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2. EFFECTS OF CONSUMING BISCUITS MADE FROM MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAF ON BODY WEIGHT AND HEIGHT OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE IN BANGKALAN, MADURA ISLAND.
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Veterini, Anna Surgean, Susanti, Enny, Ardiana, Meity, Adi, Annis Catur, and Rachmawati, Heni
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One of the efforts to maintain children's nutritional status is to prevent weight faltering, which was formerly known as failure to thrive. Unresolved weight faltering will cause several problems, such as growth failure, stunting, decreased IQ, morbidity, and mortality in children. Stunting is one of the big problems that occur in Indonesia. One of the continuous strategies to prevent weight faltering is through food supplementation, such as consuming moringa leaf which is high in protein in the form of biscuits. This study aims to determine the effects of consuming biscuits made from Moringa oleifera leaf on children's growth in Bangkalan, Indonesia. This study used experimental research method for two months. The sample was drawn using consecutive sampling technique. The subjects in this study were 31 children under five whose weight and height were not according to age. Before moringa biscuits were distributed, children's body weight and height were measured. The nutritional status was evaluated every month for two months. The parameters measured were weight gain and height increase. The results were analyzed using univariate and multivariate tests on SPSS. After giving moringa oleifera biscuits for two months at the Village Health Post (Pos Kesehatan Desa/Poskesdes) of Bangkalan, children's body weight increased by 0.35 kg per month and their height increased by 0.65 cm per month. The distribution of biscuits can be continued to preventing stunting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Kant'ta ve scheler'de "kişi" kavramı.
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Nâsır, Beste
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EVERYDAY life ,HUMAN beings ,LITERATURE ,SOUL - Abstract
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- 2023
4. Prevalence, predictors of low birth weight and its association with maternal iron status using serum ferritin concentration in rural Eastern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
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Meseret Belete Fite, Abera Kenay Tura, Tesfaye Assebe Yadeta, Lemessa Oljira, and Kedir Teji Roba
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Iron ,Iron deficiency anemia ,Anemia ,Birth ,Wight ,Birth cohort ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 ,Food processing and manufacture ,TP368-456 ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Abstract Introduction Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the major predictors of perinatal survival, infant morbidity, and mortality, as well as the risk of developmental disabilities and illnesses in future lives. The effect of the nutritional status of pregnant women on birth outcomes is becoming a common research agenda, but evidence on the level of low birth weight (LBW) and its association with prenatal iron status in Ethiopia, particularly among rural residents, is limited. Thus, this study aimed to assess the prevalence, predictors of LBW, and its association with maternal iron status using serum ferritin concentration in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia, 2021. Methods A community-based prospective cohort study design was conducted. Of a total of 427 eligible pregnant women followed until birth, 412 (96.48%) were included in the final analysis. Iron status was determined using serum ferritin (SF) concentration from venous blood collected aseptically from the ante-cubital veins analyzed on a fully automated Cobas e411 (German, Japan Cobas 4000 analyzer series) immunoassay analyzer. Iron deficiency(ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) were classified as having SF less than 15 μg/L and SF less than 15 μg/L and Hb level of
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- 2022
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5. The Development of English School Theory: An Introduction
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Navari, Cornelia, Jørgensen, Knud Erik, Series Editor, Alejandro, Audrey, Series Editor, Reichwein, Alexander, Series Editor, Rösch, Felix, Series Editor, Turton, Helen, Series Editor, and Navari, Cornelia, editor
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- 2021
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6. Prevalence, predictors of low birth weight and its association with maternal iron status using serum ferritin concentration in rural Eastern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.
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Fite, Meseret Belete, Tura, Abera Kenay, Yadeta, Tesfaye Assebe, Oljira, Lemessa, and Roba, Kedir Teji
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LOW birth weight ,IRON supplements ,IRON in the body ,FERRITIN ,IRON deficiency anemia ,COHORT analysis - Abstract
Introduction: Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the major predictors of perinatal survival, infant morbidity, and mortality, as well as the risk of developmental disabilities and illnesses in future lives. The effect of the nutritional status of pregnant women on birth outcomes is becoming a common research agenda, but evidence on the level of low birth weight (LBW) and its association with prenatal iron status in Ethiopia, particularly among rural residents, is limited. Thus, this study aimed to assess the prevalence, predictors of LBW, and its association with maternal iron status using serum ferritin concentration in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia, 2021. Methods: A community-based prospective cohort study design was conducted. Of a total of 427 eligible pregnant women followed until birth, 412 (96.48%) were included in the final analysis. Iron status was determined using serum ferritin (SF) concentration from venous blood collected aseptically from the ante-cubital veins analyzed on a fully automated Cobas e411 (German, Japan Cobas 4000 analyzer series) immunoassay analyzer. Iron deficiency(ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) were classified as having SF less than 15 μg/L and SF less than 15 μg/L and Hb level of < 11.0 g/dl during the first or third trimester or < 10.5 g/dl during the second trimester as well, respectively. Birthweight was measured within 72 h of birth and < 2500 g was considered LBW. Birthweight was measured within 72 h of birth and < 2500 g was considered as LBW. A Poisson regression model with robust variance estimation was used to investigate the factors associated with LBW and the association between maternal iron status and LBW. An adjusted prevalence ratio with a 95% confidence interval was reported to show an association using a p-value < 0.05. Results: About 20.2% (95% CI: 16%-24%) of neonates were born with LBW. The prevalence of LBW was 5.04 (95% CI = 2.78–9.14) times higher among women who were iron deficient during pregnancy compared to those who were normal. The neonates of women who were iron deficient during pregnancy had lower birth weight (aPR=5.04; 95% CI = 2.78–9.14) than the neonates of women who were normal. Prevalence of LBW was higher among mothers who were undernourished (MUAC < 23cm) (aPR = 1.92; 95% CI= 1.33–2.27), stunted (height <145cm) (aPR=1.54; 95% CI=1.04–2.27) and among female neonates (aPR=3.70; 95% CI= 2.28–6.00). However, women who were supplemented with iron and folic acid (IFAS) during pregnancy had a 45% decreased chance of delivering low birth weight (aPR= 0.55; 95% CI=0.36–0.84). Conclusion: We found that LBW is of public health significance in this predominantly rural setting. ID during pregnancy is found to have a negative effect on birth weight. IFA supplementation, the maternal under-nutrition, height, and sex of neonates were identified as predictors of low weight at birth. To improve maternal nutritional status, health interventions must address targeted strategies promoting desirable food behavior and nutritional practices. These include; promoting the consumption of diversified and rich iron food to improve the maternal nutritional status. A continued effort is needed in enhancing universal access and compliance with IFA supplementation to improve maternal health. Intervention strategies that are complementary and comprehensive across the vulnerable periods for women during pregnancy and their neonates that are based on a life-cycle approach are suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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7. Reinhold Niebuhr and the Christian realist pendulum.
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Paipais, Vassilios
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JUST war doctrine ,PENDULUMS ,PACIFISM ,CHRISTIANS ,REALISM - Abstract
Reinhold Niebuhr is widely acknowledged as the father of Christian realism and a staunch critic of pacifism. In a famous exchange with his brother H. Richard in The Christian Century, Niebuhr defended the necessity of entering the fray of battle to combat evil as opposed to opting for non-violent detachment that ultimately usurps God's authority to decide on final matters. Niebuhr, however, never endorsed an aggressive Just War doctrine. Striving to reconcile the Christian command of love with the harsh realities of power resulting from universal sinfulness, Niebuhr emphasised the necessity of negotiating the distance between the two extremes of a pendulum swinging from Christian pacifism to the endorsement of interventionist policies. Rather than this being an expression of the ambiguity of his moral convictions, this paper argues that it is a product of his sensitivity to applying contextual moral and political judgement as an exercise of theological responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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8. Dialectica imperialella (Zeller, 1847) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) rediscovered on the Isle of Wight after 45 years and consideration of one of its larval foodplants
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S. D. Beavan
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Lepidoptera genitalia ,Larva ,Insect Science ,Zoology ,Biology ,Wight ,biology.organism_classification ,Dialectica imperialella ,Gracillariidae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
An account is given of the rediscovery of Dialectica imperialella (Zeller, 1847) on the Isle of Wight in 2018, which had not been recorded on the Island since its discovery there in 1973. Larval foodplants and records from southern England are reviewed.
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- 2021
9. Ecologies of Public Trust: The NHS COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
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Heilien Diedericks, Stephanie Johnson, Gabrielle Samuel, and Frederica Lucivero
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Health (social science) ,Context (language use) ,Medical law ,0603 philosophy, ethics and religion ,Trust ,State Medicine ,050602 political science & public administration ,medicine ,Humans ,Sociology ,Original Research ,Trustworthiness ,Ethics ,Government ,business.industry ,Social phenomenon ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Health Policy ,Public health ,05 social sciences ,COVID-19 ,06 humanities and the arts ,Public relations ,Digital health ,Mobile Applications ,0506 political science ,Communicable Disease Control ,Public trust ,060301 applied ethics ,Contact tracing app ,Contact Tracing ,business ,Wight - Abstract
In April 2020, close to the start of the first U.K. COVID-19 lockdown, the U.K. government announced the development of a COVID-19 contact tracing app, which was later trialled on the U.K. island, the Isle of Wight, in May/June 2020. United Kingdom surveys found general support for the development of such an app, which seemed strongly influenced by public trust. Institutions developing the app were called upon to fulfil the commitment to public trust by acting with trustworthiness. Such calls presuppose that public trust associated with the app can emerge if the conditions for trustworthiness are met and that public trust is simplistic, i.e., linearly the sum of each member of the publics’ individual – U.K. government trust relationship. Drawing on a synthesis of the trust literature and fifteen interviews with members of the public trialling the app on the Isle of Wight, this paper aims to explore what trust mechanisms and relationships are at play when thinking about public trust in the context of the U.K. COVID-19 app. We argue that public trust is a complex social phenomenon and not linearly correlated with institutional trustworthiness. As such, attention needs to widen from calls for trustworthy infrastructures as a way to build public trust, to a deeper understanding of those doing the trusting; in particular, what or whom do people place their trust in (or not) when considering whether using the app and why. An understanding of this will help when trying to secure public trust during the implementation of necessary public health measures. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11673-021-10127-x.
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10. ORIGIN OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
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Vasily D. Filippov
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Root (linguistics) ,Work (electrical) ,General partnership ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Sociology ,Architecture ,Wight ,Creativity ,Visual arts ,media_common - Abstract
The consequences of the fires of 1866-1872 for the architecture of three US cities and the first two years of Chicagos recovery after the fire of 1871 with a further break until the end of the decade are described. The role of this break in the development of Jenneys creativity, which led to the emergence of the Chicago School, and the work of James McLaughlin, which did not develop in Cincinnati, are shown. The role of Peter Wight in promoting the ideas of Viollet-le-Duc, which became the basis of the movement, and his influence on the leaders of Burnham and Root, are noted. It describes the partnership between Adler and Sullivan, their works that foreshadowed Art Nouveau, the contacts of Burnham and Root with the Brooks brothers developers, which influenced the development and then the existence of the Chicago School.
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- 2021
11. The Impact of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on Hemoglobin Concentration in Pregnant and Neonatal Birth Wight
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Veni Hadju, Abdul Faris, and Muhammad Tahir Abdullah
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business.industry ,Medicine ,Physiology ,General Medicine ,Hemoglobin ,business ,Wight ,Micronutrient - Abstract
Background: Anemia during pregnancy is a public health problem especially in developing countries and it is associated with maternal and perinatal adverse outcomes. Global data shows that 56% of pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries have anemia. Every year more than 20 million infants are born with low birth weigh t(LBW) worldwide. Objective: To analyze the impact of Multi Micronutrients (MM) supplementation on hemoglobin (Hb) levels of pregnant women and infant birth weight. Method: The databases used to obtain the literature were PubMed, ScienceDirect, MEDLINE, and PubMed Central. The keywords used were Multiple Micronutrien Supplementation, Hemoglobin, Pregnant and Neonatal Birth Weght in studies published from 2010 to 2020. A total of 14 articles were used in this review. Results: Seven articles obtained about the effects of multiple micronutrients on hemoglobin levels in pregnant women. Six studies support that MM supplementation increases hemoglobin levels or prevents pregnant women from anemia. One study showed a significant increase in serum ferritin One study reported ferritin levels in the MM group as well as the fe-folic acid group did not experience a significant decrease. There is only one study that shows the opposite results, which the mean maternal hemoglobin level significantly decreased during study, being the lowest in second trimester. Ferritin and serum iron levels were decreased at trimester one and two, also the zinc and vitamin D level declined. Seven articles show the effect of MM supplementation on pregnancy outcomes is better than Fe-folic acid supplementation. This can be seen in the results reported from various studies that have been carried out, which are reduce the incidence of LBW, small for gestational age, preterm labor. stillbirths, and NTD anomaly. Conclusion: Various empirical evidence that has been described in this paper confirms the plausibility that the provision of micronutrient supplementation in the periconceptional period is more important than only given during advanced pregnancy. Multi micronutrient administration increases hemoglobin levels in pregnant women and improves pregnancy outcomes
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12. Association of grandmaternal smoking during pregnancy with DNA methylation of grandchildren: the Isle of Wight study
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Hasan Arshad, Rui Luo, Nandini Mukherjee, Fawaz Mzayek, Veeresh Patil, Wilfried Karmaus, and Hongmei Zhang
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Adult ,Cancer Research ,Multivariate analysis ,Adolescent ,Biology ,Risk Assessment ,Young Adult ,Pregnancy ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,Gene ,Gene Expression Profiling ,Smoking ,Prenatal smoking ,DNA Methylation ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,Grandparents ,Gene Expression Regulation ,CpG site ,Maternal Exposure ,Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects ,DNA methylation ,CpG Islands ,Female ,Analysis of variance ,Transcriptome ,Wight ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Research Article - Abstract
Background: To investigate the intergenerational effects of grandmaternal smoking during pregnancy (GMSDP) on the DNA methylation of grandchildren. Methods: Data from the Isle of Wight birth cohort with information regarding GMSDP and DNA methylation profiling at the birth of grandchildren (n = 161) were used. Differentially methylated CpG sites related to GMSDP were identified using testing–training screening, analysis of variance and multivariate analysis of covariance. The association between identified CpG sites and expression levels of neighboring genes was tested by linear regression. Results: Twenty-three CpG sites were differentially methylated in grandchildren because of GMSDP, and eight of these were associated with expression levels of 13 neighboring genes. Conclusion: GMSDP has an intergenerational effect on the DNA methylation profile of grandchildren independent of maternal smoking during pregnancy.
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13. Evaluation of Anti-hyperuricemic Activity of the Alcoholic Extract of Dried Capparis moonii Wight Fruits in Wistar Rats
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Shruti Ramesh Shettigar and Vanita Kanase
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Phenol red ,Capparis ,biology ,Traditional medicine ,Dose dependence ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,biology.organism_classification ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,chemistry ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Wight ,Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Evaluation of anti-hyperuricemic activity of alcoholic extract of Capparis moonii Wight fruits in Wistar rats, by utilizing Indian caper typically occurring in the Konkan area which grows full-fledged in the hot and dry atmosphere that can be generally found throughout asia. The dried fruits of Capparis moonii W. were extracted using absolute ethanol to get an alcoholic extract. Acute oral toxicity studies were performed to decide the doses. The anti-hyperuricemic activity was estimated by the phenol red excretion in rats and the potassium oxonate induced hyperuricemia models respectively. The alcoholic extract showed dose-dependent mode of action where the higher concentration of 200 mg/kg showed higher amount of retention of phenol red in the blood suggesting that it has better ability to secrete urate out of the body of rats as compared to 100mg/kg. Also in potassium oxonate induced hyperuricemia, similar results were obtained with significant reduction in serum uric acid levels and serum creatinine levels as compared to 100mg/kg. The conclusion of this study was that; it proved that Capparis moonii W. alcoholic extract of the fruits can be beneficial as anti-hyperuricemic treatment agent. It would be encouraging to undertake further studies in future to decode the exact mechanism.
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14. A new hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Wessex Formation, Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous), of the Isle of Wight, southern England
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Jeremy A. F. Lockwood, Susannah C. R. Maidment, and David M. Martill
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Geography ,biology ,Genus ,Group (stratigraphy) ,Paleontology ,Wessex Formation ,biology.organism_classification ,Wight ,Iguanodontia ,Archaeology ,Cretaceous - Abstract
A new genus and species of non-hadrosaurid hadrosauriform dinosaur, Brighstoneus simmondsi gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight. The new ta...
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15. Phenology and regeneration status of Terminalia tomentosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.: a tropical tree species of Indian forests
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S. C. Sahu, Manas R. Mohanta, and R. C. Mohanty
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Ecology ,Phenology ,Botany ,Climatic variables ,Terminalia tomentosa ,Biology ,Regeneration (ecology) ,Wight ,Tree species ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Terminalia tomentosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn., an important tree species in the tropical forests of India, is often reported to have poor or no regeneration in many parts of the country. The present st...
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16. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON Ellertonia rheedii Wight. LEAF FOR ITS DERMAL TOXICITY
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Arundeep. M
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Traditional medicine ,Dermal toxicity ,Biology ,Wight - Abstract
Ellertonia rheedii Wight is an indigenous plant belonging to Apocynaceae family found in Western Ghats of Coorg, Shimoga, Chikamagalore, Dakshina Kannada. The paste of fresh leaves of this plant is used exter-nally in varicose vein by folklore practitioner in and around Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State. In local language it is called “Nara balli” which means a climber used for the disease of vein. The name it-self indicates its long-term use among the folk and efficacy of the drug. The identity of Ellertonia rheedii Wight is yet explored in Ayurvedic literature. Current study was carried out to evaluate the dermal toxicity activity of leaves of Ellertonia rheedii Wight. Keywords: Apocynaceae, Ellertonia rheedii Wight, Folklore
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- 2021
17. USE OF ISSR HYBRID MARKERS TO ASSESS THE GENETIC DIVERSITY IN WILD MEDICINAL ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA (BURN.F.) WIGHT & ARN COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF IRAN
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Hassanali Naghdi Badi, Majid Ghorbani Nohooji, Ali Mehrafarin, and Kourosh Zandifar
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Genetic diversity ,biology ,Botany ,Ziziphus nummularia ,Plant Science ,biology.organism_classification ,Wight - Published
- 2021
18. Revisitando a Escola Inglesa – da velha via média das Relações Internacionais à nova escola inglesa
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Raquel de Caria Patricio
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Berlin wall ,International relations ,Idealism ,Position (finance) ,Sociology ,Fall of man ,Wight ,Humanities ,Realism ,Constructivist teaching methods - Abstract
Este artigo procura posicionar a Escola Inglesa na via intermédia entre o Realismo e o Idealismo, focando-se no pensamento de Hedley Bull e Martin Wight, e analisar a evolução da Escola Inglesa após o derrube do muro de Berlim, quando novas problemáticas foram agregadas ao estudo da sociedade internacional e das instituições internacionais. Pretende-se ainda demonstrar como a Escola Inglesa, fundada nas normas e nos padrões regulares de comportamento, é uma grande influência para a abordagem construtivista. Frente a estas realidades, surge a grande pergunta de partida: por que razão, apesar dos estudos de Hedley Bull e de Martin Wight sobre a sociedade internacional e as instituições internacionais, a Escola Inglesa se manteve, à época, marginalizada frente à Escola Norte-Americana de Relações Internacionais?, a qual origina objetivos, alguns dos quais já mencionados, e hipóteses de trabalho, que serão alcançados e comprovadas.
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- 2020
19. 'No Other Island': Shima complex and the tragi-comic otherness of the Isle of Wight
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Julian Wolfreys
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business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Art history ,General Medicine ,Art ,Comics ,Wight ,business ,media_common - Abstract
This essay presents a consideration of Englishness refracted through and anecdotal and discursive refl ection on the way the microcosm of an island mediates Englishness as a condition of national identity, peculiar to islands. The island chosen for consideration of this “exemplary singularity” is the Isle of Wight, given its peculiarly overdetermined status – at once rural paradise, Brexit voters’ haven, extended retirement community, and locus of much counter culture activity over a 50 year period.
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- 2020
20. Antioxidant activities of Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight et Arn (Leguminosae): Correlations between the Polyphenol Level and the Antioxidant Activity
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Reine Raïssa Rolande Aworet Samseny, Sophie Aboughe Angone, and Line-Edwige Mengome
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Antioxidant ,biology ,Traditional medicine ,Polyphenol ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Dichrostachys cinerea ,medicine ,food and beverages ,General Materials Science ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease_cause ,Wight ,Oxidative stress - Abstract
Aims: Free radicals are involved in many diseases. Antioxidants help control them. The overproduction of free radicals or reduction of natural antioxidants promotes the destruction of cells in our body, for example in neurodegenerative diseases. The aim of our study is to evaluate the correlation between the level of polyphenol and antioxidant activity of Dichrostachys cinerea barks he work was carried out at the phytochemistry department of the Institute of Pharmacopoeia and Traditional Medicine (Gabon). Methodology: Different extracts of Dichrostachys cinerea barks were obtained with polarity solvent (dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, butanol, methanol and water). The antioxidant activity is evaluating using respectively FRAP method (Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power), antiradical activity by the method of inhibition of DPPH radical (2.2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), cations ABTS radical (2.2'-azinobis-[3-acid-6-sulfonic ethylenzothiazoline]). Results: Ethyl acetate and dichloromethane extract have the higher value for polyphenolic compounds, respectively 52,27±0,66 mg EAG / g and 49,72±0,55 mg EAG / g. Aqueous extract have the lower value 20,67±1,05 mg EAG / g. The different fractions of Dichrostachys cinerea have antioxidant effect, and this effect is in correlation with its constituents: polyphenols, tannins and flavonoids. Results were compared to standard antioxidants such as ascorbic acid and quercetin. Conclusion: This study confirms higher is the level of polyphenols greater is the antioxidant power.
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- 2020
21. Ethnobotany of Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp In Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia
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Abdul Manaf Ali, Hasan Nudin Nur Fatihah, Nashriyah Mat, Abdulrahman Dogara Mahmoud, and Mohammed Moneruzzaman Khandaker
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Geography ,biology ,Traditional medicine ,Syzygium ,Ethnobotany ,Traditional knowledge ,Medicinal plants ,Wight ,biology.organism_classification - Abstract
Plants with medicinal potentials have contributed significantly in the history and evolution of modern health care system. Lack of comprehensive written document have made traditional medicinal knowledge disappearing as a result of population growth and development. This necessitates written document of comprehensive knowledge of medicinal plants. This study aims at documenting traditional knowledge of Syzygium polyanthum cultivars (Serai Kayu and Serai Kayu Hutan) in Terengganu, three hundred and eighty four respondents were interviewed with the aid of semi structured questionnaire. The study reported Serai Kayu and Serai Kayu Hutan to be used as ulam, spices and medicinal respectively. Leaves were found to be the most utilized part and Decoction the most prepared method. However, the study recommends immediate conservation of the plant and adoption of Malays traditional culture utilisation of the species; due to its medicinal potentials
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- 2020
22. Variation in Growth Traits of Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight and Arn Populations in Southern Karnataka, India
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B. N. Satish, R. K. Hegde, M. N. Ashwath, T. S. Hareesh, and G. M. Devagiri
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Veterinary medicine ,Variation (linguistics) ,Biology ,Wight ,biology.organism_classification ,Acrocarpus fraxinifolius - Published
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23. A reassessment of Eugenia astringens (Myrtaceae) and its synonyms, including their formal typification
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Piero G. Delprete
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,biology ,Amazon rainforest ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Myrtaceae ,Plant Science ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,15. Life on land ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Homonym (biology) ,03 medical and health sciences ,Taxon ,Typification ,Ethnology ,Epithet ,Wight ,Eudicots ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,media_common - Abstract
Giovanni Casaretto published Eugenia rotundifolia Casaretto (1842: 40) using material that he collected in Restinga vegetation between Copacabana and Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Berg (1857: 287) treated E. rotundifolia Casaretto as a distinct species, and recognized two varieties. However, the binomial E. rotundifolia (Walker-Arnott 1836: 335) Wight (1841: 17) was previously published for a taxon occurring in Sri Lanka. Therefore, Casaretto’s name is a later superfluous homonym and illegitimate. In a recent article on the typification of plant names published by Casaretto, Delprete et al. (2019) proposed E. casarettoana Delprete (2019: 25) as a substitute name for E. rotundifolia Casaretto. However, Delprete and his collaborators overlooked that the name E. casarettoana O. Berg (1857: 520) was previously published using material collected by Martius near the town of Coari, state of Amazonas, Brazil, and belongs to a distinct species occurring in the Brazilian Amazon. Also, Berg (1857) spelled the specific epithet “casaretteana” without explaining to whom he dedicated the epithet. It is obvious that it was dedicated to Casaretto, as no other botanist or plant collector has a similar last name. Therefore, according to Recommendation 60C of the ICN (Turland et al. 2018), the spelling of this epithet should be corrected to casarettoana, as it has been done for this and other specific epithets dedicated to Casaretto (Delprete 2016).
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- 2020
24. Asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Crackers Member (lower Aptian, Deshayesites forbesi Zone) on the Isle of Wight (UK), with a revision of fossil Pseudarchasteridae
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Andrew S. Gale
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Paleontology ,Geography ,Extant taxon ,Aptian ,Asteroid ,Greensand ,Earth Sciences ,Geology ,Wight ,Cretaceous - Abstract
Asteroids from the lower Aptian Lower Greensand of the Isle of Wight are described. Two articulated specimens are referred to the extant paxillosid family Pseudarchasteridae and transferred to a living genus, i.e., Paragonaster, P. wightensis (Breton, 1992). Isolated marginal plates are assigned to the widespread Cretaceous astropectinid genus Coulonia, and described as C. caseyi sp. nov. The Cretaceous genus Comptonia Gray, 1840 is referred to the Pseudarchasteridae and revised taxonomically, with the recognition of two species; C. elegans Gray, 1840 and C. bretoni sp. nov., Paragonaster wightensis is the oldest known member of the Pseudarchasteridae.
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- 2020
25. First description of sharks’ teeth from the Ferruginous Sands Formation (Aptian, Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight
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Christopher J. Duffin and Trevor J. Batchelor
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Nodule (geology) ,Aptian ,Fauna ,Greensand ,Paleontology ,Geology ,engineering.material ,Cretaceous ,Chine ,Group (stratigraphy) ,engineering ,Wight - Abstract
A small sample of selachian teeth is described from a glauconitic nodule from the Ladder Chine Member, Ferruginous Sands Formation, Lower Greensand Group, late Aptian, Early Cretaceous found near Walpen Chine on the Isle of Wight, UK. The selachian fauna contains the root of an unidentified lamniform shark, and some associated teeth of a synechodontiform shark, here identified as Synechodus tenuis. The difficulties associated with the definition of the three common Cretaceous species of Synechodus - S. dubrisiensis, S. nitidus and S. tenuis - are briefly reviewed. The described material represents the first records of fossil sharks from the late Aptian of the Isle of Wight.
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- 2020
26. An etched turtle bone from the Paleogene of the Isle of Wight, UK
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Stephen K. Donovan and Martin I. Simpson
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Emys ,Paleontology ,Taphonomy ,biology ,Ichnology ,law ,Turtle (robot) ,biology.organism_classification ,Wight ,Paleogene ,Geology ,law.invention - Abstract
Many aspects of the palaeontology of the Isle of Wight are well known, but less so its ichnology. A turtle bone, Emys? sp., from the Lower Oligocene (Rupelian) Hamstead Member, Bouldnor Formation, ...
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27. The Isle of Wight studies: the scope and scale of reading difficulties
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Michael Rutter, Barbara Maughan, and William Yule
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education.field_of_study ,Scope (project management) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Population ,050301 education ,Genealogy ,Education ,Reading Problems ,Geography ,Reading comprehension ,Scale (social sciences) ,Reading (process) ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Wight ,education ,0503 education ,Reading skills ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,media_common - Abstract
Beginning in the 1960s, the Isle of Wight studies were among the first to investigate developmental reading problems in representative, population-based samples, using the tools of epidemiology. In...
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28. Micropropagation of Salacia macrosperma Wight - An Endemic Medicinal Plant of Western Ghats
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M. S. Sudarshana and C. Mahendra
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Salacia macrosperma ,Micropropagation ,Traditional medicine ,fungi ,food and beverages ,Biology ,Wight - Abstract
Salacia macrosperma Wight. - a potent medicinal plant facing the verge of rare and endemic status in the Western Ghats region of southern India. The effective protocol has been standardized for callus induction and multiple shoot regeneration using leaf and nodal explants. The Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium fortified with various plant growth regulators like 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), Benzyl amino purine (BAP), Thidiazuron (TDZ), Indole acetic acid (IAA), Kinetin (Kn), Naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) and Indole butyric acid (IBA). The leaf explants produced more calli than nodal explants in MS medium supplemented with 2, 4-D and BAP in combination than individual hormones. Likewise, MS medium with 1.5 mg L-1of 2, 4-D, 2.5 mg L-1 of BAP and 1.5 mg L-1of TDZ along with 1% activated charcoal was apt for multiple shoot regeneration (93.33%) from nodal explants with slight embryogenic callus. Further, each developed plantlets were produced maximum rhizogenesis in liquid MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg L-1 of IAA. Furthermore, the cytological study of embryogenic callus revealed variations in callus cells such as multinucleate, multi-nucleolate, cytodifferentiation, chromosomal bridges were noticed, besides normal dividing stages. Further, by scanning electron micrograph (SEM) analysis of embryogenic callus different stages of morphogenic developmental features were recorded.
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- 2020
29. Vecticallichirus batei (Woodward, 1869) n. comb. – a remarkable Paleogene ghost shrimp (Decapoda, Axiidea, Callichiridae) from the Isle of Wight, southern England
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Matúš Hyžný
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Geography ,biology ,Decapoda ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,Axiidea ,biology.organism_classification ,Wight ,Crustacean ,Paleogene ,Shrimp - Published
- 2020
30. An assessment of the conservation status of a presumed extinct tree species Wendlandia angustifolia Wight ex. Hook.f. in southern Western Ghats, India
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P. Balasubramanian, Ladan Rasingam, and Chellam Muthumperumal
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0106 biological sciences ,lcsh:QH1-199.5 ,Hook ,010607 zoology ,Endangered species ,lcsh:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,wendlandia angustifolia ,conservation assessment ,Wendlandia angustifolia ,lcsh:QH540-549.5 ,IUCN Red List ,endangered category ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,rubiaceae ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Rubiaceae ,biology ,Ecology ,endemic plant ,biology.organism_classification ,Geography ,Conservation status ,Animal Science and Zoology ,lcsh:Ecology ,Wight ,Tree species - Abstract
In this study, we carried out an assessment of IUCN conservation status of Wendlandia angustifolia Wight ex. Hook.f. (Rubiaceae), based on field data on populations and distribution status of this species that is narrowly endemic to southern Western Ghats. This species was earlier presumed to be extinct, however, our data suggests that it should be assigned to the Endangered (EN) category based on the IUCN Red List criteria.
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- 2020
31. Evaluation of Rasayaṇa activity of Rudanti (Capparis moonii Wight.) in the Management of Rajayakshma (Pulmonary tuberculosis)
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Lalit Nagar, Mishra J K, Dwivedi K N, and Ringzin Lamo
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Capparis ,education.field_of_study ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,Population ,biology.organism_classification ,Group B ,law.invention ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,Randomized controlled trial ,Pulmonary tuberculosis ,law ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,Wight ,education ,business ,Weight gain - Abstract
It is estimated that about 1/3rd world’s population is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It kills more adults in India than any other infectious diseases. In 2018, India was able to achieve a Total Notification of 21.5 Lakh TB cases of which 25 % was from the private sector. Majority of the TB burden is among the working age group. The 89% of TB cases come from the age group of 15-69 years. About 2/3 of the TB cases are Males. Uttar Pradesh, with 17% of population of the country, is the largest contributor to the TB cases in with 20% of the total notifications, accounting to about 4.2 Lakh cases (187 cases/ lakh population). Aim and objective: This study was intended to evaluate the rasayaṇa effect of Rudanti (Capparis moonii wight.) as an adjunct to anti-tubercular drugs in the management of Rajayakshma (PTB). Methodology: This is a single blind therapeutic control randomized clinical trial consisting of 100 patients divided in to two groups. Group A patients were treated with DOTS and group B were treated with DOTS along with Rudanti powder 5 gm BD for 6 months. Conclusion: This study shows that by incorporating an herbal rejuvenative in the management of PTB, a chronic debilitating disorder, had an additive effect. Rudanti powder can be easily administered as an adjunct to DOTS. Rudanti has hepatoprotective properties, which remunerate the hepatotoxicity known to cause by DOTS drugs. Improved weight gain in TG patients in comparison to CG indicates the accessory effect of Rudanti.
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- 2020
32. Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities of Pittosporum floribundum Wight. & Arn. – A Review
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Kishangiri Kirtigiri Gunsai, Rabinarayan Acharya, Abhay Jayprakash Gandhi, and VJ Shukla
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Phytochemistry ,Traditional medicine ,Biology ,Pittosporum ,Wight ,biology.organism_classification - Abstract
Objectives: Pittosporum floribundum Wight & Arn. (Pittosporaceae) has been associated with many therapeutic claims, especially for its ethnomedicinal and economical uses. In this review, an extensive literature survey was carried out to compile information available about its medicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological properties. Materials and Methods: Ethnobotanical uses of P. floribundum reported in available books on ethnobotany and ethnomedicinal research articles have been compiled. The obtained data are arranged in a tabular form, enlisting its local names, their area of presence and parts used. Therapeutic indications, external or internal dosage form and usage of the drug are also noted. Results and Discussion: It was found that stem bark, leaves, and root of P. floribundum are used to combat itching, rheumatism, leprosy, sprain, eczema, arthritis, diabetes, chest pain and antidote for snake bite. Bark has maximum applications in leprosy, and sprain. The extracts of the different parts were subjected to phytochemical screening for the presence of phytoconstituents such as alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, lignins, anthroquinones, steroids, tannins, saponins, fixed oils and glycosides. Studies have shown that the methanolic extract of bark having promising antifungal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, neuropharmacological and behaviour activities. Conclusion: P. floribundum has multifaceted uses in varied aspects thus underlining its significance. Reported claimed anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant activities can be further strengthened through pharmacological and clinical studies to establish the ethnic claims like leprosy, sprain, bruises, sciatica, pulmonary affection and phthisis.
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- 2020
33. Qualitative, quantitative screening and antifungal study of Pittosporum floribundum Wight & Arn
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Rabinarayan Acharya, Abhay Jayprakash Gandhi, and VJ Shukla
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Antifungal ,Traditional medicine ,biology ,medicine.drug_class ,medicine ,Pittosporum ,Wight ,biology.organism_classification - Abstract
Background: Pittosporum floribundum is an ethnomedicinal plant which has a numerous number of medicinal claims and it hasn’t been explored thoroughly. Various parts of plant used medicinally such as used in skin disorder, leprosy, etc. Aims: To explore different qualitative, quantitative and antifungal aspect of Pittosporum floribundum. Materials and methods: Different test were carried out to determine qualitative as well as quantitative parameter such as for the presence of protein, glycosides, alkaloids, carbohydrates, terpenoids, etc. Result & Discussion: The three extracts were taken for examination such as water, methanolic and hydroalcoholic. The study was carried out on Pittosporum bark and leaves and for every sample three extract were prepared. And every extract shows different results. Also, study reveals Pittosporum floribundum shows antifungal activity. Conclusion: The Pittosporum floribundum plant extracts could be used as an antifungal after comprehensive in vitro biological studies.
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- 2019
34. Symphytum caucasicum x S. orientale (Boraginaceae) in East Norfolk and Isle of Wight
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Bob Leaney
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0303 health sciences ,biology ,0206 medical engineering ,Symphytum x uplandicum ,02 engineering and technology ,General Medicine ,Boraginaceae ,Symphytum ,biology.organism_classification ,Calyx ,03 medical and health sciences ,Symphytum caucasicum ,Taxon ,Botany ,Key (lock) ,Wight ,020602 bioinformatics ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
A hybrid between Symphytum caucasicum and Symphytum orientale is described from two sites in Norfolk, and one on the Isle of Wight. The taxon seems to be a new one, certainly for the British Isles and Ireland, and is similar to two previously described hybrids from Norfolk, Symphytum x norvicense (S. asperum x orientale) and Symphytum x uplandicum x caucasicum. Separation of these three taxa is discussed: all three are characterised by a combination of variegated red, blue, purple or white corolla bell, together with a calyx dissection to less than half way. This shallowly dissected calyx is the key to recognition of these three entities, which otherwise are easily overlooked as diminutive forms of Symphytum x uplandicum
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- 2019
35. Pentasacme wallichii Wight. (Family: APOCYNACEAE): A First Record to Bhutan
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Sangay Dema, Nima Gyeltshen, Kezang Tobgay, Tandin Wangchuk, Choki Gyeltshen, Forests, Serbithang, Thimphu, and Trashigang Park Services
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Geography ,Apocynaceae ,biology ,Genus ,Elevation ,Key (lock) ,Forestry ,Wight ,Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ,biology.organism_classification ,Sea level - Abstract
In Bhutan, the genus Pentasacme Wall. ex Wight. had been represented by only one species, Pentasacme pulcherrima Grierson & Long, which is mainly distributed in shaded steep banks and gully walls in subtropical rainforest at 250-550 m above sea level. During the ongoing 100 Trees species seed conservation project in Bhutan with Millennium Seedbank, Kew, specimens of Pentasacme Wall. ex Wight. were collected from warm broadleaved forest slopes of Zhemgang and Mongar districts at elevation of 680-705 m. These specimens were later identified as Pentasacme wallichii Wight., which is a new record to Bhutan. A description, key to species, and other information of the species are provided to simplify its identification.
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- 2019
36. Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Deeds (1720–36 and 1741–9)
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Jane Hinckley
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Geography ,Wight ,Archaeology - Published
- 2021
37. The UK COVID-19 contact tracing app as both an emerging technology and public health intervention: The need to consider promissory discourses
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Gabrielle Samuel and Rosie Sims
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Government ,Health (social science) ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Emerging technologies ,business.industry ,Public health ,05 social sciences ,06 humanities and the arts ,Public relations ,050905 science studies ,0603 philosophy, ethics and religion ,National health service ,3. Good health ,Intervention (law) ,Political science ,medicine ,060301 applied ethics ,0509 other social sciences ,business ,Wight ,Contact tracing - Abstract
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) COVID-19 contact tracing app was announced to the British public on 12th April 2020. The UK government endorsed the app as a public health intervention that would improve public health, protect the NHS and ‘save lives’. On 5th May 2020 the technology was released for trial on the Isle of Wight. However, the trial was halted in June 2020, reportedly due to technological issues. The app was later remodelled and launched to the public in September 2020. The rapid development, trial and discontinuation of the app over a short period of a few months meant that the mobilisation and effect of the discourses associated with the app could be traced relatively easily. In this paper we aimed to explore how these discourses were constructed in the media, and their effect on actors – in particular, those who developed and those who trialled the app. Promissory discourses were prevalent, the trajectory of which aligned with theories developed in the sociology of expectations. We describe this trajectory, and then interpret its implications in terms of infectious disease public health practices and responsibilities.
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- 2021
38. P-218 Provision of a consultant nurse led acute hospital end-of-life care unit to meet unmet needs of dying patients
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Shane Moody and Dee Curless
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Palliative care ,business.industry ,Workforce ,medicine ,Emergency department ,Medical emergency ,Sister ,Wight ,medicine.disease ,business ,End-of-life care ,Acute hospital ,Unit (housing) - Abstract
Introduction In October 2019 within the acute hospital on the Isle of Wight we saw an increase in patients choosing to die in hospital if they were in the last days of life. This equated to 23% of the palliative and end-of-life care teams caseload and while this was recognised we also identified a consistent number of patients dying in the emergency department, CCU and ICU that were in the last hours to last day of life and had not been offered alternative preferred places of care due to high acuity needs. Aim This resulted in a bold case being put forward to develop a 3-6 bedded nurse- led end-of-life care unit. Method The proposal was supported as a pilot, underpinned by working with key partners which included Mountbatten Isle of Wight. Referrals are made to the IPET team who assess; if appropriate and in agreement with medical team, patient and family, then transfer to the Wellow Unit. The Unit is managed by an experienced palliative care sister and overseen by the consultant nurses and IPET team. Outcomes On average the Wellow Unit cares for 34 patients per month and in January 2021 at the height of the second wave of COVID-19 we cared for 64 patients. In total over the last 12 months the unit has cared for 320 patients. After a successful 12 months of being in place and increasing beds to meet COVID-19 demand in 2020-21, the unit has now been made permanent. Conclusion This development rightfully challenged this partnership working which ultimately strengthened the position we now find ourselves in. In sharing knowledge, skills and workforce resources we are now in a position to consistently meet the needs of the dying patient in the acute hospital.
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- 2021
39. Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activities of Kochia indica (Wight), plant growing in District Karak Khyber Puhktunkhuwa, Pakistan
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Hameeda Bibi
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Traditional medicine ,Phytochemical ,Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,Kochia indica ,Business and International Management ,Biology ,Wight ,Antimicrobial ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Published
- 2021
40. Genetic diversity of fragmented natural populations of Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight. in India
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A. V. Santhoshkumar, Deepu Mathew, Jiji Joseph, Manju Elizabeth, Arjun Ramachandran, and Ramesh Vasudeva
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Genetic diversity ,Pyrenacantha volubilis ,Botany ,Biology ,Wight ,Natural (archaeology) - Abstract
Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight. is a dioecious liana occurring in small, clustered populations. The species had no documented use until the recent past, when it was identified to be a source of a highly traded anti-cancer drug – camptothecin. In the present study, we examine the genetic diversity of 12 fragmented natural populations of P. volubilis using morphological and molecular traits. Twelve polymorphic Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) primers and 29 agromorphological traits were used to discriminate the populations using UPGMA and NJ tree algorithms respectively. The ISSR amplicon profile had 133 distinct bands. The maximum number of amplicons were produced by UBC 844 (20 bands) and the average polymorphism was 80.07 per cent. The dendrograms obtained based on molecular and agro-morphological data are in close congruence. The Thiruvananthapuram population stood apart in both the analyses as a discrete outgroup: perhaps a consequence of local adaptation. Substantial genetic diversity exists among populations. This could be tapped in domestication, which is the only way forward for the long-term survival of this species. We also report for the first time a standardized method for extraction of genomic DNA from the leaves of P. volubilis.
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- 2021
41. Life Cycle Assessment of Cogeneration Systems Using Raw and Torrefied Dichrostachys Cinerea (L.) Wight & Arm. (Marabou)
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Yannay Casas-Ledón, Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez, Yasmani Alba, Ernesto L. Barrera, and Maylier Pérez-Gil
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Horticulture ,Cogeneration ,biology ,Dichrostachys cinerea ,Wight ,biology.organism_classification ,Life-cycle assessment - Abstract
Purpose This study aims to assess environmentally three different alternatives related to the valorization of Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arm. (marabou), identified as an invasive tree, as a feedstock for cogeneration facilities installed in the sugarcane industry in Cuba. The alternatives are (A-1) Electricity generation from marabou in a conventional back-pressure steam turbine cycle, (A-2) Electricity generation from torrefied marabou in a back-pressure steam turbine cycle, and (A-3) Electricity generation from torrefied marabou using extraction-condensing turbines.Methods SimaPro 9.0.0.35 software was used for the modeling of the inventory, based on different operational parameters. The ReCiPe environmental impact assessment method was used in the hierarchical perspective, assessing 18 impact categories (midpoint), and 3 damage categories (endpoint).Results and discussion The results demonstrated that A-3 shows the lower environmental impacts (Fine Particulate Matter Formation, Terrestrial Acidification, and Water Consumption) as compared to A-2 and A-1. This performance is explained by a lower normalized marabou consumption (1.85 kg marabou/kWh generated), and lower emissions associated with marabou harvesting, transportation, and processing. The cogeneration stage was the main contributor to the environmental burdens in Water Consumption (100% in A-1; 87% in A-2 and A-3). Marine Ecotoxicity was the impact category with better environmental performance due to the substitution of synthetic mineral fertilizers by ashes produced during combustion. The human health damage category reached the higher impacts on the torrefaction subsystem in the A-3 scenario, representing over 94% of the total environmental burden of the process. PM2, and SO2 contributed the most over this damage category, mainly in marabou combustion, causing injuries in respiratory systems by aspiration of organic compounds.Conclusions The use of more efficient technology (extraction-condensing steam turbine), using torrefied marabou as feedstock, compared with the previous alternatives, impacts beneficially on the environment. Thus, a combination of marabou torrefaction with cogeneration facilities in sugarcane industries can be considered as an environmental-friendly technology in the Cuban context. The current study results will help decision-makers implement more sustainable policies in the Cuban energy sector, using marabou as feedstock as an attractive bioenergy route pathway.
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- 2021
42. Dietary diversity during infancy and the association with childhood food allergen sensitization
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William C. Anderson, Suzanne Ngo, Kaci Pickett, Carina Venter, Taraneh Dean, and Kate Maslin
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Allergy ,Immunology ,Dietary diversity ,Food group ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Microbiome ,Food allergens ,Child ,Sensitization ,Asthma ,business.industry ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,Infant ,Allergens ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Family medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Wight ,business ,Food Hypersensitivity ,Food sensitization - Abstract
Dietary diversity during infancy and the association with childhood food allergen sensitization Authors: Kate Maslin PhD1,2, Kaci Pickett MSc3, Suzanne Ngo3,4 MD, William Anderson3,4 MD, Taraneh Dean PhD2,5, Carina Venter PhD2,3,4School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.The David Hide Asthma and Allergy Centre, St. Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, UKUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado, USAAllergy and Immunology Section, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado, USAUniversity of Brighton, Brighton, UKRunning title: Dietary diversity and food sensitization
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- 2021
43. Cynanchum corymbosum Wight: A New Plant Record For Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Bhasker Joshi, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Uday Bhan Prajapati, Anupam Srivastava, Sangam Sharma, Rama Shankar, Amit Kumar, Aashish Kumar, Aqib, and Acharya Balkrishna
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Botany ,Cynanchum corymbosum ,Biology ,Wight - Abstract
The present paper deals with the new record of Cynanchum corymbosum Wight (Apocynaceae), for Arunachal Pradesh, India, with detailed taxonomic citation, botanical description, phenology along with ecological notes of the species.
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- 2021
44. Estimation of Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenol, Flavonoid Content among Natural Populations of Caper (Capparis moonii, Wight) from Western Ghats Region.
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Yadav, Pallavi and Malpathak, Nutan
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CAPPARIS moonii ,ANTIOXIDANT analysis ,PHENOL analysis ,FLAVONOIDS ,HEXANE ,NATIVE plants - Abstract
Antioxidant activity (%) of Capparis moonii, Wight leaves and stem collected from Amboli, Western Ghat (India) was measured using DPPH, Phosphmolybdenum reduction, FRAP, Reducing power assay and H2O2 radical scavenging assay along with its total phenol and flavanoid content. Current research focuses on exploring antioxidants of plant origin. Method: In this study, the antioxidant activity of hexane, chloroform, ethylacetate, methanol and aqueous crude extracts of leaves and stem of Capparis moonii were evaluated by above mentioned various antioxidant assays. The various antioxidant activities were compared to standard antioxidants such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and Ascorbic acid. Phenolic and Flavanoid content was correlated with antioxidant activity. Results: Crude extracts were found to be more effective as compared to standard antioxidants like ascorbic acid and BHT. No correlation was observed between the antioxidant activities of various extracts of leaves and stem of Capparis moonii and total phenol, flavanoid content. Conclusion: The antioxidant activities of the plant extracts largely depend on the composition, concentration of the extracts, conditions of the test system and synergestic action of secondary metaboltes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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45. A review on Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.: The wonder medicinal plant with prodigious potential in therapeutics
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Sandip D. Desai, Neetin Desai, and Sandeep R. Pai
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biology ,Traditional medicine ,Computer Networks and Communications ,Hardware and Architecture ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Art ,Terminalia arjuna ,Wight ,biology.organism_classification ,Software ,Wonder ,media_common - Published
- 2021
46. Elinor Wight Gardner: Pioneer Geoarcheologist, Quaternary Scientist and Geomorphologist
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Maxine R. Kleindienst, Rebecca Phillipps, Joshua Emmitt, Sarah L. Evans, and Kathleen Nicoll
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010506 paleontology ,geology ,QE1-996.5 ,biography ,Passions ,women in science ,Personal life ,Biography ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Archival research ,Elinor Wight Gardner ,archeology ,geoarcheology ,archival research ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Charisma ,Women in science ,Wight ,Classics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Geologist - Abstract
Elinor Wight Gardner (1892–1981) was the first female geologist who worked and published as a geoarcheologist. During her career, she worked in arid lands of North Africa, Mediterranean and the Near East, and was regarded as a pioneering geoscientist who made important contributions in multiple fields, including archeology, geomorphology, paleontology and Quaternary science. Despite her ground-breaking work at many archeological sites, Gardner’s impact has been largely unrecognized. Few details are known about her personal life, she was a private and reserved person who left limited first-hand accounts of her opinions and motivations. Gardner worked with charismatic figures such as her life-long friend and primary collaborator, the archeologist Gertrude Caton Thompson (1888–1985). This biography synthesizes primary sources and draws insights about Gardner’s character from her bibliography, publications and notebooks, and mentions by contemporary peers. Much attention has focused on the historical “ancestral passions” of characters working in the fields of geology and archeology, with much emphasis on the ‘founding fathers’ and significantly less recognition of its ‘grandmothers’. We bring attention to the full scope of Gardner’s insightful contributions through analysis of her important collaborative research projects linking archeology and landscape studies during the early twentieth century.
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- 2021
47. Aproaerema vinella Bankes, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): larvae found on the Isle of Wight, England, feeding in spun, unopened flowers of Genista tinctoria ssp. tinctoria L., an apparently previously unrecorded observation
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R. J. Heckford and S. D. Beavan
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Lepidoptera genitalia ,Larva ,biology ,Insect Science ,Aproaerema ,Botany ,Genista tinctoria ,Bankes ,biology.organism_classification ,Wight ,Gelechiidae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Published
- 2020
48. Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn., a potentially invasive tree in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Michael D. Cheek and R.G.C. Boon
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0106 biological sciences ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,Population ,Forestry ,Plant Science ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Vachellia farnesiana ,0104 chemical sciences ,010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry ,Tree (data structure) ,Geography ,Ornamental tree ,Wight ,education ,Kwazulu natal ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Vachellia farnesiana was in cultivation in South Africa as an ornamental tree as early as 1858. The first non-cultivated specimen was collected in 1888 and the first naturalised population in 1952. We surveyed 4.5 km along a seasonal watercourse near Albert Falls Dam in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where a V. farnesiana population was identified in 2016. We found a total of 1203 trees of V. farnesiana, of which 82% of the trees produced fruit. Field observations suggest that this species has the potential to become invasive in South Africa.
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- 2019
49. EVALUATION OF THE ANALGESIC ACTIVITY OF THE LEAF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF ZANTHOXYLUM OVALIFOLIUM WIGHT
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Raja Naika, Ashwathanarayana R, and Pavani P
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Traditional medicine ,Analgesic ,Biology ,Wight ,Zanthoxylum ovalifolium - Published
- 2019
50. Regional variation in agro-morphological descriptors of Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W. Wight
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Akm Golam Sarwar, Amir Hossain, S. C. Chanda, Anm Shamsuzzaman, and Mustafizur Rahman
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Regional variation ,Sesbania bispinosa ,Botany ,Plant Science ,Morphological descriptors ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Wight - Abstract
The effect of regional diversity on 12 agro-morphological descriptors of Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W. Wight was studied. The mean sum of square varied significantly for six of these traits viz., plant height, branch number/plant, pod number/plant, pod length, seed number/pod and seed width. Among the ten regions, plants grown from seeds of Tangail, Chuadanga and Sirajganj districts of Bangladesh performed better in terms of plant height, number of branches/plant, number of pods/plant, pod length, number of seeds/pod and seed width. In principal component analysis, first six principal components (PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5 and PC6) showed Eigen value >1 and accounted for 85.6% of the total variance. In cluster analysis based on the studied agro-morphological descriptors, the cluster 1 consists of three regions (Chuadanga, Tangail and Jhinaidah), cluster 2 of six regions (Khulna, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Sunamganj, Gaibandha and Faridpur) and cluster 3 of only one district (Sirajganj). Considering these multivariate analyses, three different morphotypes of S. bispinosa could be identified from different locations.
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- 2019
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