Pemanfaatan Rimpang Kunyit (Curcuma Domestica Val) Dalam Upaya Mempertahankan Mutu Ikan Layang (Decapterus SP)

Kunyit mengandung kurkumin dan minyak atsiri yang telah diketahui memiliki aktivitas antibakteri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penambahan kunyit (Curcuma domestica Val) terhadap mutu ikan layang (Decapterus sp), melalui uji Total Volatile Base (TVB). Hasil perhitungan total nilai TVB untuk sampel ikan layang tanpa penambahan kunyit pada jam ke-6 adalah 92,4 mg N/100 g, untuk sampel ikan layang dengan penambahan kunyit 100 g adalah 37,8 mg N/100 g dan untuk sampel ikan dengan penambahan kunyit 200 g adalah 28,56 mg N/100 g. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa pemberian kunyit pada ikan layang mampu menghambat pertumbuhan bakteri sehingga dapat mempertahankan mutu ikan layang. Penambahan kunyit 200 g mempunyai nilai TVB paling rendah, artinya mempunyai daya penghambat yang lebih baik dari pada penambahan 100 g kunyit pada ikan layang.Turmeric contains curcumin and essential oil having antibacterial activity. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of turmeric (Curcuma domestica Val) on the quality of scad (Decapterus sp) using Total Volatile Base (TVB) test. The results showed that the TVB at hour 6 for scad samples without the addition of turmeric was 92.4 mg N/100 g, that for fish samples with the addition of 100 g turmeric was 37.8 mg N/100 g, and that for fish samples with the addition of 200 g turmeric was 28.56 mg N/100 g. This shows that administration of turmeric on scad could inhibit the growth of bacteria and maintain the quality of Decapterus sp. The addition of turmeric 200 g resulted in highest antibacterial activity reflected in the lowest value of TVB

Substring filtering for low-cost linked data interfaces

Recently, Triple Pattern Fragments (TPFS) were introduced as a low-cost server-side interface when high numbers of clients need to evaluate SPARQL queries. Scalability is achieved by moving part of the query execution to the client, at the cost of elevated query times. Since the TPFS interface purposely does not support complex constructs such as SPARQL filters, queries that use them need to be executed mostly on the client, resulting in long execution times. We therefore investigated the impact of adding a literal substring matching feature to the TPFS interface, with the goal of improving query performance while maintaining low server cost. In this paper, we discuss the client/server setup and compare the performance of SPARQL queries on multiple implementations, including Elastic Search and case-insensitive FM-index. Our evaluations indicate that these improvements allow for faster query execution without significantly increasing the load on the server. Offering the substring feature on TPF servers allows users to obtain faster responses for filter-based SPARQL queries. Furthermore, substring matching can be used to support other filters such as complete regular expressions or range queries

The beta-spectra of P-32 and P-33

The beta-spectrum of P-32 has been examined with a thin-lens spectrometer. The maximum energy of the 14.3-day beta activity, as determined from several Kurie plots, was found to be 1.704 +/- 0.008 Mev. The Kurie plots gave excellent straight lines from the maximum beta-energy to about 0.26 Mev. In phosphorus samples prepared from neutron irradiated sulfur an additional beta-activity was observed having a maximum energy of 0.26 +/- 0.02 Mev and a half-life of 24.8 +/- 0.5 days. This low-energy beta-group was also observed in phosphorus samples prepared from sulfur and lithium chloride irradiated with X-rays having a maximum energy of 68 Mev. The low-energy beta-group was not observed in phosphorus samples prepared from sulfur irradiated with deuterons or phosphorus irradiated with neutrons . The low-energy beta-group is ascribed to P-33

Mating allocations in Nordic Red Dairy Cattle using genomic information

In this study, we compared mating allocations in Nordic Red Dairy Cattle using genomic information. We used linear programming to optimize different economic scores within each herd, considering genetic level, semen cost, the economic impact of recessive genetic defects, and genetic relationships. We selected 9,841 genotyped females born in Denmark, Finland, or Sweden in 2019 for mating allocations. We used 2 different pedigree relationship coefficients, the first tracing the pedigree 3 generations back from the parents of the potential mating and the second based on all available pedigree information. We used 3 different genomic relationship coefficients, 1 SNP-by-SNP genomic relationship and 2 based on shared genomic segments. We found high correlations (≥0.83) between the pedigree and genomic relationship measures. The mating results showed that it was possible to reduce the different genetic relationships between parents with minimal effect on genetic level. Including the cost of known recessive genetic defects eliminated expression of genetic defects. It was possible to reduce genomic relationships between parents with pedigree measures, but it was best done with genomic measures. Linear programming maximized the economic score for all herds studied within seconds, which means that it is suitable for implementation in mating software to be used by advisors and farmers

Mars Riometer System

A riometer (relative ionospheric opacity meter) measures the intensity of cosmic radio noise at the surface of a planet. When an electromagnetic wave passes through the ionosphere collisions between charged particles (usually electrons) and neutral gases remove energy from the wave. By measuring the received signal intensity at the planet's surface and comparing it to the expected value (the quietday curve) a riometer can deduce the absorption (attenuation) of the trans-ionospheric signal. Thus the absorption measurements provide an indication of ionisation changes occurring in the ionosphere. To avoid the need for orbiting sounders riometers use the cosmic noise background as a signal source. Earth-based systems are not subject to the challenging power, volume and mass restriction that would apply to a riometer for Mars. Some Earth-based riometers utilise phased-array antennas in order to provide an imaging capability

On and Beyond the Mississippi: Essays honoring Thomas Tredway

Excerpt from Introduction: This collection of essays honors Thomas Tredway on his retirement as President of Augustana College in the summer of 2003. The contributors include Augustana graduates from different generations, colleagues at the college, and friends from both on and off campus. The essays focus on themes and subjects that have been important both in the history of Augustana College and in Tom’s own life. Table of Contents: Illustrations -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Roald Tweet / Five Reflections on Living with a Hyphen -- Maria Erling / Nordic and Protestant: Swedish-American Identity in America -- Nils Hasselmo / In the Attic of Denkmann: Reflections on English as a world language, and on the Scandinavian languages which, well, had their fling, too! -- Larry Scott / The Lighter Side of Loneliness: Woody Allen and Ingmar Bergman -- Dag Blanck / American Influences in Sweden? Reflections on a Trans-Atlantic Relationship -- Kenneth R. Johnston / LINES, written a Few Years beyond Augustana College, on Revisiting the Banks of the Mississippi, during a Homecoming/Reunion, anytime. -- Dorothy J. Parkander / Songs of Apollo and Songs of Sion: Milton’s Puritan Poetic -- Richard Swanson / little crick (2001) -- Arthur Mampel / Campus President -- William Bondeson / The Ideals of a Liberal Education or What’s “Blooming” in Higher Education? -- Ronald Goetz / The Sinlessness of Christ?https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/ahsbooks/1015/thumbnail.jp

Measuring societal awareness of the rural agrarian landscape: indicators and scale issues

The work presented in this report is part of the effort to define the landscape state and diversity indicator in the frame of COM (2006) 508 “Development of agri-environmental indicators for monitoring the integration of environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy”. The Communication classifies the indicators according to their level of development, which, for the landscape indicator is “in need of substantial improvements in order to become fully operational”. For this reason a full re-definition of the indicator has been carried out, following the initial proposal presented in the frame of the IRENA operation (“Indicator Reporting on the Integration of Environmental Concerns into Agricultural Policy”). The new proposal for the landscape state and diversity indicator is structured in three components: the first concerns the degree of naturalness, the second landscape structure, the third the societal appreciation of the rural landscape. While the first two components rely on a strong bulk of existing literature, the development of the methodology has made evident the need for further analysis of the third component, which is based on a newly proposed top-down approach. This report presents an in-depth analysis of such component of the indicator, and the effort to include a social dimension in large scale landscape assessment.JRC.H.4-Monitoring Agricultural Resource

Fucosylated AGP glycopeptides as biomarkers of HNF1A-Maturity onset diabetes of the young

Aims: We previously demonstrated that antennary fucosylated N-glycans on plasma proteins are regulated by HNF1A and can identify cases of Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young caused by HNF1A variants (HNF1A-MODY). Based on literature data, we further postulated that N-glycans with best diagnostic value mostly originate from alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP). In this study we analyzed fucosylation of AGP in subjects with HNF1A-MODY and other types of diabetes aiming to evaluate its diagnostic potential. Methods: A recently developed LC-MS method for AGP N-glycopeptide analysis was utilized in two independent cohorts: a) 466 subjects with different diabetes subtypes to test the fucosylation differences, b) 98 selected individuals to test the discriminative potential for pathogenic HNF1A variants. Results: Our results showed significant reduction in AGP fucosylation associated to HNF1A-MODY when compared to other diabetes subtypes. Additionally, ROC curve analysis confirmed significant discriminatory potential of individual fucosylated AGP glycopeptides, where the best performing glycopeptide had an AUC of 0.94 (95% CI 0.90–0.99). Conclusions: A glycopeptide based diagnostic tool would be beneficial for patient stratification by providing information about the functionality of HNF1A. It could assist the interpretation of DNA sequencing results and be a useful addition to the differential diagnostic process.publishedVersio