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Possible drugs for Huntington’s disease from Capsicum annuum developed using molecular docking against Huntington protein
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Capsicum annuum as a suitable plant for the treatment of Huntington’s disease using Pyrx. Huntington’s disease results in the damage of the nervous system over a period of time. For this study, we take into consideration Capsaicin, a compound obtained from the fruit of Capsicum annuum (bell pepper) responsible for giving the fruit it’s pungent odor. Studies show that Capsaicin plays a crucial role …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 27–29 Read article
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Review on Development of Ethosomal Formulation of Ginger
Abstract: Transdermal drug delivery, self-contained, discrete dosage forms which, when applied to the skin, deliver the drug, through the skin at controlled rate to the systemic circulation. Ethosomes, noninvasive delivery carriers that enable drugs to reach deep into the skin layers or the systemic circulation which is made up of phospholipids, ethanol and water. This review article summarizes structure, advantages, disadvantages, composition of ethosomes and mechanism of drug penetration, method of …
Published in International Journal of Industrial Biotechnology and Biomaterials · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 8–14 Read article
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Enhancing Yield and Yield Components of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties by Integrated Blended NPS and Bio-fertilizer in Misrak Meskan District, Central Region, Ethiopia
Abstract: Low available phosphorus, total nitrogen, sulfur, and lack of selected cultivars are the main obstacles to the production of common beans in the research area. An experiment was conducted at Misrak Meskan in 2022 to determine the optimal combination of parameters for maximum yield in common bean types. The study evaluated three levels of NPS fertilizer (0, 100, and 200 kg/ha), two levels of Rhizobium (with and without), and four …
Published in International Journal of Agrochemistry · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 10–19 Read article
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Redox system initiated improved low-temperature colouration of real silk with metal-complex dyes for energy conservation
Abstract: Silk has always been the symbol of royalty due to its lustrous appearance and peach like softness. It can be dyed in bright shades with the available natural and many synthetic dyestuffs. The slight cationic character of silk makes it possible to be dyed with anionic synthetic dyes such as acid, metal complex, reactive and selected direct dyes. The main objective of colouration of a textile fibre should be to …
Published in International Journal of Green Chemistry · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 9–17 Read article
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Stability Indicating Spectrophotometric Methods for the Determination of Enrofloxacin in Pharmaceuticals
Abstract: Enrofloxacin (EFX) is a first fluoroquinolone veterinary antibiotic and used for the treatment of some urinary tract, respiratory tract, and skin infectious diseases in pets and livestock. Three simple, selective and stability indicating UV-spectrophotometric methods have been developed and validated for the assay of EFX in bulk drug and in its dosage forms. The first proposed method (method A) is based on the measurement of the absorbance of EFX in …
Published in International Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 26–37 Read article
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The Performance of Microbial Lipase Immobilized onto Ion Exchange Resins and onto the Natural Zeolite Clinoptilolite
Abstract: The paper describes a study into the performance of a microbial lipase immobilized on to four different ion exchangers. Lipase from the yeast Candida rugosa was immobilized onto the anionic ion exchange resins Dowex MWA-1, Purolite A109, and Amberlite IR45. The performance of the immobilized lipase in each case was evaluated by measuring the immobilization efficiency and by following the reaction kinetics of hydrolysis of a tri-glyceride ester to free …
Published in International Journal of Chemical Separation Technology · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 24–32 Read article
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Study on Mechanical and Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Nanocomposites after Fiber Surface Treatment
Abstract: Numerous composites based on high-density polyethylene (HDPE), wood flour (WF), and nanoclay (Cloisite 30B) were prepared by melt compounding followed by injection mold. This paper aims to evaluate the feasibility of using HDPE and underutilized WF as a material for the development of woodplastic composites, as well as the strengthening effect of nanoclay on them. To develop the poor interfacial interaction between the hydrophilic WF and hydrophobic HDPE matrix, as …
Published in International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Processing · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 43–53 Read article
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Examination of Root Cause of Fuel Tanker Truck Accident in Nigeria: The Concept of Reliability of Non-Human Factor
Abstract: The non-human factor in terms of fuel tanker truck accident in some area of Nigeria was investigated to know the root cause as well the contributing factors and to project the way forward to mitigate the menace, because at the end human life are lost. This investigation was addressed by applying the concepts of reliability, probability and relative accident consequence, in which the mean time between accident, accident rate and …
Published in International Journal of Renewable Energy and its Commercialization · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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Retrofitting of Existing Building by Concrete Jacketing
Abstract: Seismic Retrofitting is engineered mitigation techniques for structural engineers. It is defined as the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion or soil failures due to earthquakes. It is generally required for earthquake damaged and vulnerable buildings with no exposure to severe earthquakes. Retrofit enhances the structural capabilities of the building. In present time, there are many local and global retrofit techniques in …
Published in International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 49–84 Read article
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Predictive Model to Monitor the Rate of Dissolved Nitrogen Influenced by Void Ratio in Silty and Gravel Bed Formation in Coastal Area of Warri Delta State of Nigeria
Abstract: This paper evaluated the rate of dissolved nitrogen in silty and gravel soil formation, the study is to monitor the rate of dissolved nitrogen at different strata to phreatic bed, homogeneous formation were observed to have deposit in the study location, organic soil were insignificant since the formation deposited slight quantity, the predominant formation is homogeneous silty and grave soil strata, the void ratio deposition were at high rate in …
Published in International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 42–48 Read article
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Strain-based Fatigue Test of Woven Glass-Epoxy Fabric Composites
Abstract: Strain based fatigue testing of Glass-Epoxy Composite Material in Tension-Tension loading is carried out by using positive load method to evaluate potential crack propagation, fiber fractures, de-laminations, etc. Through continuous stressing in the material, evaluation of life cycle capabilities of glass fiber composites are found which is essential for Research Development, Structural Design, Quality assurance, Modeling and finally Material Specifications. By using an epoxy resin with glass fiber prepared in …
Published in International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 39–55 Read article
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Design and Analysis of G+5 Hospital Building using Prefabricated Construction Technique
Abstract: The construction in India is developing at a fast rate of growth. For fast growing population, it is essential to construct more hospital building with lesser cost and lesser time. Reduction in cost of structure can be made by several ways and one such way is to use prefabrication construction techniques. To reduce the overall cost and to reduce the construction time of buildings, prefabricated construction techniques are adopted. In …
Published in International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 1–5 Read article
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Development of Computer Program for Structural analysis of Flexible Pavement
Abstract: Abstract The main objective of this study is evaluating the distresses (rutting and fatigue) happened in the pavement and determines the effect of several parameters on pavement. This study includes two steps, First experimental work to compute stiffness, rutting parameters and fatigue parameters of three asphaltic layers. Second, was a computer program developed by visual basic languish to evaluating the sensitivity of several parameters (resilient modulus, thickness of layer) on …
Published in International Journal of Structural Engineering and Analysis · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 30–38 Read article
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Static Analysis of Precast Concrete Piles using Resonance Moment–Displacement Method
Abstract: This paper presents the results of static analysis of circular precast single piles from critical buckling load by resonance moment-displacement approach. The circular precast single piles of different support conditions; pinned-pinned, fixed-fixed, and fixed-pinned were investigated. The critical buckling load was evaluated as the resonance moment-total deflection ratio. A computer program coded in basic language was invoked to carry out a composite analysis of single piles from critical buckling load …
Published in International Journal of Structural Engineering and Analysis · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 52–61 Read article
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Effect of Binder Type, Binder Content, Aggregate Gradation, Temperature and Air Voids on Rutting Susceptibility of Bituminous Mixes
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents an experimental investigation carried out to evaluate the rutting susceptibility of bituminous mixes. The effect of binder type and content, aggregate gradation and temperature are evaluated by means of a wheel tracking test. Two conventional VG 30 and VG 40 binders and one SBS polymer modified binder PMB 40 are used. Three types of aggregate gradations for bituminous concrete (BC), a dense graded mix commonly used …
Published in International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic System · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 31–39 Read article
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A Rational Framework to Develop Strategies for Improvement of Travel Time Performance of Multimodal Transport System
Abstract: A multimodal transport system refers to a transportation network that integrates multiple modes of transportation such as buses, trains, planes, and ships to provide seamless connectivity between different origins and destinations. The system allows users to switch between different modes of transportation within a single journey, allowing for increased efficiency, convenience, and costeffectiveness. Overcrowding, hazardous and unpleasant rides, greater travel costs, environmental degradation, inadequate connection, and other issues are major …
Published in International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic System · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–12 Read article
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Experimental Study and Determination of Water Quality Index of Daya River
Abstract: The present study on spatio-temporal variation and water quality evaluation in river Daya was carried out along its course in nearby Bhubaneswar city of Odisha along the east coast of India, to evaluate the pollution status and variation in physico-chemical parameters of water at eleven different sites. Taking note on the degradation of water quality in Daya river, research was under taken to study the Water Quality index as per …
Published in International Journal of Water Resources Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 16–24 Read article
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Rating of Water Quality of Rivers Water in Asari Toru L.G.A, Rivers State, Nigeria
Abstract: The aim of the assessment was to compute the water quality index (WQI) of Sama and Tema River at 20metres interval along horizontal direction of the river to determine the suitability of the water for purposes of public drinking, recreation and other usage. In this paper the functional parameters in evaluating quality of a water body were used in evaluating the water quality index (WQI) of the two river and …
Published in International Journal of Water Resources Engineering · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 62–69 Read article
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Hydrological Response of Land Use Land Cover Change on Stream Flow of Anger Watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Abstract: ABSTRACT The soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model was applied to simulate the streamflow from the Anger watershed (7,982 km2), located in Western Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. ArcGIS was applied to layer staking, mosaicking, image classification, and accuracy assessment. The purpose of the study was to examine the applicability of the SWAT model and to detect the effect of past land-use land-cover change on streamflow of the watershed. The …
Published in International Journal of Water Resources Engineering · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 39–58 Read article
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Water Filtration Through Fly Ash, Sand and Charcol Filter
Abstract: This project focuses on the implementation of a sequential filtration system using fly ash, sand, and activated charcoal filter beds to treat contaminated quarry water and contaminated cleaning water from a rubber factory The goal is to diminish the concentrations of diverse contaminants found in the wastewater and enhance its overall qual The goal is to diminish the concentrations of diverse contaminants found in the wastewater and enhance its overall …
Published in International Journal of Water Resources Engineering · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 21–26 Read article