Enhancement the crystallization and electro-magnetic properties of BaO-AlO-BO glass ceramics doped with NdO-rare earth.

In the present study, a novel glass system containing Neodymium(III) oxide with BaO, AlO, and BO were created via a popular melt-quenching technique. NdO were added, in different concentrations, instead of BO to study its impact on the crystallization, and electro-magnetic behaviors of the prepared poly-crystalline materials. Thermal characteristics via DTA, XRD and SEM techniques were involved to explore the crystallization and structural properties.

XRD, FTIR and ultrasonic investigations of cadmium lead bismuthate glasses.

Cadmium lead bismuthate glasses in the system xCdO-(1-x)[0.5PbO + 0.5BiO](40 mol% ≤ x ≤ 90 mol%) were successfully prepared by melt-quenching method.

Financial and economic analyses of the impact of cattle mastitis on the profitability of Egyptian dairy farms.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate and quantify the different factors affecting the costs of mastitis in cattle, to quantify the annual and monthly financial losses attributed to mastitis, and to estimate production losses using average linear scores found on The Dairy Herd Improvement Association somatic cell count (SCC) sheets and bulk tank SCC per lactation number.

Materials And Methods: All data (bovine mastitis-associated costs and expenditures in Egyptian dairy herds) were analyzed using SPSS/PCT, 2001. A partial budget technique using spreadsheet software and the general linear model procedure was used to analyze the productive and financial measures.

Insights into the oxidative status and antioxidative responses of germinating broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.) seeds in tungstate contaminated water.

The utilization of tungsten in traffic, smelting, mining, and other industrial applications allows its' accumulation in the environmental ecosystems. The present study included using a soluble form of tungsten (tungstate) at different levels (0, 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 mg L) as a water contaminant. The germinating seeds experienced tungstate at 1-50 mg L exhibited stimulation of seedling dry and fresh matter stress tolerance indices, whereas retardation of these traits at the level of 100 mg L was manifested.

Concentration-dependent effects of tungstate on germination, growth, lignification-related enzymes, antioxidants, and reactive oxygen species in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.).

The phyto-impact of tungstate is not frequently studied like other heavy metals especially in the sight of continuous accumulation of tungstate in the agriculture soils and water. Thus, the present study was aimed to investigate the supplementation of various tungstate concentrations (0, 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100) to germination water (mg L) or clay soil (mg kg) on germination and metabolism of broccoli. Lower concentrations (1-10 mg L) accelerated germination process and reciprocally were recorded at the highest one (100 mg L).