Those opposed to the bill said that current conventions adopted by Nigeria are international conventions signed with other nations, which could not just be changed without consultation with the parties involved. They also noted that policies that were implemented by the NCS were trade policies, which were strictly formulated and regulated by the Ministry of Finance. They argued that the Customs bill was an executive bill and that the Senate could not be a law-making body and decide for the executive arm of government.
According to Amiwero, who is also a member of the Federal Government Customs Reform Committee, Customs, as a body, is never autonomous anywhere in the world. The Customs Act cannot be repealed because it is backed by international conventions that have been domesticated and backed by law. Some of these international agreements are agreements that Nigeria entered into since Boniface Aniebonam, spoke in support of the new Act, adding that it was in line with the objectives of the association.
He maintained that it would remove all the bureaucracy in Customs-related matters with reference to release of funds to execute projects. He added that the aspect that said that an outsider could not become the CG of Customs was good. Diamond Bank on Wednesday in Ibadan rewarded 41 of its customers in the South-West with cash prizes worth N25m and a new Hyundai car, shortly after its Diamondxtra promotion draw.
While one person won the car, 30 people won N, each with 10 other customers winning N1m each in the promotion. The car was won by Adegbite Oluwatoyin from Abeokuta. According to her, the economy thrives when the people imbibe the culture of savings. Every vibrant economy has good saving culture among the people. To encourage customers to save, we initiated a reward that goes through a transparent process monitored by a reputable firm, KPMG, and some regulatory agencies.
The bank strives at all times to foster economic growth, enable family development through savings and support investment. A representative of KPMG, Kenneth Ukanwa, said the company ensured that every customer that qualified for the draws were issued an e-ticket. When asked if the agents would explore the waterways as an alternative route to avoid the gridlock on the Apapa Wharf road currently under construction, he replied that there were no such plans by the agents as they were not comfortable with the design of the waterways. Patrick who is also the zonal secretary of the International Freight Forwarders Association said that agents were worried about the security and safety of the waterways.
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He said there were many pieces of wreckage littering the waters, which could be dangerous for movement, adding that the sea was not also deep enough to carry large vessels. He disclosed that many importers had directed their vessels to other ports in Nigeria to avoid the situation at the Apapa Wharf road. He advised government to clear the waterways of debris, provide security in the form of marine police and coast guard, and dredge the creeks.
Speaking June 14 to influencers from the South-East, and before them those from the North, Osinbajo pointed to the failure of communication. The Acting President stated: Hateful, incendiary speech, opening floodgates of blood. The tongue, like the pen, is often mightier than the sword — because it is what pushes the sword into action.
When we throw words like stones in a marketplace, we do not know who or what it will hit. The issue, of course, is the narrative around BiafraExit and NigRemain. Since , public communication in Nigeria has tended towards the negative and the extreme.
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Discussions on the elections were provocative, insulting and aimed at drawing blood. It was par for the course, some said, as political communication is warfare. Unfortunately, it has continued. President Muhammadu Buhari reduced the halo of the Presidency with his emotive comments and conduct that further polarised the nation. It was that negative mindset that enabled the flowering of the New Biafra.
Whatever the case, communication around the putative republic has been less than salutary. Two Hs have characterised the narrative around the New Biafra. They are hate and hubris. Proponents of the New Biafra speak with arrogance about alleged Biafran exceptionalism. They point to many Igbo firsts; the progress of the Igbo individually since the civil war and their ability to survive in harsh environments like the cactus as grounds for confidence in the success of a New Biafra. They then undermine these positives by diminishing other ethnicities and even preaching hatred against the various groups.
The arrogance extends to claiming territories outside core Igbo land as parts of the New Biafra and dismissing the objections of persons from those areas peremptorily. Buhari, who is himself a war veteran, worsened the situation with the maladroit handling of a prickly situation. Note that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu had commenced his Radio Biafra and its vile outpourings two years before the ascendancy of Buhari. There was before that the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra since the Obasanjo government. The Goodluck Jonathan government watched Kanu askance, keeping a distance.
Buhari went for the jugular, the same as he did ill-advisedly with the Niger Delta agitators, and ended up turning a fringe movement into the mainstream. His pronouncements on the division of the spoils of office and actual conduct in the deployment of state power worsened the feeling of alienation. Negative emotions have driven the conversation around Biafra. A conglomeration of youths from the North raised the decibel of negativism with their pronouncement on June 6, , asking the Igbo to quit Northern Nigeria. As with the New Biafra, the tone and tenor of their remarks were combative and filled with the two Hs of hate and hubris.
They matched and exceeded Kanu and his Radio Biafra in the quantum and vehemence of their invectives and hatred of the Igbo. Nigeria is now on a knife-edge arising from wrong policies but more from the narratives around the traditional struggle for preferment amongst groups in a diverse polity.
The explosion of platforms in Media 2. In the context 1, the radius is 1 km and 0. The future research will test this algorithm in a context where the UEs are in mobility situations and taking into account the effect of interferences. This study especially focuses on the indirect method of estimating undocumented migration to the state of Assam in Northeast India in absence of adequate and accurate migration data. In this method the census base population of age and sex has been projected through the Leslie matrix population projection model by using estimated life table survival rates and age specific fertility rates of Sample Registration System of India.
The study also investigated the affect of illegal migration in the growth of different religious and language speaking population in all districts of Assam.
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The result showed that population growth is unusually high in those districts of Assam bordering Bangladesh. This growth especially shows remarkable among religious groups of Muslims and among linguistic groups of Bengali speaking population. This is very much suggestive of cross border migration from Bangladesh. The volume of undocumented migration in Assam during the period is being estimated by using Matrix method of population projection and is turned out to be and , respectively during and Generic skills also known as soft skills, employability skills and competencies skills.
In order to increase the mastery of generic skills, university offered credited co-curriculum programme to their students. This study aims to determine the relationship between generic skills, academic performance and stress level among undergraduate students. A sample of undergraduate students from four different programmes were selected to participate in this study. The finding shows that the students had a good generic skills and normal stress level after undergo the credited co-curriculum courses. There is no significant difference in generic skills and stress level between programmes.
Overall, there was a weak correlation between generic skills and stress level on academic performance. Credited co-curriculum course were good for the students for increase their generic skills and fulfil the needs of the employee in the industry. Micro-Silica was ground in ball mill using iron balls of 15 mm diameter and the sizes of the ground samples were checked after 4, 6 and 8 h of grinding by Particle Size Analyzer PSA.
Concrete specimens containing ground and unground micro-silica were cast in the laboratory and tested for compressive and tensile strengths at different ages of concrete. Permeability test was conducted after subjecting the specimens to 28 days curing. The morphology of the unground micro-silica and micro-silica ground for different time durations were analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscope SEM. More irregular shapes were observed after 6 h of grinding so the grinding h were restricted to a maximum of 8 h. The resistance to permeability was also higher in concrete specimens cast using micro-silica ground for 6 h as a partial replacement for cement.
So, it is inferred from the results that for an optimum grinding period of 6 h, ultra-fine micro-silica can be obtained. Coal Bed Methane CBM is naturally occurring methane CH 4 with small amounts of other hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases being adsorbed in coal seam reservoirs as a result of chemical and physical processes. CBM is often produced at shallow depths and often produced with large volumes of water at the early stage of production. There are several factors that influence the production of CBM like porosity, permeability, coal rank, initial gas content and natural fracture system.
This study will be focusing on the effects of different coal ranks and coal porosity on the optimization of ECBM recovery CO 2 injection. The injection of carbon dioxide CO 2 will enhance the recovery of CBM and at the same time a very attractive option for CO 2 sequestration.
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This project is done by simulating the data of CBM basins obtained from available published research papers. The results later will be compared and further analyzed to conclude the project outcomes. Based on the study and simulation that has been conducted, the outcomes of the result indicates that the higher coal rank will be having higher gas content whereas the porosity of coalbed may not be directly proportional to the increasing of burial depth. In certain cases, the less deep coalbed tend to has higher porosity compared to the deeper coal bed.
Ethyl acetate was used as acyl donor and the reaction medium. R amide was the major enantiomer produced in all cases except Pseudomonas fluroscens. Japan when ethoxy ethyl acetate was used as acylating agent, enantiopure R amide was obtained. The solvent in which the reaction is carried out plays an important role in reaction.
Immobilized enzyme showed better yields and selectivity. Molecular Modelling Analysis of the Metabolism of Caffeine. Caffeine is a widely consumed alkaloid that is present in coffee, tea, coca products and cola drinks. It produces increased alertness, decreased sleep, insomnia and increased ability to work out cognitive problems. At low doses it produces an increased sense of well-being and mental capacity. Caffeine is a CNS stimulator and acts as antagonist on adenosine receptors throughout the body. Caffeine undergoes extensive oxidative metabolism in humans and other mammalian species, initially by N-demethylation which takes place almost exclusively in the liver to produce theobromine, paraxanthine and theophylline and subsequently to 1,7-dimethylurate, 1-methylxanthine and 1-methylurate.
All of these primary and secondary metabolites of caffeine are excreted in urine. N3 demethylation of caffeine reflects the activity of cytochrome PA2 CYP1A2 enzyme which is responsible for the activation of numerous promutagens and procarcinogens such as aromatic amines and heterocyclic amines. Molecular modelling analyses show that caffeine and all its metabolites have large solvation energy values so that they can be excreted easily in the form of urine.
The high kinetic stability and high clearance rate for caffeine and all its metabolites may mean that none will be highly toxic. Several undesired effects following chronic use of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors particularly, sildenafil and tadalafil and opioid tramadol have been reported. The drugs were administered every two days, per oral route, for eight weeks. All animals had access to food and water ad libitum. At the end of eight weeks, 5 animals were sacrificed from each group, leaving the remaining 5 per group for another 8 weeks without treatment recovery phase.
Blood was collected from each animal via cardiac puncture and serum lipid profile assessed. The same trend was observed for atherogenic coefficient. The present study was designed to explore the possible cholesterol lowering effect of Sibu Olive SO supplementation on cholesterol level and atherosclerosis inhibitory effect in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. There was rise in body weight changes 1. The HD group showed significant reduction in total cholesterol Furthermore, the atherosclerotic plaque formation in HD group diminished by The possible cholesterol lowering effect was contributed by the presence of polyphenols such as phenolic acids, flavonoids, anthocyanidins and anthocyanin of the SO fruit.
Hence, these findings are beneficial as it provide alternative means to treat hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis. Three lectins were extracted and purified from mulberry seeds i. These lectins exhibited strong cytotoxic effect in brine shrimp lethality bioassay. The biological activities of the lectins were affected greatly with the changes of pH and temperature and the lectins showed maximum hemagglutinating activities around pH 7.
The biological activities of the lectins were abolished with the higher concentration of acetic acid and denaturants, guanidine-HCl and urea. The activities of all the three lectins were affected more pronouncedly by guanidine-HCl than urea. Diagnostic Performance of Interleukin-6 for Bacterial Meningitis: Many studies have investigated the potential of using cerebrospinal fluid CSF interleukin-6 levels for the diagnosis of meningitis, but they have often provided contradictory results.
This critical scientific literature review summarizes various methods used for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, including IL-6 assays and the diagnostic power of CSF IL-6 as a biomarker of bacterial meningitis, between and An analysis of data from 9 studies involving patients with bacterial meningitis revealed that sample sizes of patients with bacterial meningitis ranged from Molecular methods were used to diagnose bacterial meningitis in only one of these studies.
The reported area-under the curve AUC varied from 0. Different methods were used to determine CSF IL-6 levels and the identification of bacterial meningitis was mostly based on culture without an associated molecular method. There is a need to standardize methods to ensure accurate diagnoses.
Further studies that recruit a large number of patients with bacterial meningitis are required to validate these findings. An association is proposed between EBV infection and occurrence of breast cancer, with a large difference in the results reported by different researchers. This study aimed to investigate the frequency of EBV among benign and malignant breast tumors. A total of 24 carcinomas and 24 fibroadenomas paraffin embedded tumoral tissue samples were obtained from the pathology sections of Toos and Firoozgar hospitals in Tehran, Iran.
All samples had been collected from patients from June to February The results obtained by this study showed that 4 out of 24 carcinoma samples The frequency of EBV infection was different among malignant and benign tumors. However, no association was observed between EBV infection and the formation of malignant or benign tumors based on the Chi-square test. In relation to some other studies, this analysis does not confirm any association between EBV infection and breast cancer occurrence. However, due to the high frequency of EBV infection among breast cancer patients, future studies are needed to elucidate the possible role of the virus in the disease.
The investigations on ecological dynamics of larvae of Eustrongylides tubifex in silver whiting, Sillago sihama were conducted at the Central West Coast of India at Goa during The fish were borrowed from commercial vessels and trawlers as well as purchased from market for the parasitological investigations. All the hosts were brought to laboratory, separated sexwise, freshly weighed, their total length and standard length measured. Viscera of the hosts were teased and carefully examined for helminthes parasites. The collected worms were processed for the morphometric analysis to establish indentify of worms.
The dynamics of E. The appropriateness of Principal Component Analysis could be substantiated by the cumulative percentage of variance explained by Sillago sihama- E. Further, the stability of cumulative percentage in this study, which progressed from The higher expression variability of certain select physico-chemical characteristics like, alkalinity, hardness, DO and water temperature were marked out by application of Principal Component Analysis.
It also highlighted the reliability of correlation matrix as compared to covariance matrix because of ordered variability structure. The species Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. In this work, antioxidant potential, total phenolic and flavonoids contents from the stem bark of the plant were investigated. Antioxidant potential was determined using DPPH assay. Total phenolic was measured using Folin-Ciocalteu and total flavonoid, using aluminium chloride.
The stem bark of G. Total phenolic varied from Results obtained indicated that the stem bark extracts and fractions from G. The objective of this study was to provide selection criteria for drought tolerance by RAPD technique. Common wheat Triticum aestivum L. Genetic diversity evaluation of germplasm is the basis of improvement in wheat. The complexity of the wheat genome has delayed the development and application of molecular markers to this species and wheat now lies behind barley, maize and rice in marker development.
However, improvements in marker detection systems and in the techniques used to identify markers linked to useful traits has allowed considerable advances to be made in recent years. The use of PCR based assays having advantage of being quick, easy to use and refractory to many environmental influences can complement traditional methods of germplasm characterization. The RAPD markers were used to determine the genetic differences between the 30 bread wheat genotypes and to determine the molecular markers associated with tolerance to drought.
The present study found that RAPD analysis is a valuable diagnostic tool. Different sets of RAPD primer were used to study the polymorphism at molecular level. Initial screens involved growing 20 genotypes at seedling stage under drought conditions -5 and -8 bar exerted by PEG in ahydroponic experiment. These tests confirmed the tolerance of the 6 above mentioned genotypes. The results substantiate the use of these DNA markers in germplasm screening for drought tolerance in wheat.
The present study aimed to induce heat tolerant mutants in haploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae 5a FAIII strain by using different mutation methods. Three different mutation induction experiments were carried out to produce genetically stable heat tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. The haploid strain 5a of the S. The mutants could tolerate 42 and Although MNNG induced thermotolerance mutation at high frequency, it was found that mutants induced following synergistic effect of UV and HA exhibited more stability. On the other hand, the spontaneous mutant exhibited the best growth rate at high temperature.
The present study was aimed at screening of local actinomycete isolates for anticandidal activity, selection and characterization of potent strain s and initial optimization of fermentation conditions for anticandidal production. Of 35 actinomycete isolates in our collection from various biotopes in Manipur that were screened by cross-streak method, 2 strains 5.
Based on relative potency, NRP was selected for further studies. It has been identified as Streptomyces mutabilis NRP based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. Among various media tested for submerged fermentation of the bioactive strain, Starch Casein Nitrate SCN broth was found to be the best. The NRP, interestingly, also exhibited significant antagonistic activity against several rice fungal pathogens- Bipolaris oryzae , Curvularia oryzae , Fusarium oxysporum and Pyricularia oryzae.
Anticandidal activity is being optimized by improving cultural and environmental conditions for fermentation. This study shows that biotopes in Manipur can yield promising actinomycetes for use in medicine and agriculture. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a Streptomyces mutabilis strain with potent anticandidal activity. The NRP, therefore, warrants further investigation for possible application as anticandidal and biocontrol agents BCAs. Optimizations of Laboratory-scale Vacuum-assisted Agroinfiltration for Delivery of a Transgene in Nicotiana benthamiana.
Agrobacterium -mediated transient gene transfer or agroinfiltration is a method to induce transient expression of heterologous proteins in plants. It offers speed, low cost and convenience when compared to traditional plant transformation. This study was aimed to set up a simple but feasible laboratory-scale vacuum agroinfiltration system.
Basically, the procedures involved whole plant immersion into transformed Agrobacterium tumefaciens suspension and pressure application via vacuum drawing the agrobacteria into the plant tissues homogeneously. Optimizations of its parameters such as vacuum pressure and treatment duration towards the expression activity of a reporter, Green Fluorescence Protein GFP were conducted. Both fluorescence microscopy and Western blotting showed that vacuum agroinfiltration at mmHg for 3 min had the highest and mmHg for 2 min had the lowest mean GFP expression levels.
This modified vacuum agroinfiltration approach utilized only distilled water and A. In conclusion, a simple and cost-effective laboratory-scale vacuum-assisted agroinfiltration system has been developed for recombinant protein production in planta. Extra cellular endoglucanase was found to be produced by Rhizopus oryzae PR7 from both liquid and solid state fermentations of various agro wastes. Among the 18 types of wastes tested, orange peel, dried flower and sugar cane bagasse showed promising results.
The pH preferred for enzyme production was found to vary with the nature of cellulosic waste used. The waste substrate at a concentration of 0. The alkali and acid pretreatment of the agro wastes could not increase enzyme production, while double sterilization enhanced the enzyme production only to a certain extent.
The ability to produce high amount of endoglucanase within a very short period of 48 h and the capability of degrading wastes made the strain suitable for commercial production of the enzyme. The test material used was the root meristems of Allium cepa. At the recommended dose for field application 2. The extent of chromosomal abnormalities has direct relationship with the concentration of the active ingredients and treatment time. The fungicide treated root meristems tended to recover from the cytotoxic effects when they were transferred to distilled water. The rate of recovery as indicated by increasing mitotic index and decreasing incidence of cytological abnormalities was highly pronounced in Azoxystrobin treated roots when compared with those treated with Difenoconazole.
This research has been set up to study the possibility of lipid peroxidation and lipid profile variation in haemodialysis patients. Plasma levels of lipid peroxidation and lipid profile were determined in haemodialysis patients and compare with control groups. The results from this research projects indicate that Plasma levels of lipid peroxidation 1. The changes in level of plasma lipid peroxidation and triglyceride in haemodialyzed patients, maybe related with the patient uremia, dialysis membrane and the dialysis process.
The metabolic alterations accompanying renal failure may be responsible for dyslipidemia independent of the fat distribution in haemodialysis patients. These states of affairs may play an important role in progress of cardiovascular abnormality in haemodialyzed patients. Due to this conditions a review of haemodialysis membrane, the techniques used in the dialysis, the consumption of various oral antioxidant, the elimination of active oxygen from the dialysis surrounding are among the measures which can prevent sudden cardiovascular abnormality in the haemodialysis patients.
Butyrate, normally found in the colon, is used in therapy to reduce epithelial cell damage and mucosal inflammation in conditions like ulcerative colitis and radiation colitis. Heat shock proteins Hsp , particularly Hsp70, are also known to be important in cellular responses to injury.
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We hypothesized that butyrate may act to protect epithelial cells through induction of Hsp HT29 intestinal epithelial cell monolayers were exposed to two forms of non-lethal stress; heat or chemical in presence or absence of butyrate. In additional studies, the effect of initial exposure to sub-lethal heat on subsequent exposure to lethal heat was examined. Expression of the inducible form of Hsp70 and cell viability was assessed. Non-lethal stress induced Hsp70 expression in HT29 cells and this was inhibited by butyrate, but not by acetate or propionate.
This effect of butyrate was seen only at lower concentration. Inhibition of Hsp70 synthesis was accompanied by an increased ability of the cells to tolerate exposure to a second lethal heat stress. Butyrate increased colonic epithelial cell survival in the face of lethal heat stress and significantly reduced Hsp70 expression. In addition to hypertension, salt inclusion in the diet especially after cooking, has been link with several cardiovascular system diseases and metabolic syndrome.
This study was therefore, undertaken to investigate the effect of salt inclusion in the diet and its restriction reversal effect on body weight, pulse rate, blood glucose and lipid profile of Wistar rat. The study was conducted on 18 Wistar rats grouped into A, B and C. Group A served as the control and received control diet g feed for six weeks.
However, group C reversal effect group received test diet for the 1st three weeks and then was on control diet for the next three weeks. Prior to, three weeks into and at the end of the study, body weight, pulse rate and blood glucose were determined using standard procedures while lipid profile was determined at the end of the study. The results showed that salt has a reducing effect on mean body weight and good lipid-cholesterol but an increasing effect on pulse rate, blood glucose and bad lipid-cholesterol.
Based on these findings, dietary salt has a harmful effect on body weight, blood pressure and glucose level. Evaluating the proximate composition of food fish is the most important aspect in fish nutrition. The present study was carried out to determine the flesh quality of Scomberoides lysan, S. Major nutrient compositions of raw muscle like protein, lipid, moisture, carbohydrate and ash were estimated. Proximate compositions were varied among the species. The highest moisture content was present in S. The ash content estimated in S.
Protein content was estimated as Lipid content for S. The results revealed that the highest protein content, lipid and ash content were recorded in S. From the results S. A cross-sectional study of school-age children aged years was conducted. Body mass index for age z-score was measured and participants were classified into 3 groups including normal weight, overweight and obesity.
Caregivers provided information regarding eating behaviors and completed the child behavior checklist. There were participants included for analysis. The mean age of the study sample was Children with overweight and obesity were Unhealthy eating behaviors, including skipping breakfast and media use during meals were more common in the obesity group than the normal weight group without statistical significance.
Although, there was minimal correlation between sweetened beverage intake and the total behavioral scores, the mean total behavioral problems scores were not different among the three groups. Promoting healthy eating behaviors may be a primary step to prevent behavioral problems and obesity. The determination of the Glycemic Index GI and Load GL for mixed meals serves as a dietetic tool in meal planning to reinforce the benefits of low GI meals and decrease the physiological effects of high GI meals. Twelve female volunteers consumed a standard glucose solution containing 50 g of dextrose and mL of water as reference meal and samples of the ten mixed meals and desserts containing each 50 g of carbohydrates as test meals on separate days.
Their blood glucose levels were measured every 15 min over 2 h following the test food consumption. The results of this study, serve as valuable data for health professionals in proper menu planning for diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. A randomized complete blocks design with 3 replications was used. Also, chemical constituent, chlorophyll A, chlorophyll B, reducing sugars and the non-reducing sugars significantly increased in all treatments spray with micronutrients compared with non-treated control.
Meanwhile, Alternaria leaf spot incidence on treated plants significantly decreased The results concluded that, spraying Fe, Zn and Mn alone or combination could be recommend to control leaf spots and to enhance yield and quality of faba bean under the environmental conditions. Adaptations in Response to Salinity in Safflower Cv. Bhima was investigated at flowering. DM increased at low levels and decreased at all higher levels of Na 2 SO 4 at flowering and maturity. Plants completed life cycle upto ECe 7. Plants tolerate all levels of chloride and higher levels of sulphate salinity by storing toxic minerals in roots and basal part of stem and by translocating essential elements to the leaves indicating presence of regulatory mechanism at the junction of root and stem; within the stem and in between the stem and leaves in safflower.
The essential oil EO of mint used in food and pharmaceutical industries. Drying and distillation techniques play an important role in the EO production from mint. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the EO composition of mint plants under various drying and distillation techniques. The fresh herb of Mentha longifolia L. On the other hand, dried herb of Mentha piperita L. The EO content and its constituents were evaluated under drying and distillation techniques. The greatest amounts of EO and its major constituents were produced from fresh plants, followed by the plants treated with shade, sun and oven techniques respectively.
Higher values were detected in EO and major components under hydro distillation than steam distillation. Separation of EO from the fresh mint is the best way to obtain the high quantity and quality of peppermint EO, however, in the case of peppermint EO separation in remote places, the drying technique can be used in the shade to reduce the size and avoid disease. Isolation of EO with hydro distillation technique is requiring for increasing the quantity and quality of mint EO.
A strip-split plot design with four replications was used. Where, the vertical-plots were included seed soaking treatments while the horizontal-plots were devoted to foliar spraying treatments. The sub-plots were allocated to nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium NPK fertilization levels.
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Results showed that highest values of growth, yields and its attributes and grains quality were resulted from seed soaking in Salicylic Acid SA at the level of ppm. However, untreated seeds resulted the lowest values of these. Foliar spraying with SA produced the highest values of growth, yields and its attributes and grain quality compared with other foliar spraying treatments. In general, it could be indicated that soaking in SA at the level of ppm and spraying plants with SA at the level of ppm beside fertilization with Nitrogen N fertilizer management with other soil amendments is crucial for optimal growth and productivity of grain crops.
There has been increasing interest on converting rice straw to biochar and examining its use as a soil amendment. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different nitrogen fertilizer managements combined with rice straw derived biochar on rice growth and yield attributes. This greenhouse pot study was performed in a randomized complete block design with 4 replications.
Growth measurement was carried out at week 2, 6 and 10 after transplanting, while yield attributes were obtained upon harvesting at days. The use of biochar in addition to the chemical fertilizers in rice production systems is an economically feasible and practical nutrient management practice. Punch grafting is a well-established technique for the treatment of recalcitrant stable vitiligo. Post-operative exposure to Narrow-band Ultraviolet-B NB-UVB radiation was reported to augment the effect of punch grafting with better and rapid cosmetic results than monotherapy. This prospective study was done to evaluate the results of combination therapy with punch minigrafting followed by nanometer nm excimer laser for the management of stable focal or segmental vitiligo.
Thirty patients with refractory stable focal or segmental vitiligo were treated with minigrafting followed by postgrafting nm excimer laser three times weekly for 24 sessions. The patients were followed up every three months up to one year post-operative for evaluation of the results. All thirty patients showed repigmentation and overall results were graded as excellent in 16 patients Two patients developed depigmentation at the donor site, whereas the transplanted areas retained the pigment in all patients.
In conclusion, combination treatment with punch minigrafting and postsurgical exposure to nm excimer laser in patients with stable focal or segmental vitiligo can lead to fast, cosmetically satisfying results especially in younger age groups. The study comprised 35 CIU patients mean age All patients and control were subjected to thorough history taking, complete physical examination and routine laboratory tests.
CIU and AA patients were otherwise clinically free and receive no medications. On laboratory basis, clinical and subclinical thyroid disease was detected in TPA was positive Screenings for thyroid function and thyroid ultrasound are advisable in patients with CIU as well as AA patients for early detection of thyroid dysfunction.
CIU and AA could help to discover a possible silent pathology of the thyroid gland in clinically euthyroid patients. Little is known about cytokine expression in skin of vitiligo patients. Studies of serum cytokine concentrations in vitiligo are few and results are often contradictory. In this study, 38 patients with non-segmental vitiligo and 40 age and sex-matched controls were recruited. The statistical analysis of the data was performed using independent T test, the Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis test, X 2 -test, exact test and Spearman correlation test.
The staining was mainly basal and suprabasal with no significant difference from controls. Psoriasis is a chronic hyper-proliferative skin disease. The IL22 and other cytokines play a role in pathogenesis of psoriasis. Thirty five patients with chronic plaque psoriasis were studi ed against 44 healthy volunteers as control. The IL22 levels were measured in control.
The IL22 levels is increased in psoriasis and could be used as a laboratory marker of the severity of disease, but could not predict the respo nse to NB-UVB. Evaluation of Therapeutic Effects of Aloe Vera: Coal Tar Mixture in Psoriasis: Although the use of aloe vera and coal tar in psoriasis treatment is well established, their mechanism of action is poorly understood.
Skin biopsies from 30 patients before and after 3 months of therapy and 10 biopsies of normal skin were immunohistochemically stained using Ki67, Bcl-2 and CD34 antibodies as markers of cell proliferation, apoptosis and neoangiosis, respectively. PASI scores decreased from 8. These changes were positively correlated with the decrease in PASI scores. In conclusion, aloe vera and coal tar AMIX is an effective topical treatment of psoriasis without noticeable side effects. It causes inhibition of epidermal cell proliferation, neoangiogenesis and induction of apoptosis together with its immune modulatory effects.
The study of reproductive biology of bilih fish Mystacoleucus padangensis has been conducted for one year in Naborsahan River, Toba Lake, North Sumatra. The aim of this study was to examine the reproduction characteristics of female bilih fish. Sampling of fish was carried out at six stations determined based on the river characteristics and bilih fish habitat using bag net and cast net. Gonadosomatic index value varied from 0.
Observation of mature ovarians showed that the fecundity of bilih fish ranging between eggs. Directly-measured oocyte diameter ranged from Based on morphological and histological examinations, the gonad developmental stages of female bilih fish ovarians can be divided into five stages: Bilih fish spawning patterns are partial and the spawning peak occurred in August-September and February-March. Here's how terms and conditions apply. About the Author William Thistlethwaite is both an author and an attorney. To get the free app, enter mobile phone number. See all free Kindle reading apps.
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