ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Effect of Chemical Environment on Colour Fastness Property of Wool Dyed With Phyllanthus muellerianus Natural Dye
Ogbuanu, Cyril. C, Amujiogu, Steve. N
Page no 23-27 |
10.36348/sijcms.2018.v01i01.004
In the present investigation the chemical effect on colour fastness of Phyllanthus muellerianus dyed wool was studied. Samples were assessed in terms of the colour fading to spotting with dilute hydrochloric acid, with 56% acetic acid, steeping for two minutes at room temperature in 28% ammonium hydroxide without rinsing, exposed to concentrated ammonia fume for 24 hours and spotting with 10% sodium carbonate and calcium hydroxide respectively. Contact with dilute hydrochloric acid brings about significant changes in the color and fastness properties of natural dyed wool yarn. The colours however, remain stable after exposure or contact with alkalis and 56% acetic acid. It can be concluded that Phyllanthus muellerianus dyed wool fabric have good colour fastness to perspiration and except with mineral acids.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Gross Anatomical Assessment of Clarias Gariepinus: An Ecotoxicological Study of Commercial Fish Farm in Ogbogoro, Rivers State, Nigeria
Paul John Nwolim, Paul Chikwuogwo Wokpeogu
Page no 32-37 |
10.36348/sijap
The study is an ecotoxicological evaluation of commercial fish farm in Ogbogoro (OGB), Rivers State Nigeria using anatomical/macro morphological assessment of Clarias gariepenus, and African Aquaculture Centre (ARAC) as a the reference site. The sampling involved harvesting of table-sized fish: twenty fishes from OGB and ten fishes from ARAC. The gross anatomy (fish necropsy) involved the determination of Fish Biometry (Condition factor, CF and Organosomatic Indices, OSI) and Health assessment index (HAI). Showed that: fishes from OGB were less healthy based on the CF; OGB were less Healthier based on OSI; OGB fishes were less Healthier based on HAI when compared to fishes from ARAC. It was concluded from the study that the fishes from Ogbogoro fish farm had certain level of pollution though considered to be moderate at the time of the study.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
A Study of Techniques in the Management of Simple Fistula in Ano
Jayaram Adepu, Shailaja Adepu
Page no 342-345 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i06.012
Fistula in Ano is a simple anorectal condition, however, has the potential to cause high morbidity. The usual line of surgical treatment for simple fistula in ano includes fistulotomy with marsupialization and fistulectomy. The present study was aimed to determine the overall outcomes after treatment of patients with fistulotomy with marsupialization and fistulectomy and compare the results in terms of post-operative complications and recurrences. Methods: The study involved 70 patients diagnosed with simple fistula in ano. Patients with morbid medical conditions and those diagnosed with complex fistulas were excluded from the study. The Clinical examination included perineal inspection, palpation, digital rectal examination and proctoscopic evaluation. The patients were then randomly divided into two groups. The group I patients underwent fistulectomy and the group II underwent fistulotomy with marsupialization. The patients were operated under general or regional anesthesia. The anorectal examination was done to verify the findings of the clinical examination. The patency of the tract was checked using the probe to the external opening. Seventy patients diagnosed with simple anal fistula were involved in the study. The mean distance of external fistula opening in group I was 2.6 ± 0.54 cms and the mean distance in group II was 2.5 ± 1.05. The duration of symptoms in group I and group II was 7.60 ± 2.9 and 8.85 ± 3.2 weeks respectively. The mean duration of surgery in group I was 12.5 ± 2.2, was 9.95 ± 1.25 in group II. Post-operative healing of the wounds was earlier in group II 4.06 ± 0.95 as compared to group I 5.15 ± 2.5. The mean VAS score was calculated on the 3rd postoperative day in both the group of patients. In group I the mean VAS score was 2.25 and the mean VAS score in Group II was 2.25. No patient in the study developed the wound infection and none had other complications. Conclusions: Within the limitations of the present study it can be concluded that fistulotomy with marsupialization and fistulectomy are equally effective in terms of the outcomes of treatment of simple fistula in ano. Although fistulectomy requires longer post-operative healing and the mean VAS scores were higher in the fistulectomy group then compared to fistulotomy group. No recurrence and occurrences of complications were noted in both the groups.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Effects of Media Information on Attitude of Parents and Its Impacts on Adolescents' Perception about Pornographic Content in Social Media, YouTube
Nur Kholisoh
Page no 724-733 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.6.7
All this time many parties including parents do not care about the
distribution of healthy information on sexual content to their adolescents so that many
of them look for the information through social media. Right now the spread of
websites with pornographic content occurs in social media including YouTube. This
research aims at knowing the perception of adolescents on pornographic content in
social media in relation to the influence of media information or the attitude of parents.
It is the quantitative research with survey methods and data analysis using path
analysis. The research results indicate that the attitude of parents on pornographic
content in social media, YouTube gets influence from media information, and the
perception of adolescents on pornographic content in social media YouTube gets
influence from the attitude of their parents as well as media information gets influence
the perception of adolescents on pornographic content in social media, YouTube. To
avoid the negative impact of pornographic content in social media, parents should be
more care about their adolescents particularly the planting of strong foundation on
morality and religious teaching concepts to them.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
A Study on Renal Function Tests in Subclinical Hypo and hyperthyroid Disorders
Muralidhara Krishna C.S, Hemantha Kumara D.S, H.L. Vishwanath
Page no 31-33 |
10.36348/sijb.2018.v01i01.007
Abstract:Thyroid hormones have many important biological functions in our body. One of the major functions is control of the basal metabolic rate and calorigenesis. Thyroid dysfunction causes remarkable changes in glomerular and tubular functions. In recent studies, it was found that hypo and hyperthyroidism associated with renal derangement resulting in abnormal serum creatinine and uric acid levels. Thus, this study was conducted for estimation and observation of changes in urea and creatinine in subclinical hypo and hyperthyroidism.Total 90 subjects were included in the study. Out of which 30 cases were clinically diagnosed subclinical hypothyroid patients and 30 were subclinical hyperthyroid, remaining 30 were controls. Triiodothyronine (T3),Thyroxine(T4), and TSH were estimated by fully automated Beckman coulter Access-2 analyser. Urea, uric acid and creatinine parameters were measured using automated clinical chemistry analyser. Statistical data analysis was performed by using SPSS 18.2 software. Patients with subclinical hypothyroidism showed significant increase in serum uric acid and creatinine levels (p<0.0001) and patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism showed significant decrease in serum creatinine levels (p<0.0001). When correlated with TSH, serum creatinine showed positive correlation where it has negative for serum uric acid in case of SC hypothyroidism cases. For SC hyperthyroid cases, correlation was negative for serum creatinine and uric acid levels.The overall result of our study indicate that the urea, creatinine, uric acid levels were significantly impaired in subclinical hypo and hyperthyroidism. Therefore, we would emphasize the importance of the routine evaluation of these biochemical parameters in thyroid disorders.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Analysis of Abnormal Epithelial Lesions in Cervical Pap Smears in Eastern Region of Nepal
Jha KK, Kafle SU, Singh M, Shaukin S
Page no 151-153 |
10.21276/sjpm.2018.3.6.1
Background: Like in other developing countries, cancer of cervix is one of
the leading malignancies in women in Nepal. In Nepal cervical pap-smear screening is
not done my most of woman due to lack of awareness. The objective of this study is to
find the prevalence of abnormal cervical epithelial lesions. This was a retrospective
study of 396 conventional cervical Pap smears reported from the Department of
Pathology, Birat Medical College in Biratnagar, Nepal. The time period was from
March 2016 to March 2018. We used Bethesda system to report our all our slides. We
used the pap stain to use the slide. All the case was reviewed by consultant pathologist
of Birat medical college. Total cases were 396 in two year period in which 396 cases
were satisfactory for evaluation and 20 cases were unsatisfactory for evaluation which
is due to thick neutrophilic exudates, mucous, degenerative cells and hemorrhage. Out
0f 396 cases 7 cases is ASCUS that is 1.76%,4 cases is LSIL that is 1.01%,3 cases is
HSIL that is 0.75%,1 cases is SCC that is 0.25%.Negative for intraepithelial lesion and
malignancy is 381 that is 98.21%
REVIEW ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
An Empirical Review of the Relationship between Strategic Quality Management and Organisational Performance
Mus’ab Mousa Mahmoud Salah, Noor Aina Amirah
Page no 663-669 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.6.7
In the past 15 years, awareness concerning natural changes was evidently
expanding among population and industries. International agencies and national
governments have expanded their endeavors concerning natural resources depletion,
ozone depletion, gas emissions and waste reduction. Therefore, the main purpose of this
paper is to examine the existing literature on the relationship between just-in-time (JIT),
total productive maintenance (TPM), total quality management (TQM) and
organisational performance. In total, 20 articles were empirically reviewed, all published
in peer-reviewed journals between 2014 and 2018. The articles are analysed in terms of
several general variables such as type of research and theoretical viewpoint, and the
perspective taken on organisational criteria. The empirical reviewed indicated that JIT,
TPM and TQM, maintained by human resource practices, have a significant prospective
to develop the organisational performance. However, a simultaneous implementation of
JIT, TPM and TQM does not certainly lead to greater performance. As prospective
purpose for this, human resources are viewed as restrictive factor both improvement
programs draw on. Therefore, this limited resource is acknowledged as vital element
with respect to organisational performance when implementing JIT, TPM and TQM
concurrently.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Effect of Waterlogging and Submergence on Crop Physiology and Growth of Different Crops and Its Remedies: Bangladesh Perspectives
Jatish C. Biswas, Naveen Kalra
Page no 315-329 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.6.1
This review assesses the impact of waterlogging and submergence on crop
physiology and growth of important crops in Bangladesh along with its remedial
measures. Waterlogging can take place because of heavy rainfall, inadequate drainage
systems, natural flooding etc. Oxygen levels diminish very rapidly in waterlogged root
environment. So, damage of crops depends on duration and severity of flooding. The
oxygen deficient conditions hamper plant growth, development and survival based on
their tolerance to excess water. Under such environment plants exhibit metabolic switch
from aerobic respiration to anaerobic fermentation, resulting in reduced rate of energy
production by 65-97%. Anaerobic roots may also die from self-poisoning byproducts of
anaerobic metabolism. The flooding also impedes the diffusive escape and/or oxidative
breakdown of gases such as ethylene or carbon dioxide resulting in its accumulations.
The accumulated ethylene may slow root extension, while carbon dioxide can severely
damage roots of certain species. Moreover, waterlogged plants often face the oxidative
damage induced by the generation of reactive oxygen species. However, all the plants
have the ability to detoxify the adverse effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by
producing different types of antioxidants such as ascorbate peroxidase (APX), superoxide
dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR),
ascorbic acid, glutathione, tocopherols and carotenoids. Prolonged exposure of plants to
flooding conditions could result in root injuries which in turn restrict photosynthetic
capacity by inducing certain alterations in biochemical reactions of photosynthesis.
Waterlogging is also known to induce adverse effects on several physiological and
biochemical processes of plants by creating deficiency of essential nutrients like nitrogen,
magnesium, potassium, calcium. Species with inherently surface-inhabiting root systems
are notably tolerant of prolonged waterlogging. There are several options for mitigation
of submergence and waterlogging problems like breeding of waterlogging tolerant
varieties, improvement of drainage systems and changing in crop husbandry. Providing
adequate drainage, foliar spraying of fertilizers and hormones can alleviate waterlogging
problems. Bed planting in waterlogged prone areas and floating beds in flooded areas are
good options for high value crops.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Heavy Metals Concentration as a Determinant of Surface Water Quality; a Case Study of Asaba
Chukwu Kevin Ejike
Page no 28-36 |
10.36348/sijcms.2018.v01i01.005
This work is aimed at examining the effect of heavy metal concentration on surface water quality. This study was concentrated on the lower Niger River from Illah through Asaba/Onitsha to Okpai (Lat 6o 25' to Lat 5o 40' N and longitude 6o 37' to 6o 47' E). The data collected from water and were analyzed for the heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Ni, Fe, Mn and Co) using urican 929 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. The results showed that Turbidity, BOD, TSS, hydrocarbon, coliform, magnesium and iron concentrations in the sampled settlement did not meet the WHO (2010) threshold for drinking water quality. The following conclusions were reached; the Niger River water must be treated before drinking, to remove or reduce the amount of non-essential or essential heavy metal and eating of fish species that have bio-accumulated heavy metals above the WHO limits for consumption must be prohibited or discouraged. Also, further studies should be carried out to monitor the heavy metal concentration in the lower Niger River and to identify the point sources of entry; and various contributors to the contamination of the River Niger. Heavy metals have however been grouped into two categories – Essential and Non-Essential. Zinc, Iron, Manganese, Copper and Cobalt are essential and beneficial elements but become toxic when their concentrations exceed those required for normal life Lead, Arsenic, Beryllium, and Mercury are non-essential and are not required in biological systems because they are toxic. The following recommendations were made; frequent environmental monitoring (at least twice a year) must be conducted to know levels of heavy metals contamination especially of the aquatic systems; Education of the neighbouring populace on protection of the environment through various technical programmes may very useful; The Niger River water must be treated before drinking, to remove or reduce the amount of non-essential or essential heavy metal such as Cr and Fe; The eating of fish species that have bio accumulated heavy metals above the WHO limits for consumption must be prohibited or discouraged; Further studies should be carried out to monitor the heavy metal concentration in the lower Niger river and to identify the point sources of entry; but, the result of this study should form the baseline data for the assessment of the various contributors to the contamination or otherwise of the River Niger. Thus, the pollution trends in the future can easily be monitored.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Ontology Based Automatic Text Mining Using TF and IDF Algorithms for Summarization of Multiple Files
Chinmayee C, Dr. S Meenakshi Sundaram, Keerthana N S, Manikya S, Nitya Hegde M
Page no 410-419 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.6.8
In the present world, due to tremendous development in technology, a huge
amount of information is available everywhere. Therefore, it is difficult for the users to
understand the main content of the entire document as it takes a lot of time. In this work
we use extractive text summarization which uses a method to give the version of
summary for one or more file or document. Here we give an approach that maps
sentences to nodes of a hierarchical ontology. Ontology explains what exists in a
particular domain. For the ontology creation, vocabularies are collected. It is used as
background knowledge and helps to find the related meaning of the terms which occur in
the source documents. Text mining is the technique from which high quality information
is derived from text. Clustering is a significant task. The clustering method groups similar
or related terms into a single group. In the first stage, data collection takes place. The preprocessing stage includes stemming and stop words removal.TF-IDF process occurs after
which clustering takes place. In the ontology creation, first the determination of the main
sub topics of the article of interest is done. We classify sentences to nodes which have a
predefined hierarchical ontology. Each ontology node has bag-of-words from a web
search. We represent sentences by sub trees that permit to apply measures of similarity
and find relations between sentences. The ontology used in this work is not domainspecific; it does not require labelled data. this work can be extended to topics focused on
summarization framework to news articles or blogs and to also to various machine
learning approaches
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Importance of Critical Thinking Skills for Domain Specificity-A Review of Literature
Farah Qamar
Page no 1-6 |
10.36348/sijll.2018.v01i01.001
This study investigates the importance of critical thinking skills for domain
specificity. A theatrical research is carried out to highlight the use of critical thinking
skills for domain specificity. Literature highlights that students use their critical
thinking skills in a specific domain and perform better in classroom and at work
place. Literature further highlights that teachers must facilitate students in the
knowledge of critical thinking skills by using their own critical faculties. Likewise,
advocates of critical thinking stress that institutes must produce critical thinkers.
Literature focuses on domain specificity for the use of critical thinking skills. Studies
show that in a specific domain learners critically comprehend, analyze, infer and
evaluate text and finally become critical thinkers in a specific domain.
REVIEW ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Oncogenesis: The Role of Virus
Ratna Mouli N, Annet Mary Sabu, Divya Uppala
Page no 154-156 |
10.21276/sjpm.2018.3.6.2
Oncogenesis is a very complex and multistep process with many factors
involved. Among the various cancers viral oncogenesis constitutes about 12%. The
human population has been plaqued by viruses particularly viruses with oncogenic
potential. Worldwide, viruses cause numerous miseries ranging from flu to complex
cancers. A noteworthy few among them are caused by oncoviruses such as Human
papilloma virus, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HTLV-1, EBV. Among these viruses Human
papilloma virus and Human T Lymphocyte virus have direct oncogenic potential
whereas HIV, EBV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C have indirect oncogenic potential. In
this review, we aim to discuss briefly about the pathogenesis of the most commonly 6
occuring oncoviruses and their oncogenic potential.
REVIEW ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Conceptual Context of various Models for Employee Engagement-Review of Literature
Shailashri VT, Dr Sureka Shenoy, Dr. Suresh Kumar
Page no 705-710 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.6.14
The challenge for today is not just retaining talented people, but fully
engaging them, capturing their mind and hearts at every stage of their work lives.
Employee engagement has emerged as a crucial driver of business success in today’s
competitive marketplace. Further, employee engagement can be a key factor in
organizational success. Not only does engagement have the potential to significantly
affect employee retention strategy, productivity and loyalty, it is also a key connect to
customer satisfaction, company reputation and overall stakeholder value. Thus, to gain
a competitive edge, organizations are looking to HR to set the agenda for employee
engagement and commitment. Employee engagement is rightly a property of the
relationship between an organization and its employees. An "engaged employee" is
defined as the one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work and so
takes positive action to further the organization's reputation and interests. Employee
engagement is a way ahead to business success. An engaged workplace is one
encourages commitment, energy and productivity from all those involved to help
improve and achieve business performance. Employee engagement is about linking on
our employees’ knowledge and ideas to improve our products and services, and be
innovative. Employee engagement is about indulging a deeper commitment from our
employees so fewer leave, sick absence reduces, accident rates decline, conflicts and
grievances go down, productivity increases. Employee engagement is about
organisation actions that are consistent with the organisation’s values. This paper is an
attempt to review the available literature in the field of employee engagement which
are in the form of models and draw conclusions on the available gap. It is purely based
on secondary data
REVIEW ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Zootechnical Parameters and Zoo-Genetic Management of Goat Breeds Encountered in Benin: A Review
Oyéniran T. F. Offoumon, Yaya Idrissou, Hilaire S. Sanni Worogo, Cham D. A. Alabi, Alassan S. Assani, Brice G.C. Assogba, Armand B. Gbangboche, Ibrahim T. Alkoiret
Page no 420-431 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.6.9
In rural areas, goats contribute to the reduction of malnutrition through their
production of milk and meat. A review of the zootechnical and reproductive performance
of goat breeds in Benin was made from ninety (90) articles, papers and documents related
to these goat breeds. The main data concern the taxonomy of goats, their origin, the
importance of goat rearing, the description and zootechnical parameters of the goat
breeds encountered in Benin. The main local goat breeds encountered in Benin were the
dwarf or Djallonke, the Sahelian breed and the red goat of Maradi. The exotic breeds
mentionned in this paper concern the Alpine and the Saanen breeds. The zootechnical and
reproductive performances varied from one goat race to another, but satisfactory overall.
It is worth to focus on the breeding of these short-cycle species in order to meet the ever
increasing demand for meat products. Alternatives for improving the performance of
local breeds in crossing with exotic breeds constitute some ways to explore in order to
boost the production of milk and meat goats in Benin.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Hydrochloric Acid Pretreated Agro Wastes as Carbon Source on CM-Cellulases Production by Aspergillus Niger
M. Urs Siyal, M. Umar Dahot, M. Hanif Noomrio
Page no 18-26 |
10.36348/sijb.2018.v01i01.005
Abstract: Main objective of this study is to utilize Agro wastes instead of pure sugars for cellulases productions. It was noted that maximum fungal cell growth was obtained 0.936g/100ml of Aspergillus niger was observed at pH 4.11 in hydrolyzed rice husk used as carbon source. Aspergillus niger was isolated from the soil of Khairpur. The collection and utilization of suitable Agro wastes used as a carbon source for cellulases production by fungi requirements optimized fermentation process. Five agricultural wastes were measured for cellulolytic enzyme production using pretreatment methods acid. Acid pretreatment was found to be the most efficient and best method for higher enzyme production. Using this cheap and renewable residue, for cellulolytic enzyme production by Aspergillus niger boosts its economic value which is not comparable with its current use as animal feed. Agro wastes such as sugarcane peelar bagasse, sugarcane bagasse, banana fruit stalk, sorghum husk and rice husk were hydrolyzed with 0.6N HCl. Rice husk was found good substrate in comparison to other Agro wastes for the growth of Aspergillus niger and cellulases production. Maximum activity of cellulases were noted 4.811 (units/ml). The Cellobiase and salicinase maximum production 4.717 and 4.742 units per ml obtained at 240 hours respectively.