the chemical speciation of heavy metals (arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, zinc and tin) in the sediments offormer tin mining catchment bestari jaya, peninsular malaysia was determined by using the latest version of the community bureau of reference, usually called the bcr 3-step sequential extraction procedure. furthermore, a fourth step was introduced for digestion and analysis of the residue....

this work studies the biosurfactants production which enables the diesel biodegradation byusing mixed microbial consortia from polluted sites. it was carried out by culturing three microbial consortia(named as xa, xb and xc) obtained from polluted soils, and enriched in diesel as sole carbon source.batchexperiments were done to study the effects of three variables (temperature,hydrocarbon conce...

the contents of as, cd, cu and mo were determined in soil surrounding meyduk tailings dam based on 21 surface soil samples. assessment of toxic element pollution in studied soil samples needs knowledge of pre-anthropogenic metal concentration to act as a reference against which measured values could be compared. estimating the background values was executed by sampling rocks adjacent to soil sa...

Ensiled rice straw using, water (RSW), molasses plus urea, and whey (RWh) were implied to investigate the ensiling processing on palatability nutritional value of compared untreated (URS). Using resulted in a significant (P < .05) progress fermentation coefficient, Flieg Score others. Protein water-soluble carbohydrates content increased RWh RMU. Gas cumulative with ERS incubation URS. In-vitro...

Three sites along a 400-m transect within a tropical mangrove forest in northern Australia were monitored at monthly intervals for 12 mo to determine mangrove response to soil ammonium or phosphate enrichment. Growth response was monitored by measurement of interpetiolar stipule fall, a litter fall component which has been found to be highly correlated with new leaf appearance. Regression slope...

a field study was conducted in nine villages, three each from kupwara, handwara and karnah tehsils of kupwara district, to find out the nutritional value of feeds and fodders, existing feeding practices and nutritional status of dairy cattle. data was collected from the fifteen farm families from each of the nine were randomly selected through a common questionnaire. all the farmers were found ...

results: most addict patients had a medium level of education. improvement in knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of patients after intervention was observed as follows; decreasing kap in poor level (2.8% vs. 30.6%), (3% vs. 50%), (25% vs. 80.6%), respectively; also, increasing kap in fair level (7% vs. 55.6 %), (15% vs. 15%), (19% vs. 7%), respectively and increasing kap in satisfactory lev...

background: desirable health is impossible without good nutrition, and allah has addressed us on eating foods in 118 verses. objectives: this study aimed to describe the medical university faculty members’ perceptions of nutritional health in the quran, revealing the important role of faculty members. materials and methods: this qualitative study was conducted with a phenomenological approach. ...