A study of the rate of crude oil remediation in soils with the application of surfactants and hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial population was undertaken. Locally sourced particulate surfactants (wood and palm bunch ashes) were compared with synthetic surfactant, Tween 80, and found...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/6196
A numerical study of thermal diffusion effect on a mixed convective heat and mass transfer transient flow along a stretching sheet with constant heat and mass fluxes is completed under the action of a uniform magnetic field. A mathematical model related to the problem is develope...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18075
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
Development of sustainable technology for bioenergy/biofuel generation using lignocellulosic biomass is of prime importance in the present day research. An economically viable technology for production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass will certainly provide opportunity to...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18284
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
Aims: To produce Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain UMSPSB3 biomass with the reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD) from palm oil mill effluent. Study Design: Locally isolated phototrophic bacterium with different inoculum levels were used in Palm Oil Mill effluent (POME). Collect...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17827
Aim: Proteomic quantitative UV absorption spectrum analysis was used to study the effect of heat stress on protein extract from cowpea seeds (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp). Study Design: Protein extracts were obtained from 9 cowpea accessions obtained from GeneBank of International...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18429
Aims: The study evaluated the effectiveness of the information literacy skills course on the utilisation of various information sources at the Africa University. The objective of the study was to identify whether the teaching of information literacy skills at Africa University is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18408
The objective of this study is to integrate frequency and event based rainfall-runoff models in order to derive some conclusions on the role of basin physiography on the frequency distribution of peak flows. Annual peak flow series of the hypothetical basins with alternating phys...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17950
The paper examines the impact of human’s activities along the River Ngadda channel, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Primary and secondary data were used for the study. The primary data include field observation and measurement of various activities along the river’s channel wher...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/14161
This paper investigates the origin of information behavioural studies as it relates to library anxiety. It is a retrospective review of Library Anxiety Scale (LAS). Research design employed in the study is Ex post facto design, as existing theories related to the theme were exami...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18178
The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing Japanese-American father involvement with their children based upon a model put forth by Doherty, Kouneski, & Erickson [1]. Japanese-American males were recruited from the Honolulu area and surrounding neighborhoods...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16651