Ameliorative potential of antioxidants –vitamins C and E on blood profile of Clarias gariepinus fed diets contaminated with varied levels of fumonisin B1 (FB1) was evaluated. Fusarium cultured maize containing FB1 were used to formulate diets containing approximately 2.5, 5.0, and 7.5 mg FB1/kg constituting diets 2, 3, and 4, respectively and other nine diets constituting Diets 5 - 13 with the ...

In this paper, all rings are associative with identity and all modules are unital left modules unless otherwise specified. Let R be a ring and M a module. N ≤M will mean N is a submodule of M. A submodule E of M is called essential in M (notation E ≤e M) if E∩A = 0 for any nonzero submodule A of M. Dually, a submodule S of M is called small in M (notation S M) if M = S+T for any proper submodul...

Vitamin E (alpha-gamma-tocopherol) is an important component in biological membranes. A decrease in its concentration imposes structural and functional damage to the cells. The object of this study was to assess the effect of a graded dietary vitamin E (E) intake on E concentration in specific regions of the brain, and its influence on vitamin C levels and neurological function. Following a 2-m...

BACKGROUND e-learning resources may be beneficial for complex or conceptually difficult topics. Leukaemia is one such topic, yet there are no reports on the efficacy of e-learning for leukaemia. This study compared the learning impact on senior medical students of a purpose-built e-learning module on leukaemia, compared with existing online resources. METHODS A randomised controlled trial was...

To study the effect of different levels of peppermint (Mentha piperita) plant powder, on immune system of broilers under heat stress condition, 192 one-day old chickens (Ross, 308) were randomly allocated to 4 dietary treatments with 4 replicates of 12 chicks each, using a completely randomized design. The four groups were characterized by a basal diet (control), basal diet supplemented with 1 ...

We introduce techniques to derive estimates for the degrees of the generators of the integral closure of several classes of Rees algebras of modules, and to bound the length of normalization processes. In the case of regular base rings, the bounds are expressed in terms of Buchsbaum–Rim multiplicities and a module version of Briançon–Skoda numbers. Normalization of modules is the study of the i...

E test was evaluated as an alternative rapid and simple method of MIC estimation for nutritionally variant streptococci. E test with various media was compared with conventional broth and plate dilution techniques supplemented with 0.001% (wt/vol) pyridoxal hydrochloride (vitamin B6). Of the 14 strains tested with E test, isosensitest agar supplemented with 5% defibrinated horse blood and 0.001...

We show in this paper that the module structure and the orthogonality structure of a Hilbert C∗-module determine its inner product structure. Let A be a C∗-algebra, and E and F be Hilbert A-modules. Assume Φ : E → F is an A-module map satisfying 〈Φ(x),Φ(y)〉A = 0 whenever 〈x, y〉A = 0. Then Φ is automatically bounded. In case Φ is bijective, E is isomorphic to F . More precisely, let JE be the cl...

Present study was undertaken in buffalo neonates born to vitamin E (dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate) -supplemented and non-supplemented Murrah buffaloes. Calves from vitamin E-supplemented buffaloes [n= 10; VeC (vitamin E-supplemented calves)] and non-supplemented buffaloes [n= 10; CC (control calves)] constituted the treatment and control groups respectively. Sampling of blood was done on day 0 (b...

The configuration of regular 3-forms in dimension 6 is generalized to n-forms in dimension 2n. The algebras of complex, paracomplex, and dual numbers are systematically used. The automorphism groups of all forms are determined. In the last decade there has arisen interest in exterior forms of higher degree, first of all in forms of degree 3 (see [2] and [3]). It is known (see [4] and [1]) that ...