The Effect of Land Use and Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge in Gnangara Groundwater System

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Evaluation of the ejaculate quality of the red jungle fowl, domestic chicken, and bantam chicken in Malaysia

The objective of this study was to investigate the semen quality of 3 chicken breeds: the red jungle fowl, domestic chicken, and bantam chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A total of 27 cocks, including 9 cocks each of red jungle fowl, domestic chicken, and bantam chicken, were used in this study. Semen was collected once a week by dorso-abdominal massage method. The semen was evaluated for volume, concentration, motility, live/dead ratio, and percentage abnormalities. There were no significant differences in the semen volume and general motility among the 3 breeds. However, the semen concentration was significantly different between the red jungle fowl (4.44 × 109 sperm/mL) and bantam chicken breeds (1.83 × 109). The percentage of forward motility in the red jungle fowl was significantly higher than that of the domestic chicken and bantam chicken, while the percentage of spermatozoa with rotating motility was significantly higher in the bantam chicken and domestic chicken. It was concluded that the semen concentration, individual motility, and total abnormalities were significantly different among bantam chicken, domestic chicken, and red jungle fowl and the semen volume and concentration was highest in the red jungle fowl

Projected impact of heat on mortality and labour productivity under climate change in Switzerland

Extreme temperatures have reached unprecedented levels in many regions of the globe due to climate change, and a further increase is expected. Besides other consequences, high temperatures increase the mortality risk and severely affect the labour productivity of workers. We perform a high-resolution spatial analysis to assess the impacts of heat on mortality and labour productivity in Switzerland and project their development under different Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios, considering that no socio-economic changes take place. The model is based on the risk framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which combines the three risk components: hazard, exposure, and vulnerability. We model the two impact categories in the same spatially explicit framework, and we integrate uncertainties into the analysis by a Monte Carlo simulation. We model first that about 658 deaths are associated with heat exposure currently each year in Switzerland. Second, the economic costs caused by losses in labour productivity amount to around CHF 665 million (approx. USD 700 million) per year. Should we remain on an RCP8.5 emissions pathway, these values may double (for mortality) or even triple (for labour productivity) by the end of the century. Under an RCP2.6 scenario impacts are expected to slightly increase and peak around mid-century, when climate is assumed to stop warming. Even though uncertainties in the model are large, the underlying trend in impacts is unequivocal. The results of the study are valuable information for political discussions and allow for a better understanding of the cost of inaction

Apapáchame 2. : Manual de entrenamiento para niños que presentan bajo estado de ánimo

Cada vez se presentan más situaciones familiares, sociales y académicas que afectan emocional y afectivamente a los niños, lo que conlleva a que se aumente el número de casos en esta población con síntomas de estado de ánimo bajo; razón por la cual se hace necesario desarrollar manuales que sirvan de apoyo en las sesiones de intervención que realizan los psicólogos infantiles.INTRODUCCIÓN. 1. TIPOS DE EMOCIONES. 2. RECONOCIMIENTOS DE LAS EMOCIONES. 3. IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LAS SITUACIONES DE TRISTEZA. 4. EXPRESIÓN DE LA TRISTEZA. 5. EXPRESIONES POSITIVAS HACIA SÍ MISMO. 6. AUTOVALIDACIÓN EMOCIONAL. 7. ACTIVIDADES AGRADABLES Y DE DOMINIO. REFERENCIAS.1ª ed

Appraisal of Smart Grid Modeling and Simulation Tools

Abstract-The rising Smart grid behind today's electricity supply introduces many challenges. One characteristic is the organization of a range of software that drive these new systems at different domains (generation, transmission, distribution and consumption) and nodes of the Smart grid network. Managing such concerted, distributed, evolving and heterogeneous scheme of Systems requires a systematic move towards to support more standardized processes and commodities to accomplish the Smart grid hallucination. This paper presents analysis of smart grid modeling and simulation tools. The smart grid is a recent trend to minimize the losses and maximize the customers. Now a day's Smart grid is controlled, protected and run by various types of simulation software's .So this papers is analysis software's having advantages, disadvantages, performance calculation's and cost wise

Profil Stabilitas Fisika Kimia Masker Gel Peel-off Ekstrak Kulit Buah Manggis (Garcinia Mangostana L.)

Ekstrak kulit buah manggis (Garcinia mangostana L.) kaya akan kandungan xanton yang diketahui bersifat sebagai antioksidan. Pada penelitian sebelumnya, telah dilakukan optimasi formula masker gel peel-off ekstrak kulit buah manggis. Namun, formula optimal yang diperoleh belum tentu memiliki stabilitas yang baik selama penyimpanan. Berdasarkan hal tersebut maka dilakukan penelitian untuk mengetahui profil stabilitas fisik masker gel peel-off ekstrak kulit buah manggis dengan HPMC sebagai gelling agent. Penelitian ini diawali dengan mengumpulkan simplisia, ekstraksi, standarisasi ekstrak, fomulasi dan penetapan profil stabilitas fisika kimia. Simplisia diekstraksi menggunakan etanol 96% kemudian diformulasi menjadi sediaan masker gel peel-off lalu ditetapkan profil stabilitas fisika (organoleptis, homogenitas, viskositas, daya sebar, daya lekat, sineresis) dan kimia (pH) dari masker gel peel off ekstrak kulit buah manggis. Profil stabilitas sediaan ditetapkan selama penyimpanan 28 hari pada suhu 30°C. Penetapan profil stabilitas didasarkan dengan melihat Perubahan yang terjadi dimulai dari awal formulasi hingga 28 hari penyimpanan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara keseluruhan masker gel peel off ekstrak kulit buah manggis stabil selama penyimpanan 28 hari pada suhu 300C

Evaluation of anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of Piper sylvaticum (Roxb.) stem by experimental and computational approaches

Piper sylvaticum Roxb., (Family: Piperaceae), commonly known as pahaari peepal, is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of rheumatic pain, headache, asthma, chronic cough, diarrhea, and wounds. To provide scientific proof for its traditional use, the present study was designed to investigate the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties of methanol extract of P. sylvaticum stem (MEPSS) in pain models. Additionally, computational studies viz. molecular docking, ADME and toxicological property predictions were performed to identify the potent phytochemicals of this plant for antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities with good oral bioavailability and safety features. Quantitative phytochemical analysis of MEPSS was performed using established protocols. The antinociceptive activity was determined using acetic acid and formalin test in mice at the doses of 200 and 400 mg/kg while paw edema induced by carrageenan used for anti-inflammatory activity. Molecular docking study was performed by Schrödinger Maestro 10.1 whereas the SwissADME and admetSAR were used for ADME and toxicity prediction respectively. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents of MEPSS were 93.39 and 53.74 mg gallic acid and quercetin equivalent/g of extract respectively. The methanol extract exhibited significant and dose-dependent antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects in experimental pain models. Also, our docking study showed that piperine, piperlonguminine, and sylvamide have the best binding affinities to cyclooxygenase enzymes with good ADME/T properties. This study confirmed that MEPSS possess significant antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities which could be due to the presence of phytochemicals and three bioactive compounds (piperine, piperlonguminine, and sylvamide) were found to be most effective in computational studies.</p

Acute Low Back Pain with Radiculopathy: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in patients with acute low back pain (LBP) with radiculopathy. Background Data: Acute LBP with radiculopathy is associated with pain and disability and the important pathogenic role of inflammation. LLLT has shown significant antiinflammatory effects in many studies. Materials and Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was performed on 546 patients. Group A (182 patients) was treated with nimesulide 200 mg=day and additionally with active LLLT; group B (182 patients) was treated only with nimesulide; and group C (182 patients) was treated with nimesulide and placebo LLLT. LLLT was applied behind the involved spine segment using a stationary skin-contact method. Patients were treated 5 times weekly, for a total of 15 treatments, with the following parameters: wavelength 904 nm; frequency 5000 Hz; 100-mW average diode power; power density of 20 mW=cm 2 and dose of 3 J=cm 2 ; treatment time 150 sec at whole doses of 12 J=cm 2 . The outcomes were pain intensity measured with a visual analog scale (VAS); lumbar movement, with a modified Schober test; pain disability, with Oswestry disability score; and quality of life, with a 12-item short-form health survey questionnaire (SF-12). Subjects were evaluated before and after treatment. Statistical analyses were done with SPSS 11.5. Results: Statistically significant differences were found in all outcomes measured ( p &lt; 0.001), but were larger in group A than in B ( p &lt; 0.0005) and C ( p &lt; 0.0005). The results in group C were better than in group B ( p &lt; 0.0005). Conclusions: The results of this study show better improvement in acute LBP treated with LLLT used as additional therapy

Gene Discovery in the Threatened Elkhorn Coral: 454 Sequencing of the Acropora palmata Transcriptome

BACKGROUND: Cnidarians, including corals and anemones, offer unique insights into metazoan evolution because they harbor genetic similarities with vertebrates beyond that found in model invertebrates and retain genes known only from non-metazoans. Cataloging genes expressed in Acropora palmata, a foundation-species of reefs in the Caribbean and western Atlantic, will advance our understanding of the genetic basis of ecologically important traits in corals and comes at a time when sequencing efforts in other cnidarians allow for multi-species comparisons. RESULTS: A cDNA library from a sample enriched for symbiont free larval tissue was sequenced on the 454 GS-FLX platform. Over 960,000 reads were obtained and assembled into 42,630 contigs. Annotation data was acquired for 57% of the assembled sequences. Analysis of the assembled sequences indicated that 83-100% of all A. palmata transcripts were tagged, and provided a rough estimate of the total number genes expressed in our samples (~18,000-20,000). The coral annotation data contained many of the same molecular components as in the Bilateria, particularly in pathways associated with oxidative stress and DNA damage repair, and provided evidence that homologs of p53, a key player in DNA repair pathways, has experienced selection along the branch separating Cnidaria and Bilateria. Transcriptome wide screens of paralog groups and transition/transversion ratios highlighted genes including: green fluorescent proteins, carbonic anhydrase, and oxidative stress proteins; and functional groups involved in protein and nucleic acid metabolism, and the formation of structural molecules. These results provide a starting point for study of adaptive evolution in corals. CONCLUSIONS: Currently available transcriptome data now make comparative studies of the mechanisms underlying coral's evolutionary success possible. Here we identified candidate genes that enable corals to maintain genomic integrity despite considerable exposure to genotoxic stress over long life spans, and showed conservation of important physiological pathways between corals and bilaterians