bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of Supplementation Different Levels of Vitamin E and Pumpkin Seed Oil to the Diet on Productive, Physiological and Reproductive Performance of Japanese Quail
Authors: Al-Salhie Khalid Ch. K. , Al-Hummod Sabah K. M. , Abbas Rabia J. 
Published: December 2019

The principal goal of this study was to evaluate whether dietary vitamin E and pumpkin seed oil would affect the productive, physiological and reproductive performance of Japanese quail by using 120 birds at 22 weeks of age. The birds were randomly distribution into five dietary groups 24 birds each group contain three replicated pens, as follow: First group: kept on basal diet without any addition as control group, second and third groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 150 and 200 mg/ kg vitamin E / kg of diet, fourth and fifth groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 15 and 30 ml/kg pumpkin seed oil /kg of diet respectively. The results showed a significant improvement in egg production (H.D%), egg number, egg weight and egg mass produced for the vitamin E (200mg/ kg of diet) compared with the other groups. Additionally, the results showed that vitamin E (200mg/ kg of diet) significantly increased gonads relative weight , testes development, egg characterizes and serum testosterone, estrogen, FSH and LH hormones compared with other groups. Also , the birds were fed on 15 and 30 ml seed pumpkin oil/ kg of diet were significantly increased in the most parameter compared with control group. It can be concluded that the addition of vitamin E (200 mg/kg of diet) and pumpkin seed oil (30ml of diet), had positive effects on gonads, testicular histology, egg production and serum testosterone, estrogen, FSH and LH hormones concentration.
Record of two Anuretes species (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from fishes of the Arab Gulf, off Iraq
Authors: Khamees Najim R. , Adday Thamir K. 
Published: December 2019

Two species of the genus Anuretes: Anuretes anomalus Pillai, 1967 and A. branchialis Rangnekar, 1953 were recorded from gills of Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) and Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775), respectively. Fishes were caught off coast of Iraq during the period from January 2011 till April 2012. Illustrated descriptions of both parasites have been given. The prevalence and mean intensity of infection were 58.3% and 7.3, for A. anomalus and 24.6% and 4.2, for A. branchialis.
The activity of some Actinomycetes isolates in control of cucumber damping off disease caused by Rhizoctiona solani and Pythium sp.
Authors: Awad Lina K. , Fayyadh Mohammed A. 
Published: December 2019

A 28 Actinomycetes isolates which collected from different environmental sources in Basra province were described as Gram positive and are characterized by producing branching hyphae. Two isolates were identified by molecular analysis of 16 S r RNA gene. Molecular identification confirmed that two isolates of Actinomycetes from soil had a similarity of 99% with Streptomyces griseus. The sequence has been deposited at NCBI with Gen bank accession number (NBRC 14886, AB 184627. 1). While the isolates of date palm roots was analogous to Brevibacterium celere and the sequence of this strain deposited at NCBI with Gen bank accession number (DQ164,K414744601). The dual culture technique showed that Actinomyces isolates 44 had high antagonistic activity against Rhizoctonia solani as inhibition zone reached 1.7 cm, in contrast to Actinomyces 24 and S. griseus which revealed a high antagonistic activity against Pythium sp. with inhibition zone reached 1.2 cm for both isolates. Pots experiment showed all Actinomyces isolates were significantly reduced cucumber seedling damping off caused by R. solani and Pythium sp. the disease incidence for R. solani damping off were reduced to 1.0% in actinomycetes 44, Actinomycetes 24 and B. celere treatment compared to 11.37 % in control treatment. Disease incidence at Pythium sp. damping off was reduced to 1.0% in Actinomycetes isolates compared with that in control treatment (4.33%). According to this study there is possibility for isolating Actinomycetes isolates which isolated from different environments sources have the ability for reducing cucumber damping off disease caused by R. solani and Pythium sp.
Effect of Spraying with Seaweed Extract on Growth and Yield of Two Varieties of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Authors: Al-Hasany Ali R. K. , Aljaberi Mohammed A.R. , Alhilfi Sundus K.J. 
Published: December 2019

A field experiment was conducted in agricultural field in Al-Rumaitha, district 25 km north of Al-Muthanna city, during the agricultural season 2017/2018. The aim was to study the effect of spray of seaweed extract at 0, 1 and 2 g.l-1 on growth and yield of two varieties of wheat (Bhooth 22 and Eebaa 99). The experiment was applied according to split plot design with three replicates. The results showed that the increasing of the concentration of seaweed extract up to 2 g L-1 in spray solution led to increase some growth properties (plant height, leaf chlorophyll concentration, flag leaf area and spike length). In addition seaweed extract up to 2 g.l-1 lead to increase the number of spikes/m2, grain yield, and biological yield gave 31.85%, 39.05% and 39.79% respectively compared to the control treatment, while the concentration of seaweed extract up to 1 g.l-1 lead to increased 1 the number of grains per spike. The results revealed a difference in between the varieties in almost growth and reproductive traits. Bhooth 22 has the highest plant height, leaf chlorophyll concentration, spike length, and number of spikes/ m2, grain yield (5979 kg ha-1) and total biomass yield was and the highest biomass (13571 kg ha-1). The interaction between spraying of seaweed extract and varieties explained a significant effect on leaf chlorophyll concertation and biomass yield.
Effect of the Root Zone Temperature and Salt Stress on Plant Growth, Main Branches and some other Chemical Characteristics of Tomato Fruit
Authors: Hmiz Dhulfiqar J. , Davarynejad Gholamhossein , Abedi Bahram , Ithbayyib Ihsn J. 
Published: December 2019

In order to study the impact of salt stress (0, 1.5, 3 and 6) ds.m-1 in nutrient’s solution on tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. memory) at different root zone temperature [low (20°C), medium (25°C) and high (30°C)], an experiment was carried at Department of Horticultural, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran. The result showed that low and high root zone heating decreased leaf area, total sugar and phenol content compared to root zone temperature 25°C (optimum), while main branches number, pH, E.C. and anthocyanin of fruit increased at high root zone temperature compared to low root zone temperature. Flavonoid increased under the root zone temperature of 20°C in comparison with temperatures 25 and 30°C, and stem diameter was not affected by root zone heating. Furthermore, salt stress at the level of 3 ds.m-1 increased stem diameter, total sugar, pH and EC of fruit, leaf area and phenol content, whereas salt stress at a high level (6 ds.m-1) increased flavonoid content. Besides, anthocyanin content decreased in control and salt stress at 6 ds.m-1 when compared to salt stress at 3 ds.m-1.
Physical and Functional Properties of Extracted Gum from Fenugreek Seeds
Authors: Al-Shammari Bushra B. G. , Al-Ali Rawdhah M. A. , Al-Sahi Ali A. S. 
Published: December 2019

The physical properties of extracted gum from Fenugreek seeds Trigonella foenum graccum L. were determined and compared with both Arabic and Acacia gums. The gum was extracted using water and precipitated with ethanol. There were a number of differences among gums regarding the pH value, density, refractive index and the wavelength. The pH value of the Fenugreek gum was 6.69, while the lowest value was 5.02 in the Arabic gum. In contrast, the density of 1% Fenugreek gum was found to be 1.025 g.ml-1 compared with Arabic gum 1.0133 g.ml-1 and Acacia gum 1.0134 g ml-1. The refractive index values were 1.3340, 1.3335 and 1.3336 for Fenugreek gum, Arabic gum, and Acacia gum, respectively. Moreover, the maximum wavelength of the Fenugreek seeds gum was at 330 nm, while the results observed that both Arabic gum and acacia gum had the same wave length (300 nm). The functional properties of extracted Fenugreek gum were studied; the value of swelling Index was 90.90% compared to both Arabic gum (0.20%) and Acacia gum (0.20 %). The solubility of the Fenugreek gum was 40% and 50% at 25°C, and 80°C, respectively. The results also showed that Fenugreek gum had high oil holding capacity value of 0.88% compared with the Arabic gum and Acacia gum. The Fenugreek gum was succeeded to form gels at 4°C using concentration 1, 2, 3 and 4%, while the Arabic gum and Acacia gum did not form gel at different concentrations.
ANALISIS KESULITAN MAHASISWA IPTS DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SOAL-SOAL TOEFL
Authors: Lubis Lollo Rosa , Irmayana Aprida 
Published: December 2019

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan hasil TOEFL dan menganalisis skill yang paling sulit dirasakan oleh mahasiswa IPTS semester VIII tahun ajaran 2019/2020. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan 40 mahasiswa sebagai sampel dan mereka diambil dengan menggunakan purposive sampling dari 96 mahasiswa. Selanjutnya tes dagnostik dan wawancara digunakan sebagai alat pengumpil data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Listening Coprehension adalah bagian tersulit dirasakan oleh mahasiswa diikuti oleh Structure and Written Expression dan Reading Comprehension. Selanjutnya di bagian Listening Comprehensioan tergambar bahwa long conversation adalah skill yang tersulit dirasakan oleh mahasiswa kemudian talking dan short conversation. Di bagian Structure and Written Expression tergambar bahwa structure merupakan skill yang paling sulit daripada written expression. Selanjutnya di bagian Reading Conprehension tergambar bahwa mengidentifikasi makna kata- kata sulit merupakan skil yang tersulit dirasakan oleh mahasiswa kemudian mengidentifikasi topik, kalimat penjelas, dan reference merupkan skill yang paling mudah dirasakan oleh mahasiswa di bagian Reading Comprehension.
SIKAP MASYARAKAT KOTA PADANGSIDIMPUAN TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN BEBERAPA TEMPAT WISATA (Studi Kasus Objek Wisata Kaisar Waterpark Desa Joring Natobang Kecamatan Padangsidimpuan Angkola Julu)
Authors: Siregar Ros Nida 
Published: December 2019

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui sikap masyarakat terhadap perkembangan beberapa tempat wisata di Kota Padangsidimpuan. Tepatnya perkembangan objek wisata Kaisar Waterpark Desa Joring Natobang Kecamatan Padangsidimpuan Angkola Julu Kota Padangsidimpuan. Metode Penelitian yang dilakukan adalah metode survey dengan jumlah total populasi sebanyak 995 orang dan diambil sampel sebanyak 95 orang yang tersebar di 4 (Empat) dusun. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh positif antara sikap masyarakat terhadap perkembangan objek wisata Kaisar Waterpark dengan nilai persamaan regresi linear sederhana sebesar Y = 8,520 + 0,946X. Hasil perhitungan koefisien determinasi (R2) diperoleh nilai sebesar 0,981 yang menunjukkan besarnya pengaruh sikap masyarakat terhadap perkembangan objek wisata yaitu 98,1 % dengan nilai koefisien korelasi (r) sebesar 0,990 yang berkategori sangat kuat. Dan sisanya sebesar 1,9 % dipengaruhi oleh variabel lain diluar penelitian ini. Sehingga ditarik kesimpulan masyarakat setuju dan mendukung pengembangan objek wisata kaisar waterpark dan dampak perkembangan objek wisata Kaisar waterpark terhadap masyarakat Desa Joring Natobang Kecamatan Padangsidimpuan Angkola Julu Kota Padangsidimpuan adalah meningkatnya pendapatan masyarakat dan berkurangnya pengangguran. Dimana para penjual atapun warung-warung yang berjualan di sekitar Kaisar Waterpark meningkat penghasilannya dan para pemuda pemudi seperti naposo nauli bulung diberdayakan bekerja di lokasi objek wisata Kaisar Water Park.
GAMBARAN KECEMASAN PADA PASIEN GAGAL JANTUNG KONGESTIF YANG MENJALANI RAWAT INAP DI MURNI TEGUH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Authors: Hasibuan Muhammad Taufik Daniel 
Published: December 2019

Heart failure is still a world problem due to high rates of morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, and disability. Provision of repeated treatments and long treatment can cause psychological disorders that trigger negative emotions such as anxiety. Patients with heart disease who experience psychosocial problems will be slower healing process, heavier physical symptoms experienced and longer healing process illness. This study aims to look at anxiety features in patients with congestive heart failure in a purely unyielding memorial hospital. This research type is quantitative with descriptive design. The sample used in this study amounted to 144 people and the sampling technique using non-random sampling method with accidental sampling. Data collection using HADS-A questionnaire, and data analysis used using frequency distribution and percentage. The results of the study showed that the anxiety level in patients with congestive heart failure was severe category: 53 (36.8%), moderate category: 69 (47.9%), mild category: 22 (15.3%). Provision of nursing intervention is necessary to overcome anxiety disorders, but still need the cooperation between health workers to improve better care for patients with congestive heart failur.
Gagal jantung menjadi permasalahan dunia karena tingginya angka morbiditas, mortalitas, hospitalisasi, dan disabilitas. Pemberian rawatan berulang dan pengobatan yang lama dapat menyebabkan gangguan psikologis yang memicu adanya emosi negatif seperti kecemasan. Pasien dengan penyakit jantung yang mengalami masalah psikososial akan lebih lambat proses penyembuhannya, lebih berat gejala fisik yang dialaminya dan lebih lama proses penyembuhan penyakitnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat gambaran kecemasan pada pasien gagal jantung kongestif di murni teguh memorial hospital. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan design deskriptif. Sampel yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 144 orang dan teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode non random sampling dengan accidental sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner HADS-A, serta analisa data yang digunakan memakai distribusi frekuensi dan persentase. Dari hasil penelitian didapatkan nilai kecemasan pada pasien gagal jantung kongestif adalah kategori berat : 53 (36.8%), kategori sedang : 69 (47.9%), kategori ringan : 22 (15.3%). Pemberian intervensi keperawatan sangat diperlukan untuk mengatasi gangguan kecemasan, namun tetap perlu adanya kerjasama antara petugas kesehatan untuk meningkatkan asuhan yang lebih baik terhadap pasien gagal jantung kongestif.
Reading the "Apocryphon of John" as Genesis fan fiction
Authors: Rosland Kristine Toft 
Published: December 2019

This reading of the late antique Coptic apocryphal work the Apocryphon of John (Ap. John) as Bible fan fiction finds that Ap. John uses the same transformative techniques as fan fiction, but that the manner in which these transformations are legitimized depends on the Christian tradition Ap. John is part of. Several strategies for transforming canon are operative in Ap. John. Even when Genesis is subverted in Ap. John, the rewriting of canonical material is legitimized through strategies already established in other biblical texts. In this manner, Ap. John uses canon to subvert canon.
Martyrs, athletes, and transmedia storytelling in late antiquity
Authors: Amsler Monika 
Published: December 2019

Fan fiction in antiquity suffers from a lack of certainty regarding what is canon: is what is now considered fan fiction really fan fiction, or is it another contemporary version of the canon? The concept of fan fiction thus ought to be combined with the idea of transmedia storytelling, building on snowball-effect stories. This approach is used in an analysis of how the saints in late antiquity became a characteristic of Christianity. This era used fan fiction–like texts describing saints' life stories; shrines and dedicated basilicas, which allowed distinct communities to gather and celebrate; pilgrimages, which combined adventure and biographical identification with the beloved saint; and pictures, relics, and pilgrim tokens. The Christian world in late antiquity has characteristics reminiscent of the universes created by transmedia storytelling, the aim of which is complete immersion in content.
The making of Ḥanina ben Dosa: Fan fiction in the Babylonian Talmud
Authors: Amsler Monika 
Published: December 2019

The Babylonian Talmud provides a series of stories about a certain Ḥanina ben Dosa, the last of the so-called men of deed according to the Mishna. This Ḥanina ben Dosa appears only sparsely in the earlier Palestinian rabbinic works. It seems therefore that the later, more elaborate, and more numerous stories about this character in the Babylonian Talmud represent a case of fan fiction. Using the distinction between canon and fanon, as is common in fan fiction communities, I reconstruct the conventions applied by the canon (Mishna and Tosefta) to the character Ḥanina ben Dosa, as well as the expanded conventions accepted by the fannish community (or interpretive community) represented by the Babylonian Talmud. The fanon used in a story cycle will be tested against an isolated Ḥanina ben Dosa story in a different Talmudic tractate as well as against an extra-Talmudic story. The applied conventions with regard to Ḥanina ben Dosa as adopted in an historiola of an incantation on an Aramaic amulet bowl from Mesopotamia will eventually appear to be the same as those of the Talmud.
Meaning making, sacred reading, and political engagement in the "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" podcast
Authors: Cheshire Cynthia 
Published: December 2019

The cohosts of the Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, Vanessa Zoltan and Casper ter Kuile, along with producer Ariana Nedelman, work chapter by chapter through the Harry Potter series, reading each chapter through randomly selected themes and applying sacred textual reading practices to find hidden layers of meaning within the text. This witches' brew of analysis invites their listeners to move from fandom-focused media consumers to promoters of fandom-inspired political engagement.
Exact Steady Solutions for the Two Dimensional Broadwell Model
Authors: D'Almeida Amah Séna , Agosseme Kokou Anani 
Published: December 2019

Existence and boundedness of the solutions of the boundary value problem for the four velocity two dimensional Broadwell model for bounded boundary conditions is proved and exact analytic solutions are built. An application to the determination of the accommodation coefficients on the boundaries of a flow in a box is performed.
Factors Affecting Levels of Antiretroviral Drug Adherence among Adult Patient Living with HIV in Public Health Facilities of Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia: Using Cumulative Logit Model
Authors: Hussen Hebo Sultan , Tolosie Gergiso Kabtamu , Abiso Erango Markos 
Published: December 2019

Background: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is essential to reduce the multiplication of the virus and improve disease outcomes. The studies have reported a range of factors influencing antiretroviral therapy adherence at various levels. Almost all studies were modeling the factors based on binary categorization of the adherence.
Objective: This study intended to determine the adherence level and its associated factors to antiretroviral therapy among adult people living with human immunodeficiency virus.
Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study that employed among 391 adult patients that were selected by simple random sampling. The cumulative Logit model was used to examine the associations between the outcome of antiretroviral therapy adherence and independent variables.
Results: The study participants with good level of antiretroviral therapy adherence (67.77%) were approximately four times higher than study participants with fair (17.39%) and good (14.83%) adherence levels. As the duration on ART changed from ≤12 months to >12 months, the odds of high adherence/less adherence increased with approximately 61% (p = 0.0347) across the full scale of adherence levels. The estimated odds of patients with a CD4 ≥ 200cells/mm3 was 1.65 (p = 0.0279) times toward poor level of antiretroviral therapy adherence than the estimated odds of patients with CD4 < 200cells/mm3. Study participants who have single marital status tending to have more poor level of adherence to antiretroviral therapy than patients with married marital status (p = 0.0003).
Conclusion: Levels of adherence to the antiretroviral therapy is significantly determined by the duration on antiretroviral therapy, the number of CD4 counts, the types of initial antiretroviral therapy regimens and the marital status of adult people living with HIV/AIDS.
Inhibition of MGAT2 modulates fat‐induced gut peptide release and fat intake in normal mice and ameliorates obesity and diabetes in ob/ob mice fed on a high‐fat diet
Authors: Mochida Taisuke , Take Kazumi , Maki Toshiyuki , Nakakariya Masanori , Adachi Ryutaro , Sato Kenjiro , Kitazaki Tomoyuki , Takekawa Shiro 
Published: December 2019

Monoacylglycerol O‐acyltransferase 2 (MGAT2) is one of the key enzymes responsible for triglyceride (TG) re‐synthesis in the small intestine. We have previously demonstrated that pharmacological inhibition of MGAT2 has beneficial effects on obesity and metabolic disorders in mice. Here, we further investigate the effects of MGAT2 inhibition on (a) fat‐induced gut peptide release and fat intake in normal mice and (b) metabolic disorders in high‐fat diet (HFD)‐fed ob/ob mice, a model of severe obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, using an orally bioavailable MGAT2 inhibitor Compound B (CpdB). CpdB inhibited elevation of plasma TG in mice challenged with an oil‐supplemented liquid meal. Oil challenge stimulated the secretion of two gut anorectic hormones (peptide tyrosine–tyrosine and glucagon‐like peptide‐1) into the bloodstream, and these responses were augmented in mice pretreated with CpdB. In a two‐choice test using an HFD and a low‐fat diet, CpdB selectively inhibited intake of the HFD in normal mice. Administration of CpdB to HFD‐fed ob/ob mice for 5 weeks suppressed food intake and body weight gain and inhibited elevation of glycated hemoglobin. These results indicate that pharmacological MGAT2 inhibition modulates fat‐induced gut peptide release and fat intake in normal mice and improves obesity and diabetes in HFD‐fed ob/ob mice and thus may have potential for development into a treatment of obesity and its related metabolic diseases.
Micro‐computed tomography for the investigation of stationary liquid–liquid and liquid–gas interfaces in capillaries
Authors: Schuler Julia , Kockmann Norbert 
Published: December 2019

AbstractFor better understanding and optimization of multiphase flow in miniaturized devices, micro‐computed tomography (μCT) is a promising visualization tool, as it is nondestructive, three‐dimensional, and offers a high spatial resolution. Today, computed tomography (CT) is a standard imaging technique. However, using CT in microfluidics is still challenging, since X‐ray related artifacts, low phase contrast, and limited spatial resolution complicate the exact localization of interfaces. We apply μCT for the characterization of stationary interfaces in thin capillaries. The entire workflow for imaging stationary interfaces in capillaries, from image acquisition to the analysis of interfaces, is presented. Special emphasis is given to an in‐house developed segmentation routine. For demonstration purposes, contact angles of water, liquid polydimethylsiloxane, and air in FEP, glass, and PMMA are determined and the influence of gravity on interface formation is discussed. This work comprises the first steps for a systematic 3D investigation of multiphase flows in capillaries using μCT.