Life Sciences

Surface river water is seriously experiencing contamination which threatens human health, ecosystem and plants/animals life. Cluster analysis and principal component analysiswas used to evaluatethe spatial variation and contamination sources of surface water quality data sets initiated from Terengganu river basin and originated during 2003-2007 monitoring of 30 parameters at           13 sampling stations. CA grouped monitoring stations into two based on their similarity characteristics: low pollution source (LPS) and moderate pollution source (MPS).

 Although public administration is called "public" in many cases it is not. Excessive, influence of politics on public administration primarily in recruiting new members, ie. People, who have chosen to be servants (workers) in the public administration many times they been limited because they don t belong to a particular party. This problem is largely represented in the Republic of Croatia as well in other developing countries.

The Zayande River is the largest on the central plateau of Iran and is contaminated by heavy metals from industries and fertilizers and pesticides from agriculture.

Probiotics are known for their health-promoting benefits and are widely used in food and health products. However, they serve as reservoirs for antibiotic resistant genes and risks clinical complications if transferred to pathogenic strains. Antibiotic resistant probiotic strains have been reported from various food and biological sources but the antibiogram of the corresponding probiotics from health supplements have remained largely unknown.

This study examined relationships of job stress, perceived organizational politics and turnover intention among employees using a cross-sectional design. Two hundred and fifty eight (258) non-teaching staff (124 male and 134 females) from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, with a mean age of 42.07 years, SD of 9.59 participated in the study. One hundred and forty six (146) of the respondents were married while sixty four (64) were single and 48 were widows.

The study was design to investigate the effects of overrun and glycerol supplementation on physicochemical properties of probiotic frozen yogurt. Frozen yogurt was prepared containing different types of probiotics (Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium lactis) along with yogurt starter culture (Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus). In frozen yogurt mixture glycerol in 1.5, 3 and 4.5% concentrations were supplemented and frozen with 60, 80 and 100 % overrun. Frozen yogurt was stored at -20ºC after production and hardening.

Protected Natural Areas (PNA) have represented internationally from more than 100 years ago, a strategy to preserve geographic spaces with an important biological richness, however these reservoirs have not incorporated in its design to the human element, such as an integral part in preservation activities, have dismissed the local knowledge systems, to implement a planning given by the global system.

Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education is generally viewed upon as being important for economic growth in the 21st century. Teaching entrepreneurship however seems to need another approach than regular education to fulfill the professional and ever changing needs. In this perspective active learning and constructivism is generally seen as essential. Other elements that are influencing the teaching process are focus on competences, culture, the needs of the student and the curriculum. This emphases’ the design of the curriculum must address these changing demands of society.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the displacement of Mexican sheep production units as a result of imports. The country as a whole was taken as the unit of analysis, the information is mainly obtained from SAGARPA and sectorial agencies, FAO, Ministry of Economy and the Bank of Mexico, the study was conducted from 1970 to 2011. Data was deflated with National Consumer Price Index for the second half of December 2010. The increases/decreases, average growth rate, inventory, production and imports were determined.

The present study was conducted in department of sericulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. The main aim of the study is to know the effect of different organic sources on soil arthropods under rainfed condition. The treatment T6 recorded the maximum abundance of 14.67 arthropods per 400 gm of soil which was on par with T3 (13.67 arthropods/ 400 gm of soil). T5, T4 and T7 recorded on par results. T8 gave lower abundance of below ground arthropods with 5.67 arthropods per 400 gm of soil respectively.