Student politics is one of the ignored areas in the international scholarly debate. In the late 1960's to early 1970's, some authors made some contributions in the context of South America and Africa. In 1968, Altbach also made very little contribution on the Indian student politics and its impact on development. The institutions of HE (hig

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of thinking skills courses on undergraduate students' academic self-efficacy. The study also examines the differences between students who have been involved in thinking skills courses and those who have yet to enroll in thinking skills course. The study also investigates the relationship betwe

Wastewater characteristics, which depend on wastewater source, are increasingly becoming more toxic in recent times. The concentrations of oil and grease in wastewater streams have been observed to increase in wastewater stream with increasing adverse effects on the ecology. This results from the increasing use of oil and grease in high-demanded oi

Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is a high strength organic wastewater, which adversely affects the aquatic life as well as the human life directly or indirectly. This has attracted concern due to the rapid expansion of the oil palm industries in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, which currently contribute about 80% of the world palm oil. The

Synthesis and characterization of composite carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) are reported in this paper. Carbon nanomaterials are produced on oil palm shell powdered activated carbons (PACs), which were impregnated with iron (Fe) catalysts, with the help of sonication bath. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) of C6H6 and C2H2 were used in the presence of hy

Leech saliva contains biologically active compounds that are mainly proteins and peptides. In this study a modified and smooth extraction method of saliva was used without leeches’ scarification. UV and Bradford Assay protein methods showed that the saliva extract contains high concentrations of proteins. RP-HPLC chromatogram revealed that more t

An extensive study on fungal inoculum was carried out to develop an effective culture (broth) inoculum for citric acid production from oil palm empty fruit bunches through solid state bioconversion. The effect of spores age, storage time of spore suspension inoculum, doses of spore suspension inoculum to prepare culture inoculum, ages of culture in

An extensive study on fungal inoculum was carried out to develop an effective culture (broth) inoculum for citric acid production from oil palm empty fruit bunches through solid state bioconversion. The effect of spores age, storage time of spore suspension inoculum, doses of spore suspension inoculum to prepare culture inoculum, ages of culture in

This paper discusses the apparent viscosity of crude palm oil, using rotary viscometer, under different boundary conditions. It was experimentally shown that the apparent viscosity of palm oil drops with increasing shear rate and temperature. However, the effect of temperature on the viscosity tends to fade at temperatures beyond 80"C. A correl

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is a fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera and family Anacardiaceae, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant. Mango has been reported to have high antibacterial activity against gram positive bacteria, aids the development of the placenta and fetus, and helps the metabolic activi