scholarly journals Ecotoxicological investigations of milking cow slurry and changes of oestrogenic compounds in the solid and liquid phase

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduárd Gubó ◽  
Ildikó Kiss-Szarvák ◽  
Mishele Erdenebaatar ◽  
Richárd Gubó ◽  
Bence Horváth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid Phase ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Higher Plant ◽  
Cattle Farm ◽  
Plant Seeds ◽  
Toxicological Studies ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Manure Slurry ◽  
Livestock Rearing

AbstractDue to the appearance of intensive livestock-rearing systems since the 1970s, a vast amount of liquid manure (slurry) has been produced. The application and utilization are partly regulated for this special substance, which contains urine, excrement, process water, and other chemicals, such as insecticides and disinfectants. Our research was conducted on a slurry management system of a dairy cattle farm, focusing on the investigation of the presence of oestrogenic substances and toxicity of slurry before and after using a separator technology. Yeast oestrogen screen shows in this study that the separation of the liquid and solid phases of slurry contributes to the reduction in oestrogenic substances. Based on the toxicological studies, the growth inhibition of algae was 93%, and the inhibition of the germination of higher plant seeds was 25%, without separation. After separation of the phases, growth and germination were comparable with the negative control; moreover, some stimulation was detected. Consequently, harmful substances were removed with the suspended solid phase. From the present study, we can conclude that stakeholders should support separation technology in intensive livestock-rearing systems, and ecotoxicological investigations obviously help the risk management of slurry utilization. To our best knowledge, this is the first paper presenting detailed and complex toxicological study on slurry samples.

Oral Immune Activation by Disgust and Disease-Related Pictures

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Stevenson ◽  
Deborah Hodgson ◽  
Megan J. Oaten ◽  
Luba Sominsky ◽  
Mehmet Mahmut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Innate Immune Responses ◽  
Immune Markers ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Secondary Analyses ◽  
Image Set

Abstract. Both disgust and disease-related images appear able to induce an innate immune response but it is unclear whether these effects are independent or rely upon a common shared factor (e.g., disgust or disease-related cognitions). In this study we directly compared these two inductions using specifically generated sets of images. One set was disease-related but evoked little disgust, while the other set was disgust evoking but with less disease-relatedness. These two image sets were then compared to a third set, a negative control condition. Using a wholly within-subject design, participants viewed one image set per week, and provided saliva samples, before and after each viewing occasion, which were later analyzed for innate immune markers. We found that both the disease related and disgust images, relative to the negative control images, were not able to generate an innate immune response. However, secondary analyses revealed innate immune responses in participants with greater propensity to feel disgust following exposure to disease-related and disgusting images. These findings suggest that disgust images relatively free of disease-related themes, and disease-related images relatively free of disgust may be suboptimal cues for generating an innate immune response. Not only may this explain why disgust propensity mediates these effects, it may also imply a common pathway.

ANALYSIS OF RADIOIMMUNOASSAY BY DISC ELECTROPHORESIS AND SUCROSE GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION

1971 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lubomir Valenta ◽  
Michel L. Aubert
Keyword(s):  
Sucrose Gradient ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
Disc Electrophoresis ◽  
Separate Analysis ◽  
Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone ◽  
Sucrose Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Polypeptide Hormones

ABSTRACT Radioiodine-labelled synthetic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), human growth hormone (HGH), human chorionic somato-mammotrophin (HCS), and human (HTSH) and bovine (BTSH) thyroid stimulating hormones were studied by disc-electrophoresis and sucrose gradient centrifugation before and after incubation with corresponding antisera. All antisera contained 7 S antibodies. After incubation, soluble antigenantibody complexes besides a small amount of precipitate were observed in the incubation mixture, characteristic of each hormone. The complexes migrated like gamma globulins or more slowly on disc-electrophoresis. and on sucrose gradient centrifugation showed patterns dependent on the time of incubation. Light 7 or 9 S, or < 12 S complexes occurred mostly after incubation for several minutes (up to 30 min) before analysis. When incubation was prolonged to 24 h and more, these relatively light complexes disappeared or diminished in favour of heavier soluble or precipitating complexes. Reproducibly obtainable sedimentation patterns of the soluble complexes suggested some definite recombination of antigen molecules with 7 S antibodies. The complexes did not occur on incubation with other sera than an antiserum to a given hormone. They were not influenced by EDTA. Displacement of the radioactivity of the complexes into the free hormone peak was obtained by addition of a non-labelled hormone identical with the labelled one. Sucrose gradient centrifugation and disc-electrophoresis are recommended for the study of immunoreaction of diluted materials and for a separate analysis of different steps of the radioimmunoassay. Radioimmunoassay was introduced for the measurement of protein hormones by Yalow & Berson (1960). The method, described originally for insulin, was later adapted to the detection of a number of protein and polypeptide hormones. On incubation of the hormone with its antiserum, a soluble antigenantibody complex is formed, which is separated from an excess of the free hormone by various methods, e. g. chromatoelectrophoresis, precipitation with a second antibody, adsorption on a solid phase etc. (Hunter 1967). Sucrose gradient centrifugation and disc-electrophoresis were occasionally used to follow some isolated aspect of radioimmunoassay (Fitschen 1965; Monjardino et al. 1968). We are demonstrating that these methods made it possible to analyze the radioimmunoassay step by step and thus may be useful for practical purposes as well as in a study of the immunoreaction of diluted materials.

Comparative Study on Compositions of Oil-Water Transition Layer before and after ClO2-Treatment Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 749-752
Author(s):  
Dan Dan Yuan ◽  
Hong Jun Wu ◽  
Hai Xia Sheng ◽  
Xin Sui ◽  
Bao Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Transition Layer ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Settling Tank ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Viscosity Reduction ◽  
Insoluble Residue ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Oil Water

In order to meet the need of separating oil from water in the settling tank of the oilfield, ClO2 treatment for oil-water transition layer in settling tank is introduced. The field test displayed that the technique was achieved by a good performance. For understanding the oxidation and mechanism, compositions of oil-water transition layer were comparatively studied for before/after ClO2-treatment in this paper.The experimental results show that the compositions before and after ClO2-treatment, including physical structure and chemical composition, were varied in the great extension. The physical structure, consisting of water, oil and solid phase, was reduced to less than 5% of water and 0.5% of solid particle and increased to 95% of oil in layer compared with before-treatment, easily leading to clearly separating water from oil. The chemical composition of iron sulfide and acid insoluble substance in solid phase was decreased to more than 90% while the carbonate was reduced more than 70% . After the treatment, the viscosity reduction of the water phase in the layer was reached to 50% after oxidation demulsification with ClO2. The chemistry was discussed based on the principles and experiments. Due to ClO2 destroying (oxidizing) the rigid interface membrane structure which is supported by natural surfactant, polymer and solid particles with interface-active materials, the action accelerates the separating of water and oil and sedimentation of insoluble residue of acid in the layer. By demonstrating the experimental data and discussion, we can effectively control the oxidation performance of chlorine dioxide, which is very meaningful for oilfield on the aspect of stable production of petroleum.

scholarly journals Effect of intraruminal infusion of potassium on the site of magnesium absorption within the digestive tract in sheep

1997 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. DALLEY ◽  
P. ISHERWOOD ◽  
A. R. SYKES ◽  
A. B. ROBSON
Keyword(s):  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Latin Square ◽  
Cerium Chloride ◽  
Faecal Excretion ◽  
Absorption Increase ◽  
High K ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Lincoln University ◽  
Female Sheep

Sixteen 2-year old female sheep were fitted with ruminal and duodenal cannulae at Johnstone Memorial Laboratory, Lincoln University during 1989–90. They were offered, at 2 hourly intervals, a pelleted concentrate diet (900 g/day) and chaffed lucerne hay (100 g/day). In a split-plot experiment they were infused, intraruminally and at four rates, with potassium (providing 16, 26, 36 or 46 g K/kg food DM/day) and magnesium (providing 1·3, 1·8, 2·3 or 3·1 g Mg/kg food DM/day) within a Latin square design and with the liquid and solid phase markers 51chromium EDTA and 141cerium chloride. Net absorption of Mg before and after the duodenum was estimated from dietary intake, duodenal flow and urinary and faecal excretion of Mg.Increasing K intake resulted in a decline in net absorption of Mg from the entire digestive tract, supporting data in the literature. Increasing K intake from 16 to 46 g/kg DM decreased urinary Mg excretion by between 0·14 and 0·30 g/day, the extent of which was independent of the level of Mg intake. At high K intake Mg absorption from the rumen was reduced, the amount absorbed ranging from 0·07 g Mg/day at intakes of 1·3 g Mg/day and 46 g K/kg DM/day to 0·66 g Mg/day at intakes of 3·1 g Mg/day and 16 g K/kg DM/day. However, at high K intake, and when Mg absorption from the rumen was reduced, net Mg absorption from sites distal to the rumen was increased to an extent which suggested compensatory absorption. Increase in K intake was associated with a consistent reduction in plasma Mg concentration which was independent of Mg intake. Increases in Mg intake resulted in increases in Mg absorption and plasma Mg concentration at all rates of K intake in direct proportion to rate of intake. The reduction in Mg absorption from the rumen at high K intake was associated with an increase (0·3 units) in pH of rumen digesta.

scholarly journals EFEK ANTIDIABETES EKSTRAK AIR KULIT BUAH PISANG AMBON (Musa paradisiaca L.) TERHADAP MENCIT (Mus musculus) MODEL HIPERGLIKEMIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Sri Indrawati ◽  
Yuliet Yuliet ◽  
Ihwan Ihwan
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Effective Dose ◽  
Aqueous Extract ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Antidiabetic Activity ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Musa Paradisiaca ◽  
Blood Glucose Levels ◽  
Before And After

Pisang Ambon (Musa paradisiaca L.) is one type of bananas usually consumed by Indonesian people. Besides its flesh which has high nutrition, its peels also has antioxidant activity. Antioxidants has the ability to reduce oxidative damage in people’s body with diabetes mellitus. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the antioxidant activity of the aqueous  extract of Pisang Ambon peels and to determine it’s effective dose as an antidiabetic agent in hyperglycemic mice. This study used male mice which all have been intravenously induced with alloxan at a dose of 50 mg/kgBW. They were then divided into five groups. The first two groups got Na CMC 0.5% (negative control) and glibenclamide 0.65 mg/kgBW (positive control), while the other three got  the aqueous  extract of Pisang Ambon peels successively at doses of 400, 800, and 1200 mg/kgBW. The data were statistically analyzed using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) at 95% confidence interval with parameter of blood glucose levels difference between before and after treatment. The results showed that the aqueous extract of Pisang Ambon peels had antidiabetic activity at an effective dose of 400 mg/kgBW in hyperglycemic mice which was comparable to glibenclamide

scholarly journals Organic Compost of Swine Manure in the Production of Green Corn in Manaus, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Pamela Karoline Correia Brunner ◽  
Hugo César Tadeu ◽  
Carla Coelho Ferreira ◽  
Ana Cecília Nina Lobato ◽  
Aurinei da Silva Ramos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
Swine Manure ◽  
Chemical Characteristic ◽  
Corn Yield ◽  
Corn Cob ◽  
Swine Waste ◽  
Higher Plant ◽  
Soil P ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Organic Compost

Pig farming is considered one of the activities with the greatest environmental impact due to the erroneous disposal of swine waste. The present work aimed to produce an organic compost using waste from pig production and evaluate its chemical characteristic, corn yield under doses of this organic compost and soil nutritional quality before and after the experiment implementation. The Corn was fertilized at sowing and 30 days after plant germination using organic compost from pig waste at the doses: 0, 2, 3, 4 and 5 t ha-1. The Corn used was CATIVERDE 02 and were seeded at 1.0 m spacing between rows and 0.40 m between plants, in a total area of 240 m2. The experimental design was randomized blocks with four replications and five doses of organic compost. The parameters evaluated for corn were: plant height, stem diameter, weight and corncob length. Fertilization with swine organic compost increases in soil P, K, Ca, even after the corn harvest. The best treatment was with a dose of 5 t ha-1, as it resulted in higher plant height (1.85 m) and corn cob weight (261 g).

scholarly journals A Diagnostic Solution for Lupus Anticoagulant Testing in Patients Taking Direct Oral FXa Inhibitors Using DOAC Filter

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carine Farkh ◽  
Syrine Ellouze ◽  
Louis Gounelle ◽  
Mama Sad Houari ◽  
Jérôme Duchemin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lupus Anticoagulant ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Covalent Binding ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
Factor Xa ◽  
New Device ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Single Use ◽  
Fxa Inhibitor ◽  
Inhibitor Compounds

Background: Direct oral factor Xa (FXa) inhibitors interfere with lupus anticoagulant (LA) assays challenging antiphospholipid syndrome diagnosis in treated patients. We evaluated a new device, called DOAC Filter, and its usefulness in this setting. It is a single-use filtration cartridge in which FXa inhibitor compounds are trapped by non-covalent binding while plasma is filtered through a solid phase. Patient samples were analyzed before and after filtration: 38 rivaroxaban, 41 apixaban, and 68 none. Anticoagulant plasma concentrations were measured using specific anti-Xa assays and HPLC-MS/MS. LA testing was performed using dilute Russell Viper Venom Time (dRVVT) and Silica Clotting Time (SCT). Baseline median [min–max] concentrations were 64.8 [17.6; 311.4] for rivaroxaban and 92.1 ng/mL [37.1; 390.7] for apixaban (HPLC-MS/MS). They were significantly correlated with anti-Xa assay results (r = 0.98 and r = 0.94, respectively). dRVVT was positive in 92% rivaroxaban and 72% apixaban and SCT in 28 and 41% of samples, respectively. Post-filtration, median % of neutralization was 100% with rivaroxaban and apixaban concentrations of, respectively, &lt;2 [&lt;2–2.4] and &lt;2 ng/mL [&lt;2–9.6] using HPLC-MS/MS. No significant effect of DOAC Filter was observed on LA testing in controls (n = 31) and LA-positive (n = 37) non-anticoagulated samples. dRVVT and SCT remained positive in, respectively, 16 and 8% of rivaroxaban and 41 and 18% of apixaban samples. DOAC Filter would be an easy-to-use device allowing FXa inhibitor removal from plasma samples, limiting their interference with LA testing in treated patients.

scholarly journals Penggunaan Kulit Nanas Fermentasi dalam Ransum yang Mengandung Gulma Berkhasiat Obat Terhadap Konsumsi Nutrient Ayam Broiler

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Wasir Ibrahim ◽  
Rita Mutia ◽  
Nurhayati Nurhayati ◽  
Nelwida Nelwida ◽  
Berliana Berliana
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Intake ◽  
Broiler Chicken ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Pineapple Peel ◽  
Nutrient Consumption ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Completely Randomized Design ◽  
And Performance

ABSTRAK. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penggunaan kulit nanas fermentasi ke dalam ransum yang mengandung gulma berkhasiat obat terhadap konsumsi nutrient ayam broiler. Penelitian ini menggunakan DOC jantan strain cob umur 2 hari sebanyak 200 ekor yang dipelihara selama 42 hari. Penelitian menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) dengan 5 perlakuan dan 5 ulangan. P0 = 0% tepung kulit nanas fermentasi (TKNF) dalam ransum mengandung 0% gulma obat(GO), (kontrol positif), P1 = 0% TKNF dalam ransum mengandung 2 % gulma obat (GO),(kontrol negatif), P2 = 7.5% TKNF dalam ransum mengandung 2 % gulma berkhasiat obat, P3 = 15% TKNF dalam ransum mengandung 2 % gulma berkhasiat obat, P4 = 22.5% TKNF dalam ransum mengandung 2 % gulma berkhasiat obat. Parameter yang diamati kandungan gizi kulit nanas sebelum dan sesudah fermentasi dan konsumsi nutrient. Pengaruh yang nyata terhadap parameter yang diamati dilanjutkan dengan Uji Jarak Berganda Duncan, Data yang diperoleh dari setiap parameter dianalisis ragam (ANOVA) menggunakan bantuan software SPSS 16.0. Dari hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan kulit nanas yang fermentasi dengan yoghurt dalam ransum yang mengandung gulma berkhasiat obat pada taraf 15% memberikan hasil terbaik pada konsumsi nutrient ayam broiler. (Fermented pineapple peel supplementation with addition of medicinal weeds on nutrient intake consumption of broiler chicken) ABSTRACT. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of using fermented pineapple peel in the ration containing medicinal weeds on nutrient consumption and performance of broiler . Two hundred 2 days male broiler chicken cob strain were used in this study and kept for 42 days. Completely randomized design (CRD)was applied with 5 treatments and 5 replicates. Treatments consisted of P0 = 0% of fermented pineapple peels meal (FPPM) in ration containing 0% medicinal weed (MW), positive control). P1 = 0% of fermented pineapple peels meal (FPPM) in the ration containing 2 % medicinal weed (MW), negative control). P2 = 7.5% of FPPM in the ration containing 2 % medicinal weed (MW). P3 = 15% of FPPM in the ration containing 2 % medicinal weed (MW). P4 = 22,5% of FPPM in the ration containing 2 % medicinal weed (MW). The parameters measured was nutrien intake before and after fermented peel and consumption. The observed data were analyzed by statistical product and service solution (SPSS 16.0). Results showed that use of fermented pineapple peel meal up to 15% with addition medicinal weeds was the best on nutrient consumption of broiler chicken.

scholarly journals Obtaining the conductive SnO2 films by chemical bath deposition method

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Vladislav I. Rogozin ◽  
◽  
Vyacheslav F. Markov ◽  
Larisa N. Maskaeva ◽  
Anastasia E. Krasovskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tin Dioxide ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Average Particle Size ◽  
Ammonium Fluoride ◽  
Contact Layer ◽  
Average Particle ◽  
Solution Ph ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Initial Salt ◽  
Conductive Properties

Thanks to such unique properties as transparency and conductivity tin dioxide often utilize as transparent contact layer to produce displays, solar cells, and sensor devices. Hydrochemical method of deposition SnO2 films is a perspective due to its simplicity, and economical efficiency. The ionic equilibria analysis was carried out and the boundary conditions of Sn(OH)2 solid phase formation in the «Sn2+ – H2O – OH‾» system calculated. It was established, that tin(II) hydroxide may be obtain in the range 2 < pH < 12. Preliminary results allow to determinate an optimal mixture sourness interval 1 < pH < 5. Revealed, that the thickness of the Sn(OH)2 films strongly depends on the solution pH. Maximum value of 488 nm reached at pH = 8. Conductive SnO2 layers were obtained on a glass and sitall substrates with simultaneously presence of antimony chloride and ammonium fluoride followed by annealing in air. The thickness vs temperature and thickness vs tin initial salt concentration dependences were installed. The uniform tin hydroxide layers with a thickness of ~74 nm may be synthesized under pH = 2 conditions. By the electron microscopy method the average particle size was established changing from 200 to 400 nm for as-synthesized films, to ~20 nm for annealed which indicates the nanostructure nature of the films. The morphology, elemental composition and conductive properties of deposited films were investigated before and after heating stage. Studying the annealing temperature influence at the film resistance were identified a three temperature ranges within which the films sharply differ in their conductive properties, which is associated with phase and structural transformations in them. Shown, that the most conductive SnO2 films with the omic resistance 3-5 kOm/sm were obtained at the temperature range 620-870 K.

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