Aim: To identify the main and additive components of heroin trafficked in the State of Kuwait, and to provide a satisfactory explanation for the increase in deaths among heroin addicts. Study Design: Selected samples of non-pure powder heroin seized in Kuwait and a set of pure he...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18001
Two newly synthesized Dapsone derivatives viz., 3-[(4-{4-[(1H-Indol-3-ylmethylene)-amino]-benzenesulfonyl}-phenylimino)-methyl]-1H-indole (IABPI) and 5-[(4-{4-[(Thiophen-2-ylmethylene)-amino]-benzenesulfonyl}-phenylimino)-methyl]-thiophene (TABPT) were investigated as corrosion i...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18211
This research work was conducted in order to investigate the adsorption of cyanide ions by carbon black developed from Shea Butter Seed Husk (SBSH) an eco-friendly bio-adsorbent. The experiments were carried out in batch reactors with optimum operating parameters at 100 mg/l for...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17636
s-Triazines containing heterocycles have variety of biological activities including anti-cancer, anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory activities. Various heterocycles have been synthesized by annellation methodology using chalcones as base template. A new series of 2-ami...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18654
Aim: To synthesize a polymer electrolyte membranes with semi interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) structures consisting of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and poly(1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole-co-divinyl benzene) (P(VTri-co-DVB)) and to characterized by FT-IR spectroscopic ana...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18669
The synthesis of phosphoramidite (DNA building block) containing the tricyclic nucleoside analogue of O6-methyl-2-deoxyguanosine was carried out and its Interactions with Atl proteins was quantified through fluorescent assay (fluorescent intensity monitoring). In fluorescent assa...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17369
Polymer composites are important class of materials. Some of these composite composites display tremendous mechanical properties. The combination of artificial fiber with polypropylene matrix has affected its matrix mechanical properties. The main objective of this work was to st...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18003
Functionalized N-(4-acetyl-5-substituted-4, 5-dihydro-[1, 3, 4]-thiadiazol-2-yl)-acetamides (2a-m) were synthesized by three-fold condensation of carbonyl compound, thiosemicarbazide and acetic anhydride in an one pot three component reaction. In this reaction substituents on c...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18204
The chemistry of ionization of strong acids via oxonium route was examined in thermodynamics context. The research led to the establishment of a new chemical hypothesis which derivatives gave rise to a differential temperature model. The thermodynamic model has been applied to de...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17419
The influence of solvent polarity on the absorption pattern of azo-2-naphthol dyes,1-(4-methylphenylazo)-2-naphthol (MPAN) and 1-phenylazo-2-naphthol (PAN) have been studied using a UV-Visible spectrophotometer in polar and non-polar solvents. Analysis of the spectral data obtain...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17260
The interfacial activities of Diospyros mespiliformis on annealed carbon steel in 2 M HCl solution was studied by electrochemical methods; polarization and impedance spectroscopy measurements, while weight loss of the carbon steel at varying temperatures and gasometric method was...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16679
Aim: Dermal exposure to pyrethroids produces adverse health effect on different body systems. This study examined the effect of simultaneous oral supplementation of curcumin and vitamin C on systemic and skin injuries induced by dermal intoxication with cypermethrin. Experim...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17285
Chemical analysis of raw and treated water from the Tamburawa water treatment plant was conducted twice a week for six consecutive weeks using Spectrophotometric measurement, to determine the level of Cr, Fe, and Pb in the water. The result of the study showed that the concentrat...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17611
A very simple, ultra-sensitive and highly selective non-extractive spectrophotometric method is presented for the rapid determination of iron (III) at trace levels using ortho aminophenol or 2-aminophenol (OAP) as a new spectrophotometric reagent (lmax = 402 nm) in slightly acidi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16749
TiO2 singly doped and Co-doped nanoparticles with Pt+4, Au+4, and S-2 ions were prepared by modified Sol-Gel method. These samples characterized by Uv-visible adsorption spectroscopy and showed red-shift in absorption band of TiO2, XRD. showed clear anatase for all modified sampl...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17082