The total heavy metal concentrations of some environmentally toxic metals in sediments of the Pennington River System, Bayelsa state, Nigeria was examined. The concentrations of heavy metals in each fraction were determined using a ANALYST 400 Perkin-Elmer AAS. The mean concentra...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14696
The study was carried out to investigate the comparative nutritional value and physicochemical properties of home-made apple juice and mixed fruit juice (apple, banana and pear) with commercial 100% apple juice. The principal component analysis model revealed the complete differe...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14943
This study investigates a comparative assessment of two adsorbents: Bamboo-based Activated Charcoal (BBAC) and Bamboo dust (BD) in the removal of lead(ll) and cadmium(ll) ions from aqueous solutions. Maximum Pb(II) and Cd(II) removal was observed at pH 6.0. The Langmuir, Freundli...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14425
This study determined the Pb pollution levels of lead (Pb) in Ibadan. Until 1970, Ibadan was the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa and the current largest city in West Africa. Dust samples were randomly collected from selected sites, cleaned, air-dried and sieved. Pb level was d...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/10566
Health and environmental consequences of conventional flame retardants necessitated the incorporation of new plant based flame retardants. According to Australlian Plant Society all Acacia species can be used as fire retardants which lead to the selection of the leaves of Acacia...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12506
Purpose: To use the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQLTM) to describe generic quality of life (QOL) in children with intermittent exotropia [X(T)], to examine changes in scores, and to compare scores in children with X(T) to those of age-matched healthy cohorts. Methods:...
We report a case of calcinosis cutis presenting in the upper eyelid. These cases can mimic various conditions of the eyelid and diagnosis is usually done histopathologically. Though they are common occurrence for dermatologists, there are very few cases reported in the ophthalmic...
Purpose: Evaluation of computer based color deficiency test. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and sixty seven volunteers have been checked using both traditional Ishihara plates and a computer diagnosis program using LCD monitors. Results: The prevalence of red green color visi...
We discuss formation and determination forsuper-large-scale structure of the galaxies and universe. It is our intention to introduce the super-large-scale angle cosmological model, which involves a convex surface sector, cosmic angle, angle parameter, density parameter, angle par...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/14493
In present work, the results of electron diffraction investigations of structures of amorphous thin films of CuGaS2have been given and function of radial distribution of atoms (FRDA) has been calculated. Appropriate coordination number n = 4,1 we obtained from calculating the ar...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/12881
Transformers have traditionally used mineral oil for cooling and insulation .The better compound material has to produce with good electrical and chemical characteristics. However, recent evidence has shown the deficiencies with these fluids where they have low properties especia...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/12790
Aim: To report a possible case of tremor fluoxetine-induced treated as Parkinson’s disease in an elderly female patient noncompliant with the pharmacotherapy, with uncontrolled hypertension and using fluoxetine to treat depression. Presentation of Case: Patient complained of slee...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13473
Objective: To discuss the difficulties in the diagnostic workup and management of ACTH dependent Cushing’s syndrome. Methods: We report the case of a patient with ACTH dependent Cushing’s syndrome, in whom the identification of the source of ACTH production was a challenge. Resul...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/14571
An attempt is made to approach the irreducible representations of the exceptional Lie groups G2 and F4 by symmetrization of some defining representations by means of Young tableaux, procedure that works rather well for most of the classical groups. For G2 the program is completel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/10887
Combretum zenkeri is a small tree found in the tropical West Africa that has been applied by locals in the treatment of arthritic and other inflammatory diseases. This study investigated the free radical scavenging activities of ethanolic leaf extract of C. zenkeri against nitric...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/14039