Pub Date : 2020-04-23DOI: 10.26480/asm.02.2020.67.68
Vimalraj Padayatchiar Govindan, P. M. Dhakate, A. Uniyal
Adult male non-descript bred dog presented with a history of circling motion, frequent head nodding, crusty muzzle, muscle twitching, seizure, vomiting, inappetence, coughing, inability to walk, watery pustular discharge from eyes and blood stained left ears and on further examination of foot pads showed thick, crusty or hardened sole and based on the clinical signs and symptoms, provisionally diagnosed as Canine distemper and advised euthanasia due to close geographic onset of the disease epidemic and to prevent Canine distemper-associated deaths in wild canids and felids.
{"title":"EUTHANASIA OF ACUTE NEUROLGIC CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS AFFECTED PET DOG ADJACENT TO PROTECTED FOREST AREA","authors":"Vimalraj Padayatchiar Govindan, P. M. Dhakate, A. Uniyal","doi":"10.26480/asm.02.2020.67.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.02.2020.67.68","url":null,"abstract":"Adult male non-descript bred dog presented with a history of circling motion, frequent head nodding, crusty muzzle, muscle twitching, seizure, vomiting, inappetence, coughing, inability to walk, watery pustular discharge from eyes and blood stained left ears and on further examination of foot pads showed thick, crusty or hardened sole and based on the clinical signs and symptoms, provisionally diagnosed as Canine distemper and advised euthanasia due to close geographic onset of the disease epidemic and to prevent Canine distemper-associated deaths in wild canids and felids.","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47867302","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 : 2020-03-15DOI: 10.26480/asm.02.2020.57.60
C. Pant, S. Sah
Maintaining the optimum plant population and competition in field crops right from germination to harvesting is one of the important tasks for efficient utilization of resources and to get highest economical yield. To know the about the inter and intra plant competition and its ultimate response on plant density dynamics, review was done on the topic managing plant population and competition on field crops. It was found that the optimum plant population is highly dependent on the various factors like crop inputs, environmental condition and managerial factors and the competition within and between the crop plants. The optimum plant population for any crop in given locality is usually determined by trial and error method. Managing the input level and environmental condition as well as many agronomical approaches can maintain the plant population to a desired level. Proper method of sowing, using good quality seed and right seed rate, optimum sowing depth, sowing seed in good quality soil, plant size and architecture, proper fertilization and irrigation, gap filling and reseeding, over-seeding and thinning, double transplanting and use of tolerance variety can be used to obtain optimum plant population.
{"title":"MANAGING PLANT POPULATION AND COMPETITION IN FIELD CROPS","authors":"C. Pant, S. Sah","doi":"10.26480/asm.02.2020.57.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.02.2020.57.60","url":null,"abstract":"Maintaining the optimum plant population and competition in field crops right from germination to harvesting is one of the important tasks for efficient utilization of resources and to get highest economical yield. To know the about the inter and intra plant competition and its ultimate response on plant density dynamics, review was done on the topic managing plant population and competition on field crops. It was found that the optimum plant population is highly dependent on the various factors like crop inputs, environmental condition and managerial factors and the competition within and between the crop plants. The optimum plant population for any crop in given locality is usually determined by trial and error method. Managing the input level and environmental condition as well as many agronomical approaches can maintain the plant population to a desired level. Proper method of sowing, using good quality seed and right seed rate, optimum sowing depth, sowing seed in good quality soil, plant size and architecture, proper fertilization and irrigation, gap filling and reseeding, over-seeding and thinning, double transplanting and use of tolerance variety can be used to obtain optimum plant population.","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44921163","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 : 2020-02-07DOI: 10.26480/asm.01.2020.14.18
Crisdy Enting, Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Khamisah Awang Lukman
Presently, scientific knowledge on the association between urinary lead concentration and renal profile is limited, especially on the characteristic of urinary lead that could aggravate existing kidney disease. This study aims to determine the concentration of urinary lead with serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen in chronic kidney disease patients and to identify the influences of confounding factors and the blood pressure on the chronic kidney disease patients. Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer was used to determine the urinary lead concentration. The differences and correlation of urinary lead with serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and diastolic blood pressure between the chronic kidney disease patients and control groups were assessed using Mann Whitney U and Spearman correlation tests. Our findings indicated a significantly higher urinary lead concentration in the chronic kidney disease group compared to the control group (p-=0.002). Nevertheless, there is a weak relationship between urinary lead with serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and diastolic blood pressure in the chronic kidney disease group (r values: -0.123, 0.101, and 0.127). In addition, sociodemographic factors did not influence the concentration of urinary lead (p>0.05). The urinary lead concentration in the chronic kidney disease group is not substantial, thus the evidence of urinary lead accumulation in chronic kidney disease group who have yet to start renal replacement therapy is inconclusive.
{"title":"URINARY LEAD CONCENTRATION IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS AT NEPHROLOGY CLINIC IN SABAH","authors":"Crisdy Enting, Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Khamisah Awang Lukman","doi":"10.26480/asm.01.2020.14.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.01.2020.14.18","url":null,"abstract":"Presently, scientific knowledge on the association between urinary lead concentration and renal profile is limited, especially on the characteristic of urinary lead that could aggravate existing kidney disease. This study aims to determine the concentration of urinary lead with serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen in chronic kidney disease patients and to identify the influences of confounding factors and the blood pressure on the chronic kidney disease patients. Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer was used to determine the urinary lead concentration. The differences and correlation of urinary lead with serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and diastolic blood pressure between the chronic kidney disease patients and control groups were assessed using Mann Whitney U and Spearman correlation tests. Our findings indicated a significantly higher urinary lead concentration in the chronic kidney disease group compared to the control group (p-=0.002). Nevertheless, there is a weak relationship between urinary lead with serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and diastolic blood pressure in the chronic kidney disease group (r values: -0.123, 0.101, and 0.127). In addition, sociodemographic factors did not influence the concentration of urinary lead (p>0.05). The urinary lead concentration in the chronic kidney disease group is not substantial, thus the evidence of urinary lead accumulation in chronic kidney disease group who have yet to start renal replacement therapy is inconclusive.","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46276987","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 : 2019-10-01DOI: 10.26480/asm.02.2019.17.20
Ninevetch Grace O. Marco, Dbm-Hm
{"title":"A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CULINARY PRACTICES OF HOMEGROWN COOKS AND CHEFS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE CUISINE OF HEIRLOOM RECIPES OF CALABARZON","authors":"Ninevetch Grace O. Marco, Dbm-Hm","doi":"10.26480/asm.02.2019.17.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.02.2019.17.20","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41846371","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 : 2019-09-17DOI: 10.26480/asm.02.2019.12.16
Cyril C. Okpoli, I. Verónica
{"title":"EXPLORATION FOR MINERALIZATION AND HYDROCARBON PROSPECTING ZONES OF ABAKILIKI ASPECT OF LOWER BENUE TROUGH","authors":"Cyril C. Okpoli, I. Verónica","doi":"10.26480/asm.02.2019.12.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.02.2019.12.16","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49362632","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 : 2019-06-13DOI: 10.26480/asm.02.2019.07.11
M. Rana, T. Hoque, M. Abedin
{"title":"IMPROVING GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF CAULIFLOWER THROUGH FOLIAR APPLICATION OF MORINGA LEAF EXTRACT AS A BIO-STIMULANT","authors":"M. Rana, T. Hoque, M. Abedin","doi":"10.26480/asm.02.2019.07.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.02.2019.07.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45483347","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 : 2019-05-21DOI: 10.26480/asm.02.2019.01.06
Surja Kanto Shel, S. K. Paul, F. Uddin, M. Rahman
{"title":"EFFECT OF ROW SPACING ON YIELD OF SHORT DURATION TRANSPLANT AMAN RICE VARIETIES","authors":"Surja Kanto Shel, S. K. Paul, F. Uddin, M. Rahman","doi":"10.26480/asm.02.2019.01.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.02.2019.01.06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42243591","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 : 2019-01-28DOI: 10.26480/asm.01.2019.21.25
Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Chow Kwai Yue
This cross-sectional study conducted to determine the associations between exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) at workplace on physiological parameters of male airport workers. Forty-seven respondents exposed to RF-EMF during working hours (exposed) and 47 administration workers (comparative). RF-EMF exposure describe by electric field (V/m), magnetic field (A/m) and power density (W/m2) at three specific heights (0.5m, 1.0m and 1.6m). Body core temperature, blood pressure and pulse rate representing physiological parameters. Results showed there was significant differentiation for all types of current exposure of RF-EMF and no significant different of physiology parameters between exposed and comparative group. There was significant relationship between the RF-EMF parameters with systolic blood pressure before working and diastolic blood pressure before and after working; there was significant relationship between the magnetic field and pulse rate after working; there was significant relationship between the power density and pulse rate after working. The regression test showed working location and working duration also influence the physiology parameters. In conclusions, this study suggests that changes in physiology parameters among airport male workers were not only due to exposure of RF-EMF but also influenced by working duration, working location, fasting, smoking, drinking coffee and stress.
{"title":"OCCUPATIONAL RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (RF-EMF) EXPOSURE AND IT ASSOCIATION WITH PHYSIOLOGY PARAMETERS OF OUTDOOR MALE AIRPORT WORKERS IN SEPANG, MALAYSIA","authors":"Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Chow Kwai Yue","doi":"10.26480/asm.01.2019.21.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.01.2019.21.25","url":null,"abstract":"This cross-sectional study conducted to determine the associations between exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) at workplace on physiological parameters of male airport workers. Forty-seven respondents exposed to RF-EMF during working hours (exposed) and 47 administration workers (comparative). RF-EMF exposure describe by electric field (V/m), magnetic field (A/m) and power density (W/m2) at three specific heights (0.5m, 1.0m and 1.6m). Body core temperature, blood pressure and pulse rate representing physiological parameters. Results showed there was significant differentiation for all types of current exposure of RF-EMF and no significant different of physiology parameters between exposed and comparative group. There was significant relationship between the RF-EMF parameters with systolic blood pressure before working and diastolic blood pressure before and after working; there was significant relationship between the magnetic field and pulse rate after working; there was significant relationship between the power density and pulse rate after working. The regression test showed working location and working duration also influence the physiology parameters. In conclusions, this study suggests that changes in physiology parameters among airport male workers were not only due to exposure of RF-EMF but also influenced by working duration, working location, fasting, smoking, drinking coffee and stress.","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41751493","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 : 2019-01-28DOI: 10.26480/asm.01.2019.05.08
Shamoon Al Islam, Zunaira Javaid, A. Ghaffar, Y. Jamil, Nasim Akhter Warraich
{"title":"A STUDY ON GAMMA RADIATION RESPONSE OF CERIC SULFATE DOSIMETER","authors":"Shamoon Al Islam, Zunaira Javaid, A. Ghaffar, Y. Jamil, Nasim Akhter Warraich","doi":"10.26480/asm.01.2019.05.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.01.2019.05.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53069,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientifica Malaysia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41407345","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}