Objective:To evaluate the consequence of oral administration of Calliandra portoricensis(C. portoricensis) leaf extract on the stomach and pancreas in Swiss albino mice.Methods:Three, groups of mice(B,C and D) were tr...Objective:To evaluate the consequence of oral administration of Calliandra portoricensis(C. portoricensis) leaf extract on the stomach and pancreas in Swiss albino mice.Methods:Three, groups of mice(B,C and D) were treated with 4 mg/kg of C.portoricensis extract.Croup A was the control and received an equivalent volume of distilled water.Group B received C.portoricensis leaf extract for 7 days.Croup C received C.portoricensis leaf extract for 14 days,and Croup D received C.portoricensis leaf extract for 28 days.At different stages in the study,the mice were sacrificed and the stomach and pancreas were excised and fixed in 10%formol saline for histological analysis.Results:The result showed a normal microstructural outline in groups B and C as compared with the control.However,animals in group D showed disorganization of the mucosa and discontinuation of epithelial lining of the stomach while the islets of Langerans in the pancreas were at various degree of degeneration as compared with the control mice. Conclusions:The present finding suggests that chronic administration(28 days as seen in this study) of C.portoricensis leaf extract may inhibit the proper function of the stomach and pancreas.展开更多
Embraced within the framework of crime opportunities integrated with Social Disorganization theory and Broken Windows theory,this paper intends to explore the patterns of four types of acquisitive crimes,using social ...Embraced within the framework of crime opportunities integrated with Social Disorganization theory and Broken Windows theory,this paper intends to explore the patterns of four types of acquisitive crimes,using social media data,i.e.,Twitter,Foursquare and cross-sectional data acquired through text analysis technique.With Greater London as the study area,models like negative binominal regression(NBR)and geographically weighted regression(GWR)are performed to illustrate the aggregated relationships between acquisitive crimes and crime opportunities at London-wide and sub-regional MSOAs levels respectively.The results work towards to hypotheses that:the tweets sentiment could reflect property-related crime rates positively in light of Broken Windows Theory;more tweets with negative sentiment may incur increases in acquisitive crimes.It contributed to existing studies in(1)providing empirical evidence for integrating these three theories;(2)complementing current research on local discrepancies of acquisitive crimes by utilising both GWR and NBR models;(3)challenging the traditional stereotypes about racial disparities with the finding that ethnic heterogeneity and instrumental crimes have counterintuitive association,especially taking education factor into consideration;(4)implicating some localised acquisitive crime prevention strategies to policy makers in light of the reality that the relationship between local variations and different crime types may vary by place.展开更多
文摘Objective:To evaluate the consequence of oral administration of Calliandra portoricensis(C. portoricensis) leaf extract on the stomach and pancreas in Swiss albino mice.Methods:Three, groups of mice(B,C and D) were treated with 4 mg/kg of C.portoricensis extract.Croup A was the control and received an equivalent volume of distilled water.Group B received C.portoricensis leaf extract for 7 days.Croup C received C.portoricensis leaf extract for 14 days,and Croup D received C.portoricensis leaf extract for 28 days.At different stages in the study,the mice were sacrificed and the stomach and pancreas were excised and fixed in 10%formol saline for histological analysis.Results:The result showed a normal microstructural outline in groups B and C as compared with the control.However,animals in group D showed disorganization of the mucosa and discontinuation of epithelial lining of the stomach while the islets of Langerans in the pancreas were at various degree of degeneration as compared with the control mice. Conclusions:The present finding suggests that chronic administration(28 days as seen in this study) of C.portoricensis leaf extract may inhibit the proper function of the stomach and pancreas.
文摘Embraced within the framework of crime opportunities integrated with Social Disorganization theory and Broken Windows theory,this paper intends to explore the patterns of four types of acquisitive crimes,using social media data,i.e.,Twitter,Foursquare and cross-sectional data acquired through text analysis technique.With Greater London as the study area,models like negative binominal regression(NBR)and geographically weighted regression(GWR)are performed to illustrate the aggregated relationships between acquisitive crimes and crime opportunities at London-wide and sub-regional MSOAs levels respectively.The results work towards to hypotheses that:the tweets sentiment could reflect property-related crime rates positively in light of Broken Windows Theory;more tweets with negative sentiment may incur increases in acquisitive crimes.It contributed to existing studies in(1)providing empirical evidence for integrating these three theories;(2)complementing current research on local discrepancies of acquisitive crimes by utilising both GWR and NBR models;(3)challenging the traditional stereotypes about racial disparities with the finding that ethnic heterogeneity and instrumental crimes have counterintuitive association,especially taking education factor into consideration;(4)implicating some localised acquisitive crime prevention strategies to policy makers in light of the reality that the relationship between local variations and different crime types may vary by place.
