Trans, trans-muconic acid is generally considered a useful biomarker of exposure to benzene that occurs naturally in crude oil. Objective: To estimate exposure of benzene to workers in an oil and gas production company. Materials and Methods: Firstly, it was a descriptive, cross-...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631427
Personality traits are believed to be born with each individual, but there is a greater possibility of developing such required skills with dedicated effort and trainings. Skills which are at high demand for an entrepreneur is very much subjective due to various factors such as t...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631423
The crisis plaguing the world has weakened the globalization that has been underway for several decades. Trade, movement of goods and people are affected. Food security is threatened. Consequently, the recourse to a production-consumption policy which underpins the viability of e...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631424
Effect of various levels of sulphur (50,100 and 150 kg ha-1) with three sources of sulphur fertilizers was studied on sugarcane crop in a field experiment conducted in Typic ustropept at Thiruppuvanam block of Sivagangai district during 2018-2019. The results revealed that the ap...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631422
The present study is an attempt to estimate the technical and allocativeefficienciy of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)producing farms in Mysore district of Karnataka, whereFrench bean is cultivated extensively. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Cobb-Douglas production funct...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631421
This study investigated the effect of different pretreatment methods on sugar liberation from Rice bran (RB) and Deoiled Rice bran (DRB). An amount of 100 g of RB or DRB were soaked in 1% (w/v) trichloroacetic acid (99.0 % stock concentration) separately and each mixture was made...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631418
The nation of Nigeria recently experienced unprecedented violence occasioned by the activities of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, popularly known as SARS. This tactical Police unit charged with the onerous responsibility of dealing with violent crimes such as car-jerking, armed...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631419
Coastal wetland soils exposed to crude oil exploration activities were assessed using microbiological and chemical procedures in the wet and dry seasons. The bacteria isolated from the impacted wetland soils included species of the genera Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Citrobacter,...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1631417
The UN Sustainability Goals emphasise on use of renewable sources of energy viz wind, solar, hydro power, biomass etc which are increasingly becoming important in the global energy mix. India with a 900 GW potential, aims to have 175 GW by 2022 and about 40% of total power produc...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1531415
The goal of this research is to develop captopril mouth dissolving films and evaluate the impact of various formulation factors on the physical and mechanical properties of the films, as well as drug release behaviour. In different grades, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC E15...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1531414
Aim: This study evaluated the attendant skeletal fracture accompaniments in traumatic pelvic fractures using plain radiography. Study Design: A prospective cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The Accident and Emergency Departments of three hospitals namely; Lagos...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1531416
The biodiversity of insects visiting cabbage and population dynamics of diamondback moth was studies on Golden acre variety of cabbage. The experiment was conducted at experimental plot of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Morabadi, Ranchi, durin...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1531413
Demand for unconventional potherbs is increasing and known medicinal values or high content of Vitamin A or protein or Vitamin C will help jute to be equally popular as cheap sources of these. Walking on the paths of age-old belief on utilization of Jute as pat shak or potherbs (...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1531410
In the modern high intensity aquaculture, probiotics offer an encouraging substitute to chemicals and antibiotics, one such important application of probiotics is their use as growth promoters, in addition to health and water quality management. On the same background, the study...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1531411
Aims: To find the relationship between the non-destructive and destructive methods for the evaluation of photosynthetic pigments under field condition concerning heat stress conditions. Study Design: The crop was sown in factorial randomized block design in three replication. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1531412