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{"title":"Analysis of School Plant Management Practices towards Environmental Aesthetics on State Universities in South East Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria","authors":"Onye, R. Anyaogu","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2021.11.1.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2021.11.1.22","url":null,"abstract":"The study was carried out to analyze school plant management practices towards environmental aesthetics on state universities in south east geo-political zone of Nigeria. Specifically, the study assessed the relationship between school plants procurement and environmental aesthetics; operation of school plants and environmental aesthetics; and the relationship between school plant maintenance and environmental aesthetics of State Universities. Data for the study were collected from 336 respondents from Abia State, Anambra State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State and Imo State using survey method. Pearson Product Moment Correlation PPMC was used to analyze the data collected. From the result, the coefficient of correlation between school plants procurement and environmental aesthetics of State Universities was 0.35, indicating the existence of low but positive relationship between school plants procurement and environmental aesthetics of State Universities. The coefficient of correlation between operation of school plant and environmental aesthetics of State Universities was also low and positive (r = 0.24). The coefficient of relationship between school plant maintenance and environmental aesthetics of State Universities was 0.29 implying the existence of low but positive relationship between school plant maintenance and environmental aesthetics in the study area. The study concludes that school plant management practices are very important for sound education of students towards the realization of educational goals and objectives. Hence, it recommended that Government should ensure that adequate funds are made available for the procurement of school plants.","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117304627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic Study of Foreign Agricultural Trade Flows between Egypt and the\u0000COMESA Bloc","authors":"M. Barghash, A. Othman","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2021.11.4.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2021.11.4.65","url":null,"abstract":"The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is considered of the most important forms of economic cooperation in the African Continent. The research investigates the problem that the volume of trade exchange between Egypt and the COMESA countries in general, and agricultural trade in particular. It only accounts for 7.2% during (2014-2018) of the volume of trade exchange between Egypt and the world. The research aimed to analyze intra-trade flows between Egypt and countries of the COMESA Bloc over the period (2001-2018) revealed that the value of Egyptian agricultural imports from the COMESA recorded an average of US$235 million, while the value of Egyptian agricultural exports to the COMESA recorded an average of US$132 million. Results of estimating the Basic Gravity Model for Egypt's agricultural imports from the COMESA indicated a direct relationship between Egypt's GDP and the volume of Egypt's agricultural imports, where 1% increase in Egypt's GDP lead to increasing Egypt's agricultural imports by 1.6%, the existence of common borders between Egypt and the COMESA countries result indicated that it has a direct relationship with the volume of Egypt’s agricultural imports from those countries, which is consistent with the economic logic, where the existence of common borders between Egypt and the COMESA countries resulted in increasing Egyptian agricultural imports by 3.22% .Results of estimating the Basic Gravity Model for agricultural exports indicated that a direct relationship exists between Egypt's GDP and the volume of Egypt's agricultural exports to the six countries, where 1% increase in Egypt's GDP leads to increasing Egypt's agricultural exports from the six mentioned countries by 0.05%. As for the relationship between the geographical distances between Egypt and each of COMESA countries and Egypt’s agricultural exports to those countries, results indicated an inverse relationship, which is consistent with both the economic and statistical logic, where a 1% increase in the geographical distances resulted in reducing Egypt’s agricultural exports to those countries by 0.92%. In regards to the relationship between the dummy variable representing the existence of common borders between Egypt and the COMESA countries, results revealed that it has a direct relationship with the volume of Egypt’s agricultural exports to six countries, which is consistent with the economic logic. So the search recommended to: developing the currently existing means of transportation between Egypt and each of the, Studying quality standards requirements of exports demanded by the COMESA markets thus paying attention to improving the quality of Egyptian exports to those markets, Seeking to on open new market windows for Egyptian agricultural exports . microcosm and unstable due to being affected by political issues from time to time. It only accounts for 7.2% of the volume of trade exchange between Egypt and the world. It was found that agricul","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116425356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Morphological, chemical characteristics and antioxidant activity of Egypt grown wild milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.) seeds and evaluates their oil in fast frying process comparing with some vegetable oils","authors":"","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2019.9.4.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2019.9.4.32","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122251330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Soil Limitations Effects on Sugar Beet Production under Centre Pivot\u0000Irrigation System, (Case Study in Menya governorate)","authors":"M. HegaziI., A. Ismail, T. Semida","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2022.12.2.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2022.12.2.11","url":null,"abstract":"Egypt suffers a negative gap between sugar production and demand consumption. Therefore to minimize the gap, it is necessary to expand the area planted with sugar beet in the newly reclaimed soils, especially those cultivated under modern irrigation technology in Menya governorate. Soil limitation factors such as topography (t), wetness (w), physical soil characteristics (s), soil fertility characteristics (f), salinity, and alkalinity (n) are the main factors effective on sugar beet productivity. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of soil limitations degree on sugar beet yield. According to obtained results of beet yield production, it's summarized to three groups related to soil limitation degree as follows: the first group soils has highest yield production with an average of 115.9 MT/ha, related to best quality parameters, the second has medium crop with an average of 89.3 MT/ha, associated to medium suitability of soil limitations such as topography and soil salinity, then the third group contains the lowest an average of 66.9 MT/ha, related to medium and severe limitations, like shallow profiles and sandstone rock. The current study aimed to identify and effect of specific site properties on beet yield productivity according to intensity of soil limitation, in west Menya governorate. including 291 h for group A, 500 h group B and 209 h of group C. The results reveal that sugar beet crop in the studied soils can be classified into three groups according to productivity related to soil properties. The root yield averages of the three groups are 115.9 MT/ha, 89.3","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"343 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120838605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Response of some olive cultivars to different salinity levels under shade house conditions","authors":"","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2022.12.3.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2022.12.3.22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"287 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125743161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In vitro Evaluation of Inhibitory Potency of Galium sinaicum (Delile ex Decne) Boiss.\u0000Against Oxidation, Inflammation, and Enzymes Linked Diabetes Mellitus Type II","authors":"","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2022.12.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2022.12.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"222 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127163540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Milk Thistle Seeds Powder: A Potential Source of High Value-Added for Functional Pan Bread","authors":"S. Abozed, Manal F. Salama, Wafaa M. Abozeid, D. Baker","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2021.11.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2021.11.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"Silybum marianum is a member of the Asteraceae family, also known as milk thistle. The milk thistle seeds contain silymarin, silymarin is the main active compound in seeds and is both an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. The objective of the work was to determine the influence of milk thistle seed powder on the physical, antioxidant, and organoleptic properties of pan bread enrichment with different ratios (0%, 2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%). Antioxidant properties, chemical composition, color properties, baking quality, texture profile analysis, freshness and organoleptic properties of pan breads enrichment with Milk Thistle Seeds (MTS) powder were analyzed and compared with control sample. Cytotoxicity effect of milk thistle seeds extract against hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (HepG-2) using viability assay was investigated in this study. Total flavonoide contents, radical-scavenging activity, specific volume, significantly increased with the addition of MTS powder. Pan breads containing MTS powder also showed better organoleptic evaluation scores. Milk thistle seeds extract at various concentration showed an exhibited a potent anticancer effect against human liver cancer cell (HepG2). Pan breads containing MTS powder can thus be developed as a health-promoting functional food include protecting liver health.","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130160130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Studies on Micro Propagation of Dracaena sanderiana Plants","authors":"Gehan M. Y. Salama, A. S. Tawila, Abla H. Dergham","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2021.11.1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2021.11.1.19","url":null,"abstract":"The experimental was intended to find out the well protocol for in vitro propagation of Dracaena sanderiana. In this respect, plant shoot tips were effectively surface sterilized with a mixture of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) as commercial Clorox and mercuric chloride (HgCl2) were used at 1.5 % NaOCl and 2.0 g/l HgCl2. Shoot tip explants were cultured on full MS-medium contains 1.5 mg/l IBA to establishment. For shoot multiplication, MS-medium contains 2 mg/l BA produced the highest number of shoots. For in vitro rooting, 2.0 mg/l IBA gave the highest number of roots and root length. Plantlets after rooting exhibited 100% survival in pots containing peatmoss and sand at a ratio of 3:1 under greenhouse conditions.","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130619964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Oat Crackers Incorporated with Cactus\u0000Pear Cladodes Flour","authors":"","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2019.9.4.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2019.9.4.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128875236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Foliar Applications of Anti-Heat Stress Treatments on Yield and Fruit\u0000Quality of Balady Mandarin and their Effect on Yoghurt","authors":"","doi":"10.36632/mejas/2019.9.4.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36632/mejas/2019.9.4.26","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273673,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125401973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}