This study investigates the potential change in the hydrologic cycle in Nzoia basin, one ofthe semi-arid basins of east Africa. An ensemble of 16 Global Climate Models data under different emissions scenarios are used in this study. The basin is expected to receive an increase in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/1614
Aims: In this paper, we aim to assess different parameterization schemes for quantifying the surface energy portioning process, in particular, the latent and sensible heat fluxes, and their applicability to various surface cover types. Study Design: This study intercompares theor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/3062
We present a case in which a pediatric cerebral palsy patient developed intraoperative myoglobinuria and rhabdomyolysis with elevated creatine kinase (CK) during prone scoliosis surgery. A diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis was established with the finding of tea-colored urine intraoper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3165
Aims: This paper reports the investigations pertaining to the adsorbability of ferri/ferrous impurities found in commercial grade sodium sulphide (which is not suitable for manufacture of pharmaceutical grade chemicals and dyes chemicals) by using chalk powder as an adsorbent in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2871
The nephrotoxic potential of sub-chronic doses of chloroform extract of Artemisia maciverae Linn was studied in male Swiss albino rats. The groups were respectively administered chloroform extract of Artemisia maciverae at 0, 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg b.wt for 60 days and then monito...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2013/2062
Aim: To assess the hypolipidaemic properties of aqueous extract of Psidium guajava leaves (AEPGL) and ascorbic acid (vitC) in male albino Wistar rats. Study Design: Three groups of rats were respectively administered distilled water, 200mg/kg of AEPGL and vitC orally, for thirty...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2013/2098
Fuel ethanol research development deals with process design integration for improving production of ethanol. This paper investigates the effect of variable reflux ratio on the design of distillation column using developed JAVA based simulation software. This was done by varying r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2717
In order to obtain further insights into the mode of protection afforded by conversion coatings on aluminium substrates, Scanning and Transmission Electron microscopy techniques and potential measurements was employed to monitor variously treated aluminium specimens in chloride e...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2013/2946
The present investigation deals with the utilization of synthetic goethite and two red soils obtained from AHALA-NSAM and NKOLOFANE as adsorbent for the removal of copper from waste water. The synthetic goethite was characterized by IR, XRD and BET where the red soils were charac...
Citric acid production from hydrolysed corn starch was optimized in this study. Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed for the analysis of the simultaneous effect of substrate concentration, broth pH and fermentation temperature on the concentration of citric acid produc...
Present research is aimed towards designing and development of environmental protection plasticizers using the fractionation heavy component in the industrial production of corn stalks as raw material. The plant-based rubber oil (PBRO) plasticizers are the reactants of the dihydr...
The study evaluated high-value African cassava varieties for primary somatic embryogenesis using axillary meristems (AM) and immature leaf lobes (LL) on picloram-based medium. The study was conducted at the Central Biotech Lab, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT...
Aims: This study was aimed at screening fungal isolates from degrading wood samples for β 1,4-xylosidase production, selecting the best isolate based on the screening test to produce the enzyme through solid state fermentation of some wood shavings and determining optimum product...
Because of the technical complexities involved in the plasma heating process in most reactions a simple method has been introduced by this author in ITC/12 conference, Japan. In the present approach rather colder plasmas are stimulated by using positronium atoms as stimulus eleme...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2825
Spectral line broadening in dense plasmas is investigated for lithium He-like ion based on a microscopic quantum-statistical approach. By using thermodynamic Greens function, perturber-radiator interaction, plasma correlation and screening effects are taken into account. Ions are...