de , Souza Joel Corrêa de , Galate Rosemiro dos Santos
Published: September 2023

A agricultura familiar é de grande importância para a geração de renda de diversas famílias que residem no espaço rural em todo o Brasil. Este artigo tem por objetivo as dificuldades da produção proveniente da agricultura familiar nos recursos municipais de Acará e região, tendo em conta o perfil socioeconômico dos produtores, os usados na produção dos alimentos, bem como as políticas públicas que beneficiam estes agricultores. Por meio de uma análise dos dados considerados primários e organizados para o trabalho, elaborou-se que os entraves se remetem ao acesso da agricultura familiar no Acará às políticas públicas primárias, bem como do desprovimento de uma educação aquedada. Outros fatores na localização da aplicação não suportam. O uso de fertilizantes na produção não tem ligação direta com os produtores em usar novos métodos para cultivo. Dando destaque ao gênero, de predominância masculina segundo os resultados, revelou que apenas 20% dos entrevistados são mulheres.
Alternatives of Non-hormonal therapy in the climacteric: A narrative review and promising new treatment
Authors: Silva Mariana Leite Rosa Pinheiro da , Dias Gabriel Dágola , Augusto Andrezza Cristina de Jesus Camoleze , Sartorão Filho Carlos Izaias , Caldeirão Talita Domingues
Published: September 2023

There is an association between COVID-19 and an increased risk of thrombotic events. However, the incidence of such events changes due to the severity of the disease. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the effects of antithrombotic agents on thrombotic events caused by COVID-19. This is a systematic review, with descriptive qualitative evaluation, carried out between 05/28/2021 and 06/21/2021. Scientific articles were searched, from 2019 to 2020, in SciVerse Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed and SCIELO databases. As a result, it was possible to observe that the most commonly used drugs for prophylaxis, and therapeutic of thrombotic events, in patients with COVID-19 were low molecular weight heparin, unfractionated heparin, fondaparinux, oral anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, argatroban, aspirin, rosuvastatin, vitamin K antagonists, alteplase and other unspecified oral anticoagulants, used in monotherapy or associated. The proposed therapeutic schemes are a variation of the dosage of the drugs used. The use of therapeutic dose (tAC) and prophylactic dose (pAC); tAC, pAC and intermediate dose (iAC); pAC and subtherapeutic dose (subtAC); pAC, subtAC, therapeutic dose of antiplatelet (tAP) and prophylactic dose of antiplatelet (pAP) were found. The drugs used, with the exception of aspirin, showed some type of beneficial response in the recovery of the patient with COVID-19. The best treatment used was therapeutic dosing with enoxaparin, argatroban, fondaparinux and oral anticoagulants. According to the articles evaluated in this review, promising results of the use of antithrombotic agents in C0VID-19 are observed, but more studies are needed.
An intervention in the teaching of electricity and domagnetism using the photoelectric effect
Authors: Santos Gleydson Lima dos
Published: September 2023

This work consists of a proposal to insert a content of Modern Physics, the photoelectric effect, in a didactic sequence on electricity and magnetism, discussing that it is possible to work concepts that, normally, are approached in an isolated way, within a "box" of Modern Physics, along with the contents of the so-called Classical Physics. For the elaboration of this proposal it was necessary to analyze how it would be possible to correlate the study of the photoelectric effect, through an experimentally demonstrated application, with topics of the contents of Electricity and Magnetism. After this initial study, it was understood that the phenomenon, along with the suggested application could be addressed within the topics of electrification processes, electrical circuits and magnetic field. It was then possible to produce a didactic unit with the sequence of classes and a methodological proposal for the application with the aid of a simulator available on the internet and a demonstration experiment on the application of the photoelectric effect in automated lighting systems. Respecting the sequence of presentation of the topics, usually arranged in textbooks, it was possible to realize that the proposal is feasible and has the potential to facilitate the understanding of the contents related to the theme, since it provides learning through an application of Physics in everyday life.