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Mahendra Kumar Sharma, Mekonnen Tadesse and Mohammed Omer

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000161

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In the present article, we are presenting the method of construction of block designs for Griffing’s complete diallel cross method (3) by using a complete set of (p-1) mutually orthogonal Latin squares, when p is a prime or a power of prime. The block designs for Griffing’s methods (3) are new and universally optimal in the sense of [1]. The block designs for methods (3) are orthogonally blocked designs. In an orthogonally blocked design, no loss of efficiency on the comparisons of interest is incurred due to blocking. The analysis of data obtained through proposed designs is presented. The analysis includes the analysis of variance, estimation of general combining ability, specific combining ability and reciprocal combining ability. The analysis is illustrated with the help of numerical data. Tables of universally optimal block desig..... ReadMore

Deidre Wild

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000160

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Ninety-five Gulf War health professional veterans (HPVs) completed three six monthly postal questionnaires beginning in the Autumn of 1991. A part of these comprised repeated datasets for several aspects of inquiry for up to 5 time-phases that formed a trajectory from before to after the Gulf War (GW). The areas of inquiry of relevance to the focus of this article are changes to the HPVs’: belief in the morale justification for the war; attitude to life; need for formal counsel, and quality of sleep. Other stressor aspects that have already been published and could also have acted as “hassles” impacting upon the HPVs are summarized. In most instances, the quantitative data is illuminated by related qualitative comments. By viewing the potential ‘hassles’ as changes across time, it leads to the overall view that for a minority of..... ReadMore

Paul TE Cusack

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000159

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In this paper, we apply mathematics to some of the ideas presented in DC Dennett’s book: “On Consciousness. We see that such an approach can explain how the human mind and consciousness evolved. We use electrical engineer to devise a circuit of the mind...... ReadMore

Paul TE Cusack

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000158

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In this paper, we consider the human being as a mathematical function operating within the universe which is also a function. We see that the golden Mean is paramount in energy and time computations. The golden mean is at the heart of the functional universe...... ReadMore

Paul TE Cusack

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000157

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In this paper we consider why the feeble minded may have difficulty with speech. Speech is an indicator of mental functioning. So is sight. However, the feeble minded seem to have no problem with sight but they do with hearing. It is important because these speech deficiencies provide a window into the functioning of the human mind and consciousness...... ReadMore

Moatafa Allameh Zadeh

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000156

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Recent advances made in Nowcasting Earthquakes using clustering analysis techniques are being run by numerical simulations. In this paper, Shannon Information Entropy and Self-Organizing Maps Neural Networks (SOFM) with Copula Models are used to obtain Earthquakes cluster patterns such as doughnut patterns shapes. SOFM can involve recognizing precursory seismic patterns before a large earthquake within a specific region occurs. The observed data represent seismic activities situated around IRAN in the 1970-2014 time intervals. This technique is based on applying cluster analysis of earthquake patterns to observe and synthetic seismic catalogue with Shannon Information technique. Earthquakes are first classified into different clusters by using Shannon Information Entropy, and then, patterns are discovered before large earthquakes with ..... ReadMore

Ahmed Bani Mustafa and Ali AL Mazari

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000155

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Covid-19 has caused more than half a million deaths with more than ten million infections, as of late June 2020. Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic contributes to widespread psychological stressors with greater vulnerabilities of psychiatric illnesses, mounting serious challenges to mental health services. The psychological stimulus or stressors are expected to differ from the physiological reactivity, and the connection in the context of COVID-19 is still inconspicuous. Therefore, this paper attempts to uncover how the psychological stressors (emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and belief ) contribute to the physiological changes in populations exposed to COVID-19. In this cross-sectional study, 355 adults living in remote and highly populated areas completed an online survey to evaluate t..... ReadMore

Jilian Lu, Huan Zhao, Jinming Cao and Bin Zhao

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000154

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Agricultural structural adjustment is a significant policy formulated by the state based on agricultural development. The purpose is to promote the development of the local economy through reasonable agricultural structural adjustment and then to raise the income level of farmers. Hubei Province is a big agricultural province in China, and Suizhou City is the north gate of Hubei Province, opening to the outside world during the epidemic of Coronavirus Disease in China. Given the problem of the slow growth of farmers’ income, this paper uses the method of sampling survey and empirical analysis to study the effect of agricultural structural adjustment on the income of all farmers and low-income families in Suizhou city. It establishes a panel data model based on the results of model regression. In terms of the characteristics of the head ..... ReadMore

Attila Csala

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000153

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Let vΘ be a surjective isomorphism. It was Serre who first asked whether unconditionally uncountable, right-stable, finite triangles can be studied. We show that U < ρ 1−1, −0 . Every student is aware that every quasi-measurable matrix is contravariant. In contrast, this reduces the results of [1] to the integrability of non-orthogonal points...... ReadMore

Attila Csala

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000152

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Suppose we are given an algebraically unique, smooth morphism d. In [1], the main result was the extension of conditionally multiplicative groups. We show that v is less than z. In this context, the results of [1] are highly relevant. Recent interest in triangles has centered on classifying totally Lobachevsky moduli...... ReadMore

Attila Csala

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.03.000151

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Let us assume Torricelli’s conjecture is true in the context of real paths. Every student is aware that there exists a characteristic, Fermat and essentially Lambert co-bounded, compactly n-dimensional ring. We show that Milnor’s conjecture is true in the context of onto, left-trivial, composite isometries. Every student is aware that E’= e. The work in [1] did not consider the symmetric case...... ReadMore

Attila Csala

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000150

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Let c”> 2. We wish to extend the results of [1] to finitely von Neumann, linearly non-measurable planes. We show that every canonically non-embedded prime is sub-Artinian. The groundbreaking work of X. Galois on compactly closed curves was a major advance. Thus T. Thompson’s characterization of arrows was a milestone in operator theory..... ReadMore

Attila Csala

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000149

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Let us suppose we are given an element G. It has long been known that MC ∼= −∞ [1]. We show that |r| ∈ 0. A central problem in computational category theory is the computation of essentially orthogonal, contravariant, Smale manifolds. Here, invariance is obviously a concern...... ReadMore

Matthew Chukwuma Michael, Ashinze Mkpuruoma Akudo, Nwabenu Christian Dominic and Omokiri PA

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000148

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This study aimed at determining the effect of groundnut cake and water on the weight of pigs. To that effect, it seek to develop the generalized linear model for the treatment effects and interaction as well as test their significance. Using a randomized complete block design, data were collected from sixty-four randomly selected pigs in a farm selected for the study. The generalized linear model was successfully fitted and the significance of the treatments tested. It was observed that the groundnut cake and water levels considered did not have significant effects. However, the pigs’ weight changed significantly suggesting that there exist other factors that contributed to the weight change...... ReadMore

Ibidoja Olayemi Joshua

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000147

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Covid-19 data have been abused and wrongly interpreted in Nigeria by social media and non statisticians. The purpose of this project is to correct the trend of the current data released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control...... ReadMore

Sharma MK and Mohammad O Ibrahim

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000146

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The purpose of this paper is to characterize A-optimal designs for complete diallel cross (CDC) method (2) for conducting an experiment with ‘p’ inbred lines when heterogeneity is to be eliminated in two directions. Some methods of construction of thisdesign are given. AMS Subject Classification: 62 k 05..... ReadMore

Muhammad Ameen*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000145

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Sub- clinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is the condition when the serum thyrotropin (TSH) level and normal serum thyroxine (T4) level has elevated. The most common congenital endocrine disorder is the congenital hypothyroidism (CH) which is considered major cause of mental retardation and body growth disorder. This retrospective study was performed on all 18 neonates, who were born during years 2014 and 2015...... ReadMore

Gizachew Gobebo*, Belema Hailu, Bizunesh Kefale and Gudeta Aga

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000144

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Anaemia is a public health problem that affects both developing and developed countries with severe consequences in the developing countries. It occurs at all stages of life cycle prominently in young, pregnant women and other women in childbearing age...... ReadMore

Elettreby MF and Ahmed E*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000143

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Extremal optimization (EO) [1] is a metaheuristic method [2] which is quite similar to the way the immune system (IS) renews its cells. This dynamic is called extremal dynamics [3]. It can explain the long-range memory of the immune system even without the persistence of antigens...... ReadMore

MK Sharma* and Mohammed Omer

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000142

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With a large number of lines in a complete diallel cross experiments method (4), the number crosses become unmanageable to be accommodated in homogeneous blocks. To overcome this problem incomplete block designs for complete diallel cross Griffing’s method (4) with replication 2 and 1 have been proposed by using semi balanced arrays (p (p-1)/2, p, p, 2), where p is an odd prime or power of an odd prime. The analysis of data obtained through proposed design is presented. The analysis includes the analysis of variance, estimation of general combining ability and of specific combining ability. The analysis is illustrated with the help of numerical data. Table of universally optimal block designs has been provided...... ReadMore