Antioxidant Enzymes in Postpartum Anoestrus Buffaloes Supplemented with Vitamin E and Selenium

Anita, Anita,Singha, S.P.S.,Dhillon, K.S.,Nayyar, Shashi Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2004 Animal Bioscience Vol.17 No.5

The 15 buffaloes were divided into three groups, viz. group 1: normal cyclic buffaloes; group 2: postpartum anoestrus buffaloes and group 3: post partum anoestrus buffaloes supplemented with intramuscular injections of Vit. E.-care Se containing 500 mg $\alpha$-tocopheryl acetate and 15 mg selenium at weekly intervals for two months. The postpartum anoestrus buffaloes had significantly higher levels of erythrocytic lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase and glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase activities but lower glutathione peroxidase activity as compared to normal cyclic buffaloes. The supplementation of vitamin E and selenium lowered the level of erythrocytic lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase and glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase activities but it had no effect on whole blood selenium and erythrocytic gluathione peroxidase activity. All the animals in group 3 became cyclic and showed 60% conception rate.

An XYZ-axis Matrix Approach for the Integration of Neuroscience and Neuroethics

Anita S. Jwa,심지원,최종현,엄주희,김수진,류영준 한국뇌신경과학회 2023 Experimental Neurobiology Vol.32 No.1

The recent, unprecedented advancement in neuroscience has led to new discoveries about the human brain and its function. Yet at the same time, it has spurred novel ethical and regulatory issues, and the field of neuroethics has emerged as an interdisciplinary endeavor to address these issues. Across the globe, extensive efforts have been underway to achieve the integration of neuroscience and Neuroethics, with active engagement not only from academia but also from the government, the public, and industry. However, in some countries, integrating neuroscience and neuroethics has proved to be a particularly challenging task. For example, in South Korea, the government has primarily driven the integration effort, and only a small group of researchers is properly trained for conducting an interdisciplinary evaluation of ethical, legal, social, and cultural implications (ELSCI) of neurotechnology. On the basis of the last few years of experience pursuing a government-funded neuroethics project in South Korea, we devel- oped a new operational framework to provide practical guidance on ELSCI research. This framework consists of the X, Y, and Z axes; the X-axis represents a target neurotechnology, the Y-axis represents different developmental stages of the technology, and the Z-axis represents ELSCI issues that may arise from the development and use of the neurotechnology. Here we also present a step-by-step workflow to apply this matrix framework, from organizing a panel for a target neurotechnology to facilitating stakeholder discussion through public hearings. This framework will enable meaningful integration of neuroscience and neuroethics to promote responsible innovation in neuroscience and neurotechnology.

Stressful Events and Serum Concentration of Substance P in Acne Patients

( Anita Rokowska Waluch ),( Mariola Pawlaczyk ),( Marcin Cybulski ),( Jakub Zurawski ),( Mariusz Kaczmarek ),( Michał Michalak ),( Ewa Mojs ) 대한피부과학회 2016 Annals of Dermatology Vol.28 No.4

Background: Psychological stress is an important factor of acne pathogenesis. Stress related production of hormones, cytokines and neuropeptides may result in the chronic course and exacerbations of the disease. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between acne severity, intensity of emotional stress and serum concentration of substance P (scSP), to compare the intensity of adversities, psychological stress and scSP in acne patients with healthy controls and to compare coping techniques for stress. Methods: The study consisted of 80 patients. Emotional stress was analyzed with the use of social readjustment rating scale, whereas the methods of coping with stress were assessed with the coping inventory for stressful situation questionnaire. The blood concentration of substance P was analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method in a group of 40 patients with acne vulgaris and in control subjects. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the severity of acne and the intensity of stress. Acne patients presented a higher average scSP than the controls. No statistically significant correlation was observed between the severity of acne and scSP; however, the intensity of stress correlated with scSP in the control group. The evaluation of methods of coping with stress showed significantly higher rate for the avoidance-oriented coping among acne patients. Conclusion: The number of stressful events is not a factor that determines the severity of acne. The course of the disease may depend on tolerance to stress and methods of coping with stress. (Ann Dermatol 28(4) 464∼469, 2016)

CONSUMER-GENERATED LUXURY BRAND COMMUNICATION ON THE INTERNET

Anita Radón 글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 2014 Global Marketing Conference Vol.2014 No.11

Consumers today are not passive recipients of a constructed brand identity that is communicated towards them. Instead research suggests that the consumer is in fact an active part in constructing brand meaning. Salzer-Mörling and Strannegård (2004) held that brand managers are confronted with the fact that they are not the owners of the brand who can actively manipulate brand images in the minds of passive consumers. The importance of consumption activities and how these play a part in the development of meaning has been demonstrated by authors such as Wallendorf and Arnould (1991), who interpreted the consumption rituals of Thanksgiving and explored the linkages and cleavages between consumer ideology and consumer practice. Arnould and Price (1993) investigated the relationship between client expectations and satisfaction and concluded that the narrative of the rafting experience (multiday river rafting trips in the Colorado River basin was the empirical context for their article) rather than relationships between expectations and outcomes was central to its evaluation. Belk and Costa (1998) showed the creation of fantasy consumption enclaves through processes of inventing and mythologizing tradition, and Peñaloza (2001) investigated consumers‘ cultural production processes at different levels and concluded that consumers negotiate meanings and that business activities and specific references are significant for consumers in providing authenticity. In later research it is argued that brands belong to and are created within groups, communities or tribes (e.g. Brown, Kozinets and Sherry Jr., 2003), or that consumers are actively creating brandscapes (Thompson and Arsel, 2004) neo-tribes (Cova and Cova, 2002), the concept of brand communities (Muniz and O‘Guinn, 2001; McAlexander, Schouten and Koenig, 2002; Muniz and Schau, 2005; Algesheimer, Dholakia and Herrmann, 2005), subcultures of consumption (Schouten and McAlexander, 1995), and brand cultures (Schroeder and Salzer-Mörling, 2006). Muniz and O‘Guinn (2001) emphasized the triangular relationship between consumers and the brand and consumer relationships. McAlexander, Schouten and Koenig (2002) broadened this perspective by studying customers´ relationships with a branded product and related marketing agents, institutions as well as other customers. In their view, consumers socialize around brands, which are defined as brand objects, but they still consider brand meaning as being developed first by marketers. Related to the brand community is the concept of ‘neo-tribes‘, examined by Cova and Cova (2002), who hold that a tribe is not necessarily a brand community, since brand communities are explicitly commercial, whereas tribes are not. However, when a tribe is organized around a same passion of a cult-object it exhibits many similarities with a brand community (p. 603). Alongside the concept of brand community research has viewed the consumer-producer dichotomy in new ways of co-production: the customer as co-producer (Wikström, 1996; Vargo and Lusch, 2004), the reversal of consumption and production (Firath and Venkatesh, 1993), the consumer role in production and consumption (Firath and Venkatesh, 1995), consumers as customizers and producers (Firath, Dholakia and Venkatesh, 1995), customers as active co-creators of experience (Prahalad and Ramaswamy, 2000), the concept of customerization (Wind and Rangaswamy, 2000). Bendapudi and Leone (2003) viewed customer co-production in the construction of goods and ser-vices and claimed that consumer co-production extends to meanings as well and that consumers are not -just passive receptacles of brand identity projected by marketers; they are active co-producers of brand meanings (p.26). They called for more attention to the implications of consumer co-produced marketing images given the empowerment of consumers through the Internet. Kozinets et al. further (2004) introduced the notion of -interagency where consumer and producer interests are embedded in one another. Quinton and Harridge-March (2010) investigated relationships in online communities and the potential influence of consumer generated communication in online discussion fora on wine. This paper views consumer generated communication on luxury brands online and its impact on luxury brand image. With the growth of the Internet and brands’ use of it so has consumer initiated sites grown. Consumer communities and brand communities are today an active participant in the creation of brand value and brand meaning. However there is still a gap in the empirical research on consumer-generated communication and how this type of communication impacts brand image. A conceptual framework for consumer community communication is presented and three empirical examples of consumer-generated communication and its impact on brand image are presented. The approach is a qualitative online study. Consumer community sites show clear examples of information, distribution and conversation aspects. This study shows that information seeking is the most prevalent in the impact on brand image. The strength of this research lies in its qualitative nature with consumer interviews and online observations of consumer-generated brand communication. Given the exploratory nature of this research the online material had to be systematized during the course of the work and could not be chosen based on a set of criteria or evaluation methods already established.

Inter - Organization Systems :Inter - Organization Systems : Spatially Reading a Web Information System ( WIS ) Research in Progress

Anita Greenhill 한국경영정보학회 2001 한국경영정보학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2001 No.-

Synergistic effects of autochthonous probiotic bacterium and Mentha piperita diets in Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) for enhanced growth and immune response

Anita Bhatnagar,Sonal Saluja 한국수산과학회 2019 Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Vol.22 No.3

Two dietary experiments were performed to evaluate the impact of the herb Mentha piperita as a dietary supplement on Catla catla. In Experiment 1, fingerlings (0.45–2.60 g) were fed on diets supplemented with M. piperita at different levels (P1, P2, P3, and P4 at 2, 4, 6, and 8 g Kg−1 of feed) and C1 served as the control with no peppermint supplementation. In Experiment 2, fingerlings (0.40–3.15 g) were fed with diets containing autochthonous probiotic bacteria Bacillus coagulans (3000 colony forming unit g−1) along with M. piperita (PP1-PP4 at 2, 4, 6, and 8 g Kg−1 of feed) and feed C2 served as control containing probiotics but no peppermint. Significantly (P < 0.05) high values of growth parameters, digestive enzyme activities, low reed conservation ratio, low excretion of ammonia, and orthophosphates were observed in fingerlings fed with P3 for Experiment 1 and PP3 for Experiment 2. Hematological counts, phagocytic activity, and respiratory burst activity were also enhanced in fingerlings fed with M. piperita supplementation revealing that dietary administration of peppermint at optimum level can enhance the growth, digestibility, and immunity of C. catla fingerlings; however, incorporation of B. coagulans showed better growth and immunity revealing that synergistic effects of M. piperita and autochthonous probiotic in C. catla diets can lead to its sustainable aquaculture.

Industrial wastewater collection using a separation technique

Anita KovacKralj 한국공업화학회 2012 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.18 No.4

Water is an essential element within normal functioning throughout the chemical industry. The reuse of water, or more precisely water condensate collection, is very important during real chemical processes because it can reduce raw materials, energy losses, and costs, and can improve the operations of energy and process systems. The effect of industrial activity on the environment has attracted considerable attention over the past few decades. Industry, therefore, has started looking at methods of reducing the volumes of produced wastewater. This paper presents the industrial separation of lower and higher temperature condensates’collection using the heating utility of steam production, by separation techniques. The existing condensate collection regarding utilities’ preparation for steam-generation may no longer be optimal;the basic intention is that minimal changes in the system can produce an efficient improvement by using separate collections of low and high-temperature condensates, and the use of available heat with little heat flow rate loss. This separated water condensate collection preparation for the utility of steam production by using a separation technique and MINLP (mixed-integer nonlinear programming) was tested on an existing methanol process, which allowed for an efficient and additional 7% water condensate collection system for steam-generation.

Review on fabrication of graphitic carbon nitride based efficient nanocomposites for photodegradation of aqueous phase organic pollutants

Anita Sudhaik,Pankaj Raizada,Pooja Shandilya,정대용,임지호,Pardeep Singh 한국공업화학회 2018 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.67 No.-

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a fascinating visible light active semiconductor photocatalyst has medium band gap, non-toxic nature, stable chemical structure and high thermal stability. Recently, intensive researches are focused on photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 for wastewater treatment. This review demonstrates latest progress in fabrication of graphitic carbon nitride C3N4 incorporated nanocomposite to explore photocatalytic ability for water purification. The g-C3N4-based nanocomposites were categorized as g-C3N4 metal-free nanocomposite, noble metals/g-C3N4 heterojunction, non-metal doped g-C3N4, transition and post transition metal based g-C3N4 nanocomposite. Apart from fabrication methods, we emphasized on elaborating the mechanism of activity enhancement during photocatalytic process.

Checking the Kinetics of Acetic Acid Production by Measuring theConductivity

Anita Kova?Kralj 한국공업화학회 2007 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.13 No.4

The hydrolysis of acetic anhydride to acetic acid was studied by measuring the conductivity. Themeasurements were based on the conductivity of a weak electrolyte. The reaction kinetics when producing ace-tic acid (CH3COH) from acetic anhydride ((CH3CO)2O) and water (H2O) was checked in a stirred batch re-actor under different temperatures (T1 = 20 oC, T2 = 23 oC and T3 = 26 oC):(CH3CO)2O + H2O ↔ 2 CH3COOHThe course of the reaction was followed by measuring a weak electrolyte conductivity, in our case, acetic acid. The kinetic parameters of acetic acid production (activation energy, reaction rate constant, rate order) were determined. Experimental data agrees quite well with the data in the literature.

MODELLING THE DRIVERS FOR RURAL (EMERGING) MARKETS: A CASE OF INDIA

Anita Sengar,Rajat Agrawal,Vinay Sharma,Kumkum Bharti 글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 2016 Global Marketing Conference Vol.2016 No.7

Rural markets, especially in countries like India hold strong potential as emerging markets. The aim of this paper is to identify and analyse factors acting as drivers for companies to enter and serve rural markets and also to identify interrelationships among them along with their driver and dependence power, with special reference to India. A total of 13 enablers were identified on the basis of focused group discussions and interviews with experts from academics and industry. An interpretative structural modelling (ISM) and fuzzy MICMAC analysis were used to identify levels of hierarchical relationship among the drivers. The findings show that government policies and regulations are some of the most important drivers in rural markets.