This article begins with the presentation of some theoretical aspects of autism spectrum disorders and the integration of children with autism, and then it continues to describe the different visions of integration in various countries. At the same time there are also presented the benefits of children integration that result from some psychological studies.

The environmental education programs, by assuming an intensive training of saving skills as the axis of solution in the face of the scarcity of resources, have focused on the optimization of public services. In this sense, the objective of the present work has been to observe the effects of an informative workshop in which the prevention and repair of leaks was promoted, as well as the saving of water through dosing and reuse. A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 316 intentionally selected intact subjects. The results show significant differences before and after the informative workshop. In the case of rainwater harvesting indicator that was considered the reflective indicator of the factor, but after the workshop it reduced its value. In contrast, the maintenance of hydraulic installations revealed a domestic awareness of heritage conservation, although the segmentation of the information workshop is recommended to corroborate latent relationships between water optimization and heritage conservation.

The present study was performed to microencapsulate the antidiabetic drug Glibenclamide to get sustained release of drug. The aim of this study was to formulate and evaluate “Glibenclamide loaded” sustained-release microspheres by emulsion (o/w) solvent evaporation method using different polymers. The selected drug has plasma half-life of 3-5hrs after oral administration which makes it a very good candidate for the formulation of sustained release. In vitro dissolution studies were carried out in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) for 8 hours according to USP paddle method. The maximum and minimum drug release were observed as 90.99% and 71.98% from prepared microspheres, respectively after 8 hours. Different mathematical release kinetic models were used to find out the linear relationship and release rate of drug. The interactions with drug and polymer, good spheres as well and smooth surfaces have been studied using FTIR, SEM and DSC. As the study showed the correlation coefficient (R2) best fitted with the Korsmeyer model and the release exponent (n) was 0.45- 0.89, the drug might be released by both diffusion and erosion. In vivo experiments also showed that the prepared microsphere was significantly more effective than the immediate release formulation of Glibenclamide in reducing fasting plasma glucose levels. Hence, it can be concluded that the solvent evaporation method is a suitable technique for the preparation of sustained-release glibenclamide microspheres.

Climate variability is an issue of serious concern especially in a water-scarce country like South Africa. This is because a sizeable number of households in the country resides in the rural area where agriculture, the main source of livelihood for the people is rain-fed. This study therefore examined factors influencing the choice of climate variability adaptation and mitigation strategies employed among smallholder maize farmers in Sebayeng village, Limpopo province, South Africa. Primary data was collected from a random sample of 160 smallholder maize farmers through administration of structured questionnaire. While descriptive statistics was used to analyse and describe respondents’ socioeconomic characteristics, multinomial logistic regression model was employed to analyse factors influencing farmers’ choice of climate variability adaptation and mitigation strategies. Analysis of the data collected showed that majority of farmers (72.5%) do not adapt and/or mitigate climate variability. Nonetheless, of those mitigating or adapting to climate variability, 11.9% of the farmers used shifting planting dates as their strategy because it comes at no cost. Also, about 11.9% harnessed irrigation facilities, 4.3% used conservation agriculture and 3.8% used drought tolerant varieties. The result of the logistic model revealed that awareness of climate variability, membership of association, occupation and marital status of respondents were found to have significant influence on the type of adaptation and mitigation strategies chosen by the farmers. The study therefore recommends that government should provide more training for farmers through workshops and seminars to boost their awareness level about climate variability. Farmers should also form cooperatives, in that way they will gain more access to agricultural incentives and they should be encouraged to engage in other economic activities such as processing and marketing of agricultural products.

The article shows the effect of pre-treatment of chitosan and salicylic acid on the anthocyanin content of cherry fruits after storage.\n The research was conducted during 2016−2019 on the basis of the Station of Horticulture named after M.F. Sidorenko of the Institute of Horticulture of NAAS of cherry fruits varieties Alpha and Pamiat Artemenko. For studies, of 15 trees of each variety the day before harvest, were sprayed by a solution of 100 mg /l of salicylic acid; 1% chitosan with salicylic acid (100 mg /l). The fruits were removed at the consumer stage of ripeness from four different places of the crown from each tree of a certain variety and type of treatment, placed in boxes №5 weighing 5 kg for storage at a temperature of 1 ± 0.5 °C and relative humidity of 95±1%. Nontreated cherry fruits were taken for control. The experiment was three-stage repeated.\n It was founded, that the fruits of cherries varieties Alpha and Pamiat Artemenko are dominated anthocyanins: cyanidin-3-glucorutinoside in the amount of 204.9 and 103.5 mg /100 g and cyanidin-3-rutinoside 72 and 36.6 mg /100 g.\n In period of storage, the content of cyanidin-3-glucorutinoside and cyanidin-3-rutinoside decreased at 1.6-1.7 and 1.2 times.\nTreatment of cherry fruits with a solution of chitosan reduced the losses of cyanidin-3-glucorutinoside to 1.56 −1.7 times and cyanidin-3-rutinoside to 8.7−7.6%.\nThe content of cyanidin-3-glucorutinoside in cherries treated by a solution of chitosan with salicylic acid was the most preserved, where the losses decreased in 1.5–1.25 times. The content of cyanidin-3-rutinoside decreased in 0.5-0.83%. A strong correlation (r = 0.86) was founded between antioxidant activity and light transmission coefficient and a regression equation was derived.