This study aim ed to explore the penetration of some mid Asian sheep blood s into Chinese indigenous sheep breeds. Applying the method of random sampling in the typical colonies of the central area of habitat, the genetic variation s of 5 structural gene loci (Tf, Ary Es, Hb ?, Xp, Ke) in 10 representative Chinese sheep breeds , Sishui Fur, Sunite, Wurank, Bayinbuluk , Altay , Small Tailed Han, Wadi, Tan, Tong and Hu sheep were examined using various electrophoric methods and Na/K/Cl ion detector . The data were then compared with those of other 1 2 Asian sheep populations examined by the same experimental method s . The phylogenetic relationship of these 2 2 popul ations were then analy z ed based on the genetic distance and cluster analysis. The average heterozygosity (H) of Sheep populations in this study was 0.3954, the average polymorphic information content(PIC) valued 0.34 , t he average number of effective allele (Ne) were 1.9624 , indicating a relatively high genetic differentiation at the 5 structural loci in the 10 sheep populations Phylogentic analysis exposed that all the 10 sheep populations belonged to the Mongolian sheep lineage. However, t he occurrence of certain alleles , originally the advantageous alleles of Tibetan sheep lineage or South Southeast Asian sheep lineage, in the 10 populations , like HbA and TfF, wa s evidence for the penetration of mid Asian blood into Chinese indigenous sheep populations. Al l the 10 Chinese sheep breeds belonged to "Mongolian sheep" lineage , but with some pen e tration of Tibetan sheep lineage and/or South Southeast Asian sheep lineage.

Background: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) in childhood is a common and fatal accident. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients who have died as a result of foreign body aspiration between 2005-2014 in Diyarbakir/Turkey. Methods: In this retrospective study, medicolegal reports of pediatric cases who died as a result of foreign body aspiration and were autopsied between 2005 and 2014 and were examined by the Diyarbakir Forensic Medicine Institute. The analysis of the research data was done with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Results: A total of 6309 forensic autopsies were performed between the years examined, 0.8% (n=51) of them were child deaths due to foreign body aspiration. The average age of the cases was found to be 2.10 ± 2.90, 90.2% of them are in the 0-4 age range. 60.8% of the cases are male. 82.4% of the aspiration material is vegetative products. In terms of foreign body localization, obstruction was found in both main bronchus distal in 45.1% of the cases. Conclusion: It is thought that increasing the awareness of parents and professional caregivers against foreign body aspiration and having received first aid training may lead to a decrease in the incidence and mortality rates.

In the digital age of the 4th industrial revolution, animal biomodel as one algorithm for\ndeveloping future animal life industry is causing rapid social changes by converging basic\ntechnologies in fields of animal life science, bio-healthcare, and biological medicine. Animal\nbiomodel has begun to be used as a preclinical tool for transition to clinical trials and\nscreening processes for potential drugs and useful substances in animal life convergence\nstudies. Preclinical trials using animal biomodels in studies on basic science and biological\nmedicine have produced numerous outcomes (including vaccines) and enabled medical\nbreakthroughs. It is important to select an ideal animal biomodel in research studies as there\nare key parameters researchers should keep in mind when selecting an animal for study.\nAnimal life convergence helps solve human and animal health and welfare issues. It enables\nthe development of a vaccine using appropriate animal biomodels and the development of\nbio-healthcare industry. Animal biomodels are in vivo models for investigating life\nphenomena and diseases. They can also be used to determine the effectiveness, safety, and\naction mechanisms of functional foods and new cosmetic materials. Animal biomodels\nevolved from laboratory animals or animal models for human disease can be produced\nthrough spontaneous mutation, crossbreeding, biotechnology (transformation, genetic\nmanipulation), drugs, diet, surgical procedures, and so on. In this review, preemptive\nresponse strategies for the development of future animal life industry were described through\nan explanation of the importance of animal biomodels as animal life algorithms. Animal\nmodels for human disease, livestock, birds, and in ovo technology as animal biomodels along\nwith production theories, practical cases, and animal bioethics are also described.

Objective: The application of mobile communication software in health education\nand food safety guidance to diabetic patients. Methods: 360 diabetic patients were selected as the research objects and divided into\nMobile communication software safety diet education group and routine outpatient\nmanagement group, the communication software app include ‘line’ and ‘whatsApp’. The routine management group received routine outpatient diabetes management, including medication, diet control planning, and health education. On the basis of the\nroutine management group, the mobile communication software management group\nalso received health care and safety food education through the internet platform. The SPSS software was used for retrospective statistical analysis of the two groups\nof patients. Results: After 1 year of treatment, compared with the routine management group, the mobile communication software network platform management group had a\nhigher rate of maintaining a reasonable weight ratio and blood sugar control, and a\nlower incidence of complications. The difference was statistically significant\n(P<0.05). Moreover, through a questionnaire survey on the mobile communication\nsoftware network platform management group, they found that they have a high\noverall satisfaction with the platform. They feel that the platform provides them with\nprofessional diabetes guidance, diet and food safety management, gives them\nmeticulous care and savings. This saves them the time in traveling to hospital and\nsaves them the cost of treatment in poor sugar control caused by improper diet. Conclusion: By using mobile phone connect to medical staff through internet\nplatform in diabetes diet and health control is worthy of clinical popularization and\napplication

The paper presents the results concerning the evaluation of some working parameters of a low milk line milking machine using a computer driven test. The system consists of two parts: an electromagnetic pulsator, controlled by a computer driven impulses generator and a pressure recording system, equipped with an artificial teat with force sensor and absolute pressure sensors. Tests were performed with the WestfaliaSurge Classic Pro liner and the WestfaliaSurge Classic liner, at pulsation rates of 50, 55 and 60 cycles/min and pulsation ratios of 60/40 and 50/50, at a vacuum level of 40 kPa (61.3 kPa absolute pressure). The recorded data were used to evaluate the durations of the pulsation phases, the teat-liner contact pressure, the pressure difference at which the liners starts to close and the time the liner is open and respectively closed. The experimental results confirmed the functionality of the system; differences were recorded between the theoretical (set) pulsation rates and the real ones (which are lower); for most of the regimes (10 of the 12 tested), the relative differences did not exceed 5%. As far as the pulsation ratio was concerned, the relative differences between the values prescribed by the computer software and the recorded ones were lower than 3% for 10 of the 12 variants. The results concerning the other pulsation characteristics were in accordance with the results reported by other authors, with the lowest contact pressures being recorded for the ClassicPro liner.

In this paper we try to argue why investment in infrastructure systems for the water services should continue as a strong basic requirement for sustainable development and economic growth, and in spite of any economic and financial crisis. We also review some of the most important findings on the benefits of investing in water supply and sanitation, as sustainable socio-economic development drivers for these mainly public investment projects. As concerning the prospects of such investment needed in the European Union and in Romania, we analyse some of their main trends and funding, according to the approved strategic documents.

Growth of horticulture has become one of the driving forces for development of agricultural sector in India. With the emergence of urbanisation and modernisation, changes in cropping pattern from traditional to high value cash crops, especially the horticultural crops has been initiated in Indian agriculture in the recent past. With the help of secondary data, this paper estimates growth rates and value of output of the major agricultural crops, including the horticultural crops. The growth of area, production and yield of horticulture crops in the country was found to be statistically significant in the last two decades. Within the greater horticulture sector, the value of output for fruits and vegetables was found to be the highest, accounted for 26 percent of the total agricultural value of output. However, despite impressive output growth, the yield growth rate of fruit crop was found to be statistically insignificant. Further, by employing additive model, the study found that the growth of horticultural crops was mainly enthused by the area effect. Growth rate of production and yield of horticulture crops was expected to accelerate further in the country. To enhance production and productivity of horticulture crops, the study suggests that the large cultivable waste lands of the bigger States should be brought under horticulture cultivation. At the same time, innovative and advanced technologies are to be adopted to utilise the large land resources efficiently.

A fibroblast line from embryo tissue of was successfully established by direct culturing of explants. Sanhuang Chicken embryos were established using tissue adherent culture method and cryopreservation techniques. This cell line included 58 embryo samples, had stocks of 297 cryovials with each containing about 3×106 cells. Morphology of the cells was tipical long spindle-shape. Growth curve of the cell line assumed \"S\" shape and the cell population doubling time (PDT) was about 48 h. Cell viability was 98.2％ before freezing and 94.1％ after recovery. Tests for microbial contamination were all negative. Frequency of diploid cells was 89.6%. Isoenzyme patterns of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and malic dehydrogenase (MDH) revealed characteristic distribution. Transfection efficiencies of the three fluorescin genes were among 12.6~29.5％. The cell line met required quality control standard. It not only preserves the genetic resources of the important Gau at the cellular level but also provides valuable materials for genomic, post-genomic,somatic cell cloning research and other applications.

Investor’s expectations and risk-appetite differ across various investment products. They search for “key choice attributes” in the product offerings which are closely matching their preferences. The fact that mutual funds have gained increased acceptance as an asset class for the investors is evident from the robust growth levels of asset under management of mutual funds. A wide array of schemes with varied risk-return characteristics are offered by the mutual funds to the investors. Mapping the expectations of investors today to a hierarchy of needs, the new age investor demands higher rate of returns, more transparency and flexibility to switch from one scheme to another. In this background, this study aims at tracking the key attributes of mutual fund products that influence investment decision making process of retail investors. The survey has been conducted in Bangalore city during July-September 2011. Data for the study was collected through a questionnaire from a sample of 120 retail investors. Factor analysis has been used for data analysis.

This paper provides an explicit continuous method of order seven for direct integration of fifth-order general differential equations without reduction to systems of lower order equations. The explicit method requires nomain predictor as a starting value for implementation. In the derivation of the method, collocation and interpolation procedures are adopted using power series as the basis function. The purpose of this work is to produce a high order explicit method that could be used as a predictor for the implementation of implicit methods in predictor-corrector mode in order to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of such methods. The method is symmetric, normilized, consistent and zero-stable. It is suitable for both non-stiff and mildly-stiff probllems.

The aim of this research study is three-fold: firstly, it concerns with eventual educational advantages of Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) methodology on students’ outcomes, mostly by interaction with issues, colleagues and teachers; secondly, it intends to know if negative attitudes towards mathematics influence their performance in the discipline of Quantitative Methods, at secondary school; thirdly, it wants to know if the issue of using CAL at early University teaching and learning Statistics and Data Analysis can reduce the effect of negative experiences when learning mathematics, at secondary school. We concluded: (1) that the negative attitudes towards the learning of Mathematics influenced their outcomes in the discipline of Quantitative Methods; (2) the same did not happens with their outcomes in the Statistics and Data Analysis subject (using CAL); (3) finally, we compare students’ outcomes after using the two teaching and learning methodologies, with and without CAL, and we conclude that students’ mean performance from CAL methodology is higher than students’ mean performance from pencil-and-paper methodology.