Our objective was to determine if polymorphisms associated with bovine Hsp90 gene have potential as a selection tool for productivity traits in cattle. Genomic DNA was extracted from buffy coat samples of crossbred Angus (n = 26) cows. Data were analyzed with cow as the experimental unit, genotype as the main effect, and dependent variables (calving rate, Julian calving date, calf birth weight, calf weight and cow weight at weaning, and calculated cow efficiency). When F-tests were significant (P < 0.05) least-squares means were separated using multiple T-tests. Polymorphism A97G is a transition from adenine to guanine at base 97 of the 283 base amplicon. Of the 26 cows, 19 were homozygous for adenine, 7 were heterozygous, and no homozygous guanine, which resulted in a minor allele frequency of 13.5%. Calving rate and cow weaning weight were not (P > 0.9) associated with genotype at A97G. However, 205-day adjusted calf weight was associated (P = 0.0002) with A97G genotype (188 vs. 208.1  7.1 kg; respectively AA and AG). That heavier calf weaning weight improved (P=0.08) cow efficiency for AG cows (Table 2). Heterozygous cows shed their winter hair coats earlier than AA cows. June hair coat score for AG cows (1.6  0.17) was lower (P < 0.03) than June hair coat scores for AA cows (2.2  0.11). Single nucleotide polymorphism A97G was associated with productivity traits in beef cattle. Our results suggest that additional research with this mutation is warranted to determine its value as a genetic tool for selecting animals that are less susceptible to heat stress and related problems.

A study on bovine cysticercosis was conducted at Sokoto modern abattoir with the main objectives of determining the occurrence of cysticercosis in slaughtered cattle. A total of 80 samples were collected each containing of Heart, Tongue, Lungs, Liver, Kidney, Diaphragm and Masseter and investigated appropriately for Cysticercus cyst. Out of the total 80 inspected animals, 7 animals had variable number of Cysticercus bovis giving an overall prevalence of 8.8%. Anatomical distribution of the cyst showed that the highest proportions of C. bovis cyst were observed in tongue, followed by heart, triceps and masseter muscle. The main reason for the cysticercosis is the primary host (Humans) depositing T. saginata eggs on vegetation and from where cattle contracted the disease during grazing.

Pastoralism plays a role in nutritional, socio-economic and cultural needs of Nigerians. High cost of food importation and decline in resources to improve the nutritional standards made it essential to reduce dependency on imported produce in the country. However, pastoralists face serious problems in search of wetland and floodplains, on which they rely solely for food and water, especially during the dry season. Pastoralists are also being deprived of grazing land for reasons such as forest reserves, nature conservation and mining. They also need water for their animals and as such, its management is as important as the pastures. Hence, climate change affects the lives and activities of the pastoralist both directly and indirectly, despite their ability to easily adapt to climatic changes such as floods and droughts. High population pressure and higher demand for arable land are also threats to the pastoralist which prompted their utilization of marginal lands. This leads to constraints in grazing land, resulting in over grazing of the available ones and communal clashes that causes destruction of human and animal lives and as well as valuable properties. The literature reviewed in this article indicates that pastoralists develop rangelands ecosystems within extreme climates. It sustains the provision of goods and services to humanity and makes the soils more fertile by sequestering atmospheric carbon. SWOT-Analysis was conducted to reveal the strengths, opportunities and weaknesses of pastoralism as a system practiced in Nigeria and the way forward.

Philosophy and Christian education relate because both address life‟s basic questions like meaning of life, nature of morality, worth of knowledge, et cetera. Christian education is concerned with philosophy in that it seeks to know truths about God, about man and how to communicate those truths to others. Philosophy and theology are closely tied. While philosophy derives its nature and structure from human categories, “theology derives its structure and nature from the events of revelation of God in His Word.” From one hand, “revelation must be recognized as sources from which truth and meaning are gained; and on the other hand, as “principles of clear thinking [it] must be applied to the interpretation of God‟s revelation as found in the Bible and in nature” (Exploring Christian education). A personal philosophy of Christian education in this write-up is based on my faith and convictions as a Christian.

Certain physiological changes occur during normal pregnancy. These changes when exaggerated could result to adverse maternal outcome. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes have been previously linked with hypoalbuminemia in the general population. Few reports exist about serum albumin level in second and third trimester of pregnancy. Our study aims at determining serum albumin level in second and third trimesters of pregnancy. This was a case-control study involving randomly selected 40 non pregnant and 77 pregnant women in Makurdi, Nigeria. The participants were subdivided into 3 comparable groups; control n=40, second trimester n=37 and third trimester n=40. Mean age, body mass index (BMI), and serum albumin in the study groups were compared using ANOVA. Associations of age, BMI, gestation age and albumin were determined using Pearson correlation analysis. Serum albumin level was significantly (P<0.0004) lower in the pregnant groups compared to the controls. A post hoc test reveals a significant (P<0.0001) lower serum albumin in third trimester group than in second trimester and controls. Conclusion: Knowledge about hypoalbuminemia during pregnancy will help distinguish pathological hypoalbuminemia during antenatal checkup.

The aim of this experimental was to compare the durability of the use of the study transpedicular screw supported by dowel or bone cement. In this experimental study which was performed on fresh frozen calf vertebrae, two groups were formed. 7 fresh frozen calf vertebrae were used in each group (n=7). A transpedicular screw supported by a dowel was placed to the left side of the vertebrae and a transpedicular screw supported by bone cement was placed to the right side. Then mechanical pulling force was applied to these groups. The force at which the pull out of the screw occurred and the expansion value up to the moment of pulling out were recorded. There was no fracture in any subject. There was no statistically significant difference between groups in terms of pulling out and expansion value (p = 0.58). There is no difference in durability between the uses of a transpedicular screw supported by a dowel or bone cement.

In particular there are two social settings in the world namely rural and urban and these two segments are subjected for a precipitate change. Also noticeable that, the media in the world that exposed for globalization performs a considerable task which affects the social environment, attitudes and behavioral conduct of individuals as revealed through investigations on social processes. This study was focused on Madirigiriya village in Polonnaruwa district in the North central province in Sri Lanka in line with a random sampling method having selected 153 informants for the sample. Information collected through a questionnaire with added investigations via focused group discussions (FGDs), and observations, attended in qualitatively and quantitatively. The software titled SPSS, Excel was used to analyze the data. The study revealed that due to the penetration of media, the living fashion had been affected by changing important social elements such as the food consumption pattern, physical environment of the house and the family system, daily routine, educational needs, changed hobbies also to change the political base in the society, awareness on legal framework.

This present article is dedicated to the study of tense and modality in Kwame Nkrumah’s speech delivered in May 1963 at the meeting of African Heads of States and Governments. Indeed, during this historic occasion, Nkrumah has made use of tense and modality to express his point of view related to the validation of the predicative relation, to the assessment of African states situation, to the creation of African unity and to the consequences that might result from this unity. Furthermore, he has expressed his commitment, his determination and made suggestion and given advice to mark a break of the situation they were enduring.

This study aims to determine the effect of Transactional Politics in the Election of Regional Heads in Gorontalo Province. The purpose of this study is to see political transactions occurring among party elites or political actors, their influence on party administrators in making choices for regional head candidates and the sociological impact of political transactions on voters. The method used in this research is descriptive method with a qualitative approach and with correlation analysis techniques. Data collection uses questionnaires, interviews, and observations. Based on the results of the research that has been done, it can be seen that there is a significant influence between the effect of transactional politics on voter behavior in the Election of Regional Heads. This political scenario has an impact on the voting community in determining candidates for regional heads, this is because party sympathizers sometimes have party emotional ties, sometimes also have emotional ties figure. Regional head candidates who have been determined by party elites have a strategy to influence voters to also practice political transactions with voter citizens or party sympathizers. The sociological impact on society from this transactional political practice, especially for voters who have low knowledge about political situations and conditions, is dilemmatic in determining candidates for regional head because it is influenced by psychological pressure both party and material doctrine.

Coastal Zone Development requires a focused and sustainable star strategy so that the success of a regional planning is largely determined by the regional development strategy. The purpose of this study is to determine the development strategy of the coastal area of the city of Makassar. This research method is located at the Makassar City Spatial and Building Office, with the consideration that it is necessary to carry out research to find out actually based on documents and interviews as well as direct observation to the Tallo River Strategic Area and North Reclamation Area. This study uses a qualitative approach. The results showed that the strategy for developing the northern coastal area was designed for the center of maritime activities and as a disaster mitigation effort but in addition to being a permanent reclamation area, conservation efforts were still considered. strategic areas that are directed and designated as areas that provide strong control over the stability and balance of the environment of coastal ecosystems. The Tallo River region has a strategic direction as an area that provides potential raw water sources, an area designated as a Strategic Energy Center with high sensitivity and complexity as a city energy center. the development strategy of the coastal region of Makassar City shows that the northern coastal region is designated as a center of maritime activities and also as a disaster mitigation effort in urban coastal areas.

The use of irrigants is an important part of endodontic treatment .The aim of this study was to evaluate the current trends and selections in irrigation among Arab dentist. A standardized questionnaire about irrigants used during root canal treatment distributed to Arab active dentist, the questionnaire comprised questions about irrigant selection, irrigant concentration, smear layer removal, and use of adjuncts to irrigation. This study took place in department of restorative dental Sciences, AlFarabi College for Dentistry and Nursing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between May and July 2017. In this study sodium hypochlorite was the most used irrigating solution among respondents (97.6%) followed by saline (54.2%) and chlorhexidine gluconate (43.6%). Only 28.4% of respondents used the highest concentration of sodium hypochlorite. Antibacterial capability was the main reason for irrigant selection (64.1%) followed by tissue dissolution (29.6%). It has been concluded in this study that sodium hypochlorite was the most used irrigating solution among Arab dentists and there was common use of saline as irrigant. The majority of Arab dentists routinely aim to remove the smear layer during irrigation of root canals and less than half of Arab dentists used adjuncts to activate the irrigation of root canal system.

Strengthening Character Education is a program implemented by Muhammadiyah Elementary School in Gorontalo Regency needed in order to develop and support a character education strengthening program implemented by the central government and regional governments. The Gorontalo community always prioritizes moral values that lead to the development and fostering of community character. In the implementation of education having this philosophy is also used as a basis for standing. To encourage students' understanding of character development, what needs to be done is the application of character based education. The implementation of moral values applied in the School has a very close relationship in realizing human beings to have good personalities. Character education is an education that develops the noble character of students by practicing and teaching moral values and civilized decision making in relation to fellow human beings as well as in relation to God. The application of character-based education requires a character-based curriculum. To implement moral values for students so that they can realize the goals of character education by integrating into the curriculum, teaching staff, facilities and infrastructure, facilities, environment and learning.

This paper looks at the family from a Christian perspective within the contemporary society. Beginning with the biblical design of marriage, the author uses descriptive research design to discuss what the family is, describe what Christian marriage is and its purpose. She also examines the teaching of the Bible concerning marriage, the roles and responsibilities of both the husband and wife, the relationship between children and parents, and parents as role models in the home.

This study is aimed at analyzing the factors that influence the Islamic banks financing in Indonesia. Inflation, exchange rates, exports, consumer confidence index and third party funds are used as dependent variables while Islamic bank financing is a dependent variable. Financing is limited to working capital and investment financing for the period of January 2015 to December 2017 distributed by 13 Islamic commercial banks and 21 Islamic business units operating in Indonesia. The analysis method used is multiple linear regressions. The simultaneous testing shows that inflation, exchange rates, exports, consumer confidence index and third party funds have a significant effect on Islamic bank financing. The partial testing shows that only exchange rates and third party funds have a positive and significant effect on financing. Variation of all dependent variables can affect the dependent variable by ninety-eight percent.

There is controversy over the use of mobile phones in schools not only in Zimbabwe but globally. The present study sought to explore the perceptions of parents and secondary school teachers towards the use of mobile phones in urban secondary schools. This study was qualitative and it employed a case study research design focusing on selected secondary schools in Marondera Urban, Zimbabwe. A combination of purposive and convenience sampling were used to select research participants who comprised of 30 parents and 10 secondary school teachers in Marondera Urban. Face to face semi-structured interviews were the main data gathering tool for this study. The findings of this study found out that both teachers and parents were certain of the benefits of the mobile phone as a pedagogical tool but they expressed reservations towards the use of mobile phones by learners in secondary schools. Teachers indicated that they mainly use mobile phones to communicate with the parents and not necessarily during the teaching process. Both parents and teachers were afraid of the potential negative consequences on learners‟ progress that could result from the abuse of mobile phones. The researchers therefore recommend that school administrators, parents, teachers and also other interested stakeholders should find ways of allowing the use of mobile phones in secondary schools as well as coming up with relevant policies to guide the use of the mobile phones in order to avert abuse of mobile phones.