scholarly journals Research on the Microbiological Diversity of the Chernozem Soil of Dobroudja, in the VALU TRAIAN Region

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana PASCU ◽  
Elena DELCA ◽  
Anca Rovena LACATUSU
Keyword(s):  
Organic Substance ◽  
Chernozem Soil ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Biological Substance ◽  
The One ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
Biological State ◽  
Continuous Loss

The most poignant global crisis is the one triggered by the conflict between the environment, the agriculture and the society. The continuous loss of humus and of the biodiversity combined with the decrease of the soil’s fertility, with losing its capacity to produce nourishment, energy and raw stocks lead to the impoverishment of the population. Dobroudja is the most barren region, the draught being an endemic phenomenon, desertification also being present, currently in the soil there is a maximum 2,65 t/ha of active biological substance and 109 t/ha of humus, which represents a 56% decrease compared to 80 years ago. We have set off to create an adequate plan to ecologically and biologically reconstruct the soil based on the research done in the Valu Traian area of Dobroudja. Firstly, we have stock-listed the current biological state of the soil in the Dobroudja ecosystem and then, by using laystall and Biovin bioactivators, we will try to feed into the soil as much micro-organisms and specific organisms as possible that are necessary to restore and biocatalytically reconstruct the organic substance into heteropolycondensated humus.

ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS ON GERMINATION OF RAPHANUS SATIVA SEEDS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitendra Rajpoot
Keyword(s):  
Parthenium Hysterophorus ◽  
Allelopathic Effects ◽  
The One ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
Injurious Effects

The term ‘allelopathy’ was coined to describe the effect of the one plant on neighbouring plants. The word Allelopathy has been derived from two Greek words Allelon meaning ‘each other’ and Pathos meaning ‘to suffer’ i.e. the injurious effects of one plant upon another However, Molisch (1937) coined this term which refers to all biochemical interactions (stimulatory and inhibitory) among plants, including micro-organisms

Impotence and Intransigence: State Behavior in the Throes of Deepening Global Crisis

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuwa Wong
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
State Behavior ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Group Solidarity ◽  
Common Descent ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One ◽  
Do So

This article approaches the current global environmental crisis from an evolutionary perspective. It identifies two features in contemporary states' behavior: impotence and intransigence in the face of global crisis. These traits stem from humanity's evolutionary past, in which groups had to maintain their integrity while surviving intergroup competition. Contemporary sovereign states are groups that have survived this process, and they guard their sovereignty vigilantly. They do so by instituting coercive measures on the one hand and cultivating members' loyalty on the other. A belief of common descent must be articulated successfully in order for members to feel group solidarity. Hence, states are intransigent in maintaining that they truly represent the welfare of their members. To the extent that states are successful in inculcating a belief of common descent and identity, they are also constrained in acting altruistically—hence, their impotence in the face of deepening global crisis. To find a way out of this dilemma, strategic alternatives are explored. The emerging role of nongovernment organizations, with certain caveats, is seen as promising.

Evaluating the application of Microbacterium sp. strain BR1 for the removal of sulfamethoxazole in full-scale membrane bioreactors

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 1754-1761 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Fenu ◽  
B. M. R. Donckels ◽  
T. Beffa ◽  
C. Bemfohr ◽  
M. Weemaes
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Viable Biomass ◽  
The One ◽  
Micro Organisms

Microbacterium sp. strain BR1 is a bacterial strain that recently received attention for its capability to mineralize sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and other sulfonamides. In this study, the survival of Microbacterium sp. in municipal sludge waters was tested in batch experiments to explore optimal process conditions. Inoculation of Microbacterium sp. was subsequently performed in a pilot membrane bioreactor (MBR) operated in two configurations: treating full-scale MBR permeate (post-treatment) and treating raw municipal wastewater. SMX removal by Microbacterium sp. could not be proved in any of the configurations, except for SMX concentrations far higher than the ones normally found in municipal wastewater. By use of molecular tools (fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis) a low capability to survive in activated sludge systems was assessed. After inoculation, Microbacterium sp. was reduced to a small fraction of the viable biomass. The observed growth rate appeared to be many times lower than the one of typical activated sludge micro-organisms. Possibilities of application in full-scale municipal wastewater treatment are scarce.

scholarly journals 2012: Ideas Mayas Acerca De La Renovación Cí­clica Del Universo

Xihmai ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Alberto Morales Damián
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
The Other ◽  
Western Thought ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
The Universe

2012:  IDEAS  MAYAS  ACERCA  DE  LA  RENOVACIÓN CíCLICA DEL UNIVERSO. 2012:                MAYA‟S    CIVILIZATION     IDEAS   ABOUT    THE CYCLIC RENEWAL OF THE UNIVERSE.       Resumen El pensamiento maya con respecto a la astronomí­a y el calendario poseen una gran originalidad y corresponden a una forma de entender la realidad completamente  diferente  a  la  del  pensamiento  occidental.  Los  mayas conciben que el tiempo está sujeto a recurrencias cí­clicas (dí­a-noche, año solar, perí­odos de 52 años), cada una de las cuales supone la destrucción y renovación del cosmos. Por otra parte, las supuestas profecí­as mayas acerca de un evento astronómico el próximo 21 de diciembre de 2012, en realidad no son acordes a la cosmovisión maya prehispánica, coinciden sin embargo con temores milenaristas propios del pensamiento occidental que se agudizan en una época de crisis global.   Palabras Clave: Mayas, religión, astronomí­a, profecí­as del 2012.   Abstract Mayan  thought  in  respect  to  astronomy  and  the  calendar  have  a  great originality and correspond to a way of understanding a complete different reality to the one of the western thought. Mayan people conceive that time is subject to cycle recurrences (day-night, solar year, and periods of 52 years), each one supposes destruction and renovation of cosmos. On the other hand, the supposed Mayan prophecies about an astronomical event next December 21st  2012, do not in fact agree with the view of the world of the pre Hispanic Mayans, however they coincide with millennial fear proper of the western thought that worsen in this times of global crisis.   Key words: Mayans, religion, astronomy, 2012 prophecies.      

scholarly journals A Contribution to the Study of Meningococci

1918 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Ainley Walker
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Immunological Methods ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
Micro Organisms

It has been shown by numerous observers that well-marked serological differences are found between different strains of meningococci. And since the work of Dopter on the relation of “parameningococci” to meningococci and to cerebro-spinal fever, there has arisen a fairly general agreement that among meningococci capable of causing cerebrospinal meningitis two broadly separable groups can be defined by immunological methods. But beyond this point considerable divergences of opinion appear. On the one hand there are a number of recent workers who have failed to convince themselves that the two groups of meningococci are in reality clearly delimited, permanent and independent entities. On the other hand certain other workers claim to have still further subdivided these micro-organisms into four definite and independent types, each of which possesses in itself the value of a bacterial species [cp. Andrewes (1917)].

scholarly journals Life after Debt: The Effects of Overleveraging on Conventional and Islamic Banks

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Samar Issa
Keyword(s):  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
The One ◽  
Conventional And Islamic Banks

It is generally argued that Islamic banks are safer than conventional banks. The prime reason is that their product structure is essentially asset-backed financing, while conventional banks rely heavily on leveraging, which was considered one of the main causes of the 2008 global financial crisis. This paper examines the riskiness of Islamic and conventional banks during the 2008 global crisis by measuring overleveraging, defined as the difference between actual and optimal debt. This research conducted empirical analysis on the overleveraging of 20 banks (10 conventional and 10 Islamic banks) from five different countries, namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The analysis is double-folded: on the one hand, the results in this paper suggest that excess debt, rather than the mere holding of debt, was the reason behind the severe financial meltdown in 2007–2009; on the other hand, this paper shows that Islamic banks, in most of the countries in context, performed better during the recent crisis, but were subject to the second-round effect of the global crisis around the years of 2011–2013.

The Republicans Pivot

Crackup ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 152-190
Author(s):  
Samuel L. Popkin
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Checks And Balances ◽  
White House ◽  
Inaugural Speech ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
To Come ◽  
The One ◽  
Trade Wars

President Trump’s inaugural speech, a dark vision of “American carnage,” foreshadowed the administration to come. He considered presidential power a monetizable asset to convert into a family fortune, and the GOP—in unified control of Congress but deeply divided as a party—needed him and his voters so much that they exercised only minimal checks and balances. Chapter 6 charts the tempestuous relationship between the president and GOP leaders during a term marked by chaos in the White House and complicity in Congress. Despite a fervent desire to disrupt government, Trump’s West Wing staff was woefully unprepared for the task. In two years of unified control, the one major accomplishment was a massive tax cut for the top 1 percent of the country. His trade wars damaged exports, bankrupted farmers, and hurt American steel producers. His preferences for dictators rattled NATO and set back efforts to control North Korea and Iran. The GOP could not even repeal Obamacare, let alone replace it with something better. Republicans were blown out in the midterm election, losing control of the House, but they maintained their loyalty to Trump, forsaking the rule of law in favor of the rule of public opinion, and acquitting him of impeachment charges in the Senate without calling a single witness. However, the self-inflicted wounds from Trump’s administration were nothing compared to his abdication of leadership in the face of a true global crisis: COVID-19. Soon, the country with the world’s best science and medicine had the most cases and the most deaths in the world.

ESTIMATION OF LIPASE IN DAIRY PRODUCTS: III. LIPASE ACTIVITY IN CULTURES OF MICRO-ORGANISMS AND IN CHEESE

1949 ◽  
Vol 27f (12) ◽  
pp. 499-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Lubert ◽  
L. M. Smith ◽  
H. R. Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Lipase Activity ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Lipolytic Activity ◽  
Skim Milk ◽  
Preceding Paper ◽  
Cheddar Cheese ◽  
Titration Method ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
The One ◽  
Micro Organisms

The lipolytic activity in skim milk cultures of micro-organisms representing a number of species and genera were studied by the extraction–titration method described in the preceding paper. No evidence was found of a bacterial lipase having an activity optimum on the acid side of neutrality. No lipase active at approximately pH 5.0 was demonstrated in 20 samples of commercial cheddar cheese of varying age or one sample of blue veined cheese on measurement by the extraction–titration method or by the Peterson et al. method. Weak lipolytic activity was found in one sample of blue veined cheese by the extraction–titration method. No lipolytic activity at pH 8.5 was demonstrated by the extraction–titration method in the one sample of cheese tested at this pH.

scholarly journals The Bartonella and Related Parasites in Man and Animals (Oroya Fever and Verruga Peruviana)

1934 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1241-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Kikuth
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Data ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
The Other ◽  
Blood Parasites ◽  
Bartonella Bacilliformis ◽  
Causal Organism ◽  
Antimony Compound ◽  
Peculiar Behaviour ◽  
The One ◽  
Micro Organisms

Through the investigations of Noguchi on the one hand, and Mayer and Kikuth on the other, the unity of the ætiology of Oroya fever and verruga peruviana has been demonstrated experimentally. The Bartonella bacilliformis, the causal organism of Oroya fever, belongs to a group of micro-organisms, the parasitic nature of which has been definitely proved during the last few years. Tests with a view to transmitting the disease to monkeys, and the ætiology, clinical data, pathology, therapy and immunobiology are further explained with reference to personal experiments. Bartonella muris, which was first observed by Mayer in 1921, was confirmed by Mayer, Borchardt and Kikuth to be the causal organism of infectious rat anæmia following splenectomy. After splenectomy of the rat, the latent parasite becomes virulent and often causes a fatal anæmia. The clinical course of this infection is connected with an endothelial reaction which can be demonstrated histologically. The infection is transmitted by rat lice. Chemotherapeutic experiments led to the discovery of an effective arsenic-antimony compound with an index of 1: 3,500, which figure has never hitherto been reached in chemotherapy. The causal organism of dog anæmia following splenectomty is the Bartonella canis. Bartonella and bartonella-like structures as causal organisms and harmless blood parasites in various animals. On account of their peculiar behaviour the Grahamella, which were first described by Graham-Smith, should be kept strictly apart from the Bartonella and looked upon as a species by itself.

Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board Executive Board Meeting November 4, 2009

Policy Papers ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 09 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Policy Advice ◽  
Board Meeting ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Global Response ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Work Program ◽  
The One ◽  
Program Reviews

The Fund, called on to support a global response to the global crisis, has delivered with strengthened surveillance, policy advice and financing with modernized instruments. As I noted in Istanbul, where the membership expressed its appreciation for these accomplishments, we need to focus in the months ahead on four key reform areas—the Istanbul decisions, namely our mandate, our financing role, multilateral surveillance, and governance—while supporting the consolidation of the nascent upturn and helping to establish a stronger post-crisis global economy. Building on the work that we have completed in recent months (Table 1), the noncountry work program set out in Table 2 (which leaves aside country items such as Article IVs and program reviews) aims to accomplish these objectives. This work program is no less ambitious and taxing than the one we have just completed, but I am sure that we can successfully meet this challenge.

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