Cellulose wastes of a wood and paper factory were used to produce activated carbon. Several chemical agents under various conditions were used for production of activated carbon and hence their adsorption properties have been evaluated. In addition the effect of process parameters such as raw material, chemical agent concentration, impregnation ratio, carbonization temperature, carbonization ti...

Epilepsy is the second most common neurologic disorder after stroke. Approximately 1% of the world’s population has epilepsy, is a condition where the patient suffers from recurrent seizures. Control to seizures numerous conventional drugs came into existence. Most of the epileptic patients need polytherapy of conventional anticonvulsants and still not 100% cured. The major drawback due to thes...

Three to 4 million children and adolescents in the United States live within 1 mile of a federally designated Superfund hazardous waste disposal site and are at risk of exposure to chemical toxicants released from these sites into air, groundwater, surface water, and surrounding communities. Because of their patterns of exposure and their biological vulnerability, children are uniquely suscepti...

The thienopyridine clopidogrel, which irreversibly blocks the adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor P2Y12 on platelets, has become an essential component of therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes, because it significantly improves the outcomes. However, clopidogrel has at least three drawbacks: delayed onset of action, large inter individual variability in platelet response, and irrev...

This study was designed to evaluate selected chemical and microbiological treatments for the conversion of certain local agro-industrial wastes (rice straw, corn stalks, sawdust, sugar beet waste and sugarcane bagasse) to ethanol. The chemical composition of these feedstocks was determined. Conversion of wastes to free sugars by acid hydrolysis varied from one treatment to another. In single-st...

Advanced oxidation procedures (AOPs) refer to a variety of technical that produce OH radicals sufficiently oxidize wastewater, organic pollutant streams, and toxic effluents from industrial, hospital, pharmaceutical municipal wastes. Through the implementation such procedures, (post) treatment waste leads products are more susceptible bioremediation, less possess load. The basic mechanism produ...