IOSR-JESTFT   Volume-10 ~ Issue-4 ~ April 2016

Abstract: The Western Ghats is one of the prominent regions in the world known for the variety of flora and fauna species. Though it is declared as a biological hotspot, the human interference is causing negative impact on the biodiversity. Consequently, the species are getting rapidly diminished and extinct. The land use and land cover maps for the study area were derived from the satellite imageries for the year 1989, 2006 and 2015. The land use and land cover analysis reveals that there was reduction in natural vegetation cover from 1989 to 2015.........

KeyWords: Biological hotspot, Fragstats, Fragmentation, Largest Patch Index (LPI), Anjaneri

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Abstract: This research involves the analysis of fuel/oil wastages on board naval vessels. The approach was unique, as Delphi methods using experts in sea operations who are naval personnel formed the elicitation groups. MILP formulation using the maximum flow network algorithm was eventually developed from the results of the elicitation meetings......

Keywords: Delphi method, consensus group, sinks and source of flows, maximum flow through networks

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Abstract: Different phases in the life cycles of Bostrychia tenella (Vohl.) J. Ag. and Caloglossa leprieurii (Mont. )J.Ag. were estimated for twelve months in the year of 2010 at mangrove habitats of the Meghadrigedda rain fed drain near naval dock yard of Visakhapatnam. Vegetative plants of these two estuarine red algae occurred throughout the year, while tetrasporophytes occurred from April to November months. Cystocarpic plants occurred only four months in B.tenella,......

Keywords:Bostrychia tenella, Caloglossa leprieurii, Estuarine red algae, Reproductive behavior, Visakhapatnam, East Coast of India.

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Abstract: Landslides and other forms of ground failure affect communities all across the nation. Despite advances in science and technology, these events continue to result in human suffering, billions of dollars in property losses, and environmental degradation. As the population increases and the society becomes ever more complex, the economic and societal costs of landslides and other mass wasting processes will continue to rise. The objective of the study was to establish the types of landslides prevalent in Kittony area, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya......

Keywords: Landslides, effects, environmental degradation

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Abstract: Effluent from textile industries contains a high load of total suspended and dissolved solids (5000-6000 ppm), which is sometimes much above the permitted limit. The standard treatment procedures involve removal of suspended solids followed by biological treatment and finally charcoal treatment and reverse osmosis (RO) system.....

Keywords: Adsorption, exopolymer, dissolved salts, industrial wastes, RO-system.

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Abstract: In this study, four (4) resident bacterial strains were selected from 127 different microbial strains isolated from textile effluent treatment plant of African Textiles Industry Kano and 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis revealed closely related organisms to species of Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Micrococcus and Alcaligenes. The bacterial strains inoculum was cultured in mineral salt medium and mutated using UV-irradiation inducement method. Both the wild and mutant types of the bacterial strains were separately cultured and their decolorization activities on organic dyes effluent were monitored and compared......

Keywords: Bacterial strains, decolorization, effluent, mineralization, organic dyes

[1] J. Meng, T. Wang, P. Wang, Y. Zhang, Q. Li, Y. Lu and J. P. Giesy, Are levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in soil related to urbanization in rapidly developing coastal areas in North China?. Environmental Pollution, 199, 2015, 102-109.

[2]. S. Megarajan, K. B. A. Ahmed, G. R. K. Reddy, P. S. Kumar and V. Anbazhagan, Phytoproteins in green leaves as building blocks for photosynthesis of gold nanoparticles: An efficient electrocatalyst towards the oxidation of ascorbic acid and the reduction of hydrogen peroxide. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 155, 2016, 7-12.

[3] S. Rayati and Z. Sheybanifard, Catalytic activity of Mn (III) and Fe (III) porphyrins supported onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the green oxidation of organic dyes with hydrogen peroxide: a comparative study. Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 13(3), 2016, 541-546.

[4] M. E. Osman, H. K. Om-kolthoum, A. A. Aoad and S. A. Ali, Optimization of different parameters for decolorization of acid black 194 dye using the selected fungal species. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science, 4(3), 2015, 866-891.

[5] I. M. Jauris, S. B. Fagan, M. A. Adebayo and F. M. Machado, Adsorption of acridine orange and methylene blue synthetic dyes and anthracene on single wall carbon nanotubes: A first principle approach. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1076, 2016, 42-50.

Abstract: The drying characteristics of sapota (Manilkara achras), a tropical fruit crop, were studied. The fruit were pretreated with 1% KMS and cut into slices of 5mm thickness and dried in solar tray dryer and hot air cabinet dryer at drying air temperatures 80˚C, 100˚C and 120˚C. Moisture content of the fruit were reduced from 67.78 - 80.68 (%wb) to 2.42 to 3.28(%wb) with drying time of 11 to 13 hours in hot air cabinet dryer and11 hours in solar tray dryer respectively......

Keywords: Sapota, pretreatment, drying, powder..

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Abstract: Moringa oleifera leaf powder was processed using oven, sun and shade drying techniques to study the effect of drying on the proximate and mineral properties. Chin-chin was enriched with 1% dried Moringa leaf (DML) powder samples. Chin-chin without Moringa enrichment was equally produced and used as the control sample.....

Keywords: Moringa leaves, Drying techniques, Wheat flour, Enriched chin-chin, Quality assessment

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Abstract: Geothermal energy has been termed as one of the world low cost and sustainable source of energy. It provides a green and renewable source of energy most common within areas with active volcanic activity. Kenya as a country has numerous geothermal resources deposited along the Great Rift Valley therefore making it among the countries in the world with high potential for geothermal power generation. Currently four geothermal sites have been explored and wells drilled that is Olkaria, Menengai, Eburru and Longonot.....

Keywords: Geothermal, Environment, Impact, Sustainable livelihood

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Abstract: Nutrient deficiencies among infants, children, pregnant and lactating mothers are of public health concern in the developing countries. Nutrition focus has in the past been on vitamin A and iron status of children below five years with little on maternal iron status and dietary habits. Studies on dietary intake among pregnant women are limited in Kenya. This study assessed the dietary patterns, nutrient intake levelsand sources of nutrition education information among pregnant mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinic (ANC) at Kisii level 5 Hospital, Kisii County, Kenyas.....

Keywords: Dietary intake, Pregnancy, Nutrients, Nutrition education..

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Abstract: The objective of this research is to present a conceptual model for Solid Waste Management (SWM) through the utilization of key performance indicators (KPIs) in order to quantify the general observations of having unclean state with its negative impacts on the environment and health of citizens in Khartoum State......

Keywords: Solid Waste Management, Key Performance indicators, Solid waste Management Index

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Abstract: This study reveals the effect of the particle size of fluidized bed coal combustion (FBC) fly ash on geopolymer's properties. Original FBC fly ash was ground into small sizes, with 20,000 rph for 5 and 10 h, resulting in mean particle sizes of 10 and 8 μm, respectively. Geopolymer paste was prepared by mixing the different mixtures of fly ash with Na2SiO3 solution-to-15M NaOH ratio (G/N) of 2......

Keywords: Geopolymer, Fluidized bed coal combustion, Particle size

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Abstract: Pesticide residue levels in cabbage samples from Kwaebibirem District (KD) (rural area) and Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) (urban area) may be an indicator of how pesticides were used by rural and urban vegetable farmers in Ghana. A survey was conducted to determine common pesticides used by farmers and the adherence to pre-harvest intervals. Cabbage samples were collected from three farmers in each District for residue analysis. The survey revealed that farmers in KD preferred using pyrethroids while those in AMA preferred organophosphates and pyrethroid.......

Keywords: Pyrethroid, dimethoate, cabbage, EU MRL, AMA, KD

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Abstract: Malaria is one of the vector borne diseases that is usually common in regions where environmental and climatic conditions allow the survival of the anopheles mosquitoes. Some of the climatic and environmental factors that influence malaria transmission include amongst others temperature, rainfall, relative humidity and landuse/cover type.......

Keywords: Hazard, Malaria risk, vulnerability, weighted multi-criteria decision analysis.

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