The present study was designed to monitor the microbiological quality of beef from local and imported cattle in the main slaughterhouse of Al Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the effect of seasonal variation on it. The total aerobic viable count (TAVC) was calculated on samples collected from six different sites of carcasses during winter and summer. The mean TAVC (log 10 CFU/cm2), during wint...

Medicinal plants are the wealthy source of antibacterial agents and curatives. There is an urgent need for new antimicrobial agents, so the antimicrobial activity for Ruta graveolens L. and Ficus carica Linn. Crude extracts were evaluated for its inhibitory activity against some disease causing selected microorganisms. Root extract of Ruta graveolens L gave 8 and 7 mm inhibition zone against Es...

OBJECTIVES : One purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of a unilateral bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) on horizontal plane localization performance in single-sided deaf adults who had either a conductive or sensorineural hearing loss in their impaired ear. The use of a 33-loudspeaker array allowed for a finer response measure than has previously been used to investigate loca...

We study the relations between moments of fusion cross sections and averages of angular momentum. The role of the centrifugal barrier and the target deformation in determining the effective barrier radius are clarified. A simple method for extracting average angular momentum from fusion cross sections is demonstrated using numerical examples as well as actual data. 25.70.Jj, 21.60.Fw, 21.60.Ev ...