This study was conducted at the Poultry Research Station in Abu Ghraib, Department of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture, the experimental field during three months (Three terms for a period of four weeks), from 10 th of December 2019 to the 10 th of January 2020. The study aimed to determine the effect of using different proportions of chlorella algae in layer hen ration and its effect on the hen's productive performance and numbers of lactobacilli bacteria in the intestine. The experiment included 400 laying hens (ISA Brown) of 54 week old which were fed according to the standard requirements mentioned in the guide for this breed (ISA Brown layer management guide). The hens raised using a 3 stage cages system with five hens in each cage. The birds were randomly distributed to five feeding treatments with four replications per treatment. The single replicate consists of 20 birds (80 birds per treatment). The treatments were as First treatment (T 1) without using chlorella algae (control) 'Second treatment (T 2) using 1% chlorella algae 'Third treatment (T 3) using 1.5% chlorella algae 'Fourth treatment (T 4) using 2% chlorella algae 'Fifth treatment (T 5) use of 2.5% chlorella algae The results indicated a significant improvement (P<0.05) in the egg production rate for T 2 , T 3 , T 4 treatments during the three trial periods (54-58, 58-62 and 62-66) a week, as well as the total period of the trial compared to the control treatment, and moral superiority (P<0.05) in the egg weight ratio for the T 5 treatment during periods (58-62 and 62-66) a week and the total period of the experiment compared to the control treatment. A significant increase (P <0.05) in the average egg mass for chlorella treatments (T 5 , T 4 , T 3 , T 2) during the periods (58-62 and 62-66) a week and the total period of the experiment compared with the control treatment T 1 and the results showed a significant improvement (P <0.05) in the rate of feed conversion in favor of coefficients for chlorella algae (T 5 , T 4 , T 3 , T 2) during the periods (58-62 and 62-66) a week and the total period of the trial compared with the control treatment T 1 .
The current study investigated the stability and the extraction efficiency of emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) for Abamectin pesticide removal from aqueous solution. The stability was investigated in terms of droplet emulsion size distribution and emulsion breakage percent. The proposed ELM included a mixture of corn oil and kerosene (1:1) as a diluent, Span 80 (sorbitan monooleate) as a surfactant and hydrochloric acid (HCl) as a stripping agent without utilizing a carrier agent. Parameters such as homogenizer speed, surfactant concentration, emulsification time and internal to organic volume ratio (I/O) were evaluated. Results show that the lower droplet size of 0.9 µm and higher stable emulsion in terms of breakage percent of 1.12 % were
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Wearable sensors are a revolutionary tool in agriculture because they collect accurate data on plant environmental conditions that affect plant growth in real-time. Moreover, this technology is crucial in increasing agricultural sustainability and productivity by improving irrigation strategies and water resource management. This review examines the role of wearable sensors in measuring plant water content, leaf and air humidity, stem flow, plant and air temperature, light, and soil moisture sensors. Wearable sensors are designed to monitor various plant physiological parameters in real-time. These data, obtained through wearable sensors, provide information on plant water use and physiology, making our agricultural choices more informed an
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We study in this paper the composition operator that is induced by ?(z) = sz + t. We give a characterization of the adjoint of composiotion operators generated by self-maps of the unit ball of form ?(z) = sz + t for which |s|?1, |t|<1 and |s|+|t|?1. In fact we prove that the adjoint is a product of toeplitz operators and composition operator. Also, we have studied the compactness of C? and give some other partial results.
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Nigella sativa has various pharmacological properties and has been used throughout history for a variety of reasons. However, there is limited data about the effects of N. sativa (NS) on human cancer cells. This study aimed at observing the roles of methanolic extract of N. sativa on apoptosis and autophagy pathway in the Human PC3 (prostate cancer) cell line. The cell viability was checked by MTT assay. Clonogenic assay was performed to demonstrate clonogenicity and Western blot was used to check caspase-3, TIGAR, p53, and LC3 protein expression. The results demonstrated that PC3 cell proliferation was inhibited, caspase-3 and p53 protein expression was induced, and LC3 protein expression was modulated. The clonogenic assay showed that PC3
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