Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesised using an aqueous seed kernel extract of Entada rheedii Spreng. and evaluated for physicochemical characteristics and selected catalytic and biological activities. Nanoparticle formation was assessed by Fourier-transform infrared spect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2026/v12i3323
W. Z. Wan Nur Zahidah, M. Syahida, M. Nur Ilida, M. Norhida Arnieza & H. Mohd Fakhri·Asian Food Science Journal·2026
The increasing demand for natural isotonic beverages has driven the utilisation of fruit-based raw materials with added functional benefits. The study developed and evaluated five pineapple-based isotonic beverage formulations containing pineapple (Ananas comosus) juice, sucrose,...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2026/v25i9914
This study explores the green synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles using a seed coat extract of morama (Tylosema esculentum), an underutilised leguminous oilseed indigenous to the Kalahari Desert. Green synthesis is a method that utilises biological entities such as plant...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2026/v25i9915
Polycythemia vera (PV) is a JAK2-mutated myeloproliferative neoplasm characterised by clonal erythrocytosis and a substantially elevated lifetime risk of arterial and venous thrombosis. We present a 66-year-old man with JAK2 V617F-positive PV diagnosed 15 months earlier, who had...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcr/2026/v9i1392
Aims: This study developed and evaluated a humanoid joint-space motion-tracking controller integrating standard Kalman filtering, adaptive proportional-integral-derivative feedback and model-based inverse-dynamics feedforward compensation. Study Design: A twenty-trial Monte Carlo...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81983
Informal waste pickers, commonly described in the manuscript as scavenger waste pickers, contribute to solid waste collection and material recovery in Uasin Gishu County despite operating largely outside formal waste-management structures. This study examined the socio-economic a...
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Research Article10.9734/arjass/2026/v24i9937
Although teachers are critical agents in the academic growth and development of manpower, bereavement is adversely affecting the job performance of public primary school teachers in Starehe Constituency. Despite a wide array of literature in this area, there is limited existing l...
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Research Article10.9734/arjass/2026/v24i9938
This study presents analyses of the proximate composition, vitamin content, and mineral content of three commonly consumed fruits—pineapple, orange, and banana—with the aim of comparing their nutrient compositions. The proximate analysis revealed that pineapple and orange had sim...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrib/2026/v9i2342
Mbailaou N. Goussou, Djimadoum Ndigangar Teadoum, Tchoroun Massang Digué, Soledé Kidjakebo & Madjitoloum Betoloum Salomon·Chemical Science International Journal·2026
Sediments are a major sink and potential secondary source of potentially toxic metals in freshwater ecosystems, and their environmental risk depends not only on total metal concentrations but also on chemical speciation and mobility. During this study, the pH ranged from 5.99±0,0...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51062
The present study evaluated the socio-economic characteristics and aquaculture practices of fish farmers in Gorakhpur, Deoria, and Kushinagar districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. A total of 207 fish farmers were surveyed between December 2024 and February 2025 through structured p...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i94456
Background: Prostate cancer remains a leading cause of cancer mortality among men in Ghana and across sub-Saharan Africa, with many patients presenting at advanced disease stages where survival outcomes are influenced by disease progression, treatment failure, comorbidities, and...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i3369
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent contaminants generated mainly through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biomass and other carbonaceous materials. Grains may become contaminated during cultivation, transportation, processing, storage and marketing....
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Research Article10.9734/sarjnp/2026/v9i3266
Conventional root-mean-square amplitude is widely used to represent local seismic reflection energy, but its quadratic dependence on amplitude makes it susceptible to impulsive spikes, amplitude extremes, and spatial broadening of high-energy responses. This study develops and ev...
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Research Article10.9734/ajoger/2026/v9i3286
Background: Groundwater development in Precambrian basement terrains is constrained by the discontinuous and heterogeneous distribution of productive aquifers. Aim: This study aimed to map potential groundwater zones in the Koulikoro district (Mali) by integrating Geographic Inf...
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Research Article10.9734/ajoger/2026/v9i3287
Aims: To examine how households living near Mukura Forest in Rutsiro District, Rwanda, have taken up agroforestry trees on their farms, and specifically to establish the prevailing level of uptake, the leading factors behind it, and the strength of association between those facto...
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Research Article10.9734/ajoger/2026/v9i3288