• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.372-377
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• 2001

A study on the prevalence and causes of sub-clinical mastitis was conducted on ten smallholder and large-scale dairy farms in Morogoro urban and peri-urban areas. A total of 65 lactating cows were screened using the California Mastitis Test (CMT). Confirmatory tests used included; the direct microscopic somatic cell count (DMSCC), culture, bacteriological and biochemical tests. Structured questionnaires were used to collect information on management aspects. Results showed 62% and 4% cows as sub- clinical and clinical mastitis cases respectively. Levels of infection were higher on smallholder farms (75%) than on large-scale farms (25%). All tested cows had high cell counts (>500,000) per ml of milk. Incidences of mastitis were significantly (p<0.05) related to milking practices. The dominant bacterial isolates in the same order were Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus spp, and Escherichia coli. Other organisms isolated included Pseudomonas spp and Klebsiella spp. It was concluded that the high rates of sub-clinical mastitis in the research area were mainly due to poor management and unhygienic milking practices.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1852-1859
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• 2019

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus, belonging to the genus Alphavirus of the Togaviridae family. It causes multiple symptoms, including headache, fever, severe joint and muscle pain, and arthralgia. Since CHIKV was first isolated in Tanzania in 1952, there have been multiple outbreaks of chikungunya fever. However, its pathogenesis and mechanisms of viral immune evasion have been poorly understood. In addition, the exact roles of individual CHIKV genes on the host innate immune response remain largely unknown. To investigate if CHIKV-encoded genes modulate the type I interferon (IFN) response, each and every CHIKV gene was screened for its effects on the induction of the IFN-β promoter. Here we report that CHIKV nsP2, E2 and E1 strongly suppressed activation of the IFN-β promoter induced by the MDA5/RIG-I receptor signaling pathway, suggesting that nsP2, E2, and E1 are the major antagonists against induction of IFN-β. Delineation of underlying mechanisms of CHIKV-mediated inhibition of the IFN-β pathway may help develop virus-specific therapeutics and vaccines.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.276-282
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• 2019

${\beta}$-amyloid precursor protein (APP) can be cleaved by ${\alpha}$-, and ${\gamma}$-secretase at plasma membrane producing soluble ectodomain fragment ($sAPP{\alpha}$). Alternatively, following endocytosis, APP is cleaved by ${\beta}$-, and ${\gamma}$-secretase at early endosomes generating ${\beta}$-amyloid ($A{\beta}$), the main culprit in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thus, APP endocytosis is critical for $A{\beta}$ production. Recently, we reported that Monsonia angustifolia, the indigenous vegetables consumed in Tanzania, improved cognitive function and decreased $A{\beta}$ production. In this study, we examined the underlying mechanism of justicidin A, the active compound of M. angustifolia, on $A{\beta}$ production. We found that justicidin A reduced endocytosis of APP, increasing $sAPP{\alpha}$ level, while decreasing $A{\beta}$ level in HeLa cells overexpressing human APP with the Swedish mutation. The effect of justicidin A on $A{\beta}$ production was blocked by endocytosis inhibitors, indicating that the decreased APP endocytosis by justicidin A is the underlying mechanism. Thus, justicidin A, the active compound of M. angustifolia, may be a novel agent for AD treatment.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.735-741
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• 1999

The effects of supplementation with nitrogen molasses mineral blocks and molasses urea mix during and immediately prior to the dry season on the production of dairy cows were studied on-station and on-farm near Morogoro, Tanzania. Supplementation of blocks to on-station cows also receiving ad libitum grass hay and 6 kg/d of maize bran increased milk production from 6.7 L/d to 11.2 L/d (p<0.05), increased dry matter intake from 10.1 kg/d to 12.0 kg/d (p<0.05), but did not significantly affect milk composition, intake of hay, and live weight changes. This increase in milk yield is mainly explained by increased intakes of energy and nitrogen. Supplementation with the molasses urea mix increased daily milk yield from 6.7 L/d to 8.8 L/d (p<0.05), but did not significantly affect the other measured production parameters. The on-farm supplementation of the blocks increased daily milk yield by 1.5 L/d in the dry season (p<0.05). This supplementation did not increase milk yields prior to the dry season, since quality forage was still available. Taking the production costs into account, supplementation with the blocks and supplementation with mix were cost effective if milk yields increased by 0.7 L/d. Hence supplementation with blocks and supplementation with mix were effective on-station, and supplementation with blocks was cost effective on-farm during the dry season.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.168-173
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• 2004

The ability of frozen-thawed fetal skin was examined to generate viable cell lines for nuclear transfer. Fetal skin frozen at -20$-20^{\circ}C$, $-30^{\circ}C$ or $-80^{\circ}C$ in the presence of 5% DMSO used as tissue explants to generate somatic cells. The resultant confluent cells were then used as donors for nuclear transfer (NT). Of the bovine NT embryos reconstracted from the somatic cells, 62.3%, 76.6% to 65% showed cleavage 70.5%, 81.9% to 78.5% reached the stage of morula formation and 39.7%, 43.2% or 47.6% reached the blastocyst stage. There was no significant difference in development when the NT embryos were compared with those reconstracted from fresh somatic cell derieved skin tissues (72%, 75.3%, and 45.2%, for cleavage, and development to morula and blastocyst stage, respectively). NT embryos were then placed in a portable $CO_2$ incubator and carried to China from Japan by air. After reaching to farm, two NT embryos were transferred to each of 5 recipients. We obtained 2 NT calves which birth weights is 30kg and 36kg female, and gestation periods is 281 and 284 days, respectively. There were no observation any abnormality from those calves. The results indicated that cell lines derieved from bovine fetal skin cryopreserved by a simple method could be used as donors in nuclear transfer using the portable $CO_2$ incubator.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2010

대전동물원에 탄자니아로부터 페리칸이 수입되었고 5일 후에 한 마리가 폐사 하였다. 선위에서 다수의 기생충을 분리하였으며 다음과 같은 특징을 가지고 있었다. 3개의 입술이 존재하였고 입술에는 치상돌기가 존재하지 않았으며 입술 사이에는 순간돌기가 잘 발달되어 있었다. 순간돌기는 삼각형으로 분기되어 있지 않았다. 수컷은 다수의 전항문 유두 (69-79)가 아복면에 배열되어 있었다. 부총배설강 유두는 대형의 1쌍과 5개가 존재하였다. 이러한 형태학적 특징을 기초로 페리칸에서 분리한 기생충을 Contracaecum rudolphii로 분류하였다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.177-185
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• 2009

Dryland species and ecosystems have developed unique strategies to cope with low and sporadic rainfall. They are highly resilient and recover quickly from prevailing disturbances such as fires, herbivore pressure and drought. Dryland people have engineered pastoral and farming systems, which are adapted to these conditions and have sustained the livelihoods of dryland people for centuries. In this article, we present the status of potentials and threats to dryland biodiversity and explore options for its conservation and sustainable use. Findings of the research can be summarized as follows: (i) The ecosystem goods and services are highly valued by the community but mechanism for wise use of the resources has disappeared, (ii) forests are under the ownership of the government but the local community is the realistic custodian of the forests through village leaderships and environmental committees; (iii) the immediate major threat to dryland biodiversity held in the forests appears to be the degradation of ecosystems and habitats caused by new and powerful forces of environmental degradation such as large scale irrigation of rice farms, poverty-induced overexploitation of natural resources, and disappearance and ignorance of traditional institutions for management of dryland biodiversity. These new forms of disturbances often overpower the legendary resilience of dryland ecosystems and constitute potentially serious threats to dryland biodiversity. Forests, wetlands and oases all of which are micro hot spots of dryland biodiversity, appear to be particularly vulnerable hence the need to set up some rules and regulations for sustainable utilization of these resources.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2011

In this study, a total of 350 households contained 700 individuals in Iganzo village were surveyed to study their literate and poverty levels and their impacts to conservation of the Mbeya Range Forest Reserve. The study included 350 women and 350 men. The majority of respondents were between the ages of 31-40 years old (53%), while the rest were between 41-50 years old (25%) and 21-30 years old (22%). The total income per day per household was calculated and averaged to 4,570 Tanzanian shillings that is equal to about 3 U.S. dollars. The average number of members per household was seven. It was reported that, there is a tremendous decrease in biodiversity composition of the reserve mainly due to poverty (80%) and ignorance (76%) of the people on the importance of the reserve. Other causes for this decrease were reported to be grazing of livestock in the reserve (23%), poor farming systems (68%), which resulted in soil erosion, encroachment (64%) through expansion of farms towards the reserve boundary and charcoal burning (34%). Respondents from Mbeya Urban Water Supply Authority and District Forest Office mentioned lack of funds (49%) and lack of experts (56%) as challenges that face the conservation of the reserve. It was revealed that 25% of respondents had never gone to school, 53% had primary level of education as their highest level of education, 20% had secondary education and 2% had first degree. The null hypothesis that poverty and illiteracy have a positive correlation to forest degradation was accepted based on these findings at a probability of p>0.85. Thus, it was concluded that poverty and illiteracy among Iganzo village residents are the main causes for the degradation of biodiversity in Mbeya Range Forest Reserve.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.364-374
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• 2022

Health information systems (HIS) are facing security challenges on data privacy and confidentiality. These challenges are based on centralized system architecture creating a target for malicious attacks. Blockchain technology has emerged as a trending technology with the potential to improve data security. Despite the effectiveness of this technology, still HIS are suffering from a lack of data privacy and confidentiality. This paper presents a blockchain-based data storage security architecture integrated with an e-Health care system to improve its security. The study employed a qualitative research method where data were collected using interviews and document analysis. Execute-order-validate Fabric's storage security architecture was implemented through private data collection, which is the combination of the actual private data stored in a private state, and a hash of that private data to guarantee data privacy. The key findings of this research show that data privacy and confidentiality are attained through a private data policy. Network peers are decentralized with blockchain only for hash storage to avoid storage challenges. Cost-effectiveness is achieved through data storage within a database of a Hyperledger Fabric. The overall performance of Fabric is higher than Ethereum. Ethereum's low performance is due to its execute-validate architecture which has high computation power with transaction inconsistencies. E-Health care system administrators should be trained and engaged with blockchain architectural designs for health data storage security. Health policymakers should be aware of blockchain technology and make use of the findings. The scientific contribution of this study is based on; cost-effectiveness of secured data storage, the use of hashes of network data stored in each node, and low energy consumption of Fabric leading to high performance.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.563-569
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• 2014

루비는 유색보석 중에서 가장 선호도가 높은 보석인 동시에 열처리에 의해 부가가치를 높일 수 있어 학문적인 연구 대상으로서도 그 관심이 높다. 세계적으로 많은 지역에서 루비가 산출되고 있음에도 불구하고, 고품질의 천연 루비는 미얀마, 스리랑카, 태국, 탄자니아 등 일부 제한된 국가에서만 산출되며, 오랜 기간 채광으로 인해 고품질의 원석이 고갈되어가고 있는 실정이다. 이 연구에서는 최근 새로운 산지가 확인되어 관심이 높은 탄자니아산 루비 원석을 사용하여 전통적인 단순 열처리방법과 화학적 열처리 방법에 의한 광물학적 및 보석학적 특성을 파악하고, 열처리에 의한 탄자니아산 루비의 품질개선 효과를 검토하였다. 미얀마의 Mogok산과 Mong Hsu산 루비에 효과적인 방법으로 알려진 전통적인 단순 열처리 실험은 T=$1,600^{\circ}C$에서 6시간 동안 실시하였다. 그 결과, 비교적 균일한 암적색을 지닌 탄자니아산 루비의 색상과 투명도는 색채 색차계와 자외선-가시광선 분광분석(UV-Vis Spectrometry) 결과, CIE 1931 color space 상의 적색과 청색의 좌표값(X, Y)이 원시료 (0.365, 0.321) 및 (0.346, 0.363)에서 (0.337, 0.322)로 감소함이 확인되어, 전통적인 단순 열처리 방법이 탄자니아산 루비의 품질개선에 적합하지 않은 것으로 판단되었다. 단순 열처리를 수행한 탄자니아산 루비의 X-선형광분석(XRF) 결과, 루비의 적색을 발현 시키는 $Cr^{3+}$함량이 0.72~1.04 wt.%로 증가 되었으나, 갈색의 보조색상을 발현시키는 Fe의 함량이 함께 증가되어 순수한 적색이 아닌 어두운 적색을 띄는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 결과는 단순 열처리에 의해 루비에 함유되어 있는 $Fe_2O_3$의 응집현상으로 어두운 색으로 변한 것이라 판단된다. 또한 열처리에 의해 $SiO_2$의 함량이 특징적으로 높게 나타났는데, 이는 열처리 과정동안 용융되었다가 다시 재결정화 되면서 생기는 현상으로 투명도의 개선에 효과적이지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 탄자니아산 루비 중 표면에 균열이 있는 시료를 선별하여 납(Pb)을 주성분으로 하는 화학적 첨가제를 사용한 열처리 실험 결과, 색상 뿐 만아니라, 투명도가 현저하게 개선되었다. CIE 1931 color space 상의 적색과 청색의 좌표값이 원시료 (0.386, 0.304) 및 (0.395, 0.313)에서 (0.405, 0.308)로 적색영역에 도시되었다. 이는 첨가제가 열처리 과정동안 용융되어 루비의 균열부분을 채워준 것으로 확대경으로도 관찰이 가능하다. 또한 루비의 표면과 균열부분에 대한 전자현미분석(EPMA)의 선분석(line scanning)에 의해서도 확인되었다. 이 첨가제는 균열부분을 충진함으로써 내구성과 투명도가 개선되었다. 첨가제의 용융체는 루비와 굴절률이 매우 비슷하기 때문에 입사된 빛이 루비 내부로 더 쉽게 통과하여 전반적으로 색상이 향상된 것으로 판단된다. 이 연구에서 화학적 열처리가 탄자니아산 루비의 품질향상에 적합한 방법임을 확인할 수 있었으며, 사파이어 등 강옥군 광물의 유색보석에 대한 색과 투명도 개선에 매우 유용할 것으로 생각된다.