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<#LINE#>Assessment of the ecological impacts of floriculture industries using benthic macroinvertebretes metric index along Wedecha River, Debrezeit, Ethiopia<#LINE#>Sisay Misganaw @Tamiru <#LINE#>1-16<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJRS-2017-020.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Development and Environmental Management Studies, University of Gondar, PoBox 196, Gondar, Ethiopia<#LINE#>22/2/2017<#LINE#>26/5/2017<#LINE#>Wedecha River was loaded with floriculture industries effluent in Debrezeit; which is very important for agriculture and domestic activities of the surrounding people. It was exposed to waste water discharge from floriculture industries. Biological information was used to assess the quality of water and anthropogenic impacts on aquatic ecosystem. A total of 6 sites, one reference site less impaired to represent natural conditions from upstream, and 5 impaired sites in the downstream were sampled for macroinvertebrates parameters in the Wedecha River to assess the quality of water, ecology of the river and impact on aquatic life. Impaired sites data were compared to reference conditions. 18 metrics representing richness, composition and tolerance/intolerance measures were considered for the index development. Of these, 7 metrics were found to be useful because they give unique information in the reference site with impaired sites. The metrics used for the development of index were total number of taxa, number of Mollusca, percent Hemiptera, percent Chironomidae, percent Coleoptera, percent Mollusca and percent dominant taxon. The metrics were scored on a continuous scale from 0 (poor) to 10 (good) using the upper and lower threshold of their distribution in the reference and impaired sites. For the development of Wedecha river index, scales were added to produce a score from 0-100. The index was divided into four classes; greater than 75 was very good (S0=100), 50-74.9 was good (no metric in this division), 25-49.9 was poor (S5=44) and less than 24.9 was very poor (S1, S2, S3 and S4 with a MI score of 13.4, 5.4, 3.6, and 9.3, respectively). The MI was effective for distinguishing impacted sites. Therefore, floriculture industries wastewater discharged to the nearby rivers has enormous effect on the degradation of the ecosystem. To sustain the ecological conditions of the nearby rivers, wastewater treatment and environmental audit are suggested. Environmental assessment and environmental auditing enables the floriculturist to keep humans and the environment safe. 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<#LINE#>Impact of intervention programme on knowledge among adolescent girls on sexuality education<#LINE#>Pushpa @Khuraijam,Srilakshmi @R.,Surendra @H.S. <#LINE#>17-22<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJRS-2017-051.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Extension Education and Communication and Research Centre, Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science (Autonomous), Seshadri Road, Bangalore-560 001, Karnataka, India@Department of Extension Education and Communication and Research Centre, Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science (Autonomous), Seshadri Road, Bangalore-560 001, Karnataka, India@Department of Statistics, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore-560 065, India<#LINE#>18/5/2017<#LINE#>15/6/2017<#LINE#>Sex is a part of personality and sexuality education can help to develop a complete personality. The concept ofSexuality is a part of human life and human development. A good sexual health is significant across the life span and it is critical in adolescent health. When children grow up both physiological and psychological changes occurs in different stages of development of life. Imphal city of East and West district is selected as a study region. For intervention 5 schools from east region and 3 schools from west regions were selected randomly. The total sample for the study was 200 adolescent girls using simple random sampling. The questionnaire comprising of Socio-demographic information and Knowledge assessments consists of 84 statements with  ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ response. After obtaining pre test information intervention program administered to adolescent girls with audio-visual aids and teaching strategies for 3 months duration. Further post test assessment was done. Majority of the study sample were in the age group of 15 years, studying in 8th Standard with one sibling, first ordinal position and 60-69% in academic performance. Majority were nuclear family, from urban area and income between Rs.20,001-30,000. Majority (49.0%) got menarche in the age group of 13-14 year, had regular menstrual cycle and had five days menstrual flow with problems as stomach ache and back ache. Finding  indicate pretest mean knowledge found to be 48.8% as compared to post test knowledge (78.1%) with enhancement of knowledge as (29.3%) as  revealing statistical significance (t =78.18*) indicating effectiveness of intervention programme on sexuality education. The result indicates that pre-test knowledge level found inadequate (54.0%) and adequate knowledge level (63.5%) in the post test establishing highly significant (&#967; 2 =237.19*).<#LINE#>Agarwal Sarita, Fatma Alfia and Singh C.M. (2007).@A study of knowledge and attitude  of adolescent girls towards reproductive health and related problem.@Indian J. Prev. Soc. Med., 38(1-2), 36-41.@Yes$Kumar Vipan B. and Kumar Pratibha (2011).@Right to Sexuality Education as a Human Right.@Journal of Family Welfare, 57(2), 23-29.@Yes$Boraiah Jagadish and Siddegowda Yeliyur (2013).@Awareness about Sexuality Education among High School Children: A case study of Karnataka, ABHINAV.@International Monthly Referred Journal of Research in Management and Technology, 2, ISSN-23200073.@No$Malleshappa K., Shivaram Krishna and Nandini C. (2011).@Knowledge and attitude about reproductive health among rural adolescent girls in Kuppammandal: An intervention study.@Biomedical Research, 22(3), 301-305.@Yes$Thakor Hitendra G. and Kumar Pradeep (2000).@Impact assessment of school-based sex education program amongst adolescents.@The Indian Journal of paediatrics, 67(8), 551-558. doi:10.1007/BF02758475.@Yes$Manjula Rangappa, Kashinakunti Sangappa V., Geethalakshmi R.G. and Sangam D.K. (2012).@An educational intervention study on adolescent reproductive health among pre-university girls in Davangere district, South India.@Annals of  Tropical Medicine and public health, 5(3), 185-189.@Yes$Bordhan Sujit (2014).@a study on Attitude of Teachers, Parents and Adolescents Towards Sex Education.@International Journal of Education and Psychological Research (IJEPR),3(3).@No$Thomas Vineeta and Thomas Bino (2015).@Strategies Adopted by Parents to Impart Sex Education to their Adolescents.@International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 5(8), ISSN-2250-3153.@No$Padhyegurjar Mansi, Padhyegurjar S., Shekhar B. and Adsul Bal K. (2012).@Assessment of Felt Needs and effect of Health Education Intervention on Knowledge Regarding Reproductive Health of school students in a slum in Mumbai.@National Journal of Community Medicine, 3(2), 221-226.@Yes
<#LINE#>Volumetric Studies of Drug-&#945;-Cyclodextrin Interactions in Water at 298.15 K: Ranitidine Hydrochloride + &#945; -Cyclodextrin + H2O system<#LINE#>Vasim R. @Shaikh,Dilip G. @Hundiwale,Kesharsingh J. @Patil <#LINE#>23-27<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJRS-2017-056.pdf<#LINE#>School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon-425001, India@School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon-425001, India@School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon-425001, India<#LINE#>29/4/2017<#LINE#>10/6/2017<#LINE#>Density measurements have been carried out for ternary aqueous solutions containing a fixed concentration of &#61537;-Cyclodextrin and varying concentrations of ranitidine hydrochloride at 298.15 K. These experimental density values have been utilized to evaluate apparent molar volume of the ranitidine hydrochloride in ternary solutions at finite concentrations as well at infinitely dilute solutions. The volume changes due to complexation have been estimated by applying the method developed by Jolicoeur et al. The volume change due to transfer of drug molecule from infinite dilute solutions of aqueous solutions to a solution containing a fixed concentration of &#61537;-Cyclodextrin for ranitidine hydrochloride is also obtained. The results obtained have been interpreted in terms of host-guest interaction as well as structural specificity of guest molecules.<#LINE#>Iqbal M. and Verrall R.E. (1989).@Apparent Molar Volume and Adiabatic Compressibility Studies of Aqueous Solutions of Some Drug Compounds at 25°C.@Can. J. Chem., 67(4), 727-735.@Yes$Attwood D., Blundell R., Mosquera V., Garcia M. and Rodriguez J. (1994).@Apparent Molar Volume and Adiabatic Compressibility of Aqueous Solution of Amphiphilic Drugs.@Colloid Polym. Sci., 272(1), 108-114.@Yes$Taboada P., Attwood D., Ruso J.M., Garcia M. and Mosquera V. 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<#LINE#>Production of different type of dry fish and its yield measurement at Veraval, Gujarat, India<#LINE#>Sheetal @Bharda,A.Y. @Desai,Tandel Rutvik @Kumar P.,Tandel Jitendra @Kumar T. <#LINE#>28-32<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJRS-2017-061.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fisheries, Junagadh Agricultural University, Veraval, Gujarat, India@College of Fisheries, Junagadh Agricultural University, Veraval, Gujarat, India@Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fisheries, Junagadh Agricultural University, Veraval, Gujarat, India@Post Graduate Institute of Fisheries Education and Research, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India<#LINE#>30/4/2017<#LINE#>15/6/2017<#LINE#>Drying is one of the oldest, cheapest and popular known method of preservation of food. Dry products are in great demand both within and outside the country and form an important source of protein rich food in various forms. The consumption of dried fishes is about 32% of the total marine landings in India. Marine fish drying is a very common in Veraval coastal areas. The dry fish marketing involves a long marketing channel system starting from the fresh fish supplier, dried fish processor, Wholesalers to Retailers and consumers. Primary data were collected by face-to-face interview and secondary data were collected from various sources. Veraval is one of the leading fish producer in Gujarat state. Major species available in this region are Silver croaker, catfish, gropers, ribbon fish, lizard fish, mackerels, Tuna, shrimp etc. Processed fish are sun dried on racks, pole, platform or mats lay on the ground.  Fish yield calculated on the base of processed (whole, fillet, headless) fish for drying. After drying, dried fish are stored in yard, which is purchased by wholesalers and retailers. Dried fish transport is either mechanized vans or small trucks. Local fisher woman sale the collected dried fish in nearby region market. Drying is good source to utilize bycatch and source of income for poor people. Marine dried fish marketing play an important role in the economy of Veraval as well as in India, contributing to increase food production, diversification of the economy and increase employment opportunities.<#LINE#>Balachandran K.K. (2013).@Post-harvest technology of fish and fish product.@Daya publishing house, 77-104.@No$Gopakumar K. (2002).@Textbook of fish processing technology.@Directorate of information and publications of agriculture . indian council of agricultural research, new delhi.@Yes$FAO. 2013. National Aquaculture Sector overview. www.fao.org/@undefined@undefined@No$Payra P., Maity R., Maity S. and Mandal B. (2016).@Production and marketing of dry fish through the traditional practices in West Bengal coast: Problems and prospect.@International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 4(6), 118-123.@Yes$Sivaraman G.K., Visnuvinayagam S. and Jha A.K. (2015).@microbiological spoilage of dried fishes.@Indian council ofagricultureal research.@Yes$Das M., Prathibha R., Maheswarudu G., Dash B. and Ramana P.V. (2013).@An overview of dry fish landings and trade at Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour.@Regional Centre of CMFRI, Visakhapatnam. Marine Fisheries Information Service T&E Ser., 215, 3-7.@Yes$Ghorai S.K., Bera S.K., Jana D. and Mishra S. (2014).@Status of the largest dry fish market of East India: a study on Egra Regulated Dry Fish Market, Egra, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal.@International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review, 2(5), 54-65.@Yes$Faruque M.A., Nazrul K.M., Tonny U.S., Islam K.R., Dey S.C., Mona S.J. and Saha D. (2012).@Status of an ideal dry fish market of Bangladesh: a study on Asadaganj dry fish market, Chittagong.@International Journal of Life science biotechnology and Pharma Research, 1(3), 214-225.@Yes
<#LINE#>Effect of grazers on seaweeds along the Shrivardhan and Alibag Coast, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India<#LINE#>Veerendra @Singh <#LINE#>33-39<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJRS-2017-062.pdf<#LINE#>ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India and College of Fisheries, Junagadh Agricultural University, Veraval - 362 265, Gujarat, India<#LINE#>30/4/2017<#LINE#>17/6/2017<#LINE#>Intertidal communities, at Shrivardhan and Alibag were studied to understand their inter-dependence and co-existence as well as food preferences of the grazer communities.  The present study was conducted at rocky and sandy shore of Shrivardhan (18°02&#8242;00&#8243;N 73°01&#8242;00&#8243;E) and Alibag (18°38&#8242;29&#8243;N 72°52&#8242;20&#8243;E). The physico-chemical parameter of intertidal water varies significantly at both stations. 22 seaweed species were recorded from Shrivardhan, mostly filamentous seaweed and Rodophycae in more amounts (45%).  Alibag contributes 6 varieties of Seaweed species mostly fleshy thallus and equal in number.  The highest seaweed biomass (wet wt.) was recorded in (703.47 gm/m2) and (174.6 gm/m2) in January and lowest 30.2 and 3.11(g/m2) in October at the sampling site of Shrivardhan and alibag respectively.  Intertidal organism biodiversity at Shrivardhan was higher (34 sp.) compared to Alibag where 32 organisms were found.  Organisms at Shrivardhan were observed more often grazing on seaweed turfs than at Alibag. Euchelus tricarinata has shown a preference towards mix diet consisting Enteromorpha sp., Ulva sp. and Sargassum sp.  whereas Nerita oryzarum preferred for Ulva and Enteromorpha. Enteromorpha sp. was being graze much faster than any other seaweed species used for laboratory feeding purpose. Some of the other important grazers are Planaxis sp, Clanculus sp, Bursa sp and Trochus sp. This study may helps to investigate the factors contributing to herbivory and abundance/reduction of benthic macro algae and molluscans and vice-á- versa.<#LINE#>Stephens A.C. (1934).@Studies on the Scottish marine fauna: The natural faunistic divisions of the North Sea illustrated by quantitative distribution of the mollusks.@Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 57(3), 601-616.@Yes$Connell J.H. (1961).@The influence of interspecific competition and other factors on the distribution of the barnacle Chthamalus stellatus.@Ecology, 42(4), 710-723.@Yes$Paine R.T. and Vadas R.L. (1969).@Calorific values of benthic marine algae and their postulated relation to invertebrate food preference.@Marine Biology, 4(2), 79-86.@Yes$Paine R.T. (1979).@Disaster, catastrophe, and local persistence of the sea palm Postelsia palmaeformis.@Science, 205(4407), 685-687.@Yes$Lubchenco J. (1980).@Seaweed zonation in the New England rocky intertidal community: an experimental analysis.@Ecology, 61(2), 333-344.@Yes$Carefoot T.H. (1977).@Pacific seashores: a guide to intertidal ecology.@J.J. Douglas, Vancouver, 16, 80-82.@Yes$Lewis J.R. (1964).@The ecology of rocky shores, English University Press.@London U.K., 402-416.@Yes$Jones W.E. and Demetropoulos A. (1968).@Exposure to wave action: measurements of an important ecological parameter on rocky shores on Anglesey.@J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 2(1), 46-63.@Yes$Oza R.M. and Zaidi S.H. (2000).@A Revised Checklist of Indian Marine Algae.@Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavanagar, India, 296.@Yes$Raffaelli D. (1979).@The grazer-algae interaction in the intertidal zone on New Zealand rocky shore.@J.exp.mar.Biol.Ecol., 38(1), 81-100.@Yes$Underwood A.J. and Jernakoff P. (1981).@Effect of interaction between Algae and grazing gastropods on the structure of a low shore intertidal seaweed community.@Oecologia (Berl), 48(2), 221-233.@Yes
@Case Study
<#LINE#>How metal concentrations could affect enzyme activities: a case study of a range, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria<#LINE#>Verla @A.W.,Verla @E.N.,Nwaugo @V.O.,Leizou @K.E. <#LINE#>40-52<#LINE#>6.ISCA-RJRS-2017-037.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Chemistry, Imo state University, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria@Department of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria@Department of Environmental Resources and Technology, Abia State University, Nigeria@Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Niger Delta University, Nigeria<#LINE#>29/11/2016<#LINE#>30/5/2017<#LINE#>Heavy metals released from military exercise and training could affect soil enzyme activity. In this study, five composite soil samples collected near Port Harcourt were analyzed in triplicates for physicochemical properties, heavy metals, and enzyme activities. Data was analyzed to determine the level of contamination and to find out the trend of enzyme activity in the presence of certain heavy metals in the natural environment. Heavy metal pollution index ranged from edge (0.71) to center (1.43) indicating multi-element contamination within the range. Contamination factors showed that cadmium was the most polluting element with a degree of contamination that ranged from edge (35.4) to center (118.7). Lead and copper showed higher values while zinc and copper were only higher than the control. Soil enzymes, dehydrogenase, urease, phenol-oxidase and acid phosphatase showed a negative correlation with heavy metal concentrations. Dehydrogenase with a range of 0.79 - 8.24mg/g dry soil 6h-1 was the most affected while acid phosphatase, 0.42 - 2.11 µMo – p – nitrophenol was the least affected.  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@Review Paper
<#LINE#>Molecular markers based characterization and conservation of wild animals<#LINE#>Bruh @Asmelash,Solomon @Diriba,Sanjoy @Kumar Pal <#LINE#>53-62<#LINE#>7.ISCA-RJRS-2017-058.pdf<#LINE#>Animal Genetics Laboratory, School of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences; Post Box: 138, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia@Animal Genetics Laboratory, School of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences; Post Box: 138, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia@School of Basic and Applied Sciences RNB Global University, Sri Ganganagar Road, Khara, Bikaner - 334601 Rajasthan<#LINE#>13/5/2017<#LINE#>16/6/2017<#LINE#>Simultaneous presence of various animal genetic resources in a given area or country is known as animal biodiversity. Africa has rich wildlife resources serving as a major tourist attraction. Wildlife biodiversity (WLBD) is an important asset for developing countries in uplifting their economy. Hence, characterization, conservation and maintenance of WLBD should be given top priority. Global climate change has resulted in the depletion of wildlife habitat and is responsible for extinction of many species. Characterization helps us to distinguish variation within and between different organisms and guide us for proper conservation of populations, species and or strains. Characterization can be done based on phenotype, biochemical polymorphism and molecular based markers. Molecular studies based on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA are more popular as they save time, minimize long term investigation cost and are efficient in information generation. In this article, we reviewed the various molecular markers used in the characterization of wildlife, namely: Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP), Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD), Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP), Microsatellite and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs).<#LINE#>Szaro Robert C. and David Johnston W. (1996).@Biodiversity in mangrove landscapes, theory and practice.@Oxford University Press.@Yes$Shibru T. (1995).@Protected areas management crises in Ethiopia.@Walia., 16, 17-30.@Yes$Hilman J.C. (1991).@The current situation in Ethiopia’s wildlife conservation areas.@Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Organization, Addis Ababa.@Yes$Newmark W.D., Manyanza D.N., Gamassa D.M. and Sariko H.I. (1994).@The conflict between wildlife and local people living adjacent to protected areas in Tanzania: human density as a predictor.@Conservation Biology, 8(1), 249-255.@Yes$Schloeder C.A. and Jacobs M. 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