Effect of White Kabesak (Acacia Leucophloea Roxb) Leaves Level in the Diet on Feed Intake and Body Weight Gain of Kacang Goat

This study was conducted to analysis the effect of levels of white kabesak (Acacia leucophloea Roxb.) Willd. leaves in the diet on feed intake, digestibility and body weight gain of Kacang goats. The completely randomized block design using 5 treatments and 5 replications was used in this experiment. The treatments were 5 concentrate feeds containing different levels of white kabesak leaves i.e. 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% in the dry matter (DM) basis (representing T0, T1, T2, T3 and T4 treatments, respectively). The feeds were set up to contain 11.5-12.5% of crude protein (CP). Concentrate feed and native grass was fed at ratio of 60 : 40 was fed to 5 local male goats (age 1-1.5 years old and initial weight of 16.7±5.0 kg). The results showed that DM, organic matter (OM), and CP intake of T0 was not significantly different from those of T1 goats, but it was significantly higher (P<0.05) than those of T2, T3 and T4. The DM, OM, CP, and crude fiber (CF) digestibility as well as body weight gain in T2 goats were significantly higher (P<0.05) and had feed conversion ratio that was significantly better (P<0.05) compared to those of the other feed treatments. In conclusion, the most optimum level of white kabesak (Acacia leucophloea Roxb.) Willd. leaves used in concentrate feed for goat was 20 %

Antioxidant and DPPH-Scavenging Activities of Compounds and Ethanolic Extract of the Leaf and Twigs of Caesalpinia bonduc L. Roxb.

Antioxidant effects of ethanolic extract of Caesalpinia bonduc and its isolated bioactive compounds were evaluated in vitro. The compounds included two new cassanediterpenes, 1α,7α-diacetoxy-5α,6β-dihydroxyl-cass-14(15)-epoxy-16,12-olide (1)and 12α-ethoxyl-1α,14β-diacetoxy-2α,5α-dihydroxyl cass-13(15)-en-16,12-olide(2); and others, bonducellin (3), 7,4’-dihydroxy-3,11-dehydrohomoisoflavanone (4), daucosterol (5), luteolin (6), quercetin-3-methyl ether (7) and kaempferol-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1Ç2)-β-D-xylopyranoside (8). The antioxidant properties of the extract and compounds were assessed by the measurement of the total phenolic content, ascorbic acid content, total antioxidant capacity and 1-1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) and hydrogen peroxide radicals scavenging activities.Compounds 3, 6, 7 and ethanolic extract had DPPH scavenging activities with IC50 values of 186, 75, 17 and 102 μg/ml respectively when compared to vitamin C with 15 μg/ml. On the other hand, no significant results were obtained for hydrogen peroxide radical. In addition, compound 7 has the highest phenolic content of 0.81±0.01 mg/ml of gallic acid equivalent while compound 8 showed the highest total antioxidant capacity with 254.31±3.54 and 199.82±2.78 μg/ml gallic and ascorbic acid equivalent respectively. Compound 4 and ethanolic extract showed a high ascorbic acid content of 2.26±0.01 and 6.78±0.03 mg/ml respectively.The results obtained showed the antioxidant activity of the ethanolic extract of C. bonduc and deduced that this activity was mediated by its isolated bioactive compounds

Implementasi Penanaman Nilai Budi Pekerti pada Usia Dini Di TKIT Insan Madani Kota Palopo

Fokus penelitian ini yaitu untuk mendeskripsikan implementasi penanaman nilai budi pekerti pada anak usia dini di kelas B TKIT Insan Madani. Penanaman nilai budi pekerti pada anak di TKIT Insan Madani Merupakan Upaya untuk membentuk generasi yang memiliki karakter dan kerpribadian yang terpuji baik di lingkungan sekolah maupun lingkungan rumah dan sosial. Pendidik bertanggungjawab dalam menanamkan nilai budi pekerti pada anak sekaligus menjadi teladan bagi anak didiknya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di TKIT Insan Madani, subjek penelitian meliputi kepala sekolah, staff, dan guru TKIT Insan Madani. Hasil penelitian ini yaitu pelaksanaan penanaman nilai budi pekerti di TKIT Insan Madani sangat baik. Dalam pelaksanaannya sudah terencana dengan adanya SOP yang sudah disusun, pembiasaan, nasehat, keteladanan dan perhatian. Kendala dalam penanaman nilai budi pekerti pada anak di TKIT Insan Madani adalah anak memiliki karakter yang berbeda-beda serta kurangnya Kerjasama orang tua saat anandan dirumah. Solusi dari kendala tersebut ialah mengadakan kegiatan parenting untuk orangtua dan menginformasikan program sekolah kepada orangtua Ananda terutama program penanaman nilai budi pekerti

The relationship between intensity and stochastic matrices for continuous-time discrete value stochastic non-homogeneous processes with Markov property

The matrices of non-homogeneous Markov processes consist of time-dependent functions whose values at time form typical intensity matrices. For solvingsome problems they must be changed into stochastic matrices. A stochas-tic matrix for non-homogeneous Markov process consists of time-dependent functions, whose values are probabilities and it depend on assumed time pe- riod. In this paper formulas for these functions are derived. Although the formula is not simple, it allows proving some theorems for Markov stochastic processes, well known for homogeneous processes, but for non-homogeneous ones the proofs of them turned out shorter

Markov Stochastic Processes in Biology and Mathematics -- the Same, and yet Different

Virtually every biological model utilising a random number generator is a Markov stochastic process. Numerical simulations of such processes are performed using stochastic or intensity matrices or kernels. Biologists, however, define stochastic processes in a slightly different way to how mathematicians typically do. A discrete-time discrete-value stochastic process may be defined by a function p : X0 × X → {f : Υ → [0, 1]}, where X is a set of states, X0 is a bounded subset of X, Υ is a subset of integers (here associated with discrete time), where the function p satisfies 0 &lt; p(x, y)(t) &lt; 1 and&nbsp; EY&nbsp;p(x, y)(t) = 1. This definition generalizes a stochastic matrix. Although X0 is bounded, X may include every possible state and is often infinite. By interrupting the process whenever the state transitions into the X −X0 set, Markov stochastic processes defined this way may have non-quadratic stochastic matrices. Similar principle applies to intensity matrices, stochastic and intensity kernels resulting from considering many biological models as Markov stochastic processes. Class of such processes has important properties when considered from a point of view of theoretical mathematics. In particular, every process from this class may be simulated (hence they all exist in a physical sense) and has a well-defined probabilistic space associated with it

A review of assessment methods for river hydromorphology

The work leading to this paper has received funding for the EU’s FP7 under Grant Agreement No. 282656 (REFORM

Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the North-East: The Role of Sukuk Financing

The Northeast region of Nigeria has been experiencing the devastating impact of Boko Haram insurgencysince 2009, which triggeredhumanitarian crisis and destruction of infrastructure,such as schools, hospitals, roads, bridges as well as homes and farmlands, leading to many becoming internally displaced persons and refugees. Both governmental and non-governmental organizations have been mostly providing relief services and materials, whilst only few Federal Government agencies and State Governmentsare providing reconstruction and rehabilitation due to insufficient sources of funds(Olaseni, 2012).The emergence of Sukuk to Nigerian Capital Market is a new development that provides alternative funding avenue for both State and Federal Governments to finance projects and infrastructure development for nation building (Alaro, 2020).It is against this backdrop that this study aims to reviewthe approaches of financing rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes in the Northeast and examines how the potentials ofSukuk financing could properly be utilized to complement the infrastructural deficit in the region. Thus, the research is an exploratory qualitative research that sourced cross sectional primary data collected through the use of structured questionnaire. Multistage purposive sampling method was employed in selecting the respondents for the study across the study area. Thematic Analysis was employed as the method of data analysis. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to summarize and interpret the results of the thematic analyses of the data obtained.Keywords: North-East, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Sukuk Financin