Developing countries face a common problem that is the deficiency in protein intake by poor people. This problem demands incentive policies for consumption of vegetable protein with low cost and good quality. As a solution to the problem, the production of two peanut based beverages has been sought due to their adequate source of protein, wide offer and low cost. It has also been taken under co…
The present study deals with the diversity of paddy field actinobacterial flora in Tiruchirappalli district. Totally 118 actinobacterial colonies were isolated from 12 different paddy fields,among which 45 isolates were morphologically distinct on the basis of spore color, mycelia formation,pigment production and reverse side color formation. Totally 45 actinobacterial isolates were screened fo…
1. Changes in land management (land use and land cover) and water management (including extraction of ground water and diversion of surface waters for irrigation) driven by increases in agricultural production and urban expansion (and fundamentally by population growth) have created multiple stressors on global freshwater ecosystems that we can no longer ignore. 2. The development and test…
Powdery mildews caused by several fungi, particularly of the genera Erysiphe, Sphaerotheca and Leveillula, are destructive diseases of various cultivated and wild plants during winter season (December–March) in Sudan. Application of synthetic fungicides is the only control measure practiced. Fortuitously, during a field survey, congregations of coccinellid adults and grubs were found associat…
Characteristics of thin layer microwave drying of apple were evaluated in a laboratory scale microwave dryer at 2450 MHz. The drying experiments were carried out at 200, 400 and 600 W. The experimental data were fitted to nine drying models. The models were compared using the coefficient of determination (R2), root mean square error (RMSE) and reduced chi-square (v2). The Midilli et al. model b…
Nowadays, a lot of attention is paid to the application of intelligent systems in predicting natural phenomena. Artificial neural network systems, fuzzy logic, and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference are used in this field. Daily minimum temperature of the meteorology station of the city of Mashhad, in northeast of Iran, in a 42-year statistical period, 1966-2008, has been received from the Iranian …
This paper investigates how urban households in Riyadh city, capital of Saudi Arabia,coped with higher food prices depending on a survey for selected group of households. The primary data were obtained in a survey from a sample of 286 household heads. Before analysis, the collected data were first grouped and classified according to the income level of respondents and then descriptive statistic…
Aim: The aim of this study is description of nursing students’ views of sociocultural factors in clinical learning. Methods: A qualitative content analysis was conducted to describe nursing students’ views of sociocultural factors in clinical learning. The participants consisted of 21 nursing students. Semi-structured and interactive interviews were used to collect data. All the intervi…
Mass migrations in coconut slices during osmotic dehydration and drying are described using a diffusion model with boundary condition of the third kind. The osmotic dehydration experiment was performed at 35Brix (water and sucrose) and 40 C. The convective drying experiments were performed at 50, 60 and 70 C. The one-dimensional solution of the diffusion equation for an infinite slab was cou…
This work presents the kinetic study of the convective drying of Tunisian spearmint in two manners. The traditional protocol which consists in carrying out drying experimental tests at constant temperatures 40–45–50–55 C and a new protocol which consists in carrying out these tests at variable temperatures in an increasing and decreasing way between 40 C and 55 C. All the experimental …
Channa punctata varieties of fish are energetic and survive in critical environment although the molecular mechanism is not known. They were exposed to cold (4–8 C) for 30 min, 1 h, 2 h and 4 h and the total protein contents in the liver were not significantly changed up to 4 h of cold exposure while a significantly increased protein level in the skeletal muscle was noted and maximal at 2 h.…
Sheep husbandry represents a significant source of methane (CH4) in semiarid grassland regions such as Syria. However, the contribution of sheep to CH4 emissions in Syria is still unknown. This study was designed to quantify CH4 emissions and identify possible mitigation strategies for their reduction. Methodology developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was used to est…
After the formation of various production and utilization systems in Iran, the most advanced utilization units entitled ‘‘Agro-Industry’’ were established in 1968 according to the constitutional law of sub-dam land utilization companies. After several years of the activity of these units, they were dissolved one after the another. Fars Industrial Meat Complex was one of the agro-industr…
Climate change is one of the major challenges facing humanity in the future and effect of climate change has been detrimental to agricultural industry. The aim of this study was to simulate the effects of climate change on the maturity period, leaf area index (LAI), biomass and grain yield of wheat under future climate change for the Sistan and Baluchestan region in Iran. For this purpose,two g…
Recent research has demonstrated that public service motivation (PSM) is positively associated with the compatibility that public employees have to public organizations. However, the person–work environment (PE Fit) research also highlights the importance of compatibility not only between individuals and organizations (PO Fit) but also between individuals and jobs (PJ Fit). Hence, there i…
The glycan array is a powerful tool for investigating the specificities of glycan-binding proteins. By incubating a glycan-binding protein on a glycan array, the relative binding to hundreds of different oligosaccharides can be quantified in parallel. Based on these data, much information can be obtained about the preference of a glycan-binding protein for specific subcomponents of oligosacchar…
Lectin microarray technology has been used to profile the glycosylation of a multitude of biological and clinical samples, leading to new clinical biomarkers and advances in glycobiology. Lectin microarrays, which include >90 plant lectins, recombinant lectins, and selected antibodies, are used to profile N-linked, O-linked, and glycolipid glycans. The specificity and depth of glycan profiling …
The main objective of this study was to determine the effects of various levels of dietary black cumin seed (BCS) on immune-responsiveness, broiler performance and lymphoid organs’ratio scores against NDV, IBV and IBDV vaccines. One hundred and sixty-one day-old broiler chicks (Rose 308) were randomly assigned into five groups with three repli ates of seven birds each (21 chicks per group) an…
Energy and exergy analyses of thin-layer drying of sour pomegranate arils with microwave treatment were conducted in this research. Three levels of air temperature (50, 60 and 70 C) and air velocity (0.5, 1 and 1.5 m/s) were tested for evaluation of dryer parameters. Energy utilization and energy utilization ratio increased with time, while exergy efficiency decreased with time. Application of…
Vehicle imposed soil compaction is one of the serious concerns in agriculture and environmental problems that requires accurate studies. We were inspired to launch an investigation for soil compaction determination at three levels of wheel load (1, 2 and 3 kN), three levels of velocity (0.5, 0.75 and 1 m/s) and at 1, 2 and 3 passages of wheel with three replications on clay-loam soil. Experimen…
Banana is a fruit produced in most tropical countries. According to the literature, the post-harvest loss is about 40% of the production. To reduce the losses, an alternative is to dry the product. In this context, the main objective of this article was to describe the thin-layer drying of whole bananas. To describe the convective drying process, a mathematical model is normally used. In this a…
This study handles artificial neural networks (ANN) modeling to predict tire contact area and rolling resistance due to the complex and nonlinear interactions between soil and wheel that mathematical, numerical and conventional models fail to investigate multivariate input and output relationships with nonlinear and complex characteristics. Experimental data acquisitioning was carried out using…
Growth and physiological activities of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Gustoe) grown in soil cultures were evaluated to recognize the ameliorative role of salicylic acid (SA) and KNO3 against the negative effects of salt and water deficit stresses. Barley plants were subjected to three levels of NaCl (50, 100 and 150 mM), three levels of water stress (80%, 70% and 50% of the soil water content (…
ABSTRACT: This paper offers some preliminary notes on the position of Buddhists in Shi‘a legal and tafsir (exegesis) discourse with particular emphasis on Muhammad Husayn Tabataba’i’s treatment of the subject in his al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an. The author concludes that although Tabataba’i introduced some novel elements in Shi‘a tafsir relating to the identity of Sabians in th…
It is a truism of science that the more fundamental the subject, the more universally applicable it is. Neverthelens, it is important to strike a level of "fundamentalness" appropriate to the task in hand. For example, an in-depth study of the mechanics of motor cars would tell one nothing about the dynamics of traffic. Traffic exists on a different "level" - it is dependent upon the existence…
You are at the right place in your mathematical career to be reading this book if you liked Trigonometry and Calculus, were able to solve all the problems, but felt mildly annoyed with the text when it put in these verbose, incomprehensible things called \proofs." Those things probably bugged you because a whole lot of verbiage (not to mention a sprinkling of epsilons and deltas) was wasted on …
This special issue presents five essays and an interview in appreciation of Henry Bernstein. The essays – by major scholars in the field of agrarian political economy – engage with different aspects of Bernstein’s oeuvre: from direct critical reflections on his approach to the peasantry and the agrarian question through to arguments developed in connection to his work on commercial ca…
1 Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is one of the most devastating pests of tomato crops. We studied the acceptability and suitability of eggs laid by irradiated T. absoluta pairs to parasitism by the parasitoids Trichogramma nerudai and Trichogramma pretiosum. 2 Trichogramma absoluta pupae were irradiated with X-radiation (20834 R) and the emerged adults were separated …
Public administrators always seem to be looking for a fix to the field’s “big” problem of ineffective government. One popular solution was (and perhaps still is) New Public Management reforms based on market values. Collaborative Public Management and related suggestions emerged thereafter to return the field to its democratic roots. The problem is, though, that both these constructs are…
Most universities and college campuses across the United States are engaged in developing policies, programs, and systems to reduce risks and maintain safety and security on their campuses. This article identifies key factors such as all-hazards comprehensive emergency plans, continuity of operations plans, emergency information management, leadership support, community partnerships, and traini…
Understanding and quantification of phosphorus (P) fluxes are key requirements for predictions of future forest ecosystems changes as well as for transferring lessons learned from natural ecosystems to croplands and plantations. This review summarizes and evaluates the recent knowledge on mechanisms, magnitude, and relevance by which dissolved and colloidal inorganic and organic P forms can…
This is a contribution to a long-standing ‘conversation’ between Henry Bernstein and Terry Byres on capitalist agrarian transition, encompassing the development of capitalist agriculture and capitalist industrialization. Two themes are central: first, the divergence of view with respect to the possible relevance of past transitions for the present (posited by Byres) and the contemporary…
The phenolic composition of white grapes is important since browning reactions may dramatically compromise the overall quality of musts and wines. Only few scientific contributions are available, which investigated how fertilization can influence this class of compounds. Thus, the aim of this work was to examine the effects of NPK soil fertilization coupled with soil or foliar applications …
Among several environmental factors shaping soil microbial communities the impact of soil nutrients is of special interest. While continuous application mainly of N and P dramatically shifts community composition during fertilization, it remains unclear whether this effect is consistent in generic, unfertilized beech forest ecosystems of Germany, where differences in nutrient contents are m…
Phosphorus (P) deficiency at early seedling stages is a critical determinant for survival and final yield of pearl millet in multi-stress Sahelian environments. Longer roots and colonization with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) enhance P uptake and crop performance of millet. Assessing the genotypic variation of early mycorrhization and its effect on plant growth is necessary to better u…
Below-ground niche complementarity in legume–cereal intercrops may improve resource use efficiency and root adaptability to environmental constraints. However, the effect of water limitation on legume rooting and nodulation patterns in intercropping is poorly understood. To advance our knowledge of mechanisms involved in water-limitation response, faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and wheat (Trit…
1 To understand how habitat management influences agricultural production, the present study investigated whether the vicinity of mixed (six annual herbaceous species) or monospecific (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) floral margins can improve seed production in coriander. 2 Potted coriander plants under field conditions were used to test: (i) the contribution of insect pollination (open versus b…
1 Elatobium abietinum (Walker) is the most important defoliating pest of Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. Climate change in the U.K. is predicted to increase incidences of spring–summer drought events, with the aphid expected to respond to these changes. This will have serious implications for damage levels and growth of infested Sitka spruce, as well as control of the aphid pe…
My paper underscores the theoretical contribution of an early essay by Henry Bernstein, ‘Notes on Capital and Peasantry’, published in 1977. It uses the ideas in that essay to construct a general argument about the ways in which capitalism dominates household producers. The first section summarizes the arguments of Bernstein’s essay and relates them to key passages of A.V. Chayanov’…
Composite surface soil samples (236 samples) were collected from three fodder farms irrigated for a long period with the treated sewage effluents or well water through a center pivot system. The soil of the 1st farm was loamy sand in texture while it was sandy loam for the other two farms, all were calcareous containing more than 10% of (CaCO3). The average values of EC for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd…
Sixteen goats fitted with a rumen cannula were used in completely randomized block design to test the effects of dietary crude palm oil (PO), palm kernel cake (PKC) and decanter cake (DC) on rumen total protozoa counts, rumen fermentation, and digestibility. Goats received once daily (1.5% of BW) one of four concentrate diets: reference diet (RD), DC diet (DCD), PKC diet (PKCD) and RD plus 5% P…
The date fruit, which is produced mostly in the hot arid regions of Southern Asia and North Africa, in large quantities, is marketed all over the world as an important crop. Date grading is an important process for producers and affects the fruit quality evaluation and export market. In this research Mamdani fuzzy inference system (MFIS) was applied as a decision making technique to classify th…
Fresh fish contains up to 80% of water. It is a highly perishable material and having a short storage life. Therefore, the study of the drying kinetics of fish is necessary. In this study, the effect of microwave drying on drying rate, effective diffusivity, and energy consumption of sardine fish was examined at four different microwave powers (200, 300, 400 and 500 W). It was found that the mo…
Ohmic heating is an alternative fast heating method for food products. In this study, the effect of ohmic heating technique on electrical conductivity, heating rate, system performance and pH of pomegranate juice was investigated. Ohmic heating rate, electrical conductivity, and pH are dependent on the voltage gradient used (30–55 V/cm). As the voltage gradient increased, time,system performa…
Changes to soil nutrient availability and increases for crop yield and soil organic C (SOC) concentration on biochar-amended soil under temperate climate conditions have only been reported in a few publications. The objective of this work was to determine if biochar application rates up to 20 Mg ha–1 affect nutrient availability in soil, SOC stocks and yield of corn (Zea mays L.), soybean…
Breeding has developed better yielding maize hybrids for low N environments, which also have delayed leaf senescence (‘stay green’ trait, SG). Here, we studied whether the SG trait can further improve yield of modern hybrids under N-limiting conditions. In two field experiments, four maize hybrids with different senescence behaviour were grown under three N fertilization levels, from 0 to …
One of the most important replacement methods used instead of chemical herbicide and conventional tillage is cover and companion crops’ application which is a major factor in sustainable agriculture. In order to determine the best cover crop in controlling weeds of corn field and its further effects on corn yield, an experiment was carried out in a factorial arrangement based on RCB design wi…
Marijuana (cannabis) is the most frequently used illicit drug of abuse in the United States and worldwide. Moreover, it is second only to alcohol as the most prevalent psychoactive substance seen in cases of driving under the influence of drugs.1,2 It is also by a wide margin, the drug most often detected in workplace drug-testing programs. The primary psychoactive substance in marijuana is del…
This article reports on a literature review of workplace interventions (i.e., creating healthy work environments and improving nurses’ quality of work life [QWL]) aimed at managing occupational stress and burnout for nurses. A literature search was conducted using the keywords nursing, nurses, stress, distress, stress management,burnout, and intervention. All the intervention studies included…
Nurses are loyal to their patients and coworkers. They often put the needs of others before their own and sometimes even before the needs of their families. This concern for others can cause conflicts that manifest as stress. Of the more than 2 million nurses in the United States, more than 62% work in hospitals. Hospitals are known to be both rewarding and stressful places to work. Like most w…