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COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKS ON COMMERCIAL AND CORN-SOYBEAN MEAL BASED RATIONS
Ali, A.,Azim, A.,Zahid, S.,Rasool, Z.,Rehman, K.U. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 1993 Animal Bioscience Vol.6 No.1
A study was conducted to compare the effect of feeding commercial formula ration and corn-soybean meal based rations on growth performance, feed conversion ratio, mortality percentage, dressing percentage, carcass composition and economics of raising broiler chicks at commercial farms. 3000 day old broiler chicks were randomly divided into 4 groups with 3 replicates of 250 birds in each. Four iso-nitrogenous and isocaloric rations (A, B, C and D) were prepared and randomly allotted to each group. Ration A was a commercial broiler ration whereas ration B had the same formula with the exception that all the animal protein sources were replaced with soybean meal (SBM). Ration C was based on only corn and SBM. Ration D contained corn, SBM and 25% fullfat soybean (FFSB). The birds were given the experimental rations starter from day 1 to 28 and finisher from 29 to 49. The results indicated that the birds fed on corn-soybean meal based rations gained significantly figher weights showed better feed conversion ratio, gave higher dressing percentage with better carcass composition, lower mortality and higher net profits as compared to those fed on commercial ration. The replacement of animal protein sources in commercial ration with SBM (ration B) although did not show any significant differences in the performance of birds as compared to ration A, a little improvement was visible indicating that SBM can be used as a good substitute of animal protein sources. Similarly the replacement of SBM with FFSB up to a level of 25% did not affect the broiler performance as compared to only SBM.
Cluster-based multicore real-time mixed-criticality scheduling
Ali, A.,Kim, K.H. Elsevier 2017 JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE - Vol.79 No.-
Cluster-based scheduling is recently gaining importance to be applied to mixed-criticality real-time systems on multicore processors platform. In this approach, the cores are grouped into clusters, and tasks that are partitioned among different clusters are scheduled by global scheduler in each cluster. This research work introduces a new cluster-based task allocation scheme for the mixed-criticality real-time task sets on multicore processors. For task allocation, smaller clusters sizes (sub-clusters) are used for mixed-criticality tasks in low criticality mode, while relatively larger cluster sizes are used for high criticality tasks in high criticality mode. In this research paper, the mixed-criticality task set is allocated to clusters using worst-fit heuristic. The tasks from each cluster are also allocated to its sub-clusters, using the same worst-fit heuristic. A fixed-priority response time analysis approach based on Audsley's approach is used for the schedulability analysis of tasks in each cluster and sub-cluster. If the high criticality job is not completed after its worst case execution time in low mode, then the system is switched to high criticality mode. After mode switch, all the low criticalities tasks are discarded and only high criticality tasks are further executed in high criticality mode. Simulation results indicate that the percentage of schedulable task sets significantly increases under cluster scheduling as compared to partitioned and global mixed-criticality scheduling schemes.
Inactivation of Propionibacterium acnes and its biofilm by non-thermal plasma
Ali, A.,Kim, Y.H.,Lee, J.Y.,Lee, S.,Uhm, H.S.,Cho, G.,Park, B.J.,Choi, E.H. Elsevier 2014 Current Applied Physics Vol.14 No.suppl2
Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is an opportunistic gram positive pathogen which has become an important source of various surgical implant associated infections including artificial joints, shunts, heart valves and catheter's infections. In addition, P. acnes can form biofilm which may enhance the complications even more. Even though it is susceptible to most of the antibiotics but still hard to remove and in severe cases removal of device is suggested. This makes the failure of implants. These problems prompted us to find more efficient method to sterilize these contaminations. Non-thermal plasmas primarily generate reactive species and recently have emerged as an efficient tool for medical applications including sterilization. Therefore, in this study we evaluated the inactivation ability of two different plasma jets, non-thermal annular plasma jet (NAPJ) and non-thermal soft plasma jet (NSPJ) for P. acnes in planktonic state and biofilm state. And, we found that both plasma devices showed considerable inactivation potential in planktonic P. acnes and P. acnes biofilms. Especially, NSPJ showed better inhibitory effect in shorter exposer time than NAPJ which might be because of close exposure to plasma generated reactive species. Moreover, we found that intracellular and extracellular reactive species concentrations are correlated with plasma treatment time, which suggest their critical role in microbial inhibition. In conclusion, our study suggests that plasma technology may also be used to overcome the biofilm contamination problems associated with biomaterials including surgical devices.
Alias, Azrita,Rahim, Nasrudin Abd.,Hussain, Mohamed Azlan The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2013 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.13 No.5
The modified sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (SPWM) is one of the PWM techniques used in three-phase AC-DC buck converters. The modified SPWM works without the current sensor (the converter is current sensorless), improves production of sinusoidal AC current, enables obtainment of near-unity power factor, and controls output voltage through modulation gain (ranging from 0 to 1). The main problem of the modified SPWM is the huge starting current and voltage (during transient) that results from a large step change from the reference voltage. When the load changes, the output voltage significantly drops (through switching losses and non-ideal converter elements). The single-input single-output (SISO) approach with minor-loop voltage feedback controller presented here overcomes this problem. This approach is created on a theoretical linear model and verified by discrete-model simulation on MATLAB/Simulink. The capability and effectiveness of the SISO approach in compensating start-up current/voltage and in achieving zero steady-state error were tested for transient cases with step-changed load and step-changed reference voltage for linear and non-linear loads. Tests were done to analyze the transient performance against various controller gains. An experiment prototype was also developed for verification.
Alias Ahmad Nabeil,Mokti Khalid,Ibrahim Mohd Yusof,Saupin Sahipudin,Madrim Mohd Faizal 대한가정의학회 2023 Korean Journal of Family Medicine Vol.44 No.6
Elderly abuse and neglect are among the primary public health problems linked to global demographic changes in the population, impacting not only the well-being of the elderly but also the growth of the nation or economy. This article discusses the effects of elder abuse and neglect on population health from the national and international perspectives through a narrative review of previously published articles on the concept of aging, the prevalence of elderly abuse and neglect, its risk factors and effects, and finally measures, legal perspectives, and recommenda-tions to curb it. Interventions in Malaysia and selected nations, including Indonesia, South Korea, the United States, Australia, and Hong Kong, are examined. This issue is important as the majority of countries are moving toward be-ing elderly populations. Improving global surveillance and the monitoring of instances is essential to inform policy actions to prevent elder abuse. In addition, a thorough assessment of the identified risk factors for violence and steps to prevent violence is required.
( Alias Khalaf ),( Balasubramaniyan Jaya Bharathi ),( Neelamegarajan Rajesh ) 한국수학교육학회 2023 純粹 및 應用數學 Vol.30 No.3
The aim of this paper is to study the concept of s-topological d-algebras which is a d-algebra supplied with a certain type of topology that makes the binary operation defined on it d-topologically continuous. This concept is a generalization of the concept of topological d-algebra. We obtain several properties of s-topological d-algebras.
Alia Khwaldeh,Ali Abu Siyam,Ahmed Alzbeede,Mohammad Farajallah,Ziad Shraideh,Darwish Badran 대한해부학회 2021 Anatomy & Cell Biology Vol.54 No.1
This study aims to evaluate the chemopreventive activity of two antioxidants (curcumin [CUM] and caffeic acid [CAF]), focusing on how these antioxidants could reduce cytotoxicity induced by short term secondhand exposure of waterpipe tobacco smoking. Forty-eight adult male BALB/c albino mice were equally divided into four groups. Antioxidants were delivered intraperitoneally, and the exposure to waterpipe smoking (WPS) was performed using a smoking machine. This experiment lasts for 14 consecutive days. Serum were collected from mice before dissection to quantify the activity of some liver enzymes, kidney function tests and proinflammatory cytokines. Lung, heart, and kidney were isolated and processed for light microscopy technique. Parallel treatment of CUM or CAF along with exposure to WPS showed less inflammation, less vacuolized, and more inflated alveoli, less deteriorations in cortex part of kidney, and less disintegration of cardiac myofibers in comparison to waterpipe only. Besides, CUM and CAF significantly reduced the activity of aspartate aminotransferase and proinflammatory cytokines. CUM and CAF were found to have anti-inflammatory and ameliorative effects against the cytotoxicity induced by exposure to waterpipe tobacco smoking, and CUM showed better chemopreventive activity than CAF.