Salmonella remains a threat to both animal and public health. Its economic significance remains high and changes in public perception mean that some measures for control may be necessary even in the absence of financial loss. Diagnosis is an important part of control. A great deal of new information has become available over the last few years as a result of research into various aspects of bot...

The current studies were undertaken to assess the ability of humoral immune response in breeding hens and the protective immunity provided by administration of purified Salmonella gallinarum (SG) porins to the progeny. Two hundred and ten broiler breeder hens, 53 weeks old, were divided into three groups and subcutaneously immunized via multiple sites at 0 and 10 days with either: a) 10 μg SG p...

This study examines the shariah governance reporting (SGR) of Islamic banks (IBs) through a index comprised six dimensions, namely committee, review, audit, risk, overall transparency, and investment account holders. The data between 2014–2018 werecollected from annual reports 16 licensed IBs in Malaysia was analyzed using content analysis technique to gain insight into SGR practices. empirical...

Potential antioxidant effect of processed ginseng (sun ginseng, SG) on oxidative stress generated by tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP) was investigated in HepG2 cells. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage test demonstrated that SG dose-dependently prevents a loss of cell viability against t-BHP-induced oxidative stress. Also, ...

The moduli space Sg of smooth spin curves parameterizes pairs [C, η], where [C] ∈ Mg is a curve of genus g and η ∈ Pic(C) is a theta-characteristic. The finite forgetful map π : Sg → Mg has degree 22g and Sg is a disjoint union of two connected components S+ g and S− g of relative degrees 2g−1(2g +1) and 2g−1(2g − 1) corresponding to even and odd theta-characteristics respectively. A compactifi...

Spores are of high interest to the food and health sectors because of their extreme resistance to harsh conditions, especially against heat. Earlier research has shown that spores prepared on solid agar plates have a higher heat resistance than those prepared under a liquid medium condition. It has also been shown that the more mature a spore is, the higher is its heat resistance most likely me...

Wood specific gravity (SG) has long been used by foresters as an index for wood properties. More recently, SG has been widely used by ecologists as a plant functional trait and as a key variable in estimates of biomass. However, sampling wood to determine SG can be problematic; at present, the most common method is sampling with an increment borer to extract a bark-to-pith core—a difficult task...