This study characterized restaurant wastewater and investigated the treatment of restaurant wastewater electrochemically. It also examined the effects of selected factors on the performance of the electrochemical process. This was with a view to evaluating the performance of the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/35219
Efforts to reduce acrylamide formation would be greatly facilitated by the development of crop varieties with lower concentrations of free asparagine or reducing sugars, and of best agronomic practice to ensure that concentrations are kept as low as possible. Examinations have sh...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/34512
In this study the concrete compressive strength variations for different water sources in Dares Salaam city is presented. Concrete cubes were casted and cured for 7, 14 and 28 days using public fresh water and water samples collected from different borehole sources in Dar es Sala...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/35781
Three different crude oil samples from three crude oil flow stations in Bayelsa state, Nigeria, were chosen for this study and were used to analyze the geochemical characteristics such as thermal maturity, depositional environments, sources of organic matter and extent of biodegr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/35078
Concrete as construction material has been marked with little resistance to crack, low tensile strength and limited ductility. Corrosion in reinforcing steel is also a major problem faced in reinforced concrete construction, which significantly affect the life and strength of con...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/35352
Two types of edible eggs were subjected to foam-mat dehydration to determine properties of the egg powder. Both fresh local and poultry eggs (LE and PE, respectively) were obtained from Anyigba, Nigeria, separately prepared into whole liquid egg of stable foam by whipping and dri...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/33305
Background: Diabetes Mellitus type 2 is among the top ranked non communicable diseases in Nigeria. There is an increasing incidence of this disease condition and its subsequent complications particularly cardiovascular complications. Sialic acid is a constituent of cell membrane...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/35084
Background: The global estimate of anaemia in children indicates that 293.1 million children under five years (43%) are anaemic, of whom 28.5% are residing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study was set out to determine the prevalence of anaemia and its associated risk factors a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/31465
The inhibition ability of 5,5-Dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione (dimedone, DMD) for copper in acetonitrile at 25°C was investigated by potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Corrosion resistance increased with inhibitor concentration up to 93.6...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/34929
Sweet potato is a perennial storage tuber crop grown as a food and/or cash crop. Soybean is a multipurpose crop grown for human food, livestock feed, soil fertility improvement, income generation and oil production among the smallholder farmers. Production of sweet potatoes in Ke...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/32797