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Coding with Scratch
\"Written by the founders of The Coder School. Coding with Scratch shows children how to think like coders, and will help them develop the skills necessary to build their own website and get it online.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Characters of the Periodic Table
A lot of introductions, connections, and some faith from a publishing house and I had an international book deal. With the writing and design finished and our facts triple checked, we sent our baby out into the cold, tough world of modern science education.
Journal Article
Code your own website
\"Shows children how to code their own website using the three web languages of HTML, CSS, and Javascript.\"-- Provided by publisher.
Book
Microbiology : it's a small world!
Using Japanese-influenced cartoon characters as illustrations, this book gives young scientists basic information about the study of microbiology.
Book
Science Made Easy-or Not So Easy
As a seasoned illustrator, I am not altogether unfamiliar with copy that can be described, at best, as \"vague\" and at times - putting it politely - as \"challenging.\" But when I read the opening line from Astronomy for a character whose name was \"Space-time,\" it dawned on me that designing this little chap was about to take me to the surreal end of my science illustration journey. The opening lines - \"Welcome to the fourth dimension! . . .
Magazine Article
Dietary tea tree (Melaleucae Aetheroleum) oil fortifies growth, biochemical, immune-antioxidant trait, gene function, tissue reaction, and Aeromonas sobria resistance in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
The current study had aimed to assess the long-term dietary supplementation with
Melaleucae aetheroleum
, tea tree essential oil (TTO). The impact on growth performance, biochemical indices, immune function, oxidant/antioxidant activity, gene expression, histopathology, and resistance against
Aeromonas sobria
in Nile tilapia (
Oreochromis niloticus
) was investigated. Four groups (with five replicates; G1 (control group, G2, G3, and G4) of Nile tilapia received diets enriched with TTO (doses of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mL/kg diet) for 60 days, then fish were challenged by
A. sobria
. Outcomes indicated an extensive elevation in growth metrics (final body weight, weight gain, SGR, feed intake and fish body protein). Similarly, the total blood protein, albumin, total globulin levels, Serum complement-3 levels, lysozyme activity, immunoglobulin M (IgM), nitric oxide, and phagocytic activity were significantly enhanced in all treatments, notably in the 2.0 mL TTO/kg fed groups compared to the control. Lower levels of urea, creatinine, AST, ALP, ALT, cortisol, glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol and body crude lipids were observed in the fish that were fed a 2.0 mL TTO/kg diet. Supplementing TTO at 2.0-mL /kg diet revealed the best results for elevating CAT, SOD, and GSH activities plus declining MDA value in hepatic homogenate. Additionally, dietary 2.0-mL TTO/kg showed the best outcomes for the intestinal morphometry plus maintaining the histological picture in spleen and liver. Concurrently, fish that were fed a 2.0 mL TTO/kg diet exhibited a substantial upregulation of
TNF-α
,
IL-1β
,
IL-10
,
TFG-β
,
IFN-γ
and
BCL-2
genes in the liver, while,
caspase-3
, and
BAX
were downregulated. Furthermore, TTO-enriched diets enhanced the relative percentage survival post-
A. sobria
challenge plus enhanced the clinical picture in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, the findings revealed that long-term exposure to dietary TTO fortified the physiological performance, oxidant/anti-oxidant stability, immune function, gene expression, histological picture, and resistance of Nile tilapia against
A. sobria
.
Journal Article
Engineering : the riveting world of buildings and machines
\"Crammed with mega machines, breathtaking buildings, and all the technology in between, this book has the real insider view on engineering\"--Provided by publisher.
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Dietary Protective Influence of Petroselinum crispum Nanoparticles on Some Biochemical, Reproductive Hormones, and Physiological Biomarkers of Female Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Exposed to Bisphenol A Toxicity
The current study is a pioneer trial to verify the effectiveness of Petroselinum crispum (parsley) nanoparticles (PNPs) for fortifying physiological and biochemical biomarkers in female African catfish postexposure to bisphenol A (BPA) toxicity. The aim of this experiment is to verify the influence of PNPs for mitigating serum hemato‐biochemical alterations as well as antioxidant enzyme, and hormonal changes induced by BPA toxicity in the hepatic and ovarian tissues. Fish were equally allocated into four groups: group I as a control without any treatments, group II received a commercial diet + PNPs (4 g/kg diet). In group III, fish were subjected to 1/10 LC50 (BPA) (1.43 µg/L), while in group IV, fish got 1/10 LC50 BPA (1.43 µg/L) + PNPs (4 g/kg diet) for 60 consecutive days. Exposure to BPA showed macrocytic hypochromic anemia and leukopenia, and a noticeable elevation in glucose, alanine amino‐transferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), ALP, urea, creatinine, cortisol, cholesterol, and testosterone (T) hormone. Furthermore, serum AchE, estradiol (E2), follicle‐stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), globulin, albumin, and total proteins were significantly decreased in a BPA‐exposed group. Alternatively, activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), lipid peroxidation (LPO), and catalase (CAT) were notably augmented in the hepatic tissue and ovaries of the BPA‐supplemented fish. While total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels decreased in the equal tissues of exposed fish. PNPs‐supplemented diets in combination with BPA alleviated its destructive effects on the tested parameters. In conclusion, the results proved that BPA is an endocrine hormonal disruptor that induces imbalances in blood profile, hepato–renal indicators, and stress parameters, besides the occurrence of oxidative damage and reproductive dysfunction. Interestingly, PNPs have a protective role in attenuating BPA toxicity and modulating all the measured biomarkers, as well as improving the fertility of female Clarias gariepinus .
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