Finger millet is an important cereal crop in Africa, where it plays role nutrition and food security. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect germination period on physicochemical properties elite finger varieties. Axum, Meba, Tadesse Tessema varieties were soaked for 24 h germinated 24, 48 72 at room temperature (23.2 ± 2.6°C) relative humidity (37.91 8.17%), before being oven-dr...

The effects of coronary arterial perfusion with a perfluorochemical substance (perfluorotributylamine) on the segmental myocardium of the beating heart were studied in 12 open chest anesthetized dogs. Following 10 min of left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion, perfusion of the coronary artery with the perfluorochemical returned myocardial function and metabolism toward control state...

L-Asparaginase is a well known enzyme for its chemotherapeutic properties since it catalyzes hydrolysis of the amino acid asparagine into aspartate and ammonia which is essential for tumour cells. It has been effectively used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphosarcoma from decades. This article comprises a brief introduction about the enzyme, its sources, mechanism of ac...

A representative watershed was instrumented with five gauging sites (n = 5), partitioning the catchment into five nested-scale sub-watersheds. Four physiochemical variables were monitored: water temperature, pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), and dissolved oxygen (DO). Data were collected four days per week from October 2010–May 2014 at each gauging site. Statistical analyses indicated significa...

A radioimmunoassay for measurement of canine fibrinopeptide A, which provides a quantitative index of thrombin action on fibrinogen, has been applied to measurements of the thrombogenicity of five angiographic catheters commercially available and presently in clinical use. Examples of thin-walled polyethylene, wired polyethylene, Teflon, polyurethane, and woven Dacron catheters were characteriz...

One IBV isolate, SC021202, was isolated from the kidneys of the infected young chickens by inoculating embryonated eggs, and its morphology, physiochemical and haemagglutonating properties were detected. Virulence of the isolate SC021202 was determined with specific pathogen-free (SPF) chicken inoculation. Nucleotide acid sequence of S1 gene of the isolate SC021202 was further sequenced and ana...