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Impact of maternal protein restriction on muscle fiber and neuromuscular junction morphology of extensor digitorum longus muscle in 21-day-old rat offspring

The fetal period is essential for the development of muscle fibers and neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). This study evaluated the effects of maternal protein restriction during pregnancy and lactation on muscle fibers and NMJs of extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle in 21-day-old rat offspring. Wistar rats were divided into a control group consisting of animals born to dams fed a normal protein diet (17% protein) during pregnancy and lactation, and a restricted group consisting of animals born to dams fed a low-protein diet (6% protein) during pregnancy and lactation.

Analysing usage of e-resources among college students

The aim of the present study is analysing the use of e-resources among college students. The sample was 888 college students selected from Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India. Stratified random sampling method was adapted to select the sample for the present study. E-resource knowledge test questionnaire were used constructed and standardized by Dr.P.C. Nagasubramani (2015).

The curse of financial decentralization to the upcountry districts in Uganda: The neglected service delivery correlates

In The study identified the variables in the financial decentralization policy that have been neglected so as to render local government service delivery a nightmare in Uganda using the upcountry district of Mbale. The population comprised the district Municipality administration staff covering employees under the municipal council including those in the executive, welfare, office of the town clerk, finance, health, agriculture, education, works and transport, and internal audit department.

Linking relief & rehabilitation with development after flash flood, 2013 in joshimath block, chamoli District, Uttarakhand

This paper reviews the flash flood disaster of June, 2013 in Joshimath block, Chamoli district (Uarakhand), after disaster processes i.e. relief & rehabilitation and their linkage to development patterns for future. For data collection author did observational study (visual screening) in study area and used secondary data. This paper captures relief provided during & after disaster and ongoing reconstruction/ rehabilitation work in Joshimath block.

Implementation and function of baris jangkang dance in the hindu religious ritual in nusa penida-bali

The Baris Jangkang is a Hindu Balinese religious ritual dance which still exists today and is sacred, because it has a very unitary cultural value and contains sacred and magical values. The objective of the research is to implement the Baris Jangkang Dance at a Hindu religious ceremony in the village of Pelilit Nusa Penida Bali. The research method used is descriptive qualitative based on social theory and symbolic interactionism covering observation, identification and interviewing several respondents.

Cogent elements in the poetry of robert frost

The writer, Robert Lee Frost, was a nature poet, a poet who spoke with rhyme and meter of all things natural, and in so doing plumbed the depths of emotion of people in all walks of life. In describing a simple act of nature, the mundane, or the heartfelt grief of people, Robert Frost elucidates an insight into the sometimes-simple instances in our lives that when brought together constitute our very lives. Some of Frost’s most beautiful work displays this unadorned reality of life.

The new media and democratic consolidation in nigeria: A critical analysis

The Arab spring that swept across Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain to Syria is arguably facilitated by the New Media technologies in deference to popular sovereignty against tyranny and authoritarian regimes. Similarly, the emerging trend of reliance on globalized channels of communication in developing and democratizing economies accentuated the thrust of this paper. In other words, this paper examined the criticality of the New Media in consolidating Nigeria’s democracy.

Knowledge of puerperals on interventions that cause obstetric violence

Objective: to describe interventions during normal birth understood by puerperal women as obstetric violence. Method: a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, consisting of 74 puerperal assistants in a public reference maternity hospital for the state located in Teresina-PI, data collection took place between October and November 2016, through a previously tested form, for the treatment of the data was used the software Statistical Package for the Social Science version 20.0 and descriptive analysis of the data.

Medicinal plants in the experiences of the older of the reference center of social assistance of augustinópolis-to, brazil

Phytotherapy is the art of preventing and curing diseases through the use of natural practices, mainly by medicinal plants. In this sense, this research investigated natural practices of how medicinal plants are used, scientifically or not, for therapeutic purposes used by the elderly of the Reference Center of Social Assistance - CRAS of the city of Augustinópolis, Tocantins, Brazil. This is a descriptive exploratory research of quantitative and qualitative approach, having as an instrument of data collection an applied form for 50 institutionalized elderly women.