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  Synergy Effect of Aspergillus Terreus and Aspergillus Fumigatus in Bioremediation of Chromium from Tannery Effluent

  U.U. Zango, A.K. Sharma, B.B. Abubakar, M.B. Tijjani

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  Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.1-6, Dec-2018

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  Large volume of wastewater is generated by tannery industry, which contains heavy metals such as Chromium, Cadmium, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Mercury and Arsenic. Chromium (Cr) is one of the common and toxic heavy metal pollutants released by industries in their effluent. In this study, tannery effluent was collected from Challawa industrial estate, Kano, Nigeria. Physico-chemical parameters of the effluent were determined; two fungal isolates Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus fumigatus were obtained from the wastewater. The industrial effluent was supplemented with minimal salts medium: 3 mg/L NH4Cl, 3 mg/L K2HPO4, 5 mg/L KH2PO4, 1 mg/L NaCl, 1mg/L MgSO4 and tyndallized. The Cr content in effluent were measured before inoculation of the fungal isolates and after using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Model GBC 932). The co-isolates were found to absorb 97.32% of Cr in the effluent. Scan Electron Microscopy (SEM) was also carried out. Bioremediation is an eco-friendly and economically feasible process.

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  Synergy, Aspergillus terreus, Aspergillus fumigatus Bioremediation, Chromium

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  U.U. Zango, A.K. Sharma, B.B. Abubakar, M.B. Tijjani, "Synergy Effect of Aspergillus Terreus and Aspergillus Fumigatus in Bioremediation of Chromium from Tannery Effluent," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.4, Issue.12, pp.1-6, 2018

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  Technical Instruments of Territorial Management for The State of Oaxaca, Mexico

  G.S. Ramirez, O.J. Rojas, A. Aragón

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  Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.7-11, Dec-2018

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  In the present investigation, a documentary review was carried out with the objective of determining and analyzing which are the technical instruments that should that should prevail when it comes to managing the territory. It was found that Mexico has a robust set of these instruments which have been created and developed by various agencies and organizations that contribute to this task more expeditious and is conducted under certain guidelines. The results indicate that the fundamental instruments to carry out an efficient territorial management that have basic elements and that should be consulted before undertaking, involve territorial management are: the General Ecological Territorial Arranging Program of the Territory and the corresponding Biophysical Environmental Units and Units of Environmental Management; the Territorial Arranging Program, both instruments developed for the whole country; the Municipal Atlas of risks; the Municipal Urban Development Plans; and the Functional Regionalization of Mexico, a recently created instrument, created based on data from road networks, the flow of people, goods and services, and economic information from populated areas.

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  Territorial management, territorial arranging, ecological arranging, environmental management units

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  G.S. Ramirez, O.J. Rojas, A. Aragón, "Technical Instruments of Territorial Management for The State of Oaxaca, Mexico," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.4, Issue.12, pp.7-11, 2018

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  Comparative study of Dielectric Relaxation, AC conductivity and Photoluminescence properties of poly (p-aminothiophenol) and its ZnO nanocomposite

  U. Anto Maria Jeraldin, R. Jaya Shanthi

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  Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.12-17, Dec-2018

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  Polymer nanocomposites have attracted great attention worldwide academically and industrially due to their interesting electronic, physical properties, chemical stability and their potential technological applications. Poly (p-aminothiophenol) with ZnO nanoparticles are synthesized by in situ chemical oxidative polymerization method using ammonium persulphate as an oxidant in an aqueous HCl. The synthesized Poly (p-aminothiophenol) and its ZnO nanocomposite are characterized using UV-VIS, FT-IR, XRD, TGA, SEM and TEM analysis. The study on dielectric properties reveal that the ZnO nanoparticles incorporation has significant influence on the dielectric properties of poly (p-aminothiophenol) and this could be widely applied in the fields of semiconductor, batteries etc. The photoluminescence study show that the polymer and its ZnO nanocomposite exhibit blue light emission and intensity is higher for the polymer nanocomposite compared to the polymer.

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  Conducting polymer, Poly(aminothiophenol), nanocomposites, dielectric, photoluminescence

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  U. Anto Maria Jeraldin, R. Jaya Shanthi, "Comparative study of Dielectric Relaxation, AC conductivity and Photoluminescence properties of poly (p-aminothiophenol) and its ZnO nanocomposite," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.4, Issue.12, pp.12-17, 2018

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  Preliminary Geotechnical Characterization of Soils at the Southern Part of the Proposed Faculty of Law, Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, South-Western, Nigeria

  M. Abdullahi, A.Y. Ojulari, N.Y. Abdullahi

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  Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.18-35, Dec-2018

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  The aim of this research work is to investigate the engineering suitability of soils for foundation purposes within the southern part of the proposed faculty of law (Atere Campus), Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, south-western Nigeria. Geotechnical investigation was carried out using analyses such as grain size distribution, Atterberg limits, specific gravity, bulk density, consolidation test and direct shear box test on nine samples which were collected from three different locations of the study area by the use of trial pits of about 1.6-1.7m depth at an interval of 0.5m. The grain size analysis shows the samples are classified as sand to gravely sand (SC/SM) based on Unified Soil Classification with 0.9% - 69.73 gravel and 30.27- 99.1% sand. The soil samples are above the activity (A) line of the plasticity chart in the zone of inorganic sand (CI). The consolidation test indicates that the soils have low settlement. The results from the direct shear box tests show that the samples have a medium angle of internal friction which ranges from 260-330 with cohesion of 20KPa-40KPa. This means that the foundation design of the area will be shallow foundation and could support moderately light to heavy structures. The soil materials can as well be used in high way construction as a sub-grade material. Also, shear strength analysis was carried out on the samples from different depth and it was discovered that the shear strength increases with depth.

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  geotechnical, soils, shear strength, foundation, trial pits

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  M. Abdullahi, A.Y. Ojulari, N.Y. Abdullahi, "Preliminary Geotechnical Characterization of Soils at the Southern Part of the Proposed Faculty of Law, Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, South-Western, Nigeria," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.4, Issue.12, pp.18-35, 2018

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  Resource Curse, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth: ARDL Analysis

  E. Iheanacho

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  Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.36-44, Dec-2018

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  This study examines the interaction effects between resource curse, institutional quality and economic growth in Nigeria over the period 1986 – 2016 using the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to co-integration analysis. Controlling for the possible effects of gross capital formation, oil price, credit to private sectors and trade openness on economic activities. This study found that there is a long-run relationship among the variables in all the specifications. Second, the interaction term between oil rent and corruption index were found to be negative and significant, indicating that both reduces economic growth. This coexists with high level of poor governance resulted to a negative impact on income per capita. In general, the results highlight the importance of the institutional quality resource abundance and economic growth in Nigeria. The institutional quality could therefore be the right strategy to lessening the high level oil rent and speedy economic growth in the Nigerian economy.

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  cointegration, ARDL, resource curse, institutional quality, economic growth

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  E. Iheanacho, "Resource Curse, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth: ARDL Analysis," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.4, Issue.12, pp.36-44, 2018

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  Influence of Different Pre-Sowing Seed Treatments on Germination and Early Growth Behavior of T. arjuna: A Potential Medicinal Tree

  Mohd Rafi Wani, Shyam Shanker Singh

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  Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.45-48, Dec-2018

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  The present investigation has been taken to achieve an improvement in the germination and growth attributes of Terminalia arjuna. Different treatments like gamma irradiation exposure at different levels, water soaking treatment, hot water treatment and gamma irradiation¬+presoaking treatments, were subjected to the air dried seeds of T. arjuna. The results were compared to untreated seeds (Control). Across all the treatments the germination of the seeds was increased significantly from 57% to 84.6% by 10KRF+presoaking treatment, showing an improvement of 27.6% over control. Other treatments also show an stimulation in germination like 10KRC (11.5%), 10KRF (18.5%), soaking (8%), 10KRC+presoaking (22.5%) and hot water (13%) over control respectively. 10KRF+presoaking treatment also recorded a maximum improvement in the growth attributes of T. arjuna. All the treatments proved successful in stimulating the rate of early growth in T. arjuna in contrast to control. Depending upon the availability of the different treatment sources, the enhancement of germination, growth along with plant metabolites and overcoming all the barriers including dormancy could be employed for improving the quality of planting stock of T. arjuna.

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  Terminalia arjuna, germination, gamma irradiations, water soaking

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  Mohd Rafi Wani, Shyam Shanker Singh, "Influence of Different Pre-Sowing Seed Treatments on Germination and Early Growth Behavior of T. arjuna: A Potential Medicinal Tree," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.4, Issue.12, pp.45-48, 2018

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  Validation of Five Dimensional Personality Inventory among Nursing Professionals

  Z. Hamid, S. Shah

  Research Paper | Isroset-Journal (IJSRMS)

  Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.49-53, Dec-2018

  CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrms/v4i12.4953

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  Assessment of personality depends not only on the adherence to sound theoretical background but also on the way this construct is operationalized. Besides, application of proper psychometric procedures is also of tremendous importance for proper validation of personality tools, in this context this study aimed to validate an indigenously developed personality tool among a specific population of nurses. The sample comprised of 300 nurses selected from 11 different hospitals/nursing homes and a standardized tool was adopted to get their responses on a seven point Likert scale. This was followed by analysis of data, descriptive analysis revealed that majority of respondents fall in average category on various dimensions of personality traits. The reliability of the adopted tool was almost found to be satisfactory as indicated by the Cronbach’s alpha value beyond the threshold of 0.60 .While carrying out the confirmatory factor analysis it was found that the model fit indices of the adopted personality inventory are within the acceptable ranges.The paper contributes to theory by checking the psychometric properties of a personality tool assessing big five dimensions of personality, pertinently big five measures are increasingly getting psychometric attention in contemporary times.

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  Psychometric, Likert, Tool, Nursing, Personality

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  Z. Hamid, S. Shah, "Validation of Five Dimensional Personality Inventory among Nursing Professionals," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.4, Issue.12, pp.49-53, 2018