Effect of Work-Family Conflict on Career Development in Fear of Success Situation (Study on BKKBN Representative Female Employees of West Nusa Tenggara Province in Mataram City)

This study tested the influence of Work-Family Conflict on Career Development of female employees at BKKBN Representative of West Nusa Tenggara Province in Mataram City. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to find out the significance of the influence of Work Interference with Family (WIF) and Family Interference with Work (FIW) on Career Development, as well as to know the moderation role of fear of success variables of female employees in BKKBN Representative of West Nusa Tenggara Province in Mataram City. The population of this study was all female employees who served in the BKKBN Representative office of West Nusa Tenggara Province in Mataram City as many as 60 respondents. This study used Regression Moderating Analysis (RMA) analysis with SPSS application. The results showed that Work-Family Conflict consisting of WIF and FIW had a negative effect and but on FIW variables the influence proved significant on the Career Development Behavior of female employees at the BKKBN Representative of West Nusa Tenggara Province in Mataram City. For the effect of Fear of Success moderation, there is a pure role of moderation in which the negative influence of Work-Family Conflict is further strengthened by the behavior of career development of female employees

Alternating Current Electrophoretic Deposition of Hydroxyapatite Composite Coating on Mg-0.8wt.%Ca-3%wt.%Zn alloy

The present work investigates the AC electrophoretic deposition of nano-sized  HAP composite coating on Mg-0.8wt.%Ca-3%wt.%Zn alloy.  Nano HAP powder was prepared using hydrothermal microwave assisted technique. HAP coating is deposited electrophoretically from dispersing medium (ETELAC) forming composite coating on the alloy surface.  Electrophoretic deposition experiments were conducted as single run (S), double run (D) and multirun (M). The properties of HAP coating regarding adhesion, morphology and corrosion behavior were thoroughly investigated.Results show that the best coating regarding the weight gain as well as the morphology was obtained from multi run (M) experiments of  5%HAP and 5% ETELAC at 200 V under 150 rpm stirring.  Electrochemical Impedance (EIS) investigation show that HAP composite coating posses a high corrosion resistance compared to the substrate alloy.  The mechanism of HAP/ETELAC coating formation was thoroughly discussed

AEO7 Surfactant as an Eco-Friendly Corrosion Inhibitor for Carbon Steel in HCl solution

The impact of AEO7 surfactant on the corrosion inhibition of carbon steel (C-steel) in 0.5 M HCl solution at temperatures between 20 °C and 50 °C was elucidated using weight loss and different electrochemical techniques. The kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of the corrosion and inhibition processes were reported. The corrosion inhibition efficiency (IE%) improved as the concentration of AEO7 increased. In addition, a synergistic effect was observed when a concentration of 1 × 10 −3 mol L −1 or higher of potassium iodide (KI) was added to 40 µmol L −1 of the AEO7 inhibitor where the corrosion IE% increased from 87.4% to 99.2%. Also, it was found that the adsorption of AEO7 surfactant on C-steel surface followed the Freundlich isotherm. Furthermore, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization measurements indicated that AEO7 was physically adsorbed on the steel surface. The surface topography was examined using an optical profilometer, an atomic force microscope (AFM), and a scanning electron-microscope (SEM) coupled with an energy dispersion X-ray (EDX) unit. Quantum chemical calculations based on the density functional theory were performed to understand the relationship between the corrosion IE% and the molecular structure of the AEO7 molecule. © 2019, The Author(s).This publication was supported by Qatar University Internal Grant N° GCC-2017-012. The findings achieved herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. The authors gratefully thank the Center for Advanced Materials at Qatar University and the Chemistry Department at Cairo University for their support. The permanent address of Dr. Mohamed F. Shibl is Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.Scopu

Synthesis and biological evaluation of new quinazolinone derivatives

New N-substituted-2-methyl quinazolin-4(3H)-ones derivatives comprising 1,3,4-thiadiazole, Schiff bases and 2-azetidinone moieties are reported. The structures of the newly prepared compounds were confirmed by FT-IR and 1H NMR spectra. The compounds were also evaluated for their antimicrobial, antioxidant and study of inhibition on some enzymes activities. The results suggest that the compounds possess broad spectrum of in-vitro antimicrobial activity. Antioxidant results obtained into the present study indicate that compound 5 show moderate better scavenging activity. Compound 5 demonstrated inhibitory effects on GOT, GPT, GGT and ALP activities, and these effects increase with increasing the concentration of the compound

Green Synthesis, Characterization, Antimicrobial and Anticancer Screening of New Metal Complexes Incorporating Schiff Base

A Schiff base ligand of o-vanillin and 4-aminoazobenzene and its transition metal complexes of Ni(II), Co(II), Zn(II), Cu(II), Mn(II), and Zr(IV) were prepared under microwave irradiation as a green approach compared to the conventional method. The structures of new compounds have been characterized and elucidated via elemental and spectroscopic analyses. In addition, magnetic susceptibility, electron spin resonance, and electronic spectra of the synthesized complexes explained their geometrical structures. The thermal stability of Cu(II), Zn(II), and Zr(IV) complexes was studied by thermo-gravimetric analyses (TGA). Coats–Redfern and Horowitz–Metzger equations were used to calculate the thermal and dehydration decomposition activities of proposed structures kinetically. Surface morphologies of the solid compounds were imaged by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The particle size of prepared complexes was measured by using a particle size analyzer at a diffraction angle of 10.9°. The geometry structures of the synthesized compounds were verified utilizing electronic spectra, ESR spectrum, and magnetic moment value. The newly synthesized compounds were screened for antimicrobial activity. Also, the anticancer activity of the free Schiff base ligand and its metal complexes were studied against two cell lines: human colon (HCT-116) and human liver cancer cells (HepG-2). The obtained results showed that the Cu(II) complex displayed the highest cytotoxic activity (IC50 = 18 and 22 μg/mL for HepG-2 and HCT, respectively) compared to the free Schiff base ligand.publishedVersio

Study of the synergistic effect of 2-methoxy-4-formylphenol and sodium molybdenum oxide on the corrosion inhibition of 3CR12 ferritic steel in dilute sulphuric acid

The synergistic effect of the corrosion inhibition properties of 2-methoxy-4-formylphenol and sodium molybdenum oxide on the electrochemical property of 3CR12 ferritic stainless steel in 2M H2SO4 acid solution was assessed through coupon analysis, potentiodynamic polarization technique, IR spectroscopy and micro-analytical technique. Experimental data showed the combined admixture effectively inhibited the steel corrosion at the concentrations analyzed with a maximum inhibition efficiency of 94.47% and 89.71% from coupon analysis and potentiodynamic polarization due to the electrochemical action and inhibition of the steel by the ionized molecules of the inhibiting compound which influenced the mechanism of the redox reactions responsible to corrosion and surface deterioration. Results from corrosion thermodynamic calculations showed chemisorption adsorption mechanism. Infrared spectroscopic images exposed the functional groups of the molecules involved for the corrosion inhibition reaction. Micro-analytical images showed sharp contrast in surface morphology between the inhibited and corroded test specimens under study. Cracks, intergranular and pitting corrosion in addition to severe surface deterioration was observed in the uninhibited samples. Inhibitor adsorption fits the Langmuir isotherm mode

ANN prediction of corrosion behaviour of uncoated and biopolymers coated cp-Titanium substrates

The present study focuses on biopolymer surface modification of cp-Titanium with Chitosan, Gelatin, and Sodium Alginate. The biopolymers were spin coated onto a cp-Titanium substrate and further subjected to Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic (EIS) characterization. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was developed to predict the Open Circuit Potential (OCP) values and Nyquist plot for bare and biopolymer coated cp-Titanium substrate. The experimental data obtained was utilized for ANN training. Two input parameters, i.e., substrate condition (coated or uncoated) and time period were considered to predict the OCP values. Backpropagation Levenberg-Marquardt training algorithm was utilized in order to train ANN and to fit the model. For Nyquist plot, the network was trained to predict the imaginary impedance based on real impedance as a function of immersion periods using the Back Propagation Bayesian algorithm. The biopolymer coated cp-Titanium substrate shows the enhanced corrosion resistance compared to uncoated substrates. The ANN model exhibits excellent comparison with the experimental results in both the cases indicating that the developed model is very accurate and efficiently predicts the OCP values and Nyquist plot

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1.

In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered the field. Our knowledge base and relevant new technologies have also been expanding. Thus, it is important to formulate on a regular basis updated guidelines for monitoring autophagy in different organisms. Despite numerous reviews, there continues to be confusion regarding acceptable methods to evaluate autophagy, especially in multicellular eukaryotes. Here, we present a set of guidelines for investigators to select and interpret methods to examine autophagy and related processes, and for reviewers to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of reports that are focused on these processes. These guidelines are not meant to be a dogmatic set of rules, because the appropriateness of any assay largely depends on the question being asked and the system being used. Moreover, no individual assay is perfect for every situation, calling for the use of multiple techniques to properly monitor autophagy in each experimental setting. Finally, several core components of the autophagy machinery have been implicated in distinct autophagic processes (canonical and noncanonical autophagy), implying that genetic approaches to block autophagy should rely on targeting two or more autophagy-related genes that ideally participate in distinct steps of the pathway. Along similar lines, because multiple proteins involved in autophagy also regulate other cellular pathways including apoptosis, not all of them can be used as a specific marker for bona fide autophagic responses. Here, we critically discuss current methods of assessing autophagy and the information they can, or cannot, provide. Our ultimate goal is to encourage intellectual and technical innovation in the field