REVIEW ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Phenolics Content in Legume and Their Health Benefit: A Review
Adelakun Oluyemisi E, Bolarinwa, Islamiyat F, Olanipekun, Bosede F
Page no 493-501 |
10.21276/haya.2018.3.6.8
Legumes provide good source of protein, complex carbohydrate, dietary fibre,
essential vitamins and minerals and are used as food and feed purposes. In most of the
developing countries, animal protein is expensive and as an alternative, legumes are
consumed majorly as a source of protein. They further complement proteins from other
plant sources, such as, cereal grains where they contribute essential amino acids to the
diets in different parts of the world. Aside the nutritional content, they also possess nonnutrients components otherwise known as the bioactive compounds, which include
inhibitors of proteases and amylases, lectins, saponins, phytic acid and phenolic
compounds. Out of all these bioactive compounds, phenolic compounds are of great
importance because, apart from contributing to the seed colour and sensory
characteristics of the seed, they also provide several biological properties with proposed
health-related benefits. Phenolic compounds are natural bioactive compounds found in
legumes used for combating free radicals and reducing the oxidative damage responsible
by chronic diseases.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Pragmatic Failure in Chinese and English Intercultural Communication
Hongping Chen, Peijia Yang
Page no 14-15 |
10.36348/sijll.2018.v01i01.004
Since the 21st century, the science and technology have developed by leaps
and bounds. At the same time, with the increasing exchanges among countries in
politics, culture, science and technology, trade and so on, cross-cultural
communication has attracted more and more attention. It is worth noting that in the
process of cross-cultural communication, due to the different cultures, mistakes,
contradictions and conflicts are emerging. Different countries, different peoples have
their own unique culture, so misunderstandings always happen. The different cultures,
values and ways of thinking, often lead to the failure of communication, which
seriously affects the efficiency of cross-cultural communication. Therefore, through
the analysis of pragmatic failure in cross-cultural communication, this paper tries to
find a solution to this problem.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Cassava’s Size and Methods of Preparation of Ferments for The Production of Attiéké in The South of Côte d’Ivoire
Bernard Assielou, Siaka Binaté, Yolande Dogoré Digbeu, Jean P. E. N. Kouadio, Edmond Ahipo Dué
Page no 502-510 |
10.21276/haya.2018.3.6.9
The ferment of cassava is prepared according to various methods by the
producers of Attiéké, according to the ethnic group. During the investigation, five main
methods of preparation of the cassava ferment, used for the production of Attiéké, were
identified. The method of preparation of the ferment from the raw cassava, begin with the
cutting roughly or small cylindrical pieces of the not peeled cassava tubers, before the
fermentation by all of the producers of Attiéké of the ethnic group Abouré (9.4 %). The
fermentation time is of 3 days for the whole boiled and braised peeled cassava, of 2 days
for the cassava cut in pieces boiled and of 4 days for the braised not peeled and raw
cassava. The packing material is constitutes in the majority of the cases (51.1 %) of bag
of polypropylene (collectively called bag of rice or salt). The fishing net and the bag of
jute are particularly also used for the ethnic groups Adjoukrou and Abouré. However, the
plastic bag is used to create the waterproofness of the packing material and the envelope
of the bark of the palm tree to favor the colonization of the cassava by germs
fermentatives for the ethnic group Attié. Only the ferment of cut boiled cassava in certain
cases, does not undergo cleaning before its use in the process of preparation of Attiéké.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Comparative Effects of Long Term Consumption of Thermo- and Photo- Oxidised Palm Oil Diets on some Reproductive Paramaters in Male Wistar Rats
Aribo EO, Nwangwa JN, Udefa AL, Udokang NE
Page no 334-341 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i06.011
Consumption of thermoxidised and photoxidised palm oil diets is known to be harmful to tissues in the body including the reproductive system. It is not known which of these two forms of the commonly consumed vegetable oils is less harmful to reproductive function. Fifteen male Wistar rats weighing 80-125g and aged 19 to 23 weeks were randomly divided into control, thermoxidised palm oil (TPO) and photoxidised palm oil (PPO) diets-fed groups of five rats per group. Control group was fed on plain rat feeds while the other two groups were fed on TPO diet or PPO diet accordingly for 13 weeks. Results demonstrated a significantly lower seminal pH in the PPO-fed than in the TPO-fed group (P<0.01) and control (P<0.05). Sperm motility was significantly reduced in the PPO-fed compared with TPO-fed groups (P<0.05). The viability of sperms was significantly decreased in PPO-fed rats compared with the TPO-fed group (P<0.05) and control (P<0.01). Sperm count was significantly lower in PPO-fed compared with TPO-fed group (P<0.01). Percentage of sperms with morphological defects was significantly higher in the PPO- than in the TPO-fed groups (P<0.01). Serum testosterone concentration was significantly decreased in PPO-fed compared with TPO-fed group (P<0.001). Serum luteinizing hormone (LH) level was significantly decreased (p<0.001) in PPO-fed group compared with control and TPO-fed groups. Serum concentration of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) was significantly decreased (p<0.001) in PPO-fed group compared with control and TPO-fed groups. In conclusion, chronic consumption of PPO diet has greater deleterious effects on male reproductive function than TPO diet
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
The Determination of the Smoking Exposure and Affecting Factors in Pregnant Women in Sanliurfa, Turkey
Sultan BARAN, Fatma KORUK
Page no 511-516 |
10.21276/haya.2018.3.6.10
The study is conducted in the city of Sanlıurfa as a descriptive study, and the
aim of the study is to determine the smoking exposure and affecting factors in pregnant
women. Sample size is calculated as 256; the estimated smoking cessation rate is 4.4%,
the error limit is 2.5% and confidence interval is 95.0%. In the study, it was reported
that 9.8% of pregnant women smoke and the average amount of cigarettes smoked per
day during pregnancy is 5.3 ± 4.4. For the pregnant women; the mean duration of
smoking before pregnancy is 4.6 ± 3.8 years and the average amount of cigarettes
smoked per day is 8.9 ± 7.0. Of the women; 41.8% are exposed to secondhand tobacco
smoke at home, since their husbands smoke; 55.1% are exposed to secondhand tobacco
smoke at home due to their relatives; and 27.3% are exposed to secondhand tobacco
smoke at work. In univariate analyzes, the smoking exposure is found to be higher in the
Turkish speaking families than in the Kurdish and Arabic speaking families and in the
families in which the husbands earn money than in which husbands don't earn money (p
<0.05). Although the rate of pregnant women who smoke is lower than the total value of
Turkey; the rate of passive exposure to tobacco smoke is higher. In the light of these
results, it is suggested that antenatal care health personnel should provide counseling
services regarding harms and passive smoking should be provided to pregnant women,
their spouses and their family members and that these informing, counseling and
prevention activities for smoking should be performed and generalized throughout
Turkey.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Syndrome Z –Relation of Sleep Apnoea, Vascular Risk Factors and Heart Disease
Anil Batta
Page no 14-17 |
10.36348/sijb.2018.v01i01.004
Abstract: Syndrome Z is defined as the co-occurrence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and metabolic syndrome. There is a paucity of information on the magnitude of syndrome Z in the community and the factors associated with it. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been linked to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality from both coronary heart disease and stroke [1-3] but whether this risk is due to coexistent known cardiovascular risk factors or specific effects of OSA remains to be established. In populations at risk of vascular disease, many patients who experience a cardiovascular event either do not have identifiable risk factors or have disease severity which appears to be out of proportion to their known risk factors. A lot of the variance in the incidence of vascular disease is therefore not explained by known risk factors. It is possible that OSA is a cardiovascular risk factor, previously largely unrecognized, which may account for some of the apparently unexplained variance in vascular risk. Systemic hypertension during daytime measurements of blood pressure is common in patients with OSA [8] but a causal link between these two conditions has been disputed [2, 3]. Sleep apnea has been shown to be common in patients with hypertension [8-11] and, conversely, patients with OSA have a high prevalence of hypertension [1, 5]. The frequency with which risk factors for hypertension such as increasing age and obesity coexist in patients with OSA has confounded identification of a causal relationship between OSA and hypertension.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Vitamin D Deficiency in PCOS Affected Sudanese Ladies with Infertility Disorders
Mohaammed A.Gafoor A.Gadir, Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad, Maha Elamin
Page no 122-124 |
10.21276/sjbr.2018.3.3.6
Vitamin D plays a role with hormones in their receptor sites. Without
vitamin D, hormones cannot function the way they would normally. The receptor sites
malfunction, leaving estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and
follicle stimulating hormone in the lurch. Without healthy action at receptor sites,
hormones don’t get utilized. The menstrual cycle fails as a result PCOS results. There
is no published data about the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and
polycystic ovaries syndrome among Sudanese ladies with infertility disorders. To
know the association between vitamin D deficiency and polycystic ovaries syndrome
among Sudanese ladies with infertility disorders. Descriptive, cross-sectional study, 39
Sudanese ladies with known PCOS and infertility disorders were involved in the
study. 71.8% of ladies with polycystic ovaries syndrome were vitamin D deficient.
Further studies must be carried out, using large sample size and more than one
diagnostic technique.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
How Complaining Behaviors Effect on Performance in Government Industries?
Mochamad Soelton, Neval Nur Oktapriatna
Page no 623-628 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.6.3
This research aims to determine the effect of emotional intelligence,
complaining behavior and job satisfaction on the performance of employees. The
object of this research is the employee at the office of Dinas Penanaman Pelayanan
Modal Terpadu Satu Pintu Kota Tangerang Selatan. This research was conducted on
86 respondents by using quantitative descriptive approach. So the data analysis used is
statistical analysis in the form of multiple linear regression test. The results of this
study indicate that partially and simultaneously, emotional intelligence, complaining
and job satisfaction have significant effect on employee performance at the office of
Dinas Penanaman Pelayanan Modal Terpadu Satu Pintu Kota Tangerang Selatan.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Effectiveness of Mung Bean Drink on the Improvement of Hemoglobin in Female Adolescents in Paguyaman District
Fatmah Zakaria, Masmuni Wahda Aisya, Yusna Lamatowa
Page no 125-128 |
10.21276/sjbr.2018.3.3.7
The aim of this research is to know the effectiveness of drinking of mung
bean on the increase of Hemoglobin in female adolescents in Paguyaman District.
Research type pre-experiment with one group pretest-posttest design. Sample in this
research is done with total sampling. The result of the statistical test and the onesample test results obtained p = 0.000 is known that there is a significant difference
between pretest and posttest group, therefore the significant value is less than 5% (p =
0.000 <0.05) so that in this case there is effectiveness of giving mung bean drink with
hemoglobin increase in adolescent girls in Paguyaman District. This research can be
used as input to improve healthy lifestyle and give special attention intake of nutrition
consumed by adolescent itself.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Reading News through Mobile and Its Effect on Essay Writing- A Case Study on Upper-Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners
Mojtaba Aghajani
Page no 16-22 |
10.36348/sijll.2018.v01i01.005
Taking the position that writing can be an important skill to foster
knowledge building pedagogy; this article explores reading news through mobile
applications as a supportive tool for this purpose. Fifteen language learners as
participants of the experimental group used two popular news applications on their
mobile phones for reading as a pre-task activity that made them outperform their
counterparts in the control group in terms of using facts in essays. No significant
difference, however, was observed in the overall writing ability of two groups
despite considerable progress of the variable content in the experimental group’s
favor.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Patients’ Perceptions about Quality of Nursing Care Services Public versus Private Hospitals Lahore
Noreen Tariq, Bushra Kalsoom, Afsar Ali, Nousheen Noor Ud Din
Page no 98-105 |
10.21276/sjnhc
During the current era the patients are too much demanding and always
asking for quality services. Their expectations are raised and demand for optimal
care from any health care setup. These high expectations from the hospitals result
into a tough competition among the hospitals to work for excellence. As a result,
health organizations in all sectors have been competing with each other in provision
of service quality and customer satisfaction (Pinna et al.,). The main purpose of this
study was to assess, Patients’ perceptions about quality of nursing care services
public versus private hospitals Lahore. To assess the Patients’ perceptions about
quality of nursing care services public versus private hospitals Lahore. A cross
sectional descriptive survey was performed to analyze patients’ perceptions about
quality of nursing care services. A convenient sample of n=200 was used to collect
the information. A structured questionnaire with demographic variables and causes
variables was applied. The data was analyzed on SPSS version 22. Independent “T
“and ANOVA were applied to analyze the findings. According the findings of this
study, only 26.5% of the study participants were poorly satisfied from the care of the
hospitals while remaining 73.5% were highly satisfied from the hospital care. The
purpose of this study was to assess the satisfaction level of patients from nursing care
at public and private hospitals. Overall result shows that the satisfaction level was
satisfactory for majority of the study participants.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
A New Record of Genus Craterellus, Edible Basidiomycotous Fungus from Pakistan
Arooj Naseer, Abdul Nasir Khalid
Page no 656-659 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i06.002
Basidiomata of a Craterellus sp. were collected from Oaks forest, Swat, Pakistan. Based on morphology and molecular phylogeny, the specimens were identified as Craterellus cinereus. This is first record of occurrence of this genus from Pakistan.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
What is the Novel Delivery System Used for Oral Bioavailability Enhancement of Poorly Water Soluble Drugs?
Palanisamy P, Jaykar B
Page no 115-121 |
10.21276/sjbr.2018.3.3.5
Majority of the drugs used for the treatment of various diseases are
administered by oral route using conventional delivery. The major drawback of the
oral administration is the poor bioavailability due to the poor water solubility,
chemical stability and pre-systemic metabolism. Numerous researches are going on for
the improvement of oral bioavailability of drugs using novel drug delivery systems as
an alternative to conventional delivery systems. Majority of the novel delivery system
includes; solid dispersion, sustained, controlled buccal, gastro retentive, nano carrier
delivery systems such as lipid nanoparticles, and self-emulsifying systems. The oral
bioavailability improvement by these delivery systems might be due to the increased
particle size, improved dissolution and/or permeation and subsequently bioavailability
of the drugs. In this review, we attempt to discuss the various novel delivery systems
developed for the enhancement of oral bioavailability of poorly water soluble
therapeutics.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Applicability of Lipoprotein (a) as a Risk Predictor for Cerebrovascular Disease
Sanjay Bhatt, V.S. singh, Sangeetasingh, S.R. Saxena, A. Joshi, Bindu Sati
Page no 9-13 |
10.36348/sijb.2018.v01i01.003
Abstract: Lipoprotein (a) is independently associated with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) and is referred to as the most atherogenic lipoprotein. It is synergistic with the effects of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Unlike other major classes of lipoproteins that have a normal distribution in the population, plasma levels of Lipoprotein (a) / Lp (a) have a skewed distribution towards the lower end with 85% population having concentration <30 mg/dL. The aim of present study is to estimate the level of serum Lp(a) in cerebrovascular diseases or Strokes. The study was conducted in the Department of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Sushila Tiwari Memorial Hospital, the teaching hospital of Uttaranchal Forest Hospital Trust (UFHT) Medical College, Haldwani (Nainital), Uttarakhand, on patients of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) which included estimation of Lp(a) and lipid profile (TC, TG, HDLc, LDLc, VLDLc) test. Out of the 17 women and 36 men in whom Lp (a) was measured, 2 women (mean age63.5 years) and 21 men (59years) had CVD (CVD(+), while 15 women (50.13 years) and 15 men (52.33 years) had no CVD [CVD(–)]. As shown in Table 1, there were no significant differences between women with or without CVD in age and concentration of total plasma cholesterol. The study was based on a small sized cohort of 23 cases suffering from (CVD) out of which 21 were males and 2 were females. Thirty (30) healthy subjects were taken as controls, who were not suffering from any disease, which may affect serum lipid levels and without any history of cerebrovascular disease. Total-C, LDLc, VLDLc, Triglyceride, HDLc, LDL/HDL, Cholesterol/HDL and Lp(a) were estimated in all the cases.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Cheiloscopy among the Igbo Students in Madonna University Elele, Rivers State, Nigeria
Oladipo Gabriel Sunday, Alabi Ade Stephen, Paul Chikwuogwo Wokpeogu, Amadi Paulinus Nmereni, Paul, John Nwolim, Robert, Faith Owabhel, Amasiatu Valentine Chidozie, Gospel Sunday
Page no 129-135 |
10.21276/sjbr.2018.3.3.8
Lip prints are normal lines and fissures in the forms of wrinkles and
grooves present in the zone of transition of human lip, between the inner labial mucosa
and outer skin. Examination of this lip prints is known as cheiloscopy. Some authors
have worked on lip print in the past and made some striking points on its application
in forensic studies and human identification. The study was carried out to identify and
compare the lip prints patterns among the Igbos. The study was done to investigate
and document the characteristic cheiloscopic pattern of Igbos and to assess the
distribution of lip print patterns among males and females. A total of 300 subjects
were used for the study. 150 were males, 150 were females, all of which were normal
subjects. Subjects were selected and identified based on an oral interview. These
subjects were selected through purposive convenient sampling method. The males and
females had their highest percentage distribution in type I (35.73%) and (30.53%)
respectively; the least percentage was in type IV (9.33 %) for the males and type I’
(7.80%) for the females. this study has been able to establish the cheiloscopic patterns
for the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria. The dominant pattern of the population was type
I followed by type II and the least was type I’. It also revealed sexual dimorphism in
the patterns and frequency of distribution of lip prints.