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MAGNETIC FLUX AND GAMMA RAY CONJUNCTION IMPACTS WITH Beauvaria bassiana (BALSAMO) ON CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS OF Earias insulana (BOISD.)
Get PDFUnder laboratory conditions; the spiny bollworm, Earias insulana (Boisd.) treated with LC50,s of the fungal compound, Beauvaria bassiana (Balsamo) exposed to gamma doses (400 & 700 Gy) and prepared in magnetized water (180 mlt). Assays of toxicity, biological and biochemical of E. insulana treated as newly hatched larvae with B. bassiana in different six treatments were done. B. bassiana + 400 or 700 Gy + magnetized water were the most effective treatments on the most E. insulana larvae assays used. While, B. bassiana + 400 or 700 Gy without preparing in magnetized water had the lower effect comparing with the two aforementioned treatments. Meanwhile, B. bassiana treatment when used singly caused the least effective on E. insulana larvae different assays.
At 5- day post treatment, the compound of B. bassiana + 700 Gy + magnetized water was the best treatment caused the highly toxicity (LC50: 8x102 IU) on E. insulana larvae. Also, the same treatment had drastically biological effect on larval and pupal stages. Addition, total carbohydrate, followed by total lipid and proteins of E. insulana had drastically decreased with the mentioned treatment; while, free amino acids increased than untreated. Meanwhile, all the assayed enzymes had the highly decreased compared with untreated, especially aspartate amino transferase (AST/GOT), followed by alanine aminotransferase (ALT/GPT), acetyle cholinesterase, trehalase, invertase and amylase.
So, B. bassiana exposed to gamma doses (400 & 700 Gy) and prepared in magnetized water can potentiate the fungal compound used on E. insulana larvae to be effective than B. bassiana when used singly
IN-SILICO STRUCTURAL AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BETA GLOBIN GENE FAMILY
Get PDFThere are 5 members of the human beta globin gene family. They have blood transportation function. There are some diseases related to the mutation in these gene. the common disease related to mutation these genes are sickle cell anemia, thalassemia etc. The structural and phylogenetic analysis is performed by using some bioinformatics tools. The gene sequence is retrieved and run under some tools to perform the specific analysis. The analysis performed include are similarity with other organism, determination of conserved domains and motifs, multiple sequence alignment, generation of phylogenetic tree, identification of exons and introns and determination of restriction sites. And the tools used for these analyses are BLASTP, pfam, clustal omega, MEGA7, gene structure display tool and serial cloner respectively. This study came out with a result that the genes diverged due to duplication and then mutation. The gene contain mostly non coding portion but there are 3 exons and 2 introns. The length of 2 introns is far more than that of 3 exons. In future the techniques like CRISPR/cas gene editing tool will be used to treat the disease related the beta globin gene family
PRESENT STATUS OF PHYTOPLANKTON DIVERSITY IN RAMOUA DAM DISTRICT GWALIOR, MADHYA PRADESH INDIA
Get PDFThe diversity of phytoplankton was studied for Ramoua Dam which is situated at eastern side of Gwalior City in Madhya Pradesh from June 2016 to May-2017. The phytoplankton was collected by standard plankton net from four different sites of Ramoua dam. In the present study total 20 species of phytoplankton were identified belonging to 13 families, 11 orders and 5 different classes. Euglenophyceae was found dominant with 7 species throughout the study period followed by Chlorophyceae with 5 species, Bacillariophyceae with 4 species, Cyanophyceae with 3 species and Myxophyceae with 1 species. During study time the highest plankton cell density was observed in the month of May and lowest plankton density was observed during the month of July. The study helps in better understanding for the management of the Ramoua Dam
IMPACT OF ECTO AND BLOOD-SUCKING PARASITES INFECTION ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MUSCLES IN WILD Mugil cephalus AND Scomber scombrus FROM SYRIAN COASTS (EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN)
Get PDFThe present study aimed at isolating ectoparasite species and blood-sucking parasite- affecting wild Mugil cephalus and Scomber scombrus, and evaluating the impact of infection on the chemical composition of their muscles. A total of 238 individuals of M. cephalus and 224 of S. scombrus were captured from Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean) through two years, from April 2020 to April 2022. Fish samples were examined for infection, and parasites were isolated according to the wet smears method and identified at species level. Chemical composition: proteins, fats, moisture and ash contents of muscle of two species studied were determined. Variations of these different components in the infected and non-infected samples, and according to months or season, age and sex were assessed. Results showed the infection of M. cephalus by Ligophorus mediterraneus, Ergenstrema sp. (Monogenea) and Caligus pageti (Copepoda), whereas, only one ectoparasite species: Kuhnia scombri (Monogenea) was identified from S. scombrus. This is actually the first record of Ergenstrema sp; C. pageti and K. scombri in the two species studied in Syrian marine waters. This is also the first record of Ergenstrema sp. in wild M. cephalus in the world. No significant differences in the content of moisture, protein and ash were observed between the infected and non-infected fish. Nevertheless, fat content has showed a significant (P-value <0.05) decrease in the samples infected by the blood-sucking parasites- (i.e. C. pageti and K. scombri) in both species studied. In addition, significant differences of the chemical composition according to season and age were also found, but not between females and males
FEEDING PREFERENCES OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES, Psammotermes hypostoma (DESNEUX) (BLATTODEA: RHINOTERMITIDAE) FOR IMPROVING TRAPPING SYSTEM IN EGYPT UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS
Get PDFThe feeding preferences of the subterranean termites depend on the cellulose contents of the subjected material. Therefore, the effectiveness of a trap is measured through the rate of bait consumption by termite individuals. Accordingly, the present study aimed to evaluate the feeding preferences of subterranean termites toward nine types of dry plant materials. The experimental area was selected as it is highly infected. The results obtained showed that the sugarcane pit (Saccharum officinarum), in the first year, and berseem hay (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), in the second year, were the most preferred hays among all evaluated hays as they recorded the highest food consumption rate during two successive years, 2018 and 2019, respectively. We can conclude that using either sugarcane pit or berseem hay can provide excellent content for termite traps for further employment to control this pest
PARITY EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF FRIESIAN CROSSBRED DAIRY COWS
Get PDFBangladesh is an agriculture based country of which dairy sector shares a large economy and meets a great portion of the protein requirement of its population. Friesian crossbreds are highly recommended and beneficial to rear for dairy farms in the aspect of Bangladesh. The present study determined the parity effects on Local-Friesian cross-bred dairy cows’ production and reproduction performance at the Central Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm (CCBDF), Savar, Dhaka. 77 individuals were selected for this study and the quantitative data (Gestation period, Lactation period, Milk production per day, Calf birth weight and Calving interval) from the existing database (2008 to 2019) was recorded. Kruskal-Wallis test was conducted using STATA-13 statistical software to evaluate the association between parity number and each of outcome variables (Gestation period, Lactation period, Milk production per day, Calf birth weight and Calving interval). The results of each production and reproduction outcome varied significantly by parity number (p≤0.003) except for the gestation period (p=0.22). The obtained median of the gestation period for 1st to 6th parity was 276-279 days without the trend of increase or decrease in relation to parity. There was decreased calving interval (median from 1st to 6th parity, 529.5-375.5 days) and lactation period (median from 1st to 6th parity, 361.5-270 days) and increased milk production per day (median from 1st to 6th parity, 5.2-8.6 liter per day) and calf birth weight (median from 1st to 6th parity, 23-28 kg) with increased parity number. The results indicated that the cattle performance at Central Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm was satisfactory. It was concluded that should explore the source of the short lactation periods further, as it is an important economic factor for dairy farms. Along with the genetic background of the dairy cows, some environmental factors (climate, year and season of calving) and management factors (disease control and feeding status) should be considered for investigating the reasons for the short lactation period
TRADITIONAL LITERARY INTERPRETATION VERSUS SUBVERSIVE INTERPRETATION
Get PDFI draw a distinction between traditional literary interpretation, which makes assertions which suitably informed readers are expected to accept on the basis of a kind of intuition, and subversive interpretation, which aims to present a counterintuitive interpretation of a text which fits with the evidence. Traditional literary interpretation faces objections of being unscientific and undemocratic. Subversive interpretation may appear as a solution, but it is so difficult to successfully use this approach that it is questionable whether it solves the objection of being undemocratic
IMPACT OF DEMONSTRATION WITH DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONING TEACHING METHODS ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to determine the influence of teaching methods on students’ performance in cultural and creative arts. The research design for this study was quasi-experimental. The target population comprised of 90 Junior Secondary three (JS3) students from two public coeducational secondary schools in Idemili North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State as on 2020/2021 academic session. A sample of 40 JS3 students was randomly drawn from the two schools and was used in the study. The instrument for data collection was Test of Achievement in Cultural and Creative Arts for Junior Secondary (TACCAJS) developed by the researchers. The collected data were analyzed with t–test using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that there was a significant variation between students’ achievement in cultural and creative arts (p = 0.000) in favour of students exposed to the teaching methods. But, there was no significant variation between students’ achievement in cultural and creative arts, based on gender (p = 0.086, 0.405). Hence, it was concluded that demonstration with discussion and questioning teaching methods are more effective in inculcating knowledge to students especially, in the field of cultural and creative arts
NUTRITIONAL AND MICROBIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ESTUARY OF AL-SIN RIVER–LATTAKIA-SYRIA
Get PDFALSin river is located in the southwestern of Lattakia, next to the border administrative of Tartous. The waters of the estuary AlSin River is(Brackish waters which water not salt and not fresh), its salinity and temperature is ranged between(0-39؉), (15.9-27.9)C˚ respectivily. The nutrients is changed with the different seasons and according to the river's load of sewage water and which filtered by agricultural soils.
Nutrient is ranged between (7.17-18.25), (5.61-36.83)µmol/L for ammnioum and phosphate ions, and between (2.35-3.68) µmol/L for nitrite.
And Total Bacteria ranged between (5000-40000) cells/100ml, and Streptococcus bacteria count is ranged between (4560 -520) cells/100ml
PREVALENCE, CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND CO-INFECTIONS OF BURULI ULCER IN PARTS OF IMO STATE, NIGERIA
Get PDFThe study investigated prevalence, clinical manifestations and co-infections of buruli ulcer in parts of Imo State, Nigeria. The sampled human population was physically examined for buruli ulcer infection, in ulcerative stages wound swab samples were collected using sterile swab sticks and taken to the laboratory for microbial analysis. Microbial analysis of samples, gram staining, and identification of bacterial isolates, biochemical tests and determination of co-infections were achieved using standard methods. The analysis of results revealed moderately high prevalence rate of buruli ulcer disease in the area. The results further showed that in Oguta 58.54% of sampled individuals had clinical manifestations of the infection. Ohaji/Egbema recorded 51.46%, Oru East had 57.50% of victims with clinical manifestations, Onuimo had 61.29%, Isiala Mbano recorded 60.00%, Ikeduru 54.14% and Oru-West had 53.42 % of individuals with clinical manifestations of buruli ulcer. Prevalence of the buruli ulcer differed among the Local Government Areas studied. Study revealed variations in prevalence and clinical manifestations between males and females in the communities surveyed, with more females having ulcerative cases, too. Bacterial isolates confirmed from buruli ulcer disease were Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus spp., Proteus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus spp. Candida albicans, a fungal species was also isolated. Different microbial species responsible for pus formation in buruli ulcer wounds were highlighted. The results revealed that the toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus caused dermatitis and toxic shock syndrome to the victims