Land-use and land-cover changes are driving unprecedented changes in ecosystems and environmental processes at different scales. This study was aimed at identifying the potential land-use drivers in the Jedeb catchment of the Abbay basin by combining statistical analysis, field investigation and remote sensing. To do so, a land-use change model was calibrated and evaluated using the SITE (SImul...

BACKGROUND Bovine trypanosomosis is a serious constraint to agricultural production in extensive areas of Ethiopia. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of bovine infection with trypanosomes and to identify the prevailed trypanosome species in three districts of the East Gojjam zone bordering the Blue Nile River from March 2005 to February 2006. Cattle...

The effects of development and the uncertainty of a changing climate in eastern Africa pose myriad challenges for water managers along the Blue Nile. Sudan’s large irrigation potential, hydroelectric dams, and prime location within the basin mean that Sudan’s water management decisions will have great social, economic and political implications for the region. At the same time, Sudan’s water us...

This study was conducted to produce a high percentage of genetically male tilapia through interspecific hybridization between Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus and Blue tilapia, O. aureus and evaluate sex ratio, productive performance and heterosis of the progeny produced. The results revealed that sex ratios of the progenies of (♀ O. aureus x ♂ O. niloticus) and (♀ O. niloticus x ♂ O. aureus...

Diblock copolymer vesicles are tagged with pH-responsive Nile Blue-based labels and used as a new type of pH-responsive colorimetric/fluorescent biosensor for far-red and near-infrared imaging of live cells. The diblock copolymer vesicles described herein are based on poly(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl phosphorylcholine-block-2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate) [PMPC-PDPA]: the biomimetic PMPC b...

The Kenana cattle breed originates from Bos indicus or humped cattle. The name Kenana came from the traditional owners, the Kenana people, who are mainly nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes. The light blue-gray coat is the characteristic color of Kenana cattle. Calves are frequently born with a brown-red coat that tends to change to a permanent gray at three to six months of age. At maturity the av...

The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sodium salt was reacted with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMA) to obtain DNA-CTMA organic-solvent soluble complex. The DNA-CTMA was then mixed with three organic dyes such as Nile Blue A (NB), Disperse Red 1 (DR1) and Disperse Orange 3 (DO3) resulting in colored membranes, that were characterized by UV-Vis, FTIR, X-ray, ionic conductivity and fluorescence...

We have shown that the fluorescent dye Nile red can be used for the staining of protein bands in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gels (3). Unlike the current methods using Coomassie blue or silver (5,7,9,10), Nile red staining does not require the fixation of protein in the gel. This allows the direct electroblotting and further sequencing and immunodetection of protein bands (1). N...

A simple and sensitive kinetic spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace amounts of cerium (IV), based on the catalytic effect of Ce (IV) on the oxidation of Nile blue (NB) by potassium periodate is described. The reaction rate was monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in absorbance of NB at 636 nm. The detection limit of the method was 0.15 g ml and the line...