Replacing fossil fuels wtih solar energy in an SME in UK and Kurdistan, Iraq: Kansas fried chicken case study

Energy management and analysis are more common in large companies since they have the resources and commitment to assign such tasks to employee compared to SMEs. Only a very small proportion of the overall business costs pertains to energy requirements and therefore SMEs pay little attention to energy analysis and management. Fossil fuels, which cause issues related to global warming, can viably be replaced with renewable energy sources such as solar energy. Trends in solar cell development are likely to yield a potential solution to problems generated by an over reliance on fossil fuels. Solar solutions are relatively simple to implement in SMEs than in large corporation and the combined impact small businesses is likely to be much greater. A micro-business has been utilized as a cases study for the purposes of illustration in the UK and Kurdistan-Iraq. Even though Kurdistan-Iraq is abundant in oil and gas, its climatic favour the implementation of solar cells which can replace the existing use of non-renewable fossil fuel. Our comparative study suggests that solar can replaced a reasonable amount of the energy needs even in the UK and a much higher amount in Kurdistan-Iraq. Using 20% efficient solar, can replace 23% and 70% of the energy requirements of the microbusiness in UK and Kurdistan-Iraq respectively

Data_Sheet_1_Improving ESP Writing Class Learning Outcomes Among Medical University Undergraduates: How Do Emotions Impact?.docx

As English plays a significant role in most professions, improving the English for Specific Purpose (ESP) writing competence allows individuals to participate in the global professional community, which makes ESP writing important for research. However, research on ESP writing is reported to be insufficient, and how factors such as emotions affect ESP writing is rarely and marginally studied. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating how induced emotions influence the learning outcome in ESP writing classes with an emphasis on a particular rhetorical choice among medical university undergraduates. A total of 63 medical university undergraduates were recruited. After the emotional inducement, they were taught with materials selected and adopted from the BioCauses corpus and with an explicitly inductive teaching approach. Results revealed that positive emotions positively correlated with better learning outcomes, while negative emotions hindered participants in their learning. The results shed light on the impact of emotional states on ESP/medical research article (MRA) writing, learning, and teaching. Further study implications were provided accordingly.</p

Intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test (IPGTT, 2 g/kg), myocardial ultrastructural and mitochondrial properties in low fat (LF) or high fat (HF)-fed C57 mice with or without TUDCA treatment (300 mg/kg for 15 days).

<p>A: Serum glucose levels following intraperitoneal glucose challenge; B: Area under the curve (AUC) for IPGTT; C: Transmission electron microscopic micrographs of left ventricular tissue; Normal myofilament and mitochondrial ultrastructure may be seen in LF, LF-TUDCA and HF-TUDCA groups while myocardium in HF group displays irregular and deformed myofibril structure, some swollen mitochondria with cristae loss. Original magnification  = ×15,000 for upper and middle panels; Original magnification  = ×30,000 for bottom panels; D: Quantitative analyses of mitochondrial ultrastructural abnormalities and E: Mitochondrial permeation transition pore (mPTP) opening measured using NAD⁺ level; Mean±SEM, n = 4 mice per group, *p<0.05.</p

Cardiomyocyte contractile function at stimulus frequencies of 0.1–5 Hz (at 37°C) in low fat (LF) or high fat (HF)-fed C57 mice with or without TUDCA treatment (300 mg/kg, 15 d).

<p>Peak shortening is presented as% change of resting cell length;±dL/dt: Maximal velocity of shortening/relengthening; TR₉₀: Time-to-90% relengthening; Mean±SEM, n = 32–33 cells from 4 mice per group, *p<0.05 <i>vs.</i> Vehicle-LF or TUDCA-HF group.</p

Additional file 1: Figure S1. of A trehalase from Zunongwangia sp.: characterization and improving catalytic efficiency by directed evolution

SDS-PAGE analysis of the purified proteins: TreZ, C4, Y227H and R442G; Table S1. Primers used for plasmid construction and the site-directed mutagenesis: treZ-F, tre-R; Y227H-F, Y227-R; R442G-F, R442G-R. (DOC 638 kb

Correction: Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid Mitigates High Fat Diet-Induced Cardiomyocyte Contractile and Intracellular Ca²⁺ Anomalies

Correction: Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid Mitigates High Fat Diet-Induced Cardiomyocyte Contractile and Intracellular Ca²⁺ Anomalie

Levels of insulin signaling cascades in myocardium from low fat (LF) or high fat (HF)-fed C57 mice with or without TUDCA treatment (300 mg/kg for 15 days).

<p>A: pIRS-1-to-IRS-1 ratio; B: pJNK-to-JNK ratio; C: pcJun-to-cJun ratio; and D: pERK-to-ERK ratio. Insets: Representative gel blots of total and phosphorylated IRS-1, JNK, cJun and ERK using specific antibodies. α-tubulin was used as the loading control. Mean±SEM; sample sizes are denoted in the bar graphs; *p<0.05 (two-way ANOVA).</p

Cardiomyocyte contractile function at 25°C in low fat (LF) or high fat (HF)-fed C57 mice with or without TUDCA treatment (300 mg/kg for 15 days).

<p>A: Representative traces depicting cell shortening in LF and HF-fed mice; B: Representative traces depicting cell shortening in LF and HF-fed mice with TUDCA treatment; C: Resting cell length; D: Peak shortening (PS, normalized to resting cell length); E: Maximal velocity of shortening (+dL/dt); F: Maximal velocity of relengthening (−dL/dt); G: Time-to-PS (TPS); and I: Time-to-90% relengthening (TR₉₀). Mean±SEM, n = 60–64 cells from 3 mice per group, *p<0.05 (two-way ANOVA).</p

Expression of ER stress proteins in myocardium from low fat (LF) or high fat (HF)-fed C57 mice with or without TUDCA treatment (300 mg/kg for 15 days).

<p>A: Representative gel blots depicting levels of GRP78/BiP, pPERK, PERK, CHOP, eIF2α, peIF2α and α-tubulin (as loading control) using specific antibodies; B: GRP78/Bip expression; C: pPERK-to-PERK ratio; D: pIRE-1 level; E: CHOP expression; and F: peIF2α-to-eIF2α ratio. Mean±SEM; sample sizes are denoted in the bar graphs, *p<0.05 (two-way ANOVA).</p

Levels of total and phosphorylated Akt, AMPK, ACC and GSK-3β in myocardium from low fat (LF) or high fat (HF)-fed C57 mice with or without TUDCA treatment (300 mg/kg for 15 days).

<p>A: Representative gel blots of Akt, pAkt, AMPK, pAMPK, ACC, pACC, GSK-3β, pGSK-3β and α-tubulin (loading control) using specific antibodies. B: pAkt-to-Akt ratio; C: pAMPK-to-AMPK ratio; D: pACC-to-ACC ratio; and E: pGSK-3β-to-GSK-3β ratio; Meanυ±SEM; sample sizes are denoted in the bar graphs; *p<0.05 (two-way ANOVA).</p