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Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the cardiac muscle associated with both infectious and noninfectious diseases. Among the infectious etiologies, viruses are the most frequent pathogens, streptococcus is rarely reported as a causative pathogen of acute myocarditis without clinical features suggestive of rheumatic fever. No epidemiological data estimating the incidence of group A streptococcus (GAS) induced myocarditis exist at this time [1]. The clinical manifestations are variable: it classically presents as an acute heart failure and can also be manifested with arrhythmia (tachycardia or bradycardia) or chest pain mimicking myocardial infarction, especially in young patients, accompanied with focal ST elevations on the electrocardiogram and elevated cardiac biomarkers. Here we present a case of a 44- year-old man who presented with myocarditis mimicking ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) a few days after he an episode of angina.

In this study chloroform and methanol extracts of Ziziphus xylopyrus stem barks were tested for analgesic (Hot plate, Tail immersion and Acetic acid- induced writhing method) and anti-inflammatory activity (paw edema induced by carrageenan) in mice and rats, respectively. The methanolic extract in doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg showed 10.91, 34.95 and 57.61 percentage of protection from writhing respectively and the percentage inhibition of paw edema at the end of four hours was 1.26, 24.05 and 35.42 respectively. In the Hot plate and Tail immersion models, methanolic extract in the above doses increased the pain threshold significantly after 30 min, 1, 2 and 3h of administration. Methanolic extract showed dose-dependent action in all the experimental models in different doses whereas chloroform extract was not able to show such remarkable significant activities.

Despite the strides made over the course of the past decade to address the barriers present for women to overcome in order to progress in the work place, it is still relevant and necessary to assess the degree of transformational and effective change within the workplace in general, and within the Control Instruments Group in particular. Firstly, to establish whether these barriers till exist; and secondly, what can be done to overcome those that still remain. The various problems addressed within this research included whether the position of women and their rights within the greater context of the working environment have improved since the new dispensation which became effective following the 1994 election, and the level of transformational change within the Control Instruments Group was assessed to identify what barriers still exist, and how can these be overcome.

Both English and Persian languages represent modality through auxiliary verbs, besides other means. The grammar systems of both languages include epistemic and root modality with some sort of similarities; however, they do not possess a one-to-one correspondence of modal auxiliaries, as a mean of conveying modality. Thus, translational shift is applied in many cases during the process of translating. This study is an analysis of such shifts in a parallel text, which consists of Jane Eyre, a novel by Charlotte Bronte (1955), and its Persian translation by Bahrami-harran (1998). The English and Persian modal auxiliaries are described and classified based on Palmer’s (2001) model. The aim of this study is to detect different types of shifts based on Catford’s classification in the translated text. To do so, one hundred and fifty sentences with modal auxiliaries were randomly selected from the source text and compared with the equivalents provided by the translator. Then, different types of shifts, based on Catford's, were identified and classified. The findings, descriptively suggesting how to translate modal auxiliaries from English into Persian, may have implications for linguists, translation researchers, and especially students of translation studies.

Pollution of ground water with heavy metals from industrial activities has caused a major threat to human life exposing man to series of diseases, crippling disability and death. This study was carried out to determine the concentration of heavy metals leaching into groundwater from the industrial activities and to assess their long term effect on life of the people and the resultant aquifer. The study was carried out at 10 different locations which are all located in Ikeja industrial areas. The water samples collected were subjected to physical, chemical, heavy metal and bacteriological analysis in order to determine their level of pollution. Samples were prepared according to the standard methods using atomic absorption spectrophotometry for heavy metals determination. The result of the analysis shows that heavy metals in water samples had an average pH mean value of 5.20 indicating the acidity of the water sampled, while the average electrical conductivity, temperature and total acidity of were 0.64µs/cm 29.70oC and 29.60 respectively. The average mean concentration of the chemical and heavy metals were 0.132 mg/l, 0.040 mg/l, 0.279 mg/l, 0.148 mg/l, 0.026 mg/l, 0.0055 mg/l, 0.00266 mg/l and 0.0097 mg/l for calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron, cadmium, lead, and chromium respectively. The parameters analysed were at varying concentrations in the groundwater with parameters such as nitrate, phosphate, and pH exceeding the World Health Organization (W.H.O) standard, it was observed that the sample collected from Neimeth pharmaceuticals exceeded the permissible level for iron and lead having the value of 0.0391mg/l and 0.0627mg/l, while most of the water samples analysed falls within the permissible limit in accordance with the WHO standards. Adequate care must be taken for further prevention and handling of chemical discharges from industries. The need for the treatment of the groundwater and control of human activities in the area to prevent further contamination must also be put be in place.

Denoising of pictures got corrupted by addition of noise signals (generated by no single reason) has invariably a theme of interest for researchers. This paper proposes Associate in Nursingd classifies the potency of an rule supported quantity shrinkage additional optimized by Particle Swarm optimization (PSO).The calculator for undecimated filter bank that incorporate the reconciling sub bands thresholding additional delineated with singal threshold supported denosing performs. The manuscript evaluate recital of medical image denoising by estimate of PSNR, MSE, WPSNR and SSIM. The replication results based on trying the reproduction at MATLAB 2010A platform shows momentous augmentation in alleviation of Gaussian noise, speckle noise, poisson noise and salt & pepper noises from investigational records.

Let G (V, E) be a simple, finite, undirected connected graph. A dominating set S Í V is called a locating dominating set, if for any two vertices v, w Î V – S, N(v) Ç S ¹ N(w) Ç S. A locating dominating set S Í V is called a co – isolated locating dominating set, if there exists atleast one isolated vertex in . gDcild is the number of minimum co – isolated locating dominating set of a graph G. The co – isolated locating domination number gcild is the minimum cardinality of a co – isolated locating dominating set. In this paper average co – isolated domination number ?agcild(G) is defined and, ?cild and ?agcild are obtained for binomial trees, binary trees, ternary trees and complete c – ary trees. Also the bounds for ?agcild(G) are found.

Green roofs bring ecosystem benefits in urban context, including building energy performance, improved air quality, air pollution mitigation, Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation, improved runoff water management, increased roof lifetime span, agricultural productivity, improved physical and mental public health, increased aesthetic values of urban areas, noise pollution mitigation, improved photo-voltaic panels efficiency and improved urban wildlife habitat. This paper reviewed, analyzed and discussed the previous studies for these benefits. The results from these studies acknowledged the capability of green roofs as a key element in order to improve the quality of urban areas. Therefore, this article recommends the implementation of green roofs in urban areas as a key factor in urban sustainability and development. Future research into green roofs technology is recommended in order to evaluate the efficiency of green roofs compared to other approaches aiming to improve the sustainability of urban areas.

Little is known on effectiveness of community involvement in the management of Lake Victoria which supports over tens of millions of people. Co-management approach in fisheries management was adopted due to failure of the traditional fisheries management approaches. The continued decline in fish catch despite the implementation of the concept of co-management triggered the current study in beaches of Mbita District, Kenya. The objective of the study was to investigate the extent to which co-management has contributed to environmental management in beaches of Mbita District. The results of this study are useful in the formulation of policies on the management of fisheries resources at the beach and similar environments in the neighbourhood and beyond. They make important inputs to the body of existing knowledge on beach management. A cross-sectional survey design was used as a research design due to the expansive coverage of the study area. The research instruments were mainly questionnaires. The total population of the study comprised of 9,360 fisheries stakeholders who are members of 62 beaches in Mbita District, Kenya. A sample size of 384 was statistically derived from the target population to represent the entire population. Statistical sampling method was used to sample the beaches in the three divisions proportionately according to their percentage weight in terms of population size. Furthermore, a statistical theory sampling technique was used to sample beaches due to large numbers and expansive distribution along the shores of Lake Victoria. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and findings presented in tables. The study found that co-management approach had positively influenced fisheries resource’ conservation in Mbita District; and it established that co-management as strategy is effective in awareness creation in environmental management among the fisheries stakeholders and is key to a safe and healthy environment and active involvement of natural resource users such as the members of Beach Management Units (BMU) in environmental management. .Environmental management and participatory formulation of fisheries laws and regulations had been enhanced at the beaches in the district. The study recommended further study on co-management in other types of natural resource.

Iron deficiency chlorosis is a common problem for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) grown on iron deficient calcareous soils. Iron is essential for chlorophyll synthesis and any deficiencies may hinder photosynthetic capabilities of the plant that may result in yield loss. Cultivar selection and/or proper management may reduce yield loss. The objective of this investigation was to identify the cultivars and determine the effect of ameliorative treatment for controlling iron deficiency chlorosis in sugarcane in Tamilnadu, India. A field experiment was conducted for fifteen sugarcane varieties with two treatments (control and amelioration). The leaf greenness was evaluated for chlorosis by SPAD chlorophyll meter readings and also using acetone extraction method. The metabolically active iron content of leaf was analysed by 1,10-orthophenanthroline extract. The ameliorated treatment was consistently better at reducing iron chlorosis scores and yield loss. The resistant genotypes had significantly lower chlorosis scores compared to the susceptible varieties. Iron deficiency chlorosis was adequately controlled by amelioration treatment and/or using resistant genotypes may be the more effective treatment for yield improvement.