bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of Mineral -Biofertilizer on Physiological Parameters and Yield of Three Varieties of Oat (Avena sativa L.)
Authors: Al-Freeh Lamiaa M. , Alabdulla Sundus A. , Huthily Kadhim H. 
Published: December 2019

To study the effect of biofertilizers on physiological parameters and yield of three varieties of Oat (Avena sativa L.), field experiments were conducted during winter seasons 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 at Al- Zubair district (20 km. West of Basrah province) in sandy loam soils. A split plot arrangement, using RCBD with three replicates, the main plots contained varieties: V1 (Genzania), V2 (Shaffaa), V3 (Carloup), Biofertilizer, treatments were at the sub plots: B0 (control), B1 (NPK mineral fertilizer as recommended), B2 (biofertilizers NPK), B3 (mineral fertilizer PK+ biofertilizers N), B4 (mineral fertilizer K+ biofertilizers NP), B5 (mineral fertilizer P + biofertilizers NK), B6 (mineral fertilizer N + biofertilizers PK). Data were collected on Flag leaf area FLA, Leaf area duration LAD, Leaf area index LAI, Crop growth rate CGR, Relative growth rate RGR, Net assimilation rate NAR, Plant high Tillers number m2 and grain yield t ha-1. The results showed that the adding of biofertilizers NPK (B2) led to a significant increase in the studied traits (FLA, LAD, LAI, CGR, RGR, NAR, and grain yield). The grain yield were increased about 189.96 and 197.3% as compared with control in each seasons respectively. Cultivar Genzania resulted in highest grain yield among studied varieties in the first season (5.774 t ha-1), while cultivar Shaffa gave the highest grain yield in the second season (8.691 t ha-1). The interaction between Ganzania and B2 treatment recorded the highest seed yield (8.429 tan ha-1) in the first season. While, in the second season all varieties that interacted with B2 treatment produced the highest seed yield.
Effect of The Date and Concentrations of The IBA on Rooting and Growth of Semi-Hard Wood Cuttings of Two Olive (Olea europaea L.) Varieties
Authors: Al-Imam Nabil M. A. , Hamid Qais Q. 
Published: December 2019

This study was conducted in the plastic house at the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Design - College of Agriculture and Forestry - University of Mosul, Iraq. For the period from 1/2/2013 until 1/8/2013. To study the effect of three dates of cutting collection from 1st February to 1st April monthly intervals, and soaking the cuttings in four concentrations of IBA solution 0, 2000, 3000, 4000mg.l-1 seconds on the rooting ability and subsequent growth of semi-hard wood cuttings of two olive varieties Gordal Sevillano and Tanche. The results were showed the cuttings were collected on the 1st of March resulted into the highest of rooted cutting, survival %, carbohydrate content, carbohydrate to nitrogen (C/N ratio) in the basal cuttings. Rooting increased proportionately with increasing of IBA concentrations principally the cuttings were soaked in 4000mg.l-1. Gordal Sevillano cuttings gave a significantly increase of rooting and the basal cuttings gave a significantly increased of carbohydrates content than Tanche variety. The best rooting percentage were get from interaction between Gordal Sevillano which collected on the 1st of March treated with 4000 mg.l-1 were gave 66.67%. Highest rate of survival (80.0%) of control treatment of Tanche olive variety were taken on 1st of February. The highest content of carbohydrate (18.10) were obtained in Gordal Sevillano basal cuttings were taken on 1st of March. Higher percentage of Nitrogen (1.58%) were obtained from interaction between basal cutting of Gordal Sevillano variety. were taken on 1st of March. The highest percentage of C/N ration were got by interaction of Gordal Sevillano which collected on 1st of March.
Effect of Substitution of Urea with Different Types and Levels of Ruminant Manure on Microbial Evaluation of Rice Straw Silage
Authors: Saeed Ali A. , Abid Saja I. 
Published: December 2019

This study was conducted in Nutrition Lab. Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, Al-Qasim Green University to investigate the effect of type and level of substitution of urea with ruminant manure (sheep, cow and buffalo) on basis of nitrogen content on microbial composition of rice straw silage. Urea was substituted with dried manure at six combinations, 100:0, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40 and 50:50. Silage samples were prepared by treating chopped straw with pre-treated solution contained 10% low quality juice and 2% urea. Treated straw was packed in double plastic bags which were closed tightly and fermented for 60 days in bits. Results revealed that samples prepared by addition of cow manure were characterized with higher number of total anaerobic (P?0.05) and lactic acid bacteria (P?0.01), 9.22 and 8.62 log CFU.g-1 FM respectively. Whereas, lower (P?0.01) number of molds and yeasts were detected in those prepared with addition of buffalo manure, 3.51 and 4.54 log CFU.g-1 FM respectively. Significant increases were also observed in the total number of anaerobic bacteria and lactic acid bacteria with lower (P?0.01) numbers of total aerobic bacteria due to substitution of urea with manure, however, lower (P?0.01) number of molds and yeasts, 3.49 and 4.51 log CFU.g-1 FM were detected in samples prepared with a combination of 100:0 of urea: manure.
Effect of Sulfur and Clean Salt on Antioxidant Enzymes and Proline Content in Improving Salt Tolerance of Two Lettuce Cultivars Grown in Basrah
Authors: Hiji Jameel H. , Jasim Abbas M. , Jerry Awatif N. 
Published: December 2019

The experiment was conducted during 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 winter seasons at Abu Al-Khaseeb District at basrah /Iraq on sandy loam soil to study the effect of sulfur at five concentration ( 0 , 500 , 1000, 1500 and 2000) kg. Ha-1, clean salt at three concentration (0, 0.5 and 1.0) ml. L-1, two cultivars of lettuce local and fajr and interaction among them at electrical conductivity of the irrigation water (7.85 and 9.69) dS.m-1. Result showed significant reduction in the activity of catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) enzymes and proline content in all treatments of sulfur and clean salt especially at 2000 Kg. Ha-1 sulfur and clean salt at 1.0 ml L-1had significantly decrease in CAT activity (295.80 ? 341.65) U mg–1 FW, POD activity (7.86? 8.98) U mg–1 FW and proline (0.50 ? 0.80) mg g-1DW, comparing with control of CAT activity (663.21, 814.65) U mg–1 FW and POD activity (13.83, 15.52) mg–1 FW and proline (1.19, 2.03) mg g-1DW, respectively for two seasons due to the role of sulfur and clean salt ameliorates the adverse effects of salinity on plants. Fajr lettuce is more salt-tolerant than local due to less antioxidant enzyme levels POD, CAT and proline.
Effect of Planting Depth and Zinc Sulphate Spraying on Growth and Yield of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Authors: Al-Bayati Hussein J.M. , Ali Karam R. 
Published: December 2019

This study was conducted in one of the unheated plastic house at the Department of Horticulture and Landscape design, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul during spring season 2018 to study the impact of two factors, the first: Tuber depth , 10 and 15 cm, the second: Zinc sulphate spraying on potato plants Actrice variety, 0, 150, 300 and 450 mg. l-1, the experiment was designed in the Split Plot system within a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replicates. The results could be summarized as: Tuber planted at 15 cm depth and spraying with zinc sulphate 450 mg. l-1 increased plant higher, number of stems per plant, leaf area per plant, whole dry matter percentage, number of tubers per plant, plant yield and total mg. l-1 .
Effect of the Bio-stimulator Amalgerol in some Growth and Yield Properties of Two Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Varieties
Authors: Al-Mahdi Abdul Basset M. , Al-Bayaty Nawal M. , Abaid Abbas K. 
Published: December 2019

The field experiment was conducted during the agricultural season 2016-2017 in one of the greenhouses belonging to the Directorate of Agriculture of Basrah in Khor Al-Zubair, in order to study the effect of the bio-stimulator Amalgerol in some growth characteristics of two types of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). The trial included 18 treatments involving two types of sweet peppers: KAMAR, RIDA F1 and three concentrations of both Amalgerol (0, 2.5 and 5) ml.l-1 and the appetizer (0, 1 and 1.5) ml.l-1. The factorial experiment was implemented with Split Plot Design by Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replicates and compared to the least significant differences test LSD at a probability level of 0.05. The main results are summarized as follows: The plants treated with 2.5 and 5 ml.l-1 of Amalgerol biomarker had a significant difference between them in each of the height of the plant, the number of leaves.plants-1, the leaf area in addition to the dry weight of the total vegetation, while the concentration of 5 ml.l-1 was superior in average fruit weight (59.44 g), fruit yield (41.95), early plant yield (233.52 g), plant yield (2.45 kg), and early productivity (3.92 ton / ha -1), in addition to total productivity of 41.15 tons.ha-1.The plants of the hybrid "Kamar" were superior in average fruit weight (61.62 g) and the early plant yield (233.40 g) in addition to the early productivity (3.921 tons.ha-1), while the hybrid plants of "Rida P1" were superior in average fruit number (45.90 fruits) and the total productivity (37.78 tons.ha-1). The interaction between the two factors of the stem and the average number of leaves. Plants-1 and the rate of the number of fruits.plants-1.
Effect of Adding Different Levels of Flaxseed Powder as a Source of Omega-3 on the Chemical Characteristics of Karadi Carcass Lambs
Authors: Al-Rubeii Amera M. S. , Zahir Hemn G. 
Published: December 2019

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of different levels of Flaxseed powder (FP) as a source of omega-3 on the chemical characteristics of Karadi carcass lambs. Twenty male Karadi lambs aged 4-5 months were used in this study with an average live-weight of 28.00 ± 0.40 kg. The animals were randomly divided into four treatments (FP was added at the levels of 3%, 6% and 9% compared with the control group) for 88 days. At the end of the experiment, twelve lambs were slaughtered. The carcasses were kept at 4°C for 24 h. and subjected to various physio-chemical measurements. The results illustrated significant (p <0.05) differences in percentages of (moisture, protein, fat and ash). T1 was superior than other treatment in moisture percentage and T2 was superior in protein percentage. While, control treatment was superior in fat and ash percentages. The results pointed to significant (P<0.05) increased in Water holding capacity percentage. But concerning pH, there were no significant differences among treatments. Myofibril fragmentation index and protein solubility significantly (P<0.05) increased with FP supplementation in the ration. A significant (P<0.05) decreasing of cholesterol concentration. In contrast to that, myoglobin concentration increase with FP. The results of collagen analysis showed significant (P<0.05) differences among treatments, in soluble part in hydroxyproline concentration and collagen content value, increased but in the insoluble part the value decreased. The results showed improvement in total soluble collagen percentage in FP treatments. The results pointed to improvement (P<0.05) in the sensory evaluation in FP treatments as compared to control treatment.
A study of Eggplant Leaf Spot Disease in Greenhouses at Basrah Province
Authors: Salih Yehya A. , Ridha Rusul J. Abdul 
Published: December 2019

The present study has been conducted to isolate and identify the leaf fungal spot pathogens of eggplant at different regions of Basrah city and their chemical control. The results showed that the disease was spread at all regions cultivated with eggplant at Basrah province with infection percentages of 46.6-88.5%. The highest infection percent was recorded at Garmat Ali region (88.5%), while the lowest percent was recorded at the Agricultural station (46.6%). The highest percent of disease severity (50 %) was recorded at Tomato Cultivars Breeding Project, while the lowest percent was recorded at Agricultural station (20%). Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium oxysporum and Curvularia lunata were isolated from the leaves infected with spot disease, the pathogenicity test revealed that all isolated fungi were pathogenic. C. oxysporum and C. lunata were recorded for the first time in Iraq as causal agents of eggplant leaf spot. The results showed that the fungicide Ortiva inhibited the growth of the fungi with an average of 95.7%, followed by Difecor ( 94.9%), additionally, it was noticed that all examined fungicides completely inhibited the growth of both C. oxysporum and C. lunata ( %100 for each one). The study revealed that the fungicide Ortiva significantly reduced the disease severity of eggplant leaf spot disease up to 11.6% compared with control treatment which was 25%. Finally the results explained that the fungicide Ortiva gave the best protection to eggplant which infected with leaf spot disease compared to the other fungicides, it achieved a best plant height, higher dry weight of shoot and root systems, higher leaf area and higher leaves number. Therefore it is recommended for controlling the spot disease.
ANALISIS KEBUTUHAN SISTEM PENGELOLAAN MICROTEACHING DENGAN SIKLUS PENETAPAN, PELAKSANAAN, EVALUASI, PENGENDALIAN DAN PENINGKATAN (PPEPP) DALAM MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN MENGAJAR CALON GURU INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN TAPANULI SELATAN
Authors: Lubis Armansyah , . Hanafi , Siregar Rabiyatul Adawiyah 
Published: December 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran kemampuan mahasiswa IPTS dalam mengaplikasikan keterampilan mengajar mengadakan variasi dalam kegiatan PPL. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh mahasiswa PPL NPM 2015 tahun ajaran 2018/2019, sedangkan yang menjadi sampel penelitian berjumlah 103 orang. Hasil analisa data menunjukkan bahwa gambaran mahasiswa PPL mengaplikasikan keterampilan mengajar mengadakan variasi secara keseluruhan diperoleh nilai persentase 8,10% kategori kurang. Kemampuan untuk variasi suara dengn persentase 43%, pemusatan/perhatian dengan persentase 34%, pemberian waktu atau kesenyapan dengan persentase 39%, mengadakan kontak pandang dengan persentase 26%, pada indikator gerakan badan/ mimik wajah dengan persentase 34% dan perubahan posisi dengan persentase 26%. Berdasarkan Hasil analisis diatas dapat disimpulkan bahwa
PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR TEMATIK BERBASIS PROJECT BASED LEARNING YANG VALID UNTUK SISWA KELAS IV SD
Authors: Nasution Sartika Rati Asmara , Harahap Muhammad Syahril 
Published: December 2019

Abstrak
Hasil studi pendahuluan tampak siswa dan guru disibukkan kedalam muatan materi yang terdapat pada buku sehingga kurang memberikan pengalaman langsung pada siswa, Proses pembelajaran mengunakan pendekatan saintifik dan kurang memadukan dengan model lain. Sehingga Proses pembelajaran sebatas pemberian informasi semata, kurang memberikan masalah diawal pembelajaran, sehingga pembelajaran kurang bermakna sehingga diharapkan perbaikan pembelajaran dengan mengembangakan sebuah bahan ajar tematik terpadu berbasis Model Project Based Learning. Pengembangan bahan ajar ini diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir siswa dan keterampilan memecahkan masalah dari apa yang mereka alami dalam upaya menciptakan pembelajaran yang bermakana bagi siswa. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian pengembangan (research and development). Model pengembangan yang digunakan adalah model pengembangan Plomp. Plomp yang terdiri dari tiga tahapan yaitu (1) preliminary research atau analisis pendahuluan, (2) prototyping phase atau tahap perancangan, dan (3) assesment phase atau tahap penilaian”. Tahap preliminary research dilakukan untuk menentukan masalah dasar yang dibutuhkan dalam pembelajaran. Pada tahap ini dilakukan analisis kurikulum dan analisi karakteristik siswa. Selanjutnya pada tahap prototyping phase bertujuan untuk melakukan Evaluasi formatif dilakukan pada setiap prototipe yang dihasilkan. Protoyping phase terdiri atas prototipe 1, prototipe 2, prototipe 3, prototipe 4 yang merupakan hasil dari evaluasi formatif. Selanjutnya tahap assesment phase dilakukan untuk mengetahui efektivitas dari produk yang dihasilkan. Aspek efektivitas yang diamati dalam proses pembelajaran menggunakan bahan ajar tematik terpadu berbasis Project Based Learning (PjBL) adalah aktivitas siswa dan hasil belajar siswa kelas IV SD.
Impact of age on postoperative complications following bariatric surgery
Authors: Ahmed Anwar E. , Alanazi Wala R. , ALMuqbil Bashayr I. , AlJohi Wijdan A. , AlRasheed Budor A. , AlBuraikan Doaa A. , Ahmed Rayan A. 
Published: December 2019

Background: The impact of age on complications following bariatric surgery remains unclear. Research is therefore warranted among previously unstudied populations of bariatric surgery patients. The aim of the current study was to assess the impact of age on postoperative complications following bariatric surgery in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This retrospective study included 301 patients who underwent bariatric surgery between January 2011 and July 2016. Patients were classified into three groups according to age: < 25 years; 25–36 years; and >36 years. Primary outcomes were determined by identifying the number of complications reported during a period of 180 days. The negative binomial model was used to assess the relationship between age and the high rate of postoperative complications following adjustment for confounding variables. Results: The incidence of overall complications was 10.1% in the < 25-year age group, 15% in the 25–36-year age group, and 24.2% in the >36-year age group. After adjusting for confounding variables, it was discovered that the risk of postoperative complications increases with age. The risk was higher in the >36-year age group than in the >25-year age group [adjusted relative rate (aRR) = 2.35; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.046–5.290; p = 0.039]. Diabetes (aRR = 3.27), adjustable gastric bands (aRR = 3.40), and a more lengthy hospital stay (aRR = 1.23) were associated with increased rates of postoperative complications. Conclusion: Age is independently associated with a high rate of postoperative complications following bariatric surgery. The results showed that patients with diabetes, those using adjustable gastric bands, and those with longer length of hospital stay had significantly higher incidence of postoperative complications. These findings indicate the need for risk stratification tools to evaluate patients as candidates for bariatric surgery and to use as a guide for identifying optimal preoperative factors.
Impact of Exclosure on Species Diversity, Population Structure and Regeneration Status of Woody Plants in Lowland Northern Tigray, Ethiopia
Authors: Mohammed Nuru 
Published: December 2019

Aim: This study was conducted to assessing woody plant composition, population structure and regeneration status in lowland exclosure (EX) of Northern Ethiopia.
Study Design: Investigation of parameters was undertaken from 71 plots with size of 20 m x 10 m laid systematically along transect lines for vegetation data. These 200 m2 plots were used for assessment of trees with DBH >5 cm. Small quadrats of 4 m*4 m (16 m2) nested within the bigger plots was laid at the four corners and center of each plots. These were used for measuring seedling and sapling individuals. To analyze species diversity, population structure and regeneration status of woody plants were by computing abundance, density, basal area, Importance value index (IVI) and using Shannon-Weiner diversity and evenness indices.
Results: According to vegetation survey result, a total of 23, 17 and 26 woody species were recorded, at Kara, Erba and Shektekli exclosures (EXs), respectively. While 8, 7 and 5 species of woody plant were in open grazing land (OGL). The total mean densities of all woody plants were found to be 1530, 1480 and 2999 individual’s ha-1 at Kara, Erba and Shektekli in EXs.
Conclusion: The study suggested that the regional government have to considering EXs as useful for restoration or rehabitation strategy in the region, the vegetation in all the EXs in the study sites have a higher species composition, diversity, density, increment of basal area and regeneration woody plants than OGL, as a result of management differences in EXs. However, there are also variation on species composition, diversity, density increment of basal area and regeneration woody plants among exclosures having similar age and altitude for instance the species recorded in Erba site is lower than with other of EXs, This could be due to among local site characteristic variation and high grazing happen before Ex establishment exists. Therefore, we need to apply soil and water conservation, enrichment planting with indigenous tree species and strengthen local management institution in effectively protect the exclosure.
Further Scalable Test Functions for Multidimensional Continuous Optimization
Authors: Anescu George 
Published: December 2019

Multidimensional scalable test functions are very important in testing the capabilities of new optimization methods, especially in evaluating their response to the increase of the search space dimension. As a continuation of a previous published paper, new sets of test functions for continuous optimization are proposed, both unconstrained (or only box constrained, 7 new test functions) and constrained (10 new test functions).
Emerging Role of Zinc Transporter-8 Autoantibodies (ZnT8A) in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus- A Review
Authors: Bhatty Afreen , Baig Saeeda , . Zil-e-Rubab , Shahid Moazzam Ali 
Published: December 2019

Zinc, an important micronutrient for the storage, structural stabilization, secretion and action of insulin, is present in highest concentration in pancreas. The transport of zinc occurs through the zinc transporter-8 (ZnT8) to the insulin secretory vesicles. Zinc Transporter-8 Autoantibodies (ZnT8A) has been found to be associated with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Recently it is recognized as a new autoantigen in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and its autoantibodies have been found in 50-60% of individuals with T1DM. Moreover, ZnT8A exhibit humoral auto reactivity which is not displayed by any of the other islet autoantigen like glutamine decarboxylase (GAD), insulin or tyrosine phosphate-related molecules (IA-2). Immunity against ZnT8 is dependent on clinical characteristics, which may provide evidence for early recognition highlighting the importance of this transporter in the pathogenesis of T1DM.
Information regarding this article was retrieved through PubMed, Google Scholar and other search engines available in the University by using the keywords zinc, ZnT, ZnT8, SLC30A8 (Solute carrier 30 member 8) and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Information was gathered through original researches, reviews and epidemiological studies published up to August 2019.The aim of this review is to summarize the emerging role of ZnT8A in diagnosis and understanding the genetic basis of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.