bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Micropropagation of Elite Genotypes of Castanea Sativa (MILL.)
Authors: Aravanopoulos Filippos A. (Phil) , Tchatchoua Dorothy T. , Barbas Evangelos 
Published: August 2018

Sprouted buds of eight mature plus-trees of Castanea sativa were collected from two natural populations (Mt. Paiko and Mt. Hortiatis, Greece). Explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium (three concentrations of macro and micro-elements) combined with three concentrations of BAP (6-Benzylaminopurine). Results were evaluated based on three multiplication traits: (a) number of shoots produced, (b) length of the longest shoot segments and (c) percentage of responsive explants. A high genotype-dependant variation for the number of shoots produced per explant was detected. MS medium at full salt strength and 0.2 mg l-1 BAP provided the best results based on the multiplication traits measured. Elite mature tree P-2 proved to be highly favourable for multiplication. Rooting was attempted on Â½ MS medium at five different NAA concentrations.Â Successful rooting (56%) was obtained by using 0.50 mg l-1 NAA in vermiculite medium after eight weeks. These results indicate that the P-2 genotype can be micropropagated from the protocol developed for ornamental purposes, clonal testing and tree improvement applications.Â
Thermo-Electro Chemical Surface Energy Conversion Influence on Air Pollution
Authors: Sevaljevic Mirjana Miladin , Ionel Ioana , Pavlovic Milan , Vetres Ion 
Published: August 2018

Water vapor condensation and crystallization active centers onÂ gas exposed solid dust particleÂ enableÂ thermo-electrochemical energyÂ catalytic storage and conversion. Thermodynamic diagnostic method is developed for determinationÂ of catalyst working functionÂ and thermo-electro chemical surface reaction kinetic.Â The diagnosticÂ results of catalyst working function and hydrogen evolution rate constants justify the functional dependenceÂ Â Â Â obtainedÂ on the basis of monitoring data in six day period, in differentÂ seasons and location in Romania and Serbia These indicateÂ to relative electric permittivity dominant influence, depending onÂ Â Helmholtz surface and Helmholtz outer and diffusionÂ planes in catalyst electric double layer.
Cultivars Differences in Keeping Quality and Bioactive Constituents
Authors: Ilic Zoran S. , Mirecki Natasa , Fallik Elazar 
Published: August 2018

The aims of this research were to evaluate the keeping quality (water loss, firmness, decay incidence) and bioactive constituents (vitamin C, antioxidant activity) of three commercial bell pepper cultivars (Selika-red, Dynamo-yellow and Sympathy-orange color) held for 21 days (d) storage at 7 oC and market simulation (3 d at 20 oC). Cultivars type significantly influenced fruit quality in bell pepper after prolonged storage. The low skin wax content (0.6 ngâˆ™cm-2)Â and thin pericarp tissue (6.5 mm) in â€˜Sympathyâ€™ appeared to have contributed greatly to the high weight loss (5.2%), resulting in very soft fruits (4 mm), high decay incidence (20%) and lowest value in general appearance (2.5) among to the three cultivars. After 21 d storage at 7 oC plus 3 d at 20 oC content of ascorbic acid showed a insignificant increase in all cultivars. Hydrophilic antioxidant activity (HAA) remains practically unchanged after 3 weeks at 7 oC (between 2 and 5%) from the initial value. Total antioxidant activity (TAA) increases only in red pepper 'Selika' (6.07 Âµmol TE/g fr.wt.) and this increase is mainly because of changes in the lipophilic antioxidant activity (LAA - from 0.84 in harvest time increased to 2.31 Âµmol TE/g fr.wt. after storage).Â
Rapid Plant Regeneration and Molecular Assessment of Genetic Stability Using ISSR and RAPD Markers in Commercial Banana Cv. Grand Naine (G-9)
Authors: DUHAN J. S. , Kajla S. , Choudhary D. , Poonia A. K. 
Published: August 2018

The investigation was carried out to assess the genetic stability in Â Â tissue culture raised plants of banana cv. G-9 using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers.Aims:Â Molecular assessment of genetic stability of tissue culture raised plants of banana cv. G-9 using molecular markers.Material and Results: Apical shoots were established on mediumÂ EM4Â (MS + BAP 4.0 mg L-1) with maximum of 3.8 buds/explant in 2.6 days. The maximum bud multiplicationÂ withÂ 16.5Â±0.06 shootsÂ was observed on mediumÂ Ma3Â (MS medium+ 5.0 mg L-1Â BAP + 0.25 mg L-1Â NAA ofÂ + 30 mg L-1Â AdSO4).Â The maximum rooting response (100%) wasÂ observed on 1/2 MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg L-1Â NAA inÂ 12.2 days. After acclimatization the hardened plants were examined for genetic stability using RAPD and ISSR primers. Total forty six (twenty six RAPD and twenty ISSR) markers were used. RAPD primers produced 87 distinct and scorable bands, with an average of 3.34 bands per primer and the amplification products range was from 100-1200 bps. The number of scorable bands for RAPD primer varied from 2 to 5 with an average of 3.34 bands per primer. ISSR primers produced 71 distinct and scorable bands in the range of 100-1000 bps and the number of scorable bands for each primer varied from 2 to 6 with an average of 3.55 bands per primer.Conclusion: Similar profile with monomorphic bands was observed for all the tissue culture raised plants when compared to mother plant in both types of markers used. The results corroborate the fact that plant tissue culture technology has immense importance for production of true to type of planting material.Â
Induction of callus and somatic embryogenesis from explants of Parkiabiglobosa (Jacq.)Benth and ParkiaroxburghiiG.Don.
Authors: Abouzeid Dr Hanaa , Ahmed Engy M , Sallam Reda A , Kandil Zeinab A , Tadros Soad H , Kawy Mostafa A. Abdel 
Published: August 2018

Legumes are very importantÂ species including herbs, shrubs and trees, they are cultivated worldwide for different economic uses.Parkiais genus belongs to the Legumefamily, Fabaceae. The most common known species are P. biglobosaBenth (African locust bean) and P. roxburghii (Tree Bean)which were introduced to Egypt since 1890. The population of the tree is rapidly declining as result conservation efforts is needed to prevent it from extinction. In an attempt to conserve this genetic resource, tissue culture studies were carried toestablish a callus culture of both plants from different explants and regeneration of the developed callus and to study the effect of explant type, media composition on the callus production and the regeneration. Apical bud,axillary bud and root explants from in vitro germinated seedlings of P. biglobosaBenthwere cultured on MS and B5 medium supplemented with (0.4., 0.8, 1.2, 1.6 or 2.0 mg l-1 NAA) + Glutamine 0.5 mg l-1 + Proline 0.5 mg l-1 + Casein 0.3 mg l-1 + 2,4D 2.5 mg l-1. Each medium was supplemented with 30 g l-1 sucrose, 3 g l-1 agar and PH 5.8.for callus induction .and (0.4.,0.8,1.2,1.6 or 2.0Â mg l-1 NAA) + Glutamine 0.5 mg l-1 + Proline 0.5 mg l-1 + Casein 0.3 mg l-1 + 6-BAP 2 mg l-1. Each medium was supplemented with 30 g l-1 sucrose, 3 g l-1 agar and PH 5.8.for regeneration.The study presented here demonstrates the successful attempt at regeneration of plantlets of P. biglobosaBenth via indirect organogenesis.It can be concluded that the medium composition has a significant effect on the calli production together with the type of the explant which showed relatively higher significance. Seeds germination stage apical bud explants media 8 followed by media 10 showed the most favorable mean performances values for the studied characters, Number of days to callus initiation (day) , Callus weight (mg), Dead calli percentage (%),Albino plants percentage (%),Green plants percentage (%) and Root percentage (%). Moreover, axillary bud, showed remarkable increase in the mean performance of average. However, the overall response of MS medium was found to be superior to that of B5 medium. Explants cultured on MS medium fortified with combinations of 2,4-D and BAP induced rapidly proliferating calli that turned more friable and nodular.
A ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON CALCIUM SIGNALING GENES IN NEUROSPORA CRASSA
Authors: Gedela Ravi 
Published: August 2018

Â Neurospora crassa possesses a complex of Ca2+_signaling system consisting of 48 Ca2+-signaling proteins.Â The Ca+2-signallingÂ protein plays an important role in a range of processes such as a Ca2+ stress tolerance, hyphal tip branching growth, cytoskeletal organization, cell cycle progression, circadian clocks, sporulation, sexual development, and ultraviolet (uv) survival.Â The environmental factors, broadly defined to include chemical, physical, nutritional, and behavioral factors...etc.Â In this article, we are reporting here a role of physic-chemical environmental factors pH, glucose and ultraviolet (UV) affect on âˆ†NCU06366, and âˆ†NCU05225 Ca2+ -signaling knockout mutants in N. crassa.Â The verified result showed that, âˆ†NCU06366 and âˆ†NCU05225 Ca2+ -signaling knockout mutants slower growth rate at pH (7.6), and glucose starvation against to the control wild type respectively.Â In addition to that the found results showed, ultraviolet (UV) survival, there is no UV radiation affects on âˆ†NCU06366 and âˆ†NCU05225 Ca2+-signaling knockout mutants as evaluate to the positive and the negative controls in N.crassa.Â Along with that, In-silico analysis Multiple sequence analysis and Phylogenetics tree for conserve domain of NCU05225 (NADH dehydrogenase) and NCU06366 (Ca2+/H+ anti-porter) Ca2+-signaling genes encodes proteins in N.crassa, showed high sequence similarity and 68-100% and 89% homology Â to the other class of fungi respectively.Â It indicates that, NCU05225 (Mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase) and NCU06366 (Ca2+/H+ exchangers) Ca2+-signaling gene encoding conserve domain widespread in other class of fungi as well.Â Â
Detection of ALS3 and EAP1 gene expresssion in Candida albicans and Candida maltosa biofilms by FISH
Authors: Romero Danitza Xiomara , CÃ¡rdenas Oscar VÃ­ctor , Ãlvarez MarÃ­a Teresa 
Published: August 2018

Biofilm is regarded as universal forms of microorganism life in aquatic and industrial wastewater systems as well as in a large number of environments and medical devices relevant for public health, where the exact mechanisms by which biofilm-associated microorganisms elicit infection diseases are still poorly understood. Candida biofilm formation is regulated by different mechanisms where adhesins play a clue role in the yeast attachment to certain surfaces. These adhesins are encoding by ALS3, HWP1 and EAP1 genes among others and they are also considered as Candida virulence factors. Methodologies use to study biofilm productions are intended to verify the biofilm composition, formation steps, tridimensional structure and might facilitate the monitoring of biofilm regarding, antibiotic resistance, degradations, inhibitors, enhanciement biofilm formation and other features. Here, FISH expression a modified method to detect gene expression in situ was used in order to detect ALS3, HWP1 and EAP1 in C. albicans and C. maltosa biofilms, constituting a useful tool to monitor biofilm formations. In this regard, ALS3 expression was identified in C. albicans and C. maltosa biofilms.
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF VOLATILE OIL OF IXORA COCCINIEA AGAINST BURN ISOLATES.
Authors: Pria S , Shanmugapriya O.N. 
Published: August 2018

Volatile oils are one of the groups of secondary metabolites produced by some plants. Their probable users against burn microbes have received little attention. Burn swabs obtained from ten burned patients at Government hospital, led to the isolation of bacteria using standard methods, the microorganisms were isolated. Then chloroform, methanol and aqueous extract of volatile of Ixora Cocciniea against S.aureus, E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P.vulgaris and K.pnemoniae exhibited antibacterial were found efficacious respectively.
Allelopathic potential of Alnus nitida (Spach) Endl. Against two crop species.
Authors: Swat Naiz , Hussain Farrukh , Barkatullah Barkatullah , Ahmad Imtiaz 
Published: August 2018

Allelopathic studies were conducted by using aqueous extracts from leaves, stem twigs of Alnus nitida (Spach) Endl., litter and mulching in various experiments. It was seen that the germination, plumule growth, radical growth, no. and growth of seminal roots, fresh weight and dry weight of Triticum aestivum L and Brassica campestris L. were invariably significantly reduce in various bioassays. The aqueous extracts from leaves powdered were more inhibitory than stem twigs for test species Triticum aestivum Aqueous extract obtained at room temperature was more inhibitory than hot water extract. Litter and mulching experiments also proved to be inhibitory. It is suggested that various assayed parts of Alnus nitida (Spach) Endl., has strong allelopathic potential at least against the tested species. Further studies are required to see its allelopathic behavior under field condition against its associated species, to identify the toxic principle, and to evalvate as biocontrol agents for weeds, insect and disease control.
CHALLENGE OF WATER SHORTAGE IN THE WORLD AND AZERBAIJAN AND SCIENTIFIC PRACTICAL SOLUTION
Authors: Aliyev RAE. Z.H. 
Published: August 2018

The rapid growth in world population and limitation of soil and water resources have caused major problem for human nutrition security in the world. only 3% of water resources are fresh water. Accoding to the FAO report, if in the any country Amount of fresh water is less than 1700m3 per capita, this country is faced to serous water shortage. At the present, in the 22 countries share of fresh water per capita is less than 100m3and in the 18 countries is more than 2000m3. Therefore, Azerbaijan is one of the countries which have faced serous water shortage.
DOES CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ENHANCE RETURN ON ASSETS? EVIDENCE FROM MANUFACTURING FIRM IN NIGERIA
Authors: Carol Nwankwo , Nnenna Onyeka Virginia , Nnenna Chukwuani Victoria 
Published: August 2018

The empirical research into the impact of CSR on return onÂ assets is confusing and far from conclusive. Also in most ofthe previous studies; economic performance covered a (commonly five year) period â€œsurroundingâ€ the CSR performanceand/or social disclosure periods. To overcome these limitations, our paper assess the impact of CSR return on assets ofmanufacturing firms in Nigeria. The result showed that with CSR, corporate social responsibility had a positive and significant effect on return on assets of the manufacturing organizations while without CSR, the impact is negative and non-significant. The implication is that what companies spend on the development of society of interest may be related toreturn on equity but does not significantly detect increase/decrease in return on equity. This study thus posits thatmanufacturing organizations should concentrate evenly also on other elements which organization see mainly as majordeterminants of return on assets as the finding is showing an insignificant effect of CSR on ROA.
Exploring Types of Deviant Workplace behavior in a Public Organization in Malaysia.
Authors: Sathappan Malini a/p , Omar Dr. Zoharah , Ahmad Prof Aminah , Hamzah Prof Azimi , Arif Associate Prof Ismi 
Published: August 2018

Deviant workplace behavior among employees is becoming a universal issue at various organizations, not excludingÂ enforcement agencies. Deviant behavior need to be studied by scholars to prevent detrimental effects such as jobdissatisfaction, intention to quit, stress, decreased productivity, loss of work time, high turnover rate and financial costsÂ among employees. The purpose of this paper is to explore the types of deviant workplace behavior in the governmentÂ sector in Malaysia. Data collection for the research was carried out by interviewing 14 law enforcement officers inÂ Malaysia. This study involves various departments. The study found that there are various types of misconduct existing atÂ the organization e.g. bribery, uninformed polygamy, drugs, on-line gambling, absenteeism, and lateness. This study alsoÂ provided a framework on types of misconduct to the enforcement agency.Â
REEVALUATION OF THE DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS SYSTEM IN GREECE: THE EXAMPLE OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT PROCEDURE
Authors: Tagarakis Georgios , Dikeos Costas , Tsilimingas Nikolaos , Polyzos Nikolaos 
Published: August 2018

Background. Aim of the current prospective study is to investigate and revise the basic information related to the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure, in an attempt to reevaluate the current Greek DiagnosisÂ Related Groups (DRGs) system. Methods. In a Greek academic cardiothoracic surgical department,Â implementing clinical therapeutic protocols, we prospectively recruited 75 patients planned to undergo electiveÂ CABG. All basic demographic, medical and perioperative data were gathered in an extensive database, so asto be compared with data predicted by the DRGâ€™s system. Clinical indicators of performance aiming towardsÂ quality control were: perioperative mortality, postoperative myocardial infarct, postoperative stroke,Â postoperative renal failure, total hospital length of stay, rate of reoperation and rate of readmission. Results.Â None of the study patients deceased. No cases of perioperative myocardial infarct, stroke or renal failure wereÂ observed. Two of the patients developed respiratory failure, and one was reoperated for the control ofÂ perioperative bleeding. There were no cases of readmission to the hospital. The total length of stay wasÂ longer than the DRGâ€™s prediction (mean 11.5 vs 7 days), owed partially to the preoperative stay (mean 3.18days) in the department, due to reasons of medical vigilance and organisatory problems that led to theÂ postponement of the operation. Conclusions. A review of the CABG related DRGâ€™s in Greece seemsÂ appropriate, based on the findings of the current study, suggesting a longer than predicted hospital stay.
Pragmatic approach to construction and reinvention of cities in developing countries: the case of Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo
Authors: HILAIRE KEVIN NZOUSSI 
Published: August 2018

Â Â Urbanization is a very old phenomenon and does not date today.Â For centuries, the urbanization of cities has been inevitably accelerating.Â In recent years, more than 50% of the world's population lives in urban areas.Â This percentage will increase in the coming years.Â Urbanization poses many problems in the cities of developing countries that require reinvention and pragmatic constructions to achieve sustainable cities.Â This is the case of Congo Brazzaville capital policy that is growing disproportionately and disorderly without planning methods or urbanization or even adaptation to receive a large population who moved toÂ townÂ inÂ search of well being.Â Urbanization is a perplexed area and includes several sub-issues that are: socio-economic, environmental but also spatial.Â However, Brazzaville is in a state of total disrepair resulting in a dysfunction of the urban space.Â Brazzaville has inherited a colonial space with a dual character.Â The pragmatic reconstruction will certainly provide an adequate response to the problems facing the city of Brazzaville.Â The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for the regulation and regeneration of the urban environment. Then, rethinking renaming the city of Brazzaville to ensure a pragmatic reconstruction that will allow the populations to have a radiant living environment.
PENGEMBANGAN INDUSTRI KECIL DAN RUMAH TANGGA
Authors: Rukmini Rukmini 
Published: August 2018

Suatu kekhawatiran yang muncul dalam kaitannya dengan era globalisasi ekonomi adalah meningkatnya persaingan di dalam negeri, baik antara sesama produk dalam negeri maupun dengan produk berasal dari luar negeri, sedangkan usaha rakyat yang dalam hal ini berasal dari produsen pengusaha kecil (TK) dan Indutri Rumah Tangga (IRT) belum atau tidak siap menghadapinya. Lemahnya daya saing produk sejenis yang berasal dari industri besar dan menengah, sehingga dikhawatirkan mereka akan tersisih dan bahkan gulung tikar. Hal ini berkaitan dengan persoalan yang mereka hadapi, seperti : keuangan, teknologi, manajemen, dan kelemahan pasar sehingga kekhawatiran tersebut semakin kuat. Selain itu pula, strategi pembangunan ekonomi yang berlangsung selama masa ini dinilai kurang berpihak pada usaha kecil dan rumah tangga (dalam arti termasuk pula usaha tradisional) sedangkan sektor ini merupakan basis dari kekuatan ekonomi rakyat.Kata Kunci : Pengembangan, Industri Kecil, Rumah Tangga
PENGARUH PRESTASI DI SLTA, MOTIVASI MAHASISWA DAN KUALITAS MENGAJAR DOSEN TERHADAP INDEKS PRESTASI MAHASISWA DI STIE AAS SURAKARTA
Authors: Utami Wikan Budi 
Published: August 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh prestasi di SLTA, motivasi mahasiswa, kualitas mengajar dosen terhadap prestasi akademik mahasiswa AAS secara parsial dan secara bersama-sama. Adapun populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa STIE AAS Surakarta yang aktif mengikuti kegiatan belajar mengajar pada saat penelitian ini dilakukan. Penelitian dilaksanakan di semester gasal tahun akademik 2013/2014 pada bulan Mei – Juni 2014. Jenis instrument yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini, yaitu kuesioner. Untuk menguji apakah daftar angket yang dibuat , sahih (valid) dan andal (reliabel) maka digunakan dua alat uji yaitu uji validitas dan uji reliabilitas. Uji t digunakan untuk menguji pengaruh masing – masing variabel independen (prestasi di SLTA, motivasi mahasiswa, kualitas mengajar dosen terhadap variabel dependen (prestasi akademik mahasiswa AAS). Uji statistik F bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh semua variabel independen atau bebas (prestasi di SLTA, motivasi mahasiswa, kualitas mengajar dosen) secara bersama-sama terhadap variabel dependen atau terikat (prestasi akademik mahasiswa AAS). Uji ini dilakukan dengan program SPSS 17. Uji R (Koefisien determinasi) dilakukan untuk mengetahui berapa besar pengaruh variabel prestasi di SLTA, motivasi mahasiswa, kualitas mengajar dosen terhadap variabel prestasi akademik mahasiswa AAS. Dari hasil uji F diketahui bahwa Prestasi di SLTA, motivasi mahasiswa dan kualitas mengajar dosen secara bersama-sama berpengaruh signifikan terhadap prestasi akademik mahasiswa STIE AAS Surakarta. Dari hasil uji t diketahui bahwa Prestasi di SLTA, motivasi mahasiswa dan kualitas mengajar dosen secara parsial berpengaruh signifikan terhadap prestasi akademik mahasiswa STIE AAS Surakarta.Kata kunci: Prestasi di SLTA, motivasi mahasiswa, kualitas mengajar dosen , prestasi akademik mahasiswa