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In order to improve ticks campaign fight and ticks borne diseases, an inventory of Ixodideacattle tick populations was realized in three bioclimatics (subsudanese, preforest and forest) zones of Côte d’Ivoire. This study focused particularly 8 sub-prefectures regularly crossed by transhumants cattle coming from Mali and from Burkina Faso. So, from June till August 2012, a total of 480 cattle infested by ticks were sampled. Ticks established in pastures used by the cattle of selected farms of this survey were also collected according to the “flag technic”.

1, 2-Dimethylhydrazine (DMH), a toxic environmental pollutant is a well establishedprocarcinogen. DMH undergoes metabolism in the liver, resulting in the production of oxidative stress. Chlorella vulgaris (CV) and Spirulinaplatenesis(SP) are the single-celled microalgae, which have been reported to have antioxidant and anticancer properties. The present study was carried out to investigate the protective roles of CV and SP against DMH-induced oxidative stress in rat liver. Rats were divided into five groups.

Citrullus colocynthis Schrader belongs to family Cucurbitaceae. It grows widely in Melghat, Maharastra India and it has been used in folk medicine by tribals. To evaluate the different medicinal properties and compound identification GC-MS is helpful. The identification of phytochemical compounds is based on the peak area, retention time molecular weight and molecular formula.

This article highlights Vygotsky’s contributions to the discussions on the school curriculum in the perspective of Inclusive Education. The structure of the presented topics refers to the methodological approach guided by the bibliographical research. It reports elements essential to school knowledge.

This article seeks to identify the main factors behind the Brazilian Food Industries (IBA) innovation process. Initially, we tried to identify which sub-sectors within the food and beverage sector are more innovative than the others, and the role of the different explanatory factors, including competitive strategy that sustain these companies in the national market. In microeconomic incentives to innovate, our results show that there is a limitation of the food industries to innovate in relation to the other processing industries in Brazil, especially in micro and small companies.

Clinical and prognostic profile of patient with sickle cell disease may vary according to their type of haplotype and fetal hemoglobin level. Objective: Relate hematological variables to the haplotypes of patients with sickle cell anemia and whether or not they use hydroxyurea. Material and methods: Cross-sectional study of patients with sickle cell anemia users and non-users of hydroxyurea. The hematological analyzes were submitted to laboratory tests as erythrogram and reticulocyte count. The dosage of HbF was obtained by means of High-performance liquid chromatography.

DNA has long been studied because of its irrefutable significance and interaction in all the essential biomechanisms. With the help of Bionanotechnology bottom-up approach, complex 2D and 3D DNA structures can be constructed as DNA origami by using short staple strands. DNA is biocompatible to different materials or particles such as drugs, antibiotics, inorganic molecules, metal particles and small molecules that can be attached precisely at nanometer scale with the DNA origami structures to generate nanodevices and nanomedicine.

The Corn of 13 % moisture content was preserved in air oxygen depleted minienvironment, with oxygen concentration of 15%, 10%, 5% and <2%.The control sample was preserved innatural atmosphere at 20.9 % oxygen concentration. The main nutrient content of maize, such as starch, protein and lipid, were analyzed periodically at 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months during the preservation. The result on degradation of starch and protein has been represented previously. This article introduces the research results on the lipid degradation.

Background: Functional foods are foods that provide additional physiological or health promoting benefits beyond the functions of nutrients contained in foods4. Functional food is a balanced formulated product created to deliver all the nutrients in per ordained proportions. Objectives: to develop multigrain flour blends using very strong functional ingredients and to assess its desirable rate of supplementation in common breakfast recipe i.e. chapatti.

This paper presents the eminent threat that a forest fire represents for cultural and natural heritage in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in particular the case of a fire which started on September 24th, 2017, in the forest reserve in the Caraça Sanctuary, an important site not only for its natural richness, characterized by a rich biodiversity, but also by the existence of the architectural complex of the Sanctuary, of great cultural value for the country, made up of buildings that house the old school building, a church and the old seminary.