Pub Date : 2020-04-01DOI: 10.31674/MJMR.2020.V04I02.001
Osahon Roli Itohan, E. O. Abimbola, Ehebha Santos Ehizokhale, Dare Nervey Willie
Background: Nandrolone Decanoate (ND) artificial testosterone in the steroid forum is of significant effect essential in clinical settings for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its mechanism of action is apparent by binding to receptor complexes such as hormones producing anabolic and androgenic effects. Objectives: To research the effects of ND on the reproductive system of Adult Wistar rats as well as on the voice of female Wistar rats exposed to the physical and non-physical activity. Methods: In this experimental study, 12 models (6 males, 6 females) received 5mg/kg BW of Deca Durabolin base on their weight indicating a normal dose once a week for four weeks. The Active models were subjected to aerobic swimming as the physical activity. Results: Female voice sounds decrease progressively from a sharp whistle-like sound to blunt and finally dull sounds. Also, the histological analysis revealed that the inactive males were with reduced spermatogenic activities, hyperplasia of the interstitial cell of Leydig with congested blood vessels in the testis while the inactive female analysis revealed foci of congestion around the cortical and medullary regions of the ovary. The histological analysis of the active males revealed reduced germ cells in the seminiferous tubules, sloughing of the germinal epithelium and interstitial edema of the testis, while the ovary revealed well-defined blood vessels within the medulla and medullary congestion. Conclusion: Administrationof Nandrolone Decanoate was associated with deleterious effects on active and inactive models on the testis, ovaries,and, voice.
{"title":"EFFECT OF NANDROLONE DECANOATE ON VOICE AND REPRODUCTIVETISSUES IN WISTAR RAT: HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRICASSESSMEN","authors":"Osahon Roli Itohan, E. O. Abimbola, Ehebha Santos Ehizokhale, Dare Nervey Willie","doi":"10.31674/MJMR.2020.V04I02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/MJMR.2020.V04I02.001","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Nandrolone Decanoate (ND) artificial testosterone in the steroid forum is of significant effect essential in clinical settings for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its mechanism of action is apparent by binding to receptor complexes such as hormones producing anabolic and androgenic effects. Objectives: To research the effects of ND on the reproductive system of Adult Wistar rats as well as on the voice of female Wistar rats exposed to the physical and non-physical activity. Methods: In this experimental study, 12 models (6 males, 6 females) received 5mg/kg BW of Deca Durabolin base on their weight indicating a normal dose once a week for four weeks. The Active models were subjected to aerobic swimming as the physical activity. Results: Female voice sounds decrease progressively from a sharp whistle-like sound to blunt and finally dull sounds. Also, the histological analysis revealed that the inactive males were with reduced spermatogenic activities, hyperplasia of the interstitial cell of Leydig with congested blood vessels in the testis while the inactive female analysis revealed foci of congestion around the cortical and medullary regions of the ovary. The histological analysis of the active males revealed reduced germ cells in the seminiferous tubules, sloughing of the germinal epithelium and interstitial edema of the testis, while the ovary revealed well-defined blood vessels within the medulla and medullary congestion. Conclusion: Administrationof Nandrolone Decanoate was associated with deleterious effects on active and inactive models on the testis, ovaries,and, voice.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82756506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-04-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i02.004
Florence A. Villacarlos, J. Daño
{"title":"THE SEVEN MOTIVATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CLINICAL NURSEMANAGERS","authors":"Florence A. Villacarlos, J. Daño","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i02.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i02.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"99 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85717162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-07DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i03.008
A. S., Abdel Fatah, Doaa Saad, M. Farahat, Hosamuddin Hamza
Background: Repair of ventral hernia (VH) is a commonly performed procedure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of primary repair of midline VH using laparoscopic approach as a day surgery procedure in an academic teaching hospital. Material and methods: This prospective study was conducted in General Surgery department, Minia University Hospital, Egypt, for 82 patients with midline ventral hernias subjected to primary repair of the defect using laparoscopic approach in the period from February 2017 till February 2019. Patients were followed up for seroma, hematoma, wound infection or recurrence. Results: Study included 81 patients; 30 cases (37%) were males and 51 (63%) were females. Ages ranged from 20 – 57 years. Thirty-eight (46.9%) patients presented with epigastric hernias, 34 (42%) had paraumbilical hernias, and port site hernias were found in 9 (11.1%) patients. Mean width of the defect was 15 ± 4.3 mm. Mean operative time was 52.3 min. All cases were done on a day surgery setting. No cases showed intestinal injury or paralytic ileus. Eighteen patients (22.2%) developed seroma not requiring aspiration. Hematoma was seen in three (3.7%) patients and was conservatively managed. Only two cases (2.5%) developed superficial wound infection. Rate of recurrence was 4.9%. Conclusion: Primary laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) with defects less than 2 cm in diameter is a safe, simple, time-saving procedure associated with less complications, less risk of surgical site infection (SSI), shorter hospital stay and low cost.
{"title":"LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIOGRAPHY OF SMALL SIZED MIDLINE VENTRAL HERNIAS IN DAY SURGERY UNIT RESULTS IN ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL","authors":"A. S., Abdel Fatah, Doaa Saad, M. Farahat, Hosamuddin Hamza","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i03.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i03.008","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Repair of ventral hernia (VH) is a commonly performed procedure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of primary repair of midline VH using laparoscopic approach as a day surgery procedure in an academic teaching hospital. Material and methods: This prospective study was conducted in General Surgery department, Minia University Hospital, Egypt, for 82 patients with midline ventral hernias subjected to primary repair of the defect using laparoscopic approach in the period from February 2017 till February 2019. Patients were followed up for seroma, hematoma, wound infection or recurrence. Results: Study included 81 patients; 30 cases (37%) were males and 51 (63%) were females. Ages ranged from 20 – 57 years. Thirty-eight (46.9%) patients presented with epigastric hernias, 34 (42%) had paraumbilical hernias, and port site hernias were found in 9 (11.1%) patients. Mean width of the defect was 15 ± 4.3 mm. Mean operative time was 52.3 min. All cases were done on a day surgery setting. No cases showed intestinal injury or paralytic ileus. Eighteen patients (22.2%) developed seroma not requiring aspiration. Hematoma was seen in three (3.7%) patients and was conservatively managed. Only two cases (2.5%) developed superficial wound infection. Rate of recurrence was 4.9%. Conclusion: Primary laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) with defects less than 2 cm in diameter is a safe, simple, time-saving procedure associated with less complications, less risk of surgical site infection (SSI), shorter hospital stay and low cost.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83273226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i01.006
Siti Noorbaya, R. Saidah
Sleep is a prominent priority in babies because this time repair Neuro-brain occurs and approximately 75% of growth hormones is produced. Given the importance of sleeping time for infant’s growth. The need for sleep must be fulfilled to avoid adversely influence of its growth. The way might be used to meet these needs is baby massage. The purposes of this study is to prove that massage might increase the sleep quantity for baby aged 306 months in South Sempaja Sub-district, North Samarinda. The study design used the Pre Experimental Design with the design of One Group Pretest and Post-test Design. The population in this study was all babies aged 3-6 months consisting of 18 respondents with sampling techniques using Non Probability Sampling selected by Purposive Sampling. The variable measured in this study is the sleep quantity of baby. This study used the Paired t-test statistical test (α = 0.05). The results showed the sleep quantity of baby after making massage reached (13.77 hours / day) than before the massage (12.42 hours / day) with an average increase of 1.29 hours / day. The results of statistical tests showed that there was an effect of baby massage on thequantity of baby sleep aged 3-6 months with a value (p = 0,000). In addition, it might be concluded that there is a significant effect of baby massage on the sleep quantity. The need for the role of health professionals to enlarge promotion and education regarding the baby massage to the community, especially parents, to increase thequantity and quality of baby sleep.
{"title":"THE EFFECT OF BABY MASSAGE TOWARD BABY SLEEP QUANTITY ON THE AGE OF 3-6 MONTHS IN SOUTH SEMPAJA SUB-DISTRICT, NORTH SAMARINDA IN 2019","authors":"Siti Noorbaya, R. Saidah","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i01.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2020.v04i01.006","url":null,"abstract":"Sleep is a prominent priority in babies because this time repair Neuro-brain occurs and approximately 75% of growth hormones is produced. Given the importance of sleeping time for infant’s growth. The need for sleep must be fulfilled to avoid adversely influence of its growth. The way might be used to meet these needs is baby massage. The purposes of this study is to prove that massage might increase the sleep quantity for baby aged 306 months in South Sempaja Sub-district, North Samarinda. \u0000The study design used the Pre Experimental Design with the design of One Group Pretest and Post-test Design. The population in this study was all babies aged 3-6 months consisting of 18 respondents with sampling techniques using Non Probability Sampling selected by Purposive Sampling. The variable measured in this study is the sleep quantity of baby. This study used the Paired t-test statistical test (α = 0.05). \u0000The results showed the sleep quantity of baby after making massage reached (13.77 hours / day) than before the massage (12.42 hours / day) with an average increase of 1.29 hours / day. The results of statistical tests showed that there was an effect of baby massage on thequantity of baby sleep aged 3-6 months with a value (p = 0,000). \u0000In addition, it might be concluded that there is a significant effect of baby massage on the sleep quantity. The need for the role of health professionals to enlarge promotion and education regarding the baby massage to the community, especially parents, to increase thequantity and quality of baby sleep.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79911374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ancella Soenardi, A. Fiqri, Leonardo Trisnarizki, Harijono Kariosentono, A. Probandari, P. Mawardi, Dhani Redhono, Endra Yustin Ellistasari
To know anogenital warts prevalence and its correlation with HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) population in Surakarta, Indonesia. To identify risk factors associated with anogenital warts among MSM population in Surakarta, Indonesia. This cross-sectional study collects data from MSM population in Surakarta, Indonesia. Patients are MSM who joined monthly mobile clinic held by the health government of Surakarta and those who attend the Voluntary Consultation and Testing Clinic of Dr. Moewardi General Hospital. Risk factors were asked using questionnaire. Physical examination was used to diagnose anogenital warts, and took blood samples for HIV screening. From 190 subjects, 25 (13.1%) had anogenital warts, and 17 (8.9%) are HIV positive. Anogenital warts increase the odds of having HIV infection by 5.18 times. Risk factors that contribute to anogenital warts include age 25-34 years old (OR= 3,729) and a history of drug abuse (OR= 7.184). This research only uses simple physical examination to diagnose anogenital warts, and the small study subjects may not be representative of general MSM population in Indonesia. Age 25-34 years old and history of drug abuse are substantial risk factors for anogenital warts. Having anogenital warts infection increases the odds of acquiring HIV. This study highlights the importance of STD screening especially in high-risk population such as MSM, which currently is still neglected by the Health Department of Indonesia.
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Sai Srujan Gutlapalli, Mounika Mandapuram, Manjunath Reddy, Anusha Bodepudi
In the context of hospital information systems (HIS), "suitability for the task" refers to several factors, including not imposing additional tasks on users, executing everyday activities in their entirety, and displaying all relevant information on the screen. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a multi-stage sampling strategy was utilized to select hospitals to participate in the study. In other words, the first thing done was to locate hospitals with companies that supplied them with health information systems. Then, one hospital was selected among those that were provided funding by each of the companies. The ISO Metric Standard Questionnaire 9241 was utilized for this investigation. The evaluation of HIS aptitude for the job will be based on his responses to these 15 questions in the questionnaire. The data were examined by employing descriptive tests and the software SPSS. According to the investigation results, the average number of HIS characteristics suitable for the undertaking was 3.04 out of 5. This feature has an average rating of 2.96 out of 5 stars from paraclinical users. The scores of 3.03 and 3.13 given by secretaries and nurses, respectively, are presented here. Items that received bad ratings, such as the imposition of tasks that were not within the user's obligations, highlight the fact that the majority of users consider that such systems are not following their responsibilities, despite all of the claims that have been made regarding the benefits of computer information systems in the field of medicine. In other words, these kinds of systems have not only failed to simplify the regular duties of their users, but they have also resulted in the users having to execute those actions multiple times. The users initially write the data down on paper before entering it into the digital information systems. As a result, those responsible for developing computerized information systems used in healthcare should emphasize the appropriateness of these systems for the job.
{"title":"Evaluation of Hospital Information Systems (HIS) in terms of their Suitability for Tasks","authors":"Sai Srujan Gutlapalli, Mounika Mandapuram, Manjunath Reddy, Anusha Bodepudi","doi":"10.18034/mjmbr.v6i2.661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v6i2.661","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of hospital information systems (HIS), \"suitability for the task\" refers to several factors, including not imposing additional tasks on users, executing everyday activities in their entirety, and displaying all relevant information on the screen. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a multi-stage sampling strategy was utilized to select hospitals to participate in the study. In other words, the first thing done was to locate hospitals with companies that supplied them with health information systems. Then, one hospital was selected among those that were provided funding by each of the companies. The ISO Metric Standard Questionnaire 9241 was utilized for this investigation. The evaluation of HIS aptitude for the job will be based on his responses to these 15 questions in the questionnaire. The data were examined by employing descriptive tests and the software SPSS. According to the investigation results, the average number of HIS characteristics suitable for the undertaking was 3.04 out of 5. This feature has an average rating of 2.96 out of 5 stars from paraclinical users. The scores of 3.03 and 3.13 given by secretaries and nurses, respectively, are presented here. Items that received bad ratings, such as the imposition of tasks that were not within the user's obligations, highlight the fact that the majority of users consider that such systems are not following their responsibilities, despite all of the claims that have been made regarding the benefits of computer information systems in the field of medicine. In other words, these kinds of systems have not only failed to simplify the regular duties of their users, but they have also resulted in the users having to execute those actions multiple times. The users initially write the data down on paper before entering it into the digital information systems. As a result, those responsible for developing computerized information systems used in healthcare should emphasize the appropriateness of these systems for the job.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80502802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agriculture has a critical role to play in the financial domain. Likewise, automation of multiple processes in agriculture has been a great concern as well as an alarming subject across the world. The population all over the world is growing at a high rate and with this increment, demand for agriculture and its jobs is also growing exponentially. The usual techniques that were used by the farmers are not efficient enough to meet these requirements. Along these lines, new digital techniques are presented. These new strategies satisfy the proper management of agricultural products as well as services so that farmers can make the most of technology to increase their profit rates. AI in the agricultural landscape has initiated a revolutionary change. It has guarded the harvest yield from different declining factors such as environmental changes, over population, dynamic business demands, and food safety issues. By using artificial intelligence we can foster smart farming practices to limit the loss of farmers and give them high returns. Using artificial intelligence platforms, one can collect an enormous amount of information from government and public sites or real-time monitoring and collection of different information is likewise possible by utilizing IoT (Internet of Things) and afterward can be explored with precision to empower the farmers for resolving every one of the issues faced by farmers in the agriculture area. This research is conducted in order to help local farmers everywhere in the world to manage their agriculture practices all the more effectively. The strategy discussed in this paper is leveraging the model of waterfall methodology for planning and creating a system smart enough by performing a sequential cycle that starts with data collection, requirement analysis, plan, coding, and testing and finally implements that system as a whole. This system can also be used to foster ideas to manage normal issues in agriculture information systems, to improve the policy programs, the augmentation, and analysis practices, and to manage data on agriculture. Finally, conclusion about agricultural information systems are discussed and suggestions for additional development of agriculture data systems is presented.
{"title":"Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: A Review for CMS Optimization","authors":"Takudzwa Fadziso","doi":"10.18034/mjmbr.v6i2.566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v6i2.566","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculture has a critical role to play in the financial domain. Likewise, automation of multiple processes in agriculture has been a great concern as well as an alarming subject across the world. The population all over the world is growing at a high rate and with this increment, demand for agriculture and its jobs is also growing exponentially. The usual techniques that were used by the farmers are not efficient enough to meet these requirements. Along these lines, new digital techniques are presented. These new strategies satisfy the proper management of agricultural products as well as services so that farmers can make the most of technology to increase their profit rates. AI in the agricultural landscape has initiated a revolutionary change. It has guarded the harvest yield from different declining factors such as environmental changes, over population, dynamic business demands, and food safety issues. By using artificial intelligence we can foster smart farming practices to limit the loss of farmers and give them high returns. Using artificial intelligence platforms, one can collect an enormous amount of information from government and public sites or real-time monitoring and collection of different information is likewise possible by utilizing IoT (Internet of Things) and afterward can be explored with precision to empower the farmers for resolving every one of the issues faced by farmers in the agriculture area. This research is conducted in order to help local farmers everywhere in the world to manage their agriculture practices all the more effectively. The strategy discussed in this paper is leveraging the model of waterfall methodology for planning and creating a system smart enough by performing a sequential cycle that starts with data collection, requirement analysis, plan, coding, and testing and finally implements that system as a whole. This system can also be used to foster ideas to manage normal issues in agriculture information systems, to improve the policy programs, the augmentation, and analysis practices, and to manage data on agriculture. Finally, conclusion about agricultural information systems are discussed and suggestions for additional development of agriculture data systems is presented.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75090733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Historically, manufacturing of Readymade Garment (RMG) had not been static in a particular country or region. On account of manufacturing cost, very specifically on wage hike issue, RMG manufacturing process has been shifted from developed countries like USA and UK to the least developed one like Bangladesh via Japan and Asian 4 Tigers’ economic region as water always flows downtrend. Traditionally, due to light nature/process of work, females and even some cases adolescent girls, are heavily employed in the sector. The various studies reveal that around 80 percent of total workforces in Bangladesh’s RMG sector is female i.e. 3.7 ml females of total 4.6 ml are directly employed in Bangladesh RMG sector. Though a huge number of females are employment yet, they have to struggle to meet their basic needs, where affordability of sanitary napkin is a far-reaching dream to them. The workers suffer from various diseases and the industry losses productivity due to absenteeism, migration, and on account of unhygienic menstrual management. Availability of low-cost sanitary napkin can ensure good health of the workforce, reduce migration and increase productivity. It’s a win-win situation for the workers and employers.
{"title":"Softy – An Affordable Healthcare Product for Low Paid Female Workers at Readymade Garment Industry","authors":"M. Hasan","doi":"10.18034/MJMBR.V6I2.482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18034/MJMBR.V6I2.482","url":null,"abstract":"Historically, manufacturing of Readymade Garment (RMG) had not been static in a particular country or region. On account of manufacturing cost, very specifically on wage hike issue, RMG manufacturing process has been shifted from developed countries like USA and UK to the least developed one like Bangladesh via Japan and Asian 4 Tigers’ economic region as water always flows downtrend. Traditionally, due to light nature/process of work, females and even some cases adolescent girls, are heavily employed in the sector. The various studies reveal that around 80 percent of total workforces in Bangladesh’s RMG sector is female i.e. 3.7 ml females of total 4.6 ml are directly employed in Bangladesh RMG sector. Though a huge number of females are employment yet, they have to struggle to meet their basic needs, where affordability of sanitary napkin is a far-reaching dream to them. The workers suffer from various diseases and the industry losses productivity due to absenteeism, migration, and on account of unhygienic menstrual management. Availability of low-cost sanitary napkin can ensure good health of the workforce, reduce migration and increase productivity. It’s a win-win situation for the workers and employers. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82627451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. K. Hasan, I. Wahab, H. H. Mizaton, M. Rasadah, L. Rashid, S. M. A. N. Hafizatul, M. A. Azman, H. Amir, B. Isham
In this study, Myrmecodia platytyrae (MyP) water extract was investigated to explain the antioxidant property and its safety. Water extract of MyP was prepared and tested for ORAC for each batch of preparations. The MyP water extract was administered daily onto three groups of experimental animals which were Low Dose (LD), Medium Dose (MD) and High Dose (HD) groups for a period of consecutive 28 days according to the OECD GLP guideline (OECD TG 407). The ORAC results showed that MyP water extract has an antioxidant activity for each batch. The subchronic toxicity test showed that MyP water extract product has no observable sub-chronic toxic effect on Sprague Dawley rats. The body weight of rats increased along with proportional food and water intake. In the same way, all hematological, biochemical parameters as well as histopathological observation do not show any abnormal finding. Gross observations, feed and water consumption, urine strip test and animals’ weight during necropsy did not show any difference compared to the control group. In conclusion, MyP water extract is suggested to have a broad safety margin in experimental animals.
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The experiment was conducted in the plant protection laboratory of the Humera Agricultural Research Center to study the biology of sesame seed bug, Elasmolomus sordidus (Fabricius), Hemiptera: Lygaeidae. E.sordidus is considered as the most important harvest and post-harvest insect pest of sesame in North western Ethiopia. The rearing and other tests were conducted in the laboratory at 28-330C and 50 to 65% RH. The result of this laboratory investigation indicated that the mean egg incubation period was 5.4± 0.05 days while the total mean nymphal duration took 18.44±0.10. A mean adult lifespan of 20.24±0.19 days was recorded. The mean lifespan from egg to adult death was 44.08 days, which range from 32-54 days. The reproductive period was 7.08 ± 0.26 days and the peak laying period was on the first and second day of its reproductive days. Even though E.sordidus was present the whole year high outbreak was recorded at harvest (October) and continued up to January, which afterward declined until the next harvest time.
{"title":"Studies on the Biology and Eco Physiology of Sesame Seed Bug, Elasmolomus Sordidus Fabricius, at Kafta - Humera Sesame Fields","authors":"Muez Berhe, Berhanu Abraha Tsegay, Geremew Terefe","doi":"10.18034/mjmbr.v6i2.484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v6i2.484","url":null,"abstract":"The experiment was conducted in the plant protection laboratory of the Humera Agricultural Research Center to study the biology of sesame seed bug, Elasmolomus sordidus (Fabricius), Hemiptera: Lygaeidae. E.sordidus is considered as the most important harvest and post-harvest insect pest of sesame in North western Ethiopia. The rearing and other tests were conducted in the laboratory at 28-330C and 50 to 65% RH. The result of this laboratory investigation indicated that the mean egg incubation period was 5.4± 0.05 days while the total mean nymphal duration took 18.44±0.10. A mean adult lifespan of 20.24±0.19 days was recorded. The mean lifespan from egg to adult death was 44.08 days, which range from 32-54 days. The reproductive period was 7.08 ± 0.26 days and the peak laying period was on the first and second day of its reproductive days. Even though E.sordidus was present the whole year high outbreak was recorded at harvest (October) and continued up to January, which afterward declined until the next harvest time.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82683552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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