Abstract: In this study, the effect of a dietary supplementation of Apium graveolens on immune and haematological responses of juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio) were evaluated. C. carpio, with an average weight at the beginning of the experiment of 6.5 ± 0.07 g, were supplemented with a celery (Apium graveolens) aqueous methanolic extract at a dose of 0% (control), 0.01%, 0.05% or 0.1% over 45 d. Every 15 d, respiratory burst, lysozyme and myeloperoxidase activity were measured, and at the end of the study, haematological responses were investigated. The result showed that respiratory burst and myeloperoxidase activity was significantly improved in all treated groups compared with the control group (P ˂ 0.05). Lysozyme activity was highest in the 0.01% and 0.1% extract groups. Haematological parameters were affected by A. graveolens extract intake (P ˂ 0.05). The total white and red blood counts, haemoglobin content and haematocrit value were highest in the 0.1% extract group (P ˂ 0.05). However, the mean cell volume, mean cell haemoglobin and mean cell haemoglobin concentration were decreased in the 0.05% group (P ˂ 0.05). These results indicated an immunostimulatory effect of A. graveolens aqueous methanolic extract for common carp. 

Abstract: In this study, the effect of a dietary supplementation of Tilia tomentosa on growth performance and digestive enzyme activities in juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio) were evaluated. C. carpio, with an average weight of 4.35 ± 0.16 g, were fed diet with supplemented with a celery (Tilia tomentosa) aqueous methanolic extract at the dose of 0 mg kg-1 (control), 100 mg kg-1 , 500 mg kg-1 and 1000 mg kg-1 during 45 days. At the end of the study, the final weight was significantly increased in the 100 mg kg-1 , and 1 mg kg-1 compared with the control group (P < 0.05). The weight gain rate was also significantly increased in the experimental groups’ compared with the control (P < 0.05). The feed conversion ratio was significantly decreased in the 500 mg kg-1 and 1000 mg kg-1 groups compared with the control (P < 0.05). The specific growth rate was significantly increased in the 500 mg kg-1 and 1000 mg kg-1 groups compared with control group (P < 0.05). The digestive enzymes activity (Amylase, lipase and trypsin) was also measured and no significant differences in the enzymes activities were determined at the end of the study compared to control (P > 0.05). 

Natural abundance of the larval ectoparasitoid Diglyphus isaea walker was estimated on three summer host plants [tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), Bell peppers (Capsicum annuum), eggplants (Solanum melongena)] in Ojilate region. The parasitoid recorded low abundance in April on all studied host plants. Then developed high populations in May and June, the population then decreased by the end of the successive season. The parasitoid D. isaea showed 2-3 peaks of abundance on all investigated host plants, the highest one recorded 36, 29, and 16 individuals/ 50 infested leaflets on tomatoes, eggplant, and bell pepper respectively. The highest monthly average numbers in June on tomatoes recorded 26.25±3.86, in May on eggplants recorded 20.25±6.50, and in June on bell pepper recorded (20.25±6.50 individuals/ 50 infested leaflets). Moreover the highest average monthly percentages of parasitism occurred in May recorded (45.71±27.66, 41.04±25.13 and 25.19±11.19) on tomatoes, eggplants and bell pepper respectively

This paper describes a standalone hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) design for Al-Faowar village located at West Libya. The hybrid system comprises of Photovoltaic (PV), wind turbines, diesel generators and battery storage system. The system was design the primary load of 170 households, three commercial and government buildings, one school; and one mosque in the village. Numerous combinations of the hybrid system were assessed in HOMER to find the optimal combination based on the Net Present Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. The results of the most optimal hybrid system combinations for Al-Faowar village was 6,000 kW of PV system, 3,750 kW of wind power system, 500 kW of diesel generator and 1,900 Ah of battery storage syste hybrid system in this study shows promising results that capable to meet the load demand via renewable energy generations with minimal diesel generator running time. This paper describes a standalone hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) design for Faowar village located at West Libya. The hybrid system comprises of Photovoltaic (PV), wind turbines, diesel generators and battery storage system. The system was design the primary load of 170 households, three commercial and government buildings, one school; and one mosque in the village. Numerous combinations of the hybrid system were assessed in HOMER to find the optimal combination based on the Net Present Cost (NPC) alongside Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. The results of the most optimal hybrid system Faowar village was 6,000 kW of PV system, 3,750 kW of wind power system, 500 kW of diesel generator and 1,900 Ah of battery storage system hybrid system in this study shows promising results that capable to meet the load demand via renewable energy generations with minimal diesel generator running time.

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an important paradigm shift of computer networking in the last 10 years. The concept of SDN is so powerful that the potential of applying it can easily be perceived beyond the initial use case of large data centre networks. We are motivated by this perception to explore the potential use of SDN in the context of home networks specifically, even though home environments were not the driving scenario behind SDN in the first years of its development. Lacking other reviews on the subject, we performed a focused search for every article that proposes, discusses or otherwise addresses the idea of implementing SDN in home networking. We surveyed four major technical and online databases (IEEE Xplore, ACM, ScienceDirect and Wiley) to ensure the inclusion of relevant, quality and authentic works. The final filtered set included 42 articles that spanned the period from 2010 to 2017. Most of the articles address specific aspects of controlling and managing home networks, such as Quality of Experience, security, Internet caps, Internet-of-Things device management and other specific themes, while the rest of articles address the generic case of managing home networks using SDN without a special focus on a particular target application. We derive a simple taxonomy for the works on home SDN and summarize the complete set of works, highlighting few points along the way and drawing few simple statistics.

With advances in technology, the internet has allowed advertisers to design advertisements with unique features that can help capture consumers’ visual attention and enhance their psychological states such as attitudes and emotions. Yet, web advertising features and attributes can significantly contribute to online consumer behaviors. This paper strives to provide guidelines for researchers and advertisers as to what outlines the effects of online advertising design on consumers’ processing and multiple outcomes. The findings indicated that exposure to a well-designed online advertisement can influence several cognitive and emotional responses, such as attention to the ad, motivations to process the ad, depth of processing, pleasure, arousal, and online purchase intention. According to the present review, consumer involvement is regarded as an important moderator in the relationships between web advertising content as well as design and several responses, including consumers’ intention to search and process information. The article concludes by identifying several areas of opportunities for advancing our understanding of web advertising effects. Marketers and advertisers will find the current work useful, as it can be used to maximize the effectiveness of web advertising.

Consanguinity constitutes one of the major health problems worldwide,

in which consanguineous marriages are associated with an increased risk for

congenital malformations and autosomal recessive diseases. Although the

advancement in modern biomedicine and forensic laboratories techniques continue

to guide scientists to move forward to unravel many life sciences secrets, it is still

ambiguous to investigate the full picture of milk kinship and its related

consanguinity. Theoretically, it is possible to see such consanguinity developed

from early sufficient breast-milk feeding. Thus, scientists should cooperate to

investigate the problem practically to find a proper solution. This review article

focuses on the alleged consanguinity that evolves from milk breastfeeding or

beyond through wet nursing or milk formula feeding. Additionally, this article

proposes the idea of removing milk genetic components to establish a new safe

genetically free formula as a promising solution.