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E-commerce is a crucial aspect of the economy for firms that offer their goods or services online. E-commerce allows sellers or companies to target a wider audience than traditional retail. In the world of corporate technology, there has been tremendous expansion in recent decades. Technology is used by enterprises to gain a better position in the marketplace. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate Islamic viewpoints on e-commerce, notably in terms of transactions. It will also highlight the rights of the seller and customer according to Islamic law. The ethical perspective of E-Commerce in Islam will be investigated to explicit Muslims about how they might benefit from this new form of business. E-commerce contracts will also be analyzed in Islamic contract law that is crucial for business development and life improvement. This paper will attempt to set out the paradigm for Islamic E-commerce, emphasizing the important success elements and ethics that will produce positive outcomes and provide a solution to the contemporary commercial problems.

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of anemia and its risk factor among female students. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: PUMHSW, Nawabshah. Period: September 2019 to February 2020. Material & Methods: Three hundred and fifty female students were included from various departments and academic years. Data was collected on prescribed performed with their consent, than statistically analyzed with SPSS. Results: Sample size of the study was 350. The age group 18 to 21 years 194 (55.4%) was dominating in the study, Further, hostlers were 207(59.1%, p=.004), married 5 (1.4%), belonged to middle socioeconomic status 327 (93.4%), literacy level of the parents, and dietary habits were major risk factors among study subjects. Furthermore, Anemic were 139 (39.7%), in which mild anemia found in 79 (22.6%), moderate anemia in 53(15.1%) and severe anemia in 7(2.0%). Conclusion: Current study identified the high prevalence of anemia among students. This study concluded the frequency of anemia in health sciences student of PUMHSW Nawabshah was 39.7%. Further; this study also determined risk factors associated with anemic status, and explored the dietary risk factors of anemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In future, electric vehicles are expected to be adopted in the food transport to aid addressing limited access to fossil fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emission. However, their construction has to include consideration of a Temperature Refrigeration Unit (TRU) that is used to transport foods at low temperatures without significantly impacting the vehicle’s operation or driving range. In this paper, we investigate the benefit of implementing Model Predictive Control (MPC) in a thermal management system (TMS) of a TRU for electric vans. A comparative study between the developed MPC-based TMS and the traditional proportional–integral (PI) - based TMS has been carried out using a physical thermal rig. The experimental results show up to 43% energy savings could be achieved by the MPC, compared to the case using the PI strategy.

Background: Disposable cups are usually used for drinking without any form of pre-cleaning, this has the potential to expose individuals to pathogenic microorganisms, and unfortunately this issue has not been investigated in Gombe metropolis, hence, this study aimed to investigate the bacteriological aspect of the problem and to reduce the existing knowledge gap regarding this problem. Methods: Thirty samples were collected using simple random sampling from two different markets, then swab sticks pre-moistened with peptone water were used to swab the inner portions of the cups, put in sterile distilled water, serially diluted, inoculated on nutrient agar, and incubated. Identification of the isolates were done using their physical and biochemical characteristics, antibiotic susceptibility tests were done using disc diffusion method and interpreted using Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. Results: The total mesophilic bacterial counts ranged from 3.0×105 to 9.9×105 CFU/ml. These isolates were identified and tested for their sensitivity to some antibiotics which revealed that Escherichia coli (E.coli ) were sensitive to augmentin, ampicillin, and ciprofloxacin, but intermediately resistant to chloramphenicol, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) were sensitive to ciprofloxacin and augmentin, intermediately resistant to chloramphenicol, and resistant to ampicillin. Bacillus spp were sensitive to augmentin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol and ampicillin, while Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.aeruginosa) were sensitive to ciprofloxacin, augmentin, and chloramphenicol, but intermediately resistant to ampicillin. Conclusion: These new disposable ready-to-use cups harbored some potentially pathogenic bacteria which were resistant to some antibiotics. It is therefore recommended that pre-use hygiene practices should be done on these cups prior to use to avert the health effects of consuming these bacteria.

Pimpinella species are annual, biennial, and perennial semibushy aromatic plants cultivated for folk medicine, pharmaceuticals, food, and spices. The karyology and genome size of 17 populations of 16 different Pimpinella species collected from different locations in Iran were analyzed for inter-specific karyotypic and genome size variations. For karyological studies, root tips were squashed and painted with a DAPI solution (1 mg/ml). For flow cytometric measurements, fresh leaves of the standard reference (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Stupick, 2C DNA = 1.96 pg) and the Pimpinella samples were stained with propidium iodide. We identified two ploidy levels: diploid (2x) and tetraploid (4x), as well as five metaphase chromosomal counts of 18, 20, 22, 24, and 40. 2n = 24 is reported for the first time in the Pimpinella genus, and the presence of a B-chromosome is reported for one species. The nuclear DNA content ranged from 2C = 2.48 to 2C = 5.50 pg, along with a wide range of genome sizes between 1212.72 and 2689.50 Mbp. The average monoploid genome size and the average value of 2C DNA/chromosome were not proportional to ploidy. There were considerable positive correlations between 2C DNA and total chromatin length and total chromosomal volume. The present study results enable us to classify the genus Pimpinella with a high degree of morphological variation in Iran. In addition, cytological studies demonstrate karyotypic differences between P. anthriscoides and other species of Pimpinella, which may be utilized as a novel identification key to affiliate into a distinct, new genus – Pseudopimpinella.

Coriander (Coriander sativum L.) is an annual herb mainly cultivated for its seed characteristics. Drought stress is a major problem which affects coriander behaviour through biochemical responses. This study aimed to determine the nature and magnitude of epistasis in inheritance of seed yield (SY), percent of dehulled seed (PODS), percent of seed hulls (POSH), essential oil content (EOC), essential oil yield (EOY), dehulled seed fatty acid content (DSFAC), hull fatty acid content (HFAC), fatty acid content (FAC), and fatty acid yield (FAY), and to estimate additive and dominance variance for the traits not influenced by epistasic effects. Three testers, TN-59-158 (highly drought-susceptible), TN-58-230 (highly drought-tolerant, but low-yielding), and their F1 hybrid were each crossed for six genotypes. The experiment was performed under different levels of water deficit: control (C), moderate water deficit (MWD), and severe water deficit (SWD) conditions. Epistasis affected the expression of SY, EOC, EOY, FAC, and FAY in all water conditions, PODS in C, POSH in SWD, HFAC in MWD, and DSFAC in both C and MWD conditions. Total epistasic effects were partitioned, showing that both [i] and [j + l] type interactions were significant, with a prevalent influence of [i] type interactions on these traits except for POSH and FAC in the SWD condition, which exhibited a higher value of the [j + l] type. Both additive and non-additive gene actions were significant for those traits not significantly affected by epistasis in C, MWD, or SWD conditions. An additive type of gene action was preponderant for PODS in MWD and SWD, POSH in MWD, DSFAC in SWD, and HFAC in C and SWD conditions.

The species of Pimpinella, one of the largest genera of the family Apiaceae, are traditionally cultivated for medicinal purposes. In this study, high-throughput double digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing technology (ddRAD-seq) was used to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight Pimpinella species from Iran. After double-digestion with the enzymes HpyCH4IV and HinfI, a total of 334,702,966 paired-end reads were de novo assembled into 1,270,791 loci with an average of 28.8 reads per locus. After stringent filtering, 2440 high-quality SNPs were identified for downstream analysis. Analysis of genetic relationships and population structure, based on these retained SNPs, indicated the presence of three major groups. Gene ontology and pathway analysis were determined by using comparison SNP-associated flanking sequences with a public non-redundant database. Due to the lack of genomic resources in this genus, our present study is the first report to provide high-quality SNPs in Pimpinella based on a de novo analysis pipeline using ddRAD-seq. This data will enhance the molecular knowledge of the genus Pimpinella and will provide an important source of information for breeders and the research community to enhance breeding programs and support the management of Pimpinella genomic resources.

Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar a relação entre ações intersetoriais e a Estratégia Saúde da Família segundo a ótica dos gestores, profissionais e usuários na cidade de João Pessoa, Estado da Paraíba. A pesquisa é do tipo qualiquantitativa. A pergunta central do estudo foi: O Programa Saúde da Família (PSF) é uma estratégia política capaz de promover as ações intersetoriais?, tomando como referência o conceito de representações sociais, fundamentando-se no método da hermenêutica-dialética, utilizando a triangulação de métodos. Os dados foram coletados por meio da técnica de grupo focal, entrevistas e análise documental. Os dados foram analisados segundo a técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC). Os DSC apontam para as potencialidades da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) para promover ações intersetoriais e para a agenda do governo local, que tem os diversos setores executores das políticas públicas.

O estudo versa sobre as relações familiares de mulheres rurais do Nordeste do Brasil que se engajaram a um projeto coletivo. Objetiva analisar as mudanças ocorridas na família a partir da atuação da mulher na luta pela terra. Trata-se de um trabalho estruturado com base em informação de entrevistas semi-estruturadas e observação participante. O cotidiano das entrevistadas no acampamento é visto como um processo de (re)socialização em que valores, hábitos e tradições são questionados. As normas de convivência no acampamento estabelecem direitos e obrigações comuns aos dois sexos, rompendo com a divisão sexual do trabalho, inclusive no lar. A dinâmica social tem provocado transformações na família que remete à crítica do cotidiano vivido, ao questionamento de práticas culturais e identidades cristalizadas à medida que os acampados experimentam outras possibilidades de ser. Observa-se que a responsabilidade do trabalho da casa ainda permanece com a mulher, mas parece desenhar-se alguma mudança nas relações daquelas famílias. A atuação política feminina tem contribuído para quebrar tabus e construir novos valores. Palavras-chave: relações de gênero, trabalho feminino, mudanças sociais. The study deals with Brazilian Northeastern rural women's family relations when those women take part in a collective project. It aims to analyze what has changed within those women's families due to their participation in the struggle for land. This research is mainly based on informations collected through semi-structured interviews and participatory observation. Those women's quotidian life in rural settlement is seen as a (re)socialization process which stimulates discussion on values, habits and traditions. Sociability rules within the settlement establish common rights and duties to both men and women, braking work sexual division even in domestic sphere. Social dynamics has provoked changes within family which have to do with critique to quotidian practice, cultural values, and solid identities, so people in the settlement get in touch with other possibilities of being. It is true that domestic work still is woman's responsibility. Nevertheless, it seems that horizon shows that some changes shall take place within those families. Women's political action helps to break taboos and to build new values. Key words: gender relationships, female labour, social changes.