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Supporting academic development during curriculum change: a co-operative inquiry of identity and engagement 在课程改革中支持学术发展：对身份和参与的合作探究

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1080/1360144x.2025.2469303

Sharen Nisbet, Elizabeth Goode, Erica Russ, John Haw, Robert Rollin, Johanna Nieuwoudt

引用次数: 7

Epidemiological Profile of Acute Flaccid Paralysis in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2021 to 2022 2021年至2022年刚果民主共和国急性弛缓性麻痹流行病学概况

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.64950/ijchmd.12

ERIC MALAMBA

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The Impact of Feeding Sun-Dried Azolla Meal on Growth Performance and Some Serum Biochemical Parameters of Broiler Chickens 饲粮晒干杜鹃花粉对肉鸡生长性能及部分血清生化指标的影响

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI: 10.21608/ijcvr.2024.328318.1006

Mahmoud Abd El-Kareem, Gamal M.M. Mosaad, Mohamed Abd Allah Mousa

{"title":"The Impact of Feeding Sun-Dried Azolla Meal on Growth Performance and Some Serum Biochemical Parameters of Broiler Chickens","authors":"Mahmoud Abd El-Kareem, Gamal M.M. Mosaad, Mohamed Abd Allah Mousa","doi":"10.21608/ijcvr.2024.328318.1006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ijcvr.2024.328318.1006","url":null,"abstract":"The current study was conducted to assess the impact of feeding sun-dried azolla meal on growth performance and some serum biochemical parameters of broiler chickens. A total number of 80 one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308 strain) were individually weighted and allocated randomly into four treatment groups (20 birds/group), each group consists of two replicates each of 10 birds. The control group (T1) received a basal diet, while the experimental groups T2, T3, and T4 were fed diets containing 3%, 6% and 9% sun-dried azolla, respectively. Over a 35-day period, results showed a clear trend of significantly increased (P<0.05) weight gain and increased feed intake with higher levels of Azolla inclusion, with T4 exhibited the highest final body weight and feed intake. Feed conversion ratios (FCR) improved insignificantly (P>0.05) in the Azolla-fed groups compared to the control. Serum total protein, albumin, and globulin levels were unaffected by treatment (P>0.05). No significant differences (P=0.093) were observed among different groups in LDL levels. T3 and T4 had significantly higher HDL values (P<0.05). Additionally, Azolla supplementation significantly decreased cholesterol and triglyceride levels (P<0.05). Antioxidant enzymes activity (superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase) was enhanced with groups fed with dried azolla compared with the control group. It can be concluded that sun dried Azolla meal is a promising and beneficial non-conventional feed ingredient that can be used up to 9% in broiler diets for improving growth performance and enhancing the serum biochemical constituents in broilers.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147899183","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}

引用次数: 2

Experimental Testing of Riveted Carvel Planks on Frames for Traditional Timber Structures 传统木结构框架铆接卡瓦板的试验研究

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.5750/ijme.v167ia1.1407

Jean-Baptiste R. G. Souppez

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Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance, Peter C. Kunze (2023) 《东山再起：百老汇、好莱坞和迪士尼文艺复兴》，彼得·c·昆泽（2023）

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1386/ijds_00011_5

Matthew Ari Elfenbein

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Re-imaging empowered princesshood against the rise of the fourth-wave feminism: A thematic study of Disney’s princess live-action remakes 在第四次女权主义浪潮中重新塑造公主形象：迪士尼公主真人版翻拍的主题研究

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1386/ijds_00003_1

Caroline Yiqian Wang

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引用次数: 4

‘We’re not quite there yet… but we will be’: Identifying shifts in the Walt Disney Company’s LGBTQ+ representation “我们还没有完全做到……但我们会做到的”：确定华特迪士尼公司LGBTQ+形象的转变

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1386/ijds_00004_1

Matt Weaver

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引用次数: 4

Conservatives watch cartoons: The rise of Disney, the right and cultural criticism in the 1990s 保守派看动画片：迪士尼的崛起、右翼和20世纪90年代的文化批评

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1386/ijds_00002_1

Alex Pinelli

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引用次数: 1

The lasting impacts of The Walt Disney Company within and beyond the classroom: A case study 华特迪士尼公司在课堂内外的持久影响：一个案例研究

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1386/ijds_00008_7

Hannah Helm

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Gait Measurement Descriptions of Human Tracks 人体轨迹的步态测量描述

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.55917/2769-7045.1014

Robert Speiden

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