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Design Method of Circular Weft-Knitted Jacquard Fabric Based on Jacquard Module
Authors: Zheng Peixiao , Jiang Gaoming , Cong Honglian 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Recently, there is an increasing interest in design of circular weft jacquard because of the pursuit of fashion and comfort. Aiming at the complexity of the computer-aided design method of the existing circular weft-knitted jacquard fabrics, which is not conducive to the rapid design and intelligible for designers, a design method was proposed to transform pattern notation into knitting diagram efficiently, which was based on knitting rules and its creation as a set of jacquard modules. Knitting characteristics of jacquard fabrics were studied as a precondition. On this basis, the design procedures of jacquard modules were analyzed and illustrated by taking tricolor bird's eye backing jacquard as an example. Jacquard modules with various jacquard effects were designed and stored in a jacquard module database. To mathematically describe pattern notation, knitting diagram, and jacquard module, two-dimensional matrixes were established by the method of mathematical modeling, and a corresponding algorithm for the transformation of the pattern to knitting information according to the knitting rules of jacquard modules, which can be applied to ordinary jacquard fabrics was summarized. The project of tricolor circular weft-knitted jacquard with bird's eye in the reverse and four-color air-layer jacquard were taken for instance to verify the models and algorithm. The results obtained show that the approach can efficiently and conveniently realize the designation and machine-knitting of weft-knitted jacquard fabric, which provide a theoretical basis and notation of modeling for the computer-aided design of circular weft-knitted jacquard fabrics.
Fixed point theory for nonself generalized contractions in Kasahara spaces
Authors: Filip Alexandru-Darius , Rus Ioan A. 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
In this paper we extend some results of V. Berinde, Şt. Măruşter and I.A. Rus (Saturated contraction principles for nonself operators, generalizations and applications, Filomat, 31:11(2017), 3391-3406), which were given in metric spaces, to Kasahara spaces. Some research directions are also presented.
Ferromagnetic Half-Metal for Spintronic Applications: Ab-Initio Calculation
Authors: Khelifa Hamada , Tayeb Djaafri 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The density functional theory (DFT) is used to study the structural, electronic, magnetic properties of Heusler Alloy compounds PdCoMnAl. The calculations are performed via FP-LAPW computational approaches as part of the generalized gradient approximation GGA and modified Becke–Johnson TB-mBJ for exchange-correlation potential. The prediction of the structure of the energy bands and of the densities of states shows a strong hybridization between the states d of the atoms of the transition metals of high valence (Pd) and the states d of the atoms of the transition metal of low valence (Mn) and (Co), which generates a half-metallic gap. In addition, the densities of total and partial states (PDOS) and the results of magnetic spin moments reveal that this compound is stable and ideal half-metallic ferromagnetic. The effects of the unit cell volume on the half-metallic and magnetic properties are crucial. It is interesting to note that our results of the total magnetic moment for PdCoMnAl equal to 5 µB per unit cell, nicely follow the rule µtot = Zt-18.
Feed utilization and rumen microbial ecology of lambs consuming Daniellia Oliveri seed based diet
Authors: Okunade S.A. , Isah O.A. , Odedara O.O. , Adebayo K.O. , Olafadehan O.A. 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
This study investigated the effects of replacing processed Daniellia oliveri seed meal (PDS) for groundnut cake (GNC) in the concentrate diets of Yankasa male lambs (6 months old, body weight of 13.70 ± 0.1 kg (body weight)) on feed intake, rumen fermentation parameters and microbial population. Four diets were formulated to contain 0, 50, 100 and 150 g//kg PDS to replace 0, 25, 50 and 75% GNC (dry matter (DM) basis) in a complete randomized design with five animals per diet. Total DM intake (g/kg BW0.75), ruminal volatile fatty acids, valerate and fungal population linearly increased but ruminal NH3-N, acetate, acetate: propionate, methane production and Entodinium (as % of the total protozoa count) linearly decreased with increasing PDS level (P<0.01). Whereas, intake of concentrate, total DM (g/d and g/kg BW), average daily weight gain, ruminal pH, butyrate, iso-valerate, total bacterial count, proteolytic and amylolytic bacterial counts increased linearly and quadratically, basal roughage intake, protozoal count, cellulolytic bacterial count, methanogen count, Diplodinium and Holotrichs (as % of the total protozoa count) decreased linearly and quadratically (P<0.05) with increasing PDS level. Feed conversion was lowest (L and Q:P < 0.01) for PDS15. Ruminal Ophryoscolex (as % of the total protozoa count) was lower (Q:P < 0.0001) for PDS15 than for other diets. Dietary inclusion of 150 g/kg Daniellia oliveri seed meal to replace 75% DM of groundnut cake in the diet of Yankasa lambs improved intake, rumen fermentation and microbial ecology and weight gain.
Blood profiling and growth response of goats fed diets containing tomentosa nilotica seed meal
Authors: Adeduntan M. O. , Omotoso O. B. , Fajemisin A. N. , Arigbede M.O. 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The feed quality have direct/indirect impact on the blood profiles of animal and determines health status. Hence, this study was carried out to investigate the dietary effect of T. nilotica seed meal (TNSM) on haematology and serum biochemical indices of goats. 15 West African Dwarf goats with a similar age range of 12-18 months old and body/live-weight of 6.88±0.26 kg were randomly allocated to 5 dietary treatments with 3 goats per replicate in a Completely Randomized Design arrangement for 12 weeks. Unprocessed TNSM were collected, screened and milled and were used to replace palm kernel cake at 20% (diet B), 30% (diet C), 40% (diet D) and 50% (diet E) replacement levels in a complete concentrate diets while diet A (control diet) had no T. nilotica. Nutrient composition, intake and animals' blood samples were assessed. Results revealed that all parameters observed were significantly (p<0.05) different. At 20%, DWG, FGR were best. PCV, RBC, Hb values of the goats decreased with increased with replacement level of PKC with TNSM. It could be concluded that TNSM could serve as protein source in place of PKC in goat diet up to 20% without any adverse effects on growth and health status.
Genotypic and 20-week body weight effects on full sexual maturity traits of parent stock layers raised in commercial deep-litter system
Authors: Jesuyon Oluwatosin M.A. , Olawumi S.O. 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The influence of genotype (GTY) and 20-week body weight (PW20) on full-sexual maturity (FSM) productivity and hatching traits were investigated on two parent-stock layers in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data were obtained on twenty-two batches of BOVAN NERA (BN) and ISA BROWN layers (IB) each, between 2009-2019, from a breeding company in Ibadan. These were grouped based on strain and 20-week body weight. Experimental design was randomized block design (RBD). Data were subjected to general linear model (GLM) factorial and Tukey’s HSD, α=0.05, procedures of Statistical Analytical Systems® (SAS, 2002) software. BN had better pullet weight (P<0.05, ds=0.88), while IB possessed higher hen-day egg production, persistency of egg production and pullet day-old chicks hatched (P<0.05, ds=-0.86 to -1.44) at FSM. The 20-week low weight birds required intensive skillful management for compensatory weight-gain to FSM, while egg weight was higher in 20-week high weight class at full maturity (P<0.05, ds=0.06 to -1.19). Genotype by 20-week pullet-weight interaction revealed better genetics of BN genotype on compensatory growth between 20th week and FSM, and on PFM (P<0.05, ds=0.24 to 1.62). The better HDF and P80 (P<0.05, ds= -1.73, -1.61) of medium weight IB genotype signals its genetic ability for higher percent day-old chicks production (P>0.05, ds= -0.72 to -1.11).
Nutritional characterization of some natural plants used in poultry nutrition
Authors: Paula Turcu Raluca , Margareta Olteanu , Elena Untea Arabela , Mihaela Saracila , Iulia Varzaru , Alexandru Vlaicu Petru 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Current nutritional strategies of livestock industry are focused on evaluating the effects of terrestrial sources rich in natural bioactive compounds that can be used in farm animal feed and the subsequent implications on the quality of resulting animal products. In this context, the present study aimed to characterize from a nutritional point of view some natural plants used as phyto-additives in poultry nutrition: oregano, mint, basil, sage, fenugreek, thyme, turmeric, cumin and rosemary. The results of this study on plants nutritional evaluation showed a varied proximate analysis. Of all the plants, cumin, fenugreek and basil were the richest source of crude protein. Thyme had a large ether extractives content, followed by rosemary, sage and cumin. The obtained results revealed that oregano has the strongest antioxidant capacity (849.77 mmols equiv. asc. acid; 863.57 mmols equiv. vit. E), the highest total polyphenols concentration (86.77 mg GAE/g) and lutein and zeaxanthin (304.23 μg/g) of the analysed plants. Nevertheless, all plants had high concentration of total polyphenols, except cumin, a large amount of xanthophylls and vitamin E. After oregano, sage and thyme have been noted for their antioxidant capacity and major antioxidant compounds. Basil and sage revealed the highest amount of essential trace elements.
Simulating Saratoga: How Saratoga-Themed Board Games Function as Experiential Historiography
Authors: Suckling Maurice 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Games deeply informed by history are not merely games. They may not be detailed simulations, but, nevertheless, they are conscious or otherwise expressions of historiographical viewpoints. This paper examines the historiographical perspectives of nine board games, published between 1974 and 2019, all on one or more aspect of the Saratoga Campaign (1777).
Remembering Yugoslavia: Board Game Monopoly and Cultural Memory
Authors: Pavšič Zala 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The article is dedicated to exploring the relationship between board games and cultural memory, the board game in question being a version of Monopoly which was published in Yugoslavia in 1986. To address this question, I conducted several interviews with interlocutors who used to play the Yugoslavian version of Monopoly and grew up in the eighties or in the nineties. Apart from exploring Monopoly as a metaphor and showing the specifics of the Yugoslavian version, the article aims to outline the potential of a board game to reproduce traces of cultural memory and how these traces are interpreted differently according to the generational and socio-historical background of the interlocutors included in my research. Moreover, the purpose of my article is to show that board games should not be analyzed only in terms of their physical attributes, fields and the playing cards they include, but also with regard to their reception.
The effects of wearing high heeled shoes on the muscles and joints of lower limb
Authors: Polat Sema , Kabakcı Ayşe Gül 
Published: April 2021

Abstract

Study aim: The aim of this study is to investigate whether the lower extremity muscles’ force/torque/strength and range of motion may be affected in females wearing high heeled shoes and not wearing high heeled shoes.

Material and methods: The study was carried out with 136 females aged between 18 and 45 years. The first group consisted of 66 females wearing 5 cm or higher high heeled shoes. The second group consisted of 70 females wearing shoes having heel height less than 5 cm. The Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester was used to evaluate lower extremity muscle force/torque/strength, while range of motion was assessed with an electronic goniometer. The SPSS 21.0 program was used for statistical analysis.

Results: A significant difference was found in the lower extremity muscles’ force (except for hip adduction, dorsiflexion, metatarsophalangeal joint and interphalangeal joint extension), and muscles’ torque (except for hip adduction, dorsiflexion and left tibialis anterior muscle) and muscles’ strength values (except for hip adduction, dorsiflexion and tibialis anterior muscle). Also, as heel height increased, the range of motion of hip joint flexion, internal rotation and plantar flexion increased significantly.

Conclusions: Excessive use of high heeled shoes can cause changes in muscle force/torque/strength and joint range of motion.
Aerobic capacity and respiratory patterns are better in recreational basketball-engaged university students than age-matched untrained males
Authors: Mikić Mladen , Stojanović Marko D.M. , Milovančev Aleksandra , Miljković Tatjana , Bjelobrk Marija , Golubović Miodrag , Maksimović Nebojša , Bianco Antonino , Drid Patrik 
Published: April 2021

Abstract

Study aim: To asses and compare the aerobic capacity and respiratory parameters in recreational basketball-engaged university students with age-matched untrained young adults.

Material and methods: A total of 30 subjects were selected to took part in the study based on recreational-basketball activity level and were assigned to a basketball (BG: n = 15, age 22.86 ± 1.35 yrs., body height 185.07 ± 5.95 cm, body weight 81.21 ± 6.15 kg) and untrained group (UG: n = 15, age 22.60 ± 1.50 yrs., body height 181.53 ± 6.11 cm, body weight 76.89 ± 7.30 kg). Inspiratory vital capacity (IVC), forced expiration volume (FEV1), FEV1/IVC ratio, maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), ventilatory threshold (VO2VT) and time to exhaustion, were measured in all subjects. Student T-test for independent Sample and Cohen’s d as the measure of the effect size were calculated.

Results: Recreational basketball-engaged students (EG) reached significantly greater IVC (t = 7.240, p < 0.001, d = 1.854), FEV1 (t = 10.852, p < 0.001, d = 2.834), FEV1/IVC ratio (t = 6.370, p < 0.001, d = 3.920), maximal oxygen consumption (t = 9.039, p < 0.001, d = 3.310), ventilatory threshold (t = 9.859, p < 0.001, d = 3.607) and time to exhaustion (t = 12.361, p < 0.001, d = 4.515) compared to UG.

Conclusions: Long-term exposure to recreational basketball leads to adaptive changes in aerobic and respiratory parameters in male university students.
Law and Religion in Plymouth Colony
Authors: Gerber Scott Douglas 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the planting of Plymouth Colony. Although the literature about Plymouth is voluminous, the discussion about law and religion has been inappropriately superficial to date. This article addresses the Pilgrims’ conception of law on matters of religion and the new insights into the Pilgrims’ story that can be ascertained by focusing on law.
“Law” has been defined in many different ways by many different people throughout history. Aristotle, Cicero, Thomas Aquinas, and other proponents of natural law argued that law is the exercise of reason to deduce binding rules of moral behavior from nature’s or God’s creation. The renowned English positivist John Austin, in contrast, maintained that law is the command of the sovereign. To Karl von Savigny and other proponents of the so-called historical school, law is the unconscious embodiment of the common will of the people. To the philosophical school, law is the expression of idealized ethical custom. The dominant contemporary view seems to be that law is the reflection of social, political, and economic interests.
For the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, law was both the memorialization of their commitment to the Word of God and an instrument for exercising social control so as to effectuate that commitment. The Pilgrims, of course, used law to regulate the more mundane aspects of life as well. Indeed, quantitatively speaking, more laws were enacted by the Pilgrims that addressed the day-to-day activities of life in Plymouth Colony than memorialized the Pilgrims’ commitment to eternal glory in the afterlife, but the latter was unquestionably more important, qualitatively speaking, than the former. In the oft-quoted words of a young William Bradford, “to keep a good conscience, and walk in such a way as God has prescribed in his Word, is a thing which I must prefer before you all, and above life itself.”
Assessment of the Influence of on-Campus Housing Quality and Facilities on Students’ Academic Performance at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Authors: Mbazor David Ngwoke 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The management of federal universities in Nigeria has not taken the issue of students’ housing provision as a priority. Hence, demand for on-campus housing accommodations far exceeds the supply and this resulted in the majority of the students living in private residences characterised by poor facilities. This study, therefore, assessed the housing quality and facilities in the undergraduate student’s hostels at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria to investigate its suitability for learning and research. A simple random sampling technique was used for the study. Data were collated from both primary and secondary sources. The data collected were analysed using frequency tables and weighted mean scores for estimating the Housing Quality Indices (HQI) according to a 5-point Likert scale. The academic performance of the occupants before and after moving to the university hostel was equally investigated using a regression analysis to test if a relationship exists among the housing quality, the quality of facilities provided and the academic performances of the students. The result revealed a positive relationship between the academic performance of the students and the quality of housing facilities. A comprehensive maintenance programme of the students’ accommodation within the university campus is recommended for higher academic performance. The study contributes to the body of knowledge in academic performance of students, developing and managing students’ accommodation quality at higher education institutions.
Models of efficiency of functioning in trading enterprises under conditions of economic growth
Authors: Ilyash Olha , Vasyltsiv Taras , Lupak Ruslan , Get’manskiy Volodymyr 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThe socio-economic situation in Ukraine suggests that there is insufficient research into the applicability of the model of economic development in forecasting the economic environment in which trade enterprises function. Researchers into issues relating to the efficiency of enterprises’ functioning focus their interest on comprehensively describing efficiency indicators and determining the factors influencing it. There continues to be insufficient work on measuring efficiency and the extent to which it is limited by types of economic growth (development), based on the theory of marginal product of George Clark and the results of multiple models of production and trade functions (P. Douglas, R. Solow, E. Denison, Harrod, Samuelson-Hicks, Domar and others). Therefore, this study focuses on the process of assessing the effectiveness of trading enterprises in the trade sector in 2010–18 in conditions of economic growth and an economic downturn. This article aims to examine the models of efficient functioning of trading enterprises in conditions of economic growth. It is evidenced that the criterion for measuring efficiency is the evaluation of static and dynamic efficiency of trade activities, which allows changes in the used assets to be taken into account and testifies to the integration of diminishing returns and economic fluctuations in macro and microsystems. The article shows that in order to qualitatively and completely evaluate the efficiency of the functioning of trading enterprises, it is necessary to consider all possible factors. According to Clark's law, the authors substantiate an approach to evaluating performance based on simple one-factor models; the approach evidences that future studies seeking ways to improve efficiency, but that focus on changes in resources, will be erroneous, unjustified, and will most likely reduce the effectiveness of the resource under study. This model will help: determine and forecast the efficiency of enterprises at any point in the economic cycle; provide the necessary information on the required amount of investment, on depreciation rates, and on the optimal amount of labour potential of an enterprise; and define the volume of expected income during economic crisis or recovery. Some applied recommendations in terms of managing the efficiency of trading enterprises are aimed at solving the methodological problem of constructing isoquant maps for a particular product line group and at selecting the optimal predictor for forecasting trade processes. The practical value of the proposed model also lies in improving the parameters of positioning of the enterprise's goods in target market segments, reducing operating costs, accelerating the turnover of inventories and withdrawing illiquid current assets, and increasing the efficiency of retail areas.
The olderpreneur: future market challenges
Authors: Krzyminiewska Grażyna 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Building competitiveness of the economies of the countries with the most advanced population-ageing processes is becoming a significant economic and social challenge in contemporary society. In this paper, focus turns to entrepreneurship among the older generation. The following matters will be discussed: the essence of the phenomenon of the olderpreneur; the nature of entrepreneurship of older people in the global and European scale, with special emphasis on Poland; and the challenges for the future labour market arising out of the demographic processes taking place. The content of this paper is in line with economic and social analysis, using sociological and economic achievements, and is based on existing sources and the results of original research. Desk research and descriptive and comparative analysis are used in presenting the issues addressed. A study of the relevant literature critical review was carried out and secondary sources were used.
A conceptual database model for the identification of degraded areas and areas proposed for planned revitalisation
Authors: Podciborski Tomasz Stanisław , Zienkiewicz Aleksandra 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
For revitalisation programmes to be effective, territorial governments have to introduce consolidated measures that support the planning, organisation and implementation of revitalisation measures to benefit local communities and economies, and to alleviate crisis situations in degraded areas. Such measures require unlimited access to data that accurately describe social, economic and environmental conditions. In view of the above, the main aim of this study was to propose a conceptual database model for the identification of degraded areas and areas proposed for planned revitalisation under revitalisation programmes implemented in urbanised rural areas. The detailed objectives of the presented research were to describe the components of the proposed database and the sources of data for developing municipal revitalisation programmes. A diagram of the database model supporting the initial stages of revitalisation was also presented. The research methodology involved analyses, inference and deduction. A questionnaire survey conducted among geography, spatial planning, urban development and environmental experts was used as a research tool in the study. The results of the questionnaire confirmed the validity of the components of the proposed database model.