Petroleum based packaging materials has raised environmental concerns due to its non-environmentally friendly degradation. Conventional plastic takes a long time to degrade and remains in the waste dump. Since then, attention to biodegradable plastics has been heightened for its greener degradation. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a renewable polymer with

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection (NTM)may mimic a tuberculosis infection and could be a cause in patients with a chronic cough in primary care setting. The infrequency of NTH infection in a pulmonary tuberculosis infection can pose a dilemma in management.1NA Jamani,2Naimuddin Azih 1Dept. of Family Medicine, Kulliyyah of Medicine, Interna?ona

Viable and economical source of fish feed ingredients remained one of most important factors for a successful and profitable fish production for peasant farmers and large scale producers. The process conditions necessary for solid state bioconversion (SSB) of seaweed for synthesis of protein was explored in this study. Phanerochaete chrysosporium (

Each participant will be able to identify and perform chocking management for the victim in emergency situation at anywhere.

Recently, there has been an increasing interest on bridging simulation and performance due rising concerns on the observed discrepancy or gap between green building targeted performance and the actual performance of buildings-in-use, especially in terms of energy performance in buildings. As energy is the primary component of carbon emission from b

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of Nigerian insurance companies using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Because of the unavailability of the required data, the study is limited to ten Nigerian insurance companies for the period of five years from 2008 to 2012. The input employed were commission expenses and managemen

Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) pulp, peel and whole fruit were extracted with various solvents such as hexane, dichloromethane (DCM) and methanol. The antioxidant activity of these extracts were examined using the stable 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging test. IC50 was 55 ± 5.89 μg/ml for the pulp part of methanol extract.

This research examines the viability of using cash waqf to develop the agricultural (poultry) sector based on a mudarabah approach. Collecting data for this research consisted of distributing questionnaires to 125 respondents in the International Islamic University Malaysia IIUM. Demographic and descriptive analyses (using Crosstabs) were used to a

The objective of this study was to describe the pharmacokinetics of meropenem, administered by continuous infusion (CI) or intermittent bolus (IB), in critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous haemofiltration (CVVH) and to evaluate the frequency of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic target attainment with each dosing strategy. This was a

Multimedia Video transmission is over Wireless Local Area Networks is expected to be an important component of many emerging multimedia applications. However, Wireless networks will always be bandwidth limited compared to fixed networks due to background noise, limited frequency spectrum, and varying degrees of network coverage and signal strength