29 research outputs found
Effect of Agency Banking Services on Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty towards MAB Bank (Moe Thida Aung, 2025)
No full textThis study aims to investigate how agency banking services impact customer satisfaction and to assess the mediating role of customer trust in the connection between customer satisfaction and loyalty to MAB bank. This research utilizes both primary and secondary data. Primary data were gathered from 397 customers selected from 50,000 agency banking clients of MAB bank’s agency banking services through the simple random sampling technique utilizing the Yamane sample size formula. A structured questionnaire featuring a 5-point Likert scale is employed to gather primary data through an online survey. Secondary data is collected from MAB bank, earlier research articles, textbooks, websites, and other relevant sources. Descriptive statistics along with linear regression analysis are utilized to evaluate the data. Regression findings show that convenience, service value, service quality, and agent quality significantly and positively influence customer satisfaction. Furthermore, customer trust has a mediating role in the connection between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. To boost customer satisfaction and loyalty, MAB bank ought to increase the accessibility and responsiveness of its agent network while ensuring service quality is similar to that of bank branches
Development of Leucaena Mimosine-Degrading Bacteria in the Rumen of Sheep in Myanmar
No full textMyanmar has an agricultural base, and about 70% of people reside in rural areas. They depend for survival on agriculture and small-scale crop production, with ruminant livestock consuming fibrous agricultural residues. For optimal ruminant production, concentrates are needed as supplements to these residues. As concentrates are expensive, researchers are testing alternative protein sources like legumes, including foliage from leguminous trees such as leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala). Leucaena is the most widely used leguminous tree as a ruminant feed because it is rich in protein (~ 22%) and contains easily digestible fibre (23% neutral detergent fibre, 16.6% acid detergent fibre; Ni Ni Maw 2004). Khin Htay Myint (2005) noted that 25% of leucaena in the ration tended to increase nitrogen retention without decreasing dry matter and organic matter digestibilities. However, leucaena leaves contain a toxic non-protein amino acid, called mimosine. Research workers have endeavoured to reduce mimosine toxicity in animals fed leucaena in Myanmar (Aung Aung 2007, Wink Phyo Thu 2010) and one avenue of research was the development of mimosine-degrading bacteria in the rumen of sheep fed leucaena. In this paper we describe an experiment tracing the development of mimosine-degrading bacteria in the rumen of sheep
Selection of Suitable Varieties of Grasses for Myanmar
No full textThe basal feed resources for ruminants available in most developing countries in the tropics are crop residues, pasture from infertile land, for example communal land, or agro-industrial by-products. These are low in protein and of low digestibility. A major problem facing livestock producers in tropical areas is proper nutrition for their animals during the dry season when pastures, cereal residues and maize stover are limiting in nutritional quality. The researchers in Myanmar have tried to improve the nutritive value of fibrous agricultural residues. Aung Aung et al. (2006) supplemented the sesame and chickpea husk to bulls fed on urea-treated rice straw. One way of improving the utilisation of such crop residues is by proper supplementation with leguminous forages (Poppi and McLennan 1995).
In most regions of Myanmar, the green forage is available during the rainfall and become shortage during dry season. Therefore, feedstuff for ruminant animals mainly has to depend upon the availability of agricultural by-products. Almost more than half of the livestock population of Myanmar is inhabited in dry zone and thus, to overcome the scarcity of the feedstuff during summer, the irrigation system was introduced in these areas for the development of agriculture.
A simple and effective way to increase livestock production is to grow improved pastures. Throughout Myanmar, extensive areas of idle land could grow excellent pasture. At present, most of the “pastures” consist of low rank, poor quality grasses and a limited range of edible shrubs. During prolonged dry periods, grazing animals subsist on dry mature roughage of poor quality (Myo Kywe and Tin Mg Aye, 2007). Grass species, which can rapidly grow after the rain also having drought tolerance, would be very useful in the production system. There is still little information on the use of forage in Myanmar. It is needed to select the grass species which have drought resistance in Myanmar and thus this experiment was conducted to evaluate a range of introduced tropical grasses in the central dry zone of Myanmar
Change Detection of the Building Areas in Urban regions
No full textMyanmar is exposed to a number of naturalhazards, some of which have caused devastatingdamage in the recent past. According to the UNRisk Model, Myanmar ranks as the ‘most at risk’country for natural disasters. Coastal regions,particularly Rakhine State and the AyeyarwadyDelta Region, are at high risk for cyclones, stormsurges and tsunamis. As Myanmar falls on one ofthe two main earthquake belts in the world, muchof the country is prone to earthquake. After thedisaster occurred, we cannot classify completelythe building areas on widely damaged urbanareas many years later. Urban growth is thecritical feeds for the city planning and directlyeffects on the country development. Themodified Morphological Building Index (MBI) isapplied to extract building areas to know howmuch area has change. Then, matching-basedchange rule is applied to obtain changes areas. Inthe experiments show that the proposed methodcan achieve satisfactory correctness rate bycomparing with Change Vector Analysis (CVA)
Effect of leucaena forage and silage substitution in concentrates on digestibility, nitrogen utilization and milk yield in dairy cows
No full textThis experiment was conducted to determine the effect of feeding leucaena forage and silage substitution in concentrate on the performances of dairy cows. Nine cross-bred Holstein Friesian cows (410±12kg) in the 12th week of lactation were randomly allocated to one of three treatment groups with three replicates/treatments in a completely randomized design. The three treatments were control diet without substitution of leucaena forage and silage (DLFS0), diet with substitution of leucaena forage 10% (DLF10) and diet with substitution of leucaena silage 10% (DLS10). Cows were fed treatments for 60 days. Although nutrient intakes were not significantly different (p>0.05) each other, digestibility of DLFS0 was significantly higher (p<0.05) than others. Conversely, nitrogen utilization and average milk yield of cows offered DLFS0 were significantly lower (p<0.05) than those of cows fed on DLF10 and DLS10. The highest feed cost (p<0.05) per kg of milk was found in DLFS0 and the lowest cost was observed in DLF10. Therefore, although the leucana forage and silage could be substitute up to 10% of concentrates without adverse effects on the performances of dairy cows, the substitution of leucaena forage gave the better performances than that of leucaena silage
Stochastic Context Free Grammar for Statistical Parsing of Myanmar Natural Language Processing
No full textParsing is breaking a sentence into its constituent nonterminal. Parsing of simple noun-phrase is useful in the study of artificial intelligence for various reasons, such as, for an index-term generation in an information retrieval; for the extraction of collocation knowledge from large corpora; development of computational tools for language analysis. In this paper, Context Free Grammar and Stochastic Context Free Grammar of Myanmar Noun phrase are presented. These Grammars can be applied in statistical parsing of Myanmar Natural Language Processing, which is convenience for many NLP tasks of Myanmar language such as machine translation, phrase alignment, reordering and text summarization
Monochromatic LED cube by Arduino Microcontroller
No full textThe “Monochromatic LED cube by Arduino Microcontroller” was focused for teaching aid, training kit and the decorative elements in the ceremonies. The system was mainly comprised Arduino Uno, LEDs and some resistors. It was used monochromatic 4 x 4 x 4 LED matrix. The cube was consisted of 64 green LEDs which made up 16 vertical LED rows and 4 horizontal layers. The output of the system displayed various pattern designs. The controlled program source code can be derived the LEDs to show various patterns
Molecular Characterization of Selected Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes
No full textTwelve simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were used to fingerprint and assess genetic diversity among 32 selected rice genotypes. This study was carried out at Biotechnology laboratory, Department of Agricultural Research (DAR). All loci were found to be polymorphic, and the frequency of most com-mon allele at each locus ranged from 3.12% (RM 1347, RM 1359, RM 8136, RM 474 and RM 1353) to 90.48 % (RM 8216). The range of polymorphic information content (PIC) values was from 0.27 to 0.77 (RM 514, RM 413) and 0.75 (RM 474). RM474 was found the best marker for the identification of stud-ied genotypes as revealed higher PIC values and showed highest polymorphism. A total of 43 alleles were detected at 12 loci, the number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 (RM 510, RM 447, and RM 8216) to 6 (RM 474), average of 3.58. The dendogram revealed 5 well distinguish groups based on 0.27 similarity level showing a higher genetic relationship. So, it was denoted that there were considerable genetic variations among the studied genotypes
Synergic Treatment of Plant-Based Antioxidants with Iron Chelators for Iron Overload in Transfusion-Dependent-Thalassemia Patients: A Systematic Review
No full textThe combined use of plant-based antioxidants and iron chelators presents a synergistic treatment approach that effectively tackles both iron overload and the accompanying oxidative stress in individuals with transfusion-dependent Thalassemia (TDT). Plant-based antioxidants counteract reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative damage, whereas iron chelators effectively bind excess iron, reducing the body's iron concentration. This combined therapy can be beneficial in improving TDT patients with iron overload. We systematically reviewed the literature exploring the plant-based antioxidants with iron chelators for iron overload in transfusion-dependent Thalassemia Patients. All fourteen included studies were randomized clinical trials, employing various randomization methods including simple randomization, double-blinded, triple-blinded, and crossover designs. The included studies enrolled participants across different age groups, including both young and adult patients. Despite the variability in plant-based antioxidants with iron-chelating properties, the key findings were as follows: Nine studies reported a significant reduction in iron overload, eight studies observed a marked decrease in oxidative stress markers, and five studies demonstrated reduced liver enzyme levels, suggesting potential hepatoprotective effects. All included studies reported significant effects of various supplements on key biomarkers, including total iron (Fe), ferritin, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), malondialdehyde (MDA), and liver enzymes (AST, ALT). Silymarin, green tea, and grape seed extract (GSE) supplementation demonstrated notable reductions in total Fe, Ferritin, ASL, and ALT levels. Additionally, these supplements increased TIBC levels, suggesting improved iron metabolism. In contrast, quercetin and curcumin supplementation did not show a statistically significant difference compared to control groups in these outcomes
Effects of Different Mulching Materials on Plant Growth, Fruit Yield and Quality of Two Cultivars of Watermelon (CitrulluslanatusThunb.)
No full textThe study was conducted to investigate plant growth, fruit yield and quality attributes of two cultivars of watermelon as affected by mulching materials during the winter seasons of 2014 and 2015 in the field of Department of Horticulture and Agricultural Biotechnology, Yezin Agricultural University. The treat-ments were laid out in two-factor factorial arrangement in randomized complete block design with four replications. The first factor was mulching materials: rice straw, black polyethylene, silver polyethylene and clear polyethylene and without mulch was control. The second factor was cultivars: namely 855 and Padamya.The data on main vine length (cm), number of nodes on main vine and number of branches per plant were weekly recorded. Soil moisture content (%) and weed infestation (g) were also measured. At harvest time, single fruit weight (kg), total fruit yield (ton ha-1), skin and pulp firmness (kg cm-2), Brix %, juice content (%) and total titratable acidity (TTA %) and color values of L*, a*, b* were also analyzed. All mulching materials showed significantly higher single fruit weight and total fruit yield than control. The plants without mulch (control) showed the lowest values in single fruit weight and total fruit yield. All mulching materials not only maintained the maximum soil moisture but also suppressed weed infesta-tion. There was an interaction between mulching materials and cultivars on single fruit weight, total fruit yield and also the fruit quality attributes of juice content and color values of L*, a* and b*.According to the results, mulching practice is efficient for watermelon production and silver polyethylene mulch is the best among them. There were no significant differences in the main growth parameters of single fruit weight and total fruit yield between two cultivars. Moreover, the quality attributes of Brix %, juice con-tent and TTA % of cultivar 855 did not differ from cultivar Padamya. Therefore, cultivar Padamya may be a potential cultivar for local consumption and for export in future along with the cultivar 855
