The aim of the study was to determine the chemical composition of “green” morphotype wild taro Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. The results indicated that C. esculenta contains organic compounds such as steroids, flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, coumarines and glycosides. The antibacterial activity of C. esculenta was investigated on Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis by well-agar diffusion method. Both leaf and tuber extracts showed antibacterial activity against the tested bacteria. This wild taro was indicated to be more effective against gram-negative bacteria than gram-positive bacteria.

Some physico-chemical properties of hyperbranched poly([1,2,3]-triazole-[1,3,5]-triazine)s synthesized by thermal azide-alkyne cycloaddition of AB2 and A2B monomers were studied by DSC, TGA, SEC and other methods. Density, thermal stability, shock and friction sensitivity were determined. Heat of monomers and polymers formation was calcu-lated from their combustion heat, which were also defined. The thermodynamical compati-bility of polymers with various plasticizers was investigated by the micro-interference method in the temperature range from 20 °C to 100 ° C. The phase state diagrams were plotted based on the mutual solubility of polymers with plasticizers data. The interdiffusion coefficients were found in a wide range of temperatures and solution compositions of in-vestigated systems. Superb properties of hyperbranched poly([1,2,3]-triazole-[1,3,5]-triazine)s make them ideal for the development of novel energetic materials on their base

Features of specialized legal discourse and ways of translating it are the author’s main interests of this theoretical paper. Translators are expected to obtain full command of lexical and syntactic characteristics of legal discourse to, of course, successfully translate a specialized text from one language into another, but most importantly, at the same time the translator has to become an expert in a correct and appropriate language use; he or she is expected to use and to be able to interpret each language rule and regulation constituting grammar, syntax and lexicon of both the original and the translation. This is a try to theoretically display the surface level structure of a specialized discourse text message, as a part of translation task. This way, the reader would get an organized presentation what multileveled specialized translation in fact is and what steps, procedures and tools appear to be most helpful to achieve assumed practical results.

“Life as we do not know” is often represented by possible life-in-oil that is typically predicted for the real methane/ethane lakes on the surface of Titan. Existing examples of life-in-oil are certain oil-degrading microorganisms and the petroleum fly. Here, we report a new example of worm-in-oil. The worms, <5 mm long and <0.5 mm wide, were found in a natural tar pit and affiliated with a detritus worm, Spirosperma ferox, based on 18S rRNA gene sequences. The worms were maintained in the sampled natural tar in laboratory for >3 years, while the worms of also closely related and commercially available Tubifex tubifex died in <48 hours. Biological characterization of the tar pit worm would help detailed imagination of life-in-oil on Titan.

Abstract- the characteristics of today\'s world is that it is strongly influenced by the phenomenon of ICT and covers all aspects of modern human life in some way. One of the remarkable achievements of ICT is that it has come to the aid of the new generation of societies involved in war and has opened windows of hope for them in an atmosphere of insecurity. The reason for this hope and positive thinking is that it has facilitated the most crucial part of their lives, namely education, and has been a useful and effective platform for them to conduct their educational programs in a national and international framework. Improve themselves in educational and cultural dimensions. Today, poor and war-torn societies generally have two groups of technology natives and tech immigrants, whose constructive and healthy interaction between education and technology management causes this transition to take place in a principled way.

This article reviews traditional approaches for the treatment and prevention of substance abuse and dependence. In many parts of the world, consuming alcohol is a common feature of social meetings. However, the consuming alcohol is associated with a risk of adverse health and social effects related to its intoxicating, toxic and dependence-producing properties. Alcoholism is a serious problem throughout the world. The development of alcoholism remedies has medical, social and economical significance. In view of the pitfalls of psychological dependence and adverse behavioral effects of synthetic drugs, the development of low toxicity and high efficiency medicines derived from natural products exhibits expansive market prospects. Based on these considerations, we summarized folk application of traditional hangover remedies and clinical applications of herbal complex and patent medicines for alcoholism treatment. We have reviewed the effects of natural medicines on intake, absorption and metabolism of alcohol, as well as the protective effects on alcohol-induced acute and chronic tissue injury.

A new principle of origin and the nature of the action of gravity forces are proposed. Forces of universal attraction have plane-symmetrical directions. On this basis, it becomes possible to reconsider certain regularities in natural science. The new principle of gravitation will allow to explain physical paradoxes, to improve methods of scientific research and some technological processes.

This article investigates the dependence risk of bank equity returns that are classified in 5 portfolios. For this purpose, we examine multivariate dependence structures of the portfolios by using a vine copula. Moreover, symmetric and asymmetric bivariate copula families are used to thoroughly analyze conditional tail dependence in the vine structures. We find that any linear correlation approaches are likely to overestimate the strength of dependence risk among the portfolios. In addition, we present empirical evidence on asymmetric conditional tail dependence, showing a stronger dependence risk in the bull market than in the bear market. These findings provide investors with more accurate information on financial risk management and portfolio construction beyond a simple linear correlation approach.

Background The purpose of this study is to examine how self-esteem, depression, and emotional regulation affect school life adjustment, and how this affects college students. Therefore, this study examines and analyzes how self-esteem, depression, and emotional regulation relate to school life adjustment and affect it, so we expect it to come to be used as a basic resource for a positive college life adjustment counseling program.\nMethods A total of 238 students (93 males and 145 females) responded to the questionnaire, all of whom participated voluntarily. The questionnaires consisted of two questions on general characteristics, 20 questions on school life adjustment, 14 questions on self-esteem, 20 questions on depression, and 25 questions on emotional regulation; 81 questions in total.\nResults First, there was no significant differences found in school life adjustment or emotional regulation according to gender. However, female students were higher in self-esteem and lower in depression than male students, with these differences being statistically significant\nSecond, school life adjustment was positively related to self-esteem and emotional regulation, and negatively related to depression in the correlation between self-esteem, depression, and emotional regulation according to school life adjustment.\nConclusion In the present study, only depression was selected as a factor mediating school life adjustment. However, college life adjustment, based on previous studies related to the college life adjustment problem, is known to be influenced by various internal and external factors. Based on this, further comprehensive and continuous research should be conducted on the influence of various variables such as anxiety, emotion, self-esteem, and self-esteem.

Bacterial food poisoning frequently mediated by the consumption of pathogenic microbial-contaminated food and water. The most important bacterial species that play a key role in food poisoning are E. coli, Bacillus sp, Listeria sp, Salmonella sp, Campylobacter sp, Clostridium sp, and Staphylococcus aureus [1]. The primary target in the prevention of food poisoning is to hinder the growth and development of pathogenic microbes during the storage period of the food product, which in turn reduces the production of microbial toxins. There are various strategies to overcome this health problem. For instance, in recent years, probiotics (as beneficial microorganisms that if taken in sufficient amounts possess extensive health effects on the host) have been widely used for this purpose [2,3]. Probiotics due to its unique antimicrobial properties possess a significant effect on the growth of pathogenic germs as well as on the production of microbial detrimental toxins [4,5]. In this regard, the results of studies demonstrated that a large part of antimicrobial mechanisms of probiotics can be associated with the presence of bioactive compounds (postbiotics) that are produced and/or derived by living probiotic cells [6]. The term of postbiotics states to all products gained from probiotic microorganisms including non-viable cells, cell-wall components, secretions, fractions, lysates, and metabolites that when intake in satisfactory quantities endowment healthiness to the host similar to parent live probiotic cells [7,8]. The main antimicrobial mechanisms of postbiotics are related to the various biological molecules include bacteriocin (directly act by affecting the structure and function of bacterial peptides and creating pores in cell membranes) [9], peptides (act by creating acidity in bacterial cell membranes), fatty acids (act by increasing membrane permeability and subsequent cell lysis and disruption of the electron transport chain) [10], organic acids (act by acidification of cellular cytoplasm and preventing of energy regulation/production) [11], and hydrogen peroxide (by damaging cytoplasm protein structure) [9]. In this context, many investigations have been conducted to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of postbiotics. In an in vitro study, Moradi et al., (2019), investigated the antimicrobial and functional characteristics of postbiotics derived from lactobacilli acidophilus LA5, lactobacilli casei 431 and lactobacilli salivarius on Listeria monocytogenes in the whole milk and ground meat model. They found that all examined postbiotics possess a significant antimicrobial and biofilm removal activity on L. monocytogenes, and these biological activities are mainly associated with the presence of pyrrolo [1,2-a] pyrazine-1,4-dione as well as different organic acids [12,13]. Consequently postbiotics are pure compounds with high performance that can be applied as a novel strategy to suppress the growth and development of pathogenic germs, suppress the production of microbial toxins and/or their excretion from the food matrices (by binding to toxic metabolites) and finally as a promising tool to control food poisoning [12]. Further studies are required to investigate the antimicrobial activity of postbiotics against food poisoning pathogenic germs in various food models. Also, head-to-head studies are needed for the assessment of the cost-effectiveness of postbiotic strategy compared to current control strategies.

Carbon capturing and storage (CCS) is new technology to remove CO2 from the processes that involve elimination of CO2 as its effect on the environment and incessant increase in temperature of the Earth, makes it interesting as well as most dangerous issue that should be dealt timely to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. In the present research, the data obtained from the experimental study of CO2 capture pilot plant at the Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamic in TU Kaiserslautern, Germany, is used for the rate based model validation for different cases using monoethenolamine (MEA) as a solvent. Process simulation sensitivity analysis performed includes a wide range of CO2 concentrations for flue gas of different sources i.e. natural gas fired power plant, exhaust gas recycle and coal based power plant. Results obtained from sensitivity analysis point out the effects of lean loading, stripper pressure, MEA concentration and CO2 concentration in flue gas on energy requirement of reboiler and degree of regeneration using MEA as a solvent for a pilot-scale study. It was found that the specific reboiler duty is least for coal-fired power plant in comparison to the natural gas –fired and exhaust gas recycled power plant, keeping the flow rate of the flue gas constant.

Conflicting theories predict either positive or negative links between long-term interest rates and stock prices, and empirical studies have found evidence to support both notions. This article revisits the debate, exploring the relationship using Gaussian copula marginal regression and D-vine copula based quantile regression. We identified a negative relationship across all considered stock indices prior to COVID-19, but a dramatic reversal during the pandemic, throughout which a negative association between long-term interest rates and the Nasdaq index remained, but a positive association between long-term interest rates and the S&P 500 as well as the Dow Jones indices emerged. Growth and value stocks, it seems, responded differently to long-term interest rate movements during the pandemic. Our findings will be of interest to those who must perform risk management and make decisions about portfolio diversification in periods of high uncertainty.

The present study sought to elucidate the effect of ballet program on menopause related changes in satiety or appetite regulation hormones, leptin and ghrelin, homeostatic model of insulin resistance and body composition. Twenty postmenopausal women were randomly either ballet group (EX, n=10) or control group (CON, n=10). The EX group practiced a ballet program. Body composition, levels of leptin, ghrelin, insulin, glucose, and HOMA-IR were assessed before and after 12 weeks in a fasted state. There was significant group by time interaction (p < 0.05) for leptin, insulin, and HOMA-IR which significantly decreased (p < 0.05) and ghrelin which significantly increased (p < 0.05). These results indicate that ballet program may be an attractive and enjoyable intervention for improving menopause associated appetite regulation hormonal changes in postmenopausal women.

The symptomatic changes we have encountered in clinical practice in recent decades cannot fail to be of interest to the clinician. These have emerged in parallel with a certain social context, the particularities of which raise questions about their effects on the process of subjectivation. The proliferation of the diagnoses of autism - which is characterised by an avoidance of the relationship with the Other, understood by Lacan as the Other of language - but also of addictive practices in subjects from any clinical structure, or of so-called borderline personality disorder, to give but a few examples, points to this contemporary tendency to avoid the relationship with the Other mediated by language and castration. This specific feature of a tendency to avoid castration is contemporary with a certain Western social context - which is spreading with globalisation - marked by the rise of a quantification of the world, which finds its paroxysm in capitalist logic, and which is massively supported by technical and technological advances. So how does this current "empire of numbers" - to borrow an expression from Olivier Rey (2016, p.7), a French mathematician, novelist, essayist and philosopher – contribute to the avoidance of a relationship between the subject and the Other, a necessary condition for the process of subjectivation? This question sets us on a journey that goes from the genealogy of the quantification of the world to its digitisation and the impact on the symbolic, and more specifically on the changes in languages and their consequences for contemporary subjects.