Worldwide, artificial lighting consumes around 19% of the total delivered electricity. The electric lighting demand has constantly been increasing with the increase in the population, urbanization, and construction of ...

Drought stress is the single most important abiotic factor in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) production. It affects quantity and quality yield depending on the growth stage at which the plant is subjected to the stress. The ...

Volatility is considered as a measure of risk of financial assets which is vital for prudent financial decision of different stakeholders. GARCH models have been commonly used to capture volatility dynamics of financial ...

The Peulh cheese, locally known as Wagashi, is widespread and is mainly consumed in local West African communities including Benin. It is a form of cheese mainly made from cow‘s milk coagulated using fresh Calotropis procera ...

Concrete is by far the most common material used for construction purposes all around the world. Structural Lightweight Concrete (SLWC) is a specific type of Lightweight Concrete (LWC) developed when there is need to produce ...

Retroviral protease inhibitors (RPIs) such as lopinavir (LP) and saquinavir (SQ) are active against Plasmodium parasites. However, the exact target(s) for these RPIs in the Plasmodium parasites is unknown. We hypothesized ...

The world population is about 7.4 billion but only about 1 billion live in desert areas which occupy 33% of the available land on earth. This poor demography in desert zone is essentially due to difficult living conditions ...

Dandora dumpsite is Nairobi's official main dumpsite and is close to the city‘s informal settlements. This study aimed at isolating and identifying bacteria and fungi with the capacity to degrade low density poly-ethene ...

Derivative securities, when used correctly, can help investors to increase theirs expected returns and minimize theirs exposure to risk. Options o er in uence and insurance for risk-averse investors. The pricing problems ...

Today, the main emphasis in sustainable civil engineering world is on enhancing the performance and functionality of conventional materials using recent technologies and local materials. To address this issue, innovations ...