A novel Gram negative rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain MSh1T, was isolated from Southeast Pahang tropical peat swamp forest soil in Malaysia and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. The predominant cellular fatty acids (>10.0%) were C16:0 (31.7%), C17:0 cyclo (26.6%), and C19:0 cyclo ω8c (16.1%). The polar lipids detected were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine...

The microalga Tetradesmus almeriensis, previously known as Scenedesmus has been isolated and cultivated a highly productive, fast-growing strain natural source of different products commercial interest, including bioactive compounds such lutein. This produces up to 40 g·m−2·day−1 lutein under optimal conditions is recommendable for outdoor production in temperate warm climates, showing maximal ...

The project management discipline is expanding within many engineering activities. This discipline can facilitate strivings toward successful accomplishment of an engineering project. Therefore, many academic institutes teach the “project management” program. This study presents a novel approach that educates engineering students to become successful project managers based on contextual learnin...

Ambivalence, the presence of positive and negative reactions toward an object, typically involves the subjective experience of conflict. We investigate the role that the perceived validity of each side of an ambivalent attitude plays in producing subjective ambivalence (SA). Consistent with the metacognitive model of attitudes, we demonstrated that SA is reduced when people doubt either the pos...

The functional perspective on attitudes suggests that individuals will be more persuaded by advertisements that match their individual needs or attitude functions. Although previous research provided correlational support for this functional approach, the current study aimed to provide a stronger, experimental test. A pilot study validated situational manipulations of the value-expressive and k...

Objective: We compared the motor evoked potential (MEP) phases using transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE), their relatives, and healthy controls, hypothesizing that patients and their unaffected relatives may share a subtle pathophysiologic abnormality. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we investigated 23 patients with IGE, 34 first-degree ...

Abstract To analyze natural mycoflora of hazelnuts in Sulaimani province Iraq, this study conducted by collecting 33 (27 raw hazelnut kernel and 6 paste) samples determine their mycotoxin. Polyphasic approach consisting morphological examination molecular characterization based on Polymerase Chain Reaction (species specific PCR) was performed fungi identification. For the incidence aflatoxins (...